The politically powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has scathingly reprimanded the president of South Korea, and he has called for nuclear disarmament and After repeating offers of financial aid in exchange. Spoke directly to Yoon Seok-yeol for the first time and blew him up for his "daring" proposal.
According to a published commentary, " it would have been better for his image to keep his mouth shut than to say something that made no sense to him," she said. talked about According to state media on Friday.
Her comments came as Yoon repeatedly offered North Korea a "bold" economic aid package in return for the North abandoning its nuclear and ballistic missile programs. .
Offers of large-scale aid for food and healthcare, power generation systems and the modernization of ports and airports were first proposed in May, with Yoon making his first It was confirmed again by North Korea on Wednesday, the 100th day. at the company.
Kim branded Mr. Yoon as "truly naive and still childish," thinking he could get North Korea's honor and nuclear weapons in exchange for economic cooperation. pushed.
"No one trades that fate for corn cakes," she added.
She said North Korea's denuclearization was not subject to political negotiations, and said the proposal was "as silly as trying to dry up the azure sea and turn it into a mulberry field."
"We just don't like Yoon Seok-yeol as a human being," said Mr. Kim, who took office in May.
Mr. Kim, who oversees inter-Korean relations, saidthat South Korea would continue its military exercises with the United States,and seek improvements in bilateral relations.
Just hours before Yoon addressed the nation to mark the 100th day of his inauguration, North Korea flew two cruise ships from the town of Oncheon on the west coast early Wednesday morning. Launchedmissiles. These are the first missile tests by North Korea in two months as the country battles the Covid-19 outbreak.
She mocked South Korea's military might and said Seoul misread the launch site of North Korea's latest missile test, suggesting it should have "shut up".
} Unification Ministry spokesperson Lee Hyo Jung said in a briefing: economic situation.
Her latest statement marks the escalation of the fierce rhetoric she has issued this month towards the Yoon government. threatened a "fatal" reprisal against the South over. Activists say the North suspects this was caused by the tactic of dropping leaflets and other objects from balloons launched by the South.
There are concerns that Mr. Kim's threats over the leaflets portend a provocation under the pretext of starting a seventh nuclear test and a border skirmish.
The United States and South Korea are set to begin next week's largest joint exercise in years to counter the North Korean threat.
Kim added in her Friday remarks that the South Korean president had shown the "height of absurdity" with his offer.
She said South Korea's actions would exacerbate "growing hatred and anger" from North Korea, and claimed North Korea had no immediate plans to restore long-term diplomatic relations with South Korea.
"It's an earnest desire to live without being conscious of each other," she said.
