19th Yun I Sang concert closes
Pyongyang, November 5 (KCNA) -- The 19th Yun I Sang concert, which opened on November 2, closed at Yun I Sang Music Hall yesterday.
Song Sok Hwan, vice-Minister of Culture, officials concerned, working people and artistes in the city enjoyed the closing performance.
Widow Ri Su Ja and her daughter were in the audience.
Put on the stage were string quartet no. 6, a concert piece for small orchestra, indoor symphony no. 2, etc, composed by Yun I Sang.
The artistes of the Yun I Sang orchestra were highly acclaimed by the audience for successfully representing the ideological content of his works through elegant and seasoned execution.
The second day of the concert held before its close witnessed the performance of music pieces composed by Yun I Sang including violin concerto no. 1.
A reception was given last evening upon the closing of the concert.
Title of People's Sportsman awarded to Korean pro-boxing champion
Tokyo, November 3 (KNS-KCNA) -- The Title of People's Sportsman of the DPRK was awarded to super flyweight pro-boxing champion of the WBC Hong Chang Su under the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon).
The title and National Flag Order 1st Class were awarded to him at a ceremony held at the Korean Hall in Tokyo on November 2.
Present there were So Man Sul, first vice-chairman of the central standing committee of Chongryon, and personages concerned.
Lecture meeting on situation on Korean peninsula held
Pyongyang, November 5 (KCNA) -- A lecture meeting on the present situation on the Korean peninsula was held at the Conakry Embroiderers Training Center of Guinea on October 30.
The director of the center at the lecture meeting said that the situation on the Korean peninsula is developing in favour of the peaceful reunification of Korea following the north-south summit talks and the adoption of the north-south joint declaration and it was warmly welcomed by the peace-loving people around the world.
These developments are ascribable to the great leader Kim Jong Il's warm patriotic enthusiasm and iron will for reunification.
Following the north-south summit talks and multi-faceted exchanges and contacts now under way between the north and the south, I realized more keenly that Kim Jong Il is, indeed, the great leader possessed of great generosity, rare determination and extraordinary magnanimity, he said, and went on:
Kim Jong Il saw to it that the north-south joint declaration contained the first point which calls for rejecting foreign forces and solving the issue of reunification by the efforts of the Koreans. This was a historic event that marked a new milestone in settling that issue.
He expressed the belief that the Korean people's desire for reunification would surely be achieved under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il.
Superiority of socialist system
Pyongyang, November 5 (KCNA) -- Korean-style socialism is winning one victory after another despite all sorts of tempests of history because the Korean people are firmly convinced of socialism, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article.
The Korean people grasped the superiority of the socialist system through their life experience and enshrined this faith.
This superiority finds its expression in the fact that they entrust all their destinies to the socialist system.
It is fully manifested in that they are firmly defending Korean-style socialism, regarding it as their life and soul and displaying unparalleled devotion in their efforts to build a powerful socialist nation.
The Korean people's faith in the best socialist system will always remain unchanged, concludes the article.
DPRK's invariable stand on its relations with other countries
Pyongyang, November 5 (KCNA) -- The DPRK highly estimates the willingness of different countries of the European Union to establish and develop friendly relations with it as a positive development, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary.
Describing the absence of diplomatic relations between the DPRK and some countries of the EU as something abnormal, the commentary goes on:
During the Cold War not a few countries took a cautious and hostile attitude toward the DPRK as they lacked correct understanding of it.
The official stand expressed by different countries of the EU to establish diplomatic relations with the DPRK reflects the trend of the present international situation toward detente, peace, reconciliation and cooperation.
It is natural and gratifying that they wish to normalize relations with the DPRK.
The Worker's Party of Korea and the DPRK government identify independence, peace and friendship with the basic idea of their foreign policy.
Guided by this idea, the DPRK has developed friendly and cooperative relations with various countries of the world advocating independence. It has also consistently adhered to the stand of developing good-neighborly and friendly relations with those capitalist countries that respect its sovereignty and are friendly to it.
On this principle it has had multi-faceted contacts and dialogues to develop relations with countries of the EU.
Normalizing relations between the DPRK and EU countries will not only give impetus to expanding and developing bilateral relations in various fields but make a positive contribution to guaranteeing peace and security in northeast Asia and the rest of the world.
It is the consistent stand of the DPRK to establish and develop friendly and cooperative relations with all countries on the principle of mutual respect for sovereignty, non-interference in other's internal affairs, equality and reciprocity in the noble idea of the foreign policy.
"Combined anti-infiltration exercise" staged
Pyongyang, November 5 (KCNA) -- The "Paekma" unit of the South Korean army staged a "combined anti-infiltration exercise" in the areas of Koyang and Paju of Kyonggi Province on Nov. 3, according to Seoul-based Radio No. 1.
The authorities were reported to have conducted it under the simulated conditions of a real war. Not only the army but police, public employees and reservists were mobilized to set up barricades at all the checkpoints and conduct a check up and search.
This racket was kicked up under the pretext of someone's "infiltration" in the wake of the "Foal Eagle-2000" drill.