10.10.2012, 11:39
N. Korea: U.S. lost 'moral qualification' to condemn missile program
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Wednesday the United States has no grounds to criticize the communist nation even if it launches a long-range missile, lashing out at Washington for allowing South Korea to possess missiles capable of hitting all of the North.
The North also repeated a threat that the U.S. mainland is within its missile range, and said the missile deal with South Korea will "result in endangering the security of the U.S. mainland, far from ensuring it."
The statement from Pyongyang's foreign ministry is the latest protest against the deal between South Korea and the United States under which the maximum range of South Korean ballistic missiles was extended from 300 kilometers to 800 km, a range that puts all of the North within striking distance.
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korea said Wednesday the United States has no grounds to criticize the communist nation even if it launches a long-range missile, lashing out at Washington for allowing South Korea to possess missiles capable of hitting all of the North.
The North also repeated a threat that the U.S. mainland is within its missile range, and said the missile deal with South Korea will "result in endangering the security of the U.S. mainland, far from ensuring it."
The statement from Pyongyang's foreign ministry is the latest protest against the deal between South Korea and the United States under which the maximum range of South Korean ballistic missiles was extended from 300 kilometers to 800 km, a range that puts all of the North within striking distance.