Let us make the year 2005, the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Korea, a year of reunification by driving the US forces o

Let us make the year 2005, the 60^th anniversary of the liberation of Korea,

a year of reunification by driving the US forces out of south Korea

A spokesman for the National Democratic Front of South Korea made public a statement on Aug.15 on the occasion of the 59^th anniversary of the liberation of Korea.

The statement said that the day of Korea’s liberation which brought ecstasy and joy to the land of 3,000-ri freed the Korean nation from the colonial yoke as a stateless nation and threw upon it the rays of resurrection and marked a historical turning-point in carving out its own destiny independently and creatively.

But this joy at the liberation was dampened by the US imperialists who replaced the Japanese imperialists, and there begun the tragedy of national division, the statement said and went on: The ambition of the US to turn the whole Korean Peninsula into its permanent colony, dead-set against Korea’s reunification, the greatest long-cherished desire of the Korean nation, has reached its height after the emergence of the Bush administration.

People from all walks of life should more bravely turn out in the struggle to drive out the Yankees under the banner of the struggle for independence against the US, bearing deep in mind the viewpoint that its fighting target remains unchanged as long as the US imperialists aggressor forces stay in this land, no matter how the situation and circumstances may change. They should decisively smash the US moves for a nuclear war against the north by the concerted efforts of the nation under the banner of the Korean nation-first spirit.

The south Korean authorities disallowed the Pyongyang visit by pro-reunification patriotic organizations this time. They should, therefore, be fully accountable before the entire nation for having scuttled the joint events for reunification this year.

Recalling that all the people are working hard to make the year 2005, the 60^th anniversary of the liberation of Korea, a year of reunification by driving the US forces out of south Korea, the statement declared that the NDFSK would join them in their brave sacred struggle for independence against the US and implementation of the June 15 joint declaration and thus greet August 15 as a day of reunification without fail.