President criticised before taking office
SEOUL: A major North Korean propaganda website yesterday denounced South Korea’s incoming president Yoon Sukyeol, who has vowed to take a tougher line on weapons tests by Pyongyang, describing him as ‘‘proUnited States’’, and ‘‘confrontational’’.
The North’s state media have yet to make formal comments on Yoon, a conservative who is set to take office on May 10, but the website Uriminzokkiri issued scathing criticism ahead of his inauguration.
‘‘Yoon Sukyeol had aroused shock with such preposterous remarks as ‘preemptive strike’ and ‘main enemy,’ and stirred up confrontational madness trumpeting a ’stronger South KoreaUS alliance,’ ’’ it said. — Reuters