DPRK condemns U.S., South Korea for forming GIs fellowship society

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has condemned the forming of a GIs society of fellowship in Seoul and Washington to support the U.S. officers and soldiers who have served in South Korea, said official media Saturday.

A spokesman for the North Side Headquarters of the Nationwide Special Committee for Probing the Truth behind the GIs' Crimes said "the South Korean group of conservatives in collaboration with their U.S. masters staged a farce of forming a 'Fellowship Society of GIs in South Korea' this year."

It will admit those who had served in the U.S. army in South Korea after the Korean War (1950-53) or are in active service now, and will also includes South Korean troops and thus will have a membership of over 3.5 million,"the Korean Central News Agency quoted the spokesman as saying Friday.

It will cover the stipends for education of children of GIs serving in South Korea, bonus for "exemplary officers and men," and the cost for South Korean visit by those retired from service with funds provided by South Korean government and businessmen, according to the spokesman.

"The U.S. intention is to justify its colonial rule over south Korea and its war moves against the DPRK and gain further benefits at the cost of blood shed by South Koreans under the spurious signboard of fellowship," he added. Endi