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Wed, 04/20/2011 - 11:24
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S. Korean Authorities' Remarks over Tour of Mt. Kumgang Slammed
Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- Some days ago, the Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee and the DPRK General Guidance Bureau for the Development of Scenic Spots formally declared that the DPRK would terminate the validity of the agreement on tour of Mt. Kumgang signed with the Hyundai Group of south Korea, which calls for granting it monopoly over the tour, because there is no hope of resuming the tour.
In a statement of spokesman and a detailed report, they also announced that the DPRK would take charge of the international tour through the areas of the north side.
However, the south Korean authorities call for "repeal of this step", asserting that it is "violation of the agreement" and "unacceptable."
Rejecting such assertion, Rodong Sinmun in a signed commentary Tuesday says:
The conservative authorities of south Korea have neither face nor right to talk about "violation of agreement" and "repeal of step".
It is a mistake for the south Korean authorities to think that the DPRK had made efforts to resume the tour for any economic interests.
The DPRK offered the whole of militarily sensitive area for the tour by the south side. Such being the case, the conservative authorities of south Korea talked nonsense that the tour of Mt. Kumgang is "drain on resources" and "financial resources".
They bedeviled the north-south relations and checked the tour of Mt. Kumgang, laying an obstacle in the way of national unity, cooperation and reunification. -0-
In a statement of spokesman and a detailed report, they also announced that the DPRK would take charge of the international tour through the areas of the north side.
However, the south Korean authorities call for "repeal of this step", asserting that it is "violation of the agreement" and "unacceptable."
Rejecting such assertion, Rodong Sinmun in a signed commentary Tuesday says:
The conservative authorities of south Korea have neither face nor right to talk about "violation of agreement" and "repeal of step".
It is a mistake for the south Korean authorities to think that the DPRK had made efforts to resume the tour for any economic interests.
The DPRK offered the whole of militarily sensitive area for the tour by the south side. Such being the case, the conservative authorities of south Korea talked nonsense that the tour of Mt. Kumgang is "drain on resources" and "financial resources".
They bedeviled the north-south relations and checked the tour of Mt. Kumgang, laying an obstacle in the way of national unity, cooperation and reunification. -0-
