On Saturday, state media said the United States would "pay dearly" for taking issue with the North's human rights record and said Washington's "malicious words" would only aggravate tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Sabtidii, warbaahinta dawladdu waxay sheegeen in Mareykanku uu "bixin doono lacag aad u badan" oo ah inuu wax ka qabto diiwaangelinta xuquuqda aadanaha ee Waqooyiga kuuriya, wuxuuna yiri "ereyada xunxun ee Washington waxa kaliya sii xumayn kartaa xiisada Jasiiradda labada Kuuriya."