Appeal for celebrating first Sun's Day adopted in Guyana
Pyongyang, November 25 (KCNA) -- The Guyanese National Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea of Comrade Kim Il Sung discussed the work for celebrating the first Sun's Day with specific events in the year of Juche 87 and adopted an appeal to the world people on Nov. 17.
The appeal noted that Sun's Day is a common holiday for the Korean people as well as the world progressive peoples and that to mark the holiday they would hold colorful events and more vigorously conduct the international support and solidarity movement.
As long as General Secretary Kim Jong Il leads the struggle for Korea's reunification, it will be surely achieved, the appeal said, and went on:
"We ardently appeal to the world people to make Juche 87 a year to open a decisive phase for the reunification of Korea by strengthening the international support for the reunification of Korea and staging solidarity movement more extensively."
Preparatory committee to mark birth anniversary of Kim Jong Suk formed in Mongolia
Pyongyang, November 25 (KCNA) -- A preparatory committee to mark the 80th birth anniversary of Kim Jong Suk was inaugurated in Mongolia on Nov. 21 on the occasion of the 80th birth anniversary of Kim Jong Suk, a great communist revolutionary fighter.
The Chairman of the Mongolia-Korea Friendship Association was elected chairman of the committee.
The Chairman said in his speech that comrade Kim Jong Suk was a heroine who devoted her all to the liberation of the country, a revolutionary comrade-in-arms most loyal to the great leader of the Korean people President Kim Il Sung and a great mother of the revolution.
Film show, photo exhibition, celebration meeting and gala evening, lecture meeting, friendly gathering and other colourful events will be held in Ulan Bator and local areas to mark her birth anniversary.
War exercise in Seoul
Pyongyang, November 25 (KCNA) -- The metropolitan defence command of the south Korean puppet army announced that it would stage one more tactical exercise in Seoul from November 24 to 28, a Seoul-based radio said.
The projected war exercise in which many units of the puppet army will participate is a drill including the firing of blank cartridges to cope with toxic gas and terrorism, it said.
R.S. on Kim Young Sam group's suppression of Hanchongryon
Pyongyang, November 25 (KCNA) -- A few days ago, the Kim Young Sam group arrested three student leaders including the newly-elected chairman of the general student council of Seoul National University for investigation by invoking the "National Security Law".
They charge that these students are involved in an "organisation benefiting the enemy" by refusing to withdraw from the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils (Hanchongryon).
This outrage was committed on the instruction of Kim Young Sam, who is hellbent on the frantic crackdown upon Hanchongryon, crying, "The most important thing I must do during my tenure is to root out Hanchongryon", says a news analyst of Rodong Sinmun in a signed commentary today.
The analyst further says:
The plight of Kim Young Sam, who will retire from his office three months later, is very poor. He has already been sentenced to death politically by the people. In addition, he was cold-shouldered by the "presidential" candidate of the ruling party appointed by him. He is now a "lonely ruler" and a living political corpse. Even if he can wind up his term of office, there is no guarantee for his "security" after his retirement. He knows well that the people will never pardon him, for he ruthlessly cracked down upon Hanchongryon and other patriotic democratic forces from the first days of his office.
This is why he seeks to spend his days safely after his retirement by emasculating Hanchongryon and other patriotic democratic forces when he is in power.
However, the Kim Young Sam group's brutal crackdown upon Hanchongryon will only precipitate their ruin rather than set them on their legs.
International support for Korean people's struggle
Pyongyang, November 25 (KCNA) -- Jon Hyon Chan, new Ambassador e. p. of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to Trinidad Tobago and to Barbados, presented his credentials respectively to President of Trinidad Tobago A. N. R. Robinson and Governor-General of Barbados Cliford Husbands on Nov. 10 and 13.
The President of Trinidad Tobago expressed his respect for the Korean people bravely surmounting difficulties and his belief that the Korean people will surely overcome the difficulties.
Trinidad Tobago hopes that Korea will be reunified peacefully and that reasonable proposals for peace and reunification will be realized and the north and the south of Korea become one at an early date, he added.
The Governor-General of Barbados wished the Korean people happiness and prosperity and greater success in their struggle for peaceful reunification of the country.
Basic requirements for peace and security on Korean Peninsula
Pyongyang, November 25 (KCNA) -- To dissolve the "U.N. Command" in south Korea and to withdraw the U.S. forces from there are basic requirements for peace and security on the Korean Peninsula, declares Rodong Sinmun in a signed article today.
It is only too clear that if the tension is to be eased on the Korean Peninsula and peace is to be ensured there, it is imperative to dissolve the "U.N. Command", withdraw the U.S. troops, replace the armistice agreement with a peace agreement and establish a new peace-keeping system, the author of the article says, and continues:
The dissolution of the "U.N. Command" and withdrawal of the U.S. forces from south Korea mean removing the hotbed of war from the Korean Peninsula.
Establishment of a new peace-keeping system will put an end to the state of hostilities between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United States and make a turning-point to ensure a lasting peace.
The 30th U.N. General Assembly Session adopted a resolution of our side and a U.S.-proposed resolution on dissolving the "U.N. Command" if conditions are created.
As the DPRK made a proposal for establishing a new peace mechanism, it can be said that full conditions called for by the United States have been created.
All pretexts used by the united states to justify the existence of the "U.N. Command" and the occupation of south Korea by its troops have gone out of existence.
In the DPRK-U.S. agreed framework, the U.S. promised to make joint efforts for the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula and its peace and security.
What the U.S. must do now is to make a bold decision to disband the "U.N. Command" and withdraw its troops from south Korea rather than to try to trump up any excuse or pretext.
The United States must do things helpful toward the peace and reunification of the Korean Peninsula by putting the resolutions of the 30th U.N. General Assembly Session into practice.
Meeting held for repatriation of unconverted long- term prisoners
Moscow, November 23 (KCNA) -- A meeting of the measure committee of Koreans in Russia for the repatriation of unconverted long-term prisoners of south Korea was held in Moscow on November 21.
Attending the meeting were the chairman and vice-chairmen of the measure committee, chairmen of the United Confederation of Koreans in Moscow and the Association of Koreans in Moscow and compatriots and Kim Jong Sim, daughter of Kim In So, an unconverted long-term prisoner of south Korea, and Kim Ryong Je, son of Kim Yong Thae, another unconverted long-term prisoner.
At the meeting the reporter and speakers said the responsibility for the return of the unconverted long-term prisoners to the northern half of Korea rests with the United States which is responsible for the Korean war. The unconverted long-term prisoners should have already been sent back to the northern half of Korea at the time when POWS were exchanged with the cease-fire in Korea, they noted.
If the fascist regime refuses to send the unconverted long-term prisoners back to the northern half of Korea at an early date, it will be condemned and punished by the world people, they stressed.
Referring to the conversations with Kim In So, Kim Yong Thae and Ham Se Hwan on the phone they had in Moscow on November 20, Kim Jong Sim and Kim Ryong Je said that their fathers are fighting for the repatriation to the northern half of Korea, not yielding to the fascist suppression.
The meeting adopted appeals to the UN commission on human rights, international organisations of human rights and south Korean organisations for democracy and human rights and letters to the UN Secretary-General, the U.S. President and the U.S. Congress.
Discussed at the meeting was the orientation of the work of the measure committee.
Press conference in Moscow
Moscow, November 23 (KCNA) -- Families of unconverted long-term prisoners of south Korea called a press conference in Moscow on November 21.
Present on the occasion were Kim Jong Sim, daughter of Kim In So, an unconverted long-term prisoner in south Korea, and Kim Ryong Je, son of another unconverted long-term prisoner Kim Yong Thae.
Journalists of the Itar-Tass, the novosti, radio voice of Russia and the newspapers Patriot and Gudok were on hand.
Hero lecturers
Pyongyang, November 25 (KCNA) -- Six more war veterans have recently become hero lecturers at the victorious fatherland liberation war museum.
Hero Kim Kun Ok, who sank the U.S. heavy cruiser "Baltimore" which the U.S. described as the "moving island", is among them.
They received the military title of general and cars.
Now tens of hero lecturers tell their combat stories at the museum.
They are from different arms and services and their average age is 70.
Millions of visitors have heard their lectures for over 10 years.
Among them are Ri Hwal, former vice-commander of the Air Force= twice hero of the Republic Kim Ki U, who brought down many enemy planes with small arms= and Kim Song Jin, who blocked a pillbox of the enemy with his chest and escaped death by miracle, though 11 bullets hit him on the chest.
The war veterans became lecturers thanks to General Secretary Kim Jong Il. He formed a group of lecturers with war veterans in November Juche 72 (1983), saying that if the veterans who distinguished themselves in the Fatherland Liberation War give lectures with their combat stories, they will be glad and the lecture will be more impressive.
"Unless comrade Kim Jong Il had put forward war veterans, we would have already died or been sitting idle at home. We feel as if we had grown young thanks to him," said hero Kim Sang Hun on behalf of all the war veterans of Korea.
Foreign visitors envy them, saying that their lectures will be very valuable in the education of the younger generation.
Greetings to Thai Foreign Minister
Pyongyang, November 25 (KCNA) -- Foreign Minister Kim Yong Nam sent a message of greetings to Surin Pitsuwan upon his appointment as Foreign Minister of Thailand.
The message expressed the belief that the good relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would further develop in the future and wished him greater success in his new work.
Gift to G.S. Kim Jong Il from Chinese delegation
Pyongyang, November 25 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il, Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, received a gift from the visiting delegation of political officials of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
The gift was handed to an official concerned by Deputy Director of the General Political Department of the CPLA Tang Tianbiao, who is heading the delegation.