North Korea Compares US Ally to America’s ‘Servant’ [Video]

North Korea compared South Korea as a “servant” to the United States after Seoul agreed to increase its share of the cost of hosting American forces by almost 10 percent.

The Korean Central News Agency, the state media of North Korea, on Friday published an article on the defense cost sharing negotiations between the U.S. and South Korea. It was written by Kim Myong Chol, an international affairs analyst of the country.

“The conclusion of the negotiation shows that there can be no change in the basic attribute of the subordinating and unequal relations between the master and the servant,” the article read. It referred to Washington as the “master,” and Seoul as the “servant.”

On October 4, the South Korean Foreign Ministry announced that, following eight rounds of negotiations on the cost of hosting American military personnel over the past five months, it had agreed to increase its share by 8.3 percent to 1.52 trillion won ($1.14 billion).

The five-year …