By Josh Smith

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean state media published a white paper on Sunday accusing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol of exposing his country to the danger of nuclear war through his policies towards the North.

The document, compiled by the North Korea Hostile State Studies Institute and published by the state news agency KCNA, criticized Yoon’s “reckless remarks” regarding the war, his abandonment of elements of the inter-Korean agreement, his involvement in nuclear war planning with the United States, and his involvement in nuclear war planning with the United States. Closer relations with Japan and NATO.

“His ever-worsening military moves have only led to the paradoxical consequences of forcing (North Korea) to stockpile its nuclear weapons at an exponentially increasing rate and further develop its nuclear strike capacity,” the paper said.

Conservative Yoon has taken a hard line against North Korea, which has moved forward with developing its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile arsenal in defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions.

His administration accuses North Korea of ​​increasing tensions by conducting weapons tests and providing military aid and troops to aid Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Pyongyang takes steps to sever inter-Korean ties

Since Kim Jong Un declared the South the “primary enemy” earlier this year and said unification was no longer possible, we have been redefining the South as a separate, hostile enemy state.

North Korea blew up sections of inter-Korean highways and railway lines on its side of the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas last month, and satellite images show it has since built large trenches along former crossing points.

The two Koreas are technically still at war after their 1950-53 war ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.

The two Koreas have also been in conflict over garbage balloons from North Korea since May. Pyongyang said the launches were in response to balloons sent by anti-regime activists in the South.

Sunday’s whitepaper also listed Yoon’s domestic political troubles, including scandals involving his wife, that have caused his approval ratings to plummet to record lows.

(Reporting by Josh Smith in Seoul; Editing by Daniel Wallis)