--- description: A North Korean state media outlet has praised Donald Trump as a “wise politician” and “far-sighted candidate" title: North Korea Praises Donald Trump as a 'Wise Politician' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6ad341abc5f5779/698895932dce0160c89e9487/donald-trump-north-korea.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # North Korea State Media Praises Donald Trump as a 'Wise Politician' by [Tara John](/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 31, 2016 2:43 PM CUT  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an event at the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, DC, on May 29, 2016. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an event at the annual Rolling Thunder "Ride for Freedom" parade ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, DC, on May 29, 2016.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds—AFP/Getty Images by [Tara John](/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 31, 2016 2:43 PM CUT A [North Korean](http://time.com/4252372/north-korea-nuclear-missile-attack/?iid=sr-link7 "undefined") state media outlet has [praised Donald Trump](https://www.nknews.org/2016/05/north-korean-editorial-supports-donald-trump/ "undefined") as a “wise politician” and “far-sighted candidate” who can reunify the Korean peninsula. The _DPRK Today_ editorial welcomed the presumptive Republican nominee’s willingness to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, [NKNews.org](https://www.nknews.org/2016/05/north-korean-editorial-supports-donald-trump/ "undefined") reports, saying Trump could help bring about an end to the isolated country’s “Yankee go home” policy of hostility with the U.S. “In my personal opinion, there are many positive aspects to the Trump’s ‘inflammatory policies’” Han Yong Mook, who describes himself as a Chinese North Korean scholar, wrote in the editorial. “Trump said ‘he will not get involved in the war between the South and the North,’ isn’t this fortunate from North Koreans’ perspective?” The editorial also urged Americans to not vote for the “dull Hillary” Clinton. On May 23, the North Korean ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva [dismissed Trump’s offer](http://time.com/4296966/north-korea-donald-trump-nuclear/ "undefined") to meet Kim Jong Un as “a kind of a propaganda or advertisement.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4352135/north-korea-donald-trump-kim-jong-un/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4352135/north-korea-donald-trump-kim-jong-un/"},"headline":"North Korea State Media Praises Donald Trump as a 'Wise Politician'","datePublished":"2016-05-31T14:43:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:56:02.481Z","description":"\"There are many positive aspects to the Trump’s ‘inflammatory policies,'\" a state media editorial said","url":"https://time.com/4352135/north-korea-donald-trump-kim-jong-un/","keywords":["North Korea","politics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6ad341abc5f5779/698895932dce0160c89e9487/donald-trump-north-korea.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara John","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tara-john/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6ad341abc5f5779/698895932dce0160c89e9487/donald-trump-north-korea.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an event at the annual Rolling Thunder \"Ride for Freedom\" parade ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, DC, on May 29, 2016.","caption":"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an event at the annual Rolling Thunder \"Ride for Freedom\" parade ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, DC, on May 29, 2016.","creditText":"Andrew Caballero-Reynolds—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4352135/north-korea-donald-trump-kim-jong-un/","name":"North Korea State Media Praises Donald Trump as a 'Wise Politician'"}}]}] ```