By Na Jeong-ju
Staff Reporter
North Korea called on South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak, Saturday, to implement inter-Korean cooperation projects agreed in the Oct. 4 Joint Declaration signed by the leaders of two Koreas last year.
``President Lee committed acts of treason by bring all inter-Korean projects to a halt,'' it said through a propaganda agency in a statement, released on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the June 15 Joint Declaration.
``Because of Lee, the inter-Korean relations are in deep trouble and the Korean Peninsula is in crisis again. Lee should apologize for his acts and reveal whether he is willing to promote inter-Korean cooperation.''
It also called Lee's North Korea policy ``deceptive,'' saying it will only bar the two Koreas from coming closer to each other and from resolving the issue of its nuclear weapons programs. Under the so-called Vision 3,000 plan, Lee pledged to help Pyongyang raise its per capita income to $3,000 within a decade on condition that it abandons its nuclear programs.