“What matters is that the South Korean puppet regime is branding the attack as an ‘act by the forces following the North’ in a desperate attempt to link the case with the DPRK. (the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)”
“The attack is a “reflection of the South Korean people’s mindset against the U.S.,” which is escalating a war crisis on the peninsula by holding joint military drills with South Korea on the peninsula.”
– The Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea (CPRK) from North Korea
“The [South Korean] government can’t contain deep regret about the North’s comparison of the attack on Lippert last week to a fight against Japan’s colonial rule of Korea in the early 1900s.”
– The South’s unification ministry
Hospitalized U.S. Ambassador to Seoul Mark Lippert (L) talks with U.S. Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at Severance Hospital in Seoul on March 8, 2015. (Photo courtesy of Severance Hospital)
The government “can’t contain deep regret” about the North’s comparison of the attack on Lippert last week to a fight against Japan’s colonial rule of Korea in the early 1900s, said the ministry.
It was responding to an “information bulletin” issued hours earlier by the Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea (CPRK), Pyongyang’s organ tasked with dealing with inter-Korean affairs.
The CPRK accused the South of trying to connect the incident with the North.
“What matters is that the South Korean puppet regime is branding the attack as an ‘act by the forces following the North’ in a desperate attempt to link the case with the DPRK,” it said, using the acronym for the North’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
It reiterated Pyongyang’s claim that the attack is a “reflection of the South Korean people’s mindset against the U.S.,” which is escalating a war crisis on the peninsula by holding joint military drills with South Korea on the peninsula.
Members of a Christian organization pray for U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert in central Seoul on March 7, 2015. On Thursday, a knife-wielding assailant slashed Lippert’s face and wrist at a breakfast function in central Seoul. The ambassador was taken to a hospital and received more than 80 stitches. (Yonhap)
Lippert was slashed on his face and arm as the assailant, identified as Kim Ki-jong, attacked him with a 25-centimeter knife during a breakfast forum in Seoul on Thursday.
While the envoy is said to be recuperating, police here are investigating whether Kim, 55, has violated the anti-communist National Security Law.
