N. Korea denounces Japanese prime minister's visit to Seoul

SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Sunday warned that the ongoing South
Korean visit by Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso would further ruin inter-Korean
relations by strengthening "collusion" between anti-communist conservative forces
of the two countries.
Aso arrived in Seoul on Sunday for a two-day visit, which includes a summit with
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Monday.
"Aso's visit to South Korea will further cement cooperation between
anti-communist forces in the two countries, resulting in a deterioration of the
inter-Korean relations," the Rodong Sinmun, the publication of the North's Korean
Workers Party, said in an article.
"The Lee Myung-bak government is attempting to further escalate its policy of
confrontation against the DPRK through its cooperation with Japan, in spite of
bilateral disputes over Dokdo and distorted Japanese history textbooks," said the
article carried by Uriminzokkiri, a pro-North Korean website. The DPRK, short for
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is the official name of North Korea.
The North Korean paper then urged Lee to sternly deal with an attempt by
"reactionary Japanese forces" to infringe on the Korean sovereign rights and
cancel a previous agreement to resume a South Korea-Japan shuttle diplomacy.
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