Source: Xinhua News Agency
Beijing, 26 Sep (Xinhua) -- Kim Yo-jong, vice minister of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, once again reminded the ROK on 25 September to eliminate double standards and prejudice against the DPRK and put an end to the hostile policy. She said that only by maintaining fairness and mutual respect will there be progress in improving relations, such as the inter-Korean summit.
Kim Yoo is the younger sister of Kim Jong-un, the general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, and assists Kim Jong-un in handling his work with South Korea and the outside world. This is the second day in a row that she has made a speech on inter-Korean relations.
According to Yonhap News Agency, although Kim Yo-jong mentioned that this is her "personal opinion", compared with the first speech on the 24th, listing specific matters such as summit talks, it is concerned whether inter-Korean relations can usher in a breakthrough before the end of South Korean President Moon Jae-in's term in May next year.
On September 21, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivered a live speech. (Photo by Xinhua news agency reporter Wang Ying)
Moon Jae-in talked about the Korean Peninsula issue during the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly on the 21st, saying that he hoped that the relevant parties would issue a declaration on the end of the Korean War. Kim Yo-jong said in a conversation on the 24th that this is a "very interesting proposal and a good idea," but under the current policy and attitude of south Korea and the United States toward the DPRK, "even if the end of the war is announced, it will not change anything."
The KCNA broadcast kim yo-jeong's second conversation on the 25th, and the tone was more gentle. Kim Yo-jong said that she "closely followed" the political movements of the ROK side for two consecutive days and found that all walks of life in the ROK hope for the early resumption of long-stale inter-Korean relations and the realization of peace and stability in an unprecedentedly strong atmosphere, and the DPRK side has the same expectations.
"I don't think there's any need for the North and the South to find something to do with each other, have a war of words, and waste time." She said.
At the same time, Kim yo-jong further reiterated the conditions for improving inter-Korean relations, reminding the ROK side that "even if it says a word, it must be cautious and thoughtful in everything," not to emulate the United States in engaging in "double standards," and to slander the DPRK's action of safeguarding its right to self-defense as a "provocation," but to beautify its military expansion activities as "to ensure containment against the DPRK."
The background to this remark is that North and South Korea have recently conducted separate tests of new missiles.
This image provided by KCNA on September 9 shows a flag-raising ceremony before the parade began. In order to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the DPRK began to hold a civilian and security armed forces military parade at 00:00 on the 9th at Kim Il Sung Square in the center of the capital Pyongyang, and Kim Jong-un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, attended and inspected the troops. (Xinhua News Agency/KCNA)
Kim Yo-jong said that only by maintaining fairness and mutual respect can we ensure smooth communication between the two sides, the declaration of the end of the war will be published without losing no time, and many issues to improve relations, such as the reconstruction of the inter-Korean liaison office and the inter-Korean summit meeting, will be resolved through constructive discussions and will soon be resolved step by step and in a timely manner.
Affected by factors such as the stagnation of the DPRK-US nuclear negotiations, inter-Korean relations have stagnated. In June, North Korea criticized Moon Jae-in's government for failing to stop groups of "defectors" from distributing anti-North Korean leaflets to North Korea and blowing up the inter-Korean liaison office building in North Korea's Kaesong Industrial Complex. On July 27 this year, the two Koreas resumed a 13-month hiatus on their liaison hotlines. Soon, due to the joint military exercises held by the ROK and the United States, the DPRK refused to accept the ROK's routine contact number in protest.
After Moon Jae-in mentioned the declaration of the end of war in his speech at the UN General Assembly, Lee Tae Sung, vice minister of foreign affairs of the DPRK, made a statement on the 23rd, holding that "it is too early" and that as long as the United States does not change its policy of hostility toward the DPRK, even if it signs the declaration of the end of war, it will have no meaning. According to the Interpretation of the South Korean media, Lee Tae-sung's words are mainly aimed at the United States, while Kim Yo-jong mainly "shouts" at South Korea.
Zheng Changchang, director of the North Korea Research Center of the Sejong Research Institute, a South Korean think tank, said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency on the 24th that the DPRK side used to have a tough attitude during the ROK-US joint military exercises, and became gentle after the military exercises. Judging from Kim's talks, North Korea may resume its North-South liaison hotline at the right time and seek dialogue with South Korea on appropriate occasions. (Liu Xiuling)