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A North Korean government mouthpiece marked the 86th anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement with a vicious attack on Japan, which it said remained the country's "bitter enemy". ¡°Both yesterday and today, Japan is the Korean people¡¯s bitter enemy," the state-controlled Rodong Sinmun newspaper wrote in an editorial. "We must kindle the flame of the anti-Japanese struggle.¡±
¡°Our people have too many scores to settle with Japan," the paper fulminated. "This year, it is 100 years since Japan fabricated the Eulsa Treaty" which deprived Korea of its diplomatic rights. "Japan must settle its account for 100 years of crime, and we must squash Japan¡¯s ambition to re-invade with the strong will to unleash the resentment of our people.¡±
(Kwon Kyeong-bok, kkb@chosun.com )
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