North Korea, Responsible for GP Shooting, Continues Criticism of South Korea, Accusing It of "Frenzied Preparations for Northern Invasion"

North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong Un attended the completion ceremony of the Suncheon Fertilizer Factory on May 1, Labor Day, according to a report by Korean Central Television on the 2nd. The photo shows Chairman Kim looking confident at the completion ceremony.

The day after the North Korean military fired shots at a South Korean military guard post (GP) in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of Gangwon Province, North Korea continued its usual criticism of South Korea through its external propaganda media on the 4th.

The external propaganda outlet, Meori, stated in an article titled "An Unforgivable Anti-National Crime" that "The South Korean authorities are still actively following the U.S.'s hostile policy toward North Korea, frantically increasing military power and engaging in military confrontation to prepare for a war of aggression against the North."

The outlet claimed, "(South Korea) has set the largest-ever defense budget, continues to import advanced military equipment such as the stealth fighter 'F-35A' and the high-altitude unmanned reconnaissance aircraft 'Global Hawk' from the U.S., and recently conducted joint air exercises with the U.S. and joint marine landing drills despite the global pandemic," blaming South Korea entirely for the deadlock in inter-Korean relations.

Meori also said, "No matter how much the South Korean authorities advertise 'development of inter-Korean relations' with words, if their pursued actions culminate in confrontation aimed at their own kin, inter-Korean relations are bound to head not toward development but toward catastrophe." This appears to be aimed at the Ministry of Unification's '2020 Inter-Korean Relations Development Implementation Plan' released last month.

Furthermore, Meori repeatedly emphasized, "The South Korean authorities should feel responsible for plunging inter-Korean relations into a deadlock and must first stop their criminally reckless acts of colluding with foreign forces and fervently engaging in anti-Republic confrontation provocations."

Meanwhile, on the morning of the 3rd at around 7:41 a.m., North Korea fired multiple rounds of gunfire at a South Korean GP on the central front line. This is the first time gunfire has occurred at a DMZ guard post since the September 19 inter-Korean military agreement.

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