North Korea's Kim Yo Jong warns of military options over Japan’s move into 'war state'

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.

Tokyo is moving ‘to formulate the possession of the capability for preemptive attack’, Kim Yo Jong says

Reuters —  Japan’s government is portraying its accelerating military buildup not only as ​a way to protect the country but as a route to greater prosperity, arguing in ‌its latest defense white paper that arms production can support economic growth. The annual assessment of threats posed by neighboring China, Russia a

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accused Japan of moving beyond a defensive posture.

Pyongyang's "leadership will set up additional military options which are obviously due to Japan's transformation", says the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said that Pyongyang would not remain a "passive onlooker."

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

North Korea warned Wednesday it will consider "additional military options" in response to what it called Japan's ambitions to return to a "war criminal state," denouncing the United States for allowing Tokyo to pursue rearmament. Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, made the remarks in

US hits Russian military entities, citizens with sanctions over links to Iran, North Korea, Syria  The Kyiv Independent

Tensions are rising in the Pacific region as distrust among key players sees one country undertake a drastic push to rearm.

Japan outlines its military build-up plan, citing threats from China, Russia and North Korea  CNN

The Military Demarcation Line, established by the 1953 Armistice Agreement, was originally intended as a temporary boundary to separate warring armies. The hope was that once a formal peace regime was built, its significance would simply fade away. Yet, more than 70 years later, the MDL still scars the Korean Peninsula

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