Floral basket to Kim Jong Il from Guinean party
Pyongyang, September 16 (KCNA) -- The Party for Unity and Progress of Guinea sent a floral basket to General Secretary Kim Jong Il on Sept. 6 upon his reelection as Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK.
Written in the ribbons hanging on the floral basket were letters "congratulations to your excellency Kim Jong Il" and "General Secretary Abou Bacar Sompare on behalf of the Central Committee of the Party for Unity and Progress of Guinea."
Administrative secretary Sekou Konate and members of the party central committee, authorized by the political bureau of the party central committee, paid a congratulatory visit to the DPRK embassy in Conakry and asked the Korean ambassador to convey the floral basket.
Sheer absurdity of Japan =KCNA commentary=
Pyongyang, September 16 (KCNA) -- Japan is acting rashly in the wake of the DPRK's launching of an artificial satellite.
A delegation from the ruling Japan Liberal Democratic Party, when meeting with delegates of leading member nations of the United Nations Security Council in the United States, begged for a "statement on apprehensions about North Korea's missile launching."
The "missile launching" is false propaganda designed to distort the DPRK's launching of the first artificial satellite. It is not a matter that should be discussed at the UN the delegation, therefore, got a chilly reception, refuted to its face at the UN the mendicant diplomacy which comes when politicians of Japan are resorting to a frantic anti-DPRK campaign in Japan brings into bolder relief the viciousness and shamelessness of the right-wing reactionaries of Japan.
Japan, which still remains "enemy state" in the UN charter, must repent of its history of crimes committed against the Asian people, including the Korean people, and apologize to them. Instead it is now slandering the DPRK.
Its misbehaviour cannot be pardoned at all.
Reactionaries of Japan with an old ambition for the "greater East Asia coprosperity sphere" are stepping up the building of Japan into a military power, overheated with war fever, clamouring about unstable situation on the Korean peninsula and in the Asia-Pacific region.
No sooner had the DPRK launched the artificial satellite than Japan claimed that a "missile" was launched. Even after it was officially reported that the carrier rocket of the artificial satellite was successfully launched and the artificial satellite was put into orbit Japan is getting frantic in an anti-DPRK campaign, persistently claiming that a "missile" was launched.
All this proves that the "missile launching" advertised by politicians of Japan as part of their anti-DPRK campaign is a product of their shameless plot for the criminal purpose of building up public opinion at home and abroad over what they call "military threat" and justifying their arms buildup and the policy of building Japan into a military power.
Revelation of pro-Japanese flunkeyist treachery
Pyongyang, September 16 (KCNA) -- The South Korean authorities decided to officially call the Japanese king "emperor." Rodong Sinmun in a commentary today brands it as a concentric revelation of servile spirit and pro-Japanese flunkeyist treachery.
It is another treachery of reviving the ghost of Japanese imperialism, the news analyst says, and goes on:
Pressed by the people's feelings against Japan, the successive authorities of South Korea had refrained from calling the Japanese king "emperor." the present South Korean authorities are outdistancing their predecessors in pro-Japanese treacheries.
The present chief executive of South Korea often expressed anti-Japanese sentiments before he took office as he had been at the crossroads of life and death, kidnapped in Japan by agents of the "Agency for National Security Planning."
Now he has begun to cling to the coattails of the Japanese reactionaries. This shows his double-dealing and servile characters.
Silk banner to Kim Jong Il from Peruvian parties and organizations
Pyongyang, September 16 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il received a joint silk banner from the Peru-Korea Institute of Culture and Friendship, the Communist Party of Peru (Red Motherland), the Peruvian Communist Party, the Revolutionary Socialist Party, the Socialist Party of Peru, the National Reconciliation Front of Peru, the Peruvian Nationalist Movement of Labour and the Peruvian Committee for Supporting the Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea.
The chairman of the Peru-Korea Institute of Culture and Friendship handed the silk banner to the Korean ambassador to Peru at a meeting for celebrating the 50th anniversary of the DPRK held in Lima on Sept. 7.
He said that the silk banner reflected the Peruvian people's high praise and appreciation of Kim Jong Il's tireless efforts and immortal exploits for prosperity and development of socialist Korea, happiness of the people and world peace.
Great lodestar of national reunification
Pyongyang, September 16 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il is the great leader who has led the cause of national reunification and independence with his energetic activities for scores of years, together with the President Kim Il Sung, Rodong Sinmun says today in an article titled "the respected marshal is the great lodestar of national reunification."
He indicates a bright road of reunification by putting forward correct ideas, theories and strategy and tactics on national reunification on the basis of the immortal Juche idea, the author of the article says, and continues:
He published celebrated works concerning the issue of national reunification such as "Let Us Carry Out the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung's Instructions for National Reunification" and "Let Us Reunify the Country Independently and Peacefully Through the Great Unity of the Entire Nation."
In the works he defined the three principles of national reunification, the 10-Point Program of the Great Unity of the Whole Nation and the proposal for founding the Democratic Confederal Republic of Koryo, which were advanced by Kim Il Sung, as the three charters of national reunification to set a firm mainstay of reunification. And he advanced the five-point policy of great national unity on maintaining the principle of national independence, uniting under the banner of patriotism, improving inter-Korean relations, fighting against domination and subjugation of outside forces, and helping all the Koreans to have contacts, promote dialogue and strengthen solidarity.
It is the steadfast determination and will of General Secretary Kim Jong Il to reunify the country in our generation through the great unity of the nation by defending and carrying forward the idea of great national unity and its exploits, rich experience and traditions.
The five-point policy of great national unity advanced by him makes it possible to realize the unity of the nation and achieve reunification. This is the faith and will of the Koreans at home and abroad looking up to the marshal.
September 9 Street
Pyongyang, September 16 (KCNA) -- September 9 Street, a new street with a specific feature, has been built here.
The street built on the occasion of the 50th founding anniversary of the DPRK (Sept.9), runs 8 kilometres long from Rimhung rotary linked with the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, the sacred temple of Juche, to Sinmi-dong.
It is in good harmony with a highway on the highest scientific and technical level, September 9 bridge over 1,300 metres long and other bridges, ornamental forests on both sides and dwelling houses for some 2,000 households.
With the construction of the street, Pyongyang has been changed anew and traffic network on the outskirts of Pyongyang improved.
This monumental creation in the era of the Worker's Party was built by soldiers of the Korean People's Army and construction workers in one year.
They introduced new methods with their own designs and efforts to step up the whole projects, tiding over manifold hardships and trials in the spirit of revolutionary soldiers.
They completed concrete tamping of hundreds of piers in some ten days and successfully finished the work of filling, road pavement of over 456,700 square metres, construction of several bridges, tunneling of hundreds of metres and other difficult projects.
The new street built under difficult conditions is a display of the Korean people's firm faith and revolutionary spirit to surely build a strong and prosperous socialist country on this land under the guidance of the Workers' Party of Korea. It is also a demonstration of the might of the independent national economy, unaffected by any move of the enemies to isolate and stifle the DPRK.
Kim Jong Il's work published in Italy
Pyongyang, September 16 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il's famous work "the Juche Philosophy is an Original Revolutionary Philosophy" which was made public on July 26, Juche 85 (1996), was published in booklet by a publishing house in Italy.
Printed in the booklet is his portrait.
Orchestras of Korea
Pyongyang, September 16 (KCNA) -- The orchestras of Korea preserve the Juche character and the national character and reflect the idea of the era and the feelings of the working people, encouraging their revolutionary struggle and construction work.
Symphonies "the leader is always with us," "victory in anti-Japanese war" and "salute to you" and an orchestra "don't advance, night of Pyongyang" and other orchestras based on famous songs in the present era were created in recent years.
The orchestras of Korea are based on famous and folk songs, so they are popular and common.
Among them are symphonies and orchestras on the theme of such famous songs with stanza as "the Sea of Blood" and folk songs "Bellflower" and "Arirang." the combined orchestra of a Juche type makes it possible to have rich expression which cannot be made by the preceding national orchestra or western orchestra. It introduces a method of reviving the intrinsic sound of the national musical instruments and properly combining different instruments.
Typical is opera music including the revolutionary operas "the Sea of Blood" and "the Flower Girl" and an orchestra "a Bumper crop visits Chongsan Plain".
Western orchestra has been developed to suit the sentiments and feelings of the Korean people. "The Mungyong Pass" and "dear home in my native place" which were created during the Fatherland Liberation War have been orchestrated.
The National Symphony Orchestra of Korea sang of the history of the DPRK on the occasion of its 50th foundation anniversary to be acclaimed by the audience.
Film festival participants lay floral basket before Statue of President Kim Il Sung
Pyongyang, September 16 (KCNA) -- The participants in the 6th Pyongyang film festival of non-aligned and other developing countries laid a basket and bunches of flowers and made a bow before the Statue of the President Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill today.
Written in the ribbons hanging on the basket were letters "the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung will live forever."
6th Pyongyang film festival opens
Pyongyang, September 16 (KCNA) -- The 6th Pyongyang film festival of non-aligned and other developing countries opened here on September 16.
The festival is held every two or three years from Juche 76 (1987) in the idea of independence, peace and friendship.
The feature and documentary films presented to the festival will be screened in the form of competition and information.
The festival opened with due ceremony at the Pyongyang International Cinema House.
The opening ceremony was attended by foreign delegations, delegates and guests from five continents and overseas Koreans.
Chairman of the festival organising committee Choe Jae Hyon, Minister of Culture, in his opening address said the 6th Pyongyang film festival will as ever mark an important occasion in deepening the feelings of friendship and unity among the world movement expanding and developing cooperation and exchange in moviedom.
Vice-president Yang Hyong Sop of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK in his congratulatory speech said the Pyongyang film festival is an international gathering of all progressive movement of the world, including those from non-aligned and other developing countries, to exchange successes and experience in the development of national films, increase exchange and cooperation and make great contributions to the building of genuine films of humankind and the accomplishment of the cause of independence of the popular masses.
The Korean people will in the future, too, work hard to expand and develop the relations of friendship and cooperation with all the progressive people, men of culture and movement around the world in the noble idea of independence, peace and friendship, he added.
Syrian and Malaysian delegates in their speeches said the festival is very instrumental in having a good knowledge of the films released in non-aligned and other developing countries, calling for cherishing a dream of a peaceful future of the world and pooling strength in a struggle for its realization.
The films will be screened at cinema houses in the capital city and a Pyongyang film market will open during the festival.
Message of condolence to Chinese President
Pyongyang, September 16 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, sent a message of condolence on Sept. 16 to Jiang Zemin, President of the People's Republic of China, over the death of the former President of the PRC, Yang Shangkun.
Upon hearing the sad news that Yang Shangkun, former President of the PRC, passed away to his regret, Kim Yong Nam in the message expressed deep condolence to President Jiang Zemin and, through him, to the government and people of China and to the bereaved family of the deceased.
"Yang Shangkun was an outstanding leader of the Chinese Party, state and People's Liberation Army who made great contributions to the liberation of the Chinese people and their socialist revolution and construction," the message said. "Though he passed away, his feats for the Chinese revolution will remain long."