N. Korea rebuffs Seoul's medical aid offer as 'insult'

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SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Thursday rejected Seoul's planned humanitarian shipment of medical supplies as "an insult" and "political provocation."

Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, made the remarks in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

South Korea's unification ministry has said it planned to send 1,431 medical items covering 166 categories to a hospital in Pyongyang, necessary for diagnosis, surgery and treatment, as part of a humanitarian medical support program.

The ministry secured a sanctions exemption in May from the U.N. Security Council's North Korea sanctions committee.

This undated file photo shows Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (Yonhap)

"This is an insult to our state and mutant political-motivated provocation against it and a grave encroachment upon our national law," Kim said, dismissing the move as "a noisy and ugly act" and "another farce."

She had earlier used the same word, "farce," to dismiss Seoul's official conclusion that North Korean mines caused the Sept. 21 explosions that wounded three South Korean soldiers.

"Now when it is impossible to expect a good box-office record from their poor farce, they have created another farce titled 'a scenario for aiding medical equipment,' the part 2 of the 'mine explosion case,'" she said.

She also repeated that Pyongyang has no intention of engaging with Seoul.

"We have nothing to exchange or go with the ROK and no need to face to face with it," she said, referring to South Korea by its official name, the Republic of Korea.

"There will be no change in the true colors of the ROK most hostile to the DPRK and the hostile nature of the DPRK-ROK relations," she said. DPRK is the acronym of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name.

With inter-Korean exchanges and dialogue channels virtually non-existent amid souring ties, it had been unclear whether Pyongyang would accept the aid at all.

Earlier in the day, a unification ministry official said the chances of shipping the items as planned were slim and that the government would seek another extension from the United Nations.

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N. Korea rebuffs Seoul's medical aid offer as 'insult'

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首尔，10 月 8 日（韩联社）——朝鲜周四拒绝了首尔计划向朝鲜运送的人道主义医疗物资，称其为“侮辱”和“政治挑衅”。

朝鲜领导人金正恩的妹妹金与正通过朝鲜中央通讯社（朝中社）发表声明，发表了上述言论。

韩国统一部表示，计划向平壤一家医院运送 1431 件涵盖 166 个类别的医疗用品，用于诊断、手术和治疗，这是人道主义医疗援助计划的一部分。

今年5月，该部获得了联合国安理会朝鲜制裁委员会的制裁豁免。

这张未注明日期的资料照片显示的是朝鲜领导人金正恩的妹妹金与正。（韩联社）

金正恩表示：“这是对我们国家的侮辱，是出于政治动机的变态挑衅，是对我们国家法律的严重侵犯。”他驳斥这一举动是“喧闹丑陋的行为”和“又一场闹剧”。

她之前也曾用“闹剧”一词来驳斥首尔方面的官方结论，即朝鲜地雷导致了 9 月 21 日造成三名韩国士兵受伤的爆炸事件。

“现在，他们那部拙劣的闹剧不可能取得好的票房成绩，于是他们又炮制了一部名为《医疗设备援助方案》的闹剧，这是‘矿难事件’的第二部分，”她说。

她还重申，平壤无意与首尔接触。

“我们没有什么可以和韩国交换或前往的，也没有必要和它面对面，”她说道，这里她指的是韩国的正式名称——大韩民国。

她表示：“韩国对朝鲜的敌意以及朝韩关系的敌对性质不会改变。”朝鲜民主主义人民共和国是朝鲜的正式国名。

由于朝韩关系恶化，双方交流和对话渠道几乎不存在，平壤是否会接受援助一直不明朗。

当天早些时候，统一部一名官员表示，按计划运送这些物品的可能性很小，政府将向联合国寻求再次延期。

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