old KCNA commentary on south Korean human rights violations

Relevant in view of the recent slanders against the DPRK
Pyongyang, June 24 (KCNA) -- The south Korean puppets are further intensifying the anti-DPRK political propaganda through venal mass media. The south Korean newspaper Dong-A Ilbo on June 19 carried a false report provided by the puppet Agency for National Security Planning (ANSP) that a "shack-like concentration camp for political prisoners" exists on the seaside near Nampho in north Korea. This false report was also carried by the Japanese Asahi Shimbun. This is a groundless slander at the socialist system and realities of the DPRK. So, we categorically denounce their false propaganda. The clamour about "shack houses" is nothing but a false propaganda faked up by the south Korean puppets in a bid to impair the image of the DPRK. It is because there cannot exist such a camp in our country. Our people are living a happy life at modern dwelling houses under the tested leadership and benevolent care of the Workers' Party of Korea. in Nampho, a port city, stand rows of high-storied apartment houses. Our people have no worry about housing. This notwithstanding, the south Korean puppets are vociferating about "shack houses" in the suburbs of Nampho. This groundless rumour is a fake up by the puppet ANSP, a trickster against the DPRK. We cannot overlook their clamourings about "concentration camp". It is well known a fact that there is no political prisoner in the DPRK which is administering benevolent politics. Needless to say, "concentration camps for political prisoners" cannot exist in the place where there is no "political prisoner". As a matter of fact, the south Korean puppets have no face to vociferate about "concentration camps and shack houses". South Korea ranks first in the world in the number of prisons for political prisoners and shack houses. It has more than 40 prisons and detention houses in which over 63,000 innocent people are being subjected to political persecution. There are more than 500 slums in Seoul, Pusan, Taegu, Inchon and other areas of south Korea, in which 1.4 million people live in vinyl houses and dugouts. It is ridiculous of the south Korean puppets to spread a false report about "shack houses" and "concentration camp", turning a blind eye to this stark reality. The point at issue is what the "ANSP" seeks in such a third-rate anti-DPRK smear campaign. Lurking behind it is the foolish design to bridge over the ruling crisis of Kim Young Sam's "civilian"-veiled regime whose days are numbered. Their clamourings about "shack houses" and "concentration camp" are intended to escape from the present ruling crisis and divert elsewhere the attention of the political camp and people. Their attempts are, indeed, the height of shamelessness. We will on all accounts make the "ANSP" of south Korea pay for all their anti-DPRK smear campaigns including "drug case", "case of counterfeit bank notes", "black-market dealings of dollars" and the "shack-like concentration camp for political prisoners".