North Korea on Thursday denounced military cooperation between Seoul and Tokyo as "a foolish act of courting self-destruction." The statement came from Kang Chol-su, section chief of North Korea's Institute of Enemy State Studies, in a commentary carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Kang argued the cooperation would do nothing to weaken North Korea's deterrence capabilities, saying there would "never be a change in the absolute mechanical structure of no retreat built in the Korean Peninsula by the strongest nuclear weapons state." He pointed to the recent defense ministerial talks between Seoul and Tokyo, along with South Korea's jets refueling at a Japanese air base earlier this year, warning these developments "should not be overlooked." According to Kang, the deepening security ties are laying the groundwork for a "logistics support agreement" that would let the two countries supply "each other with munitions, including ammunition, in contingency." "Japan's security cooperation is precisely a confrontation cooperation targeting the DPRK," he said, calling it part of a bro