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Rodong Sinmun on Pullout of U.S. Forces from South Korea

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, May 20 (KCNA) -- The U.S. imperialists' policy of dominating south Korea must be terminated and the occupation forces be withdrawn from there if things old are to be removed from there and the desire of the people for a new policy, a new system and a new life is to come to reality, says Rodong Sinmun in a signed article today. It goes on:
    The occupation of south Korea by the U.S. forces for nearly 60 years has been a history of aggression in which south Korea has been tightly bound in bondage to the U.S. The U.S. has used its forces present in south Korea as a means of keeping that area totally dependent on it, standing against the DPRK, blocking the independent and peaceful reunification of Korea and holding in leash the independent development of the Asian people.
    South Korean society has become more dependent and human rights and democracy have been wantonly violated by the U.S. military bases and the U.S. imperialist aggression troops present there.
    All and sundry operational plans of the U.S. imperialists who make the second Korean war a fait accompli are criminal designs to carry into practice their aggression on the DPRK at any cost by relying on their military bases and aggression troops in south Korea.
    The historic June 15 joint declaration put an end to the inter-Korean relations marred by antagonism and confrontation and opened a new chapter of national cooperation. The U.S. imperialists, displeased with the joint declaration itself, have tried by hood or by crook to throw high hurdles in the way of its implementation.
    Their policy of dominating south Korea by force of arms is denounced by all the Koreans as it is an anachronistic criminal policy against history and the Korean nation.
    The United States should make a bold decision to dismantle its military bases and withdraw its aggression forces at an early date, dropping its outdated policy of dominating south Korea and keeping it as a military base.