South Korea’s presidential office on Friday called on North Korea to halt its “derogatory remarks” toward Seoul. The presidential Blue House is seen here in a June 2025 photo. File Photo by Yonhap
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- South Korea's presidential Blue House on Friday called on North Korea to halt its "derogatory remarks" toward Seoul, one day after Kim Yo Jong mocked the South over the scaling back of joint U.S.-South Korea military drills.
"Derogatory remarks toward our government and president do not help in building mutual trust," the Blue House said in remarks reported by Yonhap News Agency.
"We call on the North to halt unnecessary criticism and march together toward peaceful coexistence on the Korean Peninsula," it added.
The remarks came in response to a commentary by Kim, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in which she derided Seoul as a "puppet" of the United States and accused President Lee Jae Myung of making "double-dealing remarks."
