North Korea on Monday blasted ¡°Japanese reactionaries¡± for working to ¡°pave the groundwork for a reinvasion of the Korean peninsula¡± after Sunday¡¯s Lower House election that saw Prime Minister Shinzo Abe¡¯s ruling bloc secure a sweeping victory.
Abe dissolved the Diet on Sept. 28, forcing the election, as he sought a fresh mandate amid improving poll numbers and his handling of the North Korean nuclear crisis.
In a statement carried Monday by the North¡¯s state-run Korean Central News Agency, a spokesman from the country¡¯s Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee lambasted the move, calling it reminiscent of Imperial Japan¡¯s march across Asia before and during World War II.
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