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S. Korea Urged to Withdraw Military Bases from Historical and Cultural Sites

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, November 4 (KCNA) -- It is an intolerable insult to and mockery of the Korean nation and an act swimming against the trend of the times to keep military bases, U.S. military bases in particular, at sites of historical and cultural interest, treasures common to the nation, says Rodong Sinmun Thursday in a signed commentary. Noting that military setups of the U.S. imperialist aggression forces and the south Korean army are found at eight historical sites in south Korea, the commentary goes on:
    There are more than 200 countries and regions in the world, but it is only south Korea which leaves historical and cultural sites, even those spots listed as world cultural heritages, to foreigners as their military bases, not content with installing its own military bases there.
    The south Korean flunkeyist traitors who were top-class stooges and war servants of the U.S. imperialists took an active part in the U.S. anti-DPRK moves in disregard of national dignity and interests as they attached more importance to the alliance with the U.S. rather than to the preservation of historical and cultural relics. So they committed such a hideous criminal act of offering historical sites listed as world cultural heritages to the occupation forces as ground for military bases to stifle fellow countrymen with much ado about "strengthened alliance" and "promise."
    The present "government for people" should have valued the dignity and interests of the nation and withdrawn military bases from historical and cultural sites since it cried for "independent diplomacy" and "horizontal relations" between the U.S. and south Korea. However, far from doing so, it egged riff-raffs on to call for registering the Demilitarized Zone along the Military Demarcation Line, a symbol of national division, as a world heritage and opening it to international tourism.
    The south Korean authorities should dismantle all the military bases at historical and cultural sites at the earliest possible date, clearly understanding what a big crime it is to kowtow to the U.S.