North Korea on Wednesday hurled misogynistic insults at a newly confirmed United States particular envoy to observe the nation’s human rights points and warned of unspecified safety penalties if Washington continues to criticize its human rights con…
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FILE – A North Korean flag flutters within the wind atop a 160-meter (525-foot) tower within the North’s Kijong-dong village close to the truce village of Panmunjom within the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea on Sept, 28, 2017. North Korea hurled misogynistic insults Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023 at a newly confirmed United States particular envoy to observe the nation’s human rights points and warned of unspecified safety penalties if Washington continues to criticize its human rights situations. (AP Picture/Lee Jin-man, File)
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea hurled misogynistic insults Wednesday at a newly confirmed United States particular envoy to observe the nation’s human rights points and warned of unspecified safety penalties if Washington continues to criticize its human rights situations.
The assertion revealed by North Korea’s official Korean Central Information Company described Julie Turner as a “depraved girl” who was picked by the Biden administration as a “political housemaid” to launch groundless assaults on the nation’s human rights report.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Turner’s appointment July 27. She beforehand served because the director of East Asia and the Pacific on the State Division.
The assertion mentioned the Biden administration’s public criticism of North Korea’s human rights scenario highlighted its hostility towards Pyongyang within the face of an intensifying nuclear standoff between the international locations. KCNA described Turner’s previous criticisms of North Korea’s human rights report as absurd, and mentioned the U.S. “revels in meddling within the inside affairs of a sovereign state and slandering it.”
“Turner ought to know that she was chosen as a political housemaid and scapegoat for the ‘human rights’ plots to stress the DPRK, a poor coverage set forth by the Biden administration pushed right into a scrape within the DPRK-U.S. nuclear confrontation,” the company mentioned, utilizing the initials of the North’s formal identify, the Democratic Individuals’s Republic of Korea. The company mentioned the continued U.S. criticism on North Korean human rights points might “backfire on it, spawning extreme safety points.”
In defiance of Washington final week, North Korean chief Kim Jong Un hosted senior delegates from Russia and China at a Pyongyang navy parade that showcased his intercontinental ballistic missiles designed to focus on the U.S. mainland. Analysts say Kim is attempting to spice up the visibility of his partnerships with Moscow and Beijing as he appears to be like to interrupt away from diplomatic isolation and insert himself right into a united entrance towards the US.
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are at their highest level in years. The tempo of North Korean missile exams and the US’ mixed navy workouts with South Korea have intensified in a tit-for-tat cycle.
North Korea is delicate to any criticism of its prime management and authorities, and sometimes points harsh remarks towards U.S. and South Korean officers in instances of animosity. The nation’s language tends to be cruder when the targets are ladies: It referred to as former South Korean President Park Geun-hye a prostitute, and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a “humorous girl” who typically “appears to be like like a major schoolgirl and typically a pensioner going purchasing.”