DPRK, S.Korean parties denounce Japan's attempt to grab disputed islet
22/8/2008 17:29
Two political parties from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(DPRK) and South Korea today issued a joint statement denouncing Japan's attempt
to grab Tok Islet, the official KCNA news agency reported. "All Koreans in
the north and south are following Japan's moves with a high degree of
vigilance," the Korean Social Democratic Party of the DPRK and the Democratic
Labor Party of South Korea said. "If Japan tries to seize even an inch of the
territory of Korea again, all Koreans in the north and south and abroad will
throw Japan into the bottomless abyss of ruin by their concerted efforts," they
added. Tok islet is called Takeshima in Japanese. Both nations have claimed
the islet part of their territory. The two parties also urged Japan to make
an apology and reparation for its crimes committed in World War Two and stop
"repression of Koreans in Japan." The Korean Social Democratic Party, formed
in 1945, is one of the allied parties with the ruling Worker's Party of Korea in
the DPRK. The Democratic Labor Party is a Left-wing political party
established in January 2000 in South Korea.
Xinhua
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