Kim Jong Il praised by Guinean figure
Pyongyang, May 28 (KCNA) -- The Minister of Higher Education of Guinea highly praised General Secretary Kim Jong Il for his leadership exploits for education.
Kim Jong Il put forth it as an important problem to educate the younger generations in patriotism and the spirit of serving the country and the people, the minister said, adding this is the best line.
He further said:
Kim Jong Il saw to it that basic scientific and specialized professional education was continuously improved to go with the trend in the development of modern science and technology and strong scientific educational forces built so as to produce many world-level scientists and inventors. This is the mode of leadership that all the developing countries should follow.
Even under the present difficult economic situation, he is channeling much appropriation of state investment into laying a solid material foundation for education and scientific research.
The minister expressed the belief that under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il the science and technology of Korea will reach the world level in the near future, which will be decisively helpful to making Korea prosperous.
Denial to damage done to inhabitants in Maehyang-ri
Pyongyang, May 28 (KCNA) -- A U.S. high-ranking official on a visit to Seoul on May 24 called a press conference and said that although there was a report about the damage done to inhabitants in Maehyang-ri, the South Korea-U.S. joint investigation found "no severe damage," a Seoul-based radio reported.
Such assertion is an intolerable challenge to the fair public opinion and an unpardonable crime to make the inhabitants of Maehyang-ri fall victim to bombing exercise of the U.S. air force.
What made people more angry is that the South Korean rulers chimed in with their master U.S. who refused to admit the Maehyang-ri incident.
The South Korean "Ministry of National Defence" in an announcement on May 25 said that at least 360 cases out of 400 odd cases of damage reported by inhabitants of Maehyang-ri to the "joint investigating team" cannot be defined as damage by bombing exercise.
This attempt of the U.S. and their stooges to gloss over the Maehyang-ri incident clearly shows once again that they are the sworn enemies with whom the South Korean people, cannot live under the same sky.
Massacres of civilians by U.S. troops assailed
Pyongyang, May 28 (KCNA) -- The National Progressive Unionist Party of Egypt on May 23 released a statement denouncing the massacres committed by the U.S. troops during the Korean War.
The statement noted that millions of innocent civilians and tens of thousands of prisoners of war were killed and a number of non-military establishments were destroyed by the U.S. troops' bombing, bombardment, use of chemical and bacterial weapons and brutal atrocities, etc, during the three-year Korean War.
Since such massacres were committed in the name of "the UN forces," the United Nations should take immediate measures to thoroughly probe them and set up a special tribunal to punish those criminals in conformity with its charter, purpose and mission, it said.
Ethiopian charge d'affaires calls press conference
Pyongyang, May 28 (KCNA) -- Charge d'affaires ad interim of the Ethiopian embassy in the DPRK Dubale Belihu on Saturday called a press conference at the Taedonggang club for the diplomatic corps on the occasion of the 9th National Day of Ethiopia.
On hand were media-persons in Pyongyang, foreign diplomatic envoys, embassy officials and members of international organization offices in the DPRK.
The charge d'affaires made a speech before he gave answers to questions.
S. Korean students hold rally on eve of inauguration of 8th-term Hanchongryon
Pyongyang, May 28 (KCNA) -- More than 8,000 students from across South Korea reportedly held a rally at Pusan National University on the eve of the "inaugural ceremony of the 8th-term Hanchongryon" (South Korean Federation of University Student Councils).
The rally proceeded from Friday evening to Saturday morning.
A welcome address was made by the chairman of Hanchongryon and a celebration performance was given there.
Earlier to this eve, the Pusan, north and south Kyongsang provincial and Ulsan joint measure committee for peaceful opening of the "inaugural ceremony of Hanchongryon" on May 26 held a rally calling for withdrawal of the decision of defining Hanchongryon as "enemy benefiting organization" and frustration of the suppression of the popular movements, with an attendance of at least 2,000 students. After the rally they staged a street march, conducting propaganda activities. Then they joined the students standing by the front gate of Pusan National University to hold a meeting of citizens and students demanding a stop to suppression of Hanchongryon and repeal of the "Security Law" and condemning GIs' massacres of civilians.
Hanchongryon was going to hold an exhibition and lecture meeting on the anti-U.S. struggle and the struggle for national reunification on May 27 as planned and then "its inaugural ceremony" from 23:00 to 01:00 on May 28.
It also planned to hold a rally at the central district of Pusan and take a street march on Sunday morning.
Meanwhile, the authorities deployed more than 6,000 policemen of 50 companies in every corner of Pusan city, arguing that Hanchongryon's rally cannot be allowed as it has been defined as an "enemy-benefiting organization."
S. Korean authorities' moves to refuse withdrawal of U.S. troops
Pyongyang, May 28 (KCNA) -- The South Korean "Ministry of National Defence" on May 25 contended, reiterating inter-Korean military confrontation situation, that they could not take into "consideration" the withdrawal of the U.S. troops from South Korea but would "continue to develop the alliance relations with the United States in the future, too."
This argument was made in answer to the nine-point open questionnaire put by the "Citizens' Network for Peace of the Korean Peninsula" in late March. The "ministry" totally denied the possibility and necessity of the withdrawal of the U.S. troops from South Korea the citizens network has called for.
This openly betrayed the South Korean authorities' dark intention to put South Korea at the disposal of the U.S. troops and perpetuate the division of the nation.
Those remarks of the U.S.-toeing, anti-reunification elements of South Korea are inviting indignation and condemnation of the 70 million fellow countrymen.
S. Korean hack pressmen accused of moves against anti-U.S. struggle
Pyongyang, May 28 (KCNA) -- Some phony and hack pressmen of South Korea admonished the people in the struggle against the U.S. to "behave themselves."
They should be mindful that such admonition is needed for themselves, Minju Joson today in a commentary stresses.
The paper says:
All the fellow countrymen are fully supporting the South Korean people's struggle to regain the lost dignity and sovereignty of the nation.
However, some hack media-persons of South Korea are engrossed in writing despicable articles abusing the anti-U.S. struggle.
They contend in their articles that the anti-U.S. struggle unfavorable for the U.S. troops present in South Korea should not be conducted as the U.S. is "protector" and "an ally" of South Korea.
The U.S. occupied South Korea, dividing the Korean nation, and drove it into calamity of war. Discontent with such actions they are now seeking to unleash another war in Korea.
It is none other than the U.S. who manipulated the Kwangju massacre behind the scene and placed the South Korean economy under the trusteeship.
Mass killings in Rogun-ri, the case of spraying defoliant and the intentional bombing in South Korea evidently revealed again the U.S.'s colors as aggressors and murderers.
It is clear that as long as they remain in South Korea it is impossible to achieve independence and democratization of the South Korean society and national reunification.
Those hack pressmen will be severely punished by the nation for their dirty and despicable deed.
Profound idea and theory developing Juche philosophy
Pyongyang, May 28 (KCNA) -- An article of Rodong Sinmun today deals with the great leader Kim Jong Il's profound ideological and theoretic exploits in having developed and enriched the Juche philosophy.
The author of the article says:
What hold an important place in the ideas and theories put forward by him to develop and enrich the Juche philosophy are the idea and theory on the law of social development and essential characteristics of its function.
It is an essential demand for powerfully accelerating social development to have a correct understanding of the law governing social progress and essential characteristics of its function.
His original idea and theory on the law and the essential characteristics of its function made it possible to creditably carry out important philosophical task raised by our era.
What is important in his idea and theory on the law of social development and essential characteristics of its function is, above all, the idea and theory that society changes and develops in accordance with its own law.
This idea and theory gave a perfect understanding of essential differences of laws governing nature and society and eloquently proved the originality and truth of the Juche philosophy which raised it as an important philosophical task to clarify a law on social movement and made it possible to successfully carry it out.
What is also important in his idea and theory is the idea and theory that the law of social development works through man's independent, creative and intentional activities.
This original idea and theory eloquently showed the scientific character and truth of the Juche-based social and historic outlook viewing people as the center of the course of social development and the wisdom of leadership of the Worker's Party of Korea which has carried out revolution and construction in reliance on people.
What is also important in his idea and theory is the idea and theory on actions affecting the work to abide by the law of the social movement.
This is an immortal historic exploit performed by him in the course of successful developing and enriching the treasure-house of the Juche philosophy.