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North Korea Blasts 'Funny Lady' Clinton

War of words after Clinton tells Pyongyang it has 'no friends'

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(Newser) – If insults were nukes, the US and North Korea would have destroyed the world today. Hillary Clinton, on a visit to Asia, told reporters that the secretive regime "has no friends left" to block denuclearization, after earlier in the week comparing Kim Jong-Il's coterie to "small children and unruly teenagers." That led Pyongyang to issue a brutal denunciation of the secretary of State, calling her "a funny lady" and "by no means intelligent."

"Sometimes she looks like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping," said a spokesman for the North Korean foreign ministry, who went on to blast her for "a spate of vulgar remarks unbecoming for her position." The verbal tussle took place as Clinton attended a meeting of Asian nations in Thailand, where she said the US had unanimous support for the UN resolution tightening sanctions and imposing an arms embargo on North Korea.

North Korea called Clinton 'a funny lady' and compared her to a 'primary schoolgirl' Thursday, bristling at her remark likening the regime to 'small children' demanding attention.
North Korea called Clinton 'a funny lady' and compared her to a 'primary schoolgirl' Thursday, bristling at her remark likening the regime to 'small children' demanding attention.   (AP Photo/David Longstreath)
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting at a hotel in Phuket island, Thailand, Wednesday, July 22, 2009.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting at a hotel in Phuket island, Thailand, Wednesday, July 22, 2009.   (AP PHOTO/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/pool)
Hillary Clinton walks past in front of North Korea's chief delegate Pak Kun-gwang at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum in Phuket, Thailand, Thursday, July 23, 2009.
Hillary Clinton walks past in front of North Korea's chief delegate Pak Kun-gwang at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum in Phuket, Thailand, Thursday, July 23, 2009.   (AP Photo/Sukree Sukplang, Pool)
Clinton said 'irreversible denuclearization' is the only viable option for North Korea.
Clinton said 'irreversible denuclearization' is the only viable option for North Korea.   (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
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We cannot but regard her as a funny lady as she likes to utter such rhetoric, unaware of the elementary etiquette in the international community. Sometimes she looks like a primary schoolgirl or a pensioner going shopping. - A North Korea foreign ministry spokesman

Maybe it's the mother in me or the experience that I've had with small children and unruly teenagers and people who are demanding attention —don't give it to them, they don't deserve it, they are acting out. - Hillary Clinton, secretary of state

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Jul 23, 09 8:42 AM CDT
Looks like the two girls are getting catty. Reply
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Jul 23, 09 8:47 AM CDT
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Kim Jong-Il...isn't that too much of a girly name for a boy? Nah nah nah! Reply
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