North Korea threatens to quit ASEAN forum if missile tests condemned

MALAYSIA: North Korea's foreign minister on Friday threatened to quit the Associaton of Southeast Asian Nations' Regional Forum if the organization adopts a joint statement condeming the communist regime's missile tests, South Korea's news agency reported.

"The U.S. conducts joint military drills with South Korea, and deploys weapons targeting North Korea. Is it legitimate? If we do so, is it illicit?" Yonhap quoted Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun as saying.

The news agency said the minister threatened to quit the ASEAN Regional Forum if the grouping issues a joint statement denouncing North Korea's recent missile tests.

The report did not say where Paek was speaking or to whom.

Kuala Lumpur, Friday, AP