U.S. arms buildup plan under fire in S. Korea
KCNA
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- A press conference was reportedly held in front of the building of the "Ministry of National Defense" of South Korea on June 4 under the co-sponsorship of the council for national reconciliation and independent reunification, the people working for peace and reunification and the headquarters of the movement for the return of the U.S. military base in Ryongsan, protesting against the U.S. arms buildup plan and its demand for increased defence expenditure and calling for the immediate return of the U.S. military base in Ryongsan, etc.
Kim Chong Il, executive chairman of the council, said that the U.S. intention to establish a military domination over the Korean Peninsula indicates its plan to impose economic and military burden on the South Korean people and spark a war crisis.
At the end of the conference a letter of protest was conveyed to the ministry.
Meanwhile, co-chairmen Im Chan Gyong and Ri In Su of the headquarters of the People's Movement for the Withdrawal of the U.S. Forces in a statement on June 5 demanded the U.S. cancel its arms buildup plan and withdraw its forces from the Korean Peninsula.
