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Japan Urged to Respond to Government-level Talks with DPRK

KCNA

    Pyongyang, December 16 (KCNA) -- Former war criminal states are seeing off this year, feeling as if a weight had been lifted from their hearts after admitting hideous human rights abuses they committed in violation of international law and after or while making repentance and material compensation or reparations. But only Japan is seeing off another year after refusing to make any sincere apology or express any willingness to compensate for the monstrous crimes it committed against humanity in the 20th century by resorting to all sleights of hand. Rodong Sinmun says this in a commentary today. The news analyst continues:
    The point is the shamelessness and moral vulgarity of Japan.
    The crimes committed by Japan against the Korean people were more hideous than those committed by other war criminal states against humanity in the past. The Japanese authorities have left no means untried to evade apology and compensation.
    They even went to the lengths of asserting that "there is no ground for Japan to make compensation in view of the existing laws" and "there is no evidence of forcible drafting." This clearly proves how far the Japanese authorities' shamelessness and moral vulgarity have reached.
    Germany and other war criminal states have made or are making compensation or reparations because their authorities have made bold political decisions with reason, conscience and sense of moral obligation. The Japanese authorities, however, are taking a completely contrasting attitude. This is a clear proof of the shamelessness and moral vulgarity peculiar to Japan.
    The DPRK has already proposed to Japan to hold government-level talks, proceeding from the stand to discuss the issue of compensation to those who fell victim to human right abuses in the past. But Japan has not yet responded to it.
    Japan should rectify its wrong way of thinking and respond at an early date to the DPRK-proposed government-level talks to discuss the issue of compensating to human rights victims. This will do Japan good, too.