On the occasion of the month I join the progressive people of the world in expressing support and solidarity with the Korean people in their just cause, the statement said.

The statement recalled that the three year-long Korean war imposed by the U.S. imperialists upon the Korean people was a hard-fought war as the armed forces between the two belligerent parties were imbalanced, but the Korean people rallied close around President Kim Il Sung shattered the myth of the U.S. "mightiness."

The U.S. persistent moves to provoke a new war and, the recent case of warship "Cheonan's" sinking, in particular, fabricated by the U.S. and the south Korean authorities are bringing the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war, it said, adding that this is touching off protest and resentment among the peace-loving people of the world.

The Korean People's Army has developed into a-match-for-a hundred armed forces capable of beating back any provocation of enemies under the leadership of Kim Jong Il, it noted, stressing that the provocations to the DPRK will bring only death to the U.S. and its followers.

The only way out for the U.S. is to apologize for the war of aggression which brought so enormous misfortune and pain to the Korean people and unconditionally pull its forces out of south Korea so that the Koreans may achieve the reunification of the country by their own efforts, the statement concluded.