{"id":36026,"date":"2023-11-03T02:52:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T02:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=36026"},"modified":"2023-11-03T02:52:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T02:52:56","slug":"north-korea-protests-to-us-over-minuteman-iii-missile-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=36026","title":{"rendered":"North Korea protests to US over Minuteman III missile test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reuters:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SEOUL, Nov 3 &#8211; North Korea vowed to continue military action while criticizing the United States over a recent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test, state media KCNA said on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The DPRK will as ever continue its military action to bolster up the deterrence and ensure the strategic security in the Korean peninsula and the region,&#8221; said an article by a military commentator carried by KCNA without specifying the author&#8217;s name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DPRK is short for the North&#8217;s official name, the Democratic People&#8217;s Republic of Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report also criticized the test-firing of a nuclear-capable Minuteman III missile at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Wednesday, which the U.S. Air Force said was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/us-air-force-blows-up-minuteman-iii-test-flight-after-post-launch-anomaly-2023-11-01\/\">blown up<\/a> after an anomaly was detected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A South Korean delegation visited the base and observed the ICBM launch in the first such a visit since 2016, according to the country&#8217;s defence ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The article also criticized military moves by the U.S. and South Korea including the deployment of what it described as U.S. nuclear strategic bombers in South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea held a joint aerial exercise with the U.S. and Japan near the Korean peninsula last month, involving a U.S. B-52 strategic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/south-korea-says-holds-first-joint-air-drill-with-japan-us-2023-10-22\/\">bomber<\/a> as well as fighter jets of the three nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. and South Korea also held major air exercises involving 130 warplanes from both countries to simulate 24-hour wartime operations last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seoul and Washington say these drills are aimed at maintaining combat readiness to respond to Pyongyang&#8217;s provocations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea has routinely denounced joint military exercises by Seoul and Washington as rehearsals for war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters: SEOUL, Nov 3 &#8211; North Korea vowed to continue military action while criticizing the United States over a recent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test, state media KCNA said on Friday. &#8220;The DPRK will as ever continue its military action to bolster up the deterrence and ensure the strategic security in the Korean peninsula and the region,&#8221; said an article by a military commentator carried by KCNA without specifying the author&#8217;s name. DPRK is short for the North&#8217;s official name, the Democratic People&#8217;s Republic of Korea. 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