calendar>>September 8. 2009 Juche 98
End to U.S. Forces' Presence in S. Korea Demanded
Pyongyang, September 8 (KCNA) -- If the United States persistently enforces its policy of military presence in south Korea, lending a deaf ear to the voices of the peoples of Korea and other countries of the world demanding the earliest withdrawal of the U.S. forces from south Korea, it will face bitterer rebuff and denunciation at home and abroad. This warning is served by Rodong Sinmun Tuesday in a signed article carried 64 years since the U.S. imperialists' occupation of south Korea.

The U.S. forces' landing in south Korea was aimed at keeping it under its occupation and turning it into its colony, dividing Korea into two parts and using its southern half as a military appendage for executing its policy of aggression, the article notes, and goes on:

The U.S. moves to seek its forces' permanent presence in south Korea and bolster up its combat capability are a challenge to the demand of the times for the withdrawal of foreign troops and their trend.

The U.S. should pull its forces out of south Korea as early as possible as demanded by international law and the times.

The termination of the U.S. forces' presence in south Korea would remove the basic factor of threatening the peace in Korea and the biggest hurdle lying in the way of national reunification.

The pullback of the U.S. forces from south Korea would result in eliminating the most dangerous hotbed of war in the world and thus help create environment favorable for ensuring peace and security on the Korean peninsula and the rest of Asia and the world.

How to approach the issue of the U.S. forces' withdrawal from south Korea serves as a barometer judging whether the U.S. has a will to rectify its hostile policy towards the DPRK or not and whether it wishes to see Korea's reunification and peace or not.

The world is waiting for the U.S. to make a switchover in its attitude.

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