U.S. Secretary of State leaves
Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State of the United States of America, together with her suite members, left here today after visiting the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
She was seen off at the airport by Kim Kye Gwan, vice-minister of foreign affairs, and officials concerned.
Turkish party delegation arrives
Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Workers' Party of Turkey headed by Dogu Ferincek, chairman of its central committee, arrived here yesterday by air.
Wreaths laid at graves of Mao Anying and other fallen CPV fighters
Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- Wreaths from the central committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, the DPRK cabinet, the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces and south Phyongan provincial party and power organs and working people's organizations were laid yesterday at the graves of Mao Anying, son of the Chinese people's great leader Mao Zedong, and other fallen fighters of the Chinese people's volunteers in Hoechang county, south Phyongan province, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the entry of the CPV into the Korean front.
Present there were vice-chairman Jang Chol of the Supreme People's Assembly and officials concerned and Chinese ambassador to the DPRK Wang Guozhang.
They observed a moment's silence in memory of the fallen CPV fighters.
Bouquets were also placed at the cemetery by working people in Hoechang county.
Banquet given on occasion of 50th anniversary of CPV entry into Korean front
Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- The government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea gave a banquet in Pyongyang yesterday on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the entry of the Chinese People's Volunteers into the Korean front.
Present at the banquet on invitation were the members of the high-ranking military delegation of the People's Republic of China led by colonel general Chi Haotian, vice-chairman of the central military commission of the People's Republic of China, state councillor and Minister of National Defence, on a visit to the DPRK, Wang Guozhang, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK, and his embassy officials and other Chinese guests.
Present there were vice marshal of the Korean People's Army Kim Il Chol, vice-chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and Minister of the People's Armed Forces, Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Kim Yang Gon, department director of the central committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and other officials concerned.
Minister of Culture Kang Nung Su said in his speech that the entry of the Chinese people's volunteers into the Korean front out of noble internationalism was a disinterested aid of the fraternal Chinese people to the Korean people and an expression of the sense of revolutionary obligation.
The DPRK-china friendship which was consolidated and developed on the basis of the special intimate relations between Kim Il Sung, the great leader of the Korean people, and Mao Zedong, the great leader of the Chinese people, and Zhou Enlai has steadily developed on good terms under the deep care of the leaders of the two countries, he noted.
He expressed the belief that the friendship that stood all sorts of ordeals of history would continue to favorably develop thanks to the concerted efforts of the two parties, two states and two peoples.
Ambassador Wang Guozhang said in his speech that the Korean people united close around the Workers' Party of Korea headed by General Secretary Kim Jong Il have made continued successes in the efforts to accelerate socialist construction in the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance and fortitude, develop friendly relations with different countries, achieve the independent and peaceful reunification of the country and defend peace and stability on the Korean peninsula.
He further said:
The Chinese people sincerely rejoice over those achievements and wholeheartedly wish the Korean people greater success in the work to build Korean-style socialism in the new century.
The Chinese party and government have very much treasured the friendship between China and the DPRK which was provided and developed by the revolutionaries of the old generation of the two countries and made strenuous efforts to consolidate and develop it.
He expressed the firm belief that thanks to the deep care of Jiang Zemin and Kim Jong Il and concerted efforts of the two peoples this traditional friendship would bear rich fruits in the new century, too, and bring happiness to the two peoples.
Anniversary of CPV entry into Korean front observed
Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers' entry into the Korean front.
On this day papers here say that the Korean people are looking back with deep emotion on the days of the Fatherland Liberation War when they fought shoulder to shoulder with the Chinese People's Volunteers.
Rodong Sinmun in an editorial says that the CPV's entry into the Korean front just meant the participation in the joint struggle of the Korean and Chinese people against imperialism and aggression and an expression of internationalism. The CPV fighters rushed to the Korean front and bravely fought against the common enemy, closely united with the Korean soldiers and people, the editorial notes, and continues:
The fighting spirit and exploits displayed by the CPV fighters during the war and stories about the Korea-China friendship are still fresh in the memory of the Korean people.
The Chinese and Korean people waged a protracted joint struggle against foreign invaders and, in this course, strengthened the friendly ties.
The Korea-China friendly relations now developing in conformity with the desire and interests of the two peoples are conducive to hastening the revolution and construction in the two countries.
Thanks to the energetic efforts of the Chinese party, government and people the appearance of china is changing day by day.
The Korean people are pleased to see things going well in China and sincerely wish the Chinese people fresh achievements in their future work.
They will never forget the heroic feats performed by the CPV fighters half a century ago and will as ever join the Chinese people in the efforts to keep the Korea-China friendship in fuller bloom.
Agreements signed between DPRK and Romanian governments
Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- An agreement on trade, economic cooperation and payment and an agreement on the formation of a joint economic and scientific and technological consultative committee between the DPRK and romanian governments were signed in bucharest on Oct. 19.
The DPRK ambassador to Romania and the Romanian Minister of Commerce and Industry signed the agreements upon the authorization of their governments.
Book "God of Present Era" published
Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- A book "God of Present Era" (the sun of life) written by O Ik Je, vice-chairman of the committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, was published on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea.
The book has 15 chapters. It deals with the loving care and devoted service of the great leader Kim Jong Il for the people which the author grasped while visiting different places.
This is the third book written by him after he settled in the north.
He writes that the miraculous successes made in those most difficult years are the result of Kim Jong Il's total dedication to the people because his preoccupation was to let people live well as soon as possible.
Noting that Kim Jong Il's love for the people and their resolve to repay his love have exactly become a spirit, morality and beautiful trait prevailing in the DPRK, O Ik Je elaborates on the peculiar feature of the DPRK where all people live in a great family, holding him in high esteem as their real father.
Nothing in the world is stronger than Kim Jong Il's love for the people, the author notes, adding that this love had such a strong impact that the DPRK stood high, remaining unfazed despite ordeals, and defended the dignity of the nation.
Wreaths laid at cemetery of fallen CPV fighters
Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- The high-ranking military delegation of China led by colonel general Chi Haotian, vice-chairman of the central military commission of the People's Republic of China, state councillor and Minister of National Defence, yesterday laid wreaths at the grave of Mao Anying and cemetery of the fallen fighters of the Chinese People's Volunteers in Hoechang county, south Phyongan Province, in the name of the delegation on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the CPV entry into the Korean front.
Present there were colonel general Ri Pyong Sam, lieut. gen. Pak Sung Won, generals and officers of the Korean People's Army, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK Wang Guozhang and military attache of the Chinese embassy Yan Jiangfeng.
On the same day the wreaths in the name of the Chinese embassy here were also laid.
Japanese Prime Minister's claim to Tok islet assailed
Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Korean Democratic Lawyers Association (KDLA) in a statement issued today accused Japanese Prime Minister Mori of claiming that Tok islet, part of the inviolable territory of Korea, "belongs to Japan."
Drawing attention to Japan's intrusion into the territorial waters of Tok islet getting more frequent these days in the wake of Mori's reckless remarks, the spokesman says that where Tok islet belongs to is now indisputably clear.
It continues:
It was the Korean nation who discovered the islet some 1,500 years back and used it as a base for eking out living.
It was again Korea which took a measure to officially put the islet under its jurisdiction.
Tok islet has been clearly marked as part of Korea's territory on foreign maps and on the map of Japan printed before its occupation of Korea.
The KDLA bitterly denounces the reckless remarks of the Japanese Prime Minister and Japan's intrusion into Tok islet as a grave violation of the dignity and sovereignty of the Korean nation and as a deliberate act of disturbing the peace and stability on the Korean peninsula.
The attitude of the Japanese authorities towards Tok islet clearly shows their views, standpoint and stand on Korea and its nation. The claim to Tok islet raised by Japan instead of making compensation for its wrongs done against Korea in the past goes to clearly prove that though more than half a century has passed since Japan was forced to quit Korea, it is watching for an opportunity of reinvasion, still considering the Korean peninsula as the place where to realize its ambition for militarist overseas expansion.
The Korean people will never tolerate such tragedy as allowing Japan to deprive the nation of its sovereignty and offering the inviolable territory of the country to it as a colony but force Japan to pay for all sorts of misfortune and pain imposed by the Japanese imperialists upon the Korean people.
The spokesman demanded the Japanese chief executive apologize to the Korean nation for his irresponsible remarks and opt for Japan's honest settlement of its past as early as possible.
Chinese delegation lays wreath at Friendship Tower
Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- The high-ranking military delegation of the People's Republic of China (PRC) headed by colonel general Chi Haotian, vice-chairman of the central military commission of the PRC, state councillor and Minister of National Defence, today laid a wreath in its name at the friendship tower on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the entry of the Chinese People's Volunteers into the Korean front.
Present there were vice marshal of the Korean People's Army Kim Il Chol, Minister of the People's Armed Forces, colonel general Ri Pyong Sam, generals and officers of the KPA, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK Wang Guozhang and military attache of the Chinese embassy here Yan Jiangfeng.
The participants observed a moment's silence in memory of the fallen fighters of the Chinese people's volunteers.
Chinese military delegation lays floral basket before monument to victory in FLW
Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- The high-ranking military delegation of China headed by colonel general Chi Haotian, vice-chairman of the central military commission of the People's Republic of China, state councillor and Minister of National Defence, laid a floral basket in its name at the monument to victory in the Fatherland Liberation War today on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the entry of the Chinese People's Volunteers into the Korean front.
Present there were vice marshal Kim Il Chol, vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and Minister of the People's Armed Forces, col. gen. Ri Pyong Sam and generals and officers of the Korean People's Army, and Chinese ambassador to the DPRK Wang Guozhang and military attache of the embassy Yan Jiangfeng.
They paid homage to the Korean People's Army servicepersons who fell in the Fatherland Liberation War.
Kim Jong Il sends wreath to Friendship Tower
Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il sent a wreath to the Friendship Tower here on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers' entry into the Korean front.
The wreath was laid at the tower today.
Written on the ribbon hanging from the wreath were letters "Glory to Fallen Figthers of the Chinese People's Volunteers "
Kim Jong Il receives Chinese high-ranking military delegation
Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il today received the high-ranking military delegation led by colonel general Chi Haotian, vice-chairman of the central military commission of the People's Republic of China, state councillor and Minister of National Defence, on a visit to the DPRK.
Present on the occasion were Kim Yong Nam, president of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, vice marshal Jo Myong Rok, first vice-chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and director of the general political department of the KPA, vice marshal Kim Yong Chun, member of the DPRK National Defence Commission and chief of the KPA general staff, vice marshal Kim Il Chol, vice-chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and Minister of the People's Armed Forces, Kim Kuk Thae, Kim Jung Rin and Kim Yong Sun, secretaries of the central committee of the WPK, and Jong Ha Chol and Kim Yang Gon, department directors of the WPK central committee.
Also present were Wang Guozhang, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK, and Yan Jiangfeng, military attache of the Chinese embassy.
Kim Jong Il warmly welcomed the members of the delegation which visited the DPRK on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the entry of the Chinese People's Volunteers into the Korean front and had a cordial and friendly talk with them.
Chinese embassy lays wreath at Friendship Tower and CPV cemetery
Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- The Chinese embassy here today laid wreaths at the Friendship Tower and at the cemetery of fallen fighters of the Chinese people's volunteers in Hyongjesan district, Pyongyang, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the CPV entry into the Korean front.
Present there were Chinese ambassador to the DPRK Wang Guozhang and embassy officials.
They observed a moment's silence in memory of fallen fighters of the CPV.
Meanwhile, the central committee of the Association of Chinese residents in Korea laid wreaths at the tower and before the cemetery.
Kim Jong Il attends mass rally
Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- A mammoth rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers' entry into the Korean front was held at the May Day Stadium today.
Attending there was General secretary Kim Jong Il.
Put up in the stadium was a portrait of the great leader President Kim Il Sung.
Seen on the flagposts were flags of the DPRK and the People's Republic of China.
Also seen in the stadium were slogan boards reading "Long live the friendship and solidarity between the armies and peoples of Korea and China " "The feats of the fallen fighters of the Chinese People's Volunteers will shine long " etc.
Present there were officials of the party, armed forces and power organs, public organizations, ministries and national institutions, officers and men of the KPA, officials in the fields of science, education, culture and art, public health and the press and working people in the city, at least 180,000 in all.
Present on invitation were the high-ranking military delegation of the People's Republic of China on a visit to the DPRK, members of the Chinese embassy here and other Chinese guests.
Kim Jong Il appeared in the tribune of honour amidst the playing of the welcome music.
Chinese guests were presented with bunches of flowers by children.
Vice marshal of the Korean People's Army Kim Il Chol, vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and Minister of the People's Armed Forces, made a report.
The reporter said that the Chinese party and government headed by the great leader of the Chinese people Mao Zedong sent the Chinese people's volunteers consisting of fine sons and daughters to the Korean front on October 25, Juche 39 (1950) under the banner of "Resisting America and aiding Korea, safeguarding the home and defending the motherland" during the hard period of the Fatherland Liberation War waged by the people and the People's Army of Korea against the allied forces of the imperialists. This is a manifestation of the revolutionary obligation in the common struggle against the imperialists, he said, and went on:
It is a living example of proletarian internationalism that the Chinese party and government gave disinterested material aid and moral support to the Korean people in their fight against the imperialists' aggression even under the difficult conditions right after the People's Republic of China was founded.
The servicemen of the Chinese People's Volunteers came out to the Korean front and displayed unrivalled bravery and mass heroism in battles, sharing life and death with men and officers of the KPA in the same trench.
The reporter expressed deep thanks to the Chinese party, government and people for helping at the cost of blood the Korean people in their just struggle and paid highest respects to the martyrs of the CPV on behalf of the Korean people and the servicemen of the KPA.
Korea-China friendship has developed on good terms in the interests of the two peoples even under the changed situation, the reporter stressed, and continued:
The historic visit of Kim Jong Il, the great leader of the Workers' Party of Korea and the Korean people, to the People's Republic of China in may is an epochal event in further strengthening and developing the Korea-China friendship.
The participation of respected General Secretary Jiang Zemin in a banquet given at the DPRK embassy in Beijing to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the WPK recently shows that the Chinese party and government value the Korea-China friendship very much.
To consolidate and develop this friendship is the behests of the great leader Kim Il Sung and the invariable stand of the WPK and the DPRK government.
We believe that Korea-China friendship will continue to consolidate and develop in the future, too, by the joint efforts of the two peoples.
The Chinese people have achieved great successes in socialist modernization drive with Chinese characteristics under the leadership of the Communist Party of China led by respected Jiang Zemin.
All the achievements made by the Chinese people prove that the line and policy put forward by the Chinese party and government are just ones to suit the specific conditions of China.
We are very pleased to see everything going well in China and heartily wish the Chinese people greater success in the socialist modernization drive and in the struggle for the reunification of the whole country under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.
A silk banner in the name of the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces of the DPRK was conveyed to Chi Haotian, head of the Chinese high-ranking military delegation.
Embroidered on the silk banner were the flags of the DPRK and China and letters "Long live the militant friendship and solidarity between the armies and peoples of Korea and China "
Colonel general Chi Haotian, vice-chairman of the PRC central military commission, state councillor and Minister of National Defence, who is heading the Chinese high-ranking military delegation, made a speech at the rally.
Referring to the honor of participating in celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Chinese people's volunteers' entry into the Korean front in the DPRK, he expressed sincere thanks and paid high tribute to Kim Jong Il, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the National Defence Commission, the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the fraternal Korean people and the army, on behalf of the government of the PRC.
The Chinese People's Volunteers, the people and army of Korea achieved victory that greatly startled the world by fighting shoulder to shoulder, he said, and continued:
This victory was a common victory won by the peoples and armies of the two countries in frustrating the strong-arm policy and resisting aggression. It was a great victory recorded in the modern history of the world war in which the weak beat the strong and weak forces defeated stronger ones.
It recorded a shining page in the human history of justice and progress.
The victory carried weighty significance and had a great impact not only on China, Korea and the east but on the whole world.
This victory foiled the vicious plots of the imperialists to stifle the new-born socialist countries, thus protecting the security of the two countries, defending the peace in the far east and the world and greatly inspiring the peoples of many countries of the world in their heroic struggle to win national independence and liberation.
Chi Haotian said that as a veteran of the Chinese people's volunteers he personally witnessed the warm care and sincere assistance given by President Kim Il Sung, the Korean party and government, the people and army of Korea to the officers and men of the CPV during the war and realized how dear the blood-sealed China-Korea friendship was and it was not so easy to achieve and defend peace.
In recent years the people and army of Korea united close around Kim Jong Il and the WPK have made new great successes that drew world attention despite the complicated international situation and several years of natural disasters.
The traditional friendly and cooperative relations between China and the DPRK are now developing at a new stage and demonstrating their deep historic roots and great vitality thanks to the deep care of General Secretary Jiang Zemin and General Secretary Kim Jong Il.
He expressed firm conviction that the peoples of China and Korea would unite closer to record without fail a new chapter in the noble work to strengthen and develop the traditional friendship between the two countries and give impetus to peace and human progress.
Then, a silk banner in the name of the Chinese high-ranking military delegation was conveyed to Kim Il Chol.
Inscribed on the silk banner were the letters "China-Korea friendship will be evergreen "