North Korea has rejected the UN Security Council’s most recent resolution, emphasizing its right to self-defense and space development, in an article published by state media on Thursday.

The Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) published a statement under the name of a spokesperson from the Korean Jurists Committee, who made the argument by citing international laws and agreements.

“The issue of a sovereign state’s right to self-defense is publicly recognized as just in the light of international law as it is stipulated in the ‘Convention on States Responsibility,’” the statement reads.

“On the principle of such international law, the UN has