G.S. Kim Jong Il inspects command of KPA combined unit no. 26

Pyongyang, December 3 (KCNA) - Kim Jong Il, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, inspected the command of KPA combined unit no. 264 on November 29. He was accompanied by Jo Myong Rok, Director of the General Political Department of the KPA= Kim Yong Chun, Chief of the General Staff of the KPA= and staff members of the KPA Spreme Command. He looked round the buildings associated with the imperishable leadership exploits of President Kim Il Sung. Looking, with deep emotions, at the historic buildings President Kim Il Sung had dropped in at, General Kim Jong Il said thanks to the energetic guidance and meticulous care of President Kim Il Sung a small unit could be developed into a combined unit with powerful units as it is today. Then he dropped in at the operation command room to learn about how the unit was carrying out its operational tasks before going up to the forward command post through a ridgeway. Looking at the vast tracts of defence theatre of the combined unit, he acquainted himself with the terrains and the deployment of the forces. He was informed of the situation by the commander of the combined unit. He expressed great satisfaction with the possession of the high capacity of operation and matchless combat power on the part of the commanding officers and soldiers of the combined unit and with the conversion of the defence theatre into an impregnable fortress to cope with a modern war. He put forward tasks which will be guidelines for increasing the combat power of the unit in every way and turning the defence theatre into an impregnable fortress still further so that the unit may cope with the new war provocation moves intensified by the enemies with each passing day. He then went to a company under the combined unit. He looked round the bedroom, dining room, education room and supply and educational facilities and took care of the life of the soldiers as their own parents would. He felt the floor of the barracks to learn about the temperature, watched the television to learn about the quality of the TV screen and acquainted himself with the details of the life of the soldiers. He said with great satisfaction that the company officers and soldiers secured excellent living conditions through the brilliant application of the spirit of the unity between officers and men and of love for soldiers. He said to firmly imbue the army with the spirit of the unity between officers and men and of love for soldiers created in the flames of the anti-Japanese war is a source of its potentials. All the officers and men of the people's army should give fuller play to the revolutionary spirit of the unity between officers and men, he stressed. He said our socialist homeland is an impregnable fortress because the people's army soldiers with the strongest mental power safeguard all the posts in the sky, on the ground and seas. He gave the company servicemen a pair of binoculars, a machinegun and an automatic rifle as gifts and posed for a photograph with them. That day, he summoned an officer Son Mun Gyu, father of a young soldier Son Kyong Sil, whom he had met with at the women's coast artillery company in the forefront area a few days before and Om Pok Sun, her mother who had presented a bunch of flowers to President Kim Il Sung when he visited the women's coast artillery company 25 years ago. He told them that their daughter has grown up to be a reliable coast artillery woman and firmly defended the outpost in place of her mother. He had a cordial converation with them, learning about the military service and the domestic economy. He said it is the expression of high sense of patriotism that they brought up their children and sent them all to the posts for the defence of the country so that they might carry forward the revolution reliably. He showed high appreciation for their deeds and posed for a souvenir photograph with them. He had a photograph taken with the servicemen of the combined unit. After inspecting the unit, he enjoyed a performance given by the art propaganda squad of the combined unit.

Party for IIJI S.G.

Pyongyang, D0cember 3 (KCNA) -- The Korean Association of Social Scientists gave a party for the visiting Secretary General of the International Institute of Juche Idea, Kenichi Ogami, and his entourage at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on dec. 2. Present at the party were Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly Yang Hyong Sop who is concurrently Chairman of the Association, first vice-chairman of the Association Kim Chol Sik and other officials concerned. Speeches were made at the party. Yang Hyong Sop met and had a friendly talk with the guests that day.

Party on 41st anniversary of Cuban revolutionary armed forces

Pyongyang, December 3 (KCNA) -- Alfonso Rodriguez Perez, military attache of the Cuban Embassy here, gave a party at the Taedonggang House of diplomatic corps on December 2 on the occasion of the 41st anniversary of the revolutionary armed forces of Cuba. Invited to the party were Vice-Minister Jong Chang Ryol of the People's Armed Forces, generals and officers of the Korean People's Army, diplomatic envoys and military attaches of foreign embassies here. Cuban Ambassador to Korea Jose Ramon Rodriguez Yarona and Embassy officials were present. Speeches were made at the party.

Suppression of South Korean educationists

Pyongyang, December 3 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun in a signed commentary today denounces the Kim Young Sam group for cracking down on university professors in Kwangju and Seoul who wrote and published textbooks that give knowledge of the North and South of Korea. The daily brands this criminal act as the wanton despotism of the dictators turning their back on democracy. It goes on: It is the elementary principle of educational work to teach justice and truth to distinguish between right and wrong. If this principle is not kept, the rising generation cannot be brought up to be the pillars of the future and they will not distinguish between justice and injustice. This is good both in view of the mission of educationist and in view of national reconciliation and unity. As seen in the puppets' brutal suppression of educationists, the Kim Young Sam group are making desperate efforts to take the initiative in the forthcoming puppet Presidential election. But it is a foolish act.

S. Korean regime berated for suppression of students

Pyongyang, December 3 (KCNA) -- The secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland released information bulletin no. 754 on Tuesday urging the south Korean puppets to promptly stop the harsh suppression of students' righteous activities. Recently, the puppets arrested three leading members of the Student Council of Seoul National University including its newly-elected chairman, Jong Pyong Do, because they had refused to secede from the south Korean federation of University Student Councils (Hanchongryon). And, with the mobilization of riot police, they cracked down on a rally and demonstration of the university's students demanding their release. The suppression is part of the puppets' efforts for arresting all of those who still remain in Hanchongryon and totally stamping out the students' activities for independence, democracy and reunification, said the bulletin. It reveals Kim Young Sam's sinister intention to pull his regime from the worst ever crisis and ensure his safety in the future, it noted. The bulletin urged the South Korean puppets to immediately release all the students arrested on unreasonable charges, the three leading members of the Student Council of Seoul National University included, and stop the fascist suppression of patriotic-minded students.

Floral basket to G.S. Kim Jong Il from IIJI

Pyongyang, December 3 (KCNA) -- The International Institute of the Juche Idea (IIJI) sent a floral basket to Kim Jong Il on his election as General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea. The basket was handed to Yang Hyong Sop, Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly and Chairman of the Korean Association of Social Scientists, on Dec. 2 by Kenichi Ogami, Secretary General of the IIJI, on a visit to Korea.

Korean book, photo and handiwork exhibition held in Brazil

Pyongyang, December 3 (KCNA) -- A Korean book, photo and handiwork exhibition was held in Iguarata city, Sao Paulo state, Brazil. On display were DPRK photos, handiworks and books including famous works of President Kim Il Sung and General Kim Jong Il. The mayor of Iguarata city said in his congratulatory speech at an opening ceremony that he sincerely extended thanks to General Kim Jong Il and the DPRK government for arranging the exhibition in his city. He said he understood through the exhibition that the Korean people built a powerful socialist state as it is today and created fascinating and refined arts under the leadership of General Kim Jong Il. General Kim Jong Il is the outstanding and tested leader of the state and tender-hearted father of the people, he stressed.

Implementation of UN resolution on Korea urged

Pyongyang, December 3 (KCNA) -- The Co-Chairman of the All-India Peace and Solidarity Organization on Nov. 24 issued a press statement demanding the implementation of the resolution on Korea which was adopted at the 30th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. He stressed that if the united states really wants peace and security on the Korean Peninsula and respects the sovereignty of other countries, it should take an immediate measure to withdraw its troops from south Korea. The All-India Peace and Solidarity Organization extends full support and firm solidarity to the Korean people in their just struggle for national reunification, he added.

Debt-ridden S. Korea

Pyongyang, December 3 (KCNA) -- South Korea is now undergoing a serious financial and economic crisis, due to Kim Young Sam's anti-social economic policy. According to data available, its foreign debt was 110.3 billion dollars in march this year or an increase of 2.6 times the figure of 1992, which was 42.8 billion dollars. The debt is expected to reach 144.4 billion dollars at the end of this year. South Korea has to pay 12-13 billion dollars, the largest ever in history, for principal and interest this year. It should also pay 30 billion dollars for some loans whose terms expire at the end of this year.

R.S. on U.S. strong-arm policy

Pyongyang, December 3 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today carries a signed article blasting the anti-DPRK strong-arm attitude of the U.S. hawks running counter to the flow of dialogues between the DPRK and the United States. Any military threat and pressure will only produce bad results, the author of the article says, and continues: What the U.S. hawks seek in employing military threats and pressure is to obstruct the socialist construction of the Korean people and drive the hostile relations between the DPRK and the united states to the brink of military conflicts and war. This compels us to exert utmost efforts to further increase our self-defensive capabilities. If they think that the DPRK will make any concession or submission under the U.S. military threats and pressure, it is a foolish miscalculation. If the United States persists in military threats and pressure against the DPRK, it will mar the atmosphere of dialogue and hinder the implementation of the DPRK-U.S. agreed framework. It is high time the DPRK and the United States promoted mutual trust and created circumstances favourable to dialogue and the implementation of the DPRK-U.S. agreed framework. The U.S. military threats and pressure against the DPRK are acts betraying the interests and aspirations of the two peoples to remove the hostile relations between the two countries and establish friendly relations, endangering the stability of Asia and obstructing the sound development of international relations. Before it is too late, the United States must rectify its harmful policy of military threats and pressure against the DPRK. Only then, will the public attitude toward the United States change and an affirmative change take place in relations between the DPRK and the United States. Everything depends on how the United States acts.