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SEOUL, South Korea — After President Obama and South Korea’s president, Park Geun-hye, warned North Korea of harsher sanctions if it continued pursuing nuclear weapons, the North has responded with harsh invective against both leaders. SEOUL, South Korea — After President Obama and South Korea’s president, Park Geun-hye, warned North Korea of harsher sanctions if it continued pursuing nuclear weapons, the North has responded with harsh invective against both leaders.
Last week, the state-run Korean Central News Agency posted a racist rant against Mr. Obama, saying a steel mill worker had made the slurs and quoting him at length.Last week, the state-run Korean Central News Agency posted a racist rant against Mr. Obama, saying a steel mill worker had made the slurs and quoting him at length.
But in the North, no ordinary citizen quoted in the state media says anything that deviates from the official line, and what are presented as interviews with people on the street are often used to propagate the government’s message. The release of the dispatch was reported on the website of The Washington Post. It contained comments from three other people aside from the steel worker and released last Friday, and unlike one from the same day that insulted Ms. Park, it had no matching English translation on the news agency’s website.But in the North, no ordinary citizen quoted in the state media says anything that deviates from the official line, and what are presented as interviews with people on the street are often used to propagate the government’s message. The release of the dispatch was reported on the website of The Washington Post. It contained comments from three other people aside from the steel worker and released last Friday, and unlike one from the same day that insulted Ms. Park, it had no matching English translation on the news agency’s website.
At an April 25 meeting, Mr. Obama and Ms. Park appeared to reaffirm that they would not engage North Korea with dialogue or other incentives unless it took steps toward abandoning its nuclear weapons development.At an April 25 meeting, Mr. Obama and Ms. Park appeared to reaffirm that they would not engage North Korea with dialogue or other incentives unless it took steps toward abandoning its nuclear weapons development.
Pyongyang’s tone turned markedly uglier after that. On April 27, a North Korean government agency called Ms. Park a “dirty prostitute” in thrall to the “pimp” Obama.Pyongyang’s tone turned markedly uglier after that. On April 27, a North Korean government agency called Ms. Park a “dirty prostitute” in thrall to the “pimp” Obama.