S. Korea: more than 5,000 employees on strikes
Pyongyang, March 29 (KCNA) -- More than 5,000 employees belonging to the federation of medical insurance unions of South Korea started strikes for limited hours on Mar. 25 at 188 branches in Seoul and other areas of South Korea, according to a radio report from Seoul.
They protested the unjustifiable decision of ministry of health and welfare to transfer 2,000 employees to other places and lay off about 300 without a proper reason, and demanded its immediate withdrawal.
Meanwhile, more than 1,500 unionists in Seoul and area of Kyonggi Province held rallies denouncing the decision.
International solidarity for Korean people's cause of national reunification
Pyongyang, March 29 (KCNA) -- The General Secretary of the People's Rally for Socialism of Democratic Congo issued a statement on March 19 supporting the proposal put forward by political parties and organisations of the DPRK at a joint meeting.
He said in a statement that the adoption at the joint meeting of a letter containing a constructive proposal and ways to accelerate the reunification of the Korean peninsula is an important step for an early reunification of Korea.
His party, he said, holds that Korea should be reunified unconditionally at an early date in accordance with the three charters of Korean reunification put forward by President Kim Il Sung and formulated by General Kim Jong Il.
The Norwegian Communist Party in a statement issued on March 16 said that the South Korean authorities must express their willingness to reject the domination by outsiders and dependence on them and hew out the destiny of the nation independently and must make a bold decision to replace the wrong anti-north confrontation policy with a pro-north reconciliation policy.
The statement stressed that the South Korean authorities must create an atmosphere for dialogue and negotiations with the DPRK.
Japanese LDP delegation here
Pyongyang, March 29 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) headed by Masaaki Nakayama, member of the House of Representatives, arrived here on Saturday.
The delegation was welcomed at the airport by Song Ho Gyong, Chairman of the DPRK-Japan Friendship Association and vice Director of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee, and officials concerned.
1st National Taekwon-do championship
Pyongyang, March 29 (KCNA) -- The first national Taekwon-do championship for Jongilbong Prize was held in Pyongyang from March 25 to 28.
Participating in the championship were 250 boys and girls selected from Taekwon-do extramural schools in Pyongyang and provinces.
A travelling trophy cup and prize were awarded to Nampho municipality, which won the men's and women's team events and medals and prizes to players who gave good accounts of themselves in team and individual competitions.
A technical prize was given to Ryang Song Il from the South Phyongan Provincial Taekwon-do Extramural School. He placed first in men's pattern and special technique individual.
Rodong Sinmun on essence of "open world society"
Pyongyang, March 29 (KCNA) -- "open world society" on the lips of the United States and other western nations is a de facto variant of "cosmopolitanism" which failed after its emergence in the world, says Rodong Sinmun in a signed article today.
It is aimed at domination and subjugation, the author of the article says, and continues:
This is well illustrated by their call for a "global structure," a nucleus of "open world society."
By "open world society," they mean that the power of each state organ must be decreased, a "global structure" be set up and all codes of action be newly defined under its supervision.
This proves that both "cosmopolitanism" and the theory on "open world society" are aimed at stifling the Juche character of each country and nation and realising "integration" of the world.
The theory on "open world society" by far surpasses "cosmopolitanism" in its viciousness.
Followers of this theory cry that all the countries of the world should take the road of "open society" in order to develop their economy and enjoy welfare.
This reflects the requirements and interests of the imperialists to save their capitalist system from ruin and gratify their precarious ambition.
They also say that "open society" can digest not only the western-style outlook on value but also the Asian or European styles.
Underlying their allegation is their vicious artifice to stifle the Juche character and the national character of other countries and nations and bring them under their domination at any cost as their moves for "integrating" the world are being denounced or rejected in all parts of the world.
The imperialists' clamourings about "open world society" and "trend of integration of the world" are nothing but a fantastic signboard to subordinate and assimilate all countries and nations to their patterns by turning the whole world into a western-style "free world."
Guinean government delegation here
Pyongyang, March 29 (KCNA) -- A Guinean government delegation led by Foreign Minister Lamine Camara arrived here on Saturday.
The delegation was welcomed at the airport by Pak Kil Yon, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, and officials concerned.
Expeditionary group arrives in Mangyongdae
Ppyongyang, March 29 (KCNA) -- An expeditionary group of schoolchildren from throughout the country arrived in Mangyongdae, the time-honored place of the revolution, on March 28.
The group started the expedition to mark the 75th anniversary of the 400-kilometre journey for learning made by Generalissimo Kim Il Sung to have a better knowledge of Korea. Mangyongdae is his birthplace.
After leaving Phophyong, Kim Hyong Jik county, Ryanggang Province, on March 16, the group walked 320 kilometres through Jagang Province and North Phyongan Province to Kaechon, South Phyongan Province, warmly welcomed and seen off by a large number of schoolchildren and working people.
Then, they came to Pyongyang by train.
It was warmly welcomed by hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren and working people in the city along long routes from Pyongyang Railway Station to Mangyongdae through Pulgun Street and Kwangbok Street.
Vice-President Pak Song Chol, other senior party and state officials and anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters greeted the members of the group and marched with them.
In Mangyongdae, they held a meeting to adopt a letter of loyalty to General Kim Jong Il at the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School.
In the letter, the marchers said that, covering the 400-kilometre-long course, they have come to know better the noble intention of Generalissimo, hardened their determination to carry on the revolution through generations under the leadership of General Kim Jong Il, prepared themselves physically and cultivated the spirit of collectivism.
Witnessing the pulsating realities of the country everywhere they went during the journey, the letter added, they made up their mind to study harder and devote themselves to making their country and motherland more prosperous.