North Korea vows to teach ‘war criminal state’ Japan lesson over missile test
One day2 outlets reported this in 2 reports over 1 day
All 2 reports on Wed, 5 August 2026
What it is about
Who published it, and when
original reportfirst to report
South China Morning Post
Euronews
5 Aug, 02:30over 7 hours5 Aug, 09:47
How it spread - 2 original reports
Wed, 5 August 2026
2 reports- South China Morning Post02:30first to report
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...
- Euronews09:47
Japan has been gradually moving away from its post-World War II pacifist status, increasing military spending, ramping up defence pacts and deploying missile launchers to its outer islands.