North Korea has warned South Korea and its allies the communist nation will not change course following the death of leader Kim Jong-il.
The first official message since Kim Jong-il’s son, Kim Jong-un, was declared as the reclusive country’s “supreme leader” was issued by the National Defence Commission, the top governing body under the previous leader.
According to the state news agency, the commission said: “On this occasion, we solemnly declare with confidence that foolish politicians around the world including the puppet forces in South Korea should not expect any changes from us.
“We will never deal with the traitor group of Lee Myung-bak.”
The South Korean government under President Lee Myung-bak has pursued a hardline stance against its northern neighbour, ending his predecessors policy of engagement and no-strings-attached aid.
The commission said the “evil misdeeds” of the Lee administration reached a peak when it prevented South Koreans from visiting North Korea to pay respects to Kim Jong Il, except for two delegations led by a former first lady and a business leader, both of whose husbands had ties to North Korea.
Since Lee came to power in the Seoul, North Korea has carried out a second nuclear weapon test, shelled a South Korean island and is widely believed to have sunk a South Korean naval vessel.The North denies the sinking and says it was provoked into the artillery barrage that killed civilians on Yeonpyeong Island.
The message to the outside world came after two days of funeral ceremonies for Kim Jong-il in the capital Pyongyang.
Kim Jong-il, who led his 24 million people with absolute power for 17 years, died of a heart attack on December 17 aged 69 years old, according to state media.
He inherited power from his father, North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, who died of a heart attack in 1994, in what was the communist world’s first hereditary succession.
Source : Orange News