SEOUL, Dec. 29 (UPI) — North Korea criticized a country, most likely China, for not coming to its aid when tensions escalated at the border in August.
Pyongyang’s state-controlled newspaper Rodong Sinmun stated in an editorial titled, “No one is a match for our great power,” that “As the dark clouds of nuclear war appeared on the horizon of the fatherland, not one country came to our aid.”
North Korea added “some relevant countries” remained neutral while asking Pyongyang to exercise calm and restraint in the face of “hostile forces,” Yonhap reported.
The statement comes after a recent incident in Beijing, when North Korea’s all-female Moranbong Band abruptly left China before beginning its weeklong “friendship” tour.
A possible dispute between the band’s leader and Chinese government officials could have caused North Korea to issue the statement, South Korea press reported.
In August, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying had said China urged both North and South Korea to exercise “calm and restraint” in the face of tensions at the Korean demilitarized zone that increased after land mine explosions injured two South Korean soldiers.
Chang Yong-seok, a senior researcher at the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies at Seoul National University, said the North was indirectly expressing its sentiments of dissatisfaction toward China, and that it was the first statement of its kind to be released after the abrupt departure of the Moranbong Band.
In North Korea, new construction projects continue to take a significant portion of Pyongyang’s media reports.
KCNA stated Tuesday North Korea has remodeled several public buildings and built a new military stadium and factories in Samjiyon County, Ryanggang Province.
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