North Korea on Saturday condemned the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)'s recently approved fuel network overhaul plan, casting it as an "unprecedented" effort to prepare for war and evidence that the alliance is becoming "a more aggressive military bloc." The condemnation came in a commentary carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), as NATO approved the Fuel Supply Chain Capability Programme Plan last month, which seeks to modernize and expand its Cold War-era military fuel pipeline and storage network across Europe. The commentary indicated that Pyongyang is keeping close tabs on NATO's military movements at a time when its forces have been deployed to support Russia's war in Ukraine, while the transatlantic alliance continues to provide military assistance to Kyiv. "Originally, there were disagreements among the member states because of the huge cost, but they were finally settled. This shows that NATO is clinging to the provision of strategic reserves for war while regarding it as a vital matter," the commentary said. "What merits an attention is tha