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North Korea Unironically Calls South Korea a Dictatorship

YOON BEING SERIOUS?

Kim Jong Un’s state media is somehow claiming South Korea is the only totalitarian state on the peninsula.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol
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North Korean state media has dubbed its neighbor to the south a “dictatorship” without even a hint of irony. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol ignited turbulent scenes last week when he decreed martial law in a late-night address from Seoul in which he railed against “pro-North Korean, anti-state forces.” The Daily Beast actually reported that Yoon had channeled his dictator foe to the north, Kim Jong Un, when he announced the decision, but North Korean state media has since said South Korea is the only totalitarian state on the peninsula. “The puppet Yoon Suk Yeol, who had already faced a serious crisis of governance and impeachment, declared martial law unexpectedly and unleashed the guns of the fascist dictatorship on the people,” KCNA said. The statement called South Korea a “gangster nation” and said the martial law decree was “insane.” Yoon’s plan was voted down by parliament and he is now being investigated for his role in a possible insurrection, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reports.

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