North Korea blasts South Korea’s Lee as ‘confrontation maniac’ | Conflict News

State media hits out at South Korean leader following speech on nuclear disarmament and security alliance with US.

North Korea has branded South Korean President Lee Jae-myung a “confrontation maniac” after a speech in the United States in which he urged efforts to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula.

In a speech following a meeting with US President Donald Trump on Monday, Lee said denuclearisation was crucial to securing a permanent peace between the Koreas and would allow the South…