{"id":8996,"date":"2009-05-19T18:09:56","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T09:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=8996"},"modified":"2020-01-17T08:48:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:48:28","slug":"mofat-attacked-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/mofat-attacked-again\/","title":{"rendered":"MOFAT Attacked Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rodong Shinmun, the publication of the North Korean Workers\u2019 Party, released a comment from a spokesperson for the North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland on Tuesday saying that the South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) is desperate to move against the Republic (North Korea). <\/p>\n<p>The North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland made the assertion on the basis that the South Korean administration aligned itself with the U.N. Security Council President\u2019s Statement alongside the U.S. and Japan and plans to join the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). <\/p>\n<p>The Committee spokesperson denounced the South, saying, \u201cU.N. Security Council Resolution 1718 was fabricated in order to choke off our Republic under the command of the U.S.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA rubber stamp for the U.S., the U.N. Security Council has been making an unreasonable scene since they could not find any excuse to criticize our legal satellite launch,\u201d it added.   <\/p>\n<p>North Korea criticized MOFAT heavily, \u201cMOFAT is taking the lead in anti-Republic activities and sticks to joining the PSI and to anti-Republic human rights ploys, which are the opposite of the North-South Joint Declaration of June 15, 2000.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In fact, North Korea has been frequently criticizing Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Yu Myung Hwan and MOFAT through several of its state media outlets since last month. <\/p>\n<p>It is seen as North Korea acknowledging the leading role played by the minister, who actively encourages the South Korean administration to join the PSI and led it to set up policies against the North\u2019s rocket launch. <\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Rodong Shinmun released its own criticism of the U.S., saying that the North\u2019s regime \u201chas tried to have a dialogue with the U.S. many times and to draw up documents, but there have not been any solutions. As time goes by, the hostile plot of the U.S. is getting more serious.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The publication insisted, \u201cThe U.S. has a na&iuml;ve way of thinking; that the best plan is for us to concede. Strengthening sanctions and putting pressure on the Republic is only producing confrontation with us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rodong Shinmun, the publication of the North Korean Workers\u2019 Party, released a comment from a spokesperson for the North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland on Tuesday saying that the South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) is desperate to move against the Republic (North Korea). 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