He blamed the United States and “its hostile policy” against North Korea.
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“KMPR has been described as a part of a “three-axis system” of South Korea’s military in response to North Korea’s provocations, with Korean Air and Missile Defense (KAMD) – Seoul’s homegrown anti-missile systems – and Kill Chain, a pre-emptive strike system by the South Korea-U.S”. The U.S. military has said at least one of two supersonic bombers that it flew over South Korea approached the border with the North Korea, an unusual occurrence in the world’s most heavily fortified border.
The US believes tougher actions to slap new United Nations sanctions on North Korea will be agreed soon.
Discussions are already under way on a possible new United Nations sanctions resolution after North Korea’s fifth and largest nuclear test on September 9.
Mr Ri said “the United States will have to face tremendous consequences beyond imagination”.
North Korea has suggested the possibility of either conducting its sixth nuclear detonation or test-firing a long-range ballistic missile next month. He stopped short of endorsing the call, but added: “The global system is being exploited by (North Korea). for the goal of pursuing an illegal nuclear and missiles program that threatens both its neighbors and regional peace and security”.
The foreign minister also denounced U.N. Security Council sanctions Resolution 2270 and asked why other nuclear weapons states have never been sanctioned.
Mr Kerry vowed that the United States would defend its own citizens against the North Korean threat and honor its security commitments to its allies.
Ri called the test and other provocations a practical countermeasure against sanctions and USA hostility.
Ri said North Korea “will continue to take measures to strengthen its national nuclear armed forces in both quantity and quality”.
Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Kim Hong-kyun (left), South Korea’s senior representative to the Six-Party Talks, with his Chinese counterpart, Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs Wu Dawei, in Beijing on Sep. 22.
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Elsewhere, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has met behind closed doors with Cuban President Raul Castro and his brother Fidel Castro.
