Antonio Guterres encouraged Seoul and Pyongyang to resume dialogue, including on the military level, to avoid unintended accidents. (EPA Images pic)SEOUL: North Korea expressed regret over comments by the UN secretary-general urging the two Koreas to ease tensions through dialogue following a landmine blast at the border, accusing him of taking Seoul's side, state media reported on Tuesday.
Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres took a "prejudiced and irresponsible" attitude by echoing South Korea's unilateral claim over the September blast.
"The UN secretary-general's behaviour of echoing words of the provokers and patronising them without having proper understanding of the fact is not helpful to the detente," Kim said in a statement carried by the KCNA news agency.
