U.S. denounced for suppressing Jeju uprising
Pyongyang, December 12 (KCNA) -- The solidarity for the implementation of the south-north joint declaration released a statement on December 8 denouncing the U.S. for commanding the operation to suppress the uprising of Jeju islanders in 1948, according to a news report.
The South Korean newspaper Hangyore carried the testimonies made by the then U.S. military advisors who were active on the island to prove that the U.S. was chiefly responsible for putting down the popular uprising on Jeju Island.
The recent disclosure is just part of the many testimonies that the U.S. military government commanded the massacre of civilians on the island, the statement said, and continued:
GIs have killed so many innocent Koreans since the time they landed in South Korea.
All the Koreans in the south, the north and overseas will pool their strength to force the U.S. to pay for its bestial atrocities and drive GIs out of Korea without fail.
Chongryon's struggle supported
Pyongyang, December 12 (KCNA) -- The council of the National Movement Organization of Koreans in the U.S. and the Association of Koreans in the Eastern U.S. sent letters of solidarity to the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) and compatriots in Japan.
They expressed belief that Chongryon would emerge victorious in its struggle to shatter the Japanese reactionaries' moves to crack down upon Chongryon and defend its organization.
The council in a letter sent to Chongryon on Dec. 6 said that the council and Koreans from all walks of life in the U.S. extended with warm compatriotic feelings firm solidarity to the Chongryon officials and compatriots in Japan in their just struggle to foil the Japanese authorities' repressive campaign.
The letter expressed the conviction that the Koreans in Japan would unite close under the banner of patriotism lifted high by Chongryon and surely check the Japanese government authorities' repressive moves and overcome the present ordeals.
The Association of Koreans in the Eastern U.S. in a letter sent to Chongryon on Dec. 5 said: The Japanese authorities are cracking down upon Chongryon, a legitimate organization of the DPRK, far from apologizing for Japan's crime-woven past. This is an unpardonable criminal act and a vicious challenge to the dignified DPRK which regards its sovereignty as its life and soul.
The letter urged the Japanese authorities to halt the political suppression of Chongryon at once, apologize for it and unconditionally and immediately release those unreasonably arrested.
Japanese authorities urged to halt their crackdown upon Chongryon
Pyongyang, December 12 (KCNA) -- The Asian Regional Committee for Supporting Korea's Reunification, the All-India Indo-Korean Friendship Association and the Indian Committee for Supporting Korea's Reunification issued a statement on Dec. 4 condemning the Japanese authorities' suppression of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon).
The statement said:
The Japanese authorities searched the central and local headquarters of Chongryon, a dignified overseas citizens' organization of the DPRK, after pulling up Chongryon without any clear legal ground, and arrested the former director of the financial department of its central standing committee. This was a high-handed political suppression of Chongryon and the Koreans in Japan and a wanton violation of the dignity and sovereignty of the DPRK.
The Japanese authorities should immediately stop their anachronistic anti-DPRK moves to mislead the world public opinion by craftily taking advantage of the recent complicated international situation and fish in the troubled waters in a bid to realize their ambition for overseas expansion and properly apologize to all the Korean people and the rest of the world for their tyrannical actions.
Availing ourselves of this opportunity, we bitterly denounce the U.S. for its anti-DPRK war moves, a big threat to peace on the Korean peninsula and the rest of the world, and strongly demand the U.S. and Japan immediately drop their hostile policies towards the DPRK and stop acting rashly.
End to Japan's political suppression of Chongryon demanded
Pyongyang, December 12 (KCNA) -- The Japanese authorities' escalated hostile moves against the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) and the DPRK are something unprecedented in history, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary.
The commentary goes on:
It was entirely unjustifiable that the Japanese authorities ransacked the central headquarters of Chongryon by groundlessly linking it with the issue of the business management of the Korean bank.
As far as the issue of the Korean bank is concerned, it is attributable not to certain illegal transactions or "evasion of inspection" but to general economic depression in Japan.
Many Japanese banks and banks under the South Korean Residents Association in Japan (Mindan) are going bankrupt, hard hit by the economic crisis in Japan. Nevertheless, the Japanese authorities committed fascist political suppression of Chongryon by groundlessly linking it with the issue of the Korean bank. This is unpardonable.
The high-handed search made of the central headquarters of Chongryon, a dignified overseas citizens organization of the DPRK, by the Japanese reactionaries after leveling accusation against it without any legal ground was a political plot to undermine Chongryon.
The blatant political suppression of Chongryon and the Koreans in Japan is aimed to serve their sinister political purpose of infringing upon the sovereignty of the DPRK.
Any repressive action against Chongryon is a serious infringement upon the dignity and sovereignty of the DPRK.
This will only add to the crimes Japan has already committed against the Korean people.
Japan will have to own full responsibility for the grave consequences to be entailed by the anti-DPRK, anti-Chongryon moves escalated by its reactionaries.
Lifting of "emergency alert measure" urged in S. Korea
Pyongyang, December 12 (KCNA) -- Representatives of the solidarity for the implementation of the south-north joint declaration, the headquarters of the citizens' movement for the withdrawal of the U.S. forces and the society for inheriting the spirit of pro-reunification patriotic martyr Kim Ryang Mu held a rally to strongly demand the South Korean authorities lift the "emergency alert measure."
The south headquarters of the national alliance of youth and students for the country's reunification in a commentary condemned the "emergency alert" as an unwarranted measure which lays a stumbling block in the way of implementing the June 15 joint declaration and goes against the trend of national reconciliation and unity.
The Kwangju and South Jolla Provincial Federation of University Student Councils in a statement urged the authorities not to tail behind the U.S. but opt for cooperating with compatriots under any circumstances.
The South Korean Federation of University Student Councils and the Seoul District Federation of University Student Councils in a statement and an appeal declared that it is a steadfast will of the students to wage a heroic struggle to meet the need of the nation, under the banner of the June 15 joint declaration, and urged the authorities to drop their stand of depending on foreign forces quite contrary to the spirit of the joint declaration and their policy of confrontation with the north.
Japanese reactionaries hit for "suspected kidnapping" racket
Pyongyang, December 12 (KCNA) -- The spokesman for the central committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League today issued a statement denouncing Japan for recently re-launching a frantic "suspected kidnapping" racket against the DPRK.
He said:
The Japanese authorities have re-launched the "suspected kidnapping" racket in a bid to mislead the world public opinion. Lurking behind the racket is a sinister intention to tarnish the image of the DPRK, isolate and stifle it, cover up their efforts to turn Japan into a military power and invent a pretext for overseas aggression.
The young and other people of Korea will never pardon the Japanese reactionaries' hostile policy towards the dignified DPRK.
If the Japanese reactionaries persistently pursue the hostile policy toward the DPRK and work hard to turn Japan into a military power, motivated by the anachronistic daydream, the five million Korean youths will become human bombs and missiles to destroy the bulwark of Japanese militarism.
The statement expressed the conviction that the progressive youths of Japan who see through the potential danger of the efforts of the Japanese reactionaries to revive militarism and are concerned about the destiny of future Japan will express full support to the struggle of the young Koreans.
Anguk Temple, one of architectural heritage
Pyongyang, December 12 (KCNA) -- There are many buildings of long standing which show high architectural art and technics in Korea.
One of them is the Anguk Temple.
It was erected at the foot of Mt. Pongrin in Phyongsong city, South Phyongan Province, in 503.
The present temple was rebuilt in 1785. It was used for the propaganda of Buddhism at that time.
It boasts Taeungjon Hall, Thaephyong Pavilion and a stone pagoda, etc.
The Taeungjon Hall is a two-storeyed building with crane-shaped roof erected on a high terrace. Its front is more than 17 metres long and its side more than 13 metres long.
The interior of the hall was coloured golden, red and blue.
The carvings of two dragons on each pillar and the carvings of dolls at each corner are very fanciful and vivid.
The hall is characterized by big exquisite decorations above the image of Buddha.
The Thaephyong Pavilion and the Stone Pagoda (nine-storeys) are in front of the hall.
The Stone Pagoda 3.2 metre high consists of a two storeyed base and nine-storeyed stones.
Lower and upper sections of the platform are engraved with lotus flowers.
The Anguk Temple is preserved as heritage of a national treasure by the correct policy of the Workers' Party of Korea on preservation of cultural relics.
DPRK ambassador to Bulgaria appointed
Pyongyang, December 12 (KCNA) -- The new DPRK ambassador to Bulgaria was appointed.
Kim Ha Dong was appointed new DPRK ambassador to Bulgaria, according to a decree of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK.