North Korean Media Criticizes Japan for Politicizing Tokyo Olympics

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho] On the 30th, North Korea criticized Japan for politically exploiting the Tokyo Olympics by allowing the Rising Sun Flag inside the Olympic stadium, marking Dokdo on maps, and placing athlete Son Ki-jeong in the corner of Japanese gold medalists, among other controversies.

The external propaganda media 'Uri Minjokkkiri' harshly condemned Japan in a commentary titled 'Tokyo Olympics and Japan's Political Ambition,' stating, "Japan is the very Asian version of a Nazi criminal state today, trying to exploit even the Olympics for impure political ambitions."

It continued, "On the eve of the Tokyo Olympics, where has the fundamental ideology gone? Is it not only Japan's historical distortion, territorial seizure ambitions, and glorification and whitewashing of its bloodstained invasion history that are wandering around?" It then mocked, "Have territorial seizure and historical distortion against other countries been newly added as events in the Tokyo Olympics?"

The media also described Japan's insistence on holding the Olympics as a 'return to militarism' in the commentary.

The media claimed, "Japan's insistence on holding the Olympics despite the global health crisis is an attempt to justify their claim to Dokdo and legitimize the past invasion history symbolized by the Rising Sun Flag, thereby stepping once again onto the path of militarism."

Earlier this year, Japan expressed its position not to ban the Rising Sun Flag, considered a war criminal flag, and uniforms with the Rising Sun design from being brought into the stadium. The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee also sparked controversy by marking Dokdo as Japanese territory on its national maps.

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