{"id":32439,"date":"2025-08-20T18:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/08\/20\/s-korea-cannot-be-diplomatic-partner\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T18:10:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:10:00","slug":"s-korea-cannot-be-diplomatic-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/08\/20\/s-korea-cannot-be-diplomatic-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"S. Korea cannot be diplomatic partner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A senior official of the Democratic People&#8217;s Republic of Korea (DPRK) sharply criticized the &#8220;appeasement offensive&#8221; by the South Korean government, ruling out again any possibilities of diplomatic engagement between the two Koreas, state media said on Wednesday.<br \/>Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers&#8217; Party of Korea, derided the &#8220;offensive&#8221; during an analysis of the latest statements by the new South Korean government, which she called &#8220;deceptive.&#8221;<br \/>Kim was speaking at a consultative meeting with the DPRK Foreign Ministry officials a day earlier, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. 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