North Korea this week celebrated the 106th anniversary of late leader Kim Il Sung's birth
AFP: N. Korea's muted response on Syria strikes speaks volumes
A day after US, French and British missiles slammed into suspected chemical weapons sites in Syria, authorities in North Korea -- its longstanding friend -- held dances in the street to celebrate founder Kim Il Sung's birthday.
The North's state media made no comment until Tuesday, three days after the strikes, when a line tucked away on the back page of the Rodong Sinmun newspaper merely chided the US for using the cause of "'anti-terrorism' as an excuse" for its actions.
The token response is a notable contrast to last year, when it condemned a Syria missile attack ordered by President Donald Trump as an "intolerable act of aggression" that proved "a million times over" that its own nuclear weapons programme was the right choice.
At the time tensions were soaring on the back of a series of North Korean missile launches and the military operation was widely seen as a warning to Pyongyang.
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WNU Editor: Yup .... it does speak volumes.
