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North Korea Vows to Maintain Its ‘Strongest Response’ to the United States Over US-South Korea-Japan Drills

From Chosun Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • North Korea criticized a joint exercise involving the United States, South Korea and Japan and rejected Washington’s denuclearization policy.
  • A Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Pyongyang would maintain its strongest response to what it called an evolving US policy of hostility toward North Korea.

North Korea has vowed to maintain what it called its “strongest response” to the United States, citing joint military training by the United States, South Korea and Japan and Washington’s denuclearization policy.

A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson issued the statement through the Korean Central News Agency on the 31st. The spokesperson argued that hopes for easing tensions were meaningless under what North Korea described as a more dangerous form of Washington’s permanent hostile policy toward Pyongyang.

In the serious situation where the United States' permanent hostile policy toward North Korea is evolving into a more dangerous form, expecting any easing of tensions is meaningless.

— North Korean Foreign Ministry spokespersonThe spokesperson used the statement to reject hopes for reduced tensions and defend Pyongyang’s hard-line position.

The statement said North Korea would continue its hard-line approach toward the United States until the end. It framed the trilateral exercise and US policy as evidence that tensions were not easing.

Strongest response

— North Korean authoritiesThe phrase described the response North Korea said it would maintain toward the United States.
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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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