North Korea media criticises South Korea’s Lee as ‘hypocrite’
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Since winning a snap presidential election in June, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's government has been making moves aimed at easing tension between the two Koreas.
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SEOUL – North Korean state media KCNA criticised on Aug 27 South Korean President Lee Jae Myung for his remarks on denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula during his visit to the US
“The South Korea-US alliance will be upgraded to a global level beyond the Korean Peninsula when there is a path for denuclearisation, peace and coexistence on the Korean Peninsula,” Mr Lee had said at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Aug 25.
“He played it as if he was willing to restore the relationship” between the two Koreas, but “revealed himself as a maniac for confrontation” and a “hypocrite”, KCNA said.
Since winning a snap presidential election in June, Mr Lee's government has been making moves aimed at easing tension between the two Koreas, such as removing anti-North Korean loudspeakers and ordering discussions on the restoration of some past agreements between the two Koreas.
“Our status as a nuclear power is an inevitable choice that accurately reflects hostile threats from the outside and changes in the global security forces structure,” KCNA said.
KCNA did not mention US President Donald Trump or his remarks while holding a summit with Mr Lee that he would like to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again
Mr Kim visited a fishing village on Aug 26 and lauded its development, KCNA said. REUTERS
