April 20, 2024
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North Korean party daily warns U.S. against plans to deploy missiles in Asia

Analysis slams U.S. "forces of aggression," comes in response to remarks by Mark Esper last week

North Korean internal and external-focused media on Wednesday warned the U.S. of “catastrophic” consequences should it go ahead with rumored plans to deploy intermediate-range missiles on or around the peninsula.

In an analysis carried on its sixth page, the DPRK party daily condemned plans to "deploy new surface-to-surface intermediate-range missiles in South Korea" and recent comments made by U.S. defense chief Mark Esper during what it described as a “junket” to Australia.

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