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S. Korean CBS's False Report on DPRK Refuted

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, February 9 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland gave the following answer to a question put by KCNA Friday over the false report about the DPRK released by the south Korean CBS: The CBS reported recently that the authorities of the north are now all out to arrest "prisoners" whom it claimed succeeded in a group escape from a detention center in Hwasong County, North Hamgyong Province late last year.
    Explicitly speaking, it is a sheer lie and fabrication.
    It is not the first time that it released such false reports on the DPRK.
    The U.S. and the right-wing conservative forces in south Korea are working with bloodshot eyes to tarnish the image of the DPRK which is wining victory after victory. Their anti-DPRK smear campaign has become all the more undisguised since its successful nuclear test, in particular. The south Korean conservative media are also joining in this campaign, spreading all kinds of misinformation. The recent false propaganda was part of the campaign.
    As a matter of fact, the DPRK's prestige has risen to its zenith and the public inside and outside Korea has become more vocal in supporting and praising its Songun policy since its access to nukes. The anti-DPRK smear campaign more desperately intensified by the U.S. and the south Korean ultra-right conservative forces is, therefore, nothing but a foolish move to stem this trend and destabilize it, much upset by the above-said development.
    The U.S. has increased outlay for anti-DPRK psychological warfare from a budget for this year and its State Department blustered that it would drastically increase budget for "Voice of America" and "Voice of Free Asia" in a bid to step up the "democratization of the north through radio broadcasting."
    The south Korean authorities, too, are joining the U.S. and the "Grand National Party" in their anti-DPRK smear campaign by increasing the relevant budget and intensifying psychological offensive, talking about "aid to north Korean defectors" and "improvement of human rights record in the north."
    Such dastardly farce will get them nowhere but only touch off bitterer indignation among all the Koreans.
    The above-said south Korean media should stop such shameful act as working as a trumpeter in the anti-DPRK smear campaign launched by anti-reunification forces. The CBS should apologize for its false report on the DPRK and take a measure against the recurrence of any similar case.
    The U.S. and the ultra-right conservatives in south Korea should stop such foolish and clumsy farce, bearing deep in mind that their evermore desperate anti-DPRK smear campaign would only bring their despicable colors into bolder relief and adversely affect the nation's efforts for the detente on the Korean Peninsula and the improvement of the inter-Korean relations. They will be held wholly accountable for all the ensuing consequences.