North Korea Repeats Claim That the Korean War Was a Southern Invasion, Says U.N. Forces Joined on a U.S. Script

[Financial News] North Korea repeated its baseless claim that the Korean War was a southern invasion and that the participation of the UNC followed a U.S. script. It also maintained its hostile line toward South Korea and the United States, along with a negative stance on peace talks. The remarks appeared to dampen expectations that North Korea-U.S. dialogue on denuclearization could resume after the end of the Iran war.
Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the Workers' Party of Korea, made the claim in an editorial published on the 25th to mark the 76th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War.
Rodong Sinmun said that if people were to let down their guard against enemies who approach with fake smiles, or harbor even the slightest illusion, their sense of who the main enemy is would blur and tragic decades could repeat themselves. It added that "regardless of how the situation changes, the people and KPA service members must not have even the slightest illusion or attachment to the enemy or to peace," calling for constant ideological mobilization.
The statement is seen as effectively branding the South-North peace policy pursued by the Lee Jae Myung administration as false peace, while signaling that North Korea intends to continue severing dialogue.
Rodong Sinmun also urged people to be prepared as defenders of the revolution and vanguard fighters of the class, filled with rising hatred toward the U.S. imperialists and class enemies and with the will to destroy them, so that North Korea can win a decisive victory in the anti-imperialist, anti-U.S. confrontation and glorify Juche socialism.
It also said that "the issue of the new generation firmly carrying forward the baton of class struggle is a major task directly tied to the fate of the fatherland and the future of the revolution," calling for stronger ideological training among young people.
In an editorial on page 6 the same day titled "The U.S. Imperialists Are the Provocateurs of the Korean War," Rodong Sinmun claimed that the Korean War was a "southern invasion" carried out according to a detailed U.S. script.
Rodong Sinmun asserted that "in the early dawn of June 25, 1950, the South Korean puppet army launched an armed invasion against our republic." It then repeated the southern-invasion claim and added the absurd argument that "because of the U.S. imperialists' war provocation, our people and army had no choice but to wage a stern 1,129-day war of national defense to repel the imperialist armed invasion and protect their destiny and future."
On the participation of UNC forces under a UNSC resolution after the outbreak of the war, it flatly denied their legitimacy, calling it "entirely according to the U.S. imperialists' script and completely illegal."
Across North Korea, meetings were also held to stir up residents' hostility toward the United States and South Korea. KDWU officials and members held a vow-of-revenge meeting on the 24th at the education yard of the Central Class Education Hall in downtown Pyongyang. A similar vow-of-revenge meeting for young people and students was also held at the outdoor theater of Pyongyang Youth Park.



rainman@fnnews.com Kim Kyung-soo Reporter