Kim Yong Nam meets foreign guests
Pyongyang, November 10 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, member of the political bureau of the Central Committee of the Worker's Party of Korea and President of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, met and conversed with Jean Paul Benoit, national secretary in charge of cooperation and development of the Left-wing Radical Party of France, and his party at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today.
Ji Jae Ryong, vice department director of the WPK Central Committee, was present.
The national secretary said that Korea's reunification should be achieved independently and peacefully and the proposal for reunifying Korea by federal formula put forward by President Kim Il Sung is the most just and reasonable one for reunification.
Kim Yong Nam met and had a talk with Mongolian ambassador to the DPRK Damdiny Byamba who paid a farewell call on him.
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Pak Kil Yon was on hand.
Yang Hyong Sop meets IRNA president
Pyongyang, November 10 (KCNA) -- Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, today met and conversed with Fereydoun Verdinejad, president of the Islamic Republic News Agency of Iran, and his party at the Mansudae Assembly Hall.
Present there were Ri Hae Ryong, deputy director general of the KCNA, and Mohammad Ganjidoost, Iranian ambassador to the DPRK.
Kim Yong Nam receives credentials from new Hungarian ambassador
Pyongyang, November 10 (KCNA) -- Mihaly Bajer, newly appointed Ambassador E. P. of Hungary to the DPRK, presented his credentials to Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall yesterday.
Present there was Choe Su Hon, vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs.
After receiving the credentials, Kim Yong Nam had a talk with the ambassador.
Iranian President on friendly relations between DPRK and Iran
Pyongyang, November 10 (KCNA) -- Iranian President Seyed Mohammad Khatami said that the relations between Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are strong friendly relations, when he met the DPRK ambassador to Iran on Nov. 5.
The friendly relations between the two countries will invariably develop in the era of the great leader Kim Jong Il as they did in the lifetime of the great President Kim Il Sung, he noted.
I am pleased to see the inter-Korean relations improving and peace and stability settling on the Korean peninsula thanks to the wise guidance of Kim Jong Il and support measures taken by the DPRK, he added.
Russian and Vietnamese embassy officials help co-op farmers
Pyongyang, November 10 (KCNA) -- Officials of the Russian embassy here went to the Korea-Russia friendship Kochang co-op farm yesterday to help it in vegetable harvesting.
Vietnamese ambassador to the DPRK Do Thi Hoa and embassy officials visited the Korea-Vietnam friendship Jamjin co-op farm on Nov. 1 to help it in rice thrashing.
During break the guests conversed and sang songs together with farmers, deepening friendship.
They handed their sincere aid materials and souvenirs to the farms.
Japan's dangerous moves
Pyongyang, November 10 (KCNA) -- Japan is hell-bent on the moves to reprocess nuclear waste at home.
Japanese NHK TV reported that 37 tons of nuclear waste piled up at nuclear power stations of Japan would be concentrically transported to a reprocessing factory in Rokkasho village on December 19.
Japan says that its nuclear plan is for peaceful industrial development. But it is nothing but a red herring.
It has massively stockpiled plutonium by reprocessing a large quantity of nuclear waste from other countries despite strong protest from anti-nuke peace forces of the world.
Plutonium stockpiled in Japan is enough to make hundreds of nuclear bombs.
Japan's plan to reprocess nuclear waste in addition to the secretly stockpiled plutonium whose quantity is much greater than what it actually needs is aimed to realize nuclear weaponization any moment without relying on other countries.
The Japanese bellicose forces have spent a huge amount of funds for the development of nuclear weapons over the last 50 years since the end of World War II, asserting that Japan's defeat in the war was not a judgement of history but was attributable to its weak strength.
It is not secret that Japan is developing even nuclear capable inter-continental ballistic missiles after possessing all the elements and technologies for the manufacture of nuclear bombs including electronic detonating devices.
Japan's continued test-fire of "H-2" and "M5" missiles under the name of space research in recent years is aimed at having access to nuclear capable missiles.
Through nuclear weaponization and the modernization of missile forces Japan seeks to have a military edge in the Asia-Pacific region and world supremacy.
It is necessary to guard against Japan.
Imperialists' method to invade developing countries
Pyongyang, November 10 (KCNA) -- The imperialists' principal method to invade developing countries is to divide and destroy them one by one, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article.
The imperialists are working hard to bar developing countries from taking the road of independence and progress, the article notes, and continues:
The imperialists biasedly support or assist one side in dispute to sacrifice the other side.
"Multi-party system" and "democracy" are the crafty motto put up by the imperialists to invade developing countries.
Since the end of the Cold War they have desperately worked to introduce "multi-party system" and "democracy" into these countries.
They have threatened that they would not give "aid" to developing nations unless they accept the "multi-party system".
The imperialists are also trying to isolate developing countries by availing themselves of their privileged position in the international political arena.
Western powers exercise privilege and make arbitrary practices at the United Nations in a bid to impose their will upon developing countries.
Consequently, not a few issues are handled in favour of those powers. Unreasonable international sanctions are, accordingly, imposed upon a number of developing countries.
Developing countries can foil the imperialists' destroy-one-by-one strategy, if those countries maintain their principled stand toward them and struggle in unity.
Korean people's just struggle supported
Pyongyang, November 10 (KCNA) -- Heikki Sipila, director of "Kominform" Company of Finland, contributed a travel note on his Korea visit to the Finnish newspaper Tyokansan Sanomat on Nov. 2. He visited the DPRK as a member of the delegation of the Finnish National Committee for the Study of the Juche idea.
He wrote that the socio-political system in the DPRK is characterized by collectivism displayed in the work and activities based on the Juche idea.
The author went on: The mass gymnastic display and artistic performance performed at the may day stadium is a great production symbolic of unity and talents of the Korean people. Such living example of collectivism can be noticed in all fabrics of the Korean society.
The army-first policy of General Secretary Kim Jong Il of the Worker's Party of Korea is based on the unique philosophy that the country's sovereignty is guaranteed by strong military power.
The acute shortage of energy in the DPRK is chiefly attributable to the fact that the United States is dragging out the implementation of its commitment to provide the DPRK with heavy oil and light water reactors though the DPRK halted the construction of its self-supporting nuclear power facilities under the agreement it reached with the U.S. reconciliation and contact between the north and the south of Korea are being promoted but many obstacles are still lie in the way of Korea's reunification. The major hurdle to Korea's reunification is the U.S. forces' presence in South Korea.
All misfortune and sufferings of the DPRK are resulting from the economic blockade of the imperialists against it and natural disasters. It is, therefore, the sacred duty of the world communists and adherents to socialism to defend socialist Korea and support the just struggle of the Korean people.
Meari firing establishment
Pyongyang, November 10 (KCNA) -- There is the Meari firing establishment in Chongchun Street in Mangyongdae district, Pyongyang.
The establishment covering at least 10,000 square metres has indoor and outdoor firing grounds.
In the indoor firing ground 10 shooters can have 50 and 25 metre rifle-and pistol-firing practices at a time.
It is well soundproofed. Both shooters and spectators can watch targets and points on a large television screen.
In the outdoor firing ground 15 shooters can fire at targets 15-50 metres away from them.
Telescopes are installed on the firing line for shooters.
Correction firing is also possible.
Seats and counters are available for spectators in the outdoor firing ground.
Different kinds of amusement and game equipment and facilities are also available at the Meari firing establishment.
Mass gymnastic display production unit 29 years old
Pyongyang, November 10 (KCNA) -- Today marks the 29th anniversary of the mass gymnastic display production unit.
The unit has a mission to create and disseminate mass gymnastic display and guide the work to develop it under a long-term plan.
The unit has so far created some 30 mass gymnastic displays on the occasion of significant national holidays such as "Song of Korea" in 1977, "People Sings of Leader" in 1982, "Prosperous Juche Korea" in 1987 and "Single-hearted Unity" in 1990.
Five of them including "Under the Banner of the Party" in 1980 and "We Will Defend Red Flag Under Leadership of Marshal" in 1996 were awarded "people's prize." This prize is conferred upon those units that have achieved spectacular achievements in the fields of science, technology and literature and art.
Recently the unit produced the mass gymnastic display and artistic performance "Ever-victorious Worker's Party of Korea" which was presented at the May Day Stadium packed to capacity.
It was praised by spectators as the best masterpiece for its good combination of gymnastics and dances and successful introduction of a huge slide and film projector for strong effect on the background and other means.
The unit has creation and production, gymnastics, background and music departments, an orchestra and a part-time sports school. It is playing a great role in the dissemination of mass gymnastic display not only at home but overseas.
It has helped at least 40 countries in the creation of more than 90 mass gymnastic displays, thus contributing to strengthening friendship, unity and cooperation with those countries.
It was awarded "Kim Il Sung Order" in November, Juche 74 (1985).