N. Korean leader criticizes int'l sanctions as 'brigandish'
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un harshly criticized international sanctions on the North during his visit to a tourist complex under construction on the North's eastern coast, Pyongyang's media said Friday.
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that Kim, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol-ju and ranking government and party officials, inspected the construction site of the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist area.
In a meeting with construction workers there, Kim expressed discontent with international sanctions, accusing "hostile forces" of attempting to stifle the North's people through "brigandish" sanctions and blockade.
"Such a huge and grand creation campaign as the construction of the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist area is an acute standoff with hostile forces trying to stifle the Korean people through brigandish sanctions and blockade, a do-or-die struggle to defend the prestige of the party and a worthwhile struggle for creating the happiness of the people," Kim was quoted by KCNA as saying in an English-language report.
He went on to say, "If such magnificent project of large scale is completed surpassing the world's advanced level at such a difficult time as now, the strength of the single-minded unity of the party, army and people will be displayed to the
whole world once again and the coastal tourist area will be a very nice gift to our people."
Following the North-U.S. summit talks in Singapore on June 12, Pyongyang's official and propaganda media outlets have steadily displayed strong dissatisfaction with Washington-led international sanctions and have pressed South Korea not to blindly follow them.
But it is rare for the North's leader to personally mention sanctions and blockade through rough expressions like "brigandish."
The KCNA said that Kim went around the construction of the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist area, which includes a hotel, lodging quarters with cooking facilities and service facilities, and gave instructions to make the height of the buildings different.
He also pointed out that efforts should be made to construct quality "infrastructural facility net" and that the construction should become standard, according to the report.
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