The expectations that North-South relations might improve following the Death of the North Korea Leader Kim Jong Il has been dampened.
North Korea has told the international community not to “expect any change” in the wake of Kim Jong-Il’s death.
The message came in a statement carried by state media and attributed to the powerful National Defence Commission.
“We declare solemnly and confidently that the foolish politicians around the world, including the puppet group in South Korea, should not expect any change from us,” it said.
Kim Jong-Il ruled North Korea since the death of his father Kim Il-sung in 1994.
Under him funds were channeled to the military and North Korea conducted two nuclear tests.
His son, Kim Jong-Un, has been named “Supreme Leader of the party, State and Army”.
The communist state remains technically at war with South Korea and is isolated on the international stage because of its dire human rights record and pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Six-nation talks aimed at ending Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions – involving the two Koreas, China, the US, Russia and Japan – have been stalled for months.
