G.S. Kim Jong Il sends wreath to bier of late Choe Ung Sok

Pyongyang, April 28 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il sent a wreath to the bier of the late Choe Ung Sok, a candidate academician, professor, doctor and people's doctor, to express deep condolences over his death.

Wreaths laid before bust of Rim Chun Chu

Pyongyang, April 28 (KCNA) -- Wreaths were laid before the bust of Rim Chun Chu, a communist revolutionary fighter, in the Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery on Mt. Taesong on Apr. 27 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his death. laid before the bust was a wreath sent by General Secretary Kim Jong Il of the Workers' Party of Korea. Amid the playing of the wreath-laying music bouquets, flowers and wreaths were laid in the name of the WPK Central Committee, the Central People's Committee of the DPRK, the Administration Council, commissions and ministries of the Administration Council, national institutions, educational, public health and press organs, party and power bodies and administrative and economic organs in the city.

Crafty trick on workers

Pyongyang, April 28 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary condemns the South Korean authorities for coaxing the workers to accept the poisonous articles of the Labour Law including the lay-off system. The "Korean Confederation of Trade Unions" and other labour circles declared that as long as the authorities do not withdraw the lay-off system and employment exchange, they will not join in the "second-term labour-management-government committee." The authorities are preaching the labour circles to join in the composition of the "committee," claiming that the ongoing economic crisis urgenly needs "labour-management-government compromise" once again. The daily says: The puppets are clamouring that "labour-management-government compromise" should be made while repressing complaints and the lay-off would be restrained to the maximum. Now that it is obvious that their talk is no more than a deception, the South Korean workers will never be taken in by their crafty trick. The authorities preaching is prompted by a criminal attempt to deceive the workers, calm down their protest and continue introducing the lay-off system on which they agreed with the international financial circles.

Party given to mark constitutional day of Yugoslavia

Pyongyang, April 28 (KCNA) -- Djukic Ljubomir, Yugoslav ambassador to Korea, gave a party on April 27 to commemorate the constitutional day of Yugoslavia. Invited to the party were Chairman Yang Hyong Sop of the Supreme People's Assembly, Chairman Ri Song Dae of the External Economic Affairs Commission, Chairman Choe Ki Ryong of the Education Commission, acting Chairman Mun Jae Chol of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, officials concerned and foreign diplomatic envoys here. Speeches were made at the party.

Head of DPRK delegation on denuclearisation issue

Pyongyang, April 28 (KCNA) -- The head of the DPRK delegation referred to the denuclearisation issue of the Korean peninsula at a meeting of the U.N. commission for disarmament held in New York on April 8. He said nuclear disarmament should take priority of the worldwide arms reduction, and it is possible only when it goes towards complete removal of nuclear arms and the denuclearisation of the whole world. Under the condition that the Korean peninsula still remains the most acute hot spot, denuclearisation in the Korean peninsula is more urgent than in any other parts of the globe, he said, and continued: For the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula it is essential for the U.S. which is directly responsible for peace and security in the peninsula to give a guarantee for non-use of nuclear arms against the DPRK and revoke its commitments on supply of nuclear umbrella to South Korea as it promised in the DPRK-U.S. joint statement and framework agreement. While voicing support for the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, the U.S. is taking no legal step in actuality. Such a situation is the main stumbling block in the way of the implementation of the joint declaration on the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula which was signed by the north and south of Korea. The DPRK whose security is exposed to the U.S. permanent military threat is forced to heavy arms race against its will. Clamouring for disarmament and for building of military confidence under the present situation of the Korean peninsula is a camourflage for arms buildup= it is the revelation of an intention for the unilateral disarmament of the DPRK. The prospect for the settlement of various disarmament issues, including denuclearisation, for a durable peace and security on the Korean peninsula, entirely depends on whether the structure of confrontation of the Cold War era in this region is destroyed or kept. It is high time for the U.N. to take a step helpful to the end of the confrontation of the Cold War era on the Korean peninsula, he stressed.

They will never be pardoned

Pyongyang, April 28 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today, commenting on the debate between the Japanese reactionaries and South Korean puppets on the detachment of mine sweepers of the Japanese maritime "Self-Defence Force" to the Korean peninsula in "emergency", warns that the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK will never tolerate any Japanese invasion, but annihilate the Japanese reactionaries completely, if they dare to pounce upon the DPRK. Our attitude toward the provokers is resolute and merciless, the news analyst says, and goes on: The Japanese reactionaries and the South Korean authorities should not doubt the firm determination and will of the DPRK. The Japanese reactionaries try to reinvade the DPRK under the pretext of the military "cooperation" with the South Korean puppets and "joint reaction to emergency" on the Korean peninsula. This is proved by the fact that they lay emphasis on the "emergency" on the Korean peninsula, when talking about "effective reaction to emergency" around Japan, and they are trying hard to increase the capacity of the "SDF" for overseas operation and to enact "emergency legislature". The news analyst also denounces the South Korean puppets' "cooperation" in Japan's reinvasion manoeuvrings as a sycophantic act of depending on outsiders. The Japanese reactionaries' unchanged ambition for reinvasion of the DPRK and realisation of the old dream of the "Greater East Asia Coprosperity Sphere" is anachronistic, adds the news analyst.

Special products of Jagang Province

Pyongyang, April 28 (KCNA) -- There are many renowned specialities in Jagang Province in the northwestern part of Korea. Wild Insam (ginseng), deer's young antlers, bear's gall and other medicines, "Kanggye wine," "Paekno" (white heron Liquor) and "Inphung liquor" are popular among people from old times. Well-known in particular are Namju red pepper, Rangnim Mansam-Puri (radix codonopsis) and Kanggye peony. Namju red pepper, a special product of Kanggye area, is uncommonly hot and very nutritive. It is largely used as a seasoning and raw material of foodstuffs for health. And its seed contains much oil ingredient. Rangnim radix codonopsis is widely used for tonics. Its thick and long roots (10-30 centimetres in length) is used for Koryo medicines with high efficacies and drink. Sipjondaebogo, a tonic, with it as the main ingredient is effective in treatment of lack of hot blood, dizziness, asthenia after illness, and Samryonggo, a tonic, is valuable for general asthenia and recovery of deep fatigue. People make taffy from radix codonopsis and powder it and mix it with honey for medicine. Peony in Janang Province is called Kanggye peony. It is used for a high efficacious tonic and Koryo medicines including fever remedy and a medicine for gastroenteric disorder.

Swedish ambassador presents credentials to Vice-President Pak Song Chol

Pyongyang, April 28 (KCNA) -- New Swedish ambassador e.p. to Korea Kjell Anneling today presented his credentials to Vice-President Pak Song Chol at the Mansudae Assembly Hall. Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Chang Ryong was present. The Vice-President had a talk with the ambassador after receiving credentials.