Yoon condemns North Korea for defining South Korea as hostile country

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday criticized North Korea's move to define the South as a hostile country, saying it showed Pyongyang's "anti-national and ahistorical" nature.

Yoon also said North Korea's recent missile launch and artillery firing were a "political act" to divide the South Korean public and vowed that provocations will be met with its own response on a "multiplied scale."