New school year begins in Korea
Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA) -- A new school year has begun at schools of all levels in Korea after full preparations to meet the requirement of the developing revolution and scientific and technological development.
Ceremonies for starting the new school year were held at schools across the country on Wednesday.
Present at the ceremonies were party and government officials who congratulated new students and pupils and sat in at their first class.
Talking with teachers and pupils, they encouraged them to greater success in education and study, true to the Workers' Party of Korea's policy of education.
50th anniversary of popular uprising on Jeju island marked
Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA) -- Ri Sang Chol, chief of the Pyongyang mission of the National Democratic Front of South Korea, published a statement on Wednesday marking the 50th anniversary of the popular uprising on Jeju island.
The uprising was a righteous anti-U.S. resistance for national salvation staged by islanders on April 3, 1948 in protest against the may 10 "separate elections" intended to ruin the nation.
Ri said the patriotic resistance fully demonstrated the invincible spirit and strong will of the Korean nation to achieve the reunification and independence of the country by itself, rejecting the U.S. imperialists' intervention.
The people in the south, he said, should concentrate efforts on the anti-U.S. struggle for independence to terminate the U.S. colonial rule in the spirit displayed by the islanders 50 years ago.
What is important in the struggle is to get all the unequal treaties and agreements with the United States abrogated and the U.S. troops withdrawn from South Korea without delay, he contended.
He stressed that political parties and organizations in the south should accept the proposal put forward by those of the north at their joint meeting, take the stand of pro-north reconciliation and check the war moves against the north.
Preparatory committees formed abroad to mark Sun's Day
Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA) -- Preparatory committees were formed in different countries to commemorate Sun's Day.
An inaugural meeting of the Equatorial Guinean preparatory committee was held on March 25. The Minister of state of the presidency in charge of missions was elected its chairman.
He said President Kim Il Sung was a great man who brought the dawn of freedom and happiness to the Korean people and the world's progressive people. It is quite natural to significantly commemorate his birthday as Sun's Day, the chairman stressed.
He said the great leader is alive as the sun in the hearts of the Equatorial Guinean people and the progressive people of the world.
An inaugural meeting of the Sunbula international friendship club preparatory committee of Libya for commemorating Sun's Day took place on March 24.
Meanwhile, a meeting of the Czech preparatory committee was held in Prague on March 27.
The meetings discussed programs of commemorative events.
Rodong Sinmun on crimes of "ANSP"
Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA) -- The South Korean present rulers are crying for "reform" of the "Agency for National Security Planning," successor to the "Central Intelligence Agency," instead of its dissolution.
In this regard Rodong Sinmun today carries a signed article headlined "review of crime-woven ANSP."
The daily reads in part:
The "ANSP" was built by a scenario of the United States, the mission of which is to block the independent and democratic development of South Korean society and the reunification of the country for the sake of the security of the colonial fascist regime.
It earns itself ill fame as an "emperor of fascism," a "government above government" and a hotbed of fascism, murder and plot.
It is the real ruler exercising the absolute authority in South Korea. It chooses or ousts President, frames the political structure and shapes and implements policies. It, a watchdog of the regime, has directed all its efforts to interrupting social progress. It has faked up cases to check predominance of the anti-"government" forces and save the dictatorial forces from a crisis.
It clings to every conceivable means and method from watch, shadowing and tapping to torture and killing to obliterate justice.
It is the "ANSP" that has plunged South Korea into a chronic economic crisis and brought the people's livelihood to failure. The "ANSP" appropriates a large amount of money collected from the people to its fabulous "budget.
It has also blocked national reconciliation, unity and reunification.
Holding sway over inter-Korean dialogue, it has cracked down on those who visited the north or met with fellow countrymen from the north abroad as well as even those who talked about reunification, branding them as "spies," "pro-communist elements benefiting the enemy" and "security offenders."
It, not content with groundless abuses of the north's system, has always manipulated the successive dictators attempt to overthrow it, issued "emergency action guidelines" to hurt the fellow countrymen in the north when they suffered a misfortune, laid hurdles in the way of humanitarian assistance of the international community, far from expressing sympathy with the countrymen who suffered from devastating natural disasters.
The attitude toward the dissolution of the "ANSP" is a criterion that distinguishes whether the present regime of South Korea is a "government for the people" or a "government of traitors" and whether it wants to improve the relations with the north and reunify the country or not.
Anyone who truly wants the security of the nation and the reunification of the country should not hesitate to do something for the dissolution the "ANSP."
Commemorative bulletin for Sun's Day issued in Russia
Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA) -- The Russian organizing committee for commemoration of Sun's Day released a bulletin headlined "Kim Il Sung, sun of mankind," "Juche Era and Sun's Day" on March 27.
The bulletin praised President Kim Il Sung as a great thinker who showed the road ahead of humankind with sagacious ideas and as a legendary man who glorified all his life like the sun.
Though he passed away his august name, ideas, exploits and traits remain long in the hearts of peoples, it said.
The Juche era means a new era of history started by him.
April 15 this year, the first Sun's Day after its institution, is being commemorated splendidly by the Korean people and the progressive mankind, it stressed.
The bulletin was distributed to political parties, organizations and press organs of Russia.
Unique light comedy "Letter"
Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA) -- A unique light comedy "letter" is being performed in Pyongyang.
It was created by artistes of the April 25 Film Studio of the Korean People's Army.
The comedy deals with the story that KPA soldiers, who rushed to a cooperative farm in hearty response to the Workers' Party of Korea's call for dynamically helping the agriculture sector, and the farmers send a letter to the KPA Supreme Commander General Kim Jong Il after doing farm work successfully.
It vividly portrayed the revolutionary spirit of the KPA soldiers who carry through orders of the General without any condition no matter how hard and difficult they may be, their spirit of devoted service for the people and the invincibility of the idea of army-civilian unity.
After appreciating the light comedy, the General expressed great satisfaction and thanked the performers for creating the comedy of great importance in cognition and education.
The KPA April 25 Film Studio has produced a large number of films and light comedies of high ideological and artistic value and greatly contributed to the strengthening and development of the revolutionary armed forces.
Its creators and artistes produced a light comedy "Promise" (March 1996) dealing with the loving care shown by the General to the soldiers of women's coastal artillery company of the KPA and another light comedy "Blessings" (March 1997) on the revolutionary spirit displayed by KPA soldiers in the construction of the Anbyon Youth Power Station.
Since its foundation in 1959, the film studio has released hundreds of revolutionary and militant films and works including feature films "Defenders of Height 1211" and "A Brigade Commander's Old Superior."
Films "Broad Bellflower" and "Morning Star" were awarded gold prizes at international film festivals and "The Story of a Nurse" was screened in various countries.
The film studio has scores of creators and artistes including veteran producers Jo Kyong Sun and Ryu Ho Son and people's actors Kim Ryong Jo and Chu Sok Bong and people's actress O Mi Ran, who are all loved by the soldiers and the people.
The General gave on-the-spot guidance to the studio on more than 100 occasions and set forth tasks for artistic creation and activity on over 1,000 occasions.