North Korea lashes out at Japan as "dirty dog mouth"... Targets Security Council permanent membership bid

North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un provided on-site guidance at the disaster recovery site in Kimhwa County, Gangwon Province, the Workers' Party's official newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported on the 2nd.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Eun-young] On the 3rd, North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un sent a message of consolation to President Donald Trump and his wife, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Meanwhile, North Korea criticized Japan’s status as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, calling it a "dirty dog’s mouth."

On the 3rd, the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted an article titled "Japan Does Not Qualify as a Permanent Member of the UN Security Council" on its website, authored by Kim Seol-hwa, a researcher at the Japan Research Institute.

He expressed outrage, stating, "Japan, which avoids facing its past and piles sin upon sin, can never be a permanent member of the UN Security Council," adding, "After illegally occupying our country, Japan massacred over one million Koreans, forcibly abducted and took away more than 8.4 million Korean youths, and also took 200,000 Korean women as Japanese military sex slaves."

He continued, "Japan invaded our country and other Asian nations, provoked the Pacific War, and committed massive crimes against humanity," and claimed, "To this day, it is a shameless country that evades national responsibility for these acts."

Furthermore, he loudly condemned, "Japan’s aspiration to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council, whose fundamental mission is international peace and security, is a mockery of international justice and the conscience of humanity, an intolerable insult," adding, "Japan must first understand the principle that no ivory can ever grow from a dirty dog’s mouth."

Meanwhile, Japan, a defeated country in World War II (Pacific War), has long expressed its intention to join the Security Council as a permanent member. To this end, it has strengthened international contributions by hosting the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) and increasing aid to developing countries.

On the 22nd of last month, Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu sent a video message to the 75th anniversary meeting of the UN’s founding, mentioning the need for reform of the UN Security Council and expressing Japan’s intention to become a permanent member.

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