Last month, North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused Japan of ``becoming the biggest threat to the region,'' after Japan formally signed a contract to purchase the American cruise missile Tomahawk.
Last month, the Ministry of Defense officially signed a contract with the United States to purchase up to 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles, which can also be used for counterattack capabilities that can attack enemy missile launch sites.
Regarding this, North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a commentary on the matter through the state-run Korean Central News Agency on the 3rd under the name of a researcher at the Japanese Institute.
It criticized Japan, saying it was ``obsessed with securing long-range missiles that would put neighboring countries within range, and is trying to become the country that poses the greatest threat to the region.''
He also claims that the United States' sale of the Tomahawk is a strategy to counter three countries, including North Korea, China, and Russia.
On the other hand, on the 3rd, the Labor Party's official newspaper Rodong Sinmun used the term ``Korea Korea'' to refer to South Korea in an article reporting on the crash of a fighter jet in South Korea.
According to Radio Press, which analyzes reports on North Korea, this is believed to be the first time this name has been used for South Korea.
North Korea has changed its policy of viewing South Korea as a hostile state rather than a subject of unification, and is once again emphasizing its confrontational stance toward South Korea.