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• ·Pyongyang’s sudden reversal from praising President Lee to denouncing his “mask of peace” underscores its pressure tactics as South Korea deepens coordination with Europe and the United States.
• ·North Korea accused South Korean President Lee Jae Myung of casting aside “the bothersome mask of peace,” a sharp shift from its description of him as “a broad-minded person” just two months ago.
• ·The remarks came on Saturday in response to a joint statement issued by South Korea and the European Union (EU) during its recent summit held on Wednesday, in which both sides agreed that North Korea “will never be accepted as a nuclear-weapon State.” The rebuke stood in stark contrast to Pyongyang’s rhetoric just two months ago, when Kim Jong-un reportedly called Lee a “frank and broad-minded” person in a positive light.
• ·North Korea is deliberately employing a mix of pressure and engagement tactics to shape Seoul’s behavior, some analysts say.
• ·On Saturday, the North Korean Foreign Ministry likened South Korea to "an invariable enemy state obsessed with hostility and confrontation,” according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency.