North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister and deputy director of a department of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Committee, Kim Yo Jong said those who doubt the capabilities of North Korea's missiles will soon be able to see what they can do, the Korean state news agency reported.
Kim Yo Jong said this in an article criticizing Seoul and foreign experts who questioned the performance of North Korean missile and satellite technologies.
Pyongyang has recently carried out numerous ballistic missile tests.
According to state media, Kim Jong Un's sister also denied statements by unnamed foreign experts who doubted that satellite systems, also tested by North Korea, were able to operate normally.
She also reiterated that North Korea was not afraid of sanctions.
North Korea Test-Fires Suspected Ballistic Missile
Pyongyang has carried out another test-launch, firing what appears to be a ballistic missile, the Japan Coast Guard said on Sunday.
Meanwhile, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday, citing the South Korean military, that North Korea had fired an unidentified ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan.
North Korea has already fired dozens of missiles toward South Korea since the start of 2022, including an intercontinental ballistic missile test-launch carried out in November.
Japan was the target of North Korean missile tests before. In October and November North Korea fired ballistic tests missiles that likely ended up in the Sea of Japan.
Kim Jong Un's sister defends N.Korean ICBM technology
The younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has hit back at South Korea for questioning her country's capability to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Experts in South Korea have suggested the North may be having problems with atmospheric reentry and other technologies because it has been making its missiles follow lofted trajectories rather than launching them at a normal angle.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Kim Yo Jong hinted at the possibility that North Korea will fire an ICBM at a normal angle to verify its related technology. She added that South Korea will "see and understand" it.
North Korea has claimed that its rocket launches on Sunday were a key final-stage test for the development of a reconnaissance satellite.
South Korean experts have suggested that the launches were a cover for Pyongyang's long-range missile technology.
Kim Yo Jong countered that her country does not disguise missiles as satellites.
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