North Korea has directly targeted Minister of Unification Ryu Woo Ik in its ongoing assault on the basis of South Korea’s policy of ‘flexibility’.
Chosun Central News Agency (KCNA), citing Cabinet publication Minju Chosun, renewed the attack today, calling Ryu (though without using his name) a mirror image of the reviled former Minister of Unification Hyun In Taek.
Minju Chosun reportedly stated, “The man in charge of the Ministry of Unification claims to support a policy of flexibility just to show that he is different to Hyun In Taek; however, as a few months drifted by the actual nature of the flexible policy clearly appeared”
“This flexible policy is merely the word ‘flexible’ added to the original version of the conservative authorities’ policy toward North Korea, leaving as-is the May 24th Measures which are blocking inter-Korean relations improvements and only hoodwinking domestic and international public opinion,” it contended.
It reserved particular scorn for Ryu’s suggestions of flexibility in non-political areas, noting that “None of the problems in inter-Korean relations can be solved by narrowing the situation down to apolitical exchanges and humanitarian activities.”
“If the South Chosun authorities actually hope to improve inter-Korean relations then their policy of confrontation which denounces peoples of the same race must be rebuilt from top to bottom,” it concluded.
