South Korea-US 'Alliance Dialogue' Promotion... North Korean Propaganda Media Criticizes as "Noose of Subjugation and Servility"

Opposition Linked to 'Hanmi Working Group'
First Meeting of 'Hanmi Alliance Dialogue' Planned for Mid-October

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] North Korean propaganda media harshly criticized the South Korea-U.S. director-level working group "Alliance Dialogue," which was newly considered during the first face-to-face deputy ministerial meeting between Choi Jong-geon of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Steven Biegun, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State.

On the 20th, North Korean propaganda media "Meari" published an article titled "Not Enough with the Working Group, Now Even Alliance Dialogue?" and condemned, "(South Korea) is begging to grab the foreign power's pant leg and tighten its own noose even more." The working group refers to the South Korea-U.S. working group that discusses issues such as lifting sanctions on North Korea.

Regarding the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' explanation that it is a director-level working consultation body, it also criticized it as "mere rhetoric." The media stated, "They loudly advertise it as an organization that discusses issues in detail from the bottom up so that high-level decisions can be made quickly," and pointed out, "This advertisement is rhetoric to conceal the reactionary nature of Alliance Dialogue, which is a noose of subordination and servitude."

South Korea and the U.S. are reportedly discussing specific details aiming for the first meeting of the newly established "Korea-U.S. Alliance" in mid-October. Deputy Minister Choi had previously stated that the U.S. also has no objections to the establishment of the consultation body.

Additionally, the propaganda media "Tongil-ui Meari" released a commentary regarding the South Korean government's planned defense budget increase next year. The media criticized the 2021 increase in South Korea's military budget, saying, "At a time when the whole world is trembling with anxiety due to the spread of a malignant infectious disease and even military budgets are being redirected to epidemic prevention, increasing the military budget is obviously madness," calling it a reckless provocation.

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