North Korea's Kim Jong-un Apology Notice Fabrication Theory... Blue House "Completely Untrue"

Some Media Claim "37 Cases Manipulated"
Blue House "Will Proceed with Correction Reporting Procedures"

North Korea held a Workers' Party Political Bureau meeting chaired by Chairman Kim Jong Un on the 5th and decided to carry out the "80-day Battle" until the end of the year, according to the Korean Central News Agency on the 6th.

On the 15th, the Blue House stated that the media reports claiming that more than 37 parts of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's apology letter regarding the shooting of South Korean civilians by North Korean soldiers were fabricated are "completely untrue."

The Blue House announced on the same day, "We plan to review and proceed with related procedures such as requesting an apology and correction report from the concerned media outlet."

Earlier that day, a domestic media outlet reported that more than 37 parts of Kim Jong-un's apology letter were modified into North Korean style in the South. The outlet claimed that the letter, first disclosed by the Blue House on the afternoon of the 25th of last month, contained expressions not used in North Korea, but after revisions, these were replaced with North Korean-style expressions.

Pointing out changes such as altered spacing, added punctuation marks that were not originally present, and paragraph breaks being changed, the media outlet argued that even excluding inserted words, particles, and spacing, 37 parts were modified into North Korean style. They claimed, "If this is a document exchanged between countries or governments, there should be no alterations even to a single character. This letter inevitably raises suspicions of being 'bogus.'"

Meanwhile, on the 25th, Kim Jong-un officially apologized to the South regarding the incident in which a public official who went missing at sea near Soyeonpyeong Island in the West Sea was shot and killed by North Korea.

In the letter sent to the Blue House at that time, issued under the name of the United Front Department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party, Kim stated, "Amid the already severe threat of the malignant virus (COVID-19), instead of helping our southern compatriots, an unexpected unfortunate incident occurred in our waters."

Kim Jong-un expressed, "I deeply regret causing great disappointment to President Moon Jae-in and the southern compatriots."

Seo Hun, Director of the National Security Office of the Blue House, immediately held a briefing to release the full text of the North Korean notification containing Kim Jong-un's apology.

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