North Korea took its first official swipe at South Korea’s new president, employing a well-known sexist phrase to paint Park Geun-Hye as overbearing and manipulative.
A lengthy statement attributed to a spokesman of the Armed Forces Ministry said South Korean officials were engaging in a round of “warmongering” orchestrated by the “poisonous swish” of the president’s skirt.The statement did not actually use Park’s name or title, referring to her only as the current “owner” of the presidential Blue House in Seoul. “Swish of the skirt” (or “chima baram”) is a common, derogatory Korean term used to criticise women seen as overly bossy or domineering.