Kim Yo-jong, a senior North Korean official and sister of dictator Kim Jong-un, published an outraged screed on Friday condemning the United Nations Security Council for addressing her country’s presumed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test this week, claiming America is driving Asia to “nuclear war.”
North Korea’s state media announced on Thursday that a missile test observed by neighbors South Korea and Japan was of the “Hwasong-18,” a new model ICBM using solid fuel. South Korean military officials reportedly believe the “Hwasong-18” could reach the entirety of the continental United States.
Prior to its launch, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol told attendees at the annual NATO summit in Lithuania that North Korea had the ability to attack “not only Vilnius but also Paris, Berlin, and London” with nuclear weapons.
The ICBM test followed threats earlier in the week out of Pyongyang that it would not hesitate to shoot down American aircraft…
