N.Korea warns of reconsidering moratorium on weapons tests due to U.S.

20/1/2022 7:15

        North Korea would bolster its defences against the United States and consider "restarting all temporally-suspended activities," state media KCNA reported
        Thursday, an apparent reference to a self-imposed moratorium on testing its nuclear bombs and long-range missiles.
        
        North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened a meeting of the powerful politburo of the ruling Workers' Party to "discuss and decide immediate work and important policy issues," including countermeasures over U.S. hostile policy.
        
        "The hostile policy and military threat by the United States have reached a danger line that can not be overlooked any more despite our sincere efforts for maintaining the general tide for relaxation of tension," the official KCNA news agency said.
        
        The report came days after North Korea conducted its fourth missile test in 2022, following two launches of "hypersonic missiles" capable of high speed and manoeuvring after lift-off, and another one involving a railway-borne missile system.