Afb a long endeavour to Mvade Kmibr her strategic position, the United States Mfiibated a shtp caiied "General Sherman" into the Taedang River m 1866. For hast 140 years since thea, the United States has vioiated the dignity and someignîy of the Korean natiaa and hmdered bie revival and devtlopment of tiet national ewmmy, tbus mffîcting intolenhle misforftnes and sutkings upon the Kamn people. In July 1905, the US, in pursuit of ber own aggressive interests, wncluded "Katsra-Taft Sami Pact" with Japaa to acknowiedge the hüer's invasion on Korea. And aRer her downfall m the World War II, the US dlqaliy occupied tile souîhern part of Korea for a colonial de. The U.S. fotcliiy dismarrtled the people's cxmmkm esîablisbihed by the sou& Korean people themselves and hastened its wloniz;acion and subjugabon through the" military nile." On May IO', 1948, th U.S. fabricrttad a sopaiatt electim m south Korea fo divide Korea into northaadsouth. in an e&rt to tum Kom into a bndgebead of aggression on the continent and a ~trategicmilitary l ~frr~woriddwnination,ttieU.S.~~0e1aated~a~scalethcwarpbto~tbewfiole of Korea On June 25, 1950, the U.S. pmvoked the Kom war and cormiü4 tbe crimes of the most barbarous killings and deJtruction evcr knom in the war history of the worid, by mobilizmg over 2 miilion-strmg armed forces with the sophisticated militLvy equipment - one-îhird of her ground fwces, mefW of her Air Force, the most part of its Pacinc Fleef and the dtmed fiorces of 15 sdteuite couables and soidh Konea. Despite the conclusion of the Koreaa Armistice Ageeflzeflt m Juiy 1953, îhe U.S. has pistently made thnîic moves to reaIiae its wild mlitim for aggressim on the DPRK, viohîhg ail of its main articles such ad Patam 3 and 4, Article 13 and Article 60 - the articles tbat stipulate fbr the pleverrtim of another war in Kma and the peaoeful dement of the Korean issue. Already in 1957, the U.S.started to turn sollth Kmea mto its nuclear base and stepped it up in fuii SWmgintbe196ûs. Ontheotbeihand,itsta~Isrge-scale~~fartheattackanthe north of Korea. In 1961 alme 34 war exemSeS as such were held. They were steadtfy imxeased in nmnber and l scope with each passin8 day. Every y-, marie than 7990 miWq provocutions have been commiaed by the U.S. tKK)ps dong the Milàaty Demarcation Lme and in the tenitorid water air of the DPRK inchrding the l%8 incident of a spy sbïp" Puebla" and the 1969 incident of a spy plant "EC-12 1 ". In the 19ûûs the US truops cracked down m cold blood on the South Korem people's democxatic moveztlent, iucluâiug tb Kwangju Peuple's Uprising, Wemoâ- the military apipmt of thc US troops aad the ROK,it hmmcd the formation of the tripartite military alliance bctween the US, Japan and Soiith Korea, and twmcbsd the 'réam Spirif' jomt militriry exncises and other large-sale war rehewsais, thmby iiK.seasing the danger of nucltrtr war on the Korean peMnsula Ciamouring a- the" suspicion of noRh Kdsnuclear development", "suspicion of underground nuele.ficitities" and 'horth Korea's thFeat of missile ottacîc", îhe US dmup the "Operstion Plan 5027" for preemptive strike and its update versicm 'Qmttm Plan 5û27-98", and gave rise to nuclear crîsis on the Kman peninsula in the new centwy, the US labellcd the DPRK as an* aisof eviî" and has driven the sidonto the brink of war. Al1 thcre hcts show that the U.S. is directly respansible fbr the war crimes in Korea and its wild ambition for wcnid supriemacy is by no means cbanged. The Kmfntemational War Crimes Tribunal held in New York in September 2001, and the Pyongyang Intanational Tribunal on the US crimes in Korea" hcld m Jdy 2003, hund the! US Goveniment and the other accumi @îy of the charges of their barbart,~crimes in Korea, passcd a senttm~et2iat tfie US Govment shwtd tbcknowleâge its repoaisiity for such wsr crimes and dean apology md compensation to îhe DPRK for their wmgdoings, Taking note of the ïkt that the U.S. and the oîber wcuseà umdted mhuman and brutai crimes against the Kortan people dinmg the Korean War, violatMg the UN Werand derofficiaily- reGogmzed mternatd hws and regulatiorq Considering that they do not fulnl so fiir tbeir state responsiiility and intmafimai la* obIigsltim for war crimes as the Mdàtor despite the sentences pamû on them fol two timm in the afioreSBid iutemtüional tribumis, and The Intunational Joint Prosecution Team mdict them for th& crimmal act as follows: 1. War Cliniierihr (The Accd) The accused are chief crhhals didyresponsible for planning, preparing, starting and carrying mtheKoresnW~;uroSewhoordered,~szd~~ecrftedthe~~and~ Mings of the Korean people, and the merciless destruction of th& national masures; and the successive US presidents and otfred leaders of the US Administration wfio sponsored and mpported sucfi crimes, evadiog their obligations anci responsibilities basexi w tbe htmatimal law. 2. Tbc Dctrilal Facb of Aîmûtk of tbt U.S. in tbc Koretn War rad Tb& CrimiiiPaty 1) Tbe Detaiied Facts of Atmcitics The bombardmeat of the US Air Force ripajnSt the DPRK was COfMnitted according to the plan made in advançe, and the instructions given by the U.S. authorities and riiilttaay cammanders. During the tbree-yew wsn; the planes of the US Air Force, snd thos of US Navy and Marine Caps made more than 800,000 and 250,000 sorties respectively, 85 % of which wem aii~~edat the civiiian mg&. They droppad 564,436 bombs and 32,357 mpîms, and launcbed 58?,7% rodçets, stmW 238.6571 millioa Metsand 55,797 gnoke Wh. The îotai bombs and napalms dropped amoimted to over 6ûû,000 tons, whose figure was nearly 3.7 hesof 161,425 tons ofbombs Qopped in Japan dra.ing the Mfic Wnu. Since the amof the nordi Korea is on& 113 of Japan, one can ~ilyestimate the intensity of its bomberdment . - The United States Mdisaimiaatciybombedand sheUed tomassacretheKorean people enmassaud burn and desbroy all the public fàcilities. î'lm@mttn the the US Air Force Camed out over 1,400 bombing raids into Pyongyang City, dropphg mmthan 420,800 bbsto redw to a debris public orgsas, fàdofies and enterpriscs, educational, puMic heaW and cuitund faciiities, auâ dwcilinp houses. As of July 1950, Sinuiju çity had 126,000 I.esidents with 14,000 howeholds. On November 8,1950, 100 Amencan planes bombardecl the city to destnict 8,800 dwtlling hoilses and kiil 5,000 intrabitants (out of wfüch 4,ûo were women), injuring 3,155 people. Befwe the wstr there fivad 60,000 Mbsbitants in NqhoCity, but due to the US. bomlxîrdment dy50% of fhem wcrc left alive as of May 1951. And Wonsan City had more than 123,100 papulatiann, butoniy57,OOOwerelefiaüveattbattgne. In Kaechon Cou.over 6,500 houses wert ruinai out of 13,000 and its population (of which 80% were fsrmen) was reddfrom 80,000 to 60,000.The poputation of Jagang Province (500,000) and Manpo ci@ (12,700)were dso drasticaüy decreescd owing to the US air raids, During tBe bt @ai of 2 y-, the U.S. hrapped mmîban 200,000 bombs of large and medium size. The United Stsltes viciousiy attewpted to destruy all tbe mataiai f-ons of the Korean people and check the revivd of th& national economy by levelling to dust the ùidwtrial facilities rehabilitated and rebdt by the Koreaai people afhKofea's restmtion. Espeçiaiiy the U.S. Air Fmmerçilessly hbsrded snd desttoyed power plants, reseîvoirs and other civilian establishments of the DPRK. On June 23" and 24*, 1952, hundreds of nie U.S. plaues made mtnisive air raids to desboy tbe Supung Power Station and other power stations and îheir dams in the Jan& River, the Pujon River and tûe Hocbon River. Ch May 13&and t4*, 1953,36 US bombers raided die Kycmyong Reservoir (SdcamReservoir at present) in Sunan Chiîy, South Pyongm PmMrrce (9vongwon county, South Pyoogan Province at present) and df;opperi more thsn 40 bomôs at 4 sorties to damage its dam and -ter gates, thus inundahg over 70 villages in 20 Fis of Daedong smd Siman Counties. As a result, over 400 famtem were drowned dead or missing; mure than 6,000 hectares of amble land were fiooded or msheû away; and over 5,000 foumers were lefi homeles without hirland, de,propercies and seeds. On Jdy 3, 6 and 8, i950, the U.S. piaaes strscked tfre Nanpb R&my three times to tcrtalty des- it, whicb was fdowed by mdhm air-raid on the Nsmpho Giass Factory on August 5,1950, inwhichthqrôombedthecity8timestohrmitmto~. On August 20 and 27, 1950, the U.S. Air Force bombardai the Hwanghae Iron Works heavify. Througbout the war, tbey dropped more than 24,000 bombs on it, thus desmi- its most equipent and facilities. From June 29 to July 20, 1950, the U.S. bombers raided 5 times the Pyongyang Railway Factory, tbe Fyoagyrmg Textiie Mill, the Ckygen Plrait, the Attificiai Si& Mil, the Pyongyang Brewery, the Appliance Manufàctory, the Oesong Department Sîore and etc. On July 4 and 13,1950 the U.S.Air Force bpped bombs on the Skwon Tede Mill for 2 timcs, ûamaging it pmtially, end on Augusî 20,1950, did again to destroy the most parts of the dl. On August 17, 1950, the U.S.bomba destrayed ttK Songjin Steel Works, the Chongjin Spinning Miii, the Chongjin Pbamiaccutical Plant and other tàdmks and enterppiscs, which CO- the major part of îbnational ecoaomy. Duhg the one-year period of 1952, the U.S.