STATEMENT BY ASSPUK IN SUPPORT OF THE KPA STATEMENT ISSUED LAST NOVEMBER 23 IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEST SEA INCIDENT

STATEMENT BY ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF SONGUN POLITICS UK
IN SUPPORT OF THE KPA STATEMENT ISSUED LAST NOVEMBER 23
IN CONNECTION WITH THE WEST SEA INCIDENT

London 24th November

The Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK and Juche Idea Study Group of England today issued the following statement in support of the statement of the KPA Supreme Command issued 23rd November in connection with the incident in the West Sea of Korea.

We support the just and revolutionary stand of the of the Korean People's Army in countering the aggression and provocation of the south Korean colonial fascist puppets wirepulled by the US imperialists.

The US imperialists and south Korean puppets went ahead with the provocative "Hoguk" exercises despite warnings from the DPRK not to and denunication by the world progressive people.Many warnings were given to the south Korean puppets over a period
of time.

Yonphyong island is an illegal south Korean puppet military base actually within the territory of the DPRK.The south Korean puppets now admit sheepishly they were the ones who fired first.We congratulate the Korean People's Army for taking such prompt action to defend the socialist homeland.It it the Korean Peoples Army that is defending Juche socialism and the independence and sovereignity of the DPRK.It is a revolutionary anti imperialist revolutionary armed force and the army of the people,the working class,the revolution and the Party.The KPA does not just talk but takes resolute action.The KPA and DPRK say what they mean and mean what they say.

We bitterly condemn the US imperialists,Japanese militarists and assorted international imperialist reactionaries for fanning war hysteria and attempting to interfere in the situation.We demand that the US imperialists turn back the USS George Washington. Moreover we, ASSPUK and JISGE say,it is high time for the US to withdraw from Korea.

US OUT OF KOREA
HANDS OFF KOREA
LONG LIVE THE KPA
LONG LIVE THE SONGUN IDEA

ASSPUK
JISGE

Panmunjom Mission of KPA Sends Notice to U.S. Forces Side-KCNA

Panmunjom Mission of KPA Sends Notice to U.S. Forces Side

Pyongyang, November 25 (KCNA) -- As already reported, the south Korean puppet war-like forces Tuesday committed another grave military provocation such as firing shells into the territorial waters of the DPRK side in the West Sea of Korea.

The revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK took a prompt and resolute physical counter-action against the provocateurs who dared fire even shells into the territorial waters of the DPRK side while staging the maneuvers for a war of aggression against it codenamed Hoguk.

This once again confirmed the unshakable stand of the army of the DPRK not to allow even in the least anyone to encroach upon its inviolable territorial waters.

There came from the U.S. forces side a notice blaming the DPRK under the absurd charge that the recent shelling took place in the area under its military control and it was a "violation of the Armistice Agreement."

The Panmunjom Mission of the Korean People's Army today sent the following notice to the U.S. forces side in connection with its attempt to misrepresent the incident, while thoughtlessly shielding the south Korean puppet forces who dared make a preempt shelling at the DPRK:

The south Korean puppet warmongers' firing of shells into the territorial waters of the DPRK side in the West Sea of Korea on Nov. 23 was a premeditated and deliberate military provocation from A to Z and a war action in fact.

On Nov. 22, the south Korean puppet forces made no scruple of announcing that they would fire shells into the territorial waters of the DPRK side with artillery pieces they deployed on Yonphyong Island while staging Hoguk exercises for a war of aggression against the DPRK, straining the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

In this connection the DPRK side sent a telephone notice to the south Korean puppet military at 8 a.m. on Nov. 23, strongly urging it to immediately cancel the plan for firing shells into the territorial waters of the DPRK side. In the notice the DPRK side seriously warned that if it paid no heed to this demand, it would face a resolute physical counter-strike and would be held fully responsible for all the ensuing consequences.

The south Korean puppet forces, obsessed by hysteria for invasion of the DPRK, committed such reckless military provocation as preempting the firing of shells into the territorial waters of the DPRK side in the West Sea of Korea by mobilizing artillery pieces deployed on Yonphyong Island, defying the repeated efforts made by the DPRK to prevent military conflicts and preserve peace and stability in the said waters.
The island, therefore, played the role of an outpost from which a military provocation was perpetrated against the DPRK and it deserved punishment meted out by the army of the DPRK according to its self-defensive measure.

The Panmunjom Mission of the KPA in the notice particularly emphasized the fact that the U.S. forces side, too, is to blame for the incident.

The West Sea of Korea turned into disputed waters always fraught with the danger of confrontation and clash between the north and the south because of the illegal "northern limit line" unilaterally fixed by the U.S. inside the territorial waters of the DPRK. The U.S., therefore, cannot evade the blame for the recent shelling.

If the U.S. forces side truly desires the detente on the Korean Peninsula, it should not thoughtlessly shelter the south Korean puppet forces but strictly control them so that they may not commit any more adventurous military provocations such as intruding into the waters of the DPRK side and shelling for the purpose of defending the illegal "northern limit line".

The prevailing situation goes to prove that it is the south Korean puppet forces which actually violated the Armistice Agreement and it was none other than the U.S. which sparked off the conflict in the above-said waters.

This being a hard reality, the U.S. and the south Korean puppet forces are foolishly contemplating an additional provocation aimed to orchestrate another farce and charade such as the "Cheonan" case while kicking up rows and holding confabs one after another such as the declaration of a "state of emergency" and "a meeting of ministers in charge of security," far from drawing due lesson from the recent shelling.

The Korean People's Army will deal without hesitation the second and third strong physical retaliatory blow if the south Korean puppet warmongers commit another reckless military provocation out of all reason.

The U.S. would be well advised to drop its inveterate bad habit of pulling up others, falsifying the truth about the situation.

Statement Released by Spokesman of DPRK Foreign Ministry-KCNA

Statement Released by Spokesman of DPRK Foreign Ministry

Pyongyang, November 24 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry Wednesday issued the following statement:

As already reported by the Supreme Command of the KPA, the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK on Nov. 23 took a decisive self-defensive measure to cope with the enemy's reckless military provocation of firing shells inside the territorial waters of the DPRK side around Yonphyong Islet in the West Sea of Korea.

The army of the DPRK warned several times that if even a single shell of the enemy is fired inside the territorial waters of the DPRK, it will take a prompt retaliatory strike in connection with the live shell firing drill they planned to stage from Yonphyong Islet while conducting the ill-famed war maneuvers for a war of aggression against the DPRK codenamed Hoguk.

At 8:00 a.m. on Nov. 23, the very day the incident occurred, the head of the delegation of the DPRK side to the inter-Korean military talks sent a telephone message to the head of the delegation of the enemy side once again strongly urging it to cancel the plan for staging the above-said firing drill in the waters around the islet, the sensitive waters.

This notwithstanding, the enemy committed such an extremely reckless military provocation as firing dozens of shells from the islet inside the territorial waters of the DPRK side from around 13:00.

The enemy fired shells from the islet which is so close to the territory of the DPRK that it is within each other's eyeshot despite the fact that there are so many mountains and rivers, sea waters and islets in south Korea. This powder-reeking saber-rattling cannot be construed otherwise than a politically motivated provocation.

The enemy is claiming that they fired shells southward from the islet in a bid not to get on the nerves of the DPRK but Yonphyong Islet is located deep inside the territorial waters of the DPRK away from the maritime military demarcation line. If live shells are fired from the islet, they are bound to drop inside the territorial waters of the DPRK side no matter in which direction they are fired because of such geographical features.

The ulterior aim sought by the enemy is to create the impression that the DPRK side recognized the waters off the islet as their "territorial waters", in case that there was no physical counter-action on the part of the former.

Herein lies the crafty and vicious nature of the enemy's provocation.

The army of the DPRK took such a self-defensive measure as making a prompt powerful strike at the artillery positions from which the enemy fired the shells as it does not make an empty talk.

This incident is one more dangerous development which took place because of the illegal "northern limit line" unilaterally fixed by Clark, UN forces commander, as he pleased on Aug. 30, 1953 after the conclusion of the Korean Armistice Agreement.

The U.S., its followers and some bosses of international bodies should drop such bad habit as thoughtlessly accusing somebody before learning about the truth about the incident.

If they shield south Korea, the criminal, without principle, just for being their ally, this is little short of feeding oil to the fire.

The DPRK that sets store by the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula is now exercising superhuman self-control but the artillery pieces of the army of the DPRK, the defender of justice, remain ready to fire.
Pyongyang, November 24 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry Wednesday issued the following statement:

As already reported by the Supreme Command of the KPA, the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK on Nov. 23 took a decisive self-defensive measure to cope with the enemy's reckless military provocation of firing shells inside the territorial waters of the DPRK side around Yonphyong Islet in the West Sea of Korea.

The army of the DPRK warned several times that if even a single shell of the enemy is fired inside the territorial waters of the DPRK, it will take a prompt retaliatory strike in connection with the live shell firing drill they planned to stage from Yonphyong Islet while conducting the ill-famed war maneuvers for a war of aggression against the DPRK codenamed Hoguk.

At 8:00 a.m. on Nov. 23, the very day the incident occurred, the head of the delegation of the DPRK side to the inter-Korean military talks sent a telephone message to the head of the delegation of the enemy side once again strongly urging it to cancel the plan for staging the above-said firing drill in the waters around the islet, the sensitive waters.

This notwithstanding, the enemy committed such an extremely reckless military provocation as firing dozens of shells from the islet inside the territorial waters of the DPRK side from around 13:00.

The enemy fired shells from the islet which is so close to the territory of the DPRK that it is within each other's eyeshot despite the fact that there are so many mountains and rivers, sea waters and islets in south Korea. This powder-reeking saber-rattling cannot be construed otherwise than a politically motivated provocation.

The enemy is claiming that they fired shells southward from the islet in a bid not to get on the nerves of the DPRK but Yonphyong Islet is located deep inside the territorial waters of the DPRK away from the maritime military demarcation line. If live shells are fired from the islet, they are bound to drop inside the territorial waters of the DPRK side no matter in which direction they are fired because of such geographical features.

The ulterior aim sought by the enemy is to create the impression that the DPRK side recognized the waters off the islet as their "territorial waters", in case that there was no physical counter-action on the part of the former.

Herein lies the crafty and vicious nature of the enemy's provocation.

The army of the DPRK took such a self-defensive measure as making a prompt powerful strike at the artillery positions from which the enemy fired the shells as it does not make an empty talk.

This incident is one more dangerous development which took place because of the illegal "northern limit line" unilaterally fixed by Clark, UN forces commander, as he pleased on Aug. 30, 1953 after the conclusion of the Korean Armistice Agreement.

The U.S., its followers and some bosses of international bodies should drop such bad habit as thoughtlessly accusing somebody before learning about the truth about the incident.

If they shield south Korea, the criminal, without principle, just for being their ally, this is little short of feeding oil to the fire.

The DPRK that sets store by the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula is now exercising superhuman self-control but the artillery pieces of the army of the DPRK, the defender of justice, remain ready to fire.

BUDGET CUTS AND TUITION AND OTHER FEE INCREASES ARE BOTH SIDES OF THE SAME COIN

"BUDGET CUTS AND TUITION AND OTHER FEE INCREASES

ARE BOTH SIDES OF THE SAME COIN"

On the first opening day of the second semester, many students from both public and private schools were gathered in Mendiola, venting grievances against two problems that, was and is, perennial in regards to the status of education in the Philippines.

These problems, in regards to higher education are often discussed in study circles, that in fact concludes that they are the "both sides" of the same coin, namely: Tuition and Other Fee Increases (TOFI) and the Budget Cuts on State Higher Education Subsidies. These hell of a kind actions are laid and approved by the system, all though the Commission on Higher Education, as well as the universities, education institutions whom used to do so perennially for the goddamn sake of profits whilst telling to the entire studentry that they will use the entire funds for improvement.

But then, their acts, motivated much by greed while negligent in student's welfare, all except for "cosmetic" improvement like having a fresh coat of paint are likely to be criticized on both sides, of condemning both these sides of the same coin and fighting for a genuinely nationalist, scientific and mass oriented education in all levels. Imagine, the University of the East, Manila Campus boasted of having the entire campus a wireless fidelity, a computer laboratory with a good internet access yet some of its rooms, especially its computers aren't modern nor improved, even having a slow internet access so to speak; most of the classrooms are still using chalkboards and having old, dilapidated chairs yet having a fresh coat of paint; and lately they increased its tuition fee 10 per cent, but where all the profits going? To the fresh coat of paint? Of cosmetic "infrastructures"? Or to the marketing department whilst a small portion end up in the hands of the faculty, staff and other basic needs?

How about in the Polytechnic University of the Philippines in Sta. Mesa? Despite its good edifice, most of the chairs, tables, and other basic needs are old and dilapidated-that most students vent their rage against the proposed increase by threwing it away from the buildings and setting forth on fire; it shows that how the government became neglected on higher education despite having enough budget, leaving the entire state funded higher education system nothing but a mere edifice of state supported education in the Philippines.

Last time, during the strikes in state universities, the government, being an instrument of the rotten social order opposed the strikes and even justifying the budget cuts as necessary. However, Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond Palatino, who was at the PUP rally, said that they won't stop protesting the cuts until President Aquino, one of the members of the clique, pays attention to them. If that budget cut stupidity is justified in all state colleges and universities, how come their funds reducing? Imagine: UP's budget will be reduced by P1.39 billion to P5.5 billion in 2011 from P6.9 billion in 2010, while PNU's will be slashed by P92 million to P295.88 million from P387.23 million.

For sure the government, and even the administrators starting to call this kind of proof a lie and create some counterstatements into it, same as in the private schools-whose tuition and other fee increases reduced the number of students like in UE, UST and others.

Speaking of the government, will the right wingers like ANAD et al. create some counterstatements about it? Or just vent some loudmouths calling the entire strikes a work of the devil? A work of the terrorists? Will they create some alternatives or just urge the entire studentry to accept the fact and insist for a Tuition and Other Fee Increase? Oh god, it really shows how TOFI and Budget Cuts are both sides of the same coin-that they themselves tolerate upon it in the name of globalization, commercialization, privatization, or even negligence in societal affairs except buying bullets and guns to kill alleged subversives.

If this kind of tolerance made by the government continues, of increasing tuition and other fees, of budget cuts and neglecting state-supported education, what kind of outcome will be? They didn't notice much that they're in a third world country. Otherwise, many students will follow the footsteps of FQS and Diliman Commune, and the protests in Dublin, London and in Athens. I hope these sides ought to be destroyed-in the name of the people, of the studentry, of this nation.

US-ROK HONGUK TRIGGERED IT NOT THE KPA!

US-ROK HONGUK TRIGGERED IT, NOT THE KPA!

"Self defence is no offense", these are the words of a defending nation, as the Korean People's Army set forth an artillery barrage against the South last November 23. This kind of defensive measure was a response from the South Korean Army's artillery firing, happened earlier before the retaliation.

That kind of retaliatory defence laid by the Korean Peoples Army was also a response from South Korea's continuous military exercises with the United States, pointing directly on the North that seemingly likely to provocate the latter-leading to trigger and continue the war that end up in a ceasefire during the 1950s.

For sure South Korea, being a puppet of the United States hath started to vent out propaganda whilst hiding some information regarding the mess they've started. The US-ROK Honguk military exercises, pointed against the north and its firing of artillery over the North Korean waters may likely for the North to do an immediate response that is, out of defence and not of offense.

Secondly, the current government of South Korea, that is, having an hawkish character, really wanted much to resume the conflict all in the name of "reunification." If they really offered peace, how come there are no traces of continuous peace process as well as having a military exercise along with the United States, pointing against the north as a means for reunification? Is that a part of its effort to reunify the two Koreas peacefully?

This kind of conflict erupting will become a pretext for another battlefield, not just in Korea, but all over the world. Progression against reaction, the people against the system, freedom against order. As eople around the world are watching the entire mess happened around Korea, and both Yohnap and KCNA will speak its own stance that for sure all media entities would speak for the former while calling the latter a mere propaganda piece.

After all,

To offend against the enemy and to respond against the tide is to be justified. The actions of KPA in response to the ROKA was and is, imbued with a simple objective and call:

KOREA IS ONE!

DPRK accuses S. Korea of aggravating north-south relations

DPRK accuses S. Korea of aggravating north-south relations

November 24, 2010

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Wednesday denounced artillery fire by South Korea as a deterioration of the north-south relations, the official news agency KCNA reported.

The Central Committee of the Red Cross Society of the DPRK issued a statement on Wednesday, accusing South Korea of "derailing the process for improving the inter-Korean relations, scuttling the inter-Korean Red Cross talks and driving the situation to the brink of war by pursuing its policy of confrontation with the DPRK."

Besides, the Red Cross of South Korea should be responsible for having "scuttled such humanitarian undertakings as the normalization of the reunion of separated families and relatives," as it is "a waiting maid" of the South Korean authorities, declaring the indefinite postponement of the talks.

South Korea's anti-reunification acts are intolerable, as it vitiated the atmosphere for improving the inter-Korean relations and drove the situation to the "brink of war," the statement said.

The "traitors will never be able to escape severer punishment by the nation," the statement said.

According to the KCNA, South Korea fired toward the waters of the DPRK with dozens of shells around Yonphyong Islet in the west coast at 1:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday.

The DPRK's army immediately fired back against South Korea's military provocation with determined military measures, said the report.

The Supreme Command of Korean People's Army (KPA) of the DPRK issued a statement on Tuesday, warning the south side that the DPRK will take merciless military counter-actions against it without any hesitation if South Korea dared to intrude into the waters of the DPRK.

According to South Korean media, Yonphyong Islet suffered artillery fire from the DPRK on Tuesday, and several South Korean soldiers and civilians were reportedly killed.

It is reported that a military exercise named "Hoguk" was being held by South Korea in the nearby waters from Nov. 22 to Nov. 30.

Source:Xinhua

STATEMENT BLAMING THE SOUTH KOREAN ARMY'S INTENTIONAL FIRE TRIGGERING A RETALIATORY FIRING FROM KPA LAST NOVEMBER 23 2010

UK KOREAN FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION

STATEMENT BLAMING THE SOUTH KOREAN ARMY'S INTENTIONAL FIRE TRIGGERING A RETALIATORY FIRING FROM KPA LAST NOVEMBER 23 2010

London 24th November

The UK Korean Friendship Association today issued the following statement.We note with great concern as friends of Korea the serious situation that has arisen as a result of the south Korean puppet provocation yesterday 23rd of November.

The grave situaton is entirely due to the US imperialists and the south Korean puppets.The news agency Reuters has quoted south Korea as saying that it did indeed "test fire" before the Korean Peoples Army of the DPRK launched a retaliatory artillery barrage,this is an admission of provocation.Any firing in a disputed area at a time of high tension will invietably be treated as hostile and due countermeasures taken.

The DPRK does not recognise the so called northern limit arbitarily imposed by the US and south Korean side without agreement from the DPRK.The island of Yongphyong is actually inside DPRK territory but south Korea and the US have bases illegally on the island.This is a military base area so it is unlikely that there are civilians there.The "Hoguk" exercise was and is an illegal infringement of the DPRK's sovereignity which the DPRK demanded to be cancelled and our UK KFA also called so be cancelled.The "Hoguk" exercise was the latest in a series of US and south Korean military exercises held in Korea.The KPA had repeatedly warned on many occasions that any provocation would be met with a powerful counter strike but the south Korean puppets foolishly chose to ignore such warnings.

The behaviour of the south Korean puppets is like a small child who has been punished hard for misbehaving but instead of accepting admonishment has run home crying to its parents.

We support the just and correct action of the DPRK in defence of its independence, sovereignity and socialist system.We also support the statement issued by the KPA Supreme Command.

We condemn the media in the UK and US and elsewhere for fanning war hysteria by exaggerating the incident grossly and falsely reporting.

We call upon the US to halt the deployment of the "USS George Washington" and stop the Hoguk exercise NOW! before it is too late.

UK KFA