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Japan urged to ponder over consequences of pressure upon DPRK

KCNA

    Pyongyang, June 21 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary urges Japan to ponder over what grave consequences the worsening DPRK-Japan relations and the growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula will entail. On June 14 Japanese deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe, referring to the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, let loose a string of outbursts that "dialogue with the DPRK alone wouldn't solve anything and there is the need to guide the DPRK by pressurizing it," the commentary says, and goes on:
    It is anachronistic for Japan to think that it can guide the DPRK by some sort of pressure.
    Japan's option for pressure is not aimed to solve the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula but to push the nuclear crisis to the worst phase.
    It is a true aim of Japan to render the situation on the Korean Peninsula tensest by joining the U.S. in its reckless offensive to pressurize the DPRK with nukes and step up its moves to emerge a nuclear and military power despite the public opinion at home and abroad and launch reinvasion.
    Lurking behind Japan's moves to pressure the DPRK is also its calculation to tarnish the international prestige of the DPRK and evade its responsibility for redeeming its past, the core issue of the DPRK-Japan relations, and wrest a concession from the DPRK.
    The DPRK will never be surprised by Japan's pressure. The pressure publicized by Japan means economic sanctions and a war, in the long-run. The DPRK will react to Japan's pressure with the toughest stand so as to protect its right to existence and dignity.