KCTV (DPRK Denounced Rejection of Contact with S.Korean Military)

KCTV (DPRK Denounced Rejection of Contact with S.Korean Military)


Korean Central Television (조선중앙방송) Pyongyang, October 29 S. Korean Military Authorities' Rejection of Contact Denounced A spokesman for the north side's delegation to the north-south military talks issued the following statement Friday denouncing the south side for rejecting the north-south military working talks: Recently the south Korean puppet military has persisted in the operation for scattering anti-DPRK leaflets in the areas along the Military Demarcation Line where the armed forces of both sides stand in acute confrontation and perpetrated such military provocations as infiltrating ships of its navy into the territorial waters of the DPRK side in the West Sea of Korea one after another. The puppet minister of Defense openly called for modulating frequency of anti-DPRK psychological broadcasting and distributing radios needed for it in the areas of the DPRK side and even cried out for installing more loud-speakers and setting up new large electronic displays. All this adds to the gravity of the situation. In order to put the grave prevailing situation under control, the DPRK side on Oct. 22 proposed the south side holding the north-south military working talks to discuss the issue of implementing military agreements already reached between the militaries of both sides. The south side, however, turned down the proposal for the talks, talking about "a responsible measure" for the case of sunken warship "Cheonan" and the "ambiguity" of the issue of implementing ...