Revival of A-class criminal Some days ago,  former Prime Minister of south Korea Hwang Gyo-ahn joined the Liberty Korea Party. Hwang served as the minister of justice and prime minster in the days of the Park Geun-hye regime and retired from political life with downfall of Park as he had been involved in fascist misrule, treacherous move and irregularities and corruptions.   He worked hard to in the work of the dissolution of the Unified Progressive Party, made a mess of investigation into the sunken ferry  Sewol  and tried to trample down the people who took part in the candlelight resistance to impeach Park Geun-hye at the point of the bayonet. Upon hearing his enrollment in the LKP, the south Korean people from various circles are complaining about him.    The LKP has turned into pro-Park Geun-hye party, Hwang evaded his military service under the pretext of nettle rash and casted covetous eyes on power, the Party for Democracy and Peace strongly reproved. The anti

Yang Soong-tae in custody   On Jan. 24, Yang Soong-tae, former president of the Supreme Court, who has been buffeted by criticism of all circles, was brought into custody. He was the head of the Ministry of Justice, who was placed under arrest as a suspect for the first time in 71-year long history of the Ministry of Justice. He is under suspicion of forty crimes during his six-year tenure of presidency of the Supreme Court from September of 2011. Broad segments of south Korean people have strongly demanded a thorough investigation into Yang from last year when his judicial scandal came to light.   However, the conservative forces including the opposition Liberty Korea Party are bent on covering his crime, saying his arrest is most shameful and miserable in history.   On the very day of Yang’s arrest, the Party for Democracy and Peace said that it is punishment by the people and stressed that it hopes the Ministry of Justice to be the one respected by the people. It

Unhealed Scar    The national memorial committee for marking the 10th anniversary of Yongsan disaster composed of 140 civic bodies called a news conference outside the Cheongwadae on January 15 to strongly demand a strict investigation into the disaster caused by the Lee Myung-bak regime and punishment of those responsible for it. The Yongsan disaster took place on January 20, 2009. The then Lee Myung-bak regime forcibly evacuated the residents from the slum quarters without providing any living convenience by mobilizing the riot police. The disaster took lives of six people. On Jan. 17, street vendors and evacuees held a rally to mark the 10th anniversary of the disaster. No statute of limitations is applicable to the state-sponsored violence, Kim Seok-gi (a lawmaker of the Liberty Korea Party), the then Director of the National Police Agency should be held accountable for the disaster and the ex-president Lee Myung-bak can never escape the buck for the disaster, they poin

Let us usher in a heyday of peace, prosperity and reunification of the Korean peninsula by thoroughly implementing the historic north-south declarations! Let us eradicate military hostility between north and south and make the Korean Peninsula a durable and lasting peace zone ! Inter-Korean cooperation and exchanges should be expanded and developed in an all-round way so that national reconciliation and unity can be consolidated and all the fellow countrymen can practically benefit from improved north-south relations. North and south should find a peaceful reunification plan based on nationwide agreement and direct sincere efforts to this end. Let us glorify this year as a historic one when another radical change is brought about in the development of inter-Korean relations and implementation of the cause of national reunification

Pyongyang, January 24 (KCNA) -- An appeal to all Koreans was adopted at the joint conference of the government, political parties and organizations of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea held here on Wednesday. The appeal said that the historic New Year Address made by Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un is a bright path and signpost of victory for making greater advance in developing the inter-Korean relations and achieving peace and prosperity and accomplishing the cause of national reunification this year by the concerted efforts of the Korean nation. The government, political parties and organizations of the DPRK called in the appeal, reflecting all Koreans' unanimous demand and will to continue to make the proud history for national reconciliation and unity, peace and prosperity as follows: 1. Let all the fellow countrymen hold high the slogan "Let us usher in a heyday of peace, prosperity and reunification of the Korean peninsula by thoroughly implementing the histor

In an all-round way Chairman   Kim Jong Un   of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK in his New Year Address for 2019 said that inter-Korean cooperation and exchanges should be expanded and developed in an all-round way so that national reconciliation and unity can be consolidated and all the fellow countrymen can practically benefit from improved north-south relations. For the present, we are willing to resume the Gaeseong Industrial Park and Mt. Geumgang tourism without any precondition and in return for nothing, in consideration of the hard conditions of businesspersons of the south side who had advanced into the Gaeseong Industrial Park and the desire of southern compatriots who are eager to visit the nation's celebrated mountain, he said. To expand and develop inter-Korean cooperation and exchanges in an all-round way is an important demand to promote and consolidate national rapprochement and unity. The north and the south could deepen the understanding and tr

What makes him charmed? A south Korean online paper Jaju Sibo said that US President Trump lost his heart to Chairman Kim Jong Un of the DPRK State Affairs Commission. It is because of Kim Jong Un’s manly audacity, it continued. In his course of life, Trump has not met a man such as Chairman Kim Jong Un who has a great pluck.  Maybe he built a relationship of mutual trust called “revolutionary comrade” beyond admiration, rivalry and feeling of respect, perhaps.   The US has been indiscreet in employing means to strangle Pyongyang, however, Chairman Kim Jong Un remains unfazed. Far from giving a signal for surrender, he becomes stronger and hits the back of the US head. Trump is correctly appreciating Chairman Kim Jong Un’s inflexible grit to reunify the Korean Peninsula and live in harmony. No leaders in the world get praised by Trump, but Chairman Kim Jong Un draws praise from him.   It is right that Chairman Kim Jong Un’s broad-minded pluck, unique and uncommon “letter

Full support, enthusiastic admiration Chairman  Kim Jong Un ’s New Year Address for 2019 is evoking lively response at home and abroad and many articles have been posted on websites of the world about his new year address. These are excerpt from the websites: “Supreme Leader  Kim Jong Un , who made an excellent new year address, is the greatest man and we show respect for you.” “We wish Supreme Leader  Kim Jong Un  makes the Korean nation happy as he clarified in his new year address.” “His New Year Address is wonderful. We have respect for Supreme Leader  Kim Jong Un  who has personality of great master.” “The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is an unchallengeable state. We wish its economy thriving and people happiness.” “The DPRK IS a highly civilized socialist country. It is an example of the world. We wish the DPRK a happy future.” “Good luck to the DPRK!” “The neighboring countries and international community have to concede that the DPRK is steering t

Stop Sanctions and Interference! South Korean civic organizations held a news conference in front of the U.S. embassy in Seoul on Jan. 10 to demand the U.S. stop the sanctions on the DPRK and the intervention in internal affairs. The organizations in the press release denounced the U.S. for preventing the development of the inter-Korean ties under the pretext of speed control. The press release condemned the U.S. for taking issue with every issue of the inter-Korean ties in a bid to stop the inter-Korean exchange and cooperation. The sanctions against the DPRK laid an obstacle in the way of launching the project for reconnecting severed railways and roads and modernizing them even after the ground-breaking ceremony, the press release noted. It emphasized that the U.S. should stop at once the sanctions on the DPRK and the interference in internal affairs as they keep the inter-Korean relations from developing. They censured wrongful act of the U.S., chanting slogans “U.S

Making the Korean Peninsula a lasting peace zone Chairman  Kim Jong Un  of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK put forward ways and means to make the Korean Peninsula a durable and lasting peace zone in his New Year Address for 2019.   Removing the danger of war, easing the tension and creating the climate for peace in the Korean Peninsula are essential demand for promoting the improvement of inter-Korean relations. Last year the DPRK government made every possible effort to defuse the acute military tension and remove the danger of war on the Korean Peninsula.    The Panmunjeom Declaration, the September Pyongyang Joint Declaration and the north-south agreement in the military field mark a significant occasion. The north and the south of Korea should stop the act of inciting military tension and fully implement the Panmunjeom Declaration, the September Pyongyang Joint Declaration and  the north-south agreement in the military field. The north and the south of Kore

Pyongyang, January 14 (KCNA) -- Pak Su Chol, chief of the Pyongyang mission of the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front (AINDF), released a statement on Monday in support of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un's New Year Address. He said: Kim Jong Un, chairman of the State Affairs Commission, in his New Year Address said that greater strides should be made in the efforts to boost inter-Korean relations, achieve peace and prosperity and reunify the country in the new year 2019 on the basis of the priceless achievements made last year which was wonderfully adorned with unprecedented events, and set forth "Let us usher in a heyday of peace, prosperity and reunification of the Korean peninsula by thoroughly implementing the historic north-south declarations!" as a slogan that all the nation should hold high. This slogan reflects the fixed resolution of a peerlessly great man to continue to powerfully promote a new history of peace and prosperity started in Panmunjom

Dynamic step toward reunification Broad segments of south Korean people harden their will to accelerate the drive to implement inter-Korean declarations. Pro-reunification bodies including the South Side Committee for Implementing June 15 Joint Declaration said that it would hinder the growth of opposition forces that dislike the improvement of inter-Korean relations and peace with united strength of the nation desirous of reunification. It added that it would take the lead in the action for the improvement of inter-Korean ties and realization of peaceful reunification. Progressive civic organizations including the People's Party and the Solidarity for People's Sovereignty noted that the south and the north of Korea should adorn this year as the year of implementing the Panmunjeom Declaration and the September Pyongyang Joint Declaration in unity under the banner of national independence and national self-determination. It claimed that it would intensify the action to

Violent passion and joy Upon the receipt of the Chairman   Kim Jong Un ’s New Year Address for 2019, the south Korean political and economic circles and press highly speak of his new year address.     Through their spokespersons’ commentary, the Democratic Party, the Party for Democracy and Peace and the Justice Party said that Chairman   Kim Jong Un   in his new year address defined the Panmunjeom Declaration, the September Pyongyang Joint Declaration and the north-south agreement in the military field as the declaration of nonaggression. They welcomed his emphasis on building of a durable peace regime and his firm will to develop inter-Korean relations. “We wish Chairman   Kim Jong Un   who is magnanimous and bold a Happy New Year”, “His new year address reflects his self-confidence”, “We hope a lasting peace would settle on the Korean Peninsula”, “We wish inter-Korean peace in this year”, “Toward peace and prosperity in 2019”, “Let us live harmoniously through mutual visit