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DPRK Also Has Option

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, June 8 (KCNA) -- Minju Joson in a commentary Tuesday raps at the shameless act of the Bush administration in trying to force upon the DPRK its unjustifiable demand regarding the nuclear issue with a threat of economic sanctions. Recalling that a high-ranking official of the Bush administration threatened that if the DPRK refused to accept the demand of the U.S. for "complete, verifiable and irreversible nuclear dismantlement," the nuclear issue would be taken to the UN Security Council so as to impose economic sanctions upon the DPRK, the news analyst goes on:
    The "complete nuclear dismantlement" demanded by the U.S. is intended to realize its scheme of "disarmament first, overthrow of the system next" by robbing the DPRK of its nuclear deterrent without payment. Its call for "irreversible" and "verifiable" nuclear dismantlement is to stifle the DPRK economically by destroying its peaceful nuclear power industry and round off war preparations for stifling it by searching its inside with a toothcomb under the cloak of inspection.
    If the U.S. truly wanted a peaceful settlement of the nuclear issue, it should give up its robber-like demand and take a measure based on the principle of simultaneous action.
    The nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S. can be settled peacefully by the mode of "word to word" and "action to action" based on the principle of simultaneous action to suit its character and the present situation. The U.S. must take a concrete measure to carry into practice the proposal of the DPRK for "compensation to freezing." Should the U.S., shunning this proposal, try to force upon the DPRK its demand for "complete, verifiable and irreversible nuclear dismantlement" with "written assurances of security," a mere sheet of paper, the DPRK will also demand a verifiable complete withdrawal of the U.S. forces from south Korea and "complete, verifiable and irreversible assurances of security" which would be guaranteed by the signing of a peace agreement and normalization of relations between the two sides.
    Option is not a monopoly of the U.S. The DPRK also has it.