Mass protests in
North Korea against U.S. warmongering policies
TOKYO.— The Japanese and South
Korean press both gave space this Thursday to
protests against U.S. warmongering policies in the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, supported by
more than one million people, PL reports.
On the 53rd anniversary of the start
of the Korean War (1950-1953) yesterday, hundreds of
thousands of North Koreans gathered in the principal
streets and squares of Pyongyan, the capital, to
demand a radical change in Washington’s posture
toward the northern part of the peninsula.
According to the Japanese, South
Korean and North Korean news agencies Kyodo, Tonhap
and KCNA, respectively, the demonstrators swore to
resist U.S. threats and expressed agreement with a
speech in Seoul by Roh Moo Hyun, the South Korean
president, who commemorated the date by calling on
the neighboring territory to organize a
multinational forum to resolve its difference with
the White House regarding the nuclear issue.
Nevertheless, Pyongyang has
discarded that kind of negotiations, as it perceives
the issue as solely concerning the United States and
the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Diplomatic pressure against North
Korea imposed on the international community by
Washington was described this week by Pyongyang as
an action aimed at unleashing a war in Asia.
