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N. Korea calls UN chief’s remarks on missile test ‘unfair’

By HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press
Published: February 22, 2023, 9:02am
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FILE - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 77th session of the General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Sept. 20, 2022. North Korea on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 accused Guterres of "an extremely unfair and imbalanced attitude," as it lambasted him for condemning its recent major missile test but ignoring alleged U.S. hostility against the North.
FILE - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 77th session of the General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Sept. 20, 2022. North Korea on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 accused Guterres of "an extremely unfair and imbalanced attitude," as it lambasted him for condemning its recent major missile test but ignoring alleged U.S. hostility against the North. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) Photo Gallery

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday accused U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of “an extremely unfair and imbalanced attitude,” as it lambasted him for condemning its recent missile test but ignoring alleged U.S. hostility against the North.

The accusation came as U.S., South Korean and Japanese destroyers were holding trilateral anti-missile training near the Korean Peninsula, a move the North could regard as a provocation.

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