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Sat, 10/01/2011 - 10:36
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S. Korean Authorities Censured for Blocking Those Concerned of Funeral Committee from Contacting Northerners

Pyongyang (KCNA) - A spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea gave the following answer to a question put by KCNA Friday as regards the fact that the south Korean authorities deterred those concerned of the Funeral Committee of the south side from coming to Kaesong to take over the condolences of the north side over the death of Pak Yong Gil, widow of Rev. Mun Ik Hwan:
Pak was a pro-reunification patriot who struggled for democracy of the south Korean society and the reconciliation and reunification of the nation together with Mun.
Do the south Korean authorities have any face to talk about "traditional funeral etiquette" and "feelings" while barring fellow countrymen from meeting and expressing condolences?
They desperately barred Pak and other south Koreans from visiting Pyongyang when they wanted to come over to Pyongyang to mourn the demise of President Kim Il Sung.
The nation will never pardon them for its crimes and we will certainly force it to pay for them. -0-

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