The Official Line
The KFA lists two conditions for becoming a member:
- Respect for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and its leaders.
- Respect for the other members in the KFA and the goals of the KFA.
The cumulative archives of messages, since the site's inception in 2002, are kept open to the public.
The KFA pages provides DPRK related material, including tourism tips and political essays, and it is possible to hear views from a DPRK point of view. The KFA Forum site is hosted and administered in Europe and gives links to Korean language teaching sites.
The KFA denies the violations of human rights in North Korea and the existence of North Korean concentration camps.
The objectives of the KFA are to promote the well-being of all members and to promote friendship between members of the KFA worldwide.
Read more about this topic: Korean Friendship Association
Famous quotes containing the words official and/or line:
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