N-Korean editorial accuses Trump of 'criminal offence', calls for death sentence

'He should know he is a hideous criminal sentenced to death by Korean people'

An editorial written in North Korean state newspaper states that President of United States Donald Trump is a "hideous criminal sentenced to death by the Korean people", reported Washington Post.

The editorial, written by Rodong Sinmum, a mouthpiece for Kim's ruling Workers' Party of Korea, states that US president has offended the country as a whole when he denounced its "cruel dictatorship" during his tour in Asia.

The article suggests that he has committed 'criminal' offences, and that in the eyes of Koreans, it's unacceptable.



"The worst crime for which he can never be pardoned is that he dared [to] malignantly hurt the dignity of the supreme leadership," the ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun wrote.

“He should know that he is just a hideous criminal sentenced to death by the Korean people."

"America does not seek conflict or confrontation. But we will never run from it," Trump had said. "History is filled with discarded regimes that have foolishly tested America's resolve. Anyone who doubts the strength or determination of the United States should look to our past, and you will doubt it no longer."

In response, North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency called Trump a "lunatic old man" who was "lost to sense." The outlet also urged Americans to oust Trump and suggested that he had “begged for nuclear war.”



Days later, Trump struck back, tweeting, “Why would Kim Jong-Un insult me by calling me ‘old,’ when I would NEVER call him ‘short and fat’?" But the American president also suggested that he and Kim might be friends someday.

“I try so hard to be his friend,” Trump tweeted. “Maybe someday that will happen!”