North Korea’s state media has lashed out at the United States for hampering progress in inter-Korean relations by imposing sanctions on Pyongyang.
The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Worker’s Party of Korea, on Tuesday said any attempt to block the hard-won small road between the two countries would end up in more inconveniences for Washington.
“There is nothing bad for the US if the tangled inter-Korean ties get straightened up… Trying to block the hard-won small road between the two Koreas would end up causing more inconveniences for the US to move around,” the newspaper said in a commentary. “Have inter-Korean relations undermined US interests? Have inter-Korean relations ever caused a crack in the alliance between South Korea and the US?”
The paper also called on Seoul not to get influenced by Washington in enforcing the agreements the two Koreas reached in their summits this year. It said Seoul should not be influenced…