UNGA79 / DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Addressing the UN General Assembly, Kim Song, the DPRK's Ambassador to the United Nations, quoted DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, stating that "we can choose either dialogue or confrontation, but we should go further in getting ourselves fully prepared for confrontation," emphasizing that this was the "review and conclusion drawn from the 30-year-long DPRK-U.S. relations." UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:01:17
• Production Date: 30 September 2024
• Asset Language: Korean
• Corporate Name: GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• Subject Topical: GENERAL ASSEMBLY; GENERAL DEBATE; SPEAKERS
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
• MAMS Id: 3265629
• Parent Id: 3263912
• Alternate Title: unifeed240930f

Description

STORY: UNGA79 / DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
TRT: 01:20
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: KOREAN / NATS

DATELINE: 26, 30 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

26 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, United Nations Headquarters

30 SEPTEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Kim Song walks to the podium
3. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Kim Song, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the United Nations:
“From the beginning of this year, the U.S. and its allies have staged joint military exercises one after another with various code-names such as “Freedom Shield”, “Freedom Edge” and “Combined Air Drill” in the vicinity of the DPRK, thus heightening military tension and hostile atmosphere in the region. Much more serious is the fact that the anti-DPRK nuclear war machine “nuclear consultative group” engineered by the U.S. and ROK last year is now in full operation and simulation nuclear war drills are conducted to put into practice an actual attempt to use nuclear weapons against the DPRK.”
4. Wide shot, delegates
5. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Kim Song, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the United Nations:
“Comrade Kim Jong Un, President of the State Affairs of the DPRK, said that we can choose either dialogue or confrontation, but we should go further in getting ourselves fully prepared for confrontation. This is the review and conclusion drawn from the 30-year-long DPRK-U.S. relations, he said.”
6. Wide shot, delegates

Storyline

Kim Song, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to the United Nations, addressed the UN General Assembly on Monday (30 Sep).

He claimed that since the beginning of the year, "the U.S. and its allies have staged joint military exercises one after another with various code-names such as 'Freedom Shield,' 'Freedom Edge,' and 'Combined Air Drill' in the vicinity of the DPRK, thus heightening military tension and hostile atmosphere in the region." Kim Song said that these drills intensified the situation, adding, “Much more serious is the fact that the anti-DPRK nuclear war machine ‘nuclear consultative group’ engineered by the U.S. and ROK last year is now in full operation.”

Referring to remarks made by DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, Kim Song noted, “Comrade Kim Jong Un, President of the State Affairs of the DPRK, said that we can choose either dialogue or confrontation, but we should go further in getting ourselves fully prepared for confrontation. This is the review and conclusion drawn from the 30-year-long DPRK-U.S. relations, he said.”