Party given to mark CPLA anniversary

Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- Yan Jiangfeng, Chinese Military Attache here, gave a party at the embassy on July 31, a day before the 71st founding anniversary of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (CPLA). Invited to the party were Kim Il Chol, First Vice-Minister of the People's Armed Forces, generals and officers of the Korean People's Army and military attaches of various countries here. Chinese ambassador Wan Yongxiang and other embassy officials here were present. Speeches were made at the party.

Friendship gathering with Cuban embassy officials

Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- A friendship gathering with Cuban embassy officials took place at the Pyongyang Textile Combine on Friday under the sponsorship of the Korea-Cuba Solidarity Committee to mark the end of the month of solidarity with the Cuban people. Invited to the gathering were ambassador Jose Ramon Rodriguez Varona and officials of the Cuban embassy. The participants saw round pictures showing armed struggle of Cuban revolutionaries against the pro-American dictatorial regime under the guidance of Fidel Castro Ruz and achievements made by the Cuban people in the revolution and construction. They then appreciated an art performance given by workers of the combine. They conversed with each other, deepening feelings of friendship.

Some 160 espionage flights

Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- The U.S. imperialists made more than 160 espionage flights against north Korea in July, military sources said. A U-2 strategic reconnaissance plane was called out to spy on north Korea on five occasions, RC-135 strategic reconnaissance plane on two occasions and P-3 anti-submarine patrol plane for 8 days. RC-12, RF-4c and EH-60 tactical spy planes and three or four electronic warefare helicopters made espionage flights in the sky over the forefront areas along the Military Demarcation Line every day. On July 25, strategic reconnaissance planes and anti-submarine patrol planes based in South Korea and abroad flied over the forefront and coast areas to watch north Korea, synchronising with the announcement of the U.S. imperialists that they would deploy huge nuclear military equipment and forces in the seas near the Korean peninsula.

50th anniversary of Korean Revolution Museum observed

Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- A meeting was held at the People's Palace of Culture on July 31 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Korean Revolution Museum. The museum is a great seat which shows in a comprehensive way the glorious revolutionary history and undying exploits of President Kim Il Sung and an all-round centre which is very instrumental in educating the people in the revolutionary traditions of Juche. Present at the meeting were Vice-President Pak Song Chol of the DPRK, Secretary Kye Ung Thae of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee and other senior party and state officials. A congratulatory message of the WPK Central Committee was read at the meeting. The message says: Over the past 50 years officials and employees of the Korean Revolution Museum greatly contributed to defending, carrying forward and developing the revolutionary traditions of Juche with an absolute worship for the leader. They should make greater contributions to carrying to completion the Juche revolution generation after generation by steadily improving education of the people in the revolutionary history to meet the requirements of the realities in which the generation of the revolution is alternated. Curator Hwang Sun Hui in her report said that the President founded the revolution museum and wisely led the work of the museum by giving 8 rounds of on-site guidance and highly important teachings on some 70 occasions in his lifetime. The museum under the wise guidance of General Secretary Kim Jong Il has been furnished better as a great seat to educate the people in the revolutionary traditions to meet the requirements for the modeling of the whole society on the Juche idea, she said, and continued: The Korean Revolution Museum has creditably performed its duty in the past 50 years. By always giving much care to the management of the President's Statue standing on Mansu Hill the museum helped a total of some 300 million people from all walks of life, overseas compatriots and foreigners revere the President from the bottom of their hearts. It also educated more than 25,030,000 visitors in the revolutionary traditions of Juche. It is an important task of the officials in charge of the education in the revolutionary history for the present to exalt Kim Jong Il's revolutionary history and exploits forever, she said, and called for directing greater efforts to the discovery of materials and relics related to his revolutionary activities and effecting a new change in the preservation of revolutionary relics and education through them. On July 30 a scientific symposium of officials in charge of the revolutionary history was held on this occasion.

Imperishable banner of great national unity

Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today dedicates an article to the 7th anniversary of the Publication of President Kim Il Sung's famous work "Let Us Achieve the Great Unity of Our Nation." The work gives a comprehensive exposition of all the ideological, theoretical and practical questions of great national unity, including the co-relation of national reunification and great national unity, the driving force of national reunification, the basis of great national unity, the basic principles of great national unity and ways of achieving it. With Kim Il Sung putting forward the Juche-based idea of great national unity the Korean people came to have a powerful ideological weapon with which to achieve the great unity of the entire nation and shape the destiny of the country and nation independently, the article says, and goes on: Dazzling successes have been gained in the efforts of the people for great national unity ever since the publication of his famous work. Pan-Korea rally and pro-reunification festivals common to the nation, which were held to commemorate August 15, the day of the country's liberation, every year, fully demonstrate the great vitality of his idea of great national unity and the desire of all the Koreans in the north, south and abroad for the reunification of the country. A grand pro-reunification festival will be held in Panmunjom on the coming August 15 with the attendance of delegates from political parties and organisations in the north, south and overseas. The festival will fully demonstrate throughout the world the unshakable will and faith of the Korean people to uphold General Secretary Kim Jong Il, the lodestar of national reunification, as Kim Il Sung wished, and accomplish the cause of great national unity and national reunification without fail under the leadership of Kim Jong Il.

24th meeting of Japan-resident Korean Buddhists held

Tokyo, July 30 (KNS-KCNA) -- The 24th meeting of the Korean Buddhists Federation in Japan was held here on July 29. A report and speeches were made and relevant decisions adopted at the meeting. Hong Po Wol was reelected chairman of the federation. A letter to General Secretary Kim Jong Il was adopted at the meeting. A reception was given that day to mark the 50th anniversary of the federation.

Words of song "March of Korean Patriots" created in Russia

Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- Vladimir Kuriulin, Vice-Chairman of the "Peace and Today" Committee of Russia, wrote words of a song "March of Korean Patriots." The song sings of undying revolutionary feats of the great leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. It, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the election to the Supreme People's Assembly, was made public in Moscow on July 22 with due ceremony.

Syrian party condemns U.S. military buildup

Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- The Socialist Unionist Party of Syria released a statement on July 26 denouncing the United States for military buildup. The statement said the U.S. imperialists have deployed nuclear-powered attack submarines and other sophisticated military equipment and troops in seas near the Korean peninsula, rendering the situation of the region extremely strained. It described the provocative, shameless aggressive move of the United States as a military action posing a grave threat to the peace and security of the Korean peninsula and the world. "The Socialist Unionist Party of Syria bitterly condemns the U.S. despicable aggressive move and will as ever support the Korean people in their efforts for national reunification," it declared.

Workers' strike in S. Korea

Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- Workers of the Hyun Dai Motor Company in Ulsan, South Korea, staged a strike on July 28 in demand of the withdrawal of the layoff system, according to a news report. More than 7,500 workers on the night shift joined their colleagues on the day shift in their strike. The strikers held rallies in different parts of the city and introduced among citizens their struggle to defend vital rights. The "people's government" mobilized some 30 riot police companies to encircle the workplace and suppress the strike.

U.S. imperialists' massacre exposed

Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- A joint memorial service for those killed by the U.S. imperialists during the Korean War (June 1950-July 1953) took place on July 28 on the spot in North Chungchong Province, South Korea, a Seoul-based radio reported. At the service, the chairman of the committee for measures concerning the massacre of innocent people by U.S. troops laid bare the fact that the U.S. imperialists killed 132 people in Rokun-Ri, Yongdong county, North Chungchong Province, in the period from July 26 to 29, 1950. He said that they have urged the U.S. government and congress to make an official apology and compensation several times, but their demand has been ignored. He said they will bring the massacre by the U.S. imperialists before the UN Human Rights Committee.

Relics unearthed

Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- Korean archaeologists recently unearthed new relics in Pyongyang area. The relics prove the long history of Tangun's Korea and "Taedonggang Culture." The relics include an ancient wall of a citadel belonging to the period of ancient Korea discovered in the under layer of the walled city of Pyongyang which had been considered to belong only to the Koguryo Dynasty= altars for king Tangun discovered in Hwasong-Dong, Ryongsong district, and in Honam-Ri, Samsok district, Pyongyang= and the site of a large village. The ancient wall made of clay and stones is 1.5m high, 5.2m wide in the bottom and 4.2m wide on the top. The wall has proved to date back to king Tangun's Korea in view of the layer of the wall, the style of construction and historical data. The altars situated on a plain area and a low hill are 800 metres apart from each other. Pieces of bowl and stone spear dating back to Tangun's Korea were also discovered there. It has been confirmed that one of the two belongs to the early period of Tangun's Korea (5,000-4,500 years ago) and the other to the late period of Tangun's Korea (4,000-3,500 years ago). The altars are three times as large as the one in Yonthan county which has so far been known to be the largest. The site of a village covers an area of 150,000 square metres. There were discovered some 40 house sites as old as the new stone age and the ancient period. They date back as far as between the latter half of the fourth millennium BC and the first half of the second millennium BC, all in the period of Tangun's Korea. There were also discovered carbonized rice and beans that show the nation's long history of grain cultivation. The rice and beans are 4,980-4,680 years old. They prove that irrigation farming already began when Tangun's Korea was founded. The recently unearthed relics show once again that Tangun's Korea was founded as a state in the early period of the third millennium BC and that Pyongyang was the capital of ancient Korea.

Sea-Kumgang

Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- The wonders of Sea-Kumgang are made up of double of manmulsang (peaks of ten thousand features), one above the water and the other underwater. Like a guard, a fantastic cliff stands topped by pines with the rocky sol islet, boatman and chilsong rocks with interesting legends behind them and lake Yongrang, Hyonjong, boat and Okgyo rocks scattering around. The most breathtaking spectacle is the sunrise over sea-Kumgang.

Continued threats by warmanics

Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- The spokesman for the U.S. Defense Department on July 30 said that the United States will continue to "support" South Korea allegedly to prevent "infiltration by the DPRK" and that there is no change in the operation of U.S. warships including the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson, a Seoul-based radio reported. He made such utterances after the spokesman for the U.S. State Department on July 27 vociferated about "support" of U.S. fleets for South Korea, hurling slanders at the DPRK. These ill-boding utterances are intended to threaten the DPRK and stimulate its nerve. This shows that the U.S. imperialists' moves to start a war on the Korean peninsula have entered a very dangerous stage. If they finally unleash war in defiance of our repeated warnings, they will certainly be annihilated.