North Korea — officially known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) — warned early Saturday morning that any interference with its spy satellite would be a “declaration of war.” “Any attack on space asset of DPRK will be deemed declaration of war against it,” a statement by a spokesperson for North Korea’s defense…
North Korea criticized rival South Korea on Wednesday for removing a law that banned private activists from sending anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to the North, insisting that such activities amount to psychological warfare and threatening to respond with a “shower of shells.” The statement published by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency was the first time state media commented on the September decision by South Korea’s Constitutional Court to invalidate a 2020 law that criminalized leafleting. The ruling came in response to a complaint filed by North Korean defector-activists in the South.