North Korea: "Stalemate in Inter-Korean Relations Due to South Korea's Foreign Dependence and Double Standards"

"South Korea Throws Away Inter-Korean Agreement Like a Discarded Item"
"Committed to the Nation but Has Not Fulfilled Any Promises"

President Moon Jae-in (right) and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un are holding hands and talking at Panmunjom on the afternoon of June 30 last year. In the center is U.S. President Donald Trump.

As the government pushes forward with inter-Korean cooperation projects, including revising the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Act, North Korea harshly criticized the South on the 2nd, claiming that the root cause of the deadlock in inter-Korean relations lies with South Korea.

North Korea's propaganda outlet Uri Minjok Kkiri stated in an article titled "The Cause Lies Elsewhere" that "Currently, inter-Korean relations remain stuck in a deadlock," and attributed the cause to "the anti-national and anti-unification acts of the South Korean authorities, who have discarded inter-Korean agreements reflecting the will of the nation like old rags and have habitually engaged in pro-American and anti-fellow countryman confrontations."

The outlet further claimed, "Despite our Republic’s proactive, sincere, and magnanimous measures to implement the inter-Korean declarations and our generous advice and warnings to firmly reject foreign interference and prioritize national interests, the South Korean authorities have not properly implemented a single one of the inter-Korean agreements they pledged to the nation."

It continued, "Following the coercion of the United States, which advocates for controlling the pace of inter-Korean relations, they introduced the 'Korea-US Working Group' and sought approval from their overlord for every issue that arose," criticizing the Korea-US Working Group, a channel for Korea-US consultations on the Korean Peninsula issue.

Additionally, Uri Minjok Kkiri stated, "(South Korea) has repeatedly colluded with foreign forces to conduct war exercises aimed at invading the North and has been solely focused on military buildup by massively importing advanced American weapons," adding, "Even amid the global pandemic, they have incessantly played with fire targeting their fellow countrymen like a thieving cat day and night."

Uri Minjok Kkiri emphasized, "It is clear even to a child in Samcheok that this blind following of foreign powers and reckless confrontational behavior toward fellow countrymen have led to today’s deadlock in inter-Korean relations," and stressed, "It is only natural that domestic and international criticism and curses pour down on the South Korean authorities’ double-faced behavior of smiling brightly as if to keep promises in front, but turning their backs and selectively committing acts that violate the spirit of inter-Korean declarations."

Meanwhile, on the 1st, North Korea criticized the Ministry of Unification, which is moving forward with revising the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Act, saying "their North Korea policy lacks sincerity."

The propaganda outlet S?gwang, in an article titled "Cooperation or Confrontation, Which Is Real?" pointed out, "Recently, the South Korean government has repeatedly emphasized the promotion of inter-Korean cooperative exchanges."

On the 26th of last month, the Ministry of Unification announced a draft revision of the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Act, which includes simplifying procedures such as abolishing the permit system for contact with North Korean residents and switching to a notification system, as well as specifying local governments as the main entities for inter-Korean cooperation projects.

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