North Korea Questions President Moon's Sanity... Ministry of Unification "No Comment"

North Korea Calls Human Rights White Paper "Book Made from Defectors' Excrement"
Mentions President Moon, Saying "Pretending to Cooperate While Acting Ruthlessly"

President Moon Jae-in and North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un shaking hands and talking at Panmunjom on June 30 last year.

North Korea referred to the publication of the "North Korean Human Rights White Paper 2020" by the Korea Institute for National Unification as a "provocative booklet made by collecting excrement defecated by defector trash," and criticized President Moon Jae-in by calling him the "South Korean ruler." In response, the Ministry of Unification stated, "The government does not separately comment on mentions by North Korean propaganda media as a matter of routine."

On the 15th, Yeo Sang-gi, spokesperson for the Ministry of Unification, said at a regular briefing held at the Government Seoul Office that the government's position was the same when asked to comment on the report by North Korea's external propaganda media Uri Minjokkkiri on that day.

On the same day, Uri Minjokkkiri, in an article titled "What will be served by the clown play," referred to the publication of the human rights white paper by the Korea Institute for National Unification on the 11th, claiming, "This is a serious political provocation against our Republic, which prioritizes the dignity and rights of the people, and a confrontation that causes distrust and antagonism among compatriots and drives inter-Korean relations to a catastrophe."

It also did not hesitate to criticize President Moon by mentioning the "South Korean ruler." The media stated, "The South Korean ruler talks about 'cooperation' in front and acts obsequiously, while behind the scenes ordering subordinates to collect excrement defecated by defector trash to make provocative booklets," adding, "One cannot help but ask if they are sane."

Furthermore, it said, "Seeing the South Korean authorities holding a tattered human rights white paper, which had been buried in the trash heaps of past conservative governments, and putting on a clown show, it seems like watching the last days of the Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye factions who drove inter-Korean relations to the worst phase through heinous confrontation among compatriots."

The media claimed that South Korea has no right to talk about human rights and urged it to reflect on itself. It also asserted that the contents of the human rights white paper were false.

Uri Minjokkkiri said, "The South Korean authorities, who are colonial subordinates without even the basic sign of human rights, sovereignty, and are treated like bugs by foreign powers, talking about anyone's human rights is truly laughable," adding, "Before arrogantly pointing fingers at others by fabricating nonexistent facts, they should look back on their pitiful situation and their family's pathetic human rights reality, unable even to remove the deep-seated resentment nails embedded in the hearts of the May 18 victims and the Sewol ferry bereaved families, and feel shame."

Uri Minjokkkiri warned, "It is increasingly clear that there is no need to deal with those who are hypocritical, lack discernment and dignity, and only commit dirty acts," and "Anyone who tries to tarnish the autonomous dignity and rights of our people will not escape a miserable end."

The Korea Institute for National Unification, under the Prime Minister's Office, pointed out the poor human rights situation of North Korean residents in the human rights white paper released on the 11th. It included cases of public executions for drug trafficking, watching and distributing South Korean recordings, murder, and other violent crimes.

This white paper was prepared based on in-depth interviews conducted last year with 118 North Korean defectors who had recently stayed in North Korea, official North Korean documents obtained by the Korea Institute for National Unification, and reports submitted by North Korea to UN human rights organizations.

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