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News North Korean diplomats lash out at US in interviews with foreign mediaExperts say DPRK seeks to legitimize its position abroad, as ambassadors to China, Russia, Syria criticize US-ROK drills Three North Korean ambassadors slammed the United States in interviews with Chinese, Russian and Syrian media last week, while taking aim at ROK-U.S. joint military exercises that began Monday. Experts said the interviews with Russia’s TASS, China’s Global Times, and Syria’s Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), coming during a week when top North Korean officials criticized the drills in state media, demonstrate Pyongyang’s interest in legitimizing its perspective abroad. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |