Encyclopedic work for human cause of independence

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- " On Preserving the Juche Character and National Character of the Revolution and Construction" , a work of Secretary Kim Jong Il, is an encyclopedic one which the world revolutionary people as well as the Korean people should take as a guideline in the struggle for the cause of independence because it comprehensively embodies Juche idea founded by President Kim Il Sung, said Fatu Ivan, a philosophy professor of University of Romania, in a statement released on June 27. He noted that the work serves the people aspiring after socialism as a powerful weapon and guideline and deals a telling blow to the enemies of socialism and renegades.

President Kim Il Sung's reminiscences published in Yugoslavia

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- The Kultura Publishing House of Yugoslavia brought out the first volume of anti-Japanese revolution, the first part of " With the Century" , reminiscences of President Kim Il Sung, on the occasion of the 3rd anniversary of his death. In the preface, it wrote that it publishes the reminiscences on the third anniversary of the death of President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Il Sung, the founder of Juche idea and an elder statesman of the world.

Memorial committees formed on 3rd anniversary of President Kim Il Sung's death

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- A Joint Memorial Committee of the Luxemburg-DPRK Friendship Association and the Luxemburg Committee for Supporting the Reunification of Korea and a Czech Memorial Committee were formed on June 27 on the occasion of the 3rd anniversary of the death of President Kim Il Sung. Earlier, on June 23, the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan formed a memorial committee. Vice-chairman of the Party N. I. Baiko was elected chairman of the memorial committee. The memorial committees decided to organise memorial meetings, film shows and other functions.

3rd anniversary of President Kim Il Sung's death commemorated abroad

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Zambian Minister of Lands Dawson l. Lupunga, who is also chairman of the Zambian memorial committee, called at the DPRK Embassy in Zambia on June 24 on the occasion of the 3rd anniversary of the death of President Kim Il Sung. The DPRK Embassy was also visited by members of the Multi-Party Democratic Movement of Zambia including Tumedo, director of its secretariat. The visitors laid floral baskets and flowers before a portrait of President Kim Il Sung and paid homage to him. Tumedo said that the President devoted his precious life to the freedom and emancipation of the popular masses and peace and independence all over the world. A memorial meeting was held in Togo on June 28 on the occasion of the 3rd anniversary of his death. Earlier, on June 25, a memorial meeting was held under the sponsorship of the Peruvian National Association for the Study of Kimjongilism.

Foreign military attaches meet DPRK heroes

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- The military attache corps here met with DPRK heroes at the victorious Fatherland Liberation War museum on Thursday to commemorate the third death anniversary of President Kim Il Sung. At the meeting Thae Son Hui, Kim Kun Ok and Yu Ki Hong, DPRK heroes, recalled that they performed heroic feats, true to the operation plans and intention of Generalissimo Kim Il Sung during the Fatherland Liberation War. Military attache of the Cuban Embassy Arnaldo Fernandez Rodriguez, who is leading the corps, said that patriotism and heroism of the Korean people who defeated the two strong imperialisms are associated with the leadership of President Kim Il Sung. Military attache of the Iranian Embassy Mohammad Hasan Nami said he could know well how high the pride and honor of the Korean people and army led by the great leaders are. He said he was deeply moved by the Korean people who respect their leaders and veterans.

Adherence to three principles of national reunification called for

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Papers here today dedicate editorials to the 25th anniversary of the publication of the July 4 North-South Joint Statement the keynote of which is three principles of national reunification--independence, peaceful reunification and great national unity--put forward by President Kim Il Sung. Rodong Sinmun says that the publication of the joint statement as a brilliant fruition of the president's outstanding and tested guidance over the cause of national reunification. It goes on: The three principles are a programme the north and south of Korea confirmed and solemnly declared at home and abroad= a charter which reflects the desire and will of the fellow countrymen for reunification= and a basis and starting-point for the settlement of reunification issue in vonformity with the will and interests of the nation. Korea's reunification should be achieved on the three principles in any circumstances. President Kim Il Sung and Secretary Kim Jong Il wisely led the struggle of the Korean people to carry these principles into practice. The two great leaders always worked together for national reunification. The Kim Young Sam group, dependent upon outsiders, have stepped up frantic fascist suppression and war preparations against the northern half of Korea. The situation prevailing in south Korea clearly shows that with the Kim Young Sam group left intact, the independent and democratic development of south Korean society cannot be expected nor can national reconciliation and unity and peace in the country and its peaceful reunification be achieved. All the Koreans, no matter what social system they live under and what class and social strata they belong to and whether they live at home or abroad, should make every possible effort for the independent reunification of the country and the prosperity of the whole nation, guided by the idea that their destiny is directly connected with the destiny of the nation. Only when the great unity of the whole nation is achieved, is it possible to liquidate separatist forces at home and abroad and accomplish the cause of national reunification. All the Koreans in the north, south and abroad should firmly unite under the banner of great national unity and powerfully fight for the independent reunification of the country, the greatest desire of the nation. Minju Joson says the Workers' Party of Korea and the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea will as ever make every possible effort to carry the three principles of national reunification into a brilliant reality.

Press review

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Papers here today carry editorials and articles to mark the 25th anniversary of the July 4 North-South Joint Statement based on the three principles of the reunification of the country advanced by President Kim Il Sung. Papers convey news that " Complete collection of Kim Il Sung's works" vol. 18 was published by the Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House. Under the banner title " the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung will always be with us" papers each devote one whole page to pictures of President Kim Il Sung and Secretary Kim Jong Il among soldiers of the Korean people's army and youth and children. Given in the press are accounts of a national seminar held in Pyongyang and of memorial committees formed and commemorative events held in different countries on the occasion of the third anniversary of President Kim Il Sung's death. Rodong Sinmun runs an article on the loyalty and filial piety of Secretary Kim Jong Il, who consecrated the Kumsusan Memorial Palace to preserve President Kim Il Sung in state. Papers introduce achievements made by the Korean people in the implementation of the behests of the president during the last three years. Papers inform the readers of a letter to all people issued by the Central Committee of the National Democratic Front of South Korea on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the publication of the July 4 Joint Statement. Papers in commentaries denounce the Kim Young Sam fascist clique for arresting leading members of the south Korean federation of university student councils. Printed in Rodong Sinmun is an article saying that without adherence to the Juche character and national character socialism will come to a failure. Minju Joson observes the national day of Rwanda.

Meeting marks Independence of Algeria

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- A meeting was held at the Chollima House of Culture on July 3 to mark the 35th anniversary of the Independence of Algeria. Finance Minister Yun Ki Jong, chairwoman of the DPRK-Algeria Friendship Association, in her speech at the meeting said Algerian Independence was a brilliant realization of the age-old desire of the Algerian people to free themselves from foreign colonial rule and attain independent development of the country. The Algerian people have exerted all their efforts for national unity and democratic development of the country under the leadership of respected President Liamine Zeroual, and they have begun to bear fine fruits, she said, adding that the Korean people wish them great progress in their efforts. Hanafi Oussedik, Algerian Ambassador to Korea, said that Algeria is proud of the successes of the Korean people who built a progressive independent state under the wise leadership of President Kim Il Sung. He expressed confidence that the Korean people will achieve national reunification and defend and preserve peace in the country in close unity around respected Marshal Kim Jong Il as they were true to the leadership of President Kim Il Sung, their generous father. A congratulatory letter to the Algerian President was adopted at the meeting.

NDFSK Central Committee issues letter

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- The Central Committee of the National Democratic Front of South Korea (NDFSK) issued a letter on July 2 calling upon the south Korean people to turn out as one in the nation-wide struggle for reunification of the country on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the publication of the historic July 4 Joint Statement, the Seoul-based radio voice of national salvation said. The letter noted that the statement based on the idea of independence, peaceful reunification and great national unity was a north-south joint declaration for reunification as well as a solemn pledge to the nation. The three principles of national reunification, the proposal to establish the Democratic Confederal Republic of Koryo and the 10-Point Programme of the Great Unity of the Whole Nation, which were put forward by the respected President Kim Il Sung, are three major pillars and charters for national reunification, the letter said. It called upon the south Korean people to reject the dependent policy and flunkeyist and treacherous acts, and frustrate provocative war preparations against the north of Kim Young Sam group, and struggle for national reconciliation and unity. It called for turning out in the struggle to abolish the anti-reunification " national security law" , dissolving the " Agency for National Security Planning" and defending the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils. It also called for upholding General Kim Jong Il as the leader of the nation and the lodestar of national reunification and more vigorously waging the nation-wide struggle for reunification under the banner of the three major pillars and charters of national reunification.

Crackdown on " Hanchongryon" under fire

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- The Kim Young Sam fascist clique of south Korea arrested chairman Kang Wi Won and two other leading members of the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils (Hanchongryon) on Wednesday. In this connection papers here today run commentaries denouncing the arrest. The news analyst of Rodong Sinmun says the arrest is an outrageous challenge to " Hanchongryon" and other forces for patriotism and democracy. It reveals to the world once again the true colors of Kim Young Sam as the fascist dictator and the barbarous enemy of democracy, the paper stresses, and further says: The arrest of " Hanchongryon" chairman shows the fascist clique's " operation to wipe out Hanchongryon" is extremely ruthless. " Hanchongryon" has taken the lead in the struggle for independence, democracy and reunification. But the Kim Young Sam group, a peerless gang of fascist murderers, are trying to disorganize and stifle this organization so as to check the struggle of democratic forces and save their lives from the jaw of death.

Military conspiracy

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA -- Some time ago, the Director-General of the Defence Agency of Japan said over NHK Radio that in case of " regional disputes" , commanders of the " Self-Defence Forces" (SDF) may be allowed to decide on logistic support to the U.S. troops, according to a Kyodo report from Tokyo. The J1panese constitution prohibits the " SDF" from rendering military support to the U.S. troops in the " event of contingency". Moreover, the recently-published interim report on the review of " Japan-U.S. Defence Cooperation Guidelines" failed to extend the scope of Japan's support to the United States even to battlefields, afraid of public protests and denunciation. The interim report limited the scope to high seas and international airspace distinct from " battlefields" . However, Japan schemes to allow " SDF" commanders to decide on this ambiguous scope and thus realise " SDF's" unlimited military support to the united states.

U.S. scheme to keep its troops in Japan

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Campbell, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, on June 30 told a joint delegation of Japanese political parties on a visit to the United States that the U.S. is willing to discuss the reduction of U.S. troops stationed in Japan if the situation on the Korean Peninsula is stabilized, according to a Kyodo report from Washington. He hoped for endless maintenance of the Japan-U.S. military alliance, claiming that military activities in north Korea are being observed, said the report. His utterances eloquently reveal the design of the U.S. military to keep the U.S. troops stationed in Japan on the plea of the tense situation on the Korean Peninsula when their presence cannot be justified after the end of the Cold War, tighten military pressure on the DPRK and more frantically stage moves of aggression and war in the Asia-Pacific region.

" Complete collection of Kim Il Sung's works" vol. 18

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- " Complete collection of Kim Il Sung's works" vol. 18 was brought out by the Worker's Party of Korea Publishing House. The book, an immortal library, contains famous works published by President Kim Il Sung in his lifetime in chronological order. Printed in the book are 38 important reports, speeches, conclusions and talks given by President Kim Il Sung during the period from April 1955 to February 1956. the time when the works were published was a period of creation and construction when the third-year plan for the post-war rehabilitation and development of the national economy was successfully being carried on through the efforts of the whole party and people and a period of a new historical turn when the socialist transformation of the relations of production was being stepped up. The book includes original ideas, theories and policies given by the President, with clairvoyant wisdom, to vigorously accelerate postwar reconstruction and construction of socialist foundation and strengthen the revolutionary base in the northern half of Korea in every way and his immortal exploits and experience in the efforts.

Gift to Secy. Kim Jong Il from international fund

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) - Secretary Kim Jong Il received a gift from the international fund for agricultural development. The gift was handed to Vice-Premier Kong Jin Thae by Fawzi H. Al-Sultan, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, on a visit to Korea. The President also asked Kong Jin Thae to convey his gift to Secretary Kim Jong Il.

DPRK-Russia Agreement on joint enterprise

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- An agreement on establishment and activity of a joint venture enterprise was signed between the Ministry of the Coal Industry of the DPRK and the Government economic delegation of the Sakha Republic of the Russian Federation here today. Present at the signing ceremony were Vice-Minister of the Coal Industry Pak Pong Sam and Korean officials concerned and the members of the visiting Government economic delegation of the Sakha Republic led by Peter Shishigin, Chairman of the State Committee of Geology and Use of Minreal Resources and a Councillor of the Russian Embassy.

LWR project to be launched soon

Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA -- High-level negotiations between experts of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) took place in New York from June 23 to July 2. The sides discussed detailed matters and procedures concerning the implementation of the agreement on the delivery of light water reactors and relevant protocols. The joint communique issued by the sides says the U.S.-led KEDO will launch the LWR project early in August.