Gift to Kim Jong Il from Mongolian delegation
Pyongyang, May 2 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il received a gift from the delegation of the Mongolian Agricultural and Food Industrial Workers Union on a visit to the DPRK.
The gift was handed to an official concerned by head of the delegation Choijiljav Gombosuren.
Greetings to Polish President
Pyongyang, May 2 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, sent today a message of greetings to Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of the Polish Republic, on the occasion of the day of the constitution of Poland.
Extending felicitations on the day of the constitution, the message wishes the Polish President and people success in their work.
Senior party and state officials celebrate May Day
Pyongyang, May 2 (KCNA) -- Senior party and state officials celebrated May Day together with workers across the country on May 1.
Hong Song Nam, Kye Ung Thae, Han Song Ryong and other senior party and state officials visited the Pyongyang Thermal Power Plant, the Chollima Steel Works, the Kim Jong Thae Electric Locomotive Plant, and other industrial establishments to congratulate and encourage workers on May Day.
They laid floral baskets and bunches of flowers before monuments to on-the-spot instructions and words of the three commanders of Mt. Paektu and oil paintings portraying the image of the President Kim Il Sung among workers at industrial establishments.
And they congratulated the innovators on their achievements in production and construction and called at dormitories and families of workers.
They joined workers in sports and amusement games to enjoy May Day.
Celebrations of May Day held
Pyongyang, May 2 (KCNA) -- An evening gala of working people of Pyongyang was held at Kim Il Sung Square yesterday to celebrate the 110th May Day, the international holiday of workers the world over.
Present at the gala were Yang Hyong Dop, Choe Yong Rim, Kim Jung Rin, Kwak Pom Gi and others.
Invited to it were foreign diplomatic envoys and guests here.
The participants rolled a sea of dance of celebration to the melody of songs such as "Long Live Generalissimo Kim Il Sung" and "Our General Is Best."
Foreigners joined those dancers to enjoy the holiday.
The participants demonstrated their strong stamina and will to advance vigorously along the road of socialism, flying the red flag of revolution under the guidance of the great Kim Jong Il.
Meanwhile, senior party and state officials enjoyed the holiday with workers in different parts of the country.
Celebration performances, sports and amusement games were held at stadiums, gymnasiums, parks and pleasure grounds in the capital and local areas.
National meeting to mark 110th anniversary of May Day
Pyongyang, May 2 (KCNA) -- A national meeting was held at the Sungri Motor Plant in Tokchon city, South Phyongan Province, on May 1 to commemorate the 110th May Day, the international holiday of workers all over the world, attended by senior party and state officials.
Present at the meeting were Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the presidium of Supreme People's Assembly, Kim Jung Rin, secretary of the Central Committee of the Worker's Party of Korea, and Kwak Pom Gi, vice-premier of the cabinets, and others.
Ryom Sun Gil, chairman of the central committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, in his report said that the revolutionary struggle of the Korean people for sovereignty, independence and socialism was unprecedentedly arduous and hard from the outset, but it could advance along the ever-victorious road, breaking through trials and difficulties since it was led by the respected Kim Il Sung, the great leader of the working class.
However hard the road of revolution might be, the working class and people of Korea have struggled to build a life by themselves in a Korean style and waged the struggle to preserve the Juche character and national character in a unified combination with the struggle to strengthen the international solidarity of the working class, so that they remained faithful to national and international duties, the reporter noted, and went on:
Kim Jong Il, with the same idea of giving priority to the working class that Kim Il Sung had, put forward the working class as the hardcore unit in carrying out the revolutionary cause of Juche and has made a history of world-wide changes, a history of miracles with his deep trust and love for the working class and brought to this land a new world whose master is the working class.
The working class of Korea, he said, will make every effort to cement internationalist friendship and solidarity with the working class of all countries in the idea of independence, peace and friendship and creditably discharge its sacred international duty for human cause of independence and socialism under the uplifted revolutionary banner of independence against imperialism.
Expression of curse and resentment at aggressor forces
Pyongyang, May 2 (KCNA) -- The sharply increasing cases of threatened bomb attack on the U.S. forces' bases and installations in South Korea are an expression of the South Korean people's curse and resentment at the U.S. aggressor forces in South Korea, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary.
On receiving on April 26 a phone call to the effect that an explosive was laid at an installation of the U.S. troops in South Korea, they ran helter-skelter immediately evacuating Americans from there and dispatching a team to the scene to clear it, the commentary says, and goes on:
An anti-U.S. struggle is mounting and U.S. military bases and installations in South Korea are becoming its targets.
This is a manifestation of the firm determination of the South Korean people to achieve through struggle their desire to give vent to the pent-up grudge against the ogreish U.S. and live in happiness and peace in the world free from aggressors. Today the U.S. military bases and facilities are exposed to the threat of bomb attacks. They will be blown up tomorrow.
The U.S. should withdraw its aggression troops from South Korea to put an end to its anachronistic policy of military presence there. This is the demand of the entire Korean nation and the times.
Sophism to justify "missile defense" program
Pyongyang, May 2 (KCNA) -- U.S. undersecretary of state John Holum at a news conference on April 25 said that North Korea may make inter-continental ballistic missiles faster than the speed at which the United States establishes the "missile defense" system, according to a news report from New York.
He alleged that Korea's launch of an artificial satellite in 1998 was a "missile firing test" and that North Korea today has come very close to the manufacture of more sophisticated weapons than it.
His remarks betray the U.S. ulterior intention to justify its criminal "missile defense" program for global military domination under the pretext of "missile threat" from the DPRK and step it up in real earnest.
Japan urged to drop nasty trick
Pyongyang, May 2 (KCNA) -- The Japanese ruling party is going to submit to the diet a "bill on payment of compensation" to some Koreans in Japan who served as soldiers or employees in units of the Japanese imperial army.
In this regard Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary says:
The "bill" calls for the payment of "condolence money" or "comfort money" to the Koreans in Japan who served as soldiers or employees in units of the Japanese imperial army. This is no more than an insincere and nominal compensation to the Koreans in Japan as the bill seriously discriminates against them, as compared with the Japanese who served as soldiers or employees in units of the Japanese imperial army.
The "bill" is chiefly aimed to cover up Japan's crime-woven past and calm down the growing domestic and foreign public opinion pushing for Japan's settlement of its past by paying a petty amount of money to them under the name of "condolence money" and "comfort money," the commentary notes, and goes on:
This poor trick of Japan can convince no one in this civilized world.
The so-called presentation of the "bill on payment of compensation" is an intolerable hypocrisy and insult to the Korean people who demand Japan redress its past, and a mockery of justice and human conscience, the commentary says, and continues:
It is not for the sake of others but for Japan's sake to make a sincere apology and compensation with a proper attitude and stand on the redress of its past.
Japan is seriously mistaken if it thinks it can cheat the world people by such a cunning and nasty trick. Japan is well advised to take a right stand and approach to the issue of redressing its past, though belatedly.
May Day mass rally held in S. Korea
Pyongyang, May 2 (KCNA) -- More than 1,300 South Korean students reportedly waged a struggle yesterday, May Day.
They, who planned to have a rally with workers, met at Korea University and were advancing out of the campus gate.
When the South Korean authorities blocked their advance with over 3,000 riot policemen, the students staged a demonstration throwing stones at the police.
Meanwhile, the Federation of South Korean Trade Unions held rallies in Seoul and 11 other cities to commemorate May Day and released a statement.
In the statement the federation demanded the South Korean authorities reduce the working hours and raise the wage. And it warned that it would launch strike across South Korea in early June unless the demands are met.