Jubilee Post News & Views
Special Desk
North Korea has issued warning that US will face a crisis “beyond control.” North Korea also accused South Korea of provocations against Pyongyang in a series of statements, comments that could set the stage for a showdown between the three nations.
US president Biden and his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-in, would meet in Washington sometime in May.
North Koraen leader Kim Jong Un’s statement came after an activist organization led by a North Korean defector, released balloons into North Korea carrying money and anti-North Korea leaflets in an attempt to supply people inside one of the world’s strictest dictatorships with uncensored information. The South Korean government has since passed a controversial law making such leaflet releases illegal.
North Korea chided US President Joe Biden for saying, in a speech to Congress, Pyongyang’s nuclear program presents a serious threat to America and world security. A separate statement accused the US of engaging in political chicanery last week, when the State Department called North Korea one of the most repressive and totalitarian states in the world.
And a third statement attributed to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, warned South Korea would face consequences after North Korean defectors used balloons to send leaflets into North Korean territory.
Washington plans to pursue a calibrated, practical approach that differs from the Trump administration’s strategy of pursuing a grand bargain or the Obama administration’s focus on strategic patience.
Also Read: Covid cases at Everest base camp, government denies
North Korea’s statements were more focused on what it saw as insults from Biden, the State Department and the South Korean government, and all employed the bombastic language often seen in North Korean statements of opposition or displeasure.
Responding to the State Department’s comments on human rights in North Korea, the North Korean Foreign Ministry said the US “has no right to even discuss human rights.”
Kim said North Korea could not hide its displeasure over the sordid acts carried out by the defectors, who she referred to as human waste and dirty human scum.
