DPRK FM's speech at ASEAN regional forum meeting
Pyongyang, July 30 (KCNA) -- The DPRK government will make a positive contribution to the joint exploration of the ways for peace and security suitable to the actual conditions of Asia, said Paek Nam Sun, Foreign Minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, at the 7th meeting of the ASEAN regional forum in Bangkok on July 27.
Paek said the DPRK's admission to the forum is a product of the shared desire and expectation of the member nations of the forum and the DPRK to get relations among the nations on a stable track, promote friendship and harmony among them and cooperate for peace and security in the Asia-Pacific region.
Referring to the efficient role played by the forum as a stage of dialogue for regional peace and security and its signal achievements, he expressed expectation that the forum would take an unbiased approach to the issues of peace on the Korean peninsula and the independent reunification of the Korean nation and do things beneficial to their materialization.
He further said:
The issue of ensuring peace on the Korean peninsula is, for the present, directly linked with the problem of terminating outside forces' interference and removing the hostile relations between the DPRK and some countries concerned. In the long run, this problem can be solved completely only when the independent reunification of the nation is realized.
The DPRK government has consistently pursued the policy of establishing diplomatic relations with those countries which were hostile towards the DPRK and at war and improving inter-Korean relations on the principle of respect to sovereignty and right to choice and made sincere efforts to this end.
I take this opportunity to reaffirm that the DPRK government will make active contribution to the joint exploration of the ways for peace and security suitable to the actual conditions of Asia in conformity with purpose and ideal of the forum.
Vice-chairman of Samsung Group and his party leave
Pyongyang, July 30 (KCNA) -- Vice-chairman Yun Jong Ryong of the Samsung Group of South Korea and his party left here today.
Vice-chairman Song Ho Gyong of the Korean Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, chairman Jong Un Op of the National Economic Cooperation Federation and other officials concerned saw them off at the airport with compatriotic feelings.
Paddlers of the Samsung Group, who participated in the table-tennis games for reunification, left Pyongyang yesterday.
During their stay, vice-chairman of the Samsung Group and his party visited Mangyongdae, the international friendship exhibition and historic relics on Mt. Myohyang and enjoyed an acrobatic performance.
Meanwhile, vice-chairman Yun Jong Ryong hosted a reception on winding up his Pyongyang visit.
Korean people's cause of reunification supported
Pyongyang, July 30 (KCNA) -- International and national organizations and foreign political party leaders published statements in support of the Korean people's cause of reunification.
Among them were the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Committee for Support to Korea's Reunification, the Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organization, the Ugandan National Association of Students, general secretary of the Revolutionary Socialist Party of Peru Victor Oliva Miguel and chairman of the People's Front of Workers, Peasants and Students of Peru Genaro Ledesma Izquieta.
The statements were unanimous in saying Korea's reunification is the cherished desire of the Korean nation and an international priority common to progressive humankind.
They expressed full support for the three principles of national reunification, the ten-point program for the great unity of the whole nation and the proposal for founding the Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo advanced by the respected leader Kim Il Sung, describing them as the most realistic and fair proposal and way for Korea's reunification.
They stressed that the just cause of the Korean people under the wise guidance of the great Kim Jong Il is sure to win.
Korean women's future reliably guaranteed
Pyongyang, July 30 (KCNA) -- The rosy future of the Korean women is firmly guaranteed under the guidance of the great Kim Jong Il.
Members of the visiting delegation of the Liberal Women's Brain Pool of Mongolia said this in a press interview on Friday.
Vice-chairwoman of the pool Ts. Oyunsan noted that President Kim Il Sung paved the road for the settlement of the women's issue by proclaiming the law on sex equality.
This feat is being further glorified by Kim Jong Il.
In Korea all conditions have been provided for women to actively participate in public life with rights equal to men's, she said.
Executive member I. Ganhoyag said the Korean women are playing a distinguished role in public life, domesticity and education of children as well as in the building of socialist society.
A large number of women, she said, are elected deputies to the Supreme People's Assembly and other power bodies of all levels and they are working as competent scientists, technicians and leading officials.
It is thanks to the great leader that the Korean women enjoy an independent and creative life to the full, she added.
Abolition of "Security Law" urged
Pyongyang, July 30 (KCNA) -- The South Korean Catholic Solidarity had a bicycle march in about 60 km section from Seoul to Rimjin pavilion after holding an inaugural ceremony in Seoul on July 27, Seoul-based Radio No.1 reported.
This march came in demand of the abolition of the "Security Law".
Over 200 marchers including Catholics and citizens declared the "SL" unfit for the realities.
Rodong Sinmun calls for enhancing role of women
Pyongyang, July 30 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today dedicates an editorial to the 54th anniversary of the proclamation of the law on sex equality by the President Kim Il Sung.
The editorial calls upon all the women to fully display their revolutionary spirit and wisdom in a vigorous drive for building a powerful nation under the leadership of the Worker's Party of Korea (WPK).
The editorial goes on:
The law on sex equality is a great declaration of women's emancipation which brought about a radical turn in the social position and destiny of the Korean women.
Since its proclamation, the Korean women have been freed from the feudal oppression and fetters of centuries and come to exercise equal rights to men's in politics, economy, culture and all other fields of social life and play a great role in the revolution and construction, taking full charge of the building of a new society.
The Korean women's movement pioneered and victoriously guided by the President has entered a new stage of its development under the wise leadership of the respected Kim Jong Il.
The Korean women are now creditably carrying out their mission and role as befitting one of the two wheels of the revolution in the worthwhile drive to build a powerful nation. It is the great honor and pride of the WPK and the Korean people to have a large contingent of such reliable women revolutionaries.
All the women should become loyal subjects who believe in and follow him only, bearing in mind that upholding the idea and leadership of Kim Jong Il guarantees a bright future of their movement and their worthwhile life.