S. Korean Authorities' Wretched Plight Derided

Pyongyang, September 16 (KCNA) -- A spokesman of the Consultative Council for National Reconciliation in a statement Friday derided the south Korean authorities who were driven into a tight corner in the face of a flurry of criticism of their "north policy" at home and abroad. There is nothing for them to get embarrassed with and they should not blame others for it, the statement said, and went on: As for the present south Korean authorities' "north policy", it is blamed as "an uncertain policy devoid of clear target", "policy for currying favor with master", "policy carrying false and intrusive assertions" and "policy shunning the desire and requirements of the nation". By nature, the present south Korean authorities' "north policy" is full of troublesome and controversial points and is devoid of essence that it is destined to get scrapped. Their "north policy" is nothing different from the one-sided policy of confrontation pursued by the Lee Myung Bak and Park Geun Hye conservative regimes. The south Korean authorities should come to their senses, though belatedly, and draw a due lesson from their wretched plight. They have to make a responsible option--whether to pursue the policy for confrontation with the fellow countrymen through sycophancy toward the U.S. while reading the face of it and the conservative group only to meet miserable ruin or whether to join hands with the fellow countrymen and opt for improving the north-south relations from the stand of national independence as wished by all Koreans and the candlelight demonstrators. -0-