Rodong-sinmun, organ of the Workers' Party of Korea, commented September 12, on the fascist suppression of the patriotic students in the south of Korea. It reports that on September 10, the south Korean puppet administration decided to extend past September 17, the detention of 3,340 students who are awaiting trial for participating in the patriotic pro-unification festival in August. Rodong-sinmun comments: "This (the continued detention of the students) reveals the criminal design of the south Korean puppets to more tightly bind the pro-reunification, patriotic and democratic forces of south Korea, including Hanchongryon, to the fascist repressive order....The Kim Young-Sam fascist clique, that has mobilized tens of thousands of heavily-armed police in the frantic crackdown on peaceful demonstrators, suffocated them with tear gas and arrested them at random, and deserves severe punishment. The students, who threw a few fire bottles in protest against the fascist crackdown, can never be targets of punishment in any country." The newspaper denounces the introduction in the south of a so-called "police protection stop line" that is going to be drawn in front of all rallies and demonstrations. Any demonstrator who ventures beyond the line will be shot by the police. Rodong-sinmun writes: "(The 'stop line') is even worse than any system the former military dictators dared to introduce. When the Kim Young-Sam fascist clique steps down from power, they will face death for their thrice-cursed crimes." The commentary demands an end to the fascist suppression of the youth and the unconditional release of all students. Shawgi Tell University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education [EMAIL PROTECTED]