In a Relatively Mild Speech, North Korea Uses UN Platform to Lament 'Mutual Distrust' and Tension
Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong said North Korea would rely on its own efforts and defend itself after firing two short-range ballistic missiles.
- On Monday, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong addressed the United Nations, characterizing the global climate as "a harsh reality rampant with unprecedented mutual distrust and confrontation."
- Representing the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kim delivered a speech notably milder than typical North Korean rhetoric, avoiding direct threats despite ongoing tensions with Tokyo, Seoul, and Washington.
- Regarding nuclear weapons, Kim maintained that the DPRK's arsenal acts as "the absolute might and irresistible force" to protect sovereignty while condemning regional security collaboration as "a more offensive and aggressive military bloc with a nuclear element."
- Criticizing the United Nations, Kim argued the organization suffers from "functional paralysis" owing to unilateralism by powerful nations pursuing "chauvinistic interests."
- The Korean Peninsula remains in a technical state of war, guarded by the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone, despite Kim's assertion that the DPRK's defensive strength maintains regional security and promotes multipolarization.
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In a relatively mild speech, North Korea uses UN platform to lament ‘mutual distrust’ and tension – WTOP News
North Korea used its yearly U.N. platform on Monday to warn other world leaders of “a harsh reality rampant with unprecedented mutual distrust and confrontation,” but said that it would endure and, in a multilateral world, “surely attain all that we plan to, relying entirely on our own efforts.” It was, by Pyongyang’s standards, a...
In a relatively mild speech, North Korea uses UN platform to lament &#
North Korea used its yearly U.N. platform on Monday to warn other world leaders of “a harsh reality rampant with unprecedented mutual distrust and confrontation,” but said that it would endure and, in a multilateral world, “surely
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The Hamilton SpectatorIn a relatively mild speech, North Korea uses UN platform to lament ‘mutual distrust’ and tension
North Korea has used its yearly U_N_ platform to warn other world leaders of “a harsh reality rampant with unprecedented mutual distrust and confrontation.”.
North Korea's Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kim Son Gyong, uses father-faced brooch and Kim Jong-un's grandfather during speech at the 81st UN General Assembly in New York, United States, on September 28, 2026. REUTERS/Mike Segar North Korea's Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kim Son-Gyong, spoke at the 81st meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday (28). The country's representative drew attention to the use of a brooch with…
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