On a day when isolated nations get their say at the UN, North Korea reups condemnation of US
North Korea is condemning the United States and its allies for “stirring up military confrontations still further” by engaging in war games in the Asia-Pacific region and discussing regime change in the diplomatically isolated nation
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea condemned the United States and its allies Monday for “stirring up military confrontations still further" by engaging in war games in the Asia-Pacific region and “talking unceasingly” about regime change in the diplomatically isolated nation. U.N. Ambassador Kim Song said North Korea was taking unspecified steps to defend itself better.
The words from Kim, while sharp, did not appear to represent any notable departure from Pyongyang's usual rhetoric. He spoke on the final day of the U.N. General Assembly's high-level meeting of world leaders — a day when some of the world's most diplomatically isolated nations took the rostrum alongside a diverse roster of leaders from nations like Canada and the United Arab Emirates.
Kim said the United States, trying to dominate world affairs, was not acting fairly to the community of nations and was misusing the ostensibly multilateral United Nations for its own ends.
“They are stirring up military confrontations still further,” Kim said, accusing Washington of hypocrisy — another common charge from North Korea. “Who has developed and used nuclear weapons for the first time in human history? ... Who is talking unceasingly about the end of a regime of a sovereign state?”
