End to U.S. Policy for Aggression on DPRK Demanded

End to U.S. Policy for Aggression on DPRK Demanded

Pyongyang, January 24 (KCNA) -- On Jan. 23, 1968, brave seamen of the Korean People's Army Navy captured the U.S. imperialist armed spy ship "Pueblo" and its 80 odd crewmen when they illegally intruded into territorial waters of the DPRK to commit espionage. This was an exercise of the internationally-approved right to legal self-defence and due punishment for the provokers and aggressors.
Rodong Sinmun Thursday says this in a signed commentary.
Nevertheless, the U.S. was so insolent as to send aircraft carrier flotillas to the waters off Wonsan, talking about "revenge" for the capture of the spy ship and foolishly seeking to bring the DPRK into submission by threat and blackmail, the commentary notes, and goes on:
The 40 years since the capture of the ship "Pueblo" is a history of crimes in which the U.S. has persistently conducted the moves to provoke a war against the DPRK, challenging the unanimous desire of the Korean nation for peace and reunification of the country.
Even now, the U.S. invariably pursues the hostile policy towards the DPRK and steadily strains the military tension on the Korean Peninsula, talking about "dialogue" and "peace."
The U.S. conservative hardliners are ceaselessly staging military rackets against the DPRK even under the situation where the implementation of the agreements made at the six-party talks is going on.
The facts clearly prove that the source of military tension and danger of war on the Korean Peninsula is the confrontation moves of the U.S. conservative hardliners seeking to invade the DPRK while insisting on the anachronistic hostile policy towards the DPRK.
In order to ease the constant tension and achieve durable peace on the Korean Peninsula, it is important to put an end to the U.S. hostile policy towards the DPRK and get its imperialist aggressor troops withdrawn from south Korea.