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DPRK FM Refutes U.S. Accusation against It over "Human Rights Issue"

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, answering a question put by KCNA Tuesday as regards the U.S. House of Representatives' recent passage of the "bill on human rights in north Korea," dismissed it as one full of lies and fabrications because it slandered the DPRK, making a nonsensical talk about "protection of basic human rights" and "transparency and inspection of humanitarian aid to north Korea". He said:
    The bill, setting out the socalled "countermeasure", went the lengths of mentioning financial and material support to the efforts to topple the DPRK's system and pressurizing even its surrounding countries to take part in the drive to achieve the aim.
    Ours is a genuine people-centred socialist system under which the working people have become a true master of the state and society and everything is made to serve them. The United States is talking about "improvement of human rights", "freedom", "democracy" and "promotion of development of market economy" and "investment" to do so. This is aimed to politicize and internationalize the non-existent "human rights issue" in the DPRK and thus tarnish the dignified international authority and image of the DPRK at any cost.
    The U.S. regards the nuclear issue and the "human rights issue" as two levers in executing its policy to isolate and stifle the DPRK. It is working hard to "change the system" in the DPRK under the pretext of "human rights issue."
    In the bill the U.S. raised the "offer of information about abduction issue", "transparency of humanitarian aid", "freedom of religion", etc. as preconditions for "humanitarian aid" to the DPRK. This is also part of the pre-arranged preparations to destroy the DPRK's system.
    All facts suffice to prove that the U.S. has neither intention to renounce its hostile policy toward the DPRK nor slightest willingness to co-exist with it.
    Now that the U.S. makes ceaseless political provocations against the DPRK with such bitter antipathy and hostility toward its political system, the DPRK is compelled to ponder over whether there is any need to continue dialogue with the U.S. for the settlement of the nuclear issue at the moment.
    The reality reinforces our conviction that it is the only way of protecting the sovereignty of the country and defending socialism which guarantees our life to increase its physical deterrent force for self-defence to cope with the U.S. evermore undisguised hostile policy toward it.
    The DPRK can never overlook the U.S. act of seriously hurting the dignity of the DPRK, a sovereignty state, and interfering in its internal affairs under the pretext of the fictitious "human rights issue" in the wake of its foolish talk about applying the same method to the solution of the nuclear issue as done in Libya.
    The Korean-style man-centered socialist system will remain undeterred by any U.S. groundless accusations.
    The U.S. is well advised to stop its rash acts, pondering over the grave consequences to be entailed by its extremely hostile moves to isolate the DPRK.