May 20, 2024
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North Korean body slams Sewol ‘massacre,’ says Park deserves death

Pyongyang’s criticism of tragedy’s handling not slowing despite own apartment building fiasco

A North Korean agency on Monday blasted South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s administration’s handling of the Sewol sinking, claiming they bore responsible for a “massacre” and deserved a death sentence.

Over the weekend, North Korea admitted to its own tragedy, the collapse of an apartment building in Pyongyang, and government officials publicly accepted responsibility for an accident that may have claimed hundreds of lives.

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