Escalating Threats and Accusations
Kim Yo Jong specifically cited Japan's Tomahawk test, additional missile test-firings, and Tokyo's participation in a US-led joint military drill in the Philippines in May as provocations warranting a North Korean response. She stated that North Korea would act in ways that made Japan feel its security had been "exposed to greater danger" and declared, "We should make it regret."
Kim also directly accused the United States of enabling Japan's military modernization by supplying Tomahawk missiles, modifying vessels for their operation, and supporting the missile tests. "The US is behind such dangerous military moves of Japan," she said.
