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North Korea says US president Joe Biden showed ‘deep-seated hostility’ in missile remarks
North Korea has said US President Joe Biden revealed “deep-seated hostility” in his criticism of its “self-defensive” missile test.
Key points:
- North Korea said Washington might face “something that is not good” if it continues to make “thoughtless remarks”
- It said the US were “exploiting every opportunity” to provoke Pyongyang
- North Korea also slammed the South Korea-US exercises, which ended last week
On Friday, following reports of a projectile from Japan and South Korea, North Korea claimed it had launched a new type of tactical short-range ballistic missile.
Mr Biden said the test violated UN Security Council resolutions but that he remained open to diplomacy with Pyongyang.
Ri Pyong Chol, secretary of the North’s ruling Worker’s…
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