Kim Jong Un and Ri Sol Ju in a file photo. (KCNA)
AFP: 'Dirty' depiction of Kim's wife outraged NKorea: Russian envoy
Moscow (AFP) - North Korea's fury over anti-Pyongyang leaflets launched from the South is driven by "dirty, insulting" depictions of leader Kim Jong Un's spouse, Russia's top envoy in the reclusive country has said.
In recent weeks Pyongyang has issued a series of vitriolic condemnations over anti-North leaflets which defectors based in the South send across the militarised border -- usually attached to balloons or floated in bottles.
The campaigns have long been a point of contention between the two Koreas, but this time, Pyongyang upped the pressure, blowing up a liaison office and threatening military measures.
One of the most recent launches -- carried out on May 31 -- had included provocative imagery of the North's First Lady Ri Sol Ju, sparking "serious outrage" in Pyongyang, according to Russian ambassador to North Korea Alexander Matsegora.
Russia is a key ally of the isolated North and Matsegora is one of the longest serving ambassadors in Pyongyang.
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Update #1: Kim Jong Un reportedly blew up office over ‘dirty depictions’ of his wife (NYPost)
Update #2: Leaflets on Kim's Wife Were 'the Last Straw' (Newser)
WNU Editor: Alexander Matsegora has been Russia's ambassador to Pyongyang for five years, and a lower level diplomat based in the country for even longer. I am sure he has a very good pulse on the country. His recent comment on who is #2 in North Korea is interesting .... Russia Has 'No Reason' To Think Kim Jong Un's Sister to Lead North Korea (Newsweek). Kim jong Un's sister Kim Yo-jong will never say she is #2 in the country after her brother. She does not have to because everyone knows that she is.
