North Korea mocks South as 'puppet army' over canceled US military drills

Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has sharply criticized South Korea's alliance with the United States, characterizing it as a "master and servant" relationship. Her remarks came in response to the abrupt reduction of joint US-South Korea military drills, ordered by US President Donald Trump.

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The plight of the ROK, which is compelled to stop the ‘war games’ it liked very much, is visualizing the structure of the relation between master and servant called the ‘US-ROK blood alliance’ of which they have boasted.

In a statement released through the state-run Korean Central News Agency, Kim Yo-jong stated that South Korea's forced halt to the drills "visualizing the structure of the relation between master and servant called the ‘US-ROK blood alliance’ of which they have boasted." She pointed out that Seoul could not voice any protest against the "US chief executive’s unilateral order," which led to US troops departing "without any mutual coordination," labeling South Korea an inevitable "puppet army."

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This is the inevitable fate of [a] puppet army.

Kim also targeted South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's response to the drill reduction. She derided his "shameless words" praising Trump's decision while simultaneously discussing independent national defense and military buildup. Kim described Lee's remarks as "double-dealing," exposing "the uneasiness and impatience of the ROK" to the world.

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uttering shameless words” when lauding Trump’s “decisive rollback decision” as having been made with “deep consideration,” Lee immediately turned around to talk about “independent national defense and the buildup of military capabilities” to prepare for the “worst scenario.

According to Kim, this event underscores South Korea's true security situation, where despite boasting of self-defense capabilities, its security ultimately rests in the hands of "outsiders." She asserted that South Korea's security has been jeopardized by the reduction in joint military drills, calling it a "disaster brought by the unrealistic and anachronistic security outlook pursued by the ROK authorities" and stating that "The ROK has reaped what it sowed."

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This event has exposed the “true situation of the ROK,” which she said has been bragging about its self-defense capabilities “despite its defence and security being under the care of outsiders.”