Criminal attempt

Pyongyang, November 2 (KCNA) -- The Japanese Defence Agency recently submitted the "final report on North Korea's launch of missile" to the joint defence meeting of the Liberal Democratic Party, according to a news report. The report said it is very likely that the DPRK launched a ballistic missile called "Taephodong no. 1". This shows that Japan doggedly negated the DPRK's launch of an artificial satellite and finally concluded that the DPRK launched a missile. We take a serious view of its allegation. As all know, the world has firmly recognized the DPRK launched an artificial satellite, which cannot be negated with anything. This is a great demonstration of the DPRK's space science and technology and an event of particular significance in the world's history of the development of artificial satellite. At a time when the whole world is struck with admiration for this, only Japan has negated it from the beginning. It has tenaciously clamoured that a "ballistic missile" of North Korea "violated" the territorial waters and airspace of Japan and that Japan would "retaliate" against it. Japan's misdeeds are intended to find an excuse for pushing ahead with their design to become a military power and arm itself with nuclear weapons. The Japanese reactionaries are putting spurs on the "Theatre Missile Defence" plan with the United States on the pretext of coping with "threat of ballistic missile" by the DPRK and intensifying the collective "cooperation system" against the DPRK, crying that "military cooperation" of the U.S., Japan and South Korea should be promoted. The Japanese Defence Agency's final conclusion that on the DPRK launched a ballistic missile is a revelation of its criminal attempt to step up Japan's moves to become a missile and nuclear power. This is a very grave movement which makes the DPRK take cautions and powerful self-defensive countermeasures. If the Japanese reactionaries finally take the road of containing the DPRK in defiance of our warnings, they will face only destruction.

Greetings to PM of Antigua and Barbuda

Pyongyang, November 2 (KCNA) -- Premier of the cabinet of the DPRK Hong Song Nam sent a message of greetings to Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Lester Bryant Bird on the occasion of the 17th anniversary of the Independence of Antigua and Barbuda. The message wished the Prime Minister great success in his work for the prosperity of the country.

Greetings to Dominican Prime Minister

Pyongyang, November 2 (KCNA) -- Hong Song Nam, Premier of the cabinet of the DPRK, sent a message of greetings to Edison James, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its Independence. The message wished the prime minister success in his responsible work for the nation's progress and prosperity.

Seoul Orchestra members see revolutionary opera

Pyongyang, November 2 (KCNA) -- A Seoul Orchestra led by Choe Hak Rae, editorial writer of the South Korean paper Hangyore and secretary general of the Unification and Culture Foundation, which has come here to participate in the Yun I Sang Music Concert for the country's reunification, saw the revolutionary opera "the Flower Girl" adapted from the immortal masterpiece of the same name, at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre on Sunday. Included in the audience were Kim Jong Ho, chief of the Yun I Sang Music Institute, Ri Su Ja, widow of Yun I Sang, officials concerned and artistes and working people in the city. A floral basket in the name of the Seoul Orchestra was conveyed to the performers for their successful performance.

U.S.-Japan joint military manoeuvres under fire

Pyongyang, November 2 (KCNA) -- The U.S. and Japan plan to call out armed forces of three services to stage joint military manoeuvres for some ten days. Rodong Sinmun today charges that the war game beginning on November 2 is the largest U.S.-Japan one, the first of its kind, since the adoption of new "guidelines for the U.S.-Japan defence cooperation," a joint war scenario worked out by the two countries for aggression. The rehearsal is aimed at threatening and putting pressure on the DPRK by force of arms and rounding off the preparations for another Korean war, says the paper. The news analyst says: The U.S., through the revised "guidelines," attempts to provide a justification for Japan's involvement in the execution of its war strategy and use Japan's combat power for the realisation of its aggression. Japan seeks in the "guidelines" to secure an institutional mechanism for military actions abroad and step up military reinvasion in real earnest with the backing of the U.S. The current exercise is a preliminary operation to carry the aggressive "guidelines" into practice. Involved in the exercise are the U.S. Forces present in South Korea, Japan and Hawaii which will be the main force for provoking another Korean war. From this point of view, it is obvious that the exercise is aimed at the DPRK.

DPRK book, photo and handicraft exhibition

Pyongyang, November 2 (KCNA) -- A DPRK book, photo and handicraft exhibition was opened in Colombia on October 26 to mark the first anniversary of the election of Kim Jong Il as General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and the 53rd WPK birthday. On display at the exhibition hall were celebrated works authored by President Kim Il Sung and Marshal Kim Jong Il, books and photoes on their leadership exploits, pictures showing achievements scored by the Korean people in socialist construction and handiworks. Addressing the opening ceremony, the secretary general of the Colombia-Korea Association of Friendship and Culture said with politics for the people enforced in Korea the people are free from taxation, but enjoy benefits in all fields including education, public health and culture. Cesar Perez, chairman of the Medellin City Council in Antioquia department and president of Coopera University, said the exhibition would contribute to developing cultural exchanges and friendly relations between Korea and Colombia.

Delegation of Thai Righteous Force Party here

Pyongyang, November 2 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Palang Dharma Party of Thailand led by leader Chaiwat Sinsuwong arrived in Pyongyang today. It was met at the airport by Kim Yang Gon, director of a department of the C.C., the Workers' Party of Korea.

Telephone message to president of S. Korean Red Cross

Pyongyang, November 2 (KCNA) -- Hwang Son, a fourth-year student of Duksong Women's University is to go back to South Korea across the central Demarcation Line of Panmunjom at 3 P.M. on November 3 after successfully concluding her visit to Pyongyang. She has visited Pyongyang as a delegate of the (South) Korean Federation of University Student Councils (Hanchongryon), which represents the south headquarters of the national alliance of youth and students for the country's reunification, to participate in a joint expedition of students from the north, south and abroad to historic sites in the northern half of Korea, an academic seminar, and the August 15 Grand Pro-reunification Festival and visit Mt. Paektu, Mt. Kumgang and other scenic spots. Acting chairman Ri Song Ho of the central committee of the DPRK Red Cross Society on November 2 sent a telephone message to president Jong Won Sik of the South Korean Red Cross as regards her returning to the south. The message expressed the expectation that the South Korean red cross will give necessary help so that the South Korean authorities can guarantee safe return of the delegate and her safety and Hanchongryon can greet its delegate at Panmunjom.