Senior party and state officials pay their respects to President Kim Il Sung

Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- Senior party and state officials on October 10 visited the Kumsusan Memorial Palace to pay their respects to the President Kim Il Sung on the occasion of the 53rd founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Among them were Kim Yong Nam, Ri Jong Ok, Pak Song Chol, Kim Yong Ju, Hong Song Nam, Ri Yong Mu, Kye Ung Thae, Jon Pyong Ho, and Kim Yong Dae, chairman of the C. C., the Korean Social Democratic Party, Ryu Mi Yong, chairperson of the C. C., the Chondoist Chongu Party, and other leading officials of party and government organs, ministries, social organizations and national institutions. Laid before the Statue of the President was a floral basket in the joint name of the WPK Central Committee, the WPK Central Military Commission, the DPRK National Defence Commission, the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly and the DPRK Cabinet. Written on the ribbon hanging on the floral basket were letters "the Great leader comrade Kim Il Sung is immortal." The senior party and state officials paid their respects to the President's Statue. Then they went upstairs and entered the hall where the President is preserved in state and made bows to him in humblest reverence. They saw round the train used by the President during his on-site guidance and foreign tour and the car used by him in the last period of his life. On the same day, Jo Myong Rok, director of the General Political Department of the Korean People's Army, Kim Yong Chun, chief of the general staff of the KPA, Kim Il Chol, Minister of the People's Armed Forces, marshals, vice marshals, general officers and men of the KPA, visited the palace.

Floral baskets laid before Statue of President Kim Il Sung

Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- People, servicemen, youth and schoolchildren of Korea laid baskets of flowers before Statue of the President Kim Il Sung across the country on Saturday, the 53rd anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea. Party members, officers and men of the Korean People's Army and working people in Pyongyang visited the President's Statue on Mansu Hill. Seen there was a floral basket from General Secretary Kim Jong Il. Laid before the statue were bouquets, flowers and floral baskets in the name of party and power bodies, ministries and commission, national institutions, KPA units, public security organs, scientific, educational, culture and art, public health and press organs, and industrial establishments and co-op farms in the city. Floral baskets, bouquets and flowers were also placed before his statues at Kim Il Sung University, the Korean Film Studio, the Pyongyang Schoolchildren's Palace and in different places of Pyongyang. On the same day, people and servicemen across the country visited the statues of the President in their residential areas. Meanwhile, chief Ri Sang Chol and members of the Pyongyang mission of the National Democratic Front of South Korea laid a basket of flowers before his statue on Mansu Hill.

Secretary Kim Jung Rin meets Egyptian delegation

Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- Kim Jung Rin, Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee, met with a delegation of the Egyptian General Federation of Trade Unions led by its international secretary Abdel Moniem El Azaly, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on Saturday. Present there were Ri Jin Su, vice-chairman of the C.C., the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, and other officials concerned.

Greetings to fm of Guinea

Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun sent a telegram of greetings to his Guinean counterpart Lamine Camara on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of DPRK-Guinea diplomatic relations. In the message Paek noted with satisfaction that the bilateral relations of friendship and cooperation have developed on good terms in the interests of the two peoples. He expressed the belief that those relations would further strengthen and develop.

International seminar on Juche idea held in Venezuela

Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- The International Seminar on the Juche Idea for Latin American Unity in the Struggle For Independence was held in Venezuela on October 3 and 4. Attending the seminar were chairman of the Latin American Institute of the Juche Idea Jose Francisco Aguilar Bulgarelli, director of the board of the International Institute of the Juche Idea and dean of the Guayaquil University of Ecuador Alva Chavez, chiefs and members of the Juche idea study organizations of Latin American countries, and the Juche idea study groups and personages of different social strata in Venezuela. Jose Francisco Aguilar Bulgarelli made a report titled "Let us accelerate the independence of Latin America by the might of unity based on the Juche idea". He said that the human cause of independence started by the President Kim Il Sung is now being carried forward by General Secretary Kim Jong Il, and the 21st century will be a century of its final victory. The marvellous realities of Korea are results of the Juche idea, the distinguished leadership of Kim Jong Il who is developing and enriching it, and the heroic struggle of the Korean people armed with the idea, the reporter stressed. He said that the Juche idea followers should have a deeper study of this idea in conformity with specific conditions of each country and the Latin American region and make the popular masses be aware of and carry the idea into practice. They should also extend full support to the Korean people fighting to defend the anthropocentric socialism and achieve the independent and peaceful reunification of the country, he added. The report was followed by speeches. A congratulatory message to Kim Jong Il and a declaration were adopted at the seminar.

Senior party and state officials visit Party Founding Museum

Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- Senior party and state officials visited the Party Founding Museum on Oct. 10, the 53rd anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea. Among the visitors were Kim Yong Nam, Pak Song Chol, Hong Song Nam, Ri Yong Mu, Kye Ung Thae, Jon Pyong Ho, leading officials of party and government organs, ministries, national institutions and public organisations. They looked round the buildings, monument and rooms associated with the glorious and brilliant revolutionary history of President Kim Il Sung. Director of the General Political Department of the Korean People's Army Jo Myong Rok, Minister of the People's Armed Forces Kim Il Chol and other marshals, vice marshals and general officers of the KPA visited the museum on the same day.

Dancing parties of youth and students celebrate 53rd anniversary of WPK

Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- Dancing parties of youth and students took place in Pyongyang and across the country on October 10, the 53rd anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea. Youth and students in Pyongyang, with pride and honor of being young people of Juche Korea, held dancing parties at plazas of the monument to party founding, the Tower of the Juche Idea, the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium and other places of the city. Dancing parties were also held in Chongjin in the North Korea, in Hamhung and in Kaesong, a city adjacent to the demarcation line, and other local places.

Petty behaviour

Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- The chief executive of South Korea "requested" the Japanese "Emperor" to visit South Korea during his tour to Japan. Commenting on this fact, Minju Joson today says it is a base act of a person who is obsessed with subordination, sycophancy and treason. The daily goes on: The "invitation" to South Korea of a descendant of the special-class criminal who committed immeasurable crimes against the Korean people will revive the nightmare of the Japanese imperialist aggression on Korea. It will also hurt national feelings of the Korean people. The Japanese authorities have not yet made any apology and compensation for the unprecedented crimes against the Korean people and are acting brazen-facedly. At this very time, the South Korean ruler "invited" the Japanese "Emperor" to South Korea. This is a petty act of a person who has no iota of self-respect and dignity. What they seek in the "invitation" is to tighten tieup with Japan, bridge over their ruling crisis and prolong their days with the backing of their master. His is a traitorous act tantamount to that of the Ulsa (1905) Five traitors who sold out the country and sought their personal end.

Real nuclear criminal

Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today discloses the true colors of the Japanese reactionaries as real nuclear criminals. A spent nuclear fuel reprocessing factory capable of producing 5 tons of plutonium a year with local spent nuclear fuel will be completed and start operation in Rokashyomura, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The news analyst of the paper says: The Japanese militarist forces are trying to realize the nuclear ambition they had not attained in the past. They have completed all preparations for the production of nuclear weapons and are developing and possessing even delivery means of nuclear weapons. What they pursue in their attempt to become a nuclear power is to conquer Asia and dominate the world by dint of nuclear weapons. So, they are frenziedly describing the launch of an artificial satellite in the DPRK as "missile threats" in a bid to justify their development of nuclear weapons and moves for becoming a nuclear power. They must stop pushing ahead with the nuclear armament, groundlessly finding faults with the DPRK's satellite launch.