Winter drill of South Korean marine corps against DPRK
Pyongyang, January 21 (KCNA) -- The South Korean authorities had conducted a winter drill of marine corps against the DPRK in South Korean Kangwon Province for a week as of Jan. 19, said a radio report from Seoul.
The provocative drill includes tactical exercises of small units, general tactical exercises and a 400 kilometer-long armed march.
The South Korean warmongers frequently staged landing operation exercises at places similar to the topographical conditions of the DPRK coast last year. The drill is a new extension of the war exercises against the DPRK.
Belarus to offer humanitarian assistance to DPRK
Pyongyang, January 21 (KCNA) -- Several dozen tons of foodstuff will reach the Democratic People's Republic of Korea soon from Belarus.
The Belarussian government decided to send humanitarian materials worth 4 billion Belarussian rubles to the DPRK, which has suffered from natural disasters for years.
The assistance will help the Korean people, who are pushing ahead with the forced march for the final victory, overcoming the temporary hardships.
12,000 people arrested in S. Korea
Pyongyang, January 21 (KCNA) -- The Kim Young Sam kicked up a racket of checkup and search across South Korea on the night of Jan. 16 and indiscriminately rounded up some 12,000 people, according to a radio report from Seoul.
The authorities checked up all passersby and cars under the pretext of sweeping away "civil crimes".
Release of Jo Ung Ju demanded
Pyongyang, January 21 (KCNA) -- The Indian Democratic Youth Federation and the Indian Students Federation on Jan. 8 sent a letter to Kim Young Sam, protesting against the arrest of Jo Ung Ju, who had participated in the 14th World Festival of Youth and Students.
The letter demanded that the South Korean authorities immediately set her free and stop at once the suppression of the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils which is committed on the plea of "public security".
It warned that a protest movement will be conducted before the South Korean embassy in New Delhi in case the demand is not met.
Pohyon Temple in Mt. Myohyang
Pyongyang, January 21 (KCNA) -- Pohyon Temple in Mt. Myohyang was built in the 11th century and subsequently rebuilt many times. The temple was named after the Bodhisattva of Pohyon.
Visitors have to pass Jogye, Haethal and Chonwang gates to reach Taeung hall at the temple.
When you pass through Chonwang gate you will find a nine-storied quadrangular pagoda.
Between Manse Pavilion and Taeung Hall stands an 8.58-metre-high 13-storied octagonal pagoda. At its base each side of the pagoda is 1.2 metres long.
To the right of Taeung Hall stand Kwanum Hall and Ryongsan Hall. There you will see the images of Sakyamuni, Bodhisattva, Buddha's disciples and others. To the right of Ryongsan Hall stands Suchung Temple where memorial services were held for the great Buddhist Priest Sosan, the commander of a righteous volunteers' army unit at the time of the Imjin Patriotic War (1592-1598), and Samyongdang, Choyong and others. The great Buddhist priest Sosan, at the age of 70, led monk volunteers and played a major part in routing the invaders at a battle near the walled city of Pyongyang.
In front of Suchung Temple are a history museum and a bell house.
Three charters of national reunification
Pyongyang, January 21 (KCNA) -- The fixed principles and way of national reunification consistently maintained by the Korean people are the three charters -- three principles of national reunification, the proposal for founding the Democratic Confederal Republic of Koryo and the "10-Point Programme of the Great Unity of the Whole Nation for the Reunification of the Country".
President Kim Il Sung put forward the three charters.
He met with the south side delegates to the high-level political talks between the north and south of Korea on May 3, Juche 61 (1972) and clarified the three principles of national reunification the keynote of which is independence, peaceful reunification and great national unity.
The principles mean to reunify the country independently free from outside interference without recourse to the force of arms by promoting great national unity transcending the differences in ideology, ideal and social system.
The principles were declared at home and abroad through the historical July 4 North-South Joint Statement as the reunification programme common to the nation.
The proposal for founding the DCRK was advanced by the President in his report at 6 Congress of the Worker's Party of Korea which was held on October, Juche 69 (1980).
"10-Point Programme of the Great Unity of the Whole Nation for the Reunification of the Country was advanced by the President on April, Juche 82 (1993).