韩国首尔——朝鲜周一表示，美国允许韩国制造更强大的导弹是美国对朝鲜敌对政策的一个例子，并警告称，这可能导致朝鲜半岛出现“严重和不稳定的局势”。
这是朝鲜对5月21日美国和韩国领导人峰会的第一次回应。在峰会上，美国结束了长达数十年的限制韩国导弹发展的措施，并允许其盟友开发无限射程的武器。
对美国政策敌视朝鲜的指控很重要，因为它说，只要美国的敌意持续存在，它就不会重返谈判，并将扩大核武库。但最新的声明仍然是由一名个人评论员，而不是政府机构发表的，这表明朝鲜可能仍希望与拜登政府保持潜在的外交空间。
据官方的朝鲜中央通讯社报道，国际事务评论家金明哲(Kim Myong Chol)说:“这一终止步骤鲜明地提醒了美国对(朝鲜)的敌对政策及其可耻的两面派行为。”"尽管口头上支持对话，但它却全神贯注于对抗。"
“然而，美国错了。通过在朝鲜半岛内部和周围制造不对称的不平衡来给(朝鲜)施压是一个严重的错误，因为这可能导致朝鲜半岛目前在技术上处于战争状态的严重和不稳定的局势，”他说。
出于对地区军备竞赛的担忧，美国此前禁止韩国开发射程超过800公里(500英里)的导弹。射程足以让韩国武器打击整个朝鲜，但不足以打击中国和韩国等其他邻国的潜在关键目标日本。
一些韩国观察家称赞这些限制的结束恢复了军事主权，但其他人怀疑美国的意图是在与中国的竞争中增强其盟友的军事能力。
评论员金正恩指责华盛顿试图引发军备竞赛，阻挠朝鲜发展，并部署针对朝鲜周边国家的中程导弹。
韩国政府表示，它“谨慎观察”朝鲜的反应，但统一部发言人李钟珠不会发表其他评论，因为这些言论是个人的，而不是朝鲜政府的官方声明。
朝鲜发表声明之际，拜登政府正在就朝鲜核计划进行长期搁置的谈判，形成一种新的朝鲜政策。在峰会期间，拜登和韩国总统文在寅表示，美国对朝鲜的新政策审查“采取了一种经过调整的务实方法，对朝鲜开放，并将探索外交途径”。
美国官员暗示，拜登将在他的前任之间采取中间立场政策——唐纳德·特朗普与朝鲜领导人金正恩的直接交往和巴拉克·奥巴马的“战略耐心”一些专家表示，除非朝鲜首先采取具体的无核化步骤，否则拜登不太可能向朝鲜提供重大的制裁减免。
朝鲜的声明间接批评了拜登政府的审查，称新政策被其他国家视为“只是诡计”。
North accuses US of hostility for S. Korean missile decision
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Monday the U.S. allowing South Korea to build more powerful missiles was an example of the U.S.’s hostile policy against the North, warning that it could lead to an “acute and instable situation” on the Korean Peninsula.
It’s North Korea’s first response to the May 21 summit between the leaders of the United States and South Korea, during which the U.S. ended decades-long restrictions that capped South Korea’s missile development and allowed its ally to develop weapons with unlimited ranges.
The accusation of U.S. policy being hostile to North Korea matters because it said it won’t return to talks and would enlarge its nuclear arsenal as long as U.S. hostility persists. But the latest statement was still attributed to an individual commentator, not a government body, suggesting North Korea may still want to leave room for potential diplomacy with the Biden administration.
“The termination step is a stark reminder of the U.S. hostile policy toward (North Korea) and its shameful double-dealing,” Kim Myong Chol, an international affairs critic, said, according to the official Korean Central News Agency. “It is engrossed in confrontation despite its lip-service to dialogue.”
“The U.S. is mistaken, however. It is a serious blunder for it to pressurize (North Korea) by creating asymmetric imbalance in and around the Korean Peninsula as this may lead to the acute and instable situation on the Korean Peninsula now technically at war,” he said.
The United States had previously barred South Korea from developing a missile with a range of longer than 800 kilometers (500 miles) out of concerns about a regional arms race. The range is enough for a South Korean weapon to strike all of North Korea but is short of hitting potential key targets in other neighbors like China andJapan.
Some South Korean observers hailed the end of the restrictions as restoring military sovereignty, but others suspected the U.S. intent was to boost its ally’s military capability amid a rivalry with China.
The commentator Kim accused Washington of trying to spark an arms race, thwart North Korean development and deploy intermediate-range missiles targeting countries near North Korea.
The South Korean government said it “prudently watches” North Korea's reaction, but Unification Ministry spokeswoman Lee Jong-joo wouldn't comment otherwise, since the remarks were attributed to an individual, not an official statement from the North Korean government.
The North Korean statement comes as the Biden administration shapes a new approach on North Korea amid long-dormant talks over the North’s nuclear program. During their summit, Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in said a new U.S. policy review on North Korea “takes a calibrated and practical approach that is open to and will explore diplomacy” with the North.
U.S. officials have suggested Biden would adopt a middle ground policy between his predecessors — Donald Trump’s direct dealings with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Barack Obama’s “strategic patience.” Some experts say Biden won’t likely provide North Korea with major sanctions relief unless it takes concrete denuclearization steps first.
The North Korean statement criticized the Biden administration’s review indirectly, saying the new policy was viewed by other countries “as just trickery.”
