SEOUL — North Korea appears to be hoping to increase pressure on Seoul over inter-Korean projects and human rights concerns ahead of the second US-North…
SEOUL — North Korea appears to be hoping to increase pressure on Seoul over inter-Korean projects and human rights concerns ahead of the second US-North Korea summit.
North Korean media and propaganda websites on Monday said Seoul was being swayed by the US with regard to inter-Korean projects, while accusing the UN of creating friction between the two Koreas.
The Rodong Sinmun, the organ of the North’s ruling party, on Monday claimed that UN human rights rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana’s activities in the South were “very inappropriate behavior” and were working against developments on the Korean Peninsula.
It said Quintana had incited inter-Korean confrontation and that his actions were “in effect, an anti-republic scheme,” meaning a plot against North Korea.
