North Korea denounced Thursday a potential U.S. arms sale to South Korea and a plan to fund millions of dollars for documenting North Korean human rights violations as proof of continued hostility toward Pyongyang. A spokesperson for the North's foreign ministry issued the criticism, referring to a recent announcement last week by the U.S. State Department on its approval for a potential sale of AIM-9X air-to-air missiles and related equipment to Seoul. South Korea had requested the purchase of 103 AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II tactical missile and 10 guidance units, among other defense items. The department has also put out a notice of funding opportunity to document human rights abuses and to counter North Korean propaganda, a project for which it has allotted up to $2.96 million. "The above-said acts are another case proving the persistence and sequence of the U.S. hostile moves to add a new threat to the security sphere of the DPRK and create instability in the social system of our state," the spokesperson said in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency. "The reality clearl