Rodong Sinmun on DPRK withdrawal from NPT
Pyongyang, January 12 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Sunday carries an editorial titled "blow to pressure and punishment to 'chastisement'"
The DPRK Government's measure for withdrawal from the NPT is the manifestation of do-or-die spirit of the Korean army and people and their high consciousness of national independence to resolutely smash with its toughest hard-line posture the anti-DPRK, anti-socialist moves of the U.S. imperialists who are violently trampling down the principle of impartiality and publicly recognized international law, the editorial notes, and goes:
The whole army and people of Korea fully support the statement of the DPRK Government, determined to foil the Yankees nuclear racket, firmly defend the people-centered Korean-style socialism and build a powerful nation of Juche at an early date.
Since it is evidenced that the U.S. is desperately trying to stifle the DPRK and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is used as a tool of the U.S. hostile policy toward theDPRK, the DPRK was compelled not to remain tied to the NPT any longer.
The DPRK will never be regretful for its withdrawal from the treaty and advance more bravely and confidently along the way chosen by itself, unbound by anything.
It is the DPRK tradition and independent fighting method to respond to a hard-line policy with the toughest one.
Our army and people hold General Secretary Kim Jong Il, the illustrious commander of Mt. Paektu, in high esteem as their supreme commander. We have the army-based policy most powerful in the 21st century and the weapon of singlehearted unity stronger than nuclear weapons.
If the U.S. and its followers come to challenge the DPRK over its withdrawal from the NPT with another pressure and sanctions, the DPRK will counter them with a stronger self-defensive measure.
No formidable enemy can be safe before the arms of the DPRK.
Those who dare encroach upon the sovereignty, dignity and right to existence of the DPRK will never survive its unpredictable strike wherever they may be.
We do not play on words. Option is not the monopoly of the U.S.
It is the counteraction of the Korean army and people to respond to a pressure with a telling blow and to "chastisement" with merciless punishment.
The U.S. imperialists should not run wild.
