Korean books donated to India
Pyongyang, October 4 (KCNA) -- Korean books including "With the Century," reminiscences of the President Kim Il Sung, and brief biography of the General Secretary Kim Jong Il were handed over to the General Secretary of the West Bengal State Committee of the All-India Forward Bloc at a donation ceremony held in India on Sept. 26.
After receiving the books, the general secretary said that the All-India Forward Bloc will learn from the Juche idea, the guiding idea of the Workers' Party of Korea, and the precious experience of the WPK.
It is only the Juche idea that can save humankind today and only the WPK that can successfully lead the popular masses to socialism, he noted.
He expressed the belief that the WPK and the Korean people will surely win in the struggle for socialism under the leadership of Kim Jong Il.
Korean people led by Kim Jong Il, happiest
Pyongyang, October 4 (KCNA) -- Viktor Pickle, vice-chairman of the Society for the Promotion of the Relations between Austria and the DPRK, published a statement on Sept. 25 to congratulate the General Secretary Kim Jong Il upon his reelection as Chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission.
He said that he visited Korea on several occasions, saw the true picture of Korea in which the Juche idea has been embodied, and keenly felt that Kim Jong Il is indeed the only leader of the cause of independence, the sun of humankind who will lead the world revolution in the 21st century.
He noted:
I specially respect and follow Kim Jong Il because he is indeed a most gifted thinker and theoretician and because His loyalty and filial piety to President Kim Il Sung in his lifetime and even after his death reach the highest peak humankind ever knows.
The Korean people who have Kim Jong Il as the supreme leader is the happiest in the world.
He wished the Korean people greater success in the struggle for socialist construction and national reunification under the wise guidance of Kim Jong Il.
Japanese authorities' Korea policy denounced
Pyongyang, October 4 (KCNA) -- Representatives of the Japan Women's Council and the Japan Women's Liaison Council for Solidarity with the Korean Women paid a protest visit to the residence of the Japanese Prime Minister on Sept. 22 as regards the Japanese authorities' undisguised hostile policy toward the DPRK in the wake of the launch of an artificial satellite in the DPRK, according to Joson Sinbo published in Japan.
Keiko Tsuwa, chairperson of the Japan Women's Council, and other representatives in a letter of request to the Japanese Prime Minister said that violence against Koreans in Japan, Korean schoolchildren in particular, was committed continuously owing to the anti-DPRK policy of the Japanese government. They deplored Japanese society which allows such base acts.
They stated that the Japanese government should not try to blockade the DPRK with the "logic of strength" but normalize diplomatic relations with it and achieve peace and stability in Japan, the Korean peninsula and Asia with diplomatic efforts.
They strongly demanded that the government resume talks for normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and the DPRK, put things right and take steps to prevent violence against Korean people in Japan including schoolchildren.
"Nation's Day" declared by Pomchonghakryon
Pyongyang, October 4 (KCNA) -- The October 3 meeting of Pomchonghakryon (National Alliance of Youth and Students for the Country's Reunification) to declare the "Nation's Day" and hail the release of delegates Jong Min Ju and Ri Hye Jong, "Birds of hope for reunification," was held at the Mausoleum of King Tangun on Saturday.
Present there were delegates of north and overseas headquarters and delegates Kim Tae Won and Hwang Son of the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils (Hanchongryon) representing south headquarters of Pomchonghakryon.
Referring to the significance of declaring October 3 as the "Nation's Day," the meeting said:
It is to declare the homogeneous nation, have a new understanding of the devided country and declare a resolution to fight more staunchly against the anti-
reunification forces, under the banner of national independence and great unity.
The meeting welcomed the release of Jong Min Ju and Ri Hye Jong who visited Pyongyang and participated in the August 15 Grand Festival for National Reunification in 1995.
A joint declaration of youth and students of Tangun Nation was read out at the meeting by delegates of youth and students in the north, the south and overseas.
The declaration laid stress on fighting for complete independence of the country on the basis of the idea of national independence descendible in the 5,000-year history of the nation and fighting to realise great national unity and achieve the reunification of the country on the basis of patriotism.
A similar meeting was held in Seoul on October 1 and joint meetings between student committees and university student councils in the north and south were held on the occasion of the foundation day of the nation.
Written political speeches and joint resolutions which were agreed upon by the north, the south and overseas, were exchanged and adopted at meetings.
Useless remarks
Pyongyang, October 4 (KCNA) -- Minju Joson today comments on the "Joint Statement" that came after "talks" of U.S., Japanese and South Korean diplomats.
The "statement" described the DPRK's satellite launch as "missile launch" and declared they would take "joint action" against it.
The news analyst says:
It is self-evident that our artificial earth satellite recognised by the world cannot pose "threat" to anyone.
Lurking behind their fuss is a sinister intention.
They aim to justify their anti-DPRK campaign and perfect the "theatre defence missile system" of the U.S. and Japan.
We make it clear once more that we will launch another artificial satellite when we think it necessary, no matter what anyone may say. This is our inviolable sovereign right.
National Foundation Day marked
Pyongyang, October 4 (KCNA) -- Events were sponsored by the Council for the Reunification of the Tangun Nation at the Mausoleum of King Tangun in Pyongyang on Saturday to mark the National Foundation Day.
It was attended by chairperson of the council Ryu Mi Yong and other officials of political parties, public organisations and religious bodies, young people and students in the north= delegates Kim Tae Won and Hwang Son from Hanchongryon (South Korean Federation of University Student Councils) that represents the south headquarters of Pomchonghakryon (National Alliance of Youth and Students for the Country's Reunification)= and overseas Koreans.
The opening ceremony was followed by a memorial service for King Tangun.
Representatives of the north, south and overseas Koreans took the floor.
In her speech, Ryu Mi Yong attributed the memorial events for King Tangun, the founder of the nation, held with confidence in the future to the wise leadership of the President Kim Il Sung and the General Secretary Kim Jong Il, who set right and exalted the history of the Korean nation.
Kim Tae Won said the disinternment of the Mausoleum of King Tangun was of great importance in that Tangun, formerly a mythical person, scientifically proved to have been a real person so that the north and the south belong to the same nation with one ancestor.
Jon Ho Chon, chairman of the Association of Korean Historians and Archeologists in Japan, said that by blocking South Korean religionists from visiting the north to jointly commemorate the National Foundation Day, the South Korean authorities revealed that they are heinous enemies of the nation.
An indictment that lays bare the South Korean authorities' anti-national crime was published.
The indictment accuses them of pursuing an anti-north policy, arresting and persecuting all those who call for great national unity and peaceful reunification or visit the north.
The document calls on all organisations and people in South Korea and overseas to join in the efforts to frustrate the reckless acts of the South Korean authorities.
Then, artistes gave a national music and dance performance, representatives of the north, south and overseas Koreans jointly planted a tree, Taekwon-do instructors gave a demonstration performance, a brass band Played music and other sports and cultural events took place.