The statement said that after the landing of the U.S. forces in south Korea on Sept. 8, 1945 they killed Koreans, rejoiced at the liberation of the country, laying bare their true colors as aggressor forces and occupation troops.

The U.S. forces brutally suppressed at the point of bayonet all the movements to build an independent and sovereign state while enforcing a "military rule" and committed such atrocities as killing millions of innocent civilians during the Korean war, the statement noted.

It also denounced the U.S. forces for having persisted in all sorts of moves for a war of aggression against the north, keeping south Korea under their occupation, and thereby straining the situation on the Korean Peninsula in crude violation of the Armistice Agreement which calls for the withdrawal of all the foreign troops.

It condemned the U.S. forces for having staged ceaseless large-scale exercises for a war of aggression against the north including Key Resolve and Ulji Freedom Guardian joint military exercises this year.

The peace of the Korean nation and its reunification can hardly be achieved nor can the people's life and security be expected as long as the U.S. forces remain in south Korea, the statement held, calling for putting an end to the disgraceful history of the U.S. forces' presence in south Korea and ushering in a new era of independent reunification, peace and prosperity.