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KCNA Lambastes LDP's Anti-DPRK Moves

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, November 8 (KCNA) -- The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan at a meeting of "Headquarters for measures to settle the issue of abduction by north Korea" on Nov. 5 approved an interim report submitted by a team for mock test for applying economic sanctions against north Korea, which calls for economic sanctions at five phases. The party also confirmed its policy to demand the reexamination of such issues as exempting the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) and its related facilities from fixed property tax and subsidizing its related institutions apart from the economic sanctions. The Japanese ultra-right reactionary conservatives have manipulated the party to take such measures for applying economic sanctions against the DPRK at a time when the inter-governmental working talks between the DPRK and Japan are fast approaching. Such moves have aroused deep apprehension as to the prospect of the bilateral relations and compelled the DPRK to think over the adverse impact such moves will have on the results of the talks as they hamstring the effort to improve the bilateral relations.
    The relations between the two countries are fraught with serious discord as the ultra-right conservative forces of Japan are pushing the bilateral ties to the phase of crisis quite contrary to the spirit of the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration.
    This is entirely attributable to the hostile policy the ultra-right reactionary forces of Japan have pursued with extreme bitterness toward the DPRK.
    They are persistently raising unimportant issues in dealing with the issues of bilateral relations and working hard to institute such domestic laws as one calling for economic sanctions against north Korea, an infringement upon the sovereignty of the DPRK. This is an extreme provocation against it.
    The DPRK has already demanded the immediate disbandment of the team for mock test for sanctions, branding the deceptive and arrogant mode of effective pressure sought by it as a deliberate move to bedevil the hostile relations between the two countries. However, the ultra-right reactionary forces of Japan have persistently insisted on the one-sided hostile policy toward the DPRK, calling for tougher sanctions against the DPRK and escalating its moves against Chongryon.
    If these things are allowed to go on, they may lead to a dangerous situation in the relations between the two sides and it will be hard to expect any improvement in the bilateral relations.
    Whether the DPRK-Japan relations make a U-turn in the direction of their normalization to meet the expectation of the international community and the wishes of the two peoples in the new century or keep to the road of abnormal confrontation entirely depends on Japan's attitude.