DPRK warns to take decisive countermeasure for self-defense

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DPRK warns to take decisive countermeasure for self-defense

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) declared on Wednesday it would increase its nuclear deterrent force and take a decisive countermeasure for self-defense when necessary.

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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) declared on Wednesday it would increase its nuclear deterrent force and take a decisive countermeasure for self-defense when necessary.

A spokesman for the DPRK's Foreign Ministry slamed the United States' decision to deploy Aegis destroyers in the East Sea of Korea (Sea of Japan) from September under the pretext of the DPRK's "ballistic missile threat", as a part of U.S.-Japan joint missile defense system.

"Such moves of the U.S. and Japan indicate that they are stepping up preparations for a second Korean War in real earnest behind the scene of dialogue and this has already gone beyond the danger line," said the spokesman.

"The U.S. projected establishment of a naval missile interceptor system in the East Sea of Korea is the most outright hostile act against the DPRK as it is a system to wage a war against the DPRK," he said.

Source: Xinhua

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