Rodong Sinmun Saturday observes this in a by-lined article Saturday.

It goes on:

Due to the military occupation of south Korea by the United States and its domination over it the independent rights of people have been recklessly violated in all fields of social life including politics, economy and culture.

The dictatorial policy pursued by the south Korean ruling circles is reactionary one representing and defending the interests of a handful of financial group and privileged class in all fabrics of the social life.

As soon as grabbing power, the ruling forces, talking about the "lost decade", ruthlessly trampled down even the sprout of democratization which the south Korean people gained through dynamic struggle.

The group of traitors has used the ill-famed "Security Law" as a means for staying in power and retrogressively revised it instead of abolishing it in a bid to justify its dictatorial rule.

The ruling forces have revived all the repressive machinery of the past military dictatorship and the Chongwadae is now watching and collecting the tendency of even the "national assemblymen" and political parties.

The struggle for national reunification has become subject to reckless suppression in south Korea being branded as "illegal acts" and "enemy-benefiting moves".

Moreover, the south Korean authorities are carrying out the operation of seducing and abducting fellow countrymen with the mobilization of fascist plot-breeding organs including the Intelligence Service, the Ministry of Unification and the Defense Security Command as well as human traffic organizations.

The south Korean rulers are not in a position to talk about the sacred human rights as they are pursuing only unpopular rule and the policy of confrontation with fellow countrymen while failing to ensure the working people the elementary right to existence, the article concludes.