North Korea vows to teach ‘war criminal state’ Japan lesson over missile test

North Korea said it will pursue unspecified “additional military options” in response to Japan’s expanding defence capabilities, accusing Tokyo of reviving the ambitions of a “war criminal state”.

Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, said that Pyongyang would not remain a “passive onlooker” to what she described as Japan’s accelerating transformation into a military power, according to a statement published on Wednesday by the official Korean Central News Agency.

“War criminal state Japan’s possession of the capability for pre-emptive attack is a grave threat destroying global peace and security,” Kim said, referring to Tokyo’s efforts to acquire long-range strike capabilities.

North Korea would “make Japan feel that its security has been exposed to greater danger due to its greediness”, she said. “We should make it regret.”

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