A photo of the ‘North Korean version of Atacms’ KN-24 released by North Korea on the 17th when it announced that it had conducted a launch test. North Korea has recently increased tensions on the Korean Peninsula with a series of missile launches. yunhap news
The Chosun Shinbo, the official newspaper of the Korean Federation of Korean Residents in Japan, reported on the 22nd that North Korea’s review of the resumption of nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launches is not a ‘climax tactic’ with the US in mind, but a fundamental change of phase.
The Chosun Shinbo, representing North Korea’s position, reported on the contents of the Labor Party Politburo meeting held on the 19th and evaluated that “the DPRK-U.S. confrontation has changed again after five years.” The media emphasized, “If you view the decision of the Politburo meeting as a return to 2017, when nuclear tests and ICBM test launches were conducted, and that North Korea is using a ‘cliff-edge tactic’ to attract the attention of the United States, it would be a mistake.” . “Joseon is already seeing through the real intentions of the United States,” he said. .
“The 8th Party Congress in January last year decided to focus its foreign political activities on subduing and subjugating its biggest enemy, the United States,” he said. claimed. “Therefore, there will be no repetition of dialogues such as a bargaining board supposing any kind of deal or the Hanoi summit in which the outdated hostile policy of the United States is confirmed.”
The media said, “The current attitude and actions taken by the Biden administration are a stage that cannot be overlooked,” and imposed exclusive sanctions on measures to strengthen national defense, which is the right to self-defense. He accused them of re-distributing ‘robbery logic’.
North Korea announced at a Politburo meeting held on the 19th in the presence of General Secretary Kim Jong-un that it would “completely reconsider the preemptive confidence-building measures and promptly review the issue of resuming all activities that were temporarily suspended.”