calendar>>May 27. 2009 Juche 98

U.S. Hostile Policy toward DPRK under Fire

Pyongyang, May 27 (KCNA) -- The U.S. House of Representatives International Relations Committee submitted to Congress on May 6 "a bill on international control over the uranium extraction and processing for 2009" calling on the U.S. government to ban the provision of technology, materials and services concerning the uranium extraction and processing to the DPRK, Iran and Syria and take sanctions against them in case they proliferate such technology in cooperation with other countries.

Minju Joson Wednesday observes in a signed commentary in this regard:

This reveals itself that the United States is pursuing the policy of confrontation with the DPRK to stand up against it to the last from the stand of strength.

The U.S. policy of sanctions against the DPRK is a blatant challenge to the DPRK's dignity, sovereignty and right to existence and a wanton infringement upon them, the commentary notes, and goes on:

The U.S. has desperately hamstrung the DPRK's economic development, enforcing the policies of economic sanctions and blockade for several decades for the mere reason that it incurred its displeasure.

Needless to say, it is entirely due to the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK that the bilateral relations had to go from bad to worse despite the international community's strenuous efforts to stabilize the situation on the Korean Peninsula. This is the reason why the DPRK raised the U.S. drop of its hostile policy toward the DPRK as a precondition for settling issues.

No change can be expected from the United States unless it makes a switchover in its stance of antagonizing and rejecting the DPRK.

The U.S. is sadly mistaken if it calculates it can bring the DPRK to its knees through sanctions, concludes the commentary.