text: States has subordinated its colonial subjugation policy ln south Korea thoroughly to reducing it to a military base, judginq trom its geographical locacion and the importance ot military strategy. I• • • S/17483 English Page 6 Particularly, the present rulers of the United States, openly seeking the policy ot "strength", <1re further intensifying their policy of turning south Korea into a military base, clamouring that the Korean peninsula is the most important area of "vital interests" in the implementation of their world strategy and "the first line in the United States strategy". They overtly announced the Korean peninsula to be the •test-ground of the showdown of strength in the 1980s", and introduced a great quantity of weapons of mass destruction including nuclear weapons while incessantly reinforcing the United States armed forces stationing in south Korea, thus having turned south Korea into an arsenal of their modern armed forces and nuclear forward base. By the United States manoeuvres of reinforcement, there are today more than 40,000 United States troops and puppet regular armed forces over one million-strong plus huge paramilitary forces about 10 million-strong in south Korea and, thus, south Korea has become the most dense area ot military strength in the world. The United States, which already brought in more than 1,000 nuclear weapons to south Korea, still discontent with it, has recently taken in neutron weapons unanimously condemned by the people of the world and is going to deploy even "Pershing 2" medium-range nuclear missiles and cruise missiles, too, The United States is continuously reinforcing its armed forces levelled at the Korean peninsula not only in south Korea but also in many United States military bases in Japan proper, Okinawa and other areas of the Pacific and does not conceal that it is going to fabricate the tripartite military alliance with Japan and south 
analysis: The text appears to be a political critique of the United States' military presence and strategy in South Korea. The author argues that the US has transformed South Korea into a military base, deploying nuclear weapons and troops, and is intensifying its military presence in the region. The text does not mention economic, social, or environmental issues, but instead focuses on the political and military aspects of the US-South Korea relationship.