Floral basket from ITF president
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Choe Hong Hui, president of the International Taekwon-do Federation, sent a floral basket to the DPRK embassy in Vienna on July 8, the 5th anniversary of the President Kim Il Sung's passing away. He said that President Kim Il Sung is the savior of the Korean nation, who was held in high esteem for the first time in the nation's history, and the greatest of great men and sages, who was acclaimed by humankind for the first time.
Military provocation flailed by Danish political figure
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- The chairman of the central committee of the Communist Party of Denmark (Marxist-Leninist), Jorgen Peterson, in his letter sent to the Korean ambassador to Denmark over the incident in the West Sea of Korea on June 28, said that the South Korean authorities attempt to ignite a war again, stressing that his party bitterly denounces their military provocations. He noted that the west sea incident caused by the South Korean authorities shows clearly that the "sunshine policy" on their lips is nothing but an spurious signboard which gives no help to the Korean people.
Arms buildup in S. Korea
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- The South Korean authorities are scheming to deploy "the latest 155 mm self-propelled gun KX9" in Paekryong Islet in October, a news report from Seoul said. Such lethal weapons are said to be deployed for action at the marine corps of the "'ROK' army" in the islet to "cope with military provocations." The issue of deployment is under consideration, said an official of the South Korean "Defence Ministry" Sunday, claiming the "northern limit line" which has been recognized by nobody. This fully reveals war hysteria of the South Korean war hawks who are seeking to justify the unilaterally fixed "northern limit line" and intensify aggression and confrontation moves by turning this area into a base for naval operation to invade the north.
International support to Korean people's struggle
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Meetings were held in Bulgaria, Guyana, Tanzania, Guinea, Ethiopia and Nigeria from June 24 to 27 to mark the month of the international solidarity with the Korean people.
Francis Fanuel Lyimo, chairman of the Tanzanian National Coordinating Committee of the Juche Idea Study Groups, said that Korea's reunification has not yet been achieved due to the interference and obstruction of foreign forces and to the splittist moves of the South Korean authorities.
Mamadou Ali Sampil, chairman of the Guinean Committee for Supporting Korea's Reunification, said that although the separatists' moves are vicious, the Korean people will certainly achieve the country's reunification in accordance with the five policy of great national unity put forward by Kim Jong Il, the leader of Korea's reunification.
Letters of solidarity to General Secretary Kim Jong Il were adopted at the meetings. A film show was held in Ethiopia and a photo exhibition and a film show took place in Tanzania from June 25 to 26. The leadership of the Socialist Unionist Party of Syria and the Tanzanian National Coordinating Committee of the Juche Idea Study Groups issued statements respectively on July 6 and June 26 expressing full support to and solidarity with the Korean people's struggle for the reunification of the country.
Japan urged to lend ear to call of human conscience
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- A U.S.-resident Japanese member of the House of Representatives in California was reported recently to have submitted to the state congress a joint resolution which discloses the crimes committed by Japan against Asian countries during World War II. And he proposed to table it in the U.S. congress and government.
Commenting on this, Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary says: This shows that Japanese themselves feel ashamed at the past crimes and call for repenting of them. It was against this backdrop that the U.S. state legislator urged his government to exercise its influence on the Japanese government to make an apology and compensation for its crimes.
Now Germany and other countries which committed crimes against humankind in the past are becoming more earnest in their actions to fully liquidate them before greeting a new millennium. Contrary to this, the Japanese authorities are working hard to flee from the responsibility for the anti-ethical grisly crimes, far from admitting and apologizing for them. Their behaviour glaringly reveals their shamelessness and impudence.
It is a commitment for the United States, which is wholly responsible for the revival of Japanese militarism, to urge Japan to apologize for its past crimes and liquidate them. Japan is well advised to drop its foolish behaviour to realize its old dream of "Greater East Asia Coprosperity Sphere", oblivious of the past lesson, and opt to liquidate its past with a sincere and honest attitude. This is entirely beneficial to Japan.
If Japan obstinately avoids apologizing for its past crimes and liquidating them, indifferent to the grievance and resentment of the Korean and other Asian peoples and the demand of the era and the call of human conscience, they will have to pay an unimaginably high price.
Communique of joint preparatory committee for 10th PNR
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- The joint preparatory committee for the '99 Grand Pro-Reunification Festival and the 10th Pan-National Rally (PNR) for Independence and Great Unity of the Nation published a communique in Pyongyang, Seoul and Tokyo Monday after consultation with the north, south and overseas preparatory committees (steering headquarters) in order to hold the forthcoming August 15 pro-reunification events as a pan-Korean reunification festival common to the nation.
According to the communique, the festival will be held as a joint event of Koreans from the north, south and overseas and regional events in the period from August 13 to 16. Its theme is "independence and great unity of the nation." The keynote of the festival is to set national independence and great national unity as the fundamental principle and guarantee for reunification and materialize them and struggle to establish a pan-national unified state in a few years of the new millennium.
The joint event is to include an opening function, a meeting to vow the great unity of the entire nation, a joint meeting of Koreans from the north, south and abroad for independence and great unity of the nation, a pro-reunification art festival of Koreans from the north, south and overseas, the '99 PNR for peace and reunification of the country, functions of the National Alliance of Youth and Students for the Country's Reunification, photo exhibition and fine art show for the 10th PNR and a joint gathering of delegates from the north, south and overseas.
Attending the festival will be delegates of political parties and organizations affiliated to the north, south and overseas preparatory committees and individuals, the communique concluded.
Signing anniversary of DPRK-China treaty marked
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- The Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and the central committee of the Korea-China Friendship Association gave a reception Monday to mark the 38th anniversary of the signing of the DPRK-China treaty on friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance. Speeches were made at the reception by Minister of Public Health Kim Su Hak, chairman of the central committee of the association, and Chinese ambassador to Korea Wan Yongxiang.
The speakers said the conclusion of the treaty was an event of historic significance in raising the friendly relations between peoples of the two countries to a new higher stage. Saying it is the consistent stand of the worker's party and the government of Korea to set store by the Korea-China friendship and continue strengthening and developing it, Kim Su Hak declared that the Korean people would as ever work hard to bring into fuller bloom the flowers of the Korea-China friendship.
He said the Korean people wholeheartedly hope that the fraternal Chinese people would make new success in achieving stability and unity of the whole country and building socialism with Chinese characteristics by working hard to carry out the task set forth at the 15th Congress of the Communist Party of China under the leadership of the party headed by esteemed Jiang Zemin.
Wan Yongxiang said that in recent years Korea suffered in its economic development temporary difficulties caused by consecutive natural disasters, but its people have made new achievements in building Korean-style socialism by displaying the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance and working hard under the leadership of General Secretary Kim Jong Il. And he wished the Korean people fresh and greater success in their future work.
Referring to the steadfast will of the Chinese party and government to consolidate and develop the traditional Sino-Korean friendship, the ambassador said they would do their best together with the Korean comrades to hand down through generations and further these friendly and cooperative relations as in the 20th century so in the 21st century, too.
Co-articles of Rodong Sinmun and Kulloja reported
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- A reading meeting on "let us reject imperialists' ideological and cultural poisoning", a co-article of Rodong Sinmun and Kulloja was held by the National Movement of the Genuine Lumumbist Combatants of Democratic Congo on June 22. The national chairman of the national movement in the meeting said that the DPRK, which gives top priority to the ideological work, is an impregnable country into which any ideas cannot be infiltrated. Meanwhile, briefings on "invincible is the Worker's Party of Korea's high-priority army politics", a co-article of Rodong Sinmun and Kulloja, were held at the National Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea of Madagascar and the Madagascan Society for the Study of Kim Jong Il's works on June 25 and 28.
Floral basket from Guinean President
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- A floral basket came from Lansana Conte, President of Guinea, on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the President Kim Il Sung's passing away. The adviser to the President on political and foreign affairs and the chief of state protocol visited the DPRK embassy in guinea and conveyed the floral basket to the ambassador, authorized by the President on July 8.
Written on the ribbon hanging from the basket were the letters "the great leader President Kim Il Sung will be immortal. General Lansana Conte, President of the Republic of Guinea." The adviser said that the history of invariable development of the friendly relations between the DPRK and guinea was associated with the outstanding feats of President Kim Il Sung and that his august name would be remembered forever by the Guinean people. The floral basket was laid before a portrait of the President at the embassy.
Kim Il Sung's outlook on happiness
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- To be blessed with the people, comrades and successor -- this is what the President Kim Il Sung considered to be the best of luck to him.
The President regarded the people's love and support as the worth of being a revolutionary and an absolute criterion of happiness that can be enjoyed by a revolutionary. He often recollected the benefactors, who actively helped him during the period of the anti-Japanese struggle, and a woman party member of the Rakwon Machine Factory, a grandmother in Thaesong-ri and the workers of the Kangson Steel Works, who inspiringly told him in trial-ridden period after the liberation of the country and felt happiness in their high sense of loyalty.
He found his greatest happiness in the monumental edifices built by the people by their own efforts, in the looks of the people, who were enthusiastically cheering him in the celebration square and in the eyes of children, who were growing in health.
Therefore, the President devoted his all to the wellbeing of the people.
Over nearly half a century from the day he called on the workers of the Kangson Steel Works after his triumphant return home to the last day of his great life, the President spent more than 17,800 days, including 2,530 Sundays and other holidays tantamount to seven years, for his on-site guidance for the people's happiness.
He conducted his revolutionary activities, receiving love from his comrades.
He believed his comrades and the people as himself. He also valued and loved his comrades and the people more than himself. He elucidated the truth of the revolution that one could never carry on the revolution apart from revolutionary comrades and showed all conceivable love and trust to the comrades. It was the greatest pleasure, pride and happiness for the President to have Kim Jong Il as his successor. The ode the President had personally written on the 50th birthday of Kim Jong Il was that of his happiness of having as his successor Kim Jong Il, who is enjoying love and respect from all the people for his distinguished leadership ability and personality, loyalty and devotion and for his enduring exploits.
When the President was alive, he said he had never felt as worthwhile as at that time while carrying on revolution. That is because I am convinced of the victory of our revolution under the leadership of comrade Kim Jong Il, he added.As he was possessed of such a lucid outlook on the successor, he ensured the high authority of Kim Jong Il in every way and strengthened the single-hearted unity of the party, the army and the people around Kim Jong Il.
The President personally signed a decree on marking Kim Jong Il's birthday every year as the greatest holiday of the nation and took all measures to build a large hall to preserve the gifts to Kim Jong Il from foreigners, near the international friendship exhibition, including the selection of its site.
As seen above, Kim Il Sung's happiness was the happiness which a true man and revolutionary could feel while devoting his all to the people, comrades and the successor, before enjoying trust and respect from them.
Eternal sun
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Pak Kwang Gi, chief of the Pyongyang mission of the National Democratic Front of South Korea, made public an article "the eternal sun" on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the President Kim Il Sung's passing away.
In the article, he said that history has a record of leaders of high reputation but the eternal leader is only the great President Kim Il Sung who is the sun of mankind.
The article said: He is the greatest of great men and sages whom all the great men in history cannot match in terms of ideology, political ability, personality, character and feats. His whole life represents a great immortal history of patriotism because he devoted his all to the country and the nation. The eternal life of the President is more firmly guaranteed by the respected Marshal Kim Jong Il. Marshal Kim Jong Il opened a new era of the cause of perpetuating the leader's memory for the first time in history.
He provided a steady continuity to the revolutionary history of the President by instituting the Juche era and Sun's Day and stipulated by law that Kim Il Sung is the eternal President of the DPRK. The South Korean people's hearts were leaping with deep admiration at the strong sense of pure and noble moral obligation of the Marshal. Our nation's tradition of worshipping the great man is continuing thanks to its worship of Kim Jong Il. Under his guidance, the sun of Juche will be immortal, the national reunification, the desire of the President, be achieved without fail and our country remain shining brightly in the world as powerful and prosperous Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Il's Korea.
Cuban people's just cause supported
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Papers here carry signed articles in connection with the "month of solidarity with Cuban people" going on in Korea. The papers note that the solidarity month will mark an important occasion in further strengthening the friendship and militant unity between the two peoples of the DPRK and Cuba who are fighting shoulder to shoulder in the common struggle for independence and socialism against imperialism.
Rodong Sinmun says that the Cuban people, under the leadership of respected Fidel Castro Ruz, hewed out the road of socialism for the first time in the western hemisphere and are now firmly defending the socialist stronghold in the teeth of imperialists' challenges and obstruction.
The paper goes on: The Korean people have extended full support and solidarity to the Cuban people's cause, considering it as their own. This attitude and principle remain unchanged even today. To further develop the relations of friendship, solidarity and cooperation between the two countries accords with the fundamental requirement and interests of the two peoples and is greatly conducive to the common cause of the world revolutionary people for independence and socialism against imperialism.
Minju Joson says: The militant fraternity and relations of friendship and cooperation between the two peoples are developing to be a more unbreakable one surmounting the trials of history as they were provided by the great leader Kim Il Sung and respected Fidel Castro Ruz long ago. The Korean people will always stand by the fraternal Cuban people in their struggle for independence and socialism against imperialism and make positive efforts to further develop the friendly and cooperative relations between the two peoples.
Floral basket from Fidel Castro Ruz
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- A floral basket came from Fidel Castro Ruz, first secretary of the central committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, president of the Council of State and president of the Council of Ministers, on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the President Kim Il Sung's passing away. Jose Manuel Inclan Embade, Cuban ambassador E.P. to Korea, and members of the embassy laid the floral basket before the statue of President Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill on July 12.
Kim Yong Sun meets delegation of Koreans from China
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Secretary Kim Yong Sun of the central committee of the Worker's Party of Korea met and had a talk in a compatriotic atmosphere with the delegation of the General Association of Koreans in China led by chairman Yang Yong Dong at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today. On the occasion the head of the delegation said that the future of the country is bright as it is led by the Marshal Kim Jong Il. He expressed his determination to devote himself to national reunification and the patriotic work, holding the respected Marshal in high esteem with loyalty.
FM spokesman on position on DPRK's satellite launch
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- The spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK today issued a statement denouncing the Japanese authorities for their recent persistent anti-DPRK diatribe over the DPRK's satellite launch for space research and development and reclassifying its principled stand on the issue.
He said: During his recent Asian tour, the Japanese Prime Minister, Obuchi, asked for exercising "influence" on the DPRK so that it may "give up missile launch". At the June G-8 summit meeting he was busy with a soliciting diplomacy, calling for "joint cooperation". Clear is the purpose of the anti-DPRK diatribe of the Japanese authorities who are persistently describing the DPRK's satellite launch as "missile launch" and zealously creating an atmosphere of hostility towards the DPRK.
They attempt to step up the militarization of Japan and overseas aggression in full swing on the plea of the DPRK's satellite launch. As far as the DPRK's satellite launch is concerned, it belongs to the legitimate right of an independent and sovereignty state and, moreover, scientific research into the peaceful development of the space is not to be made by specified countries only.
If one thinks that we, who regard independence as our life and soul, will not do what we should do because of somebody's slander and "influence" upon us over the issue pertaining to our sovereignty, it is a height of folly and a foolish daydream.
We will go straight guided by our faith and decision, no matter what others may say.
The Japanese authorities are well advised not to act rashly, mindful that they will get nothing but a bitter frustration because of their persistent clumsy soliciting diplomacy intended to achieve their aim with other's help.