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DPRK FM Blasts Japan's Adoption of "Amendment to Law on Foreign Exchange"

KCNA

    Pyongyang, January 30 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry issued a statement today, denouncing the House of Representatives of Japan for passing the "amendment to the law on foreign exchange" through the Diet on Jan. 29. The amendment stipulates that the remittance to the DPRK and trade with it shall be stopped when necessary and that Japan shall apply sanctions against the DPRK single-handed without any UN resolution or any international agreement under the pretext of "ensuring peace and security of Japan".
    Dismissing this as a wanton violation of the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration in which both sides committed themselves to observe international law and not to do any act of threatening the security of the other side, the statement continued:
    World history never knows such an untrustworthy country as Japan.
    It was only 16 months ago that Japan requested for Koreans' forgiveness, saying that "the Japanese side admitted, in a spirit of humility, facts of history that Japan caused tremendous damage and sufferings to the Korean people through its colonial rule in the past and expressed deep remorse and heartfelt apology."
    However, it is now set to apply sanctions against the country that fell victim to it in the past with a dagger in hand. How can one understand this in a normal way of thinking although the Japanese-style ethics is so crafty?
    Japan is pushing the DPRK-Japan relations to an unpredictable phase by legislating on economic sanctions against the DPRK as a state policy. Its move will not be confined to this.
    This development will bring peace and stability in Northeast Asia to a catastrophic phase and further deteriorate the situation on the Korean peninsula that has grown tense due to the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the US.
    The government and the ruling camp of Japan are expecting someone to make any concession, prattling that the adoption of this bill "would deal an unimaginable economic and psychological blow at north Korea".
    Japan, however, is so foolish as to make such a serious miscalculation.
    The DPRK has always considered its sovereignty as its life and soul throughout its history and does not know any precedent of abandoning its principle, yielding to others' pressure or allowing itself to be a slave.
    If Japan expects the DPRK to cave in to the threat of such a war criminal state as Japan, everybody will have a good laugh over it.
    As Japan sows so shall it reap.
    The DPRK will not remain a passive onlooker to Japans act of seriously infringing upon its sovereignty and putting Tokyo's hostile policy into practice through economic sanctions and blockade while talking about its participation in the six-way talks, but take necessary counter-measures against it.
    It is the DPRK's mettle to return retaliation for retaliation and react against the hard-line policy with the toughest measure.
    Japan will be wholly responsible for all consequences to be entailed by its foolish moves.