FROM AL JAZEERA
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has warned that Pyongyang would adopt “additional military options” after Japan test-fired a United States-made Tomahawk cruise missile.
Kim accused the Japanese military of moving away from a defensive posture and transforming into a military power capable of preemptive attacks, in a statement carried by state media KCNA on Wednesday.
Citing Japan’s recent Tomahawk test from the Aegis destroyer Chokai in the Pacific Ocean, as well as test-firings of other missiles and Japan’s participation in a US-led joint military drill in the Philippines in May, Kim said that North Korea would respond in ways that made Japan feel that its security has been exposed to greater danger.
“We should make it regret,” she said in some of her strongest rhetoric towards Tokyo in recent months.
Kim also accused the United States of enabling Japan’s military buildup by supplying Tomahawk missiles, modifying vessels for their operation and supporting the missile tests.
