The North Korean regime vowed to take its “tough” policies against the US at a meeting of the country's ruling party last week.
The December 23-27 meeting was attended by top members of the Workers' Party of Korea, including dictator Kim Jong Un. The state news agency KCNA said that the leaders denounced the ongoing cooperation between the US, Japan and South Korea, as a “nuclear military force.”
“This fact clearly shows how far we should go and what and how we should do it,” the party said in a statement.
The meeting will be North Korea faces it escalating tensions with Western governments after sending troops to aid Russia in its invasion of Ukraine this fall.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a plenary meeting of the Party's Central Committee in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency. (KCNA via REUTERS)
The Kim regime also criticized South Korea as an “anti-communist army” after this week's summit, referring to President Yoon Suk-Yeoul an attempt to impose martial law earlier this month.
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North Korea remained quiet for about a week after that Yoon's effort, which was blocked by the state legislature. Kim Jong Un's regime finally commented on the matter in its official press release on December 11.
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 government Yoon Suk Yeol, who was faced with a major crisis of governance and the crisis of prosecution, suddenly declared martial law and unhesitatingly grabbed guns and knives of their dictatorial rule,” KCNA said in a report.
“The international community is watching closely, with assessments that the martial law incident has exposed the weakness of South Korean society… and that Yoon Suk Yeol's political life may soon face an end,” KCNA added. .
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pose for a photo during a ceremony to sign a new alliance in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Kristina Kormilitsyna, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
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South Korea's legislature impeached Yoon shortly after taking power, and the country's top court is debating whether to uphold his removal.