National Chauvinist Campaign of Right-wing Reactionary Forces of Japan against Koreans Slammed

Pyongyang, April 22 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry in a statement on Thursday lashed out at the right-wing reactionary forces of Japan for conducting a national chauvinist campaign against Koreans in Japan after a large quake occurred in Kumamoto area, Kyushu, Japan recently. A nonsensical article which claims that Koreans poisoned wells was posted on websites and rumors inciting such extreme national antipathy and repugnancy that Kumamoto should be aware of possible uprising by Koreans are afloat, the statement noted, and continued:. This is an unpardonable mockery and undisguised hostile act against the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) and the DPRK as it proves that the departed soul of Japanese militarism which imposed colonial slavery upon the Korean nation and brought all sorts of misfortunes to it in the past is still haunting. The Japanese authorities should stop at once the base and despicable campaign against the DPRK and Chongryon and discontinue acts of conniving and fostering the encroachment upon the dignity and human rights of the Koreans in Japan. If Japan pays no heed to our warning, it will be wholly responsible for all ensuing grave consequences. -0-