
Kim Yo-jong, head of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued a statement on the 8th, strongly condemning South Korea's proposal for medical equipment assistance, calling it a "serious provocation" and a violation of sovereignty against North Korea, and emphasized that North Korea refused to engage in any form of material exchange or contact with South Korea.
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South Korea's Unification Ministry previously applied for an exemption from the United Nations Security Council in order to provide medical equipment assistance to North Korea. In May this year, the application was approved by the Security Council Sanctions Committee.
China News Service, Beijing, October 8th Pyongyang News: According to the Korean Central News Agency's report on the 8th, Kim Yo Jong, Minister of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, said in a statement that South Korea's claim to provide "medical equipment assistance" to North Korea was a "serious provocation" against North Korea.
Kim Yo-jong said that the South Korean side talks about North Korea's "shortage of medicines and medical equipment and deteriorating health conditions" and claims to provide "necessary medical services to improve vulnerable groups." This is an insult to North Korea and a disguised political provocation, and it is also a serious violation of North Korea's sovereignty.
Kim Yo-jong said that under the current circumstances, it is impossible for South Korean medical equipment to enter North Korea. Behind South Korea's farce lies an insidious political purpose. If South Korea intends to improve inter-Korean relations, it should show the greatest respect and sincerity.
Kim Yo-jong also emphasized that North Korea will never exchange anything with South Korea and does not need to deal with it. The hostile nature of inter-Korean relations will not change.
According to Yonhap News Agency's report on October 7, information released by South Korea's Ministry of Unification showed that the South Korean government had previously submitted an application to the United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee on North Korea in order to provide medical equipment to North Korea. In May this year, the committee notified that it would provide exemptions for projects assisted by the Ministry of Unification of South Korea.

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Kim Yo-jong, minister of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, said on the 8th that South Korea's claim to provide "medical equipment assistance" to North Korea was a "serious provocation" against North Korea and a serious violation of sovereignty. She emphasized that the hostile nature of inter-Korean relations will not change and North Korea will never need assistance from South Korea.