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Blue House Responds to Criticism of Kim Yo-Jong's 'Clown Show': "Defamatory Rhetoric Does Not Help"

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hwang Yun-gi = On the 2nd, as Kim Yo-jong, Director of the General Affairs Department of the Workers' Party of Korea, criticized the South Korean government as a "self-staged clown show," the Blue House stated, "Our government and..."

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As Kim Yo-jong, Director of the General Affairs Department of the Workers' Party of Korea, unleashed harsh remarks regarding President Lee Jae-myung's statement that measures to reduce military tensions between the two Koreas would continue, the Blue House pointed out that "slanderous rhetoric does not help build mutual trust." A Blue House official gave this response when asked for the government's position on Director Kim's remarks. The offici…

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hwang Yun-gi = On the 2nd, as Kim Yo-jong, Director of the General Affairs Department of the Workers' Party of Korea, criticized the South Korean government as a "self-staged clown show," the Blue House stated, "Our government and..."

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On the 2nd, the Blue House stated, "Defamatory remarks against our government and president do not help build mutual trust," in response to North Korean Workers' Party General Affairs Director Kim Yo-jong criticizing President Lee Jae-myung's Armed Forces Day address—in which he pledged to continue measures to lower military tensions between the two Koreas—as the "climax of a farce."

On the 2nd, regarding the statement by Kim Yo-jong, Vice Department Director of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Blue House stated, "Defamatory remarks against our government and the President do not help in building mutual trust," adding, "The government [regarding] this landmine.

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한겨레 broke the news on Friday, October 2, 2026.
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