North Korea has condemned US plans to supply South Korea with tactical missiles and fund projects monitoring human rights abuses in the country, warning of a “powerful response” to what Pyongyang described as Washington’s hostile actions.

Pyongyang says the potential sale of AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles and related equipment poses ‘a new threat’ to its security environment.

North Korea condemned on Thursday US plans to supply Seoul with tactical missiles and fund human rights monitoring projects, vowing a "powerful response" to what Pyongyang…