North Korean Officials Hit Out Against South’s Missile Comments

Two officials of North Korea’s ruling party, including the sister of leader Kim Jong-Un, criticized South Korea’s defense minister for comments about his country’s missile capabilities.

The North Korean statements, issued through KCNA, claimed South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook had spoken of a “preemptive” attack on its neighbor. Suh had talked about the country’s capacity to “accurately and swiftly” strike targets in the North and to conduct precision strikes on the origin of any attack, Yonhap News Agency reported Friday, without mentioning preemptive strikes.