Preparatory committees formed abroad
Pyongyang, September 17 (KCNA) -- Preparatory committees of Nepal, Egypt and Germany were formed to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea (WPK).
Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of the central committee of the Nepal Communist Party (UML) was elected chairman of the Nepalese national preparatory committee, the chairman of the administrative council of the Arab Art, Culture and Information Association of Egypt chairman of the Egyptian preparatory committee and Werner Schulwese, chairman of the central committee of the Communist Party of Germany, chairman of the preparatory committee of the party.
Inaugural ceremonies of the preparatory committees set a period of celebration and decided to hold various functions including celebration meetings, seminars, film shows and photo exhibitions during the period.
The preparatory committee of the Communist Party of Germany also decided to publish the great leader Kim Jong Il's works, form a group for the study of the Juche idea and publish books during the period.
Faith and will
Pyongyang, September 17 (KCNA) -- The editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper Patriot in his article titled "Faith and will" said that the torchlight of the Juche idea, the torchlight of faith and will, held high by the Korean people, is throwing its rays over Russia, too, and the torchlight is a beacon of turning many people of Russia back to the road of independence and socialism.
The article was carried by Patriot no. 36.
Socialist Korea evokes respect and astonishment, excitement and admiration among foreign friends as well as the enemies, said the author.
Referring to the important events recorded in the historical course of the Korean people, he said that all the successes and miracles have been made not under easy condition but under the most difficult domestic and international situation.
The outstanding leader and father of the people Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il founded the Juche idea and developed it, thus providing the people with an eternally ideological and almighty treasured sword, he said, and went on:
Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il instilled into the hearts of all citizens of the country from children to adults the faith that they are the master of everything, that is, the master of their destiny and their country. This is why all the people of this country will devote their energies and wisdom to working so hard and bravely and dedicate their all to the country.
The main weapon, the main strength of socialist Korea, is based on the fixed faith, the harmonious whole of the leader, the party, the army and the people.
The people and the leader demonstrated its might in the course of triumphant creation, trusting in each other and becoming a harmonious whole, so that the international authority and prestige of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have steadily grown.
DPRK praised
Pyongyang, September 17 (KCNA) -- B. C. Gupta, chief editor of the Indian magazine Social Look in a statement on Sept. 5 said that the Korean people hewed the road of socialism with their faith and are firmly defending socialism under the uplifted banner of the Juche idea.
In the Democratic People's Republic of Korea the party and the leader trust in the people and love them boundlessly, and the people entirely trust in the party and the leader, he noted, adding that this is a true picture of the DPRK which has achieved single-hearted unity.
The chairman of the Congolese Association for Friendship Among Peoples in a statement on Sept. 6 said that the Korean people are strong and the DPRK is steadfast because the immortal Juche idea founded by the great President Kim Il Sung prevails all over society and becomes a nutritious matter of revolution and construction.
It is also because the great leader Kim Jong Il is carrying forward the cause of President Kim Il Sung, he stressed.
Korean books presented to Tajikistan
Pyongyang, September 17 (KCNA) -- Famous works of the great leader Kim Jong Il were presented to Tajikistan.
The book-presenting ceremony took place at the library in Ura-tyube, Leninabad region, Tajikistan, on Sept. 7.
Present there were Djuma Zakirov, Mayor of Ura-tyube in Leninabad region of Tajikistan, Barno Ashiranov, second secretary of the city committee of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, and other party officials and personages of the library.
After receiving the books, the second secretary of the city party committee said that the great Kim Jong Il is an outstanding thinker and theoretician and a brilliant leader.
His party will distribute Kim Jong Il's works to its organizations, setting them as must books to imbue and educate the party members with the socialist idea, he stated.
Recent developments on Korean peninsula estimated affirmatively
Pyongyang, September 17 (KCNA) -- Participants in the plenary meeting of the 55th session of the UN General Assembly held on Sept. 12 and 13 affirmatively estimated recent developments on the Korean peninsula.
Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, in his report on the UN work at the plenary meeting on Sept. 12 said that developments after the historic north-south summit talks provide an opportunity to build up trust between the north and the south and settle the bitter dispute which lasted for over half a century.
The Chinese Foreign Minister praised the efforts made by the north and the south to promote peace and security in the Korean peninsula and the region.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Senegalese abroad said:
The recent development of the inter-Korean relations is an event of the greatest political significance in the year 2000, which will help toward peace and security in the Korean peninsula and the Asian region as a whole. The United Nations will make a meaningful contribution to keeping this process.
The resident representative of Finland in the United Nations and foreign ministers of Japan, Vietnam, Bulgaria, Honduras and Chile hailed the recent affirmative developments on the Korean peninsula.
Outburst of director general of Defence Agency of Japan
Pyongyang, September 17 (KCNA) -- Director general of Defense Agency of Japan Torashima met with the U.S. Secretary of Defense in Washington a few days ago and vociferated about strengthening of the military ties between Japan and the U.S., vowing to continue promoting the joint study and development of the "Theatre Missile Defense" (TMD) system.
Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary denounces his commitments as anachronistic one.
The commentary goes on:
With the establishment of the "TMD" system together with the U.S., the Japanese reactionaries seek to introduce latest military technique so as to improve Japan's arms industry and use it as a lever to build up armed forces and round off preparations for reinvasion.
That is why they are hell bent on the moves to establish the "TMD" system, making much ado about "missile threat" from the DPRK.
Now that the plan for the "National Missile Defense" system has been put off, the United States is chiming in with the Japanese reactionaries in a bid to egg them on to hasten the establishment of the "TMD" system.
If Japan runs amok in arms buildup and runs high fever in its moves for overseas invasion, ignoring the trend of the times, it will pay dearly for it.
Japan should take the road of peace, keeping in step with the trend of the times, not the road of arms buildup and overseas invasion.