North Korea on Friday issued a press statement criticizing a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) held over the DPRK’s recent weapons tests.

The statement, issued by an unnamed spokesperson of the North’s foreign ministry appeared to take umbrage at the UNSC classifying the launched projectiles as “ballistic.”

“It is the very self-evident truth that any projectile draws a ballistic curve, not a straight line owing to earth gravity.”

“The UNSC takes issue with the firing based on the ballistic technology, not the range of the projectile, which means that the DPRK should give up the right to