BEIJING - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticized Japan as turning into a "war state" in a speech during a three-day meeting held through Monday, according to official news media.
"Japan, a defeated country in Asia, has openly turned itself into a war state by taking the present disturbing circumstances as an opportunity to get rid of all shackles restricting its moves to become a military power," he said, the Korean Central News Agency reported Tuesday.
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