▲ Kim Yo-jong, Vice Department Director of the Workers' Party of North Korea
Kim Yo-jong, a vice department director of the Workers' Party of North Korea, has once again denounced the South Korean Ministry of Unification's plan to provide medical equipment to the North as a "sequel to a self-staged farce," reaffirming a hostile stance to turn away from and ignore South Korea.
Kim made the remarks in a written statement released through the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) early this morning (October 9), saying, "Nothing is uglier than malice wrapped in 'goodwill.'"
She claimed, "South Korea's staged 'landmine explosion' drama and its 'medical equipment aid' farce are merely two sides of the same coin, born of an inherent, chronic habit of confrontation against our state," adding, "Their true objective is solely a sinister intention to somehow degrade the dignity and image of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)."
Kim, who has claimed that last month's landmine explosion in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) was a "staged drama" by South Korea, appeared to escalate her offensive by tying that incident directly to the South Korean government's plan to provide medical equipment.
Mocking Seoul, Kim said, "South Korea's scoundrels have once again suffered a humiliating defeat," adding, "They made self-defeating blunders and brought about their own 'ruin' both militarily and diplomatically."
She continued her harsh criticism, stating, "Rarely have there been fools as narrow-minded as the current rulers in Seoul," and describing the aid proposal as "a foolish, clumsy piece of work and a sequel to a self-staged farce whose plot is to showcase their 'well-intentioned attitude and efforts' under the pretext of 'humanitarian aid' to the international community in contrast to our 'rejectionist stance.'"
She further shifted the blame, saying, "Their hidden intention is to visually display that 'we are doing our best with "goodwill," and as you can see, the escalating tension is not Seoul's responsibility,'" adding, "This is abnormal behavior that could only be exhibited by enemies or beasts."
Kim raised her voice further, saying, "The Seoul authorities may have gained one thing, but they ended up losing two, three, and ten more," calling Seoul's actions "unprecedented parallel political, military, and moral provocations against the DPRK."
She then reaffirmed, "By authorization of the head of state and in accordance with the collective will of the Korean people, I reaffirm that we will more clearly turn away from and ignore the human scum of South Korea in the future."
Kim's mention of being authorized by the "head of state" is interpreted as an effort to make clear that this hostile stance toward South Korea reflects the will of Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission.
Earlier, Kim released a statement yesterday afternoon (October 8) pouring out vitriol regarding the South Korean government's plan to send medical equipment, calling it "another farce, an insult, and a mutated political provocation."
About 14 hours after that statement, she condemned the South Korean government once again, this time under the title of "Assessment and Position of the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on South Korean Scoundrels."
The South Korean government had previously obtained sanctions exemptions in May from the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee on North Korea to send medical equipment to Kangdong County Hospital in Pyongyang through the Korea Foundation for International Healthcare (KOFIH).
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