North Korea ‘s defense minister No Kwang Chol threatened on Saturday to take “more offensive action” as he condemned U.S. security talks with Seoul and the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier in South Korea.

A day earlier, North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast, following fresh U.S. sanctions against North Korean individuals and entities that Washington said were involved in cyber-related money-laundering schemes.

The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement on Saturday: “While we have assessed that this event does not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to our allies, the missile launch highlights the destabilising impact of the DPRK’s actions.”

No said the visit of the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washingto

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