Pyongyang, August 17 (KCNA) -- The south Korean Council of Bereaved Families for the Nation and Democracy held a ceremony in Seoul on August 12 to mark its 25th anniversary.

At the ceremony speakers referred to the fact that the organization has struggled for social democracy.

Grievous deaths are still repeated themselves due to the authorities, they deplored.

In order to hold in check continued violence and death it is necessary to judge the present unpopular and anti-reunification regime, they held.

They said that the organization would take the lead in the dynamic struggle for realizing democratization.