North Korea Levels ‘McCarthyism’ Charge Against Trump Administration

The North’s outrage is linked to a questionnaire sent by the Washington-based Office of Management and Budget looking into whether UN agencies are anti-American or linked to countries hostile to America.

AP/Ahn Young-joon
An image of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, is seen during a news program on a TV screen at Seoul Railway Station, February 28, 2025. AP/Ahn Young-joon

Here’s a new one from the North Korean propaganda mill. Who would believe Pyongyang’s Korean Central News Agency would be quoting a senior North Korean official accusing “the U.S. administration” of “McCarthyism”?

That favorite word of American academics whenever riled up about a crackdown, or even a rebuke, against leftist statements and protests has creeped into the North Korean lexicon via the North’s permanent representative at the UN’s Geneva office, Jo Chol Su.

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