short-range ballistic missile<\/a> into the sea off its east coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cWe will show more offensive action against the enemies\u2019 threat on the principle of ensuring security and defending peace by dint of powerful strength,\u201d the defence minister said, according to a report on Saturday by the North\u2019s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll threats encroaching upon the sphere of the North\u2019s security\u201d will become \u201cdirect targets\u201d and be \u201cmanaged in a necessary way\u201d, South Korea\u2019s Yonhap news agency also reported the defence minister as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The missile launch on Friday followed after Washington announced new sanctions targeting eight North Korean nationals and two entities accused of laundering money tied to cybercrimes, and a visit to South Korea by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commenting on the visit by US and South Korean defence chiefs to the border between North and South Korea, as well as their subsequent security talks in Seoul, the North Korean defence minister accused the allies of conspiring to integrate their nuclear and conventional weapons forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have correctly understood the hostility of the US to stand in confrontation with the DPRK to the last and will never avoid the response to it,\u201d No said, using the initials of the North\u2019s official name, the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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