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U.S. Must Compensate

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, January 18 (KCNA) -- Minju Joson today comments on the ruling of a south Korean court some time ago on the payment of compensation to the tune of 8,150 million won to the residents of Maehyang-ri for the damage caused by a bombing drill of the U.S. air force in south Korea. Noting that the south Korean authorities are compelled to bear the whole amount of compensation as the U.S. forces, the very one accountable for the loss, are evading responsibility, the analyst says:
    The compensation issue surfaced as a serious matter after the A-10 fighter-bomber of the U.S. air force in May five years ago dropped six bombs on a firing range in Maehyang-ri, which hit a spot near a residential quarter, causing a heavy human and material loss.
    The U.S. forces have even carried out nuclear bombing exercises in the area, inviting a good deal of public criticism. This seriously polluted the local environment and exposed the people's lives to a constant threat.
    The damage inflicted upon the Maehyang-ri people could be compensated with nothing. What was open to question was that the U.S. forces which caused the enormous loss evaded their responsibility altogether, though even a hundred-fold compensation would not have been enough.
    The United States again stands stark naked as a regular rogue state which lacks elementary conscience and morality.
    The compensation should be paid by the U.S. forces as the damage to the Maehyang-ri people was caused by them.
    As long as the U.S. forces stay in south Korea, the second and third Maehyang-ri tragedies will be inevitable. The U.S. forces present in south Korea are a caner-like existence which imposes only misfortunes and sufferings upon the Korean nation.