North Korea slams U.S. for supporting Taiwan in a nod to ally China

North Korea has increasingly criticized the United States’ broader security role in the Asia Pacific amid an intensifying competition with China, Pyongyang’s major ally and economic lifeline

North Korea on October 23 accused the Biden administration of raising military tensions with China through its “reckless” , and said that the growing U.S. military presence in the region constitutes a potential threat to the North.

In comments carried by state media, North Korea Vice Foreign Minister Pak Myong Ho criticized the United States for sending warships through the Taiwan Strait and providing Taiwan with upgraded weapons systems and military training.

The United States’ “indiscreet meddling” in issues regarding , which the North sees as entirely a Chinese internal affair, threatens to touch off a “delicate situation on the Korean Peninsula.”