North Korea Criticizes Missile Guidelines Termination Under 'Commentator' Name... "Deliberate Hostile Act" (Comprehensive)

To President Moon: "Disgusted by the pitiful sight"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] North Korea criticized the termination of the missile guidelines as a "deliberate hostile act" through a critic's article and verbally abused President Moon Jae-in, who announced the termination, saying "that miserable sight is truly disgusting."

The article titled "What is the Aim of Terminating the Missile Guidelines?" by international affairs critic Kim Myung-chul, published in the April 31 edition of the Korean Central News Agency, included these points and criticized the termination of the missile guidelines and the results of the U.S. review of its North Korea policy.

The article stated, "The U.S. action of not only approving multiple revisions to the missile guidelines to lift the warhead weight limit but also removing the range restriction threshold is a deliberate hostile act," and pointed out, "It is both a concentrated expression of the U.S.'s hostile policy toward Korea and evidence revealing its shameless double-dealing behavior."

Critic Kim also accused the U.S. of terminating the missile guidelines to "further provoke an arms race on the Korean Peninsula and surrounding areas to hinder our development," and said, "The U.S. intends to militarily tighten its grip on South Korea and, in exchange for extending missile ranges, legally realize the deployment of medium-range missiles aimed at countries around us."

He further emphasized that the termination of the missile guidelines is "a serious mistake that exacerbates the tense and unstable state of the Korean Peninsula, which is still in an armistice," and stressed, "Our target is not the South Korean military but the United States across the ocean."

The article stated, "Since the U.S. and South Korean authorities have clearly revealed their aggressive ambitions, there is nothing they can say about our self-defensive national defense strengthening, even if they had ten mouths," and added, "We will confront the U.S. on the principle of strength for strength and preemptive action for preemptive action, and the escalation of the situation on the Korean Peninsula will lead to security instability for the forces threatening us."

It also indirectly criticized the Biden administration's new North Korea policy, mentioning, "Many countries now feel that the Biden administration's so-called 'pragmatic approach' and 'maximum flexibility' toward North Korea are nothing but mere trickery."

The article took issue with President Moon's remarks on the termination of the missile guidelines, saying, "On this occasion, we cannot help but comment on the South Korean official who, with a 'joyful heart,' prematurely announced the termination of the missile guidelines and voluntarily put his head in the crosshairs of regional countries," and criticized, "Having caused the situation, that miserable sight of anxiously listening and spying on reactions here and there out of guilt is truly disgusting."

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