Duterte deeply concerned over NoKor’s latest actions

President Duterte is deeply concerned over reports that North Korea launched its second ballistic missile over Hokkaido, Japan yesterday morning.

The recent nuclear test by North Korea came a day after Pyongyang threatened to use nuclear weapons to sink Japan and reduce the United States to ashes and darkness for supporting a United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution and sanctions over its latest nuclear test.

The UN resolution is designed to cap North Korea’s oil imports, ban textile exports, end additional overseas laborer contracts, suppress smuggling efforts, stop joint ventures with other nations, and sanction designated North Korean government entities.

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, during the Mindanao Hour/Bangon Marawi press briefing, said that what North Korea did was very dangerous.

“First, they keep flying, sending those missiles up without any reasons except to scare us here – the neighboring countries. Pangalawa (Second), they’re technology is not accurate. They may be aiming for some other but it will drop in the other countries like the Philippines,” Lorenzana said.

“Even the President is very much concerned about these missiles from North Korea. So, natatakot tayo diyan (we are very alarmed by that), [it’s] very concerning,” he added.