Sophism reversing black and white

Pyongyang, January 14 (KCNA) -- Gary Samore, a special U.S. presidential assistant, said at a recent seminar that the United States would not ease sanctions on the DPRK and the DPRK could not receive "benefits of the agreed framework if it does not grant access to its suspected underground nuclear facilities." His provocative remarks are the height of shamelessness, a sophism reversing black and white and impudent utterances aimed at shifting responsibilities onto the other side. These are only increasing hatred for the United States. It is none other than the U.S. that has created serious threats to the peace and security of the Korean peninsula in wanton violation of the DPRK-U.S. agreed framework. Although four years have passed since the adoption and effectuation of the Geneva agreement, the U.S. has not faithfully implemented any of its commitments to the agreement including the construction of light-water reactors, the supply of heavy oil and the lifting of economic sanctions. On the contrary, the U.S. nuclear and military threats against the DPRK have further increased. Now, the U.S. is loudly crying that the Geneva agreement may be "broken". However, the agreement has already reached such an extent as it may break up of its own accord due to the U.S. hypocritical and double-dealing attitude. The U.S. must take full responsibility for this and unconditionally compensate for the economic losses it has inflicted upon the DPRK by delaying implementing the agreement. It is an unavoidable demand of the international law that if one side brings damage to the other side in contravention of any agreement, it must make compensation for it. With no sophism or plot can the United States flee from its responsibility.

Rodong Sinmun on Japanese boss's s. Korea visit

Pyongyang, January 14 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today carries a commentary on South Korea visit by director-general of the Defence Agency of Japan Norota. The news analyst says: He agreed with the South Korean military bosses on "intensified military cooperation" over the "suspected underground nuclear facilities" of the DPRK and "its missile development", and looked round panmunjom in the forefront area. This clearly betrays the shameless, militaristic stance of the Japanese reactionaries. "Intensified military cooperation" is aimed at the DPRK in every particular and takes it as a prerequisite to set up a military alliance with the South Korean rulers. The Japanese reactionaries seek to inveigle the South Korean rulers deeper into the umbrella of militarism and set up an aggressive military alliance called "security alliance" and thus bind South Korea more tightly to it. This will lead Japan to take the road of re-invasion on a full scale, using the South Korean authorities as a shock brigade. During Norota's visit to South Korea, an agreement was also reached on holding a concrete working-level consultation on "search" and joint exercises between the Japanese maritime "self-defence force" and the puppet navy at an early date. This is an expression of the Japanese reactionaries' attempt to unify the operation system between them, to expand military infiltration into South Korea and to make the puppet army a shock brigade for re-invasion. Re-invasion of Korea will lead them to the hell. The Japanese reactionaries had better stop such foolish acts as digging their own grave.

Kim Jong Il writes to Jon Mun Sop's widow

Pyongyang, January 14 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il sent an autographic letter to Ryu Jong Suk, widow of Jon Mun Sop who was honorary vice-president of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, in reply to her letter. His autographic letter reads: "Comrade Jon Mun Sop was an excellent communist of Korea, who faithfully worked for the party and the revolutionary cause and was unboundedly loyal to the great leader Kim Il Sung. Kim Jong Il January 13, 1999." In her letter dated Jan. 3 Ryu Jong Suk recalled the days of love and solicitude shown by President Kim Il Sung and Marshal Kim Jong Il for Jon's family and renewed the family's will to believe in the marshal as in heaven and follow only him. She wrote that she will train her children to be true sons and daughters of the Marshal who hold in high esteem and follow him wholeheartedly without pretence and fickleness as their father did. "I will lead my children, who have grown under your deep care, to be revolutionary fighters who always and devotedly safeguard you as the descendants of a guerrilla," she said.

Foreign party condemns military action of U.S. and South Korean authorities

Pyongyang, January 14 (KCNA) -- A report to the 12th Congress of the Communist Party KPML (R) in Sweden on the work of the central committee noted that the U.S. and its stooges, the South Korean authorities, have staged military exercises every year, committing military provocations against the north, which compelled the DPRK to be on the high alert. These moves basically run counter to north Korea's peace policy of realizing national reunification, putting a period to the ceasefire of nearly a half century and concluding a peace agreement, the report stressed. The report said that the demonstrations and strikes of the workers and students caused by the economic crisis in South Korea are cruelly suppressed by the authorities.

Research achievements

Pyongyang, January 14 (KCNA) -- Korean scientists and technicians are making all efforts to bring local science and technology onto the world level after they launched the first artificial satellite. Scientists and technicians under the national academy of sciences are effecting innovation in their research work. Scientists of the mathematics institute have computerized the production processes of the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex and started a trial production. All the production processes are watched and controlled by computers and conditions of electric power, temperature, pressure and gas are automatically recorded. The electronic material institute has developed a new powder material to be used in developing high density video tapes. The institute obtained color video tapes, too. The physics institute has developed new ceramic dice and set out on the work for their production. The branch academy of railway science has developed new insulators and locomotive inductors and heat-treated the cast iron brake shoes to increase their active life more than three times. The branch academy of light industry solved the scientific and technical problems to improve ferment soysauce and entered expansive production. Electronic, biological, mechanical, chemical and heat engineering sectors solved many problems helpful to the Juche-orientation, modernization and scientification of the national economy. All the scientists and technicians are devoting their wisdom and energies to attaining ultramodern scientific and technical targets in all fields in order to make this year mark a turning-point in building a powerful nation.

Jewel belt of King Wanggon, founder of Koryo

Pyongyang, January 14 (KCNA) -- A gilt-bronze ring decorated in a jewel belt of King Wanggon, founder of Koryo, and jade decorations were recently discovered in Korea, attracting the attention of people. The gilt-bronze belt ring is similar to the shape of present-day belt rings and on its back is a folding-type ring. Its front is patterned with two flowers on bine of two stems from one trunk. Its back is patterned with a bouquet of flowers. Jade decorations of the belt are diverse in shape and colour. There is a fixing plate between the jade decorations and the belt. The fixing plate is made of a buffalo horn melted and rolled as thin as a sheet of paper. It is said in the ancient record that King Wanggon had a set of belt decorated with gold and jewel which had 62 jade decorations. The gilt-bronze ring and jade decorations are valuable materials which show the belts used by kings.

"ANSP's" political inspection protested

Pyongyang, January 14 (KCNA) -- The opposition "Grand National Party" of South Korea held on January 11 a meeting in protest against political inspection by the "Agency for National Security Planning" and demanded an apology from the present South Korean ruler and dismissal of the director of the "agency" from his post for installing an "ANSP's" secret room at the building of the "national assembly", according to a radio report from Seoul. The meeting adopted a resolution calling for taking the "speaker" and "secretary general" of the "national assembly" to task for conniving at the setting up of the room and for its removal. Earlier, on January 8, over 200 members of the party went to "Chongwadae" and offered an open questionnaire demanding the present ruler's apology and dismissal of the director of the "ANSP".

40th anniversary of Worker-Peasant Red Guards

Pyongyang, January 14 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today runs an article titled "Worker-Peasant Red Guards are a pillar of militarily powerful socialist state" on the occasion of the 40th founding anniversary of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards, a powerful civilian armed force of Korea. The article contributed by vice marshal of the Korean People's Army Kim Ik Hyon points out that the great leader Kim Il Sung founded the Worker-Peasant Red Guards on Jan. 14, Juche 48 (1959) on the basis of the valuable tradition established in the building of a civilian armed force during the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle. This was a historic event which made it possible to more firmly ensure the revolutionary cause of Juche with armed forces, it says, and goes on: The Worker-Peasant Red Guards grew into a revolutionary armed force of the Workers' Party of Korea under the leadership of Kim Il Sung. Now, they have entered the highest level of development under the guidance of Supreme Commander Marshal Kim Jong Il. The Marshal has seen to it that the red guards can fully display their political and ideological might and continue to improve their military equipment in keeping with the requirement of modern warfare. And he has turned the whole country into an impregnable fortress by building steel-strong defence positions in all parts of the country. Together with the Korean People's Army (KPA), the Worker-Peasant Red Guards have become a powerful armed force of the Workers' Party of Korea and created a proud history of victory and glory. Today the members of the red guards under the great brilliant commander have a very high level of ideological and mental traits and military preparedness. If the enemy encroaches upon a blade of grass and a tree of the fatherland, all the members of the red guards, together with the KPA, will turn out in a sacred war to annihilate the enemy, make the enemy a forlorn wandering spirit and honorably defend the leader, system and fatherland at the cost of their lives. A national meeting was held in Pyongyang on Wednesday to mark the 40th anniversary of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards.