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

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

Ministry

Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) — 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.
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. -0-