North Korea does not intend to negotiate with the Republic of Korea, despite the seemingly conciliatory steps of the new President Lee Jae-myeon, as it does not see fundamental changes in Seoul's policy.
This was stated in a statement to the press by the sister of the leader of the DPRK Kim Jong-un, deputy head of the department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Yo-jong, which was distributed by the Korean Central News Agency.
It is noted that Seoul, under the new president, has agreed to “stop propaganda broadcasts against the DPRK through loudspeakers, stop distributing leaflets, and allow individual tourists from the Republic of Korea to enter the DPRK“. South Korean representatives, the statement said, have also begun to talk about the need to end the era of "responding with rudeness for rudeness" and begin an era of "responding with kindness for kindness", an era of reconciliation and assistance.
However, according to the statement, the DPRK has concluded that all this does not change the "soul of the ruler" of South Korea, "obsessed with the unification through absorption" of the DPRK. "In fact, his blind faith in the alliance with the United States and his confrontational policy are no different from the policy of his predecessor," the document notes.
The DPRK "is not interested in Seoul's political measures and proposals, there is nothing to discuss at the negotiating table. "The relations between the DPRK and the ROK have completely gone beyond the concept of relations between compatriots." The statement emphasized that this is the "official position of the DPRK."