A fishing boat ran aground on the quay due to the earthquake and tsunami at the Ukai fishing port in Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Photographed by the headquarters’ helicopter “Asazuru” on the 4th.
[Seoul = Mikihiko Ueno]North Korean media reported on the 6th that Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, sent a telegram to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressing sympathy for the damage caused by the Noto Peninsula earthquake. Telegram dated 5th. He said, “I pray that the people in the disaster area will recover as soon as possible and return to a stable life.”
It is extremely unusual for the supreme leader of North Korea to send a telegram directly to the prime minister of Japan. It has been pointed out that his aim is to emphasize his image as a normal national leader who is close to disaster victims, and to shake up the security cooperation system between Japan, the United States, and South Korea.
In the telegram, Kim Jong-un said, “Unfortunately, since the new year, we have received the news that many people have suffered loss of life and material damage due to the earthquake in Japan,” and expressed his “deep sympathy and deep sympathies” to the prime minister, the bereaved families of the earthquake, and the victims. He expressed his condolences.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a press conference on the 6th that he would like to “express my gratitude” for the telegram, but did not say whether he would respond.
At the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011, North Korea sent a telegram to the General Federation of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongren) in the name of the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly, which corresponds to the National Assembly, and after the Great Hanshin Earthquake in January 1995, North Korea sent a telegram to the General Federation of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongren). He sent a telegram in his name to Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama.
On the 6th, the party newspaper Rodong Sinmun published the full text of the telegram to Prime Minister Kishida alongside Kim Jong Un’s telegram of condolences in response to the explosion in the southeastern part of Iran, which has close ties to North Korea.
2024-01-06 11:22:25
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