They include the Nepal-Korea Friendship Association, the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Committee, the National Anti-Imperialist Forum, the Study Forum for Self-Reliance, the Institute for the Juche Studies, the Association for Supporting the Songun Politics, the Peace Action Committee, the National Press Club, the Committee for Supporting the Reunification of Korea and the Committee for Promotion of Reunification of Korea.

The United States and the south Korean authorities are staging the provocative exercises for aggression threatening peace not only on the Korean Peninsula but also in the rest of the Asian region despite repeated warnings of the DPRK and protest and denunciation by the international community, the statement said, and added: The Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army ordered all the armed forces of the DPRK to get themselves fully ready to go into action. This order is quite a just measure to protect the country's sovereignty and dignity and socialism.

The statement expressed full support for the unique Songun policy pursued by General Secretary Kim Jong Il.

It strongly urged the U.S. and the south Korean authorities to immediately stop the provocative war exercises for aggression and the U.S. to withdraw its aggression forces from south Korea for the independent and peaceful reunification of Korea and the durable peace of Asia.

The federal leadership of the Left Bloc of the Austrian Trade Union Federation sent letters to the U.S. embassy and the puppet south Korean embassy in Vienna in protest against Key Resolve and Foal Eagle on Mar. 9.

Ristiyanto, secretary general of the National Guidance Council of the Pioneer Party of Indonesia, issued a statement denouncing the said exercises on the same day.