Despite Attempts at Appeasement, Kim Jong-un Still Declares South Korea the “Most Hostile State”

All the appeasement by President Lee hasn’t matter as Kim Jong-un continues to bash South Korea:

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un formally called South Korea the “most hostile state” and warned of merciless consequences if provoked, the North’s state media reported Tuesday.

South Korea “is officially designated as the most hostile nation,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) quoted Kim as saying on the second and final day of the first session of the Supreme People’s Assembly. 

Kim said South Korea will pay the price for any provocation if Seoul provokes Pyongyang, according to the KCNA. 

Kim also said his country’s status as a nuclear weapons state will never change, vowing to make efforts to fight “hostile forces” against Pyongyang.

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An authoritarian cult of personality like what North Korea has must have a threat to justify its rule. No matter what President Lee does the Kim regime is going to label South Korea as an enemy. The best they can hope for is to be called a puppet regime of their other enemy the United States. Notice though that Kim has been real quiet about bashing Trump. He seems to understand better than many leaders in the West that if you don’t bash Trump he won’t bash you. Pretty simple.