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North to Strictly Deal with Issues Arising in Inter-Korean Relations

KCNA

    Pyongyang, August 18 (KCNA) -- We are compelled to strictly deal with all the issues arising in the inter-Korean relations with the highest degree of vigilance as there occurred in the heart of Seoul in broad daylight such extreme and reckless provocation as seriously hurting the dignity and the prestige of the DPRK and malignantly insulting it, declared a spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland in a statement on August 17. The statement continued:
    On August 15 ultra-right conservative forces including the representative of the Grand National Party organized so-called "August 15 national rally" in the plaza of the Seoul City Building. There they called for "a complete stop to aid to the north" and "a halt to the north's development of nuclear weapons." They dared defile the dignified political system in the DPRK, not content with tearing off and burning the sacred flag of the DPRK.
    The committee vehemently denounces the recent rowdyism perpetrated by the GNP and other ultra-right fascist elements in south Korea as a vicious provocation unprecedented in the north-south relations and an intolerable anti-national act of wantonly violating the historic June 15 joint declaration as it was the most vicious frantic racket of seriously hurting the dignity and the prestige of the DPRK.
    This compelled us to take a resolute measure as regards the issue of our people's visit to south Korea fraught with the danger of openly infringing upon the security and the dignity of fellow countrymen in the north, the issue of sending our players' team and supporters group to the Taegu Universiad at present. This principled stand of the north is quite just as it was taken to cope with the grave situation created in south Korea.
    The blame for this entirely rests with the GNP and other ultra-right fascist forces and the south Korean authorities who have connived at that rowdyism.
    The south Korean authorities should make an open apology for the recent provocation in any form to make the north understandable.
    It is the unshakable will and consistent stand of the DPRK to never tolerate any act of infringing upon its dignity and prestige.