Meeting and parting for self-interest The conservative  organizations  including the Liberty Korea Party and the New Conservative Party are making frantic effort to integrate conservative groups to gain more seats at 21 st  general election to be held in April this year. Of late, the conservative groups formed a promotion committee at the second joint conference of the representatives in Seoul and decided to found a new party before Feb.10. The unification of conservatives brings about a note of discord by the conflict of interests for their wicked ambition  in the early stage . The pro-Park Geun-hye group in the LKP insists that they will leave the party if the LKP is going to integrate the New Conservative Party without their apology and the group of the non-party in the NCP opposes against it. The “Republican Party” and the Taeguki group asserted that they would never join together with them who agreed with impeachment of Park. Broad segments of south Korean people a

Participating in multinational combined anti-submarine drill On Jan. 20, an official of the south Korean navy expressed that its navy is participating in the US-led multinational combined anti-submarine drill “Sea Dragon 2020” in Guam from Jan. 20 to 31 for the first time. The US-led “Sea Dragon” is aimed to detect and attack the enemy submarines and it has been conducted on the sea off Guam annually.   The south Korean navy’s participation in the drill is very dangerous military provocation that would exacerbate the situation in the region. The south Korean authorities have disturbed peace of the Korean Peninsula, while paying lip-service to peace. This is the double-dealing behavior of the south Korean authorities. It is intolerable that the south Korean authorities conducted war exercises with different missions with the US in last year. The south Korean military authorities’ participation in the war game and its decision of dispatch troops to the Strait of Hormuz

War maneuvers against north Korea The south Korean war maniacs are wild about war maneuvers against north Korea from early new year. The brass hats of the south Korean military including the Minister of the Defense Ministry Chung Gyeong-doo and the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Park Han-gee commanded war exercises against north Korea on the sky, sea and the land. Especially Chung, at a meeting, asserted south Korea should strengthen its own strength, taking issue with the north Korea’s military measure for self-defense.   The south Korean belligerent force become more brazen in military confrontation against north Korea, introducing advanced war hardware including stealth fighters and building up its war potentials. The peace and the safety of the Korean Peninsula are being seriously threatened due to the double-dealing behavior of the brass hats of the south Korean military. Their reckless acts of the military confrontation are bound to come under accusation and

The south Korean authorities are purchasing and deploying war  hardware  against north Korea, introducing stealth fighters and “Global Hawk” from the US. On Jan.16, the Solidarity for People’s Sovereignty Headquarters in Gwangju and the south Jeola Provincial Progressive Federation of Students had rallies in front of the US base in Gwangju to condemn the authorities’ decision of introducing war hardware from the US. The reconnaissance planes have flew in the territorial air of the Korean Peninsula and the authorities have purchased drone “Global Hawk” and stealth fighter “F-35”. It will only push the Korean Peninsula deep into a war, they charged. At the press conferences, the organizations denounced the US and the Defense Ministry which is the chief criminal of escalating inter-Korean confrontation and tension on the Korean Peninsula. They demanded the authorities to suspend the acts of escalating war, to stop purchase of “Global Hawk” and “F-35”, to exile the US ambas

Stop Military build-up On Jan. 2, the Progressive Federation of Students in Gyeonggi Provionce called a press conference to condemn the reinforcement of the armed forces in front of  the  US air base in Cheongju. The organization exposed the Defense Ministry introducing the high altitude drone “Global Hawk” and stealth fighters “F-35A” which lead the situation to the brink of war. They denounced that this is a vivid violation of the Panmunjeom declaration and the agreement of inter-Korean military field. They claimed that the Defense Ministry is making desperate efforts to aggravate military tension and escalate inter-Korean confrontation. The Defense Ministry must make an apology to the people desirous of peace and suspend military maneuvers and reinforcement of the armed forces, the organizations condemned. The participants held performance, breaking high altitude drone “Global Hawk” and stealth fighters “F-35A” with swords. The Solidarity for People’s Sovereignty,

I n the New Year 2020, south Korean people from all walks of life are waging a vigorous struggle against south Korean military warmaniacs who are very busy in confrontation and war maneuvers against north Korea, while aggravating the situation on the Korean Peninsula. The civic organizations from various circles called press conferences to demand suspension of joint military exercises on Jan. 7.     The situation on the Korean Peninsula is still unstable in the New Year which marks the 70th anniversary of outbreak of the Korean War. The south Korean authorities must stop the joint military exercises immediately, the participants asserted.