Don't meddle in inter-Korean relations: North Korea to US

Kwon Jong-gun, Director General of the North Korean foreign ministry's American affairs department, made the remark after Washington voiced disappointment over Pyongyang's recent decision to cut off all communication lines with South Korea, reports Yonhap News Agency.

"If the US pokes its nose into others' affairs with careless remarks, far from minding its internal affairs, at a time when its political situation is in the worst-ever confusion, it may encounter an unpleasant thing hard to deal with," Kwon said in an interview with North's state-run, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

"The US better hold its tongue and mind its internal affairs first if it doesn't want to experience a hair-raiser. It would be good not only for the US interests but also for the easy holding of its upcoming presidential election," he added.

Kwon did not elaborate on what the hair-raiser would be.

He told the KCNA that the the US is showing a hypocritical attitude by expressing dissatisfaction over the latest inter-Korean situations given that Washington has been the one bent on hampering any progress.

"Disgusting is the double-dealing attitudes of the US that feels uneasy over any slightest sign of the improvement in the inter-Korean relations and pretends to get very anxious if the relations get worse.

"How can the 'disappointment' touted by the US be compared with the extreme dismay and resentment we are feeling at the US and the South Korean authorities that have repeated betrayal and provocation for the last 2 years?" Kwon queried. (IANS)

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