State media hits out at South Korean leader following speech on nuclear disarmament and security alliance with US.North Korea has branded South Korean President Lee Jae-myung a “confrontation maniac” after a speech in the United States in which he urged efforts to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula.In a speech following a meeting with US President Donald Trump on Monday, Lee said denuclearisation was crucial to securing a permanent peace between the Koreas and would allow the South Korea-US alliance to be upgraded in a “global context”.On Wednesday, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) hit out at the South Korean leader, saying his speech had revealed his “true colours as a hypocrite to the whole world”.“His behaviour abroad clearly proved that the ROK’s [Republic of Korea] scheme for confrontation with the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] can never change,” the KCNA said in an unsigned commentary, using the acronyms for the official names of South Korea and North Korea.“At the same time, Lee Jae-myung, with his unveiled confrontational intention, gave irrefutable evidence to prove why his remarks about ‘denuclearisation’ are a sheer sophism,” the KCNA, which operates as a mouthpiece for Pyongyang, said.“Availing ourselves of this opportunity, we once again remind him of the fact that our position as a nuclear weapons state is an inevitable option that correctly reflects the hostile threat fr …
