DPRK demands withdrawal of US troops from S Korea- paper.

PYONGYANG, December 17 (Itar-Tass) -- The newspaper Rodong Shinmun,
which expresses the opinion of the DPRK leadership, demanded that the
United States withdraw its troops from South Korea and conclude with
Pyongyang a peace treaty instead of the agreement on armistice which is in
force now.
The article stresses that the situation in the Korean Peninsula "has
extremely aggravated through the fault of the United States which tries by
all means to stifle the people's republic." With this aim in view,
Washington continues to preserve in South Korea a huge contingent of its
servicemen who "participate in provocative military manoeuvres." As a
result, the Korean Peninsula "has turned into a zone of intensive military
confrontation," Rodong Shinmun writes.
"There is no sense to speak about achieving peace in the peninsula,"
the newspaper says, "until armed forces of American imperialists stay
there." The Korean Peninsula is "the most explosive region on the globe"
now and the United States "are obliged to stop aggressive politics" with
regard to the DPRK which threatens peace and security in Asia, the
newspaper notes.
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