President Kim Il Sung's work published in Dominica
Pyongyang, July 12 (KCNA) -- President Kim Il Sung's famous work "10-Point Programme of the Great Unity of the Whole Nation for the Reunification of the Country" was brought out by the Workers' Party of Dominica Publishing House on July 4 on the occasion of the third anniversary of his death.
Third death anniversary of President Kim Il Sung marked abroad
Pyongyang, July 12 (KCNA) -- Memorial meetings were held in Cuba, Russia, Tanzania, Bulgaria, Peru, Uganda and Madagascar on the occasion of the third anniversary of the death of President Kim Il Sung.
Referring to President Kim Il Sung's immortal revolutionary history, speakers at the meetings said that his life is the holy life of the greatest man ever in history.
The speakers said:
The President devoted his all to the work for the freedom and happiness of the people and an independent, peaceful, friendly, new world for over 80 years.
President Kim Il Sung was not only the great leader of the Korean people but also an elder statesman of the world and the sun of all people, who opened the age of independence for the first time in history and performed brilliant exploits in the annals of the 20th century.
His great exploit is that he left Secretary Kim Jong Il to carry forward his cause, they said.
Letters to Secretary Kim Jong Il were adopted at the meetings held in Tanzania and Peru.
Juche calendar and the Day of Sun were instituted
Pyongyang, July 12 (KCNA) -- Juche Calendar and the Day of Sun were instituted in Korea on the occasion of the third death anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.
This reflects the unanimous desire and aspirations of the Korean people to exalt the revolutionary life and great achievements of the President for all ages.
The President is the father of socialist Korea, a great revolutionary, an outstanding statesman and an ever-victorious, iron-willed brilliant commander, who performed imperishable feats with his brilliant wisdom, distinguished leadership ability and noble virtues.
He accomplished the cause of national liberation by leading the anti-Japanese revolutionary war to victory under the uplifted banner of the Juche idea. After the liberation of the country he built the powerful revolutionary Party, power and army of Juche type.
He defended the freedom and independence of the country by repulsing the armed invasion of the U.S. imperialists.
He led the socialist revolution and construction to a victory to convert Korea, once backward, into a prosperous, powerful socialist state, independent in politics, self-supporting in the economy and self-reliant in national defence.
The institution of the Juche calendar with 1912, when he was born, as the first year and his birthday April 15, the greatest holiday of the nation, as the Day of Sun is great
event of worldwide significance.
The historic institution makes it possible to ensure the purity of the great blood of Kim Il Sung's Korea, the Kim Il Sung's nation, for all ages and exalt the history of the country and the nation as a great history of the President, the eternal sun.
Upon hearing the news of the institution, broad segments of people throughout the country met to welcome it.
Indian figure prays for President Kim Il Sung's eternal life
Pyongyang, July 12 (KCNA) -- C. Babyjohn, General Secretary of the Revolutionary Socialist Party of India, was interviewed by the KCNA correspondent in India on July 2 on the third death anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.
He said:
"The whole life of President Kim Il Sung was a brilliant life devoted to the struggle for the liberation of Korea from the colonial rule of the Japanese imperialists, for peace and security, for socialist revolution and construction, for reunification of Korea and for the victory of the world socialist and communist cause.
"He is immortal in the hearts of the world progressive people for his contributions to the struggle of mankind for justice, peace and socialism."
"We hope Korea will achieve greater success in all domains of the revolution and construction under the energetic leadership of the supreme leader comrade Kim Jong Il."
"We pay eternal homage to comrade Kim Il Sung."
Chosun Ilbo should be burned up
Pyongyang, July 12 (KCNA) -- The south Korean people from all walks of life are angry at Chosun Ilbo for intensifying denunciation of the north, the Seoul-based radio Voice of National Salvation reported.
A fourth-year student Jong Song Man of Dongguk University said that Kim Young Sam and the "Agency for National Security Planning" (ANSP) are to blame for the criminal smear campaign of the newspaper.
He said:
"Chosun Ilbo cannot be safe as it slandered the dignified political system of the north."
"Chosun Ilbo should be punished by heaven."
"Kim Young Sam, however, is conducting a campaign against the north through a protest note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a statement of the venal press. This shows that Kim Young Sam is gone crazy."
"All the people should punish Kim Young Sam and the bellicose 'ANSP' and burn up their servant Chosun Ilbo."
A teacher of a senior middle school Ri Chol Sam in Kwangju said that the north's system is the best socialist system centered on the people in the world.
He noted:
"It is absolutely right that the north denounced Chosun Ilbo for slandering its system and inciting confrontation between the south and the north."
"why will north koreans remain a passive onlooker to the slander Chosun Ilbo is making far from helping them overcome temporary difficulties caused by natural disaster."
"Unless Kim Young Sam is removed, national unity and reunification can not be achieved."
"Kim Young Sam should be punished in the name of history and the nation."
Floral baskets laid before President Kim Il Sung's portraits
Pyongyang, July 12 (KCNA) -- Personages in different countries visited Korean embassies to commemorate the third anniversary of the passing away of President Kim Il Sung.
Among them were First Secretary of the Central Committee Alexander Paunov and members of the leadership of the Bulgarian Communist Party= the General Secretary and other officials of the National Democratic Party of Ghana= Garib Newaz, President of the Bangladesh People's League and Chairman of the Bangladesh Self-Reliance Research Centre= and A.S.M. Abdur Rov, General Secretary of the C.C., Socialist Party who is Minister of Shipping of Bangladesh, and members of the Party leadership.
They laid floral baskets before the portraits of President Kim Il Sung and paid homage to him.
A.S.M. Abdur Rov said President Kim Il Sung founded the Juche idea to indicate the bright road ahead of the world's progressive people and made great contributions to realizing the independent and peaceful reunification of Korea.
Alexander Paunov said, "Comrade Kim Il Sung will always be with the world's progressive people for the enormous feats and merit he performed for humankind."
Meanwhile, a function of laying a basket of flowers before his portrait was sponsored by the Tri-Continental People's Solidarity Organization.
And a ceremony of laying floral baskets before his statue was held at the ten-year school in Altanbulag county, Tov Province of Mongolia, on July 5.
Party on 36th anniversary of Korea-China treaty
Pyongyang, July 12 (KCNA) -- Wan Yongxiang, Chinese Ambassador to Korea, gave a party on Friday to mark the 36th anniversary of the Korea-China Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Sssistance.
The Ambassador in his speech said that the two parties and governments have remained indefinitely true to the spirit of the treaty under the complicated international situation and continuously boosted bilateral friendship, consolidated achievements of socialist construction in both countries and made positive contributions to defending peace and stability in the Asian-pacific region.
He expressed belief that the diligent and brave Korean people would make their country ever more prosperous under the leadership of Secretary Kim Jong Il and the traditional friendly and cooperative ties of the two countries would be furthered and Sino-Korean friendship would be in fuller bloom in conformity with the spirit of the treaty.
Vice-Premier of the DPRK Jang Chol said in his speech that the conclusion of the treaty mirrors the unanimous demands and aspirations of the two peoples to develop the traditional ties of friendship and cooperation sealed in blood.
He wished the Chinese people new success in their efforts to build a powerful socialist state and achieve the reunification by the "one country, two systems" formula, the vitality of which was proved through the return of Hong Kong.
The Korean people will exert themselves to boost generation after generation Korea-China friendship in the future created by President Kim Il Sung together with the Chinese leaders of the old generation, he added.
Japanese authorities' anti-DPRK move denounced
Pyongyang, July 12 (KCNA) -- The Swiss Committee for Supporting Korea's Reunification sent a letter of protest to the Japanese Embassy in Switzerland on June 28 denouncing the Japanese authorities for their anti-DPRK move.
The letter criticised the Japanese Government and press for inventing a "Japanese girl kidnapping incident".
The letter said:
The "incident" is a fabrication against the DPRK and an attempt of the Japanese Government to cover up its past crimes and to evade apology and compensation to the Korean people.
We urged the Japanese Government to stop the anti-DPRK move and resume negotiations for normalisation of diplomatic relations between the DPRK and Japan.
The Japanese Government had better hold talks with the DPRK for peace and relaxation of tension on the Korean Peninsula.
Preserving Juche character, national character is essential for international unity, solidarity
Pyongyang, July 12 (KCNA) -- Only when each country and nation preserves the Juche character and national character, can international unity and solidarity become genuine and solid and fully discharge their historic mission, says Rodong Sinmun today.
The daily says in an article:
International unity and solidarity can be solid and genuine only when all the countries and nations have equal and independent relations with each other, shaping their destiny independently and creatively, preserving and developing their intrinsic and fine national character and applying it in all spheres of the social life.
True internationalist relationship is unity and cooperation based on independence.
The sovereign countries and nations which fail to maintain independence in the revolution and construction can not exercise independent and equal rights in international relations.
When big-power chauvinism and flunkeyism are allowed in international relations, inequality and discord occur among countries and nations and unity and cooperation become impossible.
If the progressive people of the world fail to preserve the Juche character and national character, they would be deceived by the hypocritical moves of the imperialists, disunited and subjected to subjugation and plunder, with solid unity and equal cooperation impossible.
The progressives who value independence must clearly see the imperialists' true colors as dominationists and make efforts to strengthen international unity and solidarity, adhering to the Juche character and national character in the revolution and construction.
NDFSK's communique on events marking death anniversary of President Kim Il Sung
Pyongyang, July 12 (KCNA) -- The Central Committee of the National Democratic Front of South Korea (NDFSK) published a communique on July 11 as regards the solemn events held by central and local organizations of the NDFSK and other patriotic movement organizations to mark the third death anniversary of President Kim Il Sung, the Seoul-based radio Voice of National Salvation said.
According to the communique, memorial services took place on mountains and at secret places of sacred patriotic war in Seoul and local areas on July 7 and 8. The participants laid flowers before the portraits of the President and made deep bows to him for his eternal immortality.
Memorial addresses were made at the services.
The memorial address at the service held by the NDFSK Central Committee highly praised the President as a rare great saint in human history and an eternal father of the nation who devoted his whole life to the nation's happiness and the prosperity of posterity.
The participants in the service made a vow of loyalty to uphold President Kim Il Sung as the eternal sun of Juche and the father of the nation for all ages and ardently worship and follow to the end only Secretay Kim Jong Il who is identical to the President.
Memorial letters praying for the immortality of the President and reflecting people's resolution were adopted at the local memorial services and sent to the NDFSK Central Committee.
During the memorial period, organisations at all levels under the NDFSK and patriotic fighting organisations gave lectures on the greatness and feats of the President and held seminars on his Juche idea and history of revolutionary activities, reminiscences "With the Century", film shows, photo exhibitions and other events in various forms to suit their specific conditions.
The Seoul City Committee for Honoring the Memory of President Kim Il Sung and other memorial committees, the April 15 Fellowship Society, the Paektu Society, the Sun Society, the Immortality Society and other patriotic movement organisations sent memorial printings and memorial postcards and held "Memorial Evenings".
The editorial board of the radio Voice of National Salvation set up a special program "Eternal Sun of the Nation" from June 8 to July 7, broadcast articles on the revolutionary feats and noble virtues of the President for one hour every day and 16 hours on July 8.
Organisations under the NDFSK and patriotic movement organisations meet from july 9 to listen to the recorded national meeting marking the third death anniversary of the President which was held in Pyongyang.
Rodong Sinmun on President Kim Il Sung's feats in building Gov't
Pyongyang, July 12 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today observes the 40th anniversary of the publication of the celebrated work of President Kim Il Sung "On Improving and Atrengthening the Work of County People's Committee in Accordance with New Circumstances" (July 12, 1957).
It carries an article on the President's feats in building the Government.
The author of the article says:
The Korean people have led a dignified and happy life as masters of the state and society under the care of the people's Government, so they keenly feel what great feats the President performed by building a genuine people's Government.
The President built a Juche-type Government that meets the desire of the people and suits the actual situation of the country.
He long ago set forth the line of building a unique people's Government on the basis of the Juche idea and spared no pains to establish a new-type power to meet the demands of our people.
He also led the people's Government to successfully perform its duty as householder responsible for the people's life.
This great exploit could be performed only by the President, who put his noble motto "The people are my god" into practice.
He also led the people's Government to make its activities with revolutionary and popular methods.
The President guided the Government officials to be faithful servants of the people in socialist society, saying they should not become bureaucrats.
As a result, the people's government has been constantly strengthened and our socialism centering on the popular masses defended.
Pomminryon overseas delegates urge release of reunification champions in s. Korea
Pyongyang, July 12 (KCNA) -- Delegates of overseas regional headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification (Pomminryon) made public a joint statement in Pyongyang on July 10 denouncing the south Korean authorities for brutally cracking down upon pro-reunification, patriotic forces.
Some time ago, the south Korean authorities arrested acting chairman of the Pomminryon South Headquarters Ri Jong Rin, its vice-chairmen, the director of its Secretariat and the Chairman of the South Korean Federation of University
Student councils (hanchongryon), that is, the south headquarters of the National Alliance of Youth and Students For the Country's Reunification (Pomchonghakryon), on charges of "donation to the north" and inauguration of the fifth-term "Hanchongryon".
This brutal crackdown upon the pro-reunification, patriotic forces is aimed at destroying the reunification movement and foiling the planned August 15 reunification functions of all the pro-reunification movement organisations in south Korea, which are trying in all sincerity to hold them, the statement said, and continued:
We cannot but take a serious view of the fact that the south Korean authorities are using compatriotic assistance to the north for their ulterior purpose.
The more frantically the south Korean authorities are engaged in the crackdown, the more closely the south headquarters of Pomminryon, "Hanchongryon", "National Alliance for Democracy and Reunification" and other pro-reunification patriotic forces will unite as unbreakable organisations firmly determined to work for reunification and the more powerfully they will struggle for the sacred cause of national reunification.
We overseas Koreans will as ever dynamically fight for the great national unity hand in hand with south Koreans. In particular, we will make every possible effort to take the upcoming August 15 as a historic occasion in making a turning-point for national independence, peace and national unity.
The south Korean authorities must look straight at the trend of history and the nation, stop the reckless acts against reunification at once and release all the detained pro-reunification, patriotic-minded figures without delay.
S. Korea stages military drill
Pyongyang, July 12 (KCNA) -- the south Korean puppets carried out a combined firing drill with U.S. troops in the central sector of the front for three days from July 9, according to a radio broadcast from Seoul. The drill involved the puppet army's "Sungjin" artillery unit, the south Korea-based U.S. second division and the 75th artillery brigade from the U.S. mainland.
The drill was aimed at rapidly deploying U.S. artillery reinforcements to cope with the north's "possible shellfire at the interior of the southh in an emergency, examining and adjusting the hintensive firing planh and arranging an hintensive firing system backed by ground-air joint operationh.
The fact shows that the Kim Young Sam regime in its waning days and the U.S. imperialists are stepping up war preparations against the north at a very dangerous stage.
Wonders of nature
Pyongyang, July 12 (KCNA) -- Korea has seen many wonders everywhere on the threshold of the third death anniversary of President Kim Il Sung. They were rapidly spread as memorial legends about a great man produced by the heaven.
A dark cloud was heavily hanging in the sky above Mt. Paektu in dusk about eight hours p.m. On July 3. all of a sudden, a flash lightning zigzaged, closely followed by claps of thunder as if it were breaking the mountain. Then a torrential rain fell heavily on the surface of the water on Lake Chon, the first of its kind since the observation of Mt. Paektu. Black and red waterfalls came down from each cliff of the craters and tinged the water surface. A big column of water rose 20 odd metres high in the center of the Lake, sending up clouds of spray. Such a phenomenon repeated several times while it was raining as much as 200 milimetres till about 20:00 on July 4.
According to the members of the Mt. Paektu general exploration team, it is reminiscent of the time when muddy waterfalls came down and columns of water rose following the death of the President on July 8, three years ago.
Double rainbows appeared one after another in the sky above Mt. Paektu. They also rose around the statue of the President on Mt. Tonghung in Hamhung.
Three white herons flew in the sky above the Statue of the President among children which was placed in front of the Kaesong schoolchildren's palace. They circulated the Statue, chirping sad and disappeared. Then, it was drizzling before pouring for ten minutes. It is mysterious that the heavy rain fell only around the Statue.
The witnesses say that even the sky, land and birds honored the memory of the great man produced by the heaven.
Patriotism implanted in hearts of servicemen
Pyongyang, July 12 (KCNA) -- This is a revolutionary anecdote that Secretary Kim Jong Il, Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, imbued servicemen with the noble spirit of loving the country and the nation.
On March 18, General Kim Jong Il visited KPA unit no. 834 entitled Kum Song lifeguard.
Seeing beautiful cryptomerias planted ten odd years ago, the General said those trees show how ardent servicemen's patriotism is.
He went on to say that in the past Fatherland Liberation War brave KPA soldiers shed their blood even for a tree and a blade of grass of the country and that their ardent patriotism is being carried forward constantly.
Any soldier with such patriotism does not hesitate to die for the country, he said, stressing: in anyplace and at anytime our servicemen should take into consideration the future of the fatherland, as the anti-Japanese guerrillas did, and value and take good care of even a tree and a blade of grass on this land.
Later, on May 1, he was very glad to hear that the soldiers of the unit planted many trees in the spring this year and were taking good care of them.
He has implanted the noble patriotism in the hearts of servicemen from the first days of his guidance over the army. As a result, all the KPA soldiers have grown to be the most ardent patriots and true defenders of the peopl
Pride of Korean nation
Pyongyang, July 12 (KCNA) -- Upon receiving the resolution of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the Central Military Commission of the WPK and the National Defence Commission, the Central People's Committee and the Administration Council of the DPRK on instituting the Juche calendar and Sun's Day, the Korean people from all walks of life and the officers and men of the Korean People's Army (KPA) evinced their determination to exalt the honor of Kim Il Sung's nation generation after generation.
Anti-Japanese revolutionary fighter Ri Jong San said that it is a unanimous aspiration and desire of all the anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters and the Korean people to hold President Kim Il Sung in high esteem as the eternal leader and the sun of Juche and exalt his revolutionary life and undying exploits for all ages.
KPA Vice Marshal Pak Ki So had this to say:
hThe institution of the Juche calendar and sun's day was a historic event which declared to the world that the history of Juche Korea will brilliantly shine forever as the revolutionary history of President Kim Il Sung without any change in any storm.h
He declared that the people's army soldiers will resolutely defend with arms the Juche revolutionary cause which is creditably being carried forward as the revolutionary history of President Kim Il Sung.
Jong Mun San, Director of the Secretariat of the Administration Council, vowed that he would adorn Juche annals with achievements in socialist construction by giving full play to the potentials of the independent national economy through well-organised economic management and direction.
Academician, Prof. and Dr. Pak Si Hyong said:
hWith the adoption of the historic resolution, the great lineage of Kim Il Sung's Korea, Kim Il Sung's nation, can be creditably inherited through generations and the history of our country and nation be recorded as the great history of President Kim Il Sung, which will shine forever with the august name of the sun.
hAs a historian, I will devote all my talents and energies to the work to glorify the history and undying exploits of President Kim Il Sung, the sun.h
Rim Jong Dok, first secretary of the Ryanggang provincial committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League, stressed that he would fully perform his mission and play his role in the struggle to exalt a new great era which will be unfolded under the guidance of the respected General Kim Jong Il and in which a decisive victory will be won in implementing the revolutionary cause of Juche.
Institution of Juche calendar and the Day of Sun welcomed
Pyongyang, July 12 (KCNA) -- People of all walks of life and youths and students in Pyongyang, more than 100,000 in all, met at Kim Il Sung Square this morning to welcome a resolution on the institution of the Juche calendar and Sun's Day and vow to exalt the revolutionary life and imperishable exploits of President Kim Il Sung.
On July 8, the third death anniversary of the President, Military Commission and the DPRK National Defence Commission, Central People's Committee and Administration the Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee and Central Council adopted a resolution hOn exalting the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung's revolutionary life and immortal exploits for all ages.h
Attending the meeting together with the working people in the city were Vice-President Ri Jong Ok, Vice-Premier Kim Yong Nam and Secretary Han Song Ryong, who are also politburo members of the WPK Central Committee, and other senior party and state officials.
Secretary Kim Ki Nam of the WPK Central Committee read the resolution at the meeting.
Director Kim Kon Il of the Pyongyang Thermal Power Complex, directress Ri Sun Nyo of the Mangyongdae District State Farm and first secretary Jang Yong Chol of the Pyongyang Municipal Committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League spoke at the meeting.
The speakers said the recent resolution on the institution of the Juche calendar with 1912, when the President, the Sun of Juche, was born, as the first year and the definition of his birthday April 15, the greatest holiday of the nation, as Sun's Day reflects the desire of humankind to exalt his revolutionary life and undying feats for all ages.
With his birth as the sun of Juche, they noted, the era of independence, the era of Juche, began and a bright future was promised for the country.
The country, a product of his life-long efforts, has grown so strong that it can defend socialism from all provocative moves of the imperialists, they said.
They vowed to cherish absolute loyalty to the President as the eternal spirit of Kim Il Sung's nation and carry his cause to completion under the guidance of the respected General Kim Jong Il.
They also expressed the determination to rally closer around the General and build invincible revolutionary forces, true to the President's behests.