The statement said that May 18 this year marks the 35th anniversary of heroic Kwangju popular uprising.

It went on:

People in Kwangju of south Korea took to the street against the fascist autocracy and emergency martial law.

The popular uprising also targeted the U.S. imperialists who subjugated south Korea.

The U.S. imperialists bended all means to prop up the cruel fascist dictator Chun Doo Hwan's power.

The pro-U.S. puppet regime brutally quenched the uprising lest the U.S. should not continue to show mercy to it.

The massacre of people in Kwangju by the pro- U.S. puppet regime was, indeed, a hideous crime against humanity.

The main culprits of the massacre and its wire-pullers must be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court and punished for their crimes.