North Korea’s regime vowed to take up its “toughest” policies against the U.S. at a meeting of the country’s ruling party last week.
During the Dec. 23-27 gathering, high-ranking members of the Workers’ Party of Korea, including leader Kim Jong Un, convened. The state media outlet KCNA reported that the officials criticized the ongoing alliances among the U.S., Japan, and South Korea, referring to them as a “nuclear military bloc.”
“This reality clearly shows to which direction we should advance and what we should do and how,” the party said in a statement.
The meeting took place against a backdrop of escalating tension for North Korea, following the dispatch of troops to support Russia in its invasion of Ukraine earlier in the year.
After a period of approximately a week, North Korea responded to the thwarted attempt by Yoon, which had been blocked by the country’s parliament. On December 11, Kim Jong Un’s government finally broke its silence on the matter through the state-affiliated news channel.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP)
“The shocking incident of the puppet Yoon Suk Yeol regime, which was faced with a serious governance crisis and an impeachment crisis, suddenly declared a martial law decree and unhesitatingly wielded the guns and knives of its fascist dictatorship,” KCNA said in a report.
“The international community is sternly watching, with assessments that the martial law incident exposed vulnerabilities in South Korean society … and that Yoon Suk Yeol’s political life could face an early end,” KCNA added.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un pose for a photo during a signing ceremony of the new partnership in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Kristina Kormilitsyna, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
South Korea’s legislature impeached Yoon soon after his power grab, and a national court is deliberating over whether to uphold his removal.
