Dangerous challenge

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- THE SOUTH KOREAN PUPPETS REVEALED THEIR SINISTER INTENTION WHILE SOME PEOPLE WERE BUSYING THEMSELVES WITH THE "HWANG JANG YOP INCIDENT." THE PUPPETS MANIPULATED THE CHOONG-ANG ILBO AND OTHER PAID MEDIA FEBRUARY 27 TO CARRY FALSE REPORTS CONCERNING THE DEATH OF THE GREAT LEADER PRESIDENT KIM IL SUNG. AS TO THE "HWANG JANG YOP INCIDENT," WE HAVE ALREADY CLARIFIED OUR POSITION THAT IF HE ASKED FOR ASYLUM, THE RENEGADE IS DISMISSED. THIS POSITION REMAINS UNCHANGED. THE SOUTH KOREAN PUPPETS' SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST OUR SUPREME HEADQUARTERS OVER THIS "INCIDENT" IS QUITE DIFFERENT IN CHARACTER FROM THE "INCIDENT" AND IS A GRAVE CHALLENGE TO THE NORTH. THE SOUTH KOREAN AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT YET APOLOGIZED TO THE NORTHERN PEOPLE FOR WHAT THEY DID THREE YEARS AGO, LACERATING THE HEARTS OF FELLOW COUNTRYMEN MOURNING OVER THE DEATH OF THE FATHER OF THE KOREAN NATION. THEIR SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST OUR SUPREME HEADQUARTERS THIS TIME IS, IN FACT, A DANGEROUS CHALLENGE FOR ALL-OUT SHOWDOWN WITH THE NORTH. WE WILL RETALIATE ON ANYONE WHO DARES SLANDER OUR SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NATION'S DESTINY AND FUTURE, WHEREVER HE MAY BE. THIS IS OUR UNSHAKABLE WILL. WE WILL, IN TIME, MAKE THE SOUTH KOREAN PUPPETS PAY DEARLY FOR THAT. THE SMEAR CAMPAIGN THIS TIME SHOWS HOW THE SOUTH KOREAN PUPPETS WILL USE HWANG JANG YOP AFTER TAKING HIM TO SEOUL. IF THEIR RECKLESS PROVOCATION BADLY AFFECTS THE STABILITY ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA, NOT ONLY THE MANIPULATORS BUT ALSO ACCOMPLICES, WHETHER THEY ARE PRESS MEDIA OR WHATEVER, WILL HAVE TO BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONSEQUENCES. WE WILL CLOSELY WATCH THE FUTURE MOVEMENTS OF THE SOUTH KOREAN PUPPETS.

Religious orgs. meet to discuss proposal of joint meeting

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- MEASURES FOR CARRYING INTO PRACTICE THE PROPOSAL OF THE JOINT MEETING OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND ORGANIZATIONS OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF KOREA TO VIGOROUSLY CONDUCT A NATIONWIDE STRUGGLE TO REALIZE NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND DEFEND PEACE WERE DISCUSSED AT THE ENLARGED PLENARY MEETINGS OF THE C.C., KOREAN CHRISTIANS FEDERATION AND THE C.C., KOREAN BUDDHISTS FEDERATION AND AT THE ENLARGED PRESIDIUM MEETING OF THE C.C., KOREAN CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION HELD IN PYONGYANG FRIDAY. THE MEETINGS EXPRESSED FULL SUPPORT TO THE PROPOSAL OF THE JOINT MEETING FOR CONVENING A JOINT CONFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NORTH, SOUTH AND OVERSEAS THIS YEAR AND POINTED TO THE TASKS OF RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND BELIEVERS. THE MEETINGS APPEALED TO KOREAN RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND BELIEVERS IN THE SOUTH AND OVERSEAS TO ACTIVELY TURN OUT IN A NATIONWIDE STRUGGLE IN THE MIND OF TRULY WORRYING ABOUT THE NATION'S DESTINY AND ASPIRING AFTER THE PEACE AND PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION OF THE COUNTRY IN RESPONSE TO THE EPOCH-MAKING PROPOSAL OF THE JOINT MEETING. THEY UNDERLINED THE NEED TO HAVE POSITIVE CONTACTS AND DIALOGUES WITH RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN SOUTH KOREA AND OVERSEAS TO DISCUSS WORKING MATTERS OF VIGOROUSLY CONDUCTING A JOINT STRUGGLE FOR DEFENDING NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND PEACE AND CONVENING A JOINT CONFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NORTH, SOUTH AND OVERSEAS, AND ADOPTED RELEVANT DECISIONS.

DPRK ambassador to India appointed

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- PAK MYONG GU WAS APPOINTED DPRK AMBASSADOR E. P. TO THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA, ACCORDING TO A DECREE OF THE CENTRAL PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA.

Letter to s. Korean human rights orgs. from north

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- KIM HWA SIM AND KIM JONG SIM, DAUGHTERS OF THE OLD MAN KIM IN SO, AN UNCONVERTED LONG- TERM PRISONER IN SOUTH KOREA, AND HIS YOUNGER SISTER KIM PONG SON, WHO ARE LIVING IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF KOREA, SENT A LETTER TO HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS IN SOUTH KOREA AS REGARDS THE SOUTH KOREAN AUTHORITIES' CONTINUED INHUMANE ACTS AGAINST KIM IN SO. THE LETTER WAS ADDRESSED TO THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE REPATRIATION OF UNCONVERTED LONG-TERM PRISONERS KIM IN SO, HAM SE HWAN AND KIM YONG THAE, THE SOUTH KOREAN COUNCIL OF HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS, THE FAMILY MOVEMENT FOR REALIZING DEMOCRACY AND THE BAR ASSOCIATION FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. THE LETTER SAID KIM IN SO IS AGAIN SUFFERING FROM ILLNESS AFTER HOSPITALIZATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF A SEQUELA OF CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE. BUT, THE SOUTH KOREAN AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO PERSECUTE HIS SPIRIT AND BODY BY ALL MEANS SO HARSHLY THAT HE CAN NEVER RISE AGAIN. THE LETTER ASKED THE SOUTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS TO STOP THE AUTHORITIES' PERSECUTION AT ONCE AND EXERT CONTINUOUS EFFORTS FOR THE OLD MAN'S EARLY REPATRIATION.

U.S. must discontinue broadcasting "Radio Free Asia"

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- THE U.S. MOVES FOR IDEOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL INFILTRATION INTO ASIAN COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN IN FULL SWING. THE UNITED STATES REPORTEDLY BEGAN TO FORMALLY BROADCAST "RADIO FREE ASIA" IN SOME NATIONAL LANGUAGES DESPITE STRONG PROTEST OF THE ASIAN PEOPLE. THIS INTOLERABLE CHALLENGE CAN NEVER BE ALLOWED. THE RADIO IS AIMED AT SPREADING THE DECADENT AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE, IDEOLOGY AND CULTURE AS WELL AS THE POLICY OF STRENGTH TO PARALYZE THE NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE PEOPLE OF ASIAN COUNTRIES FOR INDEPENDENCE, OBLITERATE THEIR NATIONAL CULTURE AND REALIZE THE U.S. DOMINATION OVER THEM. THE UNITED STATES IS OPENLY VOCIFERATING ABOUT A "BIG ROLE" PLAYED BY THE "RADIO FREE EUROPE" IN RESTORATION OF CAPITALISM IN EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND TRYING TO APPLY THE SAME METHOD TO ASIAN COUNTRIES. "RADIO FREE ASIA" IS A REPLICA OF THE NOTORIOUS "RADIO FREE EUROPE". THE UNITED STATES IS ATTEMPTING TO DESTROY ASIAN COUNTRIES WITH THE SAME "VIGOR AND WILL" AS IT DISPLAYED IN DESTROYING THE "IRON WALL" IN EAST EUROPE. BUT THIS CAN NEVER WORK TODAY. THE U.S. IS INTENSIFYING ITS SINISTER IDEOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL INFILTRATION AND FALSE PROPAGANDA TOWARD THE COUNTRIES IN THE ASIAN REGION THROUGH "RADIO FREE ASIA" BUT THERE IS NO ONE WHO WILL LEND AN EAR TO IT. THE KOREAN PEOPLE ADVANCING UNDER THE BANNER OF SOCIALISM AND THE ASIAN PEOPLE WAGING A VIGOROUS STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE AGAINST IMPERIALISM WILL BE DISILLUSIONED AT THE RADIO NOT CONFORMING WITH THEIR IDEOLOGICAL EMOTION AND NATIONAL SENTIMENT AND DENOUNCE AND RIDICULE IT. THE UNITED STATES MUST DISCONTINUE BROADCASTING THE REACTIONARY "RADIO FREE ASIA" AS DEMANDED BY THE ASIAN PEOPLE.

Press conference at Russian Embassy

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- A PRESS CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN PYONGYANG FRIDAY CONCERNING THE 850TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF MOSCOW. IT WAS ATTENDED BY NEWSPAPER, NEWS AGENCY AND RADIO REPORTERS IN PYONGYANG. THE MINISTER-COUNCILLOR OF THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY SPOKE AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE. THEN, HE ANSWERED QUESTIONS RAISED BY REPORTERS.

Foreigners mourn death of Kim Kwang Jin

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND MILITARY ATTACHES' CORPS IN KOREA MOURNED THE DEATH OF VICE MARSHAL OF THE KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY KIM KWANG JIN, FIRST VICE-MINISTER OF THE PEOPLE'S ARMED FORCES, BEFORE THE BIER OF THE DECEASED ON FRIDAY. WITH THE DIRGE SOUNDING, THE MOURNERS LAID WREATHS AND OBSERVED A MOMENT'S SILENCE IN MEMORY OF HIM. THAT DAY, THE IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO KOREA AND HIS EMBASSY OFFICIALS VISITED THE BIER TO MOURN HIS DEATH.

S. Korean trade unions go on strike

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- MORE THAN 131,000 PEOPLE OF 107 TRADE UNIONS UNDER THE CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS IN SOUTH KOREA WENT ON STRIKE FOR A LIMITED NUMBER OF HOURS FRIDAY, A SEOUL-BASED RADIO SAID. AMONG THEM ARE UNIONS OF HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, HYUNDAI MIPHO SHIPBUILDING, DAEWOO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, SEOUL SUBWAY AND THE HOSPITAL OF SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY. SOME 1,000 UNION LEADERS UNDER THE CONFEDERATION HELD A MEETING THURSDAY, VOWING TO FIGHT FOR VICTORY IN THE FOURTH-STAGE GENERAL STRIKE. THEY DECLARED THAT UNLESS TEN DEMANDS INCLUDING THE REAMENDMENT OF "LABOUR LAWS" AND THE LEGALIZATION OF THE "NATIONAL TEACHERS UNION" ARE MET THEY WILL GO ON A GENERAL STRIKE FROM FEBRUARY 28. LARGE-SCALE RALLIES AND MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE HELD IN REGIONS AND DIVISIONS DURING THE STRIKE.

Party, army officials visit bier of late Kim Kwang Jin

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- RANKING OFFICIALS OF THE WORKERS' PARTY OF KOREA AND INSTITUTES OF ARMED FORCES, OFFICIALS OF DIFFERENT ORGANS AND MEN AND OFFICERS OF THE KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY VISITED THE BIER OF THE LATE KPA VICE- MARSHAL KIM KWANG JIN, FIRST VICE-MINISTER OF THE PEOPLE'S ARMED FORCES, ON FRIDAY TO MOURN OVER HIS DEATH. LAID BY THE BIER WERE WREATHS SENT BY THE WPK CENTRAL COMMITTEE, THE PARTY CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION, THE DPRK NATIONAL DEFENCE COMMISSION, THE ADMINISTRATION COUNCIL, THE MINISTRY OF THE PEOPLE'S ARMED FORCES, THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY, COMMISSIONS AND MINISTRIES OF THE ADMINISTRATION COUNCIL, PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS, PYONGYANG MUNICIPAL PARTY, ADMINISTRATIVE AND ECONOMIC ORGANS, UNITS AND MILITARY ACADEMIES OF THE KPA. KPA MARSHAL RI UL SOL, KPA VICE MARSHALS JO MYONG ROK, DIRECTOR OF THE GENERAL POLITICAL DEPARTMENT, KIM YONG CHUN, CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF, PAEK HAK RIM AND OTHERS EXPRESSED THEIR CONDOLENCES.

S. Korean, foreign news media on aftermath of Hanbo Incident

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- SOUTH KOREAN AND FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS AND RADIOS REPORTED ABOUT THE SOUTH KOREAN ECONOMY THAT HAS BEEN DRIVEN INTO DEEPER CRISIS BY THE BANKRUPTCY OF HANBO GROUP SUBSIDIARIES CAUSED BY POLITICO- BUSINESS TIEUP BETWEEN THE KIM YOUNG SAM PUPPET CLIQUE AND THE COMPRADOR BUSINESS. "TONGA-ILBO", "HANGYORE", "RADIO NO. 1" AND OTHER NEWSPAPERS AND RADIOS OF SOUTH KOREA DISCLOSED THAT WITH THE HANBO INCIDENT THE RATE OF DRAWING BILLS IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, WHICH CANNOT BE SETTLED ACCOUNTS IN CASH, RECORDED HIGHEST IN 15 YEARS SINCE THE BILL INCIDENT INVOLVING JANG RYONG JA AND RI CHOL HUI IN 1982 AND THE FINANCIAL CIRCLES ARE UNDERGOING UNPRECEDENTED DIFFICULTIES. AFTER THE INCIDENT, 260 MEDIUM AND SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE GONE BANKRUPT IN SEOUL ALONE. THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE UPON RELATED MEDIUM AND SMALL BUSINESSES HAS NOT BEEN MADE KNOWN, BUT IT WILL BE ABOVE 400 BILLION WON, REPORTS SAID. THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER WALL STREET JOURNAL SAID THAT THE HANBO INCIDENT IMPOSED A HEAVY BURDEN ON SOUTH KOREAN FINANCIAL ORGANS FRAUGHT WITH MANY PROBLEMS AND THAT IT WAS CAUSED BECAUSE LOANS ARE DECIDED BY "GOVERNMENT" OFFICIALS, NOT BY BANK MANAGERS. MAINICHI SHINBUN, NHK TELEVISION AND OTHER PRESS MEDIA OF JAPAN SAID THE POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL CIRCLES ARE CONFUSED BY THE HANBO INCIDENT AND COMPETITIVE POWER OF THE ECONOMY HAS DECREASED.

Reckless moves aggravating situation on Korean Peninsula

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- THE SOUTH KOREAN PUPPETS ARE NOW TENACIOUSLY RESORTING TO THE CONFRONTATION MOVES AGAINST THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, FRANTICALLY STAGING MASSIVE WAR EXERCISES ON THE PLEA OF COPING WITH "THE NORTH'S STRATEGY FOR COMMUNISING SOUTH KOREA". IN ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT, SOME TIME AGO, THE U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY TALKED ABOUT "POSSIBLE PROVOCATION" BY THE NORTH AT THE NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES AND THUS ENCOURAGED THE ANTI-DPRK CONFRONTATION MOVES OF THE SOUTH KOREAN PUPPETS. THE RECKLESS NEW WAR PROVOCATION MOVES OF THE U.S. RIGHT- WING CONSERVATIVES AND THE SOUTH KOREAN PUPPETS HAVE FURTHER AGGRAVATED THE INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS, RENDERING THE SITUATION ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA EXTREMELY ACUTE SO THAT A WAR MAY BREAK OUT IN KOREA ANY MOMENT. RIDICULOUS ARE THE UTTERANCES OF THE SOUTH KOREAN PUPPETS ABOUT "NORTH'S STRATEGY FOR COMMUNISING SOUTH KOREA". THE OUTCRIES ARE NOTHING BUT A DASTARDLY RIGMAROLE TO JUSTIFY THEIR FRANTIC WAR PREPARATIONS. THE TRAITOR KIM YOUNG SAM, DRIVEN INTO THE RULING CRISIS OWING TO THE HANBO INCIDENT, THE LARGEST-EVER SCANDAL IN SOUTH KOREA, IS TOTALLY ISOLATED AND REJECTED AT HOME AND ABROAD. THIS IS WHY HE IS RESORTING TO SUCH TRITE METHODS TO EXTRICATE HIMSELF FROM THE CRISIS AND PROLONG HIS REMAINING DAYS BY DIVERTING PUBLIC ATTENTION ELSEWHERE. THE UNITED STATES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. WE CANNOT BUT TAKE A SERIOUS VIEW OF THE FACT THAT BELLICOSE FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES ARE VOCIFERATING ABOUT "POSSIBLE PROVOCATION" BY THE DPRK AT A TIME WHEN THE DPRK- U.S. AGREED FRAMEWORK IS BEING IMPLEMENTED. THEY DO NOT WANT THE IMPROVED RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DPRK AND THE UNITED STATES. SO, THEY ARE FURTHER AGGRAVATING THE SITUATION ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA, SIDING WITH THE SOUTH KOREAN PUPPETS IN THEIR WAR EXERCISES. OUR PEOPLE AND PEOPLE'S ARMY ARE FOLLOWING THE RECKLESS WAR PREPARATIONS OF THE SOUTH KOREAN PUPPETS AND THE BELLICOSE U.S. FORCES WITH SHARPENED VIGILANCE. IF THE ENEMY DARES TO IGNITE A WAR, THEY WILL DEAL AN ANNIHILATING BLOW TO THE ENEMY IN TIME AND COMPLETELY REMOVE THE ROOT CAUSE OF WAR FROM THE KOREAN PENINSULA.

Secy. Kim Jong Il's work rejecting abuses ofsocialism

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- RODONG SINMUN TODAY DEDICATES AN ARTICLE TO THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE WORK "ABUSES OF SOCIALISM ARE INTOLERABLE" BY SECRETARY KIM JONG IL (MARCH 1, 1993). THE ARTICLE POINTS OUT THAT THE WORK HAS DEALT A HEAVY BLOW AT THE IMPERIALISTS AND THE REACTIONARIES IN THEIR ANTI- SOCIALIST PROPAGANDA AND HAS ALSO INSPIRED HUMANKIND WITH CONFIDENCE IN SOCIALISM. IT SAYS: THE WORK CLEARLY PROVES THE VALIDITY OF THE SOCIALIST CAUSE ON THE BASIS OF THE JUCHE-ORIENTED SOCIALIST IDEAS AND BITTERLY CONDEMNS THE SOCIALIST RENEGADES AS IMMORAL FELLOWS BETRAYING THE PEOPLE'S TRUST. IT REFLECTS THE STEADFAST RED FLAG SPIRIT OF GENERAL KIM JONG IL, WHO HAS A STRONG FAITH AND WILL TO DEFEND SOCIALISM AND GUIDE THE WORKERS' PARTY AND PEOPLE OF KOREA ALONG THE ROAD OF SOCIALISM IN ANY ADVERSITY. HIS INFINITE LOYALTY TO THE SOCIALIST CAUSE IS MIRRORED IN HIS THEORIES AND IDEAS ON THE INTRINSIC ADVANTAGES OF SOCIALISM CENTRED ON THE MASSES OF THE PEOPLE AND IN THE CONTENTS OF THE WORK, WHICH CATEGORICALLY REJECTS ABUSES OF SOCIALISM BY THE TRAITORS TO THE REVOLUTION. IN THE WORK HE, WITH CLAIRVOYANCE, DESCRIBED THE SOCIALIST RENEGADES' ABUSING SOCIALISM AS "TOTALITARIAN", "BARRACKS-LIKE" AND "ADMINISTRATIVE AND COMMANDING" AS AN OFFSPRING OF THE IMPERIALISTS' ANTI-SOCIALIST STRATEGY AND PROVED IN A PROFOUND WAY THE UNREASONABLENESS OF THEIR SLANDER AGAINST SOCIALISM. HE ALSO SAID THE IMPORTANT REASON THAT THE ABSURD ABUSES OF SOCIALISM CAUSED IDEOLOGICAL CONFUSION AMONG PEOPLE IS LESS IMPORTANCE GIVEN TO IDEOLOGICAL EDUCATION AND THE FAILURE TO SUCCESSFULLY CARRY ON SOCIALIST CONSTRUCTION AND AWAKEN THE PEOPLE TO THE ADVANTAGES OF SOCIALISM THROUGH THEIR DAILY LIFE. WITH DISTINGUISHED INTELLIGENCE HE LEARNED THAT ALL THE ANTI-SOCIALIST PROPAGANDA WAS AIMED AT DECRYING SOCIALIST COLLECTIVISM AND EULOGIZING BOURGEOIS INDIVIDUALISM AND GAVE A COMPREHENSIVE AND CLEAR-CUT EXPOSITION OF THE REACTIONARY NATURE OF BOURGEOIS INDIVIDUALISM AND THE ADVANTAGES OF SOCIALIST COLLECTIVISM.

Press review

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- RODONG SINMUN TODAY FRONTPAGES A REPORT THAT SECRETARY KIM JONG IL SENT THANKS TO OFFICIALS, WORKING PEOPLE AND PUBLIC SECURITY WORKERS FOR DOING GOOD THINGS FOR SOCIETY AND THE COLLECTIVE. PAPERS REPORT THAT SECRETARY KIM JONG IL SENT A WREATH TO THE BIER OF THE LATE VICE MARSHAL KIM KWANG JIN, FIRST VICE- MINISTER OF THE PEOPLE'S ARMED FORCES. RODONG SINMUN CARRIES MESSAGES OF GREETINGS TO SECRETARY KIM JONG IL FROM FOREIGN PARTY AND STATE LEADERS AND AN ACCOUNT OF EVENTS HELD ABROAD ON HIS 55TH BIRTHDAY. UNDER THE TITLE "UPHOLDING PEERLESS GREAT MAN" MINJU JOSON EDITS AN ARTICLE HEADLINED "ENDLESS EPIC OF LOYALTY AND DEVOTION", ILLUSTRATED BY A PICTURE OF COMRADE KIM JONG IL EXAMINING A MODEL BOARD OF THE "KUMSUSAN MEMORIAL PALACE" ON MARCH 1, 1995. RODONG SINMUN DEDICATES AN ARTICLE TO THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PUBLICATION OF SECRETARY KIM JONG IL'S WORK "ABUSES OF SOCIALISM ARE INTOLERABLE". PAPERS EDITORIALLY CALL FOR MORE VIGOROUSLY MAKING GRAND REUNIFICATION MARCH UNDER THE BANNER OF NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND PEACE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 78TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARCH 1 POPULAR UPRISING. GIVEN IN THE PRESS IS AN ACCOUNT OF A PYONGYANG MEETING ON THIS OCCASION. CONSPICUOUS IN PAPERS IS NEWS OF THE FULFILMENT OF THE FEBRUARY PLANS AT INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN DIFFERENT DOMAINS OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY. AN ARTICLE OF RODONG SINMUN DEALS WITH THE IMMORTAL REVOLUTIONARY FEATS PERFORMED BY KIM HYONG JIK, AN INDOMITABLE REVOLUTIONARY FIGHTER, IN FORMING AND LEADING THE KOREAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. IT IS REPORTED IN PAPERS THAT RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN KOREA DISCUSSED MEASURES TO CARRY INTO PRACTICE THE PROPOSAL OF A JOINT MEETING OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF KOREA. CARRIED IN RODONG SINMUN IS A STATEMENT ISSUED BY A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS OF KOREA DENOUNCING THE TRAITOR KIM YOUNG SAM'S "STATEMENT TO THE PEOPLE". ACCORDING TO THE PAPER, THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE OLD KIM IN SO, AN UNCONVERTED LONG-TERM PRISONER IN SOUTH KOREA, WHO ARE LIVING IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF KOREA, SENT A LETTER TO HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS IN SOUTH KOREA AS REGARDS THE SOUTH KOREAN AUTHORITIES' CONTINUED INHUMAN ACTS AGAINST HIM. CONVEYED IN THE PRESS IS NEWS THAT MORE THAN 131,000 PEOPLE OF 107 TRADE UNIONS UNDER THE "CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS" IN SOUTH KOREA STAGED A STRIKE ON FRIDAY. IN THE SEMI-MONTHLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH KOREAN SITUATION, RODONG SINMUN DEALS WITH THE CEASELESS STRUGGLE OF THE PEOPLE FROM ALL STRATA TO PUNISH THE TRAITOR KIM YOUNG SAM, THE RINGLEADER OF THE HANBO INCIDENT. MINJU JOSON RUNS AN ARTICLE BRANDING THE HANBO INCIDENT AS THE LARGEST POWER-BACKED SCANDAL. RODONG SINMUN CARRIES ANSWERS OF A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DPRK FOREIGN MINISTRY GIVEN TO QUESTIONS RAISED BY KCNA IN CONNECTION WITH THE FACT THAT JAPAN RECENTLY EXPRESSED ITS WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE TAKING PART IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THEATRE MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM WHICH THREATENS PEACE AND STABILITY ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND THE ASIAN REGION. THE PAPER IN A COMMENTARY DENOUNCES THE UNITED STATES' BASE MOVES TO DISORGANIZE ASIAN COUNTRIES FROM WITHIN THROUGH "RADIO FREE ASIA". IN AN ARTICLE MARKING THE DAY OF BIKINI THE PAPER SAYS THE DISASTER ON BIKINI ISLAND SHOULD NOT BE REPEATED.

Papers call for powerful grand march toward reunification

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- PYONGYANG-BASED PAPERS TODAY DEDICATE EDITORIALS TO THE 78TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARCH FIRST POPULAR UPRISING, A NATIONWIDE ANTI-JAPANESE RESISTANCE. EDITORIALS CALL UPON ALL THE KOREANS IN THE NORTH, THE SOUTH AND OVERSEAS TO WAGE A MORE POWERFUL GRAND MARCH TOWARD REUNIFICATION UNDER THE BANNER OF NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND PEACE. THE MARCH FIRST POPULAR UPRISING TEACHES A SERIOUS LESSON THAT IF THE POPULAR MASSES ARE TO WIN IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM, THEY SHOULD WAGE AN ORGANISED STRUGGLE BASED ON A SCIENTIFIC STRATEGY AND TACTICS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF AN OUTSTANDING LEADER AND ANSWER COUNTERREVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE WITH REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE. AN EDITORIAL OF RODONG SINMUN SAYS: THE DESIRE OF THE MARCH FIRST POPULAR UPRISERS HAS NOT YET BEEN REALISED IN SOUTH KOREA, ONE HALF OF THE COUNTRY, AND THE SOUTH KOREAN PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM THE COLONIAL RULE BY OUTSIDE FORCES, THEIR NATIONAL DIGNITY AND SOVEREIGNTY BEING RUTHLESSLY VIOLATED. ALL THE FELLOW COUNTRYMEN IN THE NORTH, THE SOUTH AND OVERSEAS SHOULD EXPOSE AND RESOLUTELY FRUSTRATE THE SOUTH KOREAN RULERS' POLICY OF DEPENDENCE UPON OUTSIDE FORCES, FLUNKEYIST AND TREACHEROUS PRACTICES AND THEIR POLICY OF CONFRONTATION AND WAR AT EVERY STEP UNDER THE BANNER OF NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE AND PEACE AND TURN OUT VALIANTLY IN THE STRUGGLE TO MAKE A TURNING-POINT IN THE MOVEMENT FOR THE INDEPENDENT AND PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION OF THE COUNTRY. THE UNITED STATES MUST AFFIRMATIVELY RESPOND TO OUR REALISTIC PROPOSAL FOR NEGOTIATION TO REPLACE THE INSTABLE ARMISTICE SYSTEM WITH A DURABLE PEACE SYSTEM IN KEEPING WITH THE IDEA OF THE DPRK-U.S. AGREED FRAMEWORK. JAPAN MUST ABANDON THE ANACHRONISTIC POLICY OF EXCLUSIVE FAVOR FOR SOUTH KOREA AND DO THINGS HELPFUL TOWARD PEACE ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND ITS PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION. AN EDITORIAL OF MINJU JOSON SAYS THAT ALL THE FELLOW COUNTRYMEN SHOULD BECOME UNDERTAKERS OF THE NATIONAL REUNIFICATION AND MAKE TANGIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROMOTION OF GREAT NATIONAL UNITY AND THE REUNIFICATION OF THE COUNTRY, UPHOLDING THE TEN-POINT PROGRAMME OF THE GREAT UNITY OF THE WHOLE NATION.

Lesson given by Bikini

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- THE BIKINI HOLOCAUST SHOWS THAT THE IMPERIALISTS ARE NUCLEAR FANATICS WHO POSE THREAT TO THE EXISTENCE OF HUMANKIND, SAYS RODONG SINMUN TODAY. ON "DAY OF BIKINI" THE DAILY CARRIES AN ARTICLE CALLING FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT. IT SAYS: NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT IS VITAL TO REMOVING NUCLEAR THREAT FROM THE GLOBE. WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THIS END IS THAT THE NUCLEAR POWERS SHOULD NOT CONFINE THEMSELVES TO SUSPENSION OF NUCLEAR TESTING BUT ELIMINATE ALL THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. JAPAN'S NUCLEAR ARMAMENT, WHICH HAS BECOME ONE OF THE ROOT CAUSES OF NUCLEAR THREAT TO HUMANKIND, SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO A HALT AT ONCE. AS LONG AS THE IMPERIALISTS AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS EXIST, HUMANKIND CAN NEVER ESCAPE FROM ANOTHER "BIKINI HOLOCAUST". THIS IS THE LESSON GIVEN BY BIKINI. ALL THE PEACELOVING PEOPLE OF THE WORLD SHOULD UNITE WITH EACH OTHER CLOSELY AND LAUNCH A POWERFUL STRUGGLE TO ARREST THE IMPERIALISTS' RECKLESS NUCLEAR ARMS BUILDUP AND HAVE ALL THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS ELIMINATED.

"February's evening of art" performed

TOKYO, FEBRUARY 27 (KNS-KCNA) -- A PERFORMANCE OF THE "FEBRUARY'S EVENING OF ART" WAS HELD IN TOKYO ON FEBRUARY 26. IT WAS PERFORMED BY JAPAN-RESIDENT KOREAN ARTISTES AND JAPANESE ARTISTES TO CELEBRATE THE 55TH BIRTHDAY OF SECRETARY KIM JONG IL. THE PERFORMANCE WAS SEEN BY SOME 1,900 PEOPLE, INCLUDING OFFICIALS OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF KOREAN RESIDENTS IN JAPAN, JAPANESE PUBLIC FIGURES OF VARIOUS STRATA, DIPLOMATIC ENVOYS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN JAPAN, KOREANS IN JAPAN AND JAPANESE PEOPLE.

"Paektusan Prize" sports contest closes

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- THE "PAEKTUSAN PRIZE" SPORTS CONTEST WAS HELD ON THE OCCASION OF THE BIRTHDAY OF SECRETARY KIM JONG IL. SEVERAL ATHLETES RENEWED NATIONAL RECORDS IN SHOOTING, ARCHERY AND INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS. TROPHIES AND MEDALS WERE AWARDED TO EXCELLENT ATHLETES AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY WHICH WAS HELD AT THE WEIGHTLIFTING GYMNASIUM IN CHONGCHUN STREET ON FRIDAY.

Pamphlet "Korea Along Communist Road" published

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- A PAMPHLET "KOREA ALONG COMMUNIST ROAD" CAME OFF THE PRESS. THE PUBLISHER IS REVEREND VOKOUN, CHAIRMAN OF THE EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF RELIGION PROPAGANDA AND INFORMATION CENTRE. THE PAMPHLET CARRIES ARTICLES TITLED "REVIEW OF HISTORY", "KIM IL SUNG", "REVOLUTION MEANS NOT ONLY STRUGGLE. REVOLUTION IS STEADY DEVELOPMENT". IN AN ARTICLE HEADLINED "KIM JONG IL", THE PAMPHLET INTRODUCES THE BIOGRAPHY OF SECRETARY KIM JONG IL, NOTING HE IS SUCCESSFULLY CARRYING FORWARD AND ACCOMPLISHING THE REVOLUTIONARY CAUSE OF THE GREAT LEADER PRESIDENT KIM IL SUNG. THE PAMPHLET WAS PUBLISHED ON THE OCCASION OF THE 85TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF PRESIDENT KIM IL SUNG AND THE 55TH BIRTHDAY OF SECRETARY KIM JONG IL.

GFTUK denounces Kim Young Sam

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- THE SPOKESMAN OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS OF KOREA (GFTUK) IN A STATEMENT ON FRIDAY DENOUNCED THE KIM YOUNG SAM FOR TRYING TO AVOID THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CRITICAL SITUATION OF SOUTH KOREA IN A RECENT "STATEMENT TO THE PEOPLE". KIM YOUNG SAM SHIFTED THE BLAME FOR THE HANBO INCIDENT ON TO SOME STOOGES TO CONCEAL HIS TRUE COLORS AS THE RINGLEADER OF THE INCIDENT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, ADDING: THIS CLEARLY PROVES THAT HE IS A POLITICAL SWINDLER. THE SOUTH KOREAN PUPPETS TRY TO FIND A WAY OUT OF THE SERIOUS RULING CRISIS BY DIVERTING PUBLIC ATTENTION TO "CRISIS OF SECURITY". BUT THESE ARE NO MORE THAN LAST-DITCH EFFORTS OF THE DOOMED. THOUGH KIM YOUNG SAM IS TRYING TO DECEIVE PEOPLE AGAIN WITH EMPTY SLOGANS OF "LIQUIDATION OF IRREGULARITIES AND CORRUPTION" AND "REVIVAL OF ECONOMY", HE MUST BE OUSTED AND STERNLY PUNISHED FOR THE CRIMES HE COMMITTED DURING FOUR YEARS OF OFFICE.

Funeral of late Kim Kwang Jin

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- A STATE FUNERAL OF VICE MARSHAL OF THE KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY KIM KWANG JIN, FIRST VICE-MINISTER OF THE PEOPLE'S ARMED FORCES, WAS HELD IN PYONGYANG TODAY. KIM KWANG JIN, MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE WORKERS' PARTY OF KOREA (WPK), MEMBER OF THE PARTY CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION AND MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL DEFENCE COMMISSION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, DIED OF AN INCURABLE DISEASE ON FEBRUARY 27 AT THE AGE OF 69. PEOPLE'S ARMY SOLDIERS AND CITIZENS SAW OFF THE HEARSE ALONG STREETS OF PYONGYANG, EXPRESSING DEEP CONDOLENCES OVER THE DEATH OF A MILITARY VETERAN WHO DEVOTED ALL HIS WISDOM AND ENERGIES TO STRENGTHENING THE KPA INTO AN INVINCIBLE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JUCHE- BASED MILITARY LINE OF THE WPK. A CEREMONY FOR BIDDING THE LAST FAREWELL TO THE DECEASED WAS SOLEMNLY HELD AT THE PATRIOTIC MARTYRS' CEMETERY IN THE SUBURBS OF PYONGYANG. IN HIS FUNERAL ADDRESS, KPA VICE MARSHAL JO MYONG ROK, DIRECTOR OF THE GENERAL POLITICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE KPA, SAID THAT THE LIFE OF THE LATE KIM KWANG JIN WAS A CAREER OF A TRUE COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER, WHO DEVOTED HIS ALL TO THE PARTY AND THE REVOLUTION, THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE TILL THE LAST MOMENT OF HIS LIFE. THE COFFIN OF THE DECEASED WAS LAID IN STATE IN THE CEMETERY WHILE THE DIRGE WAS PLAYED AND A VOLLEY OF RIFLES FIRED. THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE FUNERAL LAID WREATHS AT THE GRAVE AND OBSERVED A MOMENT'S SILENCE IN MEMORY OF THE DECEASED.

DPRK delegation leaves for U.S.

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- A DELEGATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA HEADED BY VICE- MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS KIM KYE GWAN LEFT HERE TODAY BY PLANE TO ATTEND THE DPRK-U.S. TALKS IN NEW YORK.

7th KEDO site-survey team here

PYONGYANG, MARCH 1 (KCNA) -- THE SEVENTH SITE- SURVEY TEAM OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (KEDO) LED BY ITS SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR MITCHELL REISS ARRIVED IN KOREA TODAY BY AIR. THE TEAM IS TO CONFIRM THE BOUNDARY OF THE SITE AND MAKE A DRILLING AND SURVEY OF THE DESIGN AND BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION, WHICH ARE NECESSARY FOR THE LIGHT WATER REACTOR PROJECT TO BE OFFERED TO KOREA BY THE U.S.-LED KEDO IN LINE WITH THE DPRK-U.S. FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT AND THE AGREEMENT ON OFFERING THE LWRS.