Greetings to President of Equatorial Guinea
Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of greetings to Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea, on October 6 on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of its independence.
The message extended warm congratulations to the President and people of Equatorial Guinea on the 32nd anniversary of its independence.
In the belief that the good relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would grow stronger and develop in the new century, it wished the President greater success in his responsible work for the unity of the nation and the prosperity of the country.
Greetings to President of Yugoslavia
Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, on October 10 sent a message of greetings to Vojislav Kostunica upon his election as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
The message extended congratulations to him on his election as President of the republic.
It wished him success in his responsible work for the progress and prosperity of the country and expressed belief that the friendly relations between the two countries would continue to develop on good terms.
Special envoy of Kim Jong Il meets U.S. President
Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- Vice marshal Jo Myong Rok, first vice-chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and director of the general political department of the Korean People's Army, on a visit to the United States as a special envoy of the great leader Kim Jong Il, Chairman of the NDC of the DPRK and Supreme Commander of the KPA, met and conversed with U.S. President Bill Clinton at the White House on Tuesday.
Present there from the DPRK side were Kang Sok Ju, first vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, and officials concerned and from the U.S. side Albright, Secretary of State, Berger, special adviser to the President for national security, and Sherman, special adviser to the President and the Secretary of State and DPRK policy coordinator.
At the meeting Jo Myong Rok conveyed Kim Jong Il's personal letter and greetings to the U.S. President.
He also transmitted to Bill Clinton Kim Jong Il's will to improve the relations between the DPRK and the U.S.
The U.S. President expressed thanks for this and courteously asked Jo Myong Rok to convey his regards to chairman of the NDC Kim Jong Il.
Clinton clarified his political will to newly develop the U.S.-DPRK relations.
The special envoy and the President exchanged broad views on issues related to the ways of improving the DPRK-U.S. relations and ensuring peace and security in northeast Asia.
Performance given by KPA merited chorus
Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- The delegates to celebrations of the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea enjoyed a performance given by the merited chorus of the Korean People's Army at the April 25 House of Culture today.
The program of the performance that began with "Song of General Kim Jong Il" included songs "the Leader Will Always Be With Us", "Hold High the Flag of 'DIU'", "Long Live the Worker's Party of Korea", "the Road of Victory" and "We Will Go On Along the Road of Loyalty".
The performers loudly sang of the immortal exploits of the ever-victorious Worker's Party of Korea which has grown to be reliable vanguard of the Korean revolution despite the stern tempest of history and always led the revolutionary struggle of the Korean people to accomplish the socialist cause to victory since an origin was given to the building of a revolutionary party of Juche.
The performance was acclaimed by audience for its high ideological and artistic value.
Evening gala and torchlight procession mark anniversary of WPK
Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- An evening gala and torchlight procession of youth and students took place at Kim Il Sung Square this evening to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
Seen on the square were a portrait of the President Kim Il Sung and slogans "Long live the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung " and "Long live the glorious Worker's Party of Korea ", "Let us accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche in hearty response to the behest of the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung " and other slogans, and large flags of the WPK were seen hanging and red flags were fluttering.
Young people and students started graceful dances on the gorgeously decorated square when fireworks were displayed in the nocturnal sky above Pyongyang.
General Secretary Kim Jong Il appeared on the tribune of honour.
That moment, thunderous cheers of "hurrah" burst forth to shake the square.
Senior party and state officials including Kim Yong Nam and Hong Song Nam took the tribune.
The delegates to the celebrations of the 55th WPK anniversary were seen on the reviewing stand.
Also seen there were the chief of the Pyongyang mission of the National Democratic Front of South Korea (NDFSK), diplomatic envoys of various countries and embassy officials here and other foreign guests.
The square was packed with youth and students dancing with joy to the tune of "Pride of Youth" and "Youth Is Glorified Under the Care of the Worker's Party of Korea" and other songs.
The evening gala was followed by a torchlight procession.
After the song "Long Live the Worker's Party of Korea" reverberated through the brightly lit square there began a torchlight procession of youth vanguard led by limousines carrying the flags bearing the portraits of President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il.
Columns of men and women of distinguished services, students of revolutionary schools, students and young workers marched past in fine array to the tune of the revolutionary paeans "Song of General Kim Il Sung" and "Song of General Kim Jong Il".
Those on the square repeatedly formed with torchlight the mark of the WPK and Mt. Paektu and letters "guide" and "rifle", etc.
Columns of youth and students marched past the tribune, presenting large letters "Kim Il Sung", "Kim Jong Il", "single-hearted unity", "comradeship", "Worker's Party of Korea" and others with torchlight.
Kim Jong Il waved to the young people raising enthusiastic cheers "hurrah".
Young hero motorway opened to traffic
Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA)-- A grand ceremony of opening to traffic the young hero motorway from Pyongyang to Nampho was held today on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
The 40 odd km-long motorway from the Mangyongdae fork in Pyongyang to the youth bridge, the gate to nampho, is a great monumental edifice in the era of the WPK built by members of the youth shock brigade and young servicemen with loyalty as a gift to the 55th anniversary of the WPK.
This modern motorway was built with our materials and on our own efforts according to our blueprint and architecture.
The motorway is wide enough for several vehicles to run at a time. It has unique bridges and crossings. There appeared on either side of the motorway green belts and woodlands and houses for thousands of families. The motorway has been built in such a way as to fully meet its scientific and technological needs including safety and match well its surrounding scenery.
The construction of the motorway has improved the appearance of the historic places associated with immortal revolutionary exploits of the President Kim Il Sung including the fork at Mangyongdae, Pyongyang, Chollima district and Chongsan-ri and Thaesong-ri of Nampho and given a face-lifting to land of the country.
It will help perfect the transport network in the area on the west coast, greatly contribute to the improvement of standard of people's living and the country's economic development. As a result, Pyongyang has turned into a more magnificent capital city linked with a big port city.
Upholding the plan of the great leader Kim Jong Il to build a powerful nation, the young shock brigadiers and servicemen completed in a matter of two years Herculean task such as over 40 km-long roadbed and sand and gravel spreading projects, building of several bridges and pavement and asphalting under the worst conditions where they were hard pressed for everything.
Present at the ceremony held at the entrance to the motorway were young shock brigadiers and soldier-builders who participated in the construction delegates to celebrations of the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea, unconverted long-term prisoners, members of contingents of relay racers to convey letters of loyalty to Kim Jong Il and working people in the city.
The congratulatory group and the group of relay racers to convey letters of loyalty of the Korean residents in Japan and overseas compatriots were also on hand.
Present were Kim Yong Nam, Hong Song Nam, Paek Hak Rim, Yon Hyong Muk, Han Song Ryong, Kye Ung Thae, Kim Chol Man and other senior party and government officials and officials concerned.
At the ceremony President Kim Yong Nam of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, who is member of the political bureau of the WPK Central Committee, read out a congratulatory message of the WPK Central Committee to the young shock brigadiers and soldier-builders who have performed feats in the construction of the young hero motorway.
Ri Il Hwan, first secretary of the central committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League, made a report.
Then, senior party and government officials cut a red cloth hanging across the entrance.
At the end of the ceremony its participants looked round the motorway.
Anti-U.S. rally in Seoul
Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- An anti-U.S. rally was held in the Seoul station plaza on October 7 under the co-sponsorship of 6 civic organizations including the Pan-national Measure Committee for the Closure of Firing Range in Maehyang-ri, the National Movement for the Revision of the Shackling S. Korea-U.S. "Status of Forces Agreement", the headquarters of the Movement for Putting an End to GI Crimes and the Rogun-ri Inhabitants Measure Committee.
The rally which was staged to observe "day of national movement against U.S." was attended by inhabitants of Maehyang-ri and Rogun-ri and students.
In the resolution adopted at the rally its participants demanded the U.S. government totally close the firing range in Maehyang-ri, completely revise the "Status of Forces Agreement," apologize for GIs' environmental pollution and punish those responsible for it, probe the truth behind massacres of guiltless civilians and apologize and compensate for them and cancel its plan to establish the "Theatre Missile Defence" system, and so on.
At the end of the rally, the participants staged a demonstration.
Prior to the rally, the co-sponsors conducted such propaganda as a photo exhibition showing environmental pollution by U.S. forces bases, a meeting and photo exhibition on GIs' massacres of civilians, an opinion poll on the U.S. troops in South Korea and an exhibition of shells used during U.S. troops exercises and an event of sending protest postcards to the U.S. ambassador to South Korea.
National seminar on Juche idea and education held in Madagascar
Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- A Madagascan national seminar on the Juche idea and education was held on September 30 on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
Present at the seminar were personages of political, public, academic and press circles of Madagascar including the speaker of the parliament.
It was stressed there that the socialist pedagogy, advanced by the great leader President Kim Il Sung and developed in depth by the great leader General Secretary Kim Jong Il, is an entirely unique theory of education.
A reporter and speakers said the Juche idea is the most scientific outlook on the world in the present times, the most correct guiding idea for revolution and construction and an encyclopedic idea that gives an overall exposition of all the problems arising in the educational work.
Today the progressive people struggling for the building of a new society and independence see in the Juche-based idea of education a true way of training the revolutionary personnel and solving the issue of national cadres as well as a powerful weapon of the struggle for genuine freedom and rights of education, they said.
They declared that they would fully support the Korean people in the struggle to smash the enemies' isolation and suffocation moves, build a powerful socialist nation and achieve the independent and peaceful reunification of the country.
A letter to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the seminar.
Conference of Japan women's liaison council held
Tokyo, October 8 (KNS-KCNA) -- A national conference of the Japan Women's Liaison Council for Solidarity with the Korean Women was held here on September 23-24.
At the conference, Sumiko Sumizu, social-democratic member of the House of Councilors and Representative of the Council, noted that national reconciliation and cooperation are being promoted between the north and the south of Korea after the publication of the north-south joint declaration and intergovernmental talks are going on between Japan and the DPRK, creating a favourable situation. It is high time people urged the Japanese government to sincerely liquidate the past and make an apology and compensation and thus establish the diplomatic relations between Japan and the DPRK, she said.
The council adopted it as its future action program to realize the establishment of Japan-DPRK diplomatic relations and defend the democratic national rights of Korean residents in Japan.
Letters to Kim Jong Il from unconverted long-term prisoners
Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il received letters from unconverted long-term prisoners, Ri In Mo, incarnation of faith and will, and O Ik Je, vice-chairman of the Committee for Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, on October 10 on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
In their letters they extended wholehearted congratulations to Kim Jong Il on the WPK founding anniversary.
The 63 unconverted long-term prisoners who had come into the care of the fatherland in September said that they could fight in prison for so many years, remaining true to their faith and conscience to the last as the invincible Worker's Party of Korea was enshrined in their hearts as their mainstay.
It was the mother party that always encouraged them to keep their faith and led them along the road of a worthy life even behind bars, the letter noted, and stressed: the great party is none other than President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il.
In his letter Ri In Mo, who was embraced by the party in Juche 82 (1993), said he spent 34 years in prison as he could not betray his conscience of being a WPK member by signing a piece of conversion paper.
The WPK was always a source of my strength and will and during the last seven years I have spent under the care of the party all my wishes have come true, the letter said.
O Ik Je, who came to the north from the south, said in his letter that the WPK is called mother party and this is something worth a special mention to be seen in the DPRK only.
The letter stressed that the WPK is growing stronger than ever before as it has not only an inflexible faith but motherly warm love.
The letters wholeheartedly wished Kim Jong Il a long life in good health.
WPK Central Committee gives banquet
Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- The Central Committee of the Workerfs Party of Korea gave a banquet in Pyongyang on October 10 on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the WPK.
Present at the banquet were Kim Yong Nam, Hong Song Nam, Kim Yong Chun, Kim Il Chol and other senior party and state officials, anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters and delegates to celebrations of the 55th anniversary of the WPK.
President Kim Yong Nam of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, who is member of the political bureau of the WPK Central Committee, made an address at the banquet.
He said that the WPK has performed immortal feats in the cause of independence of the popular masses and the socialist cause, weathering out the stern tempest of revolution under the leadership of the great leader Kim Il Sung who successfully achieved the cause of founding the party in a unique way.
The WPK is now fully demonstrating the dignity and might as the party of Kim Il Sung as the system of unitary leadership of the great Kim Jong Il is firmly established in it, the militant function and leadership role of the party have been remarkably increased and the unity of the whole party based on idea and purpose and moral obligation is steel-strong, he stressed, and went on:
The WPK has ushered in a new era of a powerful and prosperous nation thanks to the army-first policy, the unique political mode of Kim Jong Il, and the DPRK is fully demonstrating its invincible might as an ideologically, politically and militarily strong country.
The historic north-south joint declaration was adopted and published and a milestone of reunification based on the idea of national independence and unity was provided to open a bright prospect of reunification. This is a shining fruition of the WPK's policy of national reunification.
The WPK's future is rosy and the victory of the Korean revolution is sure to be achieved. The WPK headed by Kim Jong Il will always emerge victorious and the Korean people under the leadership of the party will build an eternally prospering powerful socialist nation and successfully accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche despite whatever difficulties and trials.
Floral basket laid before Kim Il Sung's portrait
Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- An event of laying a basket of flowers before a portrait of the President Kim Il Sung took place at the Kim Il Sung agricultural special school in Cuba on October 4 on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
The participants presented the basket to the portrait of the President and paid respects to him.
The director of the school said that Kim Il Sung who devoted all his life to the happiness and welfare of the Korean people and the unbreakable, fraternal friendship and solidarity between the Cuban and Korean peoples will always live in the hearts of the world's progressive people with history.
We extend warmest congratulations to Kim Jong Il, General Secretary of the Worker's Party of Korea, on its 55th birthday, he added.
Kim Jong Il's works released abroad
Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- The Academia Publishing House of Cuba brought out in booklet the great leader Kim Jong Il's celebrated work "On the Fundamentals of Revolutionary Party Building" on October 1.
His other work "the Worker's Party of Korea Is the Party of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung" was published by the Indian and world events of India on October 7 on the occasion of the 55th birthday of the WPK.
Juche idea study group of Cambodian youth formed
Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- The Cambodian Youth Group for the Study of the Juche Idea was formed in Phnom Penh on October 6 on the threshold of the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
A report and a congratulatory speech were made at its inaugural meeting.
The spokesman of the Cambodian state election committee was selected chief of the group.
A letter to the great leader Kim Jong Il was adopted at the meeting.
WPK's birthday celebrated in different countries
Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- Korean photo and book exhibitions, film shows and art performances were arranged in China, Nepal, Tanzania, the Czech Republic, Indonesia and by the All-India Trade Union Congress and the Mexican Committee for Supporting Korea's Reunification from September 26 to October 4 to celebrate the third anniversary of the great leader Kim Jong Il's election as General Secretary of the Worker's Party of Korea and the 55th birthday of the WPK.
On display at the exhibition halls were photographs showing the revolutionary exploits of the great leaders President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il.
"The Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il Gives On-site Guidance to Different Domains," "Eternal Life Under His Care" and other Korean films were screened at the shows.
The immortal revolutionary paeans "Song of General Kim Il Sung" and "Song of General Kim Jong Il" were sung in chorus at art performances.
The participants in those events praised the Worker's Party of Korea as the most authoritative and dignified party in the world, referring to the course of victory and glory covered by it under the wise guidance of Kim Jong Il.
Guyanese honorary citizenship and key awarded to Kim Jong Il
Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- The Linden City Council of Guyana adopted a decision on registering the great leader Kim Jong Il as an honorary citizen and awarding a certificate of honorary citizenship and a golden key of the city to him on October 3 on the occasion of the third anniversary of his election as General Secretary of the Worker's Party of Korea and the 55th birthday of the party.
A meeting was held at the city hall on October 6 to convey the certificate and the key.
At the meeting the chairman of the city council read out the decision of the council and introduced the biography of Kim Jong Il.
Then speeches were made before a letter to Kim Jong Il was adopted.
Foreigners pay respects to Kim Il Sung
Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- Consul-general Liu Zhigang and staff members of the Chinese consulate-general in Chongjin visited the statue of the President Kim Il Sung in the city on Tuesday, the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea, to lay a basket of flowers and pay respects to him.
Consul-general Oleg Dabydov and staff members of the Russian consulate-general in the city, too, laid bouquets before the statue and paid homage to the President.
Meanwhile, 20 odd delegations from northeastern China including delegations of the Longjing city, Jilin Province, tourist bureau and the Harbin Machinery Export and Import Company of China presented baskets of flowers to the statue of the President in Chongjin on the same day.