Newspaper Blasts Defense Agency Upgrade
North Korea’s main newspaper blasted Japan on Sunday for upgrading the country’s Defense Agency to a full ministry, calling it a return to the pre-World War II system and an attempt to invade the communist state. Japan launched the Defense Ministry on Tuesday amid concern over the North’s missile and nuclear weapons development. The North’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper branded the move as a “very dangerous step” aimed at turning Japan’s Self-Defense Forces into offensive ones. Full Story