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On Anniversary of War, Young North
Koreans Talk of Tensions
“
If the U.S.
never
touches us,
then every-
thing will
be OK
called “Victory in the
Fatherland
Liberation
War Day” and is the cul-
mination of “Anti-Amer-
ican Imperialist Month,”
which begins on June 23,
the day the 1950-53 Kore-
an War began.
As young North Kore-
ans took to plazas and
public spaces across the
capital on Thursday to
join in mass dancing and
other celebrations, The
Associated Press asked
several university stu-
dents what they thought
of the possibility that
another war could break
out in their lifetime.
Not surprisingly, their
answers closely refl ect
the North Korean gov-
ernment’s offi cial state-
ments.
From one, the sug-
gestion that peace talks
might work.
From another, a vow to
kill every last American
imperialist.
Kim Hyo Sim, 21, stu-
dent at Pyongyang City
Commercial College:
“The U.S. is always put-
ting sanctions on our
country and is always
trying to isolate us. But
just as we won a victory
under the leadership of
our generalissimos (in
the Korean War), we will
win under the wise lead-
ership of Marshal Kim
Jong Un. I’d say our two
countries are now un-
der the same conditions
of war as in the past, so I
think the situation then
and now isn’t so diff er-
ent. Even though we
don’t want to have a war
with anyone, if the U.S.
provokes a war with our
country we will surely
win.”
“Our country’s nation-
al defenses have been
strengthened and the
U.S. has been viciously
clinging to sanctions, so I
think there is much more
of a possibility of the U.S.
provoking us now. But
I’m also very confi dent of
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PYONGYANG, North
Korea — Are the United
States and North Korea
moving closer to another
war?
Though oft en referred
to as the “Forgotten War”
in the United States, it
is anything but forgot-
ten in North Korea. The
July 27 anniversary of
the Korean War armi-
stice is celebrated as a
major national holiday
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North Korean university students wait for the start of a mass
dance on July 27 in Pyongyang, North Korea as part of last week’s
celebrations for the 64th anniversary of the armistice that ended the
Korean War.
victory.”
Jo Kwang Song, 29, an
information technology
major at Kim Il Sung
University:
“As we are the young
generation growing up,
I don’t think there will be
a war because we have
the supreme leader Kim
Jong Un and strong na-
tional defense. The U.S.
will not provoke a war
against us. I’m not con-
cerned at all because if a
war is provoked against
our country we will win.
“If war breaks out, I
will take up a gun myself.
“Of course, we wish
for peace. But, if the U.S.
clings to provoking our
country, peace will nev-
er come. The U.S. should
come out for peaceful
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negotiations. Whatever,
though, we will follow
the marshal and we will
always win. The U.S.
should put an end to its
hostile policy toward our
country.”
Ri Su Jong, 18, also a stu-
dent at Pyongyang City
Commercial College:
“We will follow the or-
ders of supreme leader
Kim Jong Un. We have
launched our ICBM and
we will be fully prepared.
If another war breaks
out, we will be celebrat-
ing another great victory
just like the one we are
celebrating today.”
“If the U.S. never touch-
es us, then everything
will be OK.”
Jon Kuk Chol, 31, stu-
dent at the Pyongyang
Printing and Publishing
University:
“Because our coun-
try possesses nuclear
weapons and ICBMs, war
won’t break out. But if a
war does break out, we
will kill all the imperi-
alists so that there won’t
even be anyone left alive
to sign the papers of sur-
render.”
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