Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- Professors on Jeju Province of south Korea held a press conference at the Jeju Provincial Assembly on August 30 and demanded the puppet authorities stop the construction of the naval base.

They accused the authorities of hurling police force into Jeju Island and detaining several persons including the chairman of the Kangjong Village Association.

Such suppression will spark off serious confrontation and conflict only, they warned.

They urged the authorities to set free all the detainees, stop the project and get the police force withdrawn from there.