SEOUL – North Korean affiliated media outlet Uriminzokkiri this week harshly criticized South Korea for requesting a further delay of the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON).

“Recently the South Korean government, using nonexistent threats as their excuse, behaved crudely by asking the U.S. to postpone its transfer of wartime command”, said Uriminzokkiri  current affairs program Camera Focus in response to news that Seoul wants the U.S. to keep command of joint-military forces.

In July South Korean defense ministry officials asked the United States to re-examine an already-delayed plan to give Seoul wartime control of its military forces by 2015, something the DPRK