"We will show more offensive action against the enemies' threat on the principle of ensuring security and defending peace by dint of powerful strength, the defence minister said, according to a report on Saturday by the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). All threats encroaching upon the sphere of the North's security will become direct targets and be managed in a necessary way, South Korea's Yonhap news agency also reported the defence minister as saying."
"The missile launch on Friday followed after Washington announced new sanctions targeting eight North Korean nationals and two entities accused of laundering money tied to cybercrimes, and a visit to South Korea by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Commenting on the visit by US and South Korean defence chiefs to the border between North and South Korea, as well as their subsequent security talks in Seoul, the North Korean defence minister accused the allies of conspiring to integrate their nuclear and conventional weapons forces."
North Korea condemned the arrival of a US aircraft carrier at a South Korean port and warned of intensified offensive actions to ensure security and defend peace. A short-range ballistic missile was launched into the sea off the east coast following new US sanctions targeting eight North Korean nationals and two entities tied to alleged cybercrime money laundering and a US defense official's visit. Visits and security talks by US and South Korean defence chiefs prompted accusations that the allies are conspiring to integrate nuclear and conventional forces. North Korea declared that all threats encroaching on its security would become direct targets.
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