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North-South Military Working-Level Talks Held

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

   Pyongyang, July 11 (KCNA) -- The north-south military working-level talks were held at the Thongil House in the portion of the north side in Panmunjom on Tuesday.
    Present there was the delegation of the north side led by Korean People's Army Senior Colonel Pak Rim Su.
    At the talks the head of the north side's delegation accused the south Korean authorities of conducting a psychological warfare against the DPRK by use of handbill-scattering equipment and a variety of broadcasting media. He sited facts to prove that they are craftily slandering the headquarters of the revolution in the DPRK and the socialist system of Korean style by mobilizing even anti-DPRK organizations.
    He went on to say: Both sides agreed to stop all propaganda and psychological operations against the other side on June 4, 2004 and reaffirmed on May 11 this year that they would more strictly abide by and implement the north-south military agreement already adopted. Nevertheless, the south side is persisting in the new form of psychological operation. This is an unpardonable criminal act of scrapping the bilateral military agreement.
    The attitude of the south side is a traitorous act of swimming against the trend of the June 15 era towards reconciliation, unity and reunification and an anti-peace move to deliberately dampen the aspiration and wishes of the whole nation to prevent the danger of war and achieve durable peace.
    The anti-DPRK psychological warfare of the south side is a military provocation timed to coincide with the intrusion of south Korean naval warships into the territorial waters of the north side which is being perpetrated in the West Sea of Korea almost everyday.
    The head of the delegation of the north side demanded the south side admit that all its psychological operations are a wanton violation of the bilateral agreement and make a formal apology to the north side. He, at the same time, urged the south side to immediately disband all the anti-DPRK organizations involved in the new psychological operations, severely punish their main culprits and take responsible measures against the recurrence of such psychological operations against the DPRK.
    The south side admitted the fact that such psychological operation was conducted against the DPRK and reiterated that it would take steps against the recurrence of such case.
    The talks discussed other issues arising in the implementation of the joint press release adopted at the 5th north-south general-level military talks.