SEOUL: North Korea on Tuesday denounced the release of a joint fact sheet between South Korea and the United States on their trade and security agreements as "formulating" as policy their confrontational stance against Pyongyang, warning that the North will take countermeasures.
The North's warning came after Seoul and Washington released the document on Friday outlining the outcomes of two summits between South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and US President Donald Trump in August and October. On the same day, the allies also issued a joint communique following their annual defense talks held in early November.
In a lengthy commentary carried by state media, North Korea denounced details of the joint fact sheet, particularly Seoul and Washington's commitment to completing denuclearization of the North and the US' formal approval of South Korea's push to build nuclear-powered submarines.
"The DPRK will take more justified and realistic countermeasures to defend the sovereignty and security interests of the state and regional peace, corresponding to the fact that the confrontational intention of the US and the ROK to remain hostile towards the DPRK was formulated as their policy once again, " the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.