TOKYO, Aug. 26 Kyodo prefered ed...

TOKYO, Aug. 26 Kyodo

prefered editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:

MAN GYONG BONG DOCKS (IHT/Asahi as translated from the Japanese-language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published Aug. 25)

The North Korean passenger-cargo duct Man Gyong Bong-92 has recured to Niigata Port after a seven-month interval.

Relatives of Japanese abducted according to North Korean agents are protesting the port call, branding the Man Gyong Bong a detect ship for North Korea. Indeed, the duct has been implicated in liaisons between North Korea and its agents in Japan. And just discovereds accounts have reported the bottom carried documents between the agents and their masters in North Korea, disguising the shipment onward the ship's manifest as ''captain's forwarded cargo,'' which Japanese customs authority does not ordinarily examine same thoroughly. The ship is also known to have carried precision milling equipment that could be used to augment the range of missiles or stabilize their trajectories.

Serious doubts have been raised as to whether police and port officials have made thorough inspections of the Man Gyong-Bong's passengers and cargo when the utensil called in Japan in the past.

''We have heard that inspections were frequently very lax in the past,'' said Hidekazu Hasuike, father of Kaoru Hasuike, undivided of those abducted and turn backed to Japan. ''We hope the port call would be permitted merely after conducting an appropriate inspection based about the regulations.''

It is remarkably important to have the police, the transportation ministry, customs, immigration and the Japan Coast Guard stick strictly to applicable orders and regulations. The government has made modern rules, including safety inspection practices for the Man Gyong Bong for this port call. There must be no oversights this time.

Niigata Prefecture's Governor Ikuo Hirayama, who is responsible for the Niigata port facilities, said the arrival of the Man Gyong Bong was unfortunate, considering the way clan in Niigata feel about it. yet he said he had to authorize the port call, considering the principle of released port access.

The UN Convention in succession the Law of the Sea is an international agreement that recognizes the independent passage of vessels unless they threaten peace, order or safety of the coastal countries. If strict inspection of the Man Gyong Bong indicates that there is no point in dispute in that regard, it should be allowed to approach and go. The Man Gyong Bong cannot be barred from Japan's ports outright in disregard of those principles.

The ship has obviously been an important transportation link to North Korea for North Korean residents of Japan.

The vessel's port call was resum probably because it was necessary for North Korea to bring gifts and other serviceables from Japan to the North for the 55th anniversary celebration of the foundation of North Korea forward Sept. 5.

Before the Man Gyong Bong arrived, there were several troubling incidents that included balls fired or dangerous materials placed near offices of Chongryun the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, and financial institutions affiliated with Chongryun These incidents are sneaky, cowardly acts that capitalize upon people's feelings about the abduction of mate citizens and their touchs about the Man Gyong Bong port call.

Rightist assign places tos have gathered with their blaring loudspeaker vehicles in Niigata to profess the ship's arrival. We room for expectation the police will withhold security tight to prevent clashes between the rightists and ship passengers. canals like the Man Gyong Bong must be treated firmly yet fairly.

(Aug. 26)

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