Kim Jong Il visits martyrs'cemetery
Pyongyang, September 20 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il, Chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, on Saturday went to the Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery which had been rebuilt in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the DPRK.
He was accompanied by chief of the general staff Kim Yong Chun, Minister of the People's Armed Forces Kim Il Chol and general officers of the Korean People's Army.
The visiting party also included secretaries Kim Kuk Thae and Kim Ki Nam of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee.
Buried in the cemetery are the remains of forerunners, senior party, state and military officials and men of meritorious services in science, education, public health, culture and the arts and the press, who died while fighting for the liberation of the country, the building of socialism and the reunification of the motherland.
The cemetery has taken on new looks with stone portraits of the martyrs attached to the gravestones.
The stone portraits represent Kim Jong Il's noble sense of morality and loyalty and his deep trust in and loving care for the martyrs and their bereaved families.
Looking round the cemetery, Supreme Commander Kim Jong Il learned about the reconstruction and noted with great satisfaction that the stone portraits of the martyrs had been represented as vividly as if they had been alive.
He inspected each of the hundreds of gravestones, recalled the martyrs' devotion to the liberation of the country, the building of socialism and the reunification of the motherland and appreciated their feats.
Looking at the portraits with deep emotion, he said the martyrs' feats for the independence, reunification and prosperity of the country would shine long in the annals of the nation.
He said the stone portraits had changed the looks of the cemetery and would impress the bereaved families and all other visitors. He praised those who reconstructed the cemetery as splendidly as the party intended.
It is the invariable moral obligation of the party to exalt the life of the fallen fighters of the revolution and put them forward as immortal people, he said, adding that the DPRK is proud of the cemetery which will hand the feats of patriotic martyrs down through generations.
He described the revolutionary and patriotic martyrs as noble-minded people and laid down concrete tasks and ways of preserving the cemetery as well as can be of eternal value.
Foreign figures and organizations send floral baskets to Korean embassies
Pyongyang, September 20 (KCNA) -- General Secretary D. Biswas of the C. C., the All-India Forward Bloc, General Secretary H. S. Surjeet of the C. C., the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and General Secretary Mutombo Tshibale of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Democratic Congo sent floral baskets to the Korean embassies in their countries upon Kim Jong Il's reelection as Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the DPRK.
Meanwhile, floral baskets were sent to Korean embassies by the vice-President of Laos who is also the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Lao Front for National Construction, the Lao Foreign Minister, the Mexican Foreign Minister, the Defense Ministry of Iran, the editor of the Iranian paper "Iran News", general secretaries of the Egyptian National Democratic Party and the national progress Unionist Party of Egypt, the Ethiopian Air Co. Ltd, the vice-President of the Malaysian Parliament and other political and military figures, businessmen and pressmen and organizations of different countries.
Greetings to President of Nicaragua
Pyongyang, September 20 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, on Sep. 14 sent a message of greetings to Arnoldo Aleman, President of Nicaragua, on the occasion of the 177th anniversary of the Independence of Nicaragua. The message expressed the belief that the friendly relations between the two countries would further strengthen and develop and wished the people of Nicaragua progress and prosperity.
Floral basket to Kim Jong Il from Guinean Parliament
Pyongyang, September 20 (KCNA) -- The Guinean Parliament sent a floral basket to General Secretary Kim Jong Il upon his reelection as Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and on the occasion of the 50th founding anniversary of the DPRK.
Authorized by the parliament, the first vice-President and the director of foreign relations paid a congratulatory visit to the Korean embassy in Conakry and handed the floral basket to the ambassador on Sep. 7.
Meanwhile, floral baskets to Kim Jong Il from the Guinean Foreign Minister, the Guinea-Korea Friendship Association and the Guinean Committee for Supporting Korea's Reunification were handed to the Korean ambassador on the same day.
Joint war manoeuvres in S. Korea
Pyongyang, September 20 (KCNA) -- The South Korean authorities staged a joint war exercise of the three services of the army on the East Coast of Korea on Sept. 18, according to a news report.
Involved in the drill were many ships and helicopters on the pretext of "coping with the north's coastal infiltration". The exercise was aimed at making a three- dimensional attack operation and increasing the combat power of units in different circumstances.
Reception given by Secretary of Libyan People's Bureau
Pyongyang, September 20 (KCNA) -- Ahmed Amer Al Muakkaf, Secretary of the People's Bureau of Libya to Korea, gave a reception at Okryu Restaurant on Saturday on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the Great September First Revolution in Libya.
Invited there were Yang Hyong Sop, vice-President of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, Kim Su Hak, Minister of Public Health, and officials concerned.
Foreign diplomatic envoys here were present on invitation.
Speeches were exchanged at the reception.
Bus donated by IOC and Daimler Benz
Pyongyang, September 20 (KCNA) -- A joint delegation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Daimler Benz of Germany donated a bus to the DPRK Olympic Committee.
A ceremony of donating the bus took place here on Saturday.
Present at the ceremony were vice-chairman of the DPRK Olympic Committee Jang Ung, other officials concerned and sportsmen.
Speeches were made there.
Then a certificate and key of the donation in the name of the IOC and Daimler Benz were conveyed.
On the same day, vice-Premier Kwak Pom Gi met and had a talk with the joint delegation led by IOC executive member Thomas Bach at the Mansudae Assembly Hall.
Kim Il Sung's policy speech, banner of WPK and Korean people
Pyongyang, September 20 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today stresses that the policy speech of the President Kim Il Sung (May 24, 1990) is a highly important guideline which must be consistently maintained by the Workers' Party and people of Korea.
The policy speech is, first of all, a revolutionary banner which indicates the way of accomplishing Korean-style socialism, the daily says, and goes on:
It gives a scientific exposition of the advantages of Korean-style socialism based on the Juche idea and clarified the tasks and ways of fully displaying the socialist advantages.
All these tasks and ways are based on the law of the development of socialist society, actual requirements of the Korean revolution and the rich experience gained by the President while leading the socialist cause of Juche for a long period.
The policy speech is also an immortal platform which comprehensively indicates the way of achieving the independent and peaceful reunification of Korea.
It indicates how to realize the cause of national reunification at an early date to meet the urgent desire of the whole nation. Among them are ways of easing tensions on the Korean peninsula and creating a peaceful circumstance for national reunification, of pulling down the barrier of division and realizing free visit and total opening between the north and south, of developing external relations on the principle of creating international circumstances in favour of the independent and peaceful reunification of the country and of forming a nationwide united front for reunification.
The policy speech is also a revolutionary banner to defend and advance the socialist cause and realize global independence.
Included in it are the way of smashing the imperialists' moves to disintegrate socialism and defending the socialist banner, the question of achieving the unity of the world progressive people in the struggle to prevent war and defend peace and the question of strengthening friendship and solidarity among the world people for global independence.
Reckless hostile acts must be discontinued
Pyongyang, September 20 (KCNA) -- The Japanese authorities, describing the launch of an artificial satellite in the DPRK as a "missile launch," are committing violent acts, threats and human rights violations against the organisations under the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), students of Korean schools and other Koreans in Japan.
Commenting on this fact, Rodong Sinmun today says:
A grave situation reminiscent of the time of the Kanto Great Earthquake in 1923 is being created in Japan.
The Japanese authorities are conniving at and fostering hostile acts against Chongryon organisations and Korean nationals in Japan, spreading "fear of missile." This shows how inveterate, persistent and reckless their hostile policy toward the DPRK is.
All the Korean people are strongly denouncing with bitter resentment the hostile acts against the DPRK in Japan.
Even though violent acts against the Koreans in Japan are committed under any pretext or in any form, they will be a hostile act against the DPRK and an infringement upon its sovereignty.
If any slightest misfortune happens owing to the reckless anti-DPRK, anti-Chongryon moves in Japan, we will blame the Japanese authorities for it and make them pay dearly for it.
Separatists' moves denounced
Pyongyang, September 20 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the north headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification (Pomminryon) published a statement on Saturday denouncing the South Korean authorities' repression of pro-reunification patriotic figures as unpardonable anti-national, anti-reunification crime of the separatist forces.
The South Korean rulers arrested Choe Jin Su, Secretary General of the Pomminryon south headquarters, groundlessly charging him with "helping" the delegates of Hanchongryon (South Korean Federation of University Student Councils) to take part in the August 15 grand pro-reunification festival.
They also detained Father Mun Kyu Hyon on charges of "infiltration and escape", the statement recalled, and said:
There is no room for argument about Hanchongryon delegates' participation in the festival. However, the South Korean authorities have clamoured about "help" in an insidious attempt to destroy pomminryon and Hanchongryon and, furthermore, all the reunification movement forces in South Korea.
Their harsh suppression of patriotic activities for national reconciliation and unity shows that "dialogue and reconciliation" and "cooperation and exchange" on their lips are only a sham and a doctrine for confrontation with the north.
What the South Korean rulers seek in this is to find a way out of the political and economic crisis caused by their sycophantic and treacherous policy of dependence on outsiders and eliminate the progressive pro-reunification patriotic forces against them.
They must know that they will face a miserable end for their challenge to the people's desire for national reconciliation, unity and reunification.