N.Korea slams South's new leader as 'pro-U.S., confrontational'


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  • Thursday, 05 May 2022

FILE PHOTO: South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol talks with military officials during his visit to U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, April 7, 2022. U.S. Forces Korea/Yonhap via REUTERS/File Photo

SEOUL (Reuters) - A major North Korean propaganda website denounced on Thursday South Korea's incoming president Yoon Suk-yeol, who has vowed to take a tougher line on weapons tests by Pyongyang, describing him as "pro-United States", and "confrontational".

The North's state media have yet to make formal comments on Yoon, a conservative who is set to take office on May 10, but the website Uriminzokkiri issued scathing criticism ahead of his inauguration.

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