Rodong Sinmun Condemns U.S. for Erasing Tok Islets from Korean Map

Pyongyang, February 12 (KCNA) -- It was disclosed that the U.S. embassy in Seoul erased Tok Islets from the Korean map and posted on its website the map which marked the East Sea of Korea as the "Sea of Japan". Rodong Sinmun Friday in a commentary terms the U.S. behavior a serious infringement upon the sovereignty of the Korean nation and an unpardonable crime. It goes on: Yankees' behavior is triggering off surging resentment of every Korean. The U.S. embassy's use of such map was not a simple mistake nor it was prompted by ignorance. This was a premeditated trick to support Japan in its claim to Tok Islets and assertion for "Sea of Japan". By supporting and encouraging Japan in its ambition for territorial expansion the U.S. seeks to use Japan as a shock force in carrying out its scenario for occupying the whole of the Korean Peninsula and, furthermore, dominating the world. The DPRK will never pardon the group of gangsters to grab the inviolable territory of Korea. -0-