DPRK order awarded to Guyanese
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- Friendship order second class of the DPRK was awarded to Robert Williams, general secretary of the good green Guyana.
Present at the awarding ceremony at the Mansudae Assembly Hall Wednesday were Yang Hyong Sop, vice-President of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, and officials concerned.
The general secretary said that the order greatly encourages adherents to the Juche idea in Guyana and the Guyanese people supporting the independent and peaceful reunification of Korea.
DPRK government statement hailed
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- The first secretary of the central committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League and a spokesman for the Korean Democratic Lawyers Association issued statements to the press Wednesday supporting the statement the DPRK government published on the occasion of the 54th anniversary of Korea's liberation, clarifying its principled stand towards DPRK-Japan relations.
They expressed full support for the government's statement, saying it carries the Korean people's pent-up wrath and their will to take revenge on the Japanese reactionaries.
The first secretary of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League central committee said in his statement:
Japan foolishly made a wicked design to stifle socialist Korea and is now running amok to carry it into practice.
The Japanese authorities should look squarely at the trend of the times, as the statesmen responsible for the future of Japan, and ponder over such dangerous deeds as rousing the Korean people and youths to revenge upon it.
Before the end of the 20th century they must take a reasonable and responsible option for the existence of Japan as well as for themselves.
The spokesman for the Korean democratic lawyers association said Japan has a legal obligation to apologize and compensate without any pretext and condition not only for its past crimes but also for the postwar crimes.
Japan should settle at an early date all the illegal and anti-ethic crimes it has committed against the Korean people, looking squarely at the reality today, he said, adding:
It should discard its delusion to invade other countries and dominate Asia and refrain from doing things harmful to other countries and nations.
"Nuclear test monitoring post" installed
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- The South Korean authorities are operating a "nuclear test monitoring post" installed in South Korean Kangwon Province at the end of July, a South Korean newspaper reported.
This post is tasked to analyze sound waves from the north and detect nuclear and high-efficiency bomb test explosion in the northern half of the country.
The South Korean rulers have been making desperate efforts to put pressure upon the north over "nuclear issue," echoing the U.S. imperialists' hue and cry over "nuclear development" by the north.
The move, part of "cooperation" with the U.S. imperialists, shows that they are seeking to spy on the north under the pretext of "monitoring nuclear test."
KCNA on Japan's nuclear arming
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- German news weekly Spiegel said in its recent issue that Japanese politicians call for nuclear arming on the pretext of threat to security posed by the DPRK's missile launch. Their moves will put Asia or the world as a whole on alert, it added.
This analysis discloses part of the Japanese reactionaries' design for nuclear arming which is getting more undisguised.
As known to everyone, Japan has attempted at nuclear arming from long ago. In the 1990s it revealed its intention to press ahead with the nuclear arming at a final stage, ballyhooing about the changed international situation.
In particular, it is now openly stockpiling plutonium allegedly to "cope with possible dangerous situation" such as "nuclear suspicion" and "missile development" by the DPRK, thus going against the world public opinion.
It is by no means fortuitous that Japan announced its fast breeder reactor Monju "would go into full operation in 2000 and secure about 100 tons of plutonium till 2010 and 400 tons in the coming 30 years."
Today it has nuclear technology and means of delivery as well as a large quantity of plutonium in stock, which is enough to produce many nukes all at once.
Its nuclear arming has already reached the danger point, increasing worldwide apprehension.
In the past Japan, the only victim to nuclear disaster in the world, chanted an "anti-nuke" slogan more loudly than any other countries, peddling the "three non-nuclear principles." But now it has turned out to be a deceptive trick to cover up Japan's militarist design.
What cannot be overlooked is that Japan is picking on the DPRK to justify its nuclear design.
Its argument about "threat from North Korea" is a prelude to reinvasion of Korea, which will be immediately a curtain-raiser to aggression on Asia.
Japan refuses to draw a lesson from its crushing defeat in the past aggression on the continent.
Its design to dominate Asia with a nuclear club will be smashed by a merciless retaliation.
KCNA on separatist moves of S. Korean chief executive
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- The chief executive of South Korea said at a party given at "Chongwadae" Monday that "he did not consider unification to be possible during his term of office, but possible under the next regime or its successive regime."
His remarks showed again that he is a separatist seeking permanent division, not reunification of the country.
When he was active in the opposition camp he always called for "reunification," saying he would become a "pro-reunification President." But, soon after taking office he threw a wet blanket over the ardent desire of the nation for reunification, arguing that it is remote.
This evidently proves that he has hoodwinked the people, styling himself as "perfect president" though he has no elementary character of the nation as its member.
He is not entitled to talk about "reunification" and it is quite ridiculous for him to mention such words as "term of office."
No wonder, he could not lodge any protest even when Kim Young Sam who is as good as living corpse, branded him as a dictator and concluded his political life and "term of office" have already come to an end.
At a time when all the fellow countrymen are turning out to achieve the independent and peaceful reunification of the country by the united efforts at an early date, the present chief executive of South Korea is aggravating anti-north confrontation, persistently advocating division. He should be mindful that the day is not far when he will be punished for such anti-national crimes.
S. Korean chief executive hit for anti-north war fever
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- The South Korean chief executive at a recent "Ulji security meeting" cried for keeping a "closest watch" on the DPRK and strengthening the "system of military cooperation" with the United States.
In the evening, he held a "Ulji emergency state council meeting" to issue an order for putting everything on a "war footing during exercise" and said that he would work in "civil defence corps uniform" till the play with fire was over.
In this regard Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary says:
It has become as clear as noonday that the "dialogue between authorities" and "engagement policy" peddled by the South Korean chief executive are sheer lies and no more than a version of their confrontation policy toward the north.
Utterly indifferent to the destiny of the country and the nation, he is trying to please his master the U.S. imperialists by faithfully pulling the nuclear war chariot and to prolong his political career by igniting a war against the north at any cost. The commentary warns the South Korean chief executive who does not bother to shoot off reckless outbursts as follows:
All the compatriots will never tolerate bellicose remarks and reckless war drills of the "people's government" rulers throwing a wet blanket on the nation's strong desire for peaceful reunification and bringing dark cloud of war.
They are well advised to behave with discretion and stop the provocative war exercises against the north at once, mindful that they will face a final destruction if they provoke a war of aggression with the U.S.
Warmongers' reckless racket
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- The "99 Ulji focus lens" joint military exercises launched by the United States and the South Korean authorities have rapidly escalated the tensions, creating a touch-and-go situation on the Korean peninsula, says Rodong Sinmun in a signed commentary today.
One may say through these war rehearsals now under way in accordance with the "operation plan 5027-98," a scenario for the second Korean war, the U.S. intend to ignite an all-out war, the commentary observes, and continues:
They are staging these exercises after testing the second Korean war in Yugoslavia and making such systematic preparations as massively shipping modern war equipment into South Korea during the Yugoslav crisis.
The current exercises are not an annual military drill.
There is every possibility that the war exercises participated in by the armed forces that are enough to unleash a war in view of the number of forces and war equipment involved may develop into a real war any time.
The U.S. is working hard to stifle the DPRK by force of arms, totally ignoring the DPRK-U.S. agreed framework under which both sides promised to make joint efforts for peace and security on the Korean peninsula and not to resort to military threat.
The Korean army and people are maintaining a high degree of revolutionary vigilance against the moves of the U.S. and their stooges to provoke a war.
If the U.S. continues to pursue confrontation and war, lending a deaf ear to our repeated warnings, they will be wholly responsible for all the ensuing consequences.
Ecological and environmental protection in Korea's DMZ urged
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- A few personages of academic and business circles in the United States and South Korea were reported to have organized a "demilitarized zone forum" which held a "meeting" and a "seminar" in New York recently to discuss the issue of "ecological and environmental protection" in the demilitarized zone on the Korean peninsula.
The secretary general of the DPRK Natural Conservation Union in a statement issued today said that it is a very important and significant job to protect animals and plants and preserve ecological environment in the demilitarized zone by various methods including biological survey of the ecosystem and soil analysis in the zone.
However, the legal and physical barriers such as the "National Security Law" and concrete wall still remaining in South Korea make it impossible to conduct any survey or joint study intended to protect ecological environment in the zone, he said, and continued:
This notwithstanding, the "demilitarized zone forum" is functioning quite contrary to its original purpose, peddling such infeasible issues at present.
In recent days, too, the "forum" tried by hook or by crook to slander the DPRK and tarnish its image, talking about peace on the Korean peninsula and the politico-economic systems in the north and south.
This clearly proves that the "demilitarized zone forum" is nothing but a political brides man and henchman of the hostile forces pursuing the anti-DPRK, anti-reunification policies, rather than an academic study.
If the "demilitarized zone forum" truly wants to work to "protect ecosystem and peace in the demilitarized zone" it should not play the role of a paid trumpeter of someone but demand the removal of all anachronistic and anti-national legal and physical barriers from South Korea.
Japan's apology and compensation demanded
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- Resident representatives of the political parties of different countries in Cuba including the Farabundo Marti for National Liberation Front Party of Salvador and the Dominican Revolutionary Forces Party issued a joint statement on August 12 supporting the statement of the DPRK government which disclosed Japan's 100-year-long criminal policy towards DPRK and clarified its principled stand towards DPRK-Japan relations.
The DPRK government's stand towards DPRK-Japan relations is very just and will be fully supported by peace-loving people of the world, the statement said.
Japan inflicted immeasurable material damage upon the Korean people and has made desperate efforts to isolate and stifle the socialist system of the DPRK after adopting the U.S. "two Koreas" scheme and suffocation moves against the DPRK as its state policy, it pointed out.
The statement demanded that the Japanese government discard its anti-DPRK policy for the improvement of the DPRK-Japan relations and immediately make an apology and adequate compensation for the past crimes Japan committed against the Korean people.
"We of political parties of different countries in Cuba will watch the attitude of the Japanese authorities towards the statement of the DPRK government and take necessary steps and struggle with all efforts until Japan drops its anti-DPRK policy and settles its past crimes committed against the DPRK," the statement stressed.
Struggle for building powerful nation supported
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- Enrique Cordova, vice-chairman of the Latin America solidarity committee for supporting the struggle of the National Democratic Front of South Korea (NDFSK) and South Korean people, sent his article entitled "Blessing to the construction of Kim Jong Il style powerful nation" to the NDFSK Pyongyang mission.
A powerful nation being built by the Korean people today is the powerful nation of Kim Jong Il style, he said in his article, and went on:
Marshal Kim Jong Il, the great leader of Juche Korea, gave a new definition of the powerful nation, that is, a country whose strength is powerful and where everything goes well and people live with nothing to envy in the world.
It can be said that Juche Korea has already turned into a country strong in ideology, which constitutes the most important field in building a powerful nation.
Korea, the homeland of the Juche idea that is the only guiding idea in the era of independence, has wisely and proudly repulsed heavy pressure of foreign forces by attaching importance to ideology and firmly adhering to the principle of independence, thus emerging a political and diplomatic giant, admired by the world.
It has also secured the position of a powerful nation in terms of military power.
Even the United States, the "only superpower" of the world, dares not provoke Juche Korea. This shows that the U.S. itself has recognized the DPRK strong in not only politico-ideological but also military aspects.
The strong political and military power of Juche Korea has been built under the great brilliant commander Marshal Kim Jong Il's revolutionary leadership of attaching importance to the army.
Now Juche Korea is concentrating all its efforts on the building of an economic power under his wise leadership.
The reality shows that Juche Korea whose people have turned out as one to build an economically powerful country upholding the banner of self-reliance, is sure to become a "billionaire of socialism" in the near future.
I am convinced that the strongest and richest country in the world is none other than Kim Jong Il style powerful country which can have both "strength" and "wealth", being a country powerful in ideology, the military and economy thanks to the idea and leadership of the great leader.
The construction of Kim Jong Il style powerful nation will be a victory of Juche socialism and of progressive humankind and a victory of the 21st century, the era of Kim Jong Il. That is why we give blessings to the building of Kim Jong Il style powerful nation.
Modern brand "Nazi gangsters group" stalks
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun in a signed commentary today terms the South Korean ruling quarters' recent establishment of large "political corps" and "press corps" to belong to the "anti-north policy section" of the "Intelligence Service" as a fascist step to further intensify political surveillance on the society as a whole and the gag on the press.
The commentary goes on:
The self-proclaimed "people's government's" setting up Nazi terrorist mechanism at the turn of the 20th century is a heinous challenge to the just demand of the people at home and abroad for the dissolution of the "Intelligence Service." The South Korean chief executive's advertisement that he would strictly ban political interference by the "Intelligence Service" was no more than a word juggling.
There is no limit to the high-handed practice and "operative activities" of the gangsters of the "Intelligence Service" behaving like a fascist king, including the "case of the room no. 529 of the National Assembly" which once stirred up a great sensation in South Korea.
The South Korean chief executive who has styled himself a victim of the tip-off politics of the successive dictators is getting more frenzied in intelligence politics, politics of gangsters in a bid to bridge over the serious ruling crisis, bar the people's sentiment from turning toward the north and place society under a harsher fascist rule.
As long as the present ruling quarters are left intact, neither independence and democratization of South Korean society nor the reunification of the country, the cherished desire of the entire fellow countrymen, can be realized.
It is only too natural that the South Korean people are turning out in the struggle for the disbandment of the "Intelligence Service."
DPRK's air force
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- August 20 marks the 52nd anniversary of the founding of the air force of the Korean People's Army.
It has grown to be invincible revolutionary ranks strong enough to annihilate any aggression forces at one stroke under the wise guidance of the great brilliant commanders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
The President Kim Il Sung matured a plan to build air force during the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle. Following the country's liberation (August 1945) he set up an aviation faculty at the Pyongyang institute, a center for training cadres for the building of the regular armed forces. He sent there officials of the aviation association of Korea reared by himself right after liberation and excellent youth of worker and peasant origin.
With these pilots and technical personages as a core he founded a regular flying corps for the first time in Korea on August 20, Juche 36 (1947).
During the fatherland liberation war (June 1950-july 1953) the men and officers of the air force made a great contribution to the victory of war by offsetting "technical and numerical advantages" of the U.S. imperialist aggression air force with politico-ideological and tactical ones.
The gallant Korean pilots defended the sky of their country with their blood in the spirit of becoming human bombs. There are many instances of this. DPRK hero Ri Mun Sun shot down "B-29" which the U.S. imperialists advertised as a "fortress in the air." Hero Kim Ki Ok brought down several enemy planes in the air over Taejon, thus contributing to the operation for liberating Taejon. Heroes Han Kye Man and Kim Jong Hul piloted their planes in flames to dive into a group of enemy warships, thus sinking them in waters off Inchon.
The KPA air force has reliably defended the territorial air of the DPRK in the post-war peaceful construction period.
The men and officers of the air force shot down the pirate planes of the U.S. imperialists "RB-47" and "EC-121" when they were on espionage missions after intruding into the inviolable air of the DPRK, the socialist homeland.
The KPA air force enjoys its greatest success in its development by having the respected leader Kim Jong Il as the Supreme Commander of the revolutionary armed forces.
He gave on-site guidance to air force units hundreds of times to perfect Juche-based air force tactics and improve its equipment.
Today the airmen of the DPRK are grown to be a-match-for-a hundred fighters fully capable of carrying out any air operations and battles.
One's country should be defended by oneself
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- Only when the progressive people and nations of the world firmly defend their country by themselves will the imperialists dare not start aggression or a war, a signed article of Rodong Sinmun today says.
Enumerating acts of aggression on the part of the imperialists after the Cold War, the article says that it is clear that they will continue to commit surprise military intervention and ignite a war of aggression against any region and country of the world.
The article goes on:
Some countries which were invaded by the U.S. imperialists could not decisively counter the aggression but were only beaten by them and lodged a protest against them at best due to the lack of means and methods enough to defend their countries by themselves.
It is important for defending one's country by oneself to have a correct view on war and strengthen military power.
Entirely just are the policy of the Worker's Party of Korea giving importance to military affairs, its line and principle of building self-defensive revolutionary armed forces and Korean-style method of military counteraction.
The Korean People's Army is displaying its might as invincible revolutionary armed forces fully equipped with both offensive and defence means, all the people are under arms and the whole country has been fortified.
The Korean People's Army and people are firmly prepared to mercilessly wipe out the enemy no matter from where he may invade air, land and sea of their country.
If the U.S. try to apply in the DPRK the logic of strength they did in Yugoslavia, they will be wiped out to the last man.
S. Korean authorities accused of anti-reunification moves
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- The north headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification (Pomminryon) released a statement Wednesday denouncing the South Korean authorities for their harsh suppression of participants in the grand pan-national reunification festival.
The South Korean authorities branded the grand pro-reunification festival as "illegal" and walked away nearly 500 pro-reunification figures for the mere reason that the festival was sponsored by Pomminryon and the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils (Hanchongryon) which they had defined as "enemy-benefiting organizations", the statement noted, and said:
The Pomminryon north headquarters bitterly condemns such anti-national, anti-reunification moves as a grave challenge to the unanimous desire for national reunification of the fellow countrymen who are working hard to greet a new century of history with a turning point in it.
The reunification festival held in South Korea by the south headquarters of Pomminryon and Hanchongryon and many other pro-reunification movement organizations has been warmly welcomed by all the fellow countrymen as legitimate and peaceful activities to achieve the country's reunification in the spirit of independence and great unity of the nation.
The South Korean authorities should set free all the arrested pro-reunification patriots and stop defining the pomminryon south headquarters and hanchongryon as "enemy-benefiting" and ensure their freedom and rights of reunification activities.
DPRK athletes' spectacular success in international games
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- The 2nd Military World Games which opened on August 8 in Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia, closed on August 17.
Athletes of the Korean people's army (KPA) won six gold medals, five silver medals and eight bronze medals and renewed the world record for women's hurdle race and women's grenade throwing in the military pentathlon competition.
Gold medallists are KPA athletes Hong Ok Dan, Ri Myong Hwa, Myong Kum Sun, Kang Yong Gyun and Jin Ju Dong and those who competed in the women's team event in the military pentathlon competition.
Han Hye Gyong and Myong Kum Sun set a new world record in women's hurdle race and women's grenade throwing in the military pentathlon competition respectively.
A KPA volleyball team which entered the final was placed third in a league game among four all-star teams.
Greetings to Hungarian President
Pyongyang, August 19 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of The presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on Wednesday sent a message of greetings to President of Hungary Arpad Goncz on the occasion of its National Day.
The message wished the Hungarian president and people success in their work for the prosperity of the country.