N.Korea: new launches and threats to "take a new road"
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-conducts-new-launches-threatens-to-take-new-road
"North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles from South Hwanghae province into the sea to the east early on Tuesday (Aug 6), the South Korean military said, as North Korea's foreign ministry protested joint US-South Korea military drills as violations of diplomatic agreements.
Criticising the allies' joint drills and adoption of high-tech weapons, North Korea has fired a series of missiles and rockets since leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump agreed at a June 30 meeting to revive stalled denuclearisation talks.
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..Pyongyang "will be compelled to seek a new road as we have already indicated," if South Korea and the United States continue with hostile military moves, a North Korean foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement released through state news agency KCNA.
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"The US and South Korean authorities remain outwardly talkative about dialogue," the spokesman said. "But when they sit back, they sharpen a sword to do us harm."
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Pyongyang has "continued to enhance its nuclear and missile programmes" and used cyber attacks to take in US$2 billion (S$2.77 billion) to fund the development, a United Nations report said on Monday."....(more)