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North Korean ambassador to the UN, Kim Seong, said he could not give up his dignity for transformation.

It is interpreted to mean that we will not give up nuclear weapons in exchange for economic compensation.



Reporter Kim Yong-cheol.



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North Korean Ambassador Kim Seong, who attended the UN General Assembly in person, began his speech on the situation of Corona 19 in North Korea.



Ambassador Kim said that the quarantine has remained stable and that he will not allow even trivial actions or concessions to prevent the influx of infectious diseases.



Ambassador Kim Seong said that North Korea is striving to build a socialist economy and cannot sell its dignity for transformation.



[Kim Seong/North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations: We desperately need an external environment favorable for economic construction, but our position is that we cannot sell the dignity that we have protected like our lives in hopes of a splendid transformation.]



Abandoning our own nuclear weapons in exchange for economic compensation It is interpreted to mean that it will not.



Ambassador Kim insisted, "It has the self-defense power of the self-defense that was won by tightening the waistband, and peace and stability are being defended on the Korean Peninsula.



Ambassador Kim did not directly address President Trump or the US government in his ten-minute speech.



Ambassador Kim also expressed an uncomfortable feeling toward the South, saying that advanced weapons, including stealth fighters, are being used on the Korean Peninsula, but did not mention the word Korea.



It also said that North Korea suffered considerable losses due to natural disasters and was struggling for stability, but did not mention the killing of North Korean military officials on the South side.