北노동신문 "美 전쟁연습으로 한반도 정세 악화... 자위적국방력 강화조치 정당해"

North Korea has shifted the target of its condemnations from South Korea to the U.S., blaming Washington for making the situation on the Korean Peninsula worse by pushing ahead with a joint military exercise with Seoul.
The North's Rodong Sinmun said today that Washington, despite its promise in Singapore to improve relations with the North, still keeps a hostile policy towards the regime.
It said the U.S. is continuing its "war rehearsals" and arms reinforcement, bringing in F-35A stealth fighter jets and Global Hawk surveillance drones.
The paper said that it's therefore legitimate for the regime to strengthen its self-defense and deploy what it called "powerful physical means."