S. Korean Authorities Should Not Forget All Koreans Watch Them with High Vigilance: NDC Policy Department
Pyongyang,
January 25 (KCNA) -- The Policy Department of the National Defence
Commission (NDC) of the DPRK made public a statement Sunday in
connection with the grim situation now prevailing on the Korean
peninsula.
Growing stronger than ever before at
present is the unanimous desire of the nation to break with the
inglorious past and write a new history of the north-south relations,
true to the noble intention of supreme leader
Kim Jong Un
, peerless great man. World people are also growing strong in their
support and encouragement to it in response to the historic appeal for
defusing the danger of war
and creating a peaceful environment on the Korean peninsula.
But even a basic climate for dialogue has not been created as the
north-south relations are not freed from the phase of freeze.
Noting that what is happening at present is very grave, the statement clarified the following principled stand:
1. The south Korean authorities should stop making willful
interpretation of the measures of great significance in the nation's
history taken by the DPRK, and wagging their tongues at will.
The great calls made at the outset of the new year reflect the
ardent desire to put an end to the 70-year long national division and
build earlier on this land a reunified powerful country, dignified and
prosperous.
But the south Korean authorities backed by their American master are deliberately interpreting and slandering the
measures taken by the DPRK, far from deeply studying them and positively responding to them.
To cite a typical example, they are slandering the precious
historic measures hailed by all Koreans as an "option to get rid of
international isolation", "the last resort to have economic blockade
lifted" and "a peace offensive aimed at stirring up conflict among south
Koreans".
They have even gone so blind as to term
those measures "proposals little different from the past ones",
"measures devoid of sincerity" and "sleight of hand to hold initiative".
It was not out of any calculation that the DPRK took such new
measures. It was neither economic difficulties nor isolation and
blockade that prompted it to take those measures.
The undesirable and hostile forces should clearly understand that
political isolation, economic blockade and military pressure
will never work on the DPRK.
We have never been
benefited from the U.S. nor have we thought the south Korean authorities
would help improve the living standard of our people.
The south Korean authorities should neither misjudge nor make a
mockery of the sincere will of the DPRK to put an end to the history of
national division, a tragedy being suffered only by the Korean nation in
the world.
2. The south Korean authorities should stop disappointing the nation with their double-dealing words and deeds.
They are now loudly trumpeting about north-south dialogue and the improvement of the relations.
The present chief executive has talked volumes, regardless of time
and place, about "steadily stepping up preparations for unification,"
"creating conditions for holding dialogue of any form", "conducting
trial operation of
cross-peninsula railways" and holding dialogue and negotiations for
"opening three channels for people's livelihood, environment and
culture" and giving "priority" to the reunions of divided families and
relatives, while calling for "putting an end to the 70 years of
severance and conflicts".
Her loud words are quite different from her practical deeds.
South Korea has already made it an established fact to conduct Key
Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military exercises from March and Ulji
Freedom Guardian joint military exercises from August as planned while
creating impression that they have nothing to do with the removal of the
danger of war and the creation of a peaceful climate.
Under the pretext of making full preparations for "taking combined
defence posture", south Korea, while currying favor with its American
master, has introduced aggression troops including a
flying corps of strategic bombers carrying nuclear warheads to its land
and vicinity, souring the atmosphere for the improvement of the
relations with saber-rattling.
What matters is that
such moves are being pushed forward in an undisguised manner as part of
preparations for a preemptive attack on the DPRK in the run-up to the
65th anniversary of the conclusion of the shackling and sycophantic
south Korea-U.S. "mutual defence pact".
3. The
south Korean authorities should clearly know that in case they
persistently refuse to respond to the call of great significance in the
nation's history made by the DPRK, they will not be able to escape a
stern punishment.
Improving and developing the inter-Korean relations is the task of the times which brooks no further delay.
The south Korean authorities should sincerely respond to our call for opening up
a broad avenue to independent reunification by concerted efforts.
Intolerable and unpardonable are the incompetent behaviors of the
south Korean authorities criminalizing the just acts to improve the
inter-Korean relations and allowing human scum inciting confrontation
with fellow countrymen to go scot-free, their poor position of failing
to create elementary atmosphere of dialogue and their treacherous acts
of joining the U.S. in its moves against national reunification and
moves for disturbing dialogue.
It is nonsensical to
allow another long period of the tragedy to last, though the nation has
spent 70 years in misfortune and pain.
The whole
world knows well about the will of the DPRK to mercilessly punish the
treacherous, anti-peace and anti-reunification acts of the hostile
forces.
The south Korean authorities should ponder over their
behavior more than once.
They should not forget
even a moment that all Koreans are following all their moves with high
vigilance, ready to punish them.
The army and
people of the DPRK will resolutely punish the south Korean authorities
in case they continue challenging the historic steps taken by it to
re-link the severed bonds and blood vessels of the nation and bring
about a great change in mending the inter-Korean relations. -