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KCNA refutes U.S. smear campaign

KCNA

    Pyongyang, June 10 (KCNA) -- The United States is groundlessly pulling up the DPRK over such issues as "terrorism", "drug trafficking", "abduction", "counterfeiting of money," etc. To briefly comment on this, this is part of the bush administration's foolish and shameful moves to ostracize the DPRK politically and morally on the international arena and isolate and stifle it by terming it a "rogue state".
    The Korean people have the socialist system of their own choice and reliable economic foundation and potentials which they have built up with much efforts for scores of years.
    Therefore, there is no need for the DPRK to do such illegal acts as "drug trafficking" and "counterfeiting of money" overseas. Moreover, it needs not to have its political system and economic system guaranteed by someone.
    The DPRK government has built up economy on its own and exerted strenuous efforts to stabilize the people's living despite the ceaseless blockade on the part of the hostile forces including the U.S.
    It issued cabinet resolutions 32, 128 and 129 through which it increased the living allowances of working people as part of its measure to improve the standard of people's living. It also promoted several economic reforms and has positively encouraged joint ventures with foreign countries.
    Last year, in particular, it took an important measure of refiting the prices of all commodities and raising living allowances and conducting economic management according to the step.
    This year it adopted a law on accounting and developed farmers' markets into markets selling varieties of consumer goods and took several other practical measures that can be implemented by the efforts of our people to drastically boost economy and improve the standard of people's living.
    Markets found in different parts of the country are selling and buying not only agricultural products but industrial goods.
    The DPRK wishes to receive as much cooperation as possible from other countries including expert training and experience as it is the first time for it to run such markets.
    Such being a fact, the U.S. is terming the DPRK a "rogue state", talking about its non-existent "terrorism," "drug trafficking", "abduction" and "counterfeiting of money". This can not be construed otherwise than a challenge to the just measures of the DPRK.
    The U.S. is well advised to stop maligning the DPRK and mind its own business to improve its deplorable position as a rogue state engaged in all sorts of illegal acts such as terrorism and drug trafficking.