Kim Yo Jong criticizes Japan's Tomahawk missile test, KCNA reports

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, arrives at the Vostochny Сosmodrome before a meeting of Russia's President Vladimir Putin with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. Sputnik/Vladimir Smirnov/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY. AN UNPROCESSED VERSION HAS BEEN PROVIDED SEPARATELY.

SEOUL, Aug 5 (Reuters) - ⁠North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, ⁠the powerful sister of leader Kim ‌Jong Un, criticised in a statement Japan's recent test-firing of a Tomahawk missile, state media KCNA ​reported on Wednesday.

Pyongyang will ⁠make new military ⁠choices against Japan's threat, Kim added.

The sister ⁠pointed out ‌Japan's launch of the long-range cruise missile a few ⁠days ago from the Aegis destroyer ​Chokai of ‌its Self-Defense Forces in the Pacific ⁠Ocean, as ​well as test-firings of other missiles and its participation in a U.S.-led joint ⁠military drill in the Philippines ​in May.

Tokyo has so far tried to "cover up its ambition for a military ⁠giant" and "the U.S. is behind such dangerous military moves of Japan," Kim said.

To counter Japan's military activities that may ​pose a potential threat ⁠to the security of North Korea, Kim ​said Pyongyang "will set up ‌additional military options," without ​elaborating.

(Reporting by Heejin Kim; Editing by Lisa Shumaker and Daniel Wallis)