KPA athletes prove successful in world military games
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- Athletes of the Korean People's Army won two gold medals and three silver medals in the 2nd World Military Games held in Zagrev on August 11.
Women Ri Myong Hwa and Hong Ok Dan won gold medals respectively in the 57 kg category of Judo and in marathon.
Cha Hyon Hyang finished the runner-up in the 48 kg category of women's Judo, Ri Hyon Gyong in women's marathon and Kim Jong Chol in men's marathon.
Professorship awarded to president of Nishiarai Hospital
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- A ceremony of awarding professorship of the DPRK to president of Nishiarai Hospital Kim Man Yu, advisor to the central standing council of the Korean Medical Workers Association in Japan, was held at the Mansudae Assembly Hall Thursday.
He was awarded the professorship for his big contribution to the improvement of health of the people in the homeland, the development of medical science and technology and training of professional medical workers.
The ceremony was attended by vice-premier Jo Chang Dok, who is chairman of the State Commission for Conferring Degrees and Titles, and vice-Minister of Public Health Choe Chang Sik.
Friendly meeting at Indonesian embassy
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- Indonesian ambassador to Korea Buchari Effendi arranged a friendly meeting at his embassy Thursday on the occasion of the 54th anniversary of independence of Indonesia.
Present there on invitation were officials concerned.
The participants in the meeting deepened the friendly feelings, playing amusement games and conversing with each other.
Reception given at Russian embassy
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- Charge d'affaires ad interim Alexander Timonin of the Russian embassy in Pyongyang hosted a reception at his embassy Thursday on the occasion of the 54th anniversary of Korea's liberation.
Invited to the reception were vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Ri In Gyu, vice-chairperson of the Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries Hong Son Ok and officials concerned.
Speeches were made at the reception.
"Minjurochong" delegates visit different places
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- Delegates of the South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (Minjurochong) and its worker's football team for reunification which are participating in the "soccer game of workers in the north and south for reunification" visited the Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery on Mt. Taesong yesterday.
They were led by "Minjurochong" vice-chairman and reunification committee chairman Ri Kyu Jae and under the general direction of chairman Ri Kap Yong. The delegates and football players looked round the cemetery, being briefed on the President Kim Il Sung and the Marshal Kim Jong Il's immortal feats associated with the place and the noble spirit of anti-Japanese revolutionary martyrs kept in the hearts of people.
They also visited the Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery on the same day.
They observed a moment's silence in memory of the patriotic martyrs who laid down their lives for the liberation of the country, socialist construction and the cause of reunification.
Meanwhile, delegates of "Minjurochong" went to the Pyongyang Senior Middle School no. 1.
Reception for compatriots
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- A reception was given at the Yanggakdo International Hotel on August 12 in honor of the compatriots who have come here to participate in the '99 Grand Pro-Reunification Festival for Independence and Great Unity of the Nation and the 10th pan-national rally.
Invited to the reception were delegates of South Korean pro-reunification patriotic organizations, delegations, delegates and art troupes of overseas Koreans.
Present were Kim Yong Dae, chairman of the central committee of the Korean Social Democratic Party, Ryu Mi Yong, chairperson of the central committee of the Korean Chondoist Chongu Party, and O Ik Je, vice-chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland.
An Kyong Ho, co-chairman of the joint preparatory committee for the grand pan-national pro-reunification festival and chairman of the north preparatory committee, said in his speech that the division of the country and the nation should not be kept any longer and called for terminating the tragedy of the division and building a reunified country by the united efforts of the Korean nation within a few years of the 2000s.
He noted that the grand pan-national pro-reunification festival will be a historic political festival which demonstrates the firm will of the 70 million fellow countrymen for national reunification to the country and the world.
Ri Yong Bin, chairman of the Society for Cooperation of Korean Compatriots in Germany, said that it is the great fruit of the respected Marshal Kim Jong Il's policy of national independence that the DPRK is advancing toward a new century of reunification, demonstrating the might of independence all over the world. He said he realised that national reunification and the prosperity of a reunified country are sure to come under his leadership.
Expansion of "Intelligence Service"
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the central committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland issued a statement yesterday in connection with the recent disclosure of the fact that a "political corps" and "press corps" have been newly established in the "Intelligence Service" of South Korea.
The statement said:
The South Korean ruling quarters newly set up large "political corps" and "press corps" under the "office for anti-communist policy" of the "Intelligence Service" in a bid to intensify political investigation and press control.
It shows once again that the South Korean authorities are leaving no stone unturned to bridge over the present serious ruling crisis at home and abroad.
The statement vehemently denounced the South Korean ruling quarters' expansion of the "Intelligence Service" as an unpardonable criminal move to revive the intelligence politics of the former military fascist dictatorship and drive South Korean society into the crucible of more severe fascist rule.
The intensified political investigation and press control prove that the present chief executive of South Korea is a more vicious and hateful ruler than the preceding military fascist cliques and "civilian government" fascists.
Under the "people's government" and the "Intelligence Service" neither independence and democratization of South Korean society nor national reunification, the ardent desire of all the fellow countrymen, can be achieved, the statement stressed.
Overseas compatriots' delegations arrive
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- Delegations of the Central Association of Korean Nationals in Russia, the United Confederation of Koreans in the Far East of Russia and the commonwealth of independent states regional headquarters of the National Alliance of Youth and Students for the Country's Reunification (Pomchonghakryon) arrived here on Thursday to participate in the '99 Grand Pro-Reunification Festival for Independence and Great Unity of the Nation and the 10th pan-national rally.
The heads of the delegations made public statements on arrival at the airport.
Kwon Myong Hui, head of the delegation of the Central Association of Korean Nationals in Russia, said that all compatriots at home and abroad should achieve the historic cause of national reunification at an early date by upholding the idea and the leadership of the respected Marshal Kim Jong Il with loyalty and patriotism, holding him in high esteem as the sun of the nation and the lodestar of Korea's reunification.
Kwon Chon Sik, head of the delegation of the United Confederation of Koreans in the Far East of Russia, noted what all fellow countrymen keenly feel now is that the independence and great unity of the nation are the only way of reunification and a way for them to subsist.
Japan urged to apologize and compensate
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- The Korean Association of A-bomb Victims for Anti-Nuke Peace issued a statement on Thursday in connection with the fact that the Japanese government has not made an honest apology and repentance of the crimes against the Korean people though half a century has passed but tries to justify them in all aspects.
If the Japanese government sees the 20th century out without liquidation of the past crimes Japan will not enjoy elementary trust but be disgraced and isolated from the international community, the statement said, and continued:
During the period of the Japanese imperialists' occupation of Korea, more than 6 million Koreans were drafted for forced labour and about 100,000 people suffered the damage of A-bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and upwards of 50,000 people died.
This notwithstanding, Japan is running headlong toward the road of militarism, the road of a nuclear power instead of drawing lessons from the past crimes and the war of aggression and taking the road of apology and repentance, the road of peace.
The Korean Association of A-bomb Victims for Anti-Nuke Peace requested the Japanese government to clarify that the crimes committed by the Japanese imperialists in the past were violations of the international law, frankly admit them, apologize for and repent of them and open to the public the past crimes including the forcible drafting of Koreans by all possible means.
The Japanese government should make state apology and compensation as soon as possible for the A-bomb victims who are residing in the DPRK and their families as well as the Korean A-bomb victims who died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their families.
Papers call for achieving national reunification
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- Papers here today editorially hail the '99 Grand Pro-Reunification Festival for the Independence and Great Unity of the Nation and the 10th pan-national rally opening today in a grand style amid great expectation and concern of all the compatriots at home and abroad.
The grand pro-reunification festival opening, honored with the presence of delegates of political parties and organizations from the north, south and abroad and figures from all walks of life is a noteworthy event and a great auspicious function in the history of the movement for national reunification, an editorial of Rodong Sinmun says, and goes on:
The festival, the biggest in its scale, richest in its content and peculiar in its form, will include meaningful events reflecting the idea of independence and great unity of the nation.
The festival will be a grand assembly for great national unity and reunification which will powerfully demonstrate at home and abroad the ardent desire and firm will of the compatriots to achieve the cause of national reunification without fail, rallied close around the respected Marshal Kim Jong Il, true to the instruction of the great leader President Kim Il Sung for reunification and a historic grand festival for national reunification which will give a great impetus to the reunification movement of the Korean nation.
Noting that the Korean nation's movement for national reunification is entering into a period of new turn, the editorial calls upon all the compatriots in the north, south and abroad to conduct a nationwide pro-reunification patriotic movement to open up a decisive phase of national reunification in the spirit of independence and great unity of the nation.
Pointing out that for the independence and great unity of the nation it is necessary to strengthen the solidarity among the compatriots in the north, south and overseas, it calls for expanding and strengthening the tripartite solidarity to fully prepare internal pro-reunification patriotic forces of the nation.
The great unity of the whole nation means national reunification, the editorial notes, and goes on: The compatriots in the north, south and abroad should turn out in the sacred patriotic cause to realise the five-point policy of the great national unity under the banner of the three charters of national reunification transcending differences in ideology and idea, political view and religious faith.
Saying that the history of the tragedy of national division should not be allowed to continue, the editorial calls for building a Juche-oriented reunified independent and powerful country on this three thousand-ri land by the concerted efforts of the nation in a few years of a new millennium.
The prospect of national reunification is bright and optimistic as the three charters of national reunification put forward by Kim Il Sung indicate the road to be followed by the grand march for national reunification and the nation is under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il.
Letter to Kim Jong Il from international forum
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- A letter to General Secretary Kim Jong Il was adopted at the international forum calling for the demolition of the concrete wall which closed here today.
The letter noted that the participants in the forum expressed full support for the three charters of national reunification, clarified by the President Kim Il Sung , and the five-point policy of great national unity, advanced by the Marshal Kim Jong Il, unanimously stressing they are reasonable and realistic line which makes it possible to realize the independent and peaceful reunification of Korea in the most smooth way.
They strongly urged the South Korean authorities to pull down the concrete wall symbolic of Korea's division, without delay and expressed their firm resolution to invigorate the international campaign for the removal of the wall, it said.
The letter further said:
We are convinced that, under your seasoned and veteran leadership, the courageous and enthusiastic Korean people will surely achieve the independent and peaceful reunification of the country in near future.
Korea is one and the concrete wall should be pulled down at once.
Just is the cause of the Korean people for national reunification and our support and solidarity for it will be invariable.
'99 grand pro-reunification festival, 10th pan-national rally open
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- The '99 Grand Pro-Reunification Festival for the Independence and Great Unity of the Nation and the 10th pan-national rally opened at Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang, this afternoon.
The 10th August 15 grand pan-national pro-reunification festival is a nationwide meeting for reunification attended by delegates from the north, south and overseas which will demonstrate the nation's fervent enthusiasm and strong will for reunification and a significant grand political and cultural festival to present the looks of the united Korean nation and the future of the reunified country.
The stadium was packed to its capacity with over 100,000 people from all walks of life, youth and students.
They chanted slogans and sang songs on reunification and presented merry dances before its opening.
Delegations and delegates of compatriots from different regions of the world entered the stadium to the strains of the song "Glad to meet you."
The letters "welcome" appeared on the background and the stadium shook with shouts of "national reunification," "Korea is one," and applause.
As knights ran into the stadium on horseback, holding aloft flags of the grand pan-national pro-reunification festival, the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification (Pomminryon) and the National Alliance of Youth and Students for the Country's Reunification (Pomchonghakryon) and pulled ribbons hanging from festive balloons depicting a huge lantern, confetti and tapes were thrown and hundreds of doves let loose.
Brass band and tabors in national costume entered the stadium and made a formation representing the figure "10" symbolic of the festival. Then they presented a Korean map on the ground, playing songs "Thunder on Jong Il Peak," and "Korea is one."
Chairman An Kyong Ho of the north preparatory committee of the grand pan-national pro-reunification festival, upon authorization, made a joint opening address of the 10th pan-national rally.
He said the successful opening of the 10th pan-national rally with the largest attendance of delegates from the north, south and overseas serves as an event of great importance in powerfully arousing the entire nation to the independence and great unity of the nation.
Then the flag of the festival was hoisted.
Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, made a congratulatory speech.
He on behalf of the DPRK government warmly hailed the successful opening of the grand pan-national pro-reunification festival, which would be a noteworthy event in the history of the struggle of the Korean nation for reunification, and highly praised in the name of all the Korean people the shining achievements made by Pomminryon and the pan-national reunification movement over the last decade.
He expressed the firm confidence that all the compatriots in the north, south and overseas would continue to vigorously struggle on the road of patriotism to realize the three charters of national reunification and the five-point policy of the great national unity put forth by the President Kim Il Sung and the Marshal Kim Jong Il and bring an epochal turning-point in achieving great national unity and reunification of the country in the near future.
Amar Bentoumi, president of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers and Honorary Chairman of the International Liaison Committee for Reunification and Peace in Korea, in the name of all foreign friends who support the Korean people extended warm greetings to the Koreans and sincerely hoped that the '99 grand pan-national pro-reunification festival would be a successful one.
Ra Chang Sun, advisor to the south headquarters of Pomminryon, in his congratulatory address said that no one can make a present of reunification to the Koreans and it is not something to be bought. The independence and great unity is the only way of achieving reunification, he added.
Present at the opening ceremony were President of SPA presidium Kim Yong Nam and senior officials of political parties, public organizations and religious groups, officials of Pomminryon and the National Alliance of Youth and Students for the Country's Reunification from the north, south and overseas and honorary foreign guests.
Participating in the ceremony were also Minjurochong delegates and its worker-football players and overseas compatriots on a visit to the homeland.
Rally for great unity of entire nation held
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- A rally for the great unity of the entire nation was held at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace Plaza this morning.
Present there were representatives of the north, south and from overseas who will participate in the grand pan-national pro-reunification festival, and working people of the city.
Chairman of the c.c., the Korean Social Democratic Party (KSDP) Kim Yong Dae said at the rally that the President Kim Il Sung 's tireless efforts made for the cause of the national reunification in a half century and his immortal achievements in this cause are shining brilliantly in the history of the reunification movement of the Korean nation and his lofty idea of national reunification is cherished deep in our minds as the most valuable behest for reunification.
Today the President's earnest behest for reunification is being successfully carried out by the respected Marshal Kim Jong Il, he noted, and said the nation-wide struggle for smashing outsiders' interference and war moves and checking and frustrating the separatist moves of the flunkeyist and traitorous forces should be vigorously waged to open the decisive phase of national reunification.
Ri Song U, South Korean representative of the "National Alliance for Democracy and Reunification," said the separatist and war moves of the yankees and the sinister repression by the flunkeyist and traitorous regime of South Korea can never block the united struggle of the 70 million Koreans in the north, south of the country and overseas. He called for invigorating the struggle for reunification under the five-point policy of great national unity advanced by Marshal Kim Jong Il so as to unconditionally carry out the behest of the President who provided the three charters for national reunification.
Vice-chairman of the overseas headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification (Pomminryon) Hwang Pyong Thae said: It is the firm confidence and will of all of us that the tragedy of the national division of over half a century should be ended in the era of Kim Jong Il. We will surely achieve the national reunification and win victory under his guidance.
A resolution was adopted at the rally.
It expressed the determination to uphold the three charters of national reunification--the three principles of national reunification of independence, peaceful reunification and great national unity, the ten-point program of the great unity of the whole nation and the proposal for founding the democratic confederal republic of Koryo--as the only reunification program and vigorously wage the struggle for accelerating the independent and peaceful reunification of the country under their banner.
It said that the '99 Grand Pro-Reunification Festival for Independence and Great Unity of the Nation and the 10th pan-national rally should be adorned as the most significant grand rally for reunification and the grand nationwide march of reunification making a new breach of the reunification in the 2000s.
Appeal to world peace-loving people
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- An appeal to the world's peace-loving people was adopted at the closing session of the "international forum calling for the demolition of the concrete wall" held here today.
The appeal said that humankind has a new hope and expectation for peace and prosperity with the 21st century at hand but an abnormal state persists on the Korean peninsula where the concrete wall still exists, bringing pain resulting from the division and confrontation to the Korean nation.
It continued:
We confirmed on the spot once again the existence of the concrete wall which was once recognized by the press and even the military of the United States and confirmed by an international fact-finding group with its own eyes on the spot, and keenly realized what bitter misfortunes and sufferings the Korean people are undergoing due to the division and how strong the Korean people's will to pull down the barrier of division and reunify the country at any cost is.
But the South Korean authorities, under the patronage of the United States, have doggedly refused to demolish the concrete wall despite the protest from all the Korean people and broad international public circles, while further intensifying the confrontation and suffocation moves against the DPRK that has made every sincere effort for reunification.
The South Korean authorities' talk about "dialogue" and "unification," while keeping the concrete wall and the "National Security Law" which block the reunification of Korea as ever is nothing but empty words to deceive the world public opinion.
In league with outside forces they are mocking the world community with the outcries for "sunshine policy" and "policy of engagement with the north." Having worked out with the U.S. Even the adventurous scenario for the "second Korean war" called "operation plan 5027-98," they are driving the situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of war hour by hour.
The military conflict at the west sea of Korea in June and the concentration of huge U.S. armed forces in the Korean peninsula on this pretext go to clearly prove that the "operation plan 5027-98" is entering a specific phase of its implementation.
The ever deteriorating situation on the Korean peninsula is arousing serious apprehension and concern among the world's peace-loving people.
It should be raised as a pressing problem of the present international politics to bring under early control the grave situation on the peninsula where the national sovereignty of the Korean people is wantonly violated by outside forces and their followers and a war may break out any moment.
Once again aware of the urgency to solve the Korean problem and the responsibility assumed by the international community in this regard, we who have striven for the peace and reunification of Korea appeal to the world people who love justice and peace as follows:
Let us raise the existence of the concrete wall on the Korean peninsula as an international issue and wage a more widespread protest campaign of various forms for its earlier demolition.
Let us brand the new reckless war provocations of the United States and the South Korean authorities to bring a holocaust of war to the Korean peninsula again, blinded by the extreme logic of "strength", as a grave criminal act of disturbing peace in Asia and the rest of the world, and lift up voices denouncing them.
The division of Korea is a source of the tension in this region.
Korea must be reunified at an early date in order to prevent an outbreak of a new war on the peninsula and ensure a durable peace there.
The three principles of independence, peaceful reunification and great national unity, the proposal for founding the democratic confederal republic of Koryo and the ten-point program of the great unity of the whole nation put forward by the great leader of the Korean people President Kim Il Sung and the five-point policy of the great national unity advanced by his excellency the respected Kim Jong Il represent a most realistic and reasonable way of smoothly achieving the reunification of Korea.
Let us extend more positive support and solidarity to the Korean people's cause to reunify the country independently and peacefully in accordance with the three charters of national reunification and the five-point policy of great national unity and with concerted efforts of the whole nation.
We are firmly convinced that all the peace-loving people of the world will heartily respond to this call.
International forum closes
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- The "international forum calling for the demolition of the concrete wall" which opened on Thursday here closed today.
Prior to the closing ceremony, the participants in the forum adopted a letter to General Secretary Kim Jong Il, an appeal to the world peace-loving people and a protest letter to the South Korean authorities.
The protest letter strongly urged the South Korean authorities to demolish the concrete wall without delay as demanded by all the Korean people and the world peace-loving people.
Demanding the South Korean authorities abolish anti-reunification and anti-national "National Security Law", release immediately all the imprisoned pro-reunification patriots and students and guarantee them freedom of pro-reunification patriotic movement, it said if the South Korean authorities truly want the reunification of the country, they should abandon the policy of depending upon outsiders and that of confrontation with the north and immediately make a switchover to the stand of national independence and the policy of alliance and reconciliation with the north.
Amar Bentoumi, president of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers and Honorary Chairman of the International Liaison Committee for Reunification and Peace in Korea, in his closing speech said that the participants in the forum strongly demanded the demolition of the concrete wall and expressed the belief that the world peace-loving people would positively support the just cause of the national reunification of the Korean people in the future, too.
Participants in forum vow to conduct international movement
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- The speakers at the "international forum calling for the demolition of the concrete wall" which opened here on Thursday evinced their firm resolution to wage a more valiant international movement to build up a strong world opinion as to the existence of the concrete wall bisecting the Korean peninsula into two and its injustice and demand its demolition.
Vidya Sekera, delegate of the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization, said that it was important for the international forum to put pressure on the South Korean authorities to pull down the concrete wall and widely introduce and propagandize the political implications it has on the reunification of Korea.
Robert Williams, vice-chairman of the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Committee to Support the Reunification of Korea and general secretary of the Good Green Guyana, noted that if the Japanese authorities are to improve their image in the international public circles, they should frankly repent of and apologize for the crimes Japan committed against the Korean people in the past and make a due compensation for them before anything else and drop their hostile policy toward the DPRK.
Secretary general of the Nordic Cooperation Committee for Friendship and Solidarity with the Korean People and chairman of the Denmark-DPRK Friendship Association Anders Kristensen stated that the South Korean authorities should not pursue the "engagement policy" driving the inter-Korean relations to those of confrontation but make a policy switchover to alliance and reconciliation with the north and reunification with the north as soon as possible.
Tsutomu Minatoyama, representative member of the Japan Committee for Supporting the Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea, said that the committee would stand as ever on the side of the Korean people who are struggling for the reunification of their country and wage a more vigorous movement to support Korea's reunification.
Delegate of the Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America Noris Paz Hernandez declared that the struggle to get the U.S. forces withdrawn from South Korea and pull down the concrete wall built by the U.S. imperialists and the South Korean authorities for the purpose of perpetuating the division of Korea would go on and the organization always stand on the side of the Korean people in this struggle.
Vice-chairman of the U.S. Out of Korea Committee Scott Scheffer stressed that the committee would wage a vigorous solidarity movement against the U.S. moves and for the pullout of the U.S. forces from South Korea.
Besides, delegates of international organizations, delegations and delegates of solidarity organizations from different regions and countries in their speeches said that they would extend positive support and solidarity to the just cause of the Korean people for peace and reunification of Korea.
Pomchonghakryon basketball game held
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- A basketball game of the National Alliance of Youth and Students for the Country's Reunification (Pomchonghakryon) was held in the indoor stadium of Kim Il Sung University this morning.
The game was watched by chairman of the Korean Social Democratic Party central committee Kim Yong Dae, officials concerned, delegates of youth and students from the north, south and overseas and delegates of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification (Pomminryon) from the north, south and overseas to the August 15 Grand Pro-Reunification Festival as well as Pyongyang youth and students.
Kim In Ho, chairman of the north Pomchonghakryon headquarters said in his opening address that the soon-to-be-held basketball game was not merely a sports game, but would mark a chapter of great national unity that would instill hope for and conviction of reunification into 70 million fellow countrymen and a militant chapter for Pomchonghakryon to bring down a sledgehammer on the heads of the separatists.
Then followed a game. Players from the north, south and overseas were divided into a solidarity team and a united team.
The game was reminiscent of a reunified country, in which the players, mixed with each other, handled the ball with open heart in the spirit of the tripartite alliance.
The game ended 41-30 in favour of the united team.
During the game, the spectators enthusiastically cheered the players, singing songs of reunification, breathing the same as the players.
During the break, youth and students from the north, south and overseas had colourful sports and amusement games on the theme of national reunification.
Soccer game of north and South Korean workers
Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- A soccer game of north and South Korean workers for solidarity, unity and reunification took place at Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang today.
Worker football players of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea (GFTUK) and the South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (Minjurochong) for reunification matched a game, divided into a solidarity team and a united team.
The football players showed high technique, special skill and noble morality of the Korean nation, delighting the spectators.
The game drew 4:4.
Prior to it, Ryom Sun Gil, chairman of the GFTUK central committee, and Ri Kap Yong, chairman of Minjurochong, made speeches.
They underscored the need for the workers in the north and south to strengthen solidarity and unity and take the lead in the struggle for national reunification in the future.
The game was watched by Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, north, south and overseas Koreans participating in the grand pan-national pro-reunification festival and foreign guests together with 100,000 Pyongyangites.