"Authorized by Kim Jong Un": Kim Yo Jong Releases Another Scathing Statement

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North Korea's Kim Yo Jong has released another statement fiercely criticizing the South Korean government. Claiming that the landmine explosion incident south of the western frontline and the plan to provide medical equipment to North Korea were Seoul's self-staged farce and provocations, she warned that Pyongyang would maintain its hardline stance toward South Korea.

Reporter Son Gijun reports.

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Kim Yo Jong, a vice department director of North Korea's Workers' Party of Korea, who had blasted the South Korean government's plan to provide medical equipment to the North as a "farce."

Just a day later, she issued an additional statement, once again taking issue with the South Korean government.

Kim derided the landmine explosion incident south of the Military Demarcation Line on the western frontline as "Part 1 of a self-staged farce" that created an illusion of being a "victim," and the medical equipment support plan as "Part 2 of a self-staged farce" attempting to disguise itself as an "angel." She claimed that both matters were an "unprecedented provocation" that harms North Korea's dignity and image.

[Lim Eul-chul / Professor at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University: "They primarily view this as words and actions that seriously infringe upon the dignity and pride of the North Korean system. There is also considerable displeasure over South Korea still treating them as a country that receives humanitarian aid."]

In particular, she repeatedly took issue with the medical support plan—which she had disparaged as a "farce" the day before yesterday on October 8—claiming that the South Korean government harbors hidden intentions.

She argued that by prompting the international community to compare South Korea's goodwill framed around humanitarian assistance with North Korea's refusal, Seoul's "scheme is to visibly demonstrate that 'the escalation of tension is not Seoul's responsibility.'"

Kim also sharpened her rhetoric against the South Korean government, claiming that it has brought about "ruin and disgrace" both militarily and diplomatically, and warned that through these actions it "will certainly find itself in an even more disadvantageous position."

Notably, what drew attention in this latest statement was Kim Yo Jong's declaration that, "delegated by the head of state, she will further turn away from and disregard South Korea going forward."

This effectively amounts to a threat that North Korea will maintain its hardline stance toward the South and continue pressing ahead with the so-called project to "fortify the border."

(Video by Oh Young-taek | Graphics by Lee So-jeong)
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