Overview

• In its first official remark on President Lee Jae Myung’s administration, North Korea declared it has no interest in any policy proposals or dialogue with Seoul.
• Kim Yo-jong’s statement carried by KCNA labeled the suspension of loudspeaker broadcasts, leaflet bans and citizen repatriations as “serious miscalculations.”
• Pyongyang condemned South Korea’s reliance on the U.S. security alliance and upcoming joint military drills as evidence of confrontation.
• North Korea’s Workers’ Party intensified its hardline messaging through state media to dismiss Seoul’s goodwill measures as insincere.
• South Korea’s Unification Ministry said it will calmly and consistently pursue inter-Korean reconciliation despite Pyongyang’s rejection.