Press Statement of Department Director of Press and Information of DPRK Foreign Ministry

 Kim Chon Il, director of the Department of Press and Information of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, on August 31 issued the following press statement "Attempt of the U.S., Japan and the ROK to turn cyber space into a theatre of geopolitical confrontation should not be allowed":

The U.S., Japan and the ROK are expanding their provocative acts to a new domain with an aim to systematize and institutionalize the collective collaboration to put pressure on a sovereign state and aggravate geopolitical confrontation,KCNA reported.

A typical example is that they recently made public a "joint statement" full of fabrication under the pretext of coping with the "cyber threat" from the DPRK and held a meeting of the cyber diplomatic working group.

The tripartite confab of the hostile forces is a political farce to tarnish the image of the DPRK and embellish the moves for collaboration to put pressure on the DPRK by building up world public opinion about the groundless "cyber threat theory".

The DPRK Foreign Ministry strongly denounces and rejects the U.S., Japan and the ROK for their moves to use cyber space, the domain of development common to humankind, as a theatre of geopolitical confrontation and hostile propaganda against sovereign states.

The U.S., which formed the tripartite diplomatic working group for the first time under the pretext of "cyber threat" from the DPRK in December 2023, has held regular confabs with Japan and the ROK to use cyber space as a major means for sanctions and pressure.

This year alone, the U.S. set the "cyber threat" from the DPRK as the core agenda and incited the atmosphere of confrontation at the tripartite U.S.-Japan-ROK confabs on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference and the NATO foreign ministers' meeting. It is also adding our citizens and organizations to the list of sanctions.

Meanwhile, the U.S., Japan and the ROK have staged the annual "Freedom Edge", the first tripartite multi-domain joint military exercises covering the cyber space, in the Korean peninsula since June last year to steadily improve the mode of joint cyber attack targeting our state between the three parties.

This proves that the motive and purpose of cyber confabs between the U.S., Japan and the ROK are to further intensify political and military pressure on our state from A to Z and to pave the way for the fabrication of the triangular military alliance.

We warn the U.S., Japan and the ROK for their hostile attempt to turn cyber space into a theatre of geopolitical confrontation aimed to threaten the security of our state and infringe upon its sovereign rights.

The more the U.S. persists in its anachronistic and malicious hostile acts against the DPRK through the intensified collaboration with its satellite countries, the more distrust and hostility will be piled up between the DPRK and the U.S.

The DPRK will take practical measures to defend its rights and interests against the undisguised acts of the hostile states in cyber space and other domains and neutralize their malicious influence.