North Korea: The United States will regret criticizing Pyongyang
The Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said that Washington would regret its criticism of Pyongyang's anti-Covid-19 measures, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
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| Central square in the North Korean capital Pyongyang. Photo: Sputnik |
On April 28, a representative of the US State Department made a statement about human rights violations in North Korea, due to the local government's Covid-19 prevention measures.
"The DPRK Foreign Ministry strongly condemns and regards this provocation by the US as an open violation of our national sovereignty and a typical manifestation of its hostile policy against the DPRK aimed at defaming our State. The US, which has always pursued an unprecedentedly vicious hostile policy and subjected our people to countless disasters and sufferings, has no right to make judgments on human rights," KCNA quoted the announcement of the DPRK Foreign Ministry representative.
According to this representative, Pyongyang will respond "in the toughest way" to these "attacks" by the US.
"We have warned the United States enough that if they touch us, they themselves will have to bear the consequences. The United States will surely regret ignoring our warnings and acting recklessly," the spokesman for the DPRK's Foreign Ministry concluded.
Earlier, Kwon Jong Gun, head of the US Affairs Department of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, said that the real threat on the Korean Peninsula is the United States, and that the US will soon face a crisis if it continues to pursue its "old and outdated" policy. According to him, Biden made "unacceptable" statements and "made a big mistake". Now that the US's new policy direction towards North Korea is clear, Pyongyang will "be forced to take corresponding measures".
