U.S. frantic moves to stifle DPRK under fire
Pyongyang, January 14 (KCNA) -- Recently the bush group spread a rumor that some economic difficulties in the DPRK are attributable to its wrong policy. Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary dismisses it as a shrill cry of those who are upset by the might of the DPRK dynamically advancing to speed up the building of a powerful nation under the banner of the army-based policy.
The commentary goes on:
Temporary economic difficulties in the DPRK were caused by the blockade policy persistently pursued by the U.S. for over 50 years.
Right after the foundation of the DPRK, the United States set up the "COCOM" and has since controlled the export to the DPRK and its trade. It has massively brought its aggression troops to South Korea and frequently committed dangerous war exercises and armed provocations, constantly aggravating the situation on the Korean Peninsula. This has hamstrung the DPRK's efforts to push ahead with the economic construction and improve the people's living standard.
It is beyond doubt that but for the U.S. persistent obstructions, our economy would have advanced faster than now and the living standard of our people would have improved remarkably.
The DPRK Government's step to withdraw from the NPT is an expression of our steadfast will and pluck to foil the U.S. imperialists' economic blockade and moves to isolate and stifle the DPRK. Any increased U.S. pressure on the DPRK only hardens its people's will to speed up the building of an economic power.
The U.S. imperialists should lend an ear to the just voice of the international community and immediately drop its anachronistic economic sanctions and hostile policy to stifle the DPRK before imprudently interfering in its internal affairs.
