Pyongyang’s official Korea Central News Agency reported Saturday that the
children pledged their loyalty to new leader Kim Jong-un.
“The young delegates could not hold back the endless happiness … amid
unchanging longing to remember the benevolent image of respected comrade Kim
Jong-Un deep in their hearts,” it said.
“Sir Kim Jong-un, thank you so much for giving us such a great honour,”
it quoted a 13-year-old schoolchild as saying.
The North’s military accused the South’s government and media outlets of
portraying the event as a propaganda gimmick staged by Pyongyang’s
leadership.
It complained that the “Lee group is letting loose a string of
vituperations describing all these blessings as ‘charades’.”
Seoul’s unification ministry, which handles cross-border affairs, said
Pyongyang’s latest threat was “completely out of line”.
“This … is a significant challenge and provocation to free democracy,”
said a ministry spokesman. “We are taking this very seriously and
urging the North to stop such threats to our media immediately.”
Jong-un took over last December from his deceased father and longtime leader
Kim Jong-il, the second power transfer within the Kim dynasty which has
ruled the isolated communist state since its founding in 1948.
The new regime has intensified hostile commentary against the South and
threatened “sacred war” as it tries to bolster the young Kim’s
leadership.
The North’s military in April vowed to turn parts of Seoul into ashes,
accusing Lee and several media outlets of defaming its leadership.
Monday’s threat prompted police to deploy officers to guard some media
outlets.
Source: agencies
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