North Korea Slams Pres. Park for Liberation Day Speech
On Wednesday, North Korea slams South Korea President Park Geun Hye's Liberation Day speech, particularly her call for Pyongyang to end its missile and nuclear programs. North Korea further state that Park is the one to blame for the worsening inter-Korean ties.
During the celebration of Korea's liberation from the many years of Japanese colonial rule, the president urged North Korea to cease its missile and nuclear programs while maintaining her firm stand favoring the planned THAAD system deployment in her country. She earlier said that the U.S. missile defense system is a "self-defense" measure against the North's continuous military threats.
The Korea Herald reported that a spokesman for North Korea's Committee on Inter-Korean Relations stated that Park's address was full of "imprudent" remarks in an attempt to cover up what the North calls Park's crimes in leading the inter-Korean relations into a "catastrophe."
Furthermore, the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of North Korea said that the South Korea President is desperate to put pressure on the North, so it took issue with Pyongyang over its nuclear restraint in order to hide crimes that were committed by her government.
In a statement, the spokesman said, "Traitor Park should bear in mind that her desperate moves to escape ruin through awful tongue-lashing and reckless confrontation will only precipitate the miserable end of her fate, cursed and censured by all Koreans."
Inter-Korean ties have further crumbled when North Korea carried on its fourth nuclear test in January and launched a long-range rocket in February.
To date, North Korea has already fired off ballistic missiles that include six intermediate-range Musudan missiles. This particular missile apparently can fly as far as the United States territory of Guam. The country also vowed to take unspecified "counteractions" against the THAAD system deployment in the South.
Some analysts also claim that North Korea would probably make another provocation before the joint annual military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea scheduled later this month.