On Thursday 28/05, North Korea went wild against South Korea and the United States, threatening to demolish key parts of the agreements with South Korea and comparing the United States to a “setting Sun” eclipsed now by China.
The attack on the United States comes when President Trump finds himself in an increasingly pressing situation with China, blaming it for the spread of the coronavirus and threatening action for its weakening of Hong Kong’s autonomy. And it follows Trump’s swaying efforts to woo the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, and to convince him to give up his nuclear weapons.
In a statement released by state media, North Korea also highlighted the unrest that affected the United States over the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police.
“Enraged protesters even flock to the White House,” said the statement published by Rodong Sinmun, North Korea’s main state newspaper. “This is the reality in the United States today. American liberalism and democracy insult the protesters and threaten to even unleash dogs for repression.”
The statement, from an arm of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party, excoriated Mike Pompeo, the American secretary of state, for criticizing the Communist Party of China during a televised interview on Sunday. In the interview, Mr. Pompeo accused the Chinese party of being “intent upon the destruction of Western ideas, Western democracies, Western values.”
The statement carried by Rodong Sinmun said Mr. Pompeo’s remarks showed that “he is nervous over the plight of the U.S. on the downhill side” in relation to an ascendant China. “Pompeo, who has been deeply engrossed in espionage and plot-breeding against other countries, has become too ignorant to discern where the sun rises and where it sets.”
Source: New York Times