North Korean state media announced plans to hold a major party plenum in late June, an event expected to deal with not only the embarrassing failure to launch a new warship but also reshuffles of officials targeted in a recent corruption campaign.

A foreign ministry spokesperson slammed the U.S. for designating the DPRK as a country “not fully cooperating” with counterterrorism, calling it a “political provocation” and warning Washington to re-examine the current state of hostile relations.

Meanwhile, Pyongyang once again condemned this week’s U.N. General Assembly meeting on DPRK human rights