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Sun, December 3, 2023 | 07:31
NK leader slams US
北 김정은 "현 정세 엄중…美적대정책 짓부셔버릴 것"
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrives at Samjiyeon Airport near Mt. Baekdu, Tuesday. / Yonhap
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrives at Samjiyeon Airport near Mt. Baekdu, Tuesday. / Yonhap

By Chung Min-uck


North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to triumph over the United States' "hostile policies," calling the situation on the Korean Peninsula "grave."

According to the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency, Wednesday, Kim made these comments during a speech to military officers at Mount Baekdu, a symbol of the Kim family's hereditary leadership, Tuesday.

Kim added that the North's military will "thoroughly crush the hostile U.S. policy against the North."

Kim rarely makes public speeches, this being his third this year. A photo of him arriving at Samjiyeon Airport near Mt. Baekdu on an aircraft was also made public.

His comments come days after Pyongyang threatened to carry out another nuclear test in what it called a response to the U.N. Security Council's (UNSC) condemnation of its recent ballistic missile launches.

The council members — including China, North Korea's key ally — agreed the move violated UNSC resolutions that ban all ballistic missile tests by the North.

The North previously test-fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast in response to the ongoing South Korea-U.S. Foal Eagle military exercise.

The two Koreas traded hundreds of rounds of artillery shells and rockets across their disputed western maritime border Monday during the North's pre-announced live-fire artillery drill.

On Tuesday, the North's main Rodong Sinmun newspaper rejected President Park Geun-hye's call for Pyongyang's denuclearization and preparation for unification.

"The North Korean leader's comments not only factored in the joint Seoul-Washington military exercises, the latest U.N. Human Rights resolutions and UNSC presidential statement, but also deteriorating relations with China and Russia which is further cornering the North on the international stage," said Jang Yong-seok, a senior researcher at the Institute of Peace and Unification Studies affiliated with Seoul National University. "The North is in an alarming situation where it can carry out a fourth nuclear test."

North Korea conducted nuclear tests in 2006, 2009 and 2013, drawing international condemnation and U.N. sanctions.


北 김정은 "현 정세 엄중…美적대정책 짓부셔버릴 것"

백두산지구서 軍 결의대회 참석…비행기서 내리는 장면 첫 공개

북한이 최근 핵실험 가능성을 언급하고 서해 해상사격 등으로 한반도 긴장 수위를 높이는 상황에서 김정은 국방위원회 제1위원장이 현재 한반도 정세가 매우 엄중하다고 평가했다.

김 제1위원장은 이달 1일 양강도 삼지연 대기념비에서 열린 인민군 연합부대 지휘관들의 결의대회 연설에서 '북남관계개선의 활로를 열어나갈 염원으로부터 조국통일의 새로운 전기를 마련하기 위한 중대제안을 발표하고 현실적인 조치들을 연속 취했지만 지금 나라에 조성된 정세는 매우 엄중하다'고 말했다고 조선중앙통신이 2일 전했다.

그는 이어 '미국과 적대세력들은 우리의 아량과 선의를 무시하고 우리 공화국을 정치적으로 말살하고 경제적으로 고립시키며 군사적으로 압살하기 위한 책동을 더욱 악랄하게 감행하고 있다'고 비난했다.

김 제1위원장은 또 '그대로 방임할 수 없는 엄중한 사태는 우리에 대한 미국과 적대세력들의 흉심이 변하지 않았으며 변할 수도 없다는 것, 오직 총대로 최후승리를 이룩해야 한다는 것을 보여주고 있다'며 '우리 군대와 인민은 미국의 대조선 적대시정책을 절대로 용납하지 않을 것이며 철저히 짓부셔버릴 것'이라고 밝혔다.

이런 발언은 올해 '키 리졸브'에 이어 '독수리 연습'까지 남한에서 벌어지는 한미합동군사연습과 북한의 인권 문제, 노동미사일 발사에 대한 유엔의 규탄 등을 염두에 둔 것으로 풀이된다.

이에 따라 북한이 국제적 고립 상황에서 중·장거리 미사일 발사나 핵실험 등의 강경한 행보를 이어갈 수 있다는 우려가 커지고 있다.

연합부대 지휘관들은 김 제1위원장의 지시에 따라 지난달 23일부터 답사 행군을 시작해 행군을 마무리하면서 결의대회를 했다.

중앙통신은 김 제1위원장이 연합부대 지휘관들에게 전군의 싸움준비 완성과 전투력 강화의 지침이 되는 과업을 제시했다고 전했지만, 구체적인 내용은 언급하지 않았다.

결의대회에는 최룡해 군 총정치국장, 장정남 인민무력부장, 변인선 총참모부 작전국장, 서홍찬 인민무력부 제1부부장, 윤동현 인민무력부 부부장, 리병철 항공 및 반항공군사령관, 김영철 정찰총국장, 박정천 포병사령관 등 군 지도부가 대거 참석했다.

노동당 기관지 노동신문는 이날 6개 지면 가운데 1∼4면을 결의대회에 관한 기사와 사진으로 채웠다.

특히 2면에는 김 제1위원장이 비행기에서 내리는 사진을 포함해 삼지연 비행장에 도착한 장면이 담긴 사진을 여러 장 게재했다.

북한 매체가 김 제1위원장이 비행기에서 내리는 모습을 공개하기는 이번이 처음이다.

중앙통신은 또 김 제1위원장이 군 장병들과 함께 양강도 순회공연을 앞둔 모란봉악단의 공연을 관람했다고 밝혔다.

중앙통신은 공연관람 날짜를 밝히지 않았다.

김 제1위원장은 지난달 17일 매체에 보도된 모란봉악단 활동재개 공연 관람을 시작으로 보름도 안 되는 기간 세 번이나 이 악단의 공연을 관람해 애정을 과시했다. (연합뉴스)
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