Fight Back News Service is circulating the following article by the Korean Central News Agency (KNCA) on moves by Washington to escalate the conflict on Korean Peninsula.

Minneapolis, MN – Anti-war activists gathered here at May Day Books, June 6, for an anti-war event titled “New War Crisis in Korea?” The featured speakers were Mick Kelly, the editor of Fight Back! newspaper and Meredith Aby, a leader of the Anti-War Committee. The event was sponsored by May Day Books and the Anti-War Committee.

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following article from the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA), a press outlet for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, on the March 26 sinking of south Korean navy vessel.

The U.S. should close down its bases and withdraw the troops from Korea. For more than 50 years, the U.S. has occupied southern Korea. It is time for that occupation to end.

(This article is based on observations and conversations with Korean movement activists during a one-month trip back to the homeland this past November.)

The Bush administration is bringing the Korean peninsula to the brink of war. U.S. threats against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (the DPRK, or North Korea) and Washington’s withdrawal from the 1994 nuclear accords have led to a dramatic escalation of tensions. A growing tide of demonstrations against the presence of U.S. troops has rocked South Korea.

Sun Hyung Lee traveled to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (north Korea) as part of a peace delegation of eight Korean Americans from Oakland, Los Angeles and New York in June of 2004. At a time when the Bush administration is carrying out war preparations against north Korea, the interview provides some important insights into developments on the Korean peninsula.

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following article from the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on the April 5 space launch by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Commenting on the May 25 nuclear test, the Korean Central News agency stated, “The test will contribute to defending the sovereignty of the country and the nation and socialism and ensuring peace and security on the Korean Peninsula.”