calendar>>January 24. 2009 Juche 98
Japan Urged to Stop Reckless Suppression of Koreans in Japan
Pyongyang, January 24 (KCNA) -- The Japanese reactionaries' reckless crackdown on the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) and compatriots in Japan is the never-to-be-condoned crime against humanity as it is not only a product of the policy based on extreme ultra-nationalism and national chauvinism prompted by their hostility towards the DPRK and Koreans in Japan from A to Z but a manifestation of their wrong stand and attitude towards the unprecedented crimes committed by the Japanese imperialists against the Korean people during the past colonial rule.

Rodong Sinmun Saturday observes this in a signed article.

The articles cites specific facts to prove that the issue of Korean residents in Japan is a serious issue which still remains unresolved as it was spawned as the aftermath of the Japanese imperialists' colonial rule over Korea and because of the Japanese reactionaries' wrong handling of it in collusion with the U.S. imperialists and the south Korean puppet clique. It is also a matter which assumes more serious nature as the Japanese reactionaries have pursued a hostile policy towards the DPRK, thus spreading contempt and bitterness towards the Koreans and fostering social prejudice in the Japanese society.

It goes on:

Nowhere in the world is plagued with such harsh chauvinism and open terrorism against other nationalities as Japan.

Japan is ill-famed for its savage suppression of Koreans in Japan and human rights abuses and the arch advocate of national chauvinism. What matters is that the Japanese authorities are creating a grave situation under the pretext of the "abduction issue", "missile threat," etc. with an eye to intensify the crackdown upon Chongryon and Koreans in Japan. This is clearly evidenced by their campaign for fanning up bitterness towards the DPRK and Chongryon and Koreans in Japan in its society and their frantic moves against them.

The Japanese reactionaries, however, should bear in mind that Japan can never evade the responsibility for the issue of Koreans in Japan but should immediately drop its hostile policy towards Chongryon and Koreans in Japan and honestly fulfill its obligation.

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