US EditionNorth Korea Bats Down Seoul’s ‘Dream’ of Inter-Korean Thaw After Rare Praise
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Kim Yo Jong South Korea statement: Seoul misread the warning
In a Kim Yo Jong South Korea statement issued April 6, the senior WPK official acknowledged President Lee Jae-myung’s apology over a South Korean drone incursion into North Korean airspace — but paired it with an unambiguous threat. A follow-up statement the next day from Jang Kum Chol, the North’s first vice minister of foreign affairs, made clear that Seoul had missed the point entirely, mocking South Korean officials as “stupid fools” offerin…
North Korea bats down Seoul’s ‘dream’ of inter-Korean thaw after rare praise
A senior North Korean official struck down Seoul’s hopes for an inter-Korean detente late Tuesday, insisting that South Korea remains the “most hostile” enemy state despite Kim Yo Jong’s rare compliment to President Lee Jae Myung the previous day. In a statement released via state media, DPRK Vice Foreign Minister Jang Kum Chol mocked Seoul’s […]
Jang Kum-chol, North Korea's First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and the official in charge of inter-Korean relations, stated that interpreting Kim Yo-jong's statement regarding the drone apology positively is "a hopeful dream interpretation by stupid fools." Earlier, President Lee Jae-myung expressed regret over the drone infiltration incident.
North Korea has stated that the emphasis of the statement issued on the 6th by Kim Yo-jong, Director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, regarding President Lee Jae-myung’s expression of regret over the "anti-North Korea drone incident," was not a "friendly response" but a "clear warning." As the South Korean government assessed Kim Yo-jong’s statement as "meaningful progress," North Korea dismissed this and reaffirmed that …
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