DPRK blasts Japan's enactment of security bills

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Saturday accused Japan of "railroading the security bills" that are "worked out to pave the way for invading other countries," the state media KCNA reported early Sunday.

"The enactment of the 'security law' helps Japan stage military operations in every part of the world under the pretext of protecting peace and security and assisting the U.S. forces and dispatch the Self-Defense Forces overseas any time," said a statement issued by a foreign ministry spokesman.

"Japan's militarist moves are posing a grave threat to peace and stability in Asia and the rest of the world," the statement said.

The DPRK will further increase war deterrence to cope with it as the situation has proved the country's decision to bolster its self-defense capabilities was just, it said.

The Japanese Parliament's upper house on early Saturday enacted a controversial legislation pushed forward by the government under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The legislation's enactment marked an overhaul in Japan's purely defensive defense posture, meaning the country could dispatch its troops overseas to engage in armed conflicts for the first time in seven decades. Enditem