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KPA Sends Message to S. Korean Side

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

   Pyongyang, August 9 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the unit of the Korean People's Army stationed in the area of Mt. Kumgang in a special statement issued on August 3 clarified the principled stand of the KPA as regards the July 11 incident that occurred due to the mistake committed by a tourist of the south side.
    The south Korean puppets, however, far from coming to their senses, are persistently pulling up the KPA over its just self-defensive measure and thereby pushing the north-south relations to a graver phase.
    On August 6, traitor Lee Myung Bak, clinging to the coattail of his American master on a visit to south Korea, begged him to urge the north to opt for "probing the truth" of the July 11 incident and "take a measure against the recurrence of similar incident".
    Under this situation the head of the working military personnel of the north side in the area under the control of the north and the south in the area along the East Coast on Saturday sent the following message to the puppet military of the south side, notifying it that the KPA side would formally put into force the military measures it clarified in the special statement as planned:
    1. The measure of expelling personnel of the south side unnecessary in the tourist area of Mt. Kumgang shall take effect from August 10.
    All those concerned of the authorities of the south side including those of "Korea Tourist Company" and "Mt. Kumgang Reunion Center" shall be expelled as the first-phase measure. The remaining personnel shall be expelled in a phased manner.
    2. The passage of the south side's personnel and vehicles through the Military Demarcation Line shall be more strictly limited and controlled in the tourist area of Mt. Kumgang along with the expulsion measure.
    3. Strong military sanctions shall be applied as regards all violations, big and small, in the tourist area of Mt. Kumgang and the area under the military control.
    The Lee Myung Bak group had better face up to the serious situation and behave with discretion.