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Japan urged to halt anti-DPRK, anti-Chongryon campaign

KCNA

    Pyongyang, June 10 (KCNA) -- The Japanese authorities recently convened a "government meeting for measures" with high-ranking officials of six ministries and agencies such as the Ministry of National Land and Communications, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the police agency and the maritime safety agency attending. There they discussed provocative measures concerning the call of Mangyongbong-92 at a Japanese port such as strict inspection and impounding of the ship on the strength of all laws now in force. This unreasonable and reckless racket has created an extremely disturbing development. Mangyongbong-92 is now barred from entering a Japanese port and Koreans in Japan are prevented from visiting their homeland.
    Rodong Sinmun today dismisses this tyrannical move as a serious infringement upon the dignity of the DPRK and a vicious political provocation and inhuman act against the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) and the Koreans in Japan.
    The news analyst continues:
    Japan has so far stood for the peaceful settlement of the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula. But it made a u turn in its attitude toward the settlement of the nuclear issue after having talks with the U.S.
    The Japanese authorities' recent step to prohibit Mangyongbong-92 from entering a port is a direct product of such attitude.
    If this is part of "sanctions" against the DPRK we can not but regard it as very serious development.
    The DPRK has already clarified that it would regard any "sanctions" as a declaration of war.
    The Japanese authorities' move is a wanton violation of the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration in which Japan committed itself to improve relations with the DPRK.
    The Japanese authorities are well advised to behave with discretion, clearly understanding the Koreans' hostility toward Japan, rectify their anachronistic hostile policy toward the DPRK and Chongryon and immediately stop their political operation against Mangyongbong-92.