Press Statement of Spokesperson for Democratic

Lawyers Association of Korea

Pyongyang, March 4 (KCNA) -- A spokesperson for the Democratic Lawyers
Association of Korea issued the following press statement "The illegal violation of
copyright by U.S. information dealers can never be tolerated" on March 3:
The U.S. shameless infringement on the inviolable sovereignty of the DPRK is being
perpetrated in various realms.
Typical of such deeds is the U.S. unhesitating illegal infringement on the intellectual
property of the dignified DPRK and the General Association of Korean Residents in
Japan (Chongryon) through the internet.
The U.S. online medium on the DPRK "NK NEWS" posts on its sister sites "NK
PRO" and "KOREA PRO" articles smearing the DPRK and Chongryon by craftily
misusing the information from their publications and news items.
It has openly put in a database of the site "KCNA WATCH" the said DPRK
information, illegally stolen irrespective of the publicly-recognized international law,
allowing its subscribers free access to the information as its own. So far more than
600 000 pieces of information of over 70 kinds has been posted on the site without
permission.
The Democratic Lawyers Association of Korea strongly condemns the impudent act
of "NK NEWS" as an online violent robbery on the inviolable intellectual property of
the DPRK and as a wanton violation of the Berne Convention and the WIPO
Copyright Treaty.
It is illegal and criminal to duplicate, post and distribute any writings without
permission from its author.
However, as the U.S. does not hesitate to invade other countries in order to satisfy
its cupidity, it regards the infringement on other countries' copyright as a trifle.
Chongryon, a dignified overseas compatriots' organization of the DPRK and
authorized by the media of the DPRK, has strongly demanded the immediate
deletion of the data, posted without permission, as well as compensation and
apology several times since August 2024. But, "NK NEWS" shamelessly behaved,
talking about "mistakes of the operators".
It was fully disclosed through investigation that such DPRK's media data, posted on
the website of the "KCNA WATCH" without any permission, had been stolen from a

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state library in Europe which reads under a contract the KPM website run by Korean
Media of Chongryon.
Nevertheless, the "NK NEWS" side blustered that the credentials related to the
protection of copyright and the right to use, issued by the DPRK media to the Korean
Media of Chongryon under the legal procedures, cannot be recognized as it has not
been certified by the U.S. jurisdictional authorities. Moreover, it has gone the lengths
of making preposterous gangster-like logic that our side has to be thankful for having
introduced the DPRK.
This is nothing but a reckless behavior of adding to the crimes already committed by
itself.
The Democratic Lawyers Association of Korea strongly urges the U.S. to stop at
once such poor excuses that will not work on anyone and to make an official apology
and compensation for its illegal deed.
We will closely watch the future attitude of "NK NEWS". -0-

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Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Vice
Department Director of C.C., WPK

Pyongyang, March 4 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the Central
Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued the following press statement
"Constant deployment of U.S. strategic assets highlights urgency of the DPRK to
bolster up its self-defensive nuclear war deterrent" on Monday:
The U.S. is frequently committing provocative acts of aggravating the situation in
disregard of the security concern of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The U.S. Navy nuclear carrier Carl Vinson strike group entered the Pusan operation
base in the ROK again on March 2 under the pretext of "demonstrating the ROK-
U.S. alliance and increasing inter-operability".
The Carl Vinson strike group took part in the war drills together with Japan and the
ROK in the waters around the Korean peninsula in January last year. It is reported
that the strike group consists of cruiser Princeton, Aegis destroyer Sterett and
others.
Entering this year, the deployment of the U.S. nuclear strategic means on the
Korean peninsula is the second one in the wake of the nuclear submarine
Alexandria, and the U.S. Navy carrier appeared eight months after the Theodore
Roosevelt in June last year.
If the actions of strategic bombers are put together, the U.S. is hurling strategic
assets into the Korean peninsula at the constant deployment level.
In fact, the U.S. spent the whole of 2024 with the largest anti-DPRK war exercises
ever in history. As soon as its new administration appeared this year, the U.S. has
stepped up the political and military provocations against the DPRK, "carrying
forward" the former administration's hostile policy.
It is necessary to read a diary of the confrontation hysteria of the U.S. and its
stooges one by one.
On January 10, just before the retirement of the former administration, the U.S. held
the 4th U.S.-ROK "nuclear consultative group" meeting in Washington to discuss a
nuclear war drill on the Korean peninsula and an increase in the visibility of
deploying U.S. strategic assets. And it deployed B-1B strategic bombers in the sky
near the Korean peninsula on Jan. 15 to conduct a U.S.-Japan-ROK joint air drill, as
part of the clear action practice.

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Timed to coincide with this, the U.S., together with the ROK army, staged a large
joint firing drill aimed at the long-range artillery fire system of the DPRK on Jan. 14-
16, and a Ssangmae joint air drill on Jan. 21-24 under the pretext of increasing the
capability for cooperation in air operations.
The U.S. held a confab with the diplomatic authorities of Japan and the ROK on Feb.
15, with the international security conference held in Munich of Germany as an
occasion, and cooked up and made public a "joint statement" with "strengthened
offer of U.S. nuclear umbrella through U.S.-ROK and U.S.-Japan alliances" as the
main point, viciously pulling up the DPRK over its sovereign rights.
A few days later, it let its B-1B strategic bomber fly over the sky of the Korean
peninsula again on February 20 to stage a joint air drill together with the Air Force of
the ROK.
The U.S. vicious moves for confrontation with the DPRK have been intensified in
March with the appearance of Carl Vinson in the Korean peninsula. Such moves will
reach the climax with the U.S.-Japan-ROK naval drill and the Freedom Shield joint
military exercises, to be staged this month with Carl Vinson involved, as a
momentum.
ROK media claim that the entry of Carl Vinson is aimed "to substantially implement
the U.S. government's reaffirmed commitment to permanent and iron-like extended
deterrence" and to "display the strong joint defence posture of the ROK-U.S. alliance
to cope with threat" from someone.
With such practical action measures, the U.S. has clearly shown its most hostile and
confrontational will to the DPRK.
The root cause of escalating tension on the Korean peninsula clearly lies in the U.S.
and its allies which are further intensifying military moves to implant NATO
infrastructure in the region and improve the level of war preparations.
The DPRK bitterly condemns the reckless visible actions and muscle-flexing of the
U.S. and its vassal forces disregarding and violating a sovereign state's security
concern and jeopardizing the peaceful environment in the whole region.
As indicated by the regional military situation, the U.S. and its stooges' heinous
ambition to threaten, pressurize and bring the DPRK to its knees by force of arms is
developing into a more reckless phase with the passage of time.

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As for the DPRK's nuclear policy formulated as a main law of the DPRK, it was
adopted in correct reflection of the concern for state's security by the present and
future threats. And the present reality further highlights the justness, validity and
necessity of the DPRK's line on bolstering up its nuclear forces.
The action-accompanied hostile policy toward the DPRK pursued by the U.S. at
present is offering sufficient justification for the DPRK to indefinitely bolster up its
nuclear war deterrent.
We will never confine ourselves to sitting still and commenting on the situation.
If the U.S. continues to renew its records in the anti-DPRK military demonstration,
the DPRK will be naturally compelled to renew its records in the exercise of strategic
deterrence.
The DPRK is also planning to carefully examine the option for increasing the actions
threatening the security of the enemy at the strategic level to cope with the fact that
the deployment of U.S. strategic assets in the Korean peninsula has become a
vicious habit and adversely affects the security of the DPRK.
The enemies should not test the will and ability of the DPRK to defend the
sovereignty and security interests of the state by mobilizing all means in hand.
It's a very dangerous thing. -0-