North Korea pledges to launch more missiles

North Korea today publicly acknowledged for the first time that it had tested missiles and vowed to continue launching them, threatening to take even stronger action if opponents of the tests pressured the country.

In a separate dispatch by state-run media, the reclusive regime accused the US of stepping up aerial espionage and preparing to start a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula.

“The military and the people of DPKR are further strengthening the military deterrent to mercilessly punish aggressors’ provocations,” the Korean Central News Agency said.

DPRK stands for the North’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.