N Korean expert slams US termination of south's missile range limit as hostile act ANI | Updated: May 31, 2021 15:42 IST Seoul [South Korea], May 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The US' termination of a guideline that limits the range of South Korean missiles to 800 kilometers (450 miles) demonstrates Washington's hostile policy toward Pyongyang and aims at triggering an arms race on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea's international affairs critic, Kim Myong Chol was quoted as saying by the state media. Last week, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Joe Biden agreed during a meeting in Washington to end the flight range guidelines that were issued in 1979, when South Korea was given US technologies and components for developing its own missiles. As a result of two revisions in 2001 and 2012, the permitted range of South Korean missiles was increased from the initial 180 kilometers to 300 kilometers and then 800 kilometers.