N. Korea denounces British sanctions over its children's camp

North Korea on Friday denounced Britain for including a North Korean children's camp in its new sanctions list over suspected involvement in the forced deportation of Ukrainian children, calling it a "heinous politically-motivated provocation." A spokesperson at North Korea's foreign ministry slammed Britain for sanctioning the Songdowon International Children's Camp for suspected ties with Russia, according to a statement carried by the North Korean Central News Agency. "Britain's such reckless act is a heinous unethical politically-motivated provocation to tarnish the external image of our state and disparage the DPRK-Russia relations of friendship and cooperation by unreasonably linking our children's camping facility with the groundless issue of 'forcible migration' of Ukrainian children," read the statement. DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name. It further called the designation "an intolerable insult to our dignified state," adding Britain's "hostility toward the DPRK is exceeding the limits." On Monday, the British government includ

Original source: Korea Times