REUTERS
January 6, 2024 at 10:30 JST
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the agricultural machinery exhibition hall, in an unknown location, in this picture released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Jan. 2. (KCNA via Reuters)
SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent messages of sympathy Jan. 6 to Japan over the deadly earthquake earlier in the week and Iran over deadly bombings there, state media said.
Two bomb blasts in Iran claimed by the Islamic State killed nearly 100 people on Jan. 3, while the death toll in Japan’s devastating earthquake in the Noto Peninsula on New Year’s Day is nearing 100.
Kim expressed condolences to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida with the hope that affected areas would be restored to stability soon, according to state media KCNA.
He also expressed sympathy to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and reaffirmed North Korea’s stand in “opposing all sorts of terrorism,” KCNA said.
On Jan. 5, North Korea fired more than 200 artillery rounds near a disputed maritime border with South Korea, prompting the South to take “corresponding” action with live fire drills.
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