North Korea's Defence Minister No Kwang Chol has threatened to take "more offensive action" as he condemned the United States’ security talks with South Korea on Saturday.

North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast on Friday, after denouncing US sanctions against North Korean entities allegedly involved in cyber-related money-laundering schemes.

South Korea's Defence Ministry condemned the missile launch, while saying the North's criticism of its meeting with the US was regrettable.

The US Indo-Pacific Command said that the launch "does not pose an immediate threat to US personnel or territory, or to our allies,” but noted that it "highlights the destabilising impact" of North Korea's actions.

Further, Chol criticised a recent visit by US and South Korean

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