North Korea rallies against Clinton

North Korea referenced the so-called Occupy movement in a rebuttal to last week's human rights criticism from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta met with South Korean officials in Washington last week to discuss the security situation on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea in early 2012 placed a moratorium on long-range missile and nuclear tests in exchange for food assistance from the United States. The deal collapsed, however, when Pyongyang tried to deploy a long-range rocket into orbit in April. Clinton, during her meeting, said Pyongyang should give up its nuclear ambitions in favor of social welfare. Pyongyang, through its official Korea Central News Agency, retaliated by pointing to economic gaps in the United States. "It is the U.S. where people's livelihood and vital rights present themselves as serious problems, in fact, as 99 percent of its population is exploited by those who account for just 1 percent," a message read. The report went on to say that the Democratic Party in the United States should address the "huge hordes of jobless people" if it hopes to secure a win for U.S. President Barack Obama in November. In terms of domestic policy, KCNA said its leader, Kim Jong Un, has outlined goals that would improve the standard living conditions for the North Korean people.