Japan’s US missile venture draws flak from North Korea after Hegseth visit
A North Korean defence ministry official chastised the US for aggravating security risks and ‘conniving’ to make Japan a ‘military giant’
The comments were attributed to an unnamed official of North Korea’s defence ministry and did not name specific countries.
Advancing the deployment of such a weapon used by aircraft involved in frequent military drills in the region that already pose a grave security threat adds a “new element of strategic instability to the Asia-Pacific region”, the official said.
“Certainly, the centre of gravity of the US hegemony-oriented military security strategy is changing and it is a new warning signal for the Asia-Pacific regional society including the countries in Northeast Asia,” the official said.
The agreement comes as “the US has connived at and encouraged Japan’s moves for a military giant since last century,” the official added.