South Korea says North Korea should honour agreements
15 June, 2020
South Korea's Unification Ministry on Sunday (Jun 14) said North Korea should honour former agreements signed between the two countries, a moment after Pyongyang warned of retaliatory steps against the south that could involve the army.
"The South and the North should try to honour all inter-Korean agreements reached," the ministry said in a statement.
"The federal government is taking the current situation seriously."
On Saturday, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, explained North Korea will need "action" against the South and entrust its military to transport it out, KCNA media agency reported.
"I feel it is about time to surely break with the South Korean authorities. We will soon take a next actions," she said in the most recent denunciation of Seoul.
Since last week the North has issued a number of vitriolic condemnations of the South over activists mailing anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border - something defectors conduct regularly.
"By exercising my vitality authorised by the Supreme Innovator, our Party and the state, We gave an instruction to the arms of the department in charge of the affairs with enemy to decisively perform the next actions," said Kim Yo Jong, who's an integral adviser to her brother.
She added that "the proper to taking another action against the enemy will be entrusted to the General Personnel of our army".
Kim didn't elaborate on what the army action would be but seemed to threaten the destruction of the Joint Liaison Office, in the North Korean border metropolis of Kaesong.
"In a short time, a tragic picture of the useless north-south joint liaison business office completely collapsed will be seen," her statement on KCNA said.
The other day she condemned Seoul for not blocking activists from flying balloons carrying anti-regime leaflets over the border.
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