A North Korean propaganda website targeting the domestic South Korean audience, \u201cUriminzokkiri\u201d has reasserted the North Korean official stance that the country is prepared to hold talks on the future of the Kaesong Industrial Complex, but that the normalization of operations there is being deliberately hindered by the Ministry of Unification in Seoul. <\/p>\n
The attack came after Minister of Unification Ryoo Kihl Jae commented on May 29th that North Korea\u2019s stated desire to engage in talks with private South Korean entities, while avoiding talks with the Seoul government, was hypocritical. To this, Urminzokkiri retorted, \u201cIt is unreasonable, and a shameless sophistry unrelated to the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryoo explained that the reason why finished products and raw materials have yet to be removed from the Kaesong Industrial Complex some 60 days after it closed is down to a hostile North Korean state that remains unwilling to negotiate, and that Pyongyang\u2019s ongoing efforts to contact private companies and civil society groups are designed only to foster internecine conflict in South Korea.<\/p>\n
However, the Uriminzokkiri piece proclaimed, \u201cWe have shown our will to both allow South Chosun industrialists to visit the manufacturing zone and to accept the removal of goods in order to restart and normalize it. We have displayed every sincerity.\u201d The piece thus added that Ryoo\u2019s words mark \u201cbrazen excess.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A North Korean propaganda website targeting the domestic South Korean audience, \u201cUriminzokkiri\u201d has reasserted the North Korean official stance that the country is prepared to hold talks on the future of the Kaesong Industrial Complex, but that the normalization of operations there is being deliberately hindered by the Ministry of Unification in Seoul. The attack […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":23571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n