“North Korea warned Japan against deploying long-range missiles in the Kyushu region, saying such attack capability will “bring about constant escalation of tension” in Northeast Asia,” state media KCNA mentioned on Thursday (March 20, 2025.)
“Tokyo was considering deploying long-range missiles on Kyushu as part of attempts to acquire “counterstrike capabilities” to hit enemy targets in the occasion of an emergency,” Japan’s Kyodo News reported this month, citing authorities sources.
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“Pyongyang accused Japan of continuing a past history of aggression through moves such as a constant strengthening of the Japan-U.S. military alliance and collusion with NATO forces,” KCNA mentioned, citing the coverage part chief of the Institute for Japan Studies underneath North Korea’s Foreign Ministry.
“All military means and various forms of movement directly targeting the DPRK… are an object to be wiped out,” the KCNA report mentioned, utilizing the abbreviation of North Korea’s official title, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
North Korea says it sees extra U.S. ‘military provocations’ underneath Trump
North Korean chief Kim Jong Un mentioned final month that trilateral army cooperation among the many U.S., Japan and South Korea was elevating tensions in the area and vowed countermeasures, together with the additional growth of nuclear forces.
Published – March 20, 2025 11:52 am IST
