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Japanese authorities urged not to block humanitarian service of Mangyongbong-92

KCNA

    Pyongyang, June 15 (KCNA) -- The Japanese authorities recently set in motion ministries and agencies concerned including the Maritime Safety Agency and the Ministry of National Land and Communications to watch, inspect and control ship "Mangyongbong-92" when it enters or leaves the port and during its anchoring, describing the ship as a "ship for illegal remittance", "spy ship", "ship transporting nuclear and missile parts" and "abduction and drug smuggling ship." Minju Joson today in a signed commentary denounces these allegations as premeditated and deliberate provocations to prevent Koreans in Japan from visiting their homeland and malign the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan and the DPRK by barring the sail of the ship to Japan.
    The news analyst continues:
    As to the ship "Mangyongbong-92," the only thing it has done so far since its first service was that it has provided the repatriation and home-visiting of Koreans from Japan and carried cargoes, exports, humanitarian aid materials, etc. to their destination, sailing between the DPRK and Japan. It only carried those persons and cargoes undergone Japanese customs inspection while strictly observing Japanese legislations.
    Therefore, there is nothing to be questioned as the ship has not defied international law and has done nothing contrary to the Japanese laws.
    It attracts our special attention that the Japanese authorities' provocative act against the ship has been viciously conducted after the recent U.S.-South Korea and the U.S.-Japan summit talks at which they had a confab on escalating hostile policy towards the DPRK and containing it by force under the pretext of its "nuclear issue."
    The Japanese authorities should act in the spirit of the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration, with normal consideration, rectify its hostile policy towards the DPRK and ensure smooth service of the ship.