May 05, 2024
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North Korea slams Pentagon for calling it ‘persistent threat’ in WMD strategy

DPRK calls language a ‘military and political provocation,’ after US raises concern about its nukes and chemical weapons

North Korea has criticized the U.S. for calling the Pyongyang regime a “persistent threat” in its new strategy for countering weapons of mass destruction.

A spokesperson for the DPRK defense ministry called the label “another grave military and political provocation against independent sovereign states” in a statement published by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Wednesday.

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