S. Korean authorities' move to increase defence budget under fire
KCNA
Pyongyang, May 13 (KCNA) -- The Society of People Working for Peace and Reunification, an anti-war and anti-peace organization, reportedly has staged a demo in front of the building of the South Korean Ministry of Defence since may 7 in denunciation of the South Korean authorities' move to increase the defence budget.
The organization in a statement issued before the demo accused the Ministry of Contemplating an over 30 percent increase of the defence budget for next year over this year's.
The statement held that the authorities' plan to sharply increase the spending for arms buildup goes against the reconciliation and peace in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia.
The ministry's decision to spend 340 billion won as expenses for the transfer of the u.s. military base in Ryongsan will never get the people's approval, it added.
