N. Korea says lifting of 'missile guidelines' on S. Korea is reminder of U.S. hostility

 

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 North Korea is criticizing the United States for having lifted the missile guidelines on South Korea, which will allow Seoul to develop and possess longer range missiles.

It's also ripped into the Biden administration's recently revealed North Korea policy.
This was in an article published by the regime's state media, and is its first such statement since the South Korea-U.S. summit earlier this month.
Kim Dami reports.
North Korea has slammed the United States for lifting its "missile guidelines" on South Korea, calling it a stark reminder of Washington's "hostile" policy toward the regime and what it called "shameful double-dealing."
It marks the regime's first response to the pledge by the leaders of Seoul and Washington to use diplomacy to resolve the nuclear standoff with the North.

"The North likely wanted to tone down the criticism by releasing it as an article rather than in an official capacity,... leaving the potential for diplomacy going forward."

The article was published under an individual's name in the North's state-run media on Monday,... and it said Pyeongyang would face Washington on the basis of an "eye for an eye."
The backlash comes after the leaders of South Korea and the U.S. terminated the missile guidelines during their first summit earlier this month.
Before that, the allies had increased the range and weight of missiles that the South Korean military can develop in response to the North's missile threats....