North Korea's patience ended up, reacted sharply to US sanctions

North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a statement on Friday that the recent development of weapons did not target any specific country and were just part of North Korea's efforts to modernize its national defense capability, adding that the new US sanctions showed Washington's hostile intentions to isolate and repress Pyongyang.

North Korea on Friday fired two more projectiles, with the South Korean military identifying them as short-range ballistic missiles, which flew for 430 kilometers (267 miles).

This follows two other launches this month. In the months leading into the new year, Pyongyang had apparently halted the launches.

The Biden administration's decision to impose new sanctions on North Korea was met with a sharp reaction. North Korea in its statement berated the Biden administration for imposing fresh sanctions over its previous missile tests and warned of stronger and more explicit action if Washington maintains its “confrontational stance.”

The spokesman said the new sanctions underscore the hostile US intent to “isolate and stifle” Pyongyang. 

The North Korean spokesman accused the United States of maintaining a “gangster-like” position, saying the North’s development of the new missile was part of its effort to modernize its military and was not aimed at any particular country or threatened the safety of its neighbors. 

“Nevertheless, the United States is intentionally aggravating the situation even with the activation of independent sanctions, not just referring the DPRK’s rightful activity to the UN Security Council,” the spokesperson said, using an abbreviation of North Korea’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic from Korea.

“It shows that although the current US administration trumpets diplomacy and dialogue, it is still engrossed in its policy of isolating and smothering the DPRK…If the US adopts such a confrontational stance , the DPRK will be forced to take stronger and stronger measures.” certain reaction,” the spokesperson said.

Meanwhile, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for boosting the country's strategic military forces as he observed the test of a hypersonic missile, state media reported.

Earlier, North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations, Kim Sung, emphasized the country's right to conduct missile tests, stressing that Pyongyang had no intention of using the technology against any country.