Exhibition hall of works on Juche idea opens
Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- An exhibition hall of works on the Juche idea has been built here.
An opening ceremony took place at the three-revolution exhibition on Monday.
On display at the exhibition are celebrated works on the Juche idea and the revolutionary theories, authored by President Kim Il Sung and Marshal Kim Jong Il, and photos showing their revolutionary activities and enduring feats.
The exhibition consists of three parts.
In the first part there are 2,630 out of 3,078 works published till September 1998 from works written by President Kim Il Sung for nearly 70 years from October 1926 to July 1994.
On show in the second are 560 of the works written by Marshal Kim Jong Il from September 1960.
Displayed in the third in the order of the continent and the country are 2,151 of nearly 24,560,000 copies of works of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il which were published in 63 languages in 108 countries.
Also exhibited are 1,077 works which were printed in eight languages in Korea.
Pyongyang students' evening of literature
Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- Students in Pyongyang had an evening of literature in front of the bust of Kim Jong Suk, a communist revolutionary fighter, at the Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery on Mt. Taesong on Monday to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's election as Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army and the 81st birth anniversary of Kim Jong Suk.
They laid wreaths and bouquets before Kim Jong Suk's bust and observed a moment's silence in honor of her.
At the evening the performers sang of the immortal feats of Kim Jong Suk and expressed their resolve to devotedly contribute to building a strong and prosperous country of Juche.
They also highly praised Marshal Kim Jong Il, who is defending the fortress of socialism with the will and resourcefulness, faith and grit of Mt. Paektu, as the invincible iron-willed commander and as the illustrious commander.
Present at the meeting were secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea central committee Kim Jung Rin, first secretary of the c.c., the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League Ri Il Hwan, other officials concerned and students in the city.
S. Korean Yun Song Sik defects to north
Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- Yun Song Sik (61), who had been active for South Korean dissident democratic movement for scores of years, came over to the northern half of Korea some days ago.
Born in Posong county, south Jolla Province, he actively strived for democratization of South Korean society and national reunification as a member of the central executive committee of the "Social People's Party", a member of the committee for deliberating reunification proposals of the "central council for national independence and reunification," director of the "April Revolution Institute" and an inspector of the "supporters' association of the national council of bereaved families for democratic movement," dissident democratic movement organizations.
On the motive of his defection, he said he has come to the north with a determination to make worthwhile contributions to the struggle for national reunification under the politics of the northern half of Korea.
"I have worked hard for scores of years in my own way for justice and progress, democracy and reunification in the south. But they cannot be realized under the present regime styling itself the 'government for the people' as well as under the military fascist regimes," he said, noting it is because there is no soul of the nation, the spirit of independence, in the south.
Public presentation of articles written by Chinese students here
Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- A public presentation of articles written by Chinese students studying at Kim Hyong Jik University of education was held at the university on Monday to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the election of Kim Jong Il as Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army and the 81st birth anniversary of the indomitable communist revolutionary fighter Kim Jong Suk.
In the articles "Mt. Paektu, a holy mountain of revolution," "Keenness of Great Man's Eyes," "By the Lake Samji" and "With Kim Jong Il's Birthplace in the Secret Camp on Mt. Paektu" students wrote about the unforgettable impressions of their excursions to revolutionary battle sites in the Mt. Paektu area.
They highly praised Mt. Paektu as a holy mountain where the Korean revolution started, and sang of the undying feats of the three commanders of Mt. Paektu and the Paektu revolutionary spirit.
They also put on the stage a choral recitation "Korea wins," a chorus "Song of General Kim Jong Il" and other colourful numbers.
S. Korean people demand abolition of "NSL"
Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- A joint declaration in the name of 70 odd public organizations and 500 people of different social standings was issued through the South Korean newspaper "Hangyore." the declaration demanded release of prisoners of conscience and abolition of the "National Security Law" (NSL).
it said that the number of people imprisoned on charges of violating the "NSL" in eight months after the appearance of the present regime is 4.6 times as large as that in one year of the "civilian" regime.
The declaration demanded repeal of the "system of law-observance oath", release of all the prisoners of conscience and abolition of the "NSL."
Spotlight to site of self-reliance
Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- Won Il Bae, a researcher of the South Korean "Institute of North Korean Economy", published an article titled "spotlight to the site of self-reliance," Seoul-based radio Voice of National Salvation said.
The article deals with the true aspect of the northern half of Korea that sweeps away the politico-military pressure and economic blockade of the imperialists and brings into bloom the superiority of socialism by dint of self-reliance.
It says:
It is wonderful that the north has successfully launched a satellite which requires high-grade technicians, high-tech means, a lot of funds and powerful self-supporting industry, by its own technology and efforts.
The imperialist allied forces have been persistently resorting to sanctions and blockade in a bid to isolate and stifle the northern half of Korea at whatever costs.
However, the north declared it would live its own way by its own strength, self-reliance regardless of their sanctions and blockade.
Slogans "Let us live our own way " and "Self-reliance is the only way to existence" are seen everywhere in the north.
"Self-reliance is the only way to existence" -- this is the faith and will of the people in the north.
The people in the north neither envy others nor want a help from others.
They do all with their own efforts, their own technology and their own raw and other materials.
The north's policy of independence, the policy of self-reliance and self-support is the one that was administered by President Kim Il Sung.
The banner of self-reliance held high by President Kim Il Sung has been firmly defended and held higher by Marshal Kim Jong Il.
I am firmly convinced once again that self-reliance is the only way for the nation to existence. Patriotic people of all walks of life should put an end to the U.S. colonial rule over South Korea and retake the sovereignty.