Tuesday, April 3, 2018

On North Korea, Inner City Press Asks Feltman Why Accepted Workers Party Official's Son As JPO


By Matthew Russell Lee, Full Exclusive, Video


UNITED NATIONS, March 29 – On the North Korea - Trump talks by May announced on March 8, the questions at the UN on March 27 were about whether Kim Jong UN did or didn't travel to Beijing in a green train. The UN spokesman Farhan Haq called it speculation. Then the next day he issued a canned statement by Antonio Guterres, striving to remain relevant. Guterres' outgoing chief of political affairs Jeffrey Feltman, two hours later, was slightly more humble. Inner City Press asked Feltman why his Department accepted from North Korea the son of a Workers Party official, Kim Joo Song, as UN Junior Professional Officer, in elections no less. Periscope video here. Feltman replied that the UN tries to ask countries for multiple candidates. Did they do so here? Were all put forward related to party officials? Does the UN have no other standards? We'll have more on this. Now from the border of the Koreas, this news: Kim Jong Un will meet Moon Jae-in at Panmunjom on April 27; there will be another preparatory meeting on April 4 to discuss protocol, security and media coverage issues. That train is moving