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Implementation of Inter-Korean Declarations Called for
Pyongyang, July 28 (KCNA) --The Korean nation's struggle to bring about a new turning point in the cause of national reunification by successfully implementing the October 4 declaration under the uplifted banner of the June 15 joint declaration has hit a snag owing to the moves of the Lee Myung Bak group that came to power in south Korea.
Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article.
The prevailing reality urgently requires all Koreans to more dynamically accelerate the cause of national reunification by holding fast to the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration as the programmes of the era of independent reunification and removing the hurdles lying in the way of their implementation, the article says, and goes on:
The prospect of the Korean nation's cause of national reunification fully depends on how it defends and implements the said declarations.
The declarations serve as the landmark indicating the shortcut to national reunification in the new century and programmes for reunification reflecting most correctly the requirement of the developing era and the desire of the nation. Nothing can replace the declarations in realizing the vital requirement and interests of all Koreans who earnestly wish for independent reunification, peace and prosperity at present.
The validity of the above-said declarations, in a word, lies in that they put forward the Korean nation as the driving force responsible for the movement of national reunification and indicated in detail the principles and ways of solving the issue of reunification by pooling the strength and wisdom of the Korean nation.
It is necessary for the Koreans to dynamically wage the nationwide struggle for implementing the declarations to consolidate the achievements already gained by the Korean nation and achieve national unity and reunification at an early date.
The stand on the declarations serves as a touchstone which distinguishes patriotism from treachery at present.
Neither national reconciliation and cooperation nor the development of inter-Korean relations, peace and prosperity would be thinkable apart from the declarations.
The Korean nation will never tolerate the treacherous moves of the Lee group who negate the reunification programmes common to the nation and stand in the way of their implementation, swimming against the trend of the times, concludes the article.
KCNA / Lee Myung Bak Political Charlatan Swimming against June 15 Era of Reunification
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- The Lee Myung Bak regime of south Korea has driven the inter-Korean relations to the lowest ebb since the publication of the June 15 joint declaration.
After traitor Lee took office all dialogues between the authorities of the north and the south have been deadlocked and cooperation projects been put in the danger of overall suspension although they continued despite turns and twists. This has bedeviled the inter-Korean relations that have so far favorably developed.
The traitorous group is working hard to bring back the old confrontational era while negating the June 15 joint declaration under the watchword of "no nukes, opening and 3,000 dollars" based on "pragmatism."
They raved that reunification based on June 15 joint declaration should never be allowed while terming the idea of "By our nation itself" "narrow-minded nationalism" and "exclusionist nationalism."
The Lee group made public a "2008 basic plan for education in the issue of unification" and decided to use anti-reunification teaching materials, saying that "education in the issue of unification" in the past embellished the north and weakened the concept of principal enemy because it was based on the joint declaration. They even arrested progressive pro-reunification educationists on charges of giving the "June 15 joint lecture" and illegally searched their houses and school.
In early May they pressurized the Press Headquarters of the South Side Committee for Implementing the June 15 Joint Declaration to sign a "paper" giving assurances that it "would not make any speech or conduct any act of favoring the north's political agitation and assertions" before attending the conference of representatives of mediapersons from the north and the south, thus sparking off big public furor.
The Lee group has harshly suppressed the south Koreans from all walks of life in their struggle for reunification.
They invoked the "National Security Law" to prevent the representatives of youth organizations of south Korea from participating in the conference of representatives of youth and students organizations in the north and the south held in Mt. Kumgang resort, thus scuttling the inter-Korean joint event for reunification.
This is the true colors of the Lee group of traitors keen on inciting confrontation, not seeking national reconciliation and unity, displeased with the June 15 era of reunification.
It is the true intention of the traitor to scrap the June 15 joint declaration and bedevil the north-south relations.
The negation of the June 15 joint declaration which replaced the north-south confrontational era that lasted for more than half a century after the national division by the era of national reconciliation and unity and independent reunification is little short of a treacherous and anti-reunification act of bringing a new confrontational era.
The uniform development of the nation can never be expected as long as such traitor as Lee remains in office.
Japan's False Propaganda against DPRK Refuted
Pyongyang, April 18 (KCNA) -- Recently Japanese media including NHK were busy spreading wild rumor that the DPRK "exported a lot of rocket systems" to a country in Southeast Asia.
Commenting on the fact, Minju Joson today says: Much upset by the serious political crisis in Japan and the approval rate for the Fukuda Cabinet sinking as low as 20%, the Japanese reactionary ruling quarters felt the need to fake up a shocking incident to slander the DPRK and build up public opinion critical of it in a bid to secure a pretext for escalating sanctions and pressure upon it and divert elsewhere Japanese people's criticism of them and thus tide over the political crisis and prolong their dirty remaining days.
The fiction about "export of rocket systems" floated by them is nothing but a despicable plot hatched by them to serve this sinister purpose.
What merits attention is that not only the international community but the United States are dismissing the above-said story. This goes to prove that the Japanese reactionaries are the kingpins of lies and deception, plot-breeding and fabrications.
It is no more than a daydream for the Japanese reactionaries to try to tarnish the image of the DPRK and attain their sinister political aim by hatching plots, fabricating lies, applying sanctions and putting pressure. This will only lead them to disgrace and destruction.
U.S. Hard-line Policy toward DPRK Slammed
Pyongyang, March 5 (KCNA) -- These days the U.S. conservative hardliners are talking nonsense that the points agreed at the six-party talks have not been properly implemented due to the "delaying tactics" of the DPRK and, accordingly, the Bush administration should stick to its hard-line policy toward the DPRK, not appeasing it. They are even blustering that it is seriously "mistaken" if it calculates it can produce a better agreement with the next U.S. administration.
Commenting on this, Rodong Sinmun today terms this a provocative move to scuttle the six-party talks and lay an obstacle in the way of settling the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula in a bid to deteriorate the existing hostile relations between the DPRK and the U.S. and bring the situation on the peninsula to an extreme pitch of tension.
The U.S. conservative hardliners are not seeking the negotiated settlement of the nuclear issue on the peninsula but working hard to attain their sinister aim with a strong-arm policy by shifting onto the DPRK all the responsibilities for the delayed implementation of the points agreed at the six-party talks, the commentary says, and goes on:
They are blustering that the new U.S. regime would never pardon the DPRK while talking nonsense that it is delaying the implementation of the above-said points. This is a short-sighted and foolish ruse to frighten and stifle it with pressure and blackmail.
It is preposterous and ridiculous for them to float rumor that the DPRK pins any hope on the next U.S. president. It is a very wrong way of thinking for them to regard their one-sided hard-line policy toward the DPRK as a cure-all.
They had better clearly understand that if the U.S. opts for the one-sided hard-line policy toward the DPRK, the bilateral relations will reach an extreme phase and everything go up in smoke.
The DPRK does what it should do and refrains from what it should not do no matter what others may say. The U.S. conservative hardliners are sadly mistaken if they calculate they can wrest any concession from the DPRK with a strong-arm policy.
They would be well advised to discard a foolish delusion and behave with reason in the realistic way of thinking.
U.S. Responsible for Nuclear Issue in Korea
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- The nuclear issue would not have surfaced on the Korean Peninsula if the U.S. had neither introduced nuclear weapons into south Korea nor threatened the DPRK with them.
Rodong Sinmun Tuesday observes this in a signed commentary carried 50 years since the U.S. formally announced that it introduced nukes into south Korea.
Noting that the U.S. introduction of nukes into south Korea was a very serious provocation to the DPRK as it amounted to challenging the just struggle of the Republic and all Koreans for peace and reunification of the country with a nuclear threat and it was a direct product of the U.S. aggressive strategy for world domination and its Korea policy, the commentary goes on:
It was the calculation of the U.S. to browbeat the DPRK and its neighboring countries with nukes in a bid to secure "upper-hand of strength" and carry out its adventurous policy for aggression with ease.
The U.S. imperialists have escalated their moves for a nuclear war against the DPRK for the last five decades, going against the desire of the Korean nation for peace. The U.S. has reduced south Korea to a huge powder keg for a nuclear war which may go off any moment and systematically increased the danger of a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula, threatening the life and security of the Koreans and persistently standing in the way of their cause of peace and reunification. This is, indeed, a thrice-cursed crime.
The history and reality clearly prove that the U.S. is chiefly to blame for having escalated the danger of a nuclear war by spawning the nuclear issue on the peninsula and disturbing peace there.
If the source of a nuclear war is to be removed from the peninsula, the U.S. should stop posing its nuclear threat to the DPRK and drop its hostile policy towards the latter and pull its forces for aggression out of south Korea, to begin with.
U.S. Hardliners' Pressure upon DPRK to Dismantle Its Nuclear Weapons First under Fire
Pyongyang, January 4 (KCNA) -- Some hardliners in the U.S. are becoming increasingly vociferous about the need for the U.S. not to move before the DPRK completely dismantles its nuclear weapons and to adjust the tempo of the improvement of the DPRK-U.S. relations depending on the solution to the "abduction issue" raised by Japan. In other words, they are again demanding the DPRK dismantle its nuclear weapons first.
The method of settling the pending issues between the DPRK and the U.S. claimed by the U.S. hardliners may serve the purpose of satisfying their self-respect, but it will result in nothing but completely scuttling the process for the denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula and driving the bilateral relations to the lowest ebb.
Minju Joson Friday warns the U.S. of this in a signed commentary.
It goes on: The DPRK has honored its commitments under the October 3 agreement as it is evidenced by its embarkation upon the phase of disablement in the wake of freezing of nuclear facilities in Nyongbyon under an agreement reached at the six-party talks. Recently the DPRK was compelled to take a measure to slow down the disablement operation due to the delay made by those countries concerned with the six-party talks in honoring the commitments they are obliged to do on the principle of "action for action" in step with its process of disablement.
All facts go to prove that whether the goal of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is attained or not entirely depends on whether the countries concerned including the U.S. honor their commitments or not.
This notwithstanding, the U.S. hardliners are insisting the DPRK dismantle its nuclear weapons first. This cannot be construed otherwise than a deliberate move to scuttle the process for the denuclearization of the peninsula.
The U.S. hardliners had better behave themselves, bearing deep in mind what a dear price they will have to pay for their thoughtless behavior at this sensitive time.
An opportunity is not always available.
KCNA Urges Japan to Swim with Trend of Times
Pyongyang, November 6 (KCNA) -- Shortly ago, Kyoko Nakayama, special assistant to the present Japanese chief executive, categorically stood against delisting the DPRK as a "sponsor of terrorism", labeling it a "terrorist state" over the "abduction issue."
She talked nonsense that if the U.S. takes no account of the "abduction issue" while handling the issue of delisting the DPRK as a "sponsor of terrorism" it would adversely affect the Japan-U.S. relations.
In another development, the Japanese government went the lengths of complaining about Washington's DPRK policy. It asked the U.S. ambassador to Japan to send to U.S. President Bush a message to the effect that the on-going DPRK-U.S. negotiations over the nuclear issue might adversely affect the U.S.-Japan relations.
This is a reckless move to prevent the six-party talks from making any progress, much upset by it.
It is a rash act of going against the trend of the times for Japan to throw a stumbling block in the way of the six-party talks whose main purpose is to solve the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula and pending issues between the DPRK and the U.S. related to it.
This is as foolish an act as pricking its own eyes.
The world public is jeering at Japan, saying that it has been thrown into a tight corner by the progress made in the efforts to settle the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula though it has made so much fuss over the "abduction issue."
Japan, in fact, has lost every sense of decency to talk about the "abduction issue" as it has not yet redeemed the hideous human rights abuses it committed in the past.
This has brought into bolder relief Japan's political and moral vulgarity on the international arena as it is no more than a trouble maker and bete noire.
Japan, however, is behaving like a cowboy, not knowing where it stands now.
If Japan goes on like this, it will not only be rebuffed at the six-party talks but be marginalized in the international community in the end.
KCNA Blasts Some Congressmen for Standing in Way of Six-Party Talks
Pyongyang, October 12 (KCNA) -- Some lawmakers from the Republican Party of the United States recently introduced a bill to Congress urging the U.S. not to de-list the DPRK as a sponsor of terrorism.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, member of the House of Representatives, who sponsored the bill, put up in the bill such unreasonable conditionalities as putting an end to cooperation in the field of development of banned military equipment and cooperation in the nuclear field with Syria, insisting that the U.S. policy toward the DPRK should not be based on the hope that it would honor its commitments but based on its actual performance.
This is nothing but reckless remarks beclouding the prospect of the talks as they are intended to stem the trend of the times toward detente over the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula and put a brake on the process to advance the six-party talks and warm up the DPRK-U.S. relations.
The DPRK cannot overlook the brazen-faced remarks made by the U.S. chief executive against his dialogue partner on the international arena, timed to coincide with the introduction of the above-said bill by U.S. conservative hard-liners.
He, addressing the UN General Assembly on Sept. 25, went so reckless as to mention some countries including the DPRK and call them "brutal regimes".
The renewed accusation made by him against the DPRK was nothing but a foolish ploy to tarnish the DPRK's dignity and authority rising on the international arena as the days go by, which the servicepersons and people of the DPRK will never tolerate.
When judging this as the viewpoint of the U.S. chief executive, one can hardly guess the ever-changing U.S. view on the DPRK and talk about the bilateral confidence, the key to making progress at the six-party talks and the development of the bilateral relations.
Confidence building is vitally required by the countries participating in the six-party talks as the negotiated settlement of the nuclear issue is a very sensitive political issue related to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and the Asia-Pacific region.
It is by no means fortuitous that the international community is expressing concern and uneasiness about the moves being taken by the U.S. conservative hard-liners at a time when the six-party talks are progressing and the DPRK-U.S. relations are developing at a certain level.
They invented various pretexts to lay hurdles in the way of the talks whenever there was some progress in them in the past.
A lot of time has been wasted since the start of the talks. This was entirely attributable to the wrong view of the U.S. on the DPRK.
The U.S. would be well advised to pay attention to and ponder over the factors of adversely affecting the progress at the talks and the settlement of the nuclear issue and be consistent in its policy toward the DPRK, though belatedly.
Lee Myung-bak wins GNP nomination
Land speculation scandals aside, Lee is the clear winner in the primary by slight 1.4 %margin
By Jungsoo Jang and Jenny Na
Though surrounded by doubt and speculation about possible financial misdeeds, Lee Myung-bak was nominated as the main opposition Grand National Party¡¯s presidential candidate at the party¡¯s convention, held at the Olympic Gymnastics Stadium on August 20. The two main opposition candidates, Lee and his rival Park Geun-hye, fought in non-stop battle to the finish as the polls closed yesterday evening, with each launching accusations in a bid to discredit the other.
Lee garnered 81,084 votes of the total 163,617, accounting for 49.5%, defeating his archrival Park Geun-hye with 78,632 votes(48.1%) by a mere 1.4% margin. The two fringe hopefuls -Won Hee-ryong and Hong Joon-pyo-took 2,398(1.5%) and 1,503(1%) respectively. The voting, which was supervised by National Election Commission, took place on August 19 at 238 polling stations across the nation.
In a acceptance speech, Lee pledged to unite the party in the spirit of cooperation and reconciliation. Lee emphasized, "Now is time for all of us should get united to achieve our long-cherished dream of retaking power".
Park Geun-hye, in her concession speech, graciously accepted her defeat and promised she would play her part to help the party band together to win the coming presidential election. Park gave her congratulations to Lee.
The party¡¯s primary was unprecedented in the way it was carried out, as it included nationwide televised debates and voting by the general public.
Voter turnout was expected to have played a major role in determining the winner of yesterday¡¯s primary and so it did, with turnout recorded at a rate of over 70 percent, according to sources within the party. Age was also a factor as Lee was generally more popular among younger voters with Park winning popularity from older voters, a factor largely seen as a holdover from her the time of her father¡¯s administration.
Park is the eldest daughter of the former dictator Park Chung-hee and formerly chaired the GNP. She rose to power in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis is was credited with furthering the nation¡¯s economic developement, but failed to gain enough votes to win the party¡¯s nomination.
Park has trailed Lee throughout the primary, though the gap narrowed significantly in the past week, following the prosecution¡¯s announcement that it would reveal all of the evidence it has collected in a land speculation scandal, which many took as potentially implicating Lee.
The two main contenders have fought fiercely throughout the campaign, with concerns by many within the GNP that the internal rivalry would ultimately harm party politics post-primary, but that remains to be seen in the weeks now leading to the presidential election slated for December 19.
In particular, Park has harshly attacked Lee for what she terms his unethical wealth. Lee has been under attack from the general public and, most recently, the prosecution for alleged land speculation involving a lucrative piece of land in southern Seoul¡¯s wealthy Dogok neighborhood. Though the land is owned by two people connected to Lee, Lee¡¯s brother and brother-in-law, Lee is presumed to be the real owner of the property.
Lee is the former Seoul mayor and once served as the chairman of Hyundai Engineering & Construction, whose experience in business and finance was seen as an advantage in an election year in which economics is at the top of the list of voter concerns.
Going forward, Lee has said that he would reform the nation¡¯s floundering economy and, if elected, plans to launch a large-scale canal project.
Lee has touted the project as one that aims to revive the tourism industry while improving transportation facilities. The canal, which would link Seoul to Busan, is similar to the smaller-scale project Lee carried out as Seoul mayor, when he served as the architect of a project to revitalize the Cheongye-cheon in central Seoul.
In his acceptance speech, Lee appealed to party members to rally behind him to capture power from the recently formed United New Democratic Party, or UNDP.
The UNDP, which has been fraught with its own kind of turmoil over the composition of the party, was formed with former Uri members and other liberal lawmakers and will begin its presidential primary in mid-September with the goal of choosing its candidate by mid-October.
All Koreans Called upon to Advance June 15 Era of Reunification
Pyongyang, July 25 (KCNA) --The June 15 era of reunification is the patriotic era in which the Koreans are working hard to achieve the reunification by their concerted efforts after putting an end to the state of confrontation that has lasted for more than half a century. It is a hopeful era promising eternal prosperity of the nation.
Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article.
It goes on: All Koreans in the north and the south and abroad should glorify the June 15 era of reunification by putting spurs to the movement for independent reunification in sky-high spirit.
The June 15 era of reunification is an era guided by patriotism as it is advancing thanks to the unanimous desire and will of all Koreans for national reunification.
Nothing is more important and urgent for the Korean nation than to achieve the historic cause of national reunification.
The June 15 era of reunification, which ushered in a rosy future of national reunification, is making a long drive following up the victory as it reflects the urgent need and patriotic desire of the Korean nation to achieve independent reunification.
And the June 15 era of reunification is the era of independent reunification as it calls on the nation to settle the issue of national reunification by its own efforts in a responsible manner.
The strenuous struggle waged by the Koreans to carve out their own destiny resulted in the adoption of the historic June 15 joint declaration in which the north and the south promised each other to solve the issue of national reunification independently by their concerted efforts in the spirit of "By our nation itself."
The advent of the era of independent reunification after the adoption of the June 15 joint declaration brought about a change in the movement for national reunification. Now no outside forces have any pretext or conditions to interfere in the matter of Korea's reunification and the Koreans are now accelerating the process of reconciliation and reunification, their hearts replete with the strong independent will to achieve national reunification by their own efforts, come what may.
The June 15 era of reunification is the era of national unity which calls for increasing the might of great national unity in every way, the article notes, stressing that the successful attainment of national reunification depends on how the Korean nation strives to accomplish it, being responsible for it.
All Koreans Urged to Remain True to Idea of "By Our Nation Itself"
Pyongyang, July 3 (KCNA) -- "By our nation itself" is enshrined by all the Koreans in the north and the south and abroad as an idea common to the nation to be invariably held fast to in their struggle to achieve the reunification of the country. Guided by this idea, the Korean nation's cause of great unity, the cause of national reunification, is making steady victorious progress. Rodong Sinmun Tuesday says this in a signed article.
It goes on: National reunification can be achieved only through the great unity of the entire nation. If all the Koreans are to achieve unity through their concerted efforts and will irrespective of ideology, social system, class and strata, they should have a fundamental principle of unity and ideological and moral basis.
The idea of "By our nation itself" specified in the historic June 15 North-South Joint Declaration represents the idea of national independence.
The principle of national independence is what is naturally required for carving out the destiny of the nation and it constitutes the ideological foundation for the great national unity.
If a nation is to successfully carve out its destiny it should firmly maintain independence. Only when the nation maintains the principle of national independence can it reliably protect its right and interests and only such a nation can successfully promote its development and prosperity according to its own will and requirements.
The DPRK raised the issue of great national unity and has striven for its solution in order to reject domination and subjugation by outsiders and establish the national independence.
The great national unity based on national independence alone can serve as a weapon for carving out the destiny of the nation and demonstrate its might in the nation's efforts to reunify the country.
The idea of "By our nation itself" represents the noble patriotism of Koreans.
The Koreans were forced to live separated by outside forces although they had one and the same territory. The Koreans in the north and the south are a homogenous nation as they have lived in one territory using the same language for 5,000 years. That is why all the Koreans in the north and the south are keen to achieve national reunification as their first and foremost task irrespective of the demands and interests of classes and strata, regarding the national division, a product of the outsiders' hegemonic policy, as unbearable shame on the nation.
This is a manifestation of their patriotic will to put the earliest end to the tragic history of national division forced upon the Koreans by outsiders and thus save the destiny of the nation from a crisis and fully demonstrate the dignity and honor as a reunified nation.
The idea of "By our nation itself" will fully prove its validity and vitality in practice in the future, too, as it serves as a powerful engine steering the June 15 era of reunification, the article concludes.
Japanese Reactionaries' Preemptive Attack Doctrine Debunked
Pyongyang, May 22 (KCNA) -- The Japanese militarists are twisting and turning in an effort to make the doctrine of preemptive attack the basic military principle of the "Self-Defense Forces" in the present century. Rodong Sinmun in an article today brands this as a manifestation of the militarist aggressive idea of the Japanese reactionaries which has been carried into extremes.
Noting that the doctrine of preemptive attack of the Japanese reactionaries is a military provocation backed by preparations for overseas aggression, the author of the article goes on: Japan has been rounding off military preparations for overseas aggression by hastening arms buildup after the war.
The maritime "Self-Defense Force" of Japan has grown into a modern naval force equipped with various up-to-date battle ships including submarines and destroyers and its offensive capability is well on a par with that of other capitalist powers. As estimated by Western media, the maritime "Self-Defense Force" of Japan is partially way ahead of the U.S. naval force.
The air and ground "Self-Defense Forces" of Japan are also prepared for all wars. The air "Self-Defense Force" is equipped with ultra modern fighter planes while the ground "Self-Defense Force" has a perfect system of ground offensive as it is fully equipped with tanks, armored cars, artillery pieces, missiles and other weapons.
The Japanese militarists are in possession of all conditions for overseas aggression, institutional and legal.
The Japanese reactionaries are going ahead in real earnest with the revision of the constitution allowing the exercise of the "right of collective self-defense." This is a very dangerous act to set up a military system of a war-seeking state, totally throwing away the veil of "a pacifist state" which they have been showing off after the war, and launch into a preemptive strike at other countries any time.
The Japanese militarists are now making quite a fuss, shouting themselves hoarse about "anti-terrorism" and "coping with contingency." They seek in this to mount a preemptive attack on other countries with these as a pretext. And their first target here is the DPRK.
The preemptive attack doctrine about which the Japanese reactionaries are so much blatant is, in essence, intended for a surprise military attack on the DPRK.
DPRK Representative Demands Stop to Suppression of Koreans in Japan
Pyongyang, April 5 (KCNA) -- Japan should immediately stop its suppression of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) and Koreans in Japan and its discrimination against them.
A DPRK representative demanded this, when discussing the report presented by a special rapporteur on opposing racism and national discrimination to the 4th meeting of the UN Human Rights Council on Mar. 28.
Recalling that the special rapporteur in his report took note of the fact that the Koreans in Japan, in particular, are subject to suppression and discrimination in Japan and proposed measures for putting an end to them, the DPRK representative said this was very important.
He said that Japan has become brutal in its political suppression and human rights abuses against Chongryon and Koreans in Japan, something unprecedented since the formation of Chongryon.
Citing facts to prove Japan's frantic crackdown upon Chongryon, he noted that it mobilized heavily armed police forces to perpetrate an unreasonable search operation against at least 30 objects including the Headquarters and branches of Chongryon and Korean schools and indiscriminately arrest innocent people.
He went on: This reminds one of something that happens only in battlefields as it goes beyond the conception of suppression and discrimination.
No wonder, political parties, organizations and media of different countries of the world termed Japan's suppression of Chongryon a gross violation of the publicly recognized international law and a crime against humanity.
We request the special rapporteur to continue putting pressure upon the Japanese government till Japan puts an end to the suppression of Koreans in Japan and its national discrimination against them.
KCNA Raps Japan's Stand on Issue of "Comfort Women
Pyongyang, March 3 (KCNA) -- Japan is much upset after congressional hearing was held recently on the issue of the "comfort women" for the Imperial Japanese Army and a resolution on this issue was presented to U.S. Congress.
Thrown into an awkward situation by what victims of the "comfort women" whom the international community described as clear evidence proving abuses of women testified at the hearing, Japan is resorting to a desperate lobbying operation to stonewall the congressional passage of the resolution come what may.
This is evidenced by the fact that Japan sent a message to U.S. Congress, asserting that it is inappropriate to adopt such resolution, and dispatched officials concerned to the U.S. to meet media and legislators and Dietmen from the Liberal Democratic Party made statements denying the forcible drafting of "comfort women" for the Imperial Japanese Army and modifying the statement made by the then Chief Cabinet Secretary apologizing for the past wrongs.
All these acts glaringly reveal before the world that Japan having a crime-woven history remains unchanged in its political and moral image in this century.
As a matter of fact, the Japanese imperialists' overseas aggression in the past century brought only untold hardships and misfortune to many countries and nations. Their harsh colonial rule over Korea for nearly half a century deprived it of a precious period of development and prosperity.
They took away 200,000 Korean womn as "comfort women" for the Imperial Japanese Army, forcing them to provide sex for its servicemen and killing most of them. This was the most hideous crime against humanity. These sexual slaves, their chastity mercilessly violated, were denied the right to get married with their beloved ones and have undergone unbearable sufferings.
The world history of wars does not know such precedent as the organized sexual slavery system enforced by Japan whereby it forcibly drafted, lured and abducted foreign women and took them to battle fields to satisfy the carnal desire of its servicemen.
It was only Japan that perpetrated such hideous crimes related to the "comfort women" for the army.
What matters is that Japan is trying hardest to evade its responsibility, refusing to admit its crime-woven history even today when there remain only a small number of survivors of the sexual slavery, their scars unhealed and their towering grudge unsettled despite the flow of so long period of time.
Japanese politicians are, however, brazen-faced enough to busy themselves with shuttle diplomacy to cover up their despicable true colors, shelving the issue of "comfort women."
There is no reason for Japan to be upset by any hearing or the adoption of any resolution if it is willing to honestly settle its inglorious past.
Japan is obliged to honestly settle its crime-woven past for its own sake.
Any sleight of hand played by Japan to cover up its past wrongs would only strip bare its ugly picture and would never help it gain a responsible post in the international community.
It can win confidence only through its good conduct.
GNP Urged to Apologize for Killings of Guiltless People Perpetrated by "Yusin Regime"
Pyongyang, January 31 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Central Committee of the Korean Social Democratic Party issued a statement Wednesday in connection with the fact that those related to the "case of the People's Revolutionary Party" faked up during the period of "Yusin" dictatorship were declared not guilty in south Korea recently. The statement said:
The "case of the People's Revolutionary Party" was a typical, fabricated "pro-communist case" whereby the "Yusin government" detained those involved in the 1964 case of the "People's Revolutionary Party" and the 1974 case of the "National Democratic Youths and Students League" and the case of the "Committee for the Reconstruction of the People's Revolutionary Party" by labeling them forces manipulated by communists behind the scene and executed 8 of them within 18 hours after they were sentenced to capital punishment on charges of "conspiracy of a rebellion " and "violation of the anti-communist law."
The results of investigation into the "case of the People's Revolutionary Party" made public in south Korea in 2005 under the pressure of the people for the probe into the truth behind the case proved that the case was faked up through torture. The recent court ruling goes to clearly prove the illegality of the case.
The Grand National Party of south Korea, a party of remnants of the "Yusin government", has not made a remark of apology for the monstrous murder committed by its preceding party. Worse still, it is working with bloodshot eyes to seize power. It is as clear as noonday that a great number of people will meet tragic deaths if the GNP gentry are allowed to come to power.