International Seminar on Juche Idea closes
New Delhi, April 14 (KCNA) -- The International Seminar on the Juche Idea for Independence and Peace in the Present World which opened in India with the approach of Sun's Day closed on April 12.
Many prominent figures made speeches at the seminar.
Secretary General Vishwanath of the Juche Idea Study Society of India said President Kim Il Sung's revolutionary idea, which is an integral system of ideology, theory and method of Juche, is the greatest idea in history of human thought. The exploits he performed for the times and humankind will shine long with human history, he added.
Prof. Kamakura of Saitama University in Japan said the great viability and historic significance of the Juche idea are firmly guaranteed as the idea is developed in depth by General Kim Jong Il.
First secretary P. G. Bilevski of the Young Communist League of Russia said comrade Kim Jong Il performed an undying exploit by developing and consummating the Juche idea of President Kim Il Sung as mighty guidelines in the era of independence with his rare wisdom and creative ideological and theoretical activities. As there is comrade Kim Jong Il, the new century will open a new, high phase of the human cause of independence, he said.
Secretary General Guy Dupre of the International Liaison Committee for Reunification and Peace in Korea said for the reunification of Korea President Kim Il Sung put forward the three principles of independence, peaceful reunification and great national unity, the 10-Point Programme of the Great Unity of the Whole Nation and the proposal for founding a Democratic Confederal Republic of Koryo which firmly guarantee the realisation of the three principles, and this is his valuable exploit which will shine long in history of the nation.
Former member of parliament of Madagascar Andria Belonandro said the respected comrade Kim Jong Il indicated the principle and concrete ways of building the independent national economy. Experience proves that the line based on the Juche idea is very instrumental in upgrading the nation's economy in keeping with the trend of the developing times, he said.
A faculty dean Alba Chavez of Guayaquil University of Ecuador said President Kim Il Sung's idea and theories are encyclopedic, original and popular. The President is immortal in the hearts of the progressives of the world as the great father of the people, he added.
Secretary General Kenich Ogami of the International Institute of the Juche Idea (IIJI) said:
Cowards, go away if you want to, and we will stand true to the banner of the Juche idea, the banner of independence.
This is the preparedness of faith and an appeal of conscience of the progressive figures in our era.
He vowed to defend and propagate the Juche idea with such preparedness and will.
A letter to General Kim Jong Il was adopted at the seminar.
A declaration of the seminar was also adopted there.
G.S. Kim Jong Il spends Sun's Day with soldiers
Pyongyang, April 16 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il visited KPA combined unit no. 313 on Wednesday to spend Sun's Day with soldiers.
General Kim Jong Il looked round a monument to President Kim Il Sung's on-site guidance.
He said that thanks to the President's outstanding leadership and meticulous care, the combined unit could perform shining feats in defeating the enemies during the hard-fought sacred war and has grown to be an invincible unit capable of smashing any formidable enemy at one stroke.
He urged all the soldiers of the unit always to remember the President's immortal leadership exploits and to fulfil his instructions to the letter.
He then went to a company under the combined unit, learned about the soldiers' living conditions and noted with great satisfaction that the combined unit had built many power stations by its own efforts and electrified the bedrooms, dining halls, saunas and other facilities for the soldiers.
He met with company soldiers, examined their clothing such as caps, uniforms and belts and learned about their hobbies and entertainment.
He said the spirit of unity between superiors and subordinates is in full play within the KPA. He added that no one on earth can match this great strength based on unbreakable relationship.
He gave them a pair of binoculars and an automatic rifle and posed for a picture with them.
He, together with the unit's soldiers, enjoyed a performance given by the combined unit's art propaganda team.
He highly praised the art propaganda team members for vividly representing the soldiers' life and making revolutionary and militant art activities always among the soldiers.
He then had a cordial talk with commanding officers and soldiers of the unit over lunch before he had a picture taken with them.
Camps opened to schoolchildren
Pyongyang, April 16 (KCNA) -- The Mangyongdae Children's Camp, the Songdowon International Children's Camp and other camps throughout the country opened to schoolchildren with due ceremony on April 15, significant Sun's Day.
The campers held sports and amusement games on their first camping day.
All of them are children of officers of the Korean People's Army, labour innovators and working people in main domains of the national economy.
Letter to G.S. Kim Jong Il from Ri In Mo
Pyongyang, April 16 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il received a letter from Ri In Mo, who is known to be an incarnation of faith and will, on Wednesday, Sun's Day.
In the letter, Ri In Mo writes that because General Kim Jong Il instituted Sun's Day, the fatherly leader President Kim Il Sung is immortal as the sun of Juche and remains as the image of the sun in the hearts of the Koreans and all other people.
Ri says he cannot forget his first meeting with the President and with the General.
He pledges to live like a sunflower in his remaining days as a member of the sun's nation.
He describes the General as the destiny of Korea and independent-minded people.
He prays for the immortality of the President and the good health and long life of the General.
Party given for participants in Pyongyang Festival
Pyongyang, April 16 (KCNA) -- The Administration Council arranged a party on April 15 in honor of the participants in the 16th April Spring Friendship Art Festival on the occasion of Sun's Day.
Invited there were artistes and cultural delegates of different countries and overseas Korean artistes participating in the festival.
Vice-President of the DPRK Ri Jong Ok, who is also member of the Political Bureau of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee, Vice-Premier of the Administration Council and Minister of Culture and the Arts Jang Chol, who is also Chairman of the Festival Organizing Committee, and officials concenred were present on the occasion.
Letter to G.S. Kim Jong Il from O Ik Je
Pyongyang, April 16 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il received a letter from O Ik Je, Vice-Chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland and Advisor to the Korean Chondoist Church central guidance committee, on Wednesday, Sun's Day.
O Ik Je had defected to the DPRK from South Korea eight months ago for permanent residence.
In the letter, O Ik Je says everything in this land is associated with President Kim Il Sung's immortal exploits, which are carried forward by the leader Kim Jong Il.
O describes the DPRK as a society under the leader Kim Jong Il's vital independent politics characterized by Juche character and national identity. The leader's benevolence has turned the whole country into a grand flower-garden for humanity, and the leader and the people are closely united, O says.
He says that in the latter part of his life, he was born again as a new person under the care of the great leader.
He pledges to remain true to the leader's politics and put his heart and soul into the noble cause of reunification.
Floral basket before President Kim Il Sung's Statue from NDFSK
Pyongyang, April 16 (KCNA) -- A floral basket in the name of the central committee of the National Democratic Front of South Korea (NDFSK) was laid before the statue of President Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill on April 15.
The visiting delegation of the NDFSK led by Jo Il Min and members of its mission in Pyongyang laid the floral basket before the Statue and made a bow to him.
Written in ribbons hanging from the basket were letters "The great leader comrade Kim Il Sung is immortal. The central committee of the National Democratic Front of South Korea".
Evening gala of Pyongyang youths and students
Pyongyang, April 16 (KCNA) -- An evening gala of youths and students in Pyongyang took place at the Kim Il Sung Square on April 15, the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung, the immortal sun.
Present at the evening gala were vice-presidents Ri Jong Ok, Pak Song Chol and Kim Pyong Sik and senior party and state officials.
Present on invitation were Koreans from different areas of the world, foreign delegations and delegates on a visit to Korea, foreigners, foreign diplomatic envoys and embassy officials here.
Waves of dance and flowers rolled off in the square with the fireworks displayed against the sky.
The youths and students danced to the tune of songs with a boundless joy at greeting the President's birth anniversary as Sun's Day, and with the pride and honor of being the Korean nation.
A rhythmic gymnastic and acrobatic show were given, and foreigners joined youths and students in dancing.
Foreigners lay floral baskets before President Kim Il Sung's statues
Pyongyang, April 16 (KCNA) -- Foreigners laid floral baskets before the Statue of President Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill and made bows to him on Sun's Day.
Among them were diplomatic corps, chinese residents in Pyongyang, the Palestinian ambassador and embassy officials and participants in the 16th April Spring Friendship Art Festival.
And consul generals of China and Russia and consulate general officials in Chongjin, North Hamgyong Province, over 30 Chinese delegations put floral baskets and bouquets before the Statue of President Kim Il Sung in the city.
Meanwhile, 17 Chinese delegations including a Chinese floral basket-laying delegation and delegations of the Changbai External Economic Committee and the Changbai External Trade Committee laid floral baskets and bouquets and made bows before the President's Statue in Hyesan, Ryanggang Province.