White House: ``North Korea's efforts to develop advanced weapons are extremely serious''

``The U.S. government views North Korea's efforts to develop advanced weapons very seriously,'' a White House official reiterated on the 13th (local time).
John Kirby, Strategic and Public Affairs Coordinator for the National Security Council (NSC), said in a regular press conference on the same day that ``We are committed to meeting Kim Jung Eun, North Korea's general secretary.
"We take very seriously the efforts of the United Nations to develop advanced weapons systems." On the 24th of last month, North Korea launched several new strategic cruise missiles into the Yellow Sea from near Pyongyang.
Following this, on the 28th, two of the same missiles were launched from the sea near Sinpo City in Hamgyongnam-do.
Furthermore, on the 30th of the same month, a strategic cruise missile was launched into the Yellow Sea, and on the 2nd of this month,
Several cruise missiles were fired into the Yellow Sea. At a recent regular press conference, South Korean military authorities said that North Korea's repeated test launches of cruise missiles were judged to be for the purpose of performance testing for weapons development.
"I'm here," he said. "We, as well as South Korea and our allies, take this very seriously," Kirby said. "That's why, as we have emphasized many times, President Joe Biden
"We are investing more in strengthening bilateral relations with South Korea and trilateral relations between Japan, the United States, and South Korea."