North Korean state media reinforced anti-U.S. rhetoric this week as Donald Trump’s inauguration fast approaches, slamming U.S.-ROK-Japan air drills featuring a B-1 bomber and a meeting on the use of nuclear weapons to defend Seoul.

An editorial in the Rodong Sinmun asserted that Washington is interfering with other countries under the pretext of spreading “American-style democracy,” while defending the DPRK’s totalitarian system by stating that “each country has its own political system that suits its situation.”

DPRK continued its spree of new factory openings with ceremonies in four regions. State