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Wed, July 6, 2022 | 00:44
Pongyang pledges to take steps to ease inter-Korean tension
北 "중대제안 실천행동 먼저 할 것"…南 수용 촉구
Posted : 2014-01-17 16:01
Updated : 2014-01-17 16:01
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North Korea will take the first steps to fulfill its proposal made earlier this week to end inter-Korea tensions, the country's main newspaper said Saturday, calling on Seoul to follow suit.

"Our will to fulfill the latest important proposal is solid," said the Rodong Sinmun daily, which is run by the governing party. "As we have declared, we will first show our actions to fulfill it," it said.

The newspaper article, however, did not elaborate on what specific actions the country will take.

The Rodong Sinmun report came two days after the country proposed the two Koreas end all slander between the sides, claiming it was North Korea's unwavering stance to improve inter-Korean relations and achieve unity.

The proposal, made by the North's powerful National Defense Commission, called on Seoul to halt verbal barbs and its plan to hold a joint military exercise with the U.S. from February to April. It also proposed the two sides take mutual steps to prevent a "nuclear disaster" on the Korean Peninsula.

The proposal, if fulfilled, will improve inter-Korean ties and help solve their mutual problems, the North said in the Saturday report. All North Korean media outlets are controlled by the government.

The newspaper also said that the country has already declared its stance to pave the way for better inter-Korean relations and promote peace and security on the peninsula.

"The South Korean government also has to seek out what it has to do to meet the hopes and demands of the people," the paper said, urging Seoul to follow suit.

Seoul, however, effectively snubbed the proposal a day earlier, saying that it is North Korea that has frequently attacked South Korea verbally, not the other way around.

The South Korean government also said that the military drills will be conducted as planned, noting that "The North should take responsible steps for its past provocations instead of taking issue with our legitimate military drills." (Yonhap)


北 "중대제안 실천행동 먼저 할 것"…南 수용 촉구

북한은 18일 국방위원회의 '중대 제안'을 먼저 실행하겠다는 뜻을 밝히며 남한도 이에 부응하는 조치를 할 것을 촉구했다.

    북한의 이 같은 의사 표명은 정부가 국방위원회의 제안을 사실상 거부한지 하루만에 나온 것이다.

    노동당 기관지 노동신문은 이날 '대결의 악순환을 끝장내기 위한 실천적 제안'이라는 제목의 글에서 '이번의 중대 제안을 실현하려는 우리의 의지는 확고부동하다'며 '우리는 이미 선언한대로 실천적인 행동을 먼저 보여주게 될 것'이라고 밝혔다.

    신문은 북한이 앞으로 보여줄 '실천적인 행동'이 구체적으로 무엇인지는 밝히지 않았다.

    신문은 정부가 중대 제안을 거부한 사실은 언급하지 않은 채 '남조선 당국도 마땅히 겨레의 지향과 시대의 요구에 부합되게 자기 할 바를 찾아야 할 것'이라며 정부의 긍정적인 조치를 요구했다.

    이어 '우리의 중대 제안이 실현된다면 꽉 막힌 북남관계의 문이 활짝 열리게 되고 쌍방이 관심하는 문제들이 순조롭게 풀려나가게 될 것이라는 것은 의심할 바 없다'고 주장했다.

    신문은 '우리는 이미 '올해에 '우리민족끼리'의 입장에 확고히 서서 민족의 안전과 평화를 수호하고 북남관계 개선의 분위기를 마련할 데 대한 원칙적이고 아량 있는 입장을 명백히 천명했다'며 '국방위원회의 중대 제안은 우리의 확고부동한 의지와 입장을 실천행동으로 보여준 것'이라고 강조했다.

    앞서 17일에는 대남 선전용 웹사이트인 '우리민족끼리'도 '남조선 당국이 우리의 중대제안에 하루라도 빨리 호응해 나서는 것이 민족과 통일을 위하고 자신들을 위한 유익한 길'이라며 정부가 중대 제안을 수용할 것을 촉구했다.

    북한의 최고 권력기구인 국방위원회는 지난 16일 ▲이달 30일부터 상호 비방·중상 중지 ▲남한의 '키 리졸브'와 '독수리' 한미 군사연습 중지, 북한의 서해 5도 대남 '자극행위' 중지 ▲한반도 '핵 재난'을 막기 위한 상호 조치 등을 골자로 하는 중대 제안을 발표했다.

    이에 대해 정부는 17일 북한이 사실을 왜곡하고 여론을 호도하고 있다며 북한의 제안을 사실상 거부했다. (연합뉴스)
 
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