North Korea’s state media, including Rodong Sinmun and Korean Central Television, dropped the term “Nam Joseon” South Joseon when referring to South Korea in a recent sports broadcast. Instead, North Korea’s state media used the term “goeroe,” which means “puppets” to indicate South Korea. A score graphic televised by Korean Central Television referred to South Ko.
A series of verbal threats by North Korea accusing a U.S. spy plane of intruding into its airspace appears to be a part of Pyongyang s efforts to consolidate internal cohesion ahead of a major military parade scheduled for later this month, defense analysts said, Tuesday. Although experts viewed the intrusion claim to be groundless, they said the latest statements issued by the North may signal a major shift in its perception of South Korea, not as the other side of a divided nation, but a foreign country.