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Ostrich-like Act of S. Korean Authorities Flailed

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, January 10 (KCNA) -- It is said that in the "defense white paper" expected to be published this month in south Korea after its suspension from the year 2000, the phraseology "principal enemy" indicating the north will be struck out and be replaced with the words "direct and biggest threat." Commenting on this, a Rodong Sinmun analyst Monday says: This is an anti-national and anti-reunification act which is extremely hostile to the north, the dialogue partner and same nation, and this clearly proves that the south Korean authorities are swimming against the era of the June 15 joint declaration, not awakened from the nightmare of confrontation and war with the fellow countrymen.
    These words are little different from the "principal enemy". The phraseology "principal enemy" can no more be allowed in the June 15 era for reunification in which the idea of "By our nation itself" is dominant. That is why the whole nation strongly demanded its renunciation. This compelled the south Korean military authorities to hold off the publication of "defense white paper" for several years. They, however, are seeking to maintain the concept of "principal enemy" in practice by replacing it with the words "biggest threat", far from rooting it out. This is an act of perfidy against the nation, denying national cooperation and challenging point-blank the June 15 joint declaration, which reminds us of an ostrich with its head buried in the sand.
    If the south Korean authorities designate the north as the "biggest threat" in the expected "defense white paper", it will be an act of denying the nation of the same blood and dialogue with them and it will be as good as announcing the renunciation of the June 15 joint declaration.
    The south Korean authorities should unconditionally give up the planned publication of the "defense white paper" hostile to the fellow countrymen and pursuant to confrontation, mindful of the grave consequences to be entailed by its publication.