Japanese Regime Should Not Go Impudent: KCNA Commentary

Pyongyang, May 29 (KCNA) -- Japan, hell-bent on antagonizing the DPRK, is going impudent over the operation of its liner Mangyongbong. The chief Cabinet secretary of Japan said it would heed the impact of the operation of Mangyongbong on the efforts of other countries for tackling the issue of nuclear and rocket programs of Pyongyang. And the foreign minister imprudently asserted that Japan expects Russia to take a responsible approach to settling the Korean issue. This is just manifestation of the Japanese reactionaries' inveterate hostile policy toward the DPRK. Japan is not entitled to say this or that about the liner. The liner is just an international tourist ship which contributes to promoting the economic ties and humanitarian exchange under an agreement between the DPRK and Russia. What dignitaries of Japan uttered to link the bilateral cooperation between the DPRK and Russia with a military purpose is just sophism to justify its policy hostile to the DPRK. The recent accusation of the Japanese reactionaries against the liner is just part of the smear campaign. It is their purpose to suffocate the DPRK through complete economic blockade and secure a favorable opportunity for launching reinvasion. Such mean act of Japan can never stun the DPRK. Japan had better not run riot, refraining from such narrow-minded behavior. -0-