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North Korea warns US allies Australia, Britain, Germany, France to stop using UN sanctions as excuse to interfere
“Western countries should ponder over the fact that their unreasonable and blind policy of following the US is an act of harming their own interests.”
South Korea and Britain carried out joint maritime patrols in waters near the Korean peninsula in April to enforce UN Security Council sanctions resolutions against North Korea, South Korea’s defence ministry said at the time. The US also held a two-day training exercise involving the navies of South Korea and Japan last month.
Earlier this month, an Australian helicopter surveying North Korea was intercepted by a Chinese warplane in international airspace, while a Canadian plane was intercepted in similar circumstances in October.
Meanwhile, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited arms factories on Saturday and Sunday, personally inspecting weapons such as sniper rifles and rocket launchers, KCNA said on Monday.
Kim, accompanied by high-ranking officials including his powerful sister Kim Yo-jong, praised the quality of the weapons and called for the factories to implement production plans without fail, KCNA said.
Tensions on the Korean peninsula are very high. Since the beginning of 2022, North Korea has significantly increased the scope of its weapons tests, including the testing of nuclear-capable missiles, and has stepped up its rhetoric against the US and South Korea, both of which Pyongyang considers to be enemy states.