Spokesman for DPRK Foreign Ministry Flails UN Secretary General for Misleading Public Opinion

A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry gave the following answer to a question put by KCNA on Saturday as regards the fact that the secretary general of the United Nations claimed as if the cause of escalated tension on the Korean peninsula lies with the DPRK:

Recently, the UN secretary general, at a press conference on the issue of the Korean peninsula, made an absurd remark that the aggravation of tension on the peninsula was caused by the “nuclear and missile development” of the DPRK.

His remark is no more than a revelation of his ignorance on the essence of the nuclear issue of the Korean peninsula.

To make it clear, the root cause of the nuclear issue and the vicious cycle of aggravation of situation on the Korean peninsula is the U.S. hostile policy and its nuclear threats against the DPRK.

It is ridiculous for the UN secretary general to talk about taking a fair stand in resolving the issue of the Korean peninsula while he cannot say a word to the U.S. which is actually driving the situation on the Korean peninsula to the extreme pitch.

It is none other than the U.S that caused all the trouble by deploying nuclear strategic assets on the Korean peninsula and, hence, in order to defuse the tension and prevent reckless military clash in and around the peninsula, the U.S. should first make the right decision and substantiate it through action.

The DPRK will, under no circumstances, flinch an inch from the road of bolstering up the nuclear force, the road chosen by itself, unless the nuclear threat of the U.S. and its hostile policy toward the DPRK are thoroughly eradicated.

FM Spokesman Denounces U.S. State Department’s “2016 International Religious Freedom Report”

A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK gave the following answer to a question raised by KCNA Thursday as regards the fact that the U.S. State Department faulted the DPRK in its “2016 International Religious Freedom Report”:

In the report on August 15 the U.S. State Department slandered the DPRK again.

The rhetoric about “religious freedom” touted by the U.S. is a means for creating pretexts for aggression and interference in sovereign states and for this it is denounced and rejected by many countries around the world.

The report which found fault with the DPRK does not deserve even a passing note as it is a desperate effort of those driven into a tight corner in the political and military stand-off with the DPRK.

What can never be tolerated is that the report slandered the Juche idea, the eternal guiding idea of the Workers’ Party of Korea, and the socialist system, the lifeline of the Korean people.

The reality in which the DPRK is enjoying the new improvement of the overall state might and strategic position despite the unprecedented sanctions and pressure is a demonstration of the validity and vitality of the great Juche idea and Korean-style socialist system.

The U.S. provocative acts coming from all directions even over the religious issue of the DPRK at a time when the confrontation between the DPRK and the U.S. has been strained to the extremes will incur a due price.

The U.S. had better immediately stop arrogant provocative acts and unilateral pressure on the DPRK but pay heed to the warning that it should no longer provoke the DPRK.