The North Korean media criticized President Yoon Seok-yeol’s recent remarks regarding ‘Iran, the enemy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE),’ as “reckless, ignorant of diplomatic common sense.”
On the 24th, North Korea’s foreign weekly magazine Tongil Shinbo criticized President Yoon’s remarks in an article titled ‘Yoon Jae-ang’, criticizing that he “played the tongue wrong once more even when he went abroad.”
This is the first time North Korean media has mentioned President Yoon’s remarks.
The Shinbo pointed out, “Because of that word, they made enemies in an instant, causing a commotion in South Korea (South Korea), and the country (Iran) is expressing anger by asking them to clarify their position.”
The Shinbo also said, “Yun Seok-yeol showed blatant hostility on the international stage, calling even the Republic (North Korea) ‘our enemy’.” showed displeasure.
Shinbo repeatedly criticized President Yoon as “a disaster that only brings harm to everyone”, saying, “He made enemies even of those with whom he has diplomatic relations by recklessly ignoring basic diplomatic common sense and rituals.”
During a state visit to the UAE on the 15th (local time), President Yoon encouraged the soldiers of the ARK unit dispatched to the UAE, saying, “The security of our brother country, the UAE, is our security.” is Iran and our enemy is North Korea. We and the UAE are in a very similar position,” he said.
(Seoul = News 1)