Greetings to PM of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- Hong Song Nam, premier of the DPRK cabinet, sent a message of greetings to Arnhim Eustace on his assumption of office as Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The message expressed belief that the friendly relations between the two countries would continue to develop on good terms and wished the Prime Minister success in his responsible work.
Greetings to President of Cote d'ivoire
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, on Nov. 10 sent a message of greetings to Laurent Gbagbo on his assumption of office as President of Cote d'ivoire.
The message warmly congratulated him on the occasion.
Expressing the belief that the relations between the two countries would develop on good terms, the message sincerely wished the President great success in his responsible work for the national unity and prosperity of the country.
Lao President on daily rising international authority of DPRK
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- Khamtay Siphandone, chairman of the central committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, when meeting with Korean ambassador to Laos Rim Yong Gol who paid a farewell call on him on Nov. 9, said that the international authority of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is rising as the days go by.
All the successes the Korean people have achieved are ascribable to the wise guidance of their great leader Kim Jong Il.
Over the last years the traditional relations of friendship, solidarity and cooperation between the two parties, governments and peoples have steadily grown stronger and developed, he said, expressing the firm belief that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two parties, governments and peoples would further strengthen and develop not only in the political field but in the economic and all other spheres in the 21st century, too.
Gift to Kim Jong Il from CILRECO secretary general
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il received a gift from Guy Dupre, secretary general of the International Liaison Committee for Reunification and Peace in Korea, (CILRECO).
The gift was handed to an official concerned by the secretary general.
Kim Yong Nam meets CILRECO secretary general
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, met and had a cordial conversation with Guy Dupre, secretary general of the International Liaison Committee for Reunification and Peace in Korea (CILRECO), at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today.
Present there was Choe Jin Su, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Worker's Party of Korea.
The secretary general said that the north-south summit talks held in Pyongyang marked a new milestone for the reunification of Korea, adding that this exciting event shook the international political and press circles.
CILRECO will make all efforts for the reunification of Korea, its final target, he stressed.
Lecture meeting on Korean situation held in Dominica
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- A lecture meeting on the political situation on the Korean peninsula was held on October 28 under the joint auspices of the Dominican Committee for the Reunification of Korea and the Dominican Worker's Party.
At the end of the lecture Ivan Rodriguez, chairman of the central committee of the Dominican Worker's Party, expressed the belief that Korean reunification would be surely achieved according to the three-point charter of national reunification set forth by the great President Kim Il Sung of the Korean people and formulated by Kim Jong Il, the outstanding leader of the present era. He also expressed his full support to the Korean people's cause of reunification.
Modern chicken factory commissioned
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- An ultra modern chicken factory was commissioned.
The factory called chicken factory no. 112 is located at the foot of a mountain on the east coast.
Figures 112 mean Nov. 2. On Nov. 2 this year General Secretary Kim Jong Il gave on-the-spot guidance to the completed factory and on the same day last year a ground breaking ceremony of the factory was held.
The factory covers an area of over 25,000 square meters.
The factory looks picturesque as its buildings stand at the foot of a hill near a lake, tree-lined roads stretch in its compound and it has nice fences.
The factory has breeding, egg-laying, fattening, meat processing, assorted feed and other modern shops.
All its production processes from feed processing to feed and water supply, hatching, meat and egg production, conveying and packing, lighting, temperature and humidity regulation and sewage disposal are computerized.
At the fattening shop a worker is in charge of 25,000 chickens. Every chicken is raised for 42 days till it weighs over 2 kg.
At the egg-laying shop more than 30,000 eggs are produced every day while 1,000 chicken are processed per hour at the meat processing shop.
A feed tank at the assorted feed shop with a storing capacity of 1,000 tons can provide necessary feed any time.
The computerization of the chicken factory is one of the greatest achievements made in the development of the nation's poultry industry.
Such chicken factories and stockbreeding centers are successfully operating in various parts of the country and new ones are under construction across the country.
Kimchi making brisk all over country
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- Families, restaurants and hotels in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are busy preparing winter Kimchi (pickled vegetable).
Kimchi is one of the traditional Korean dishes.
Kimchi is prepared mainly with Korean cabbages and radishes. And hot red pepper, garlic, onion, ginger and meat, fish, pickled fish and other nutritive substance are added to it.
Kimchi which can be made regardless of season is good for health as it promotes appetite.
It contains a lot of vitamin C and mineral which keeps the balance between acid and alkali in human body.
Kimchi is known to have scores of varieties.
Kimchi is prepared as a non-staple food for winter. It is meant for consumption for five months from November to March next year. That is why it is called a half-year food.
Typical of Kimchi for winter are unsliced cabbage Kimchi, pickled sliced radishes and cabbages seasoned with pepper (Sokbakji), pickles wrapped in a large cabbage like a bundle (Possam Kimchi) and radishes pickled in salt water (Tongchimi).
Unsliced cabbage Kimchi prepared with various ingredients is main winter Kimchi.
To make this kind of Kimchi it is necessary to keep cabbages in salt water for more than 24 hours before washing and put a proportionate mixture of seasoning between the leaves of the halved cabbages before putting them into a large earthenware jar. Sliced radishes are put also into it.
It is necessary to properly season all of them with salt after a few days before keeping the jar tightly covered. It can be taken 10 days later.
Sokbakji is also called Ssoregi.
To make Possam Kimchi it is necessary to put a good mixture of seasonings between the leaves of pickled cabbages and cut them into pieces before wrapping them with big cabbage leaves.
To make Tongchimi it is important to put unsliced radishes into a jar and properly season with salt water.
Also popular are sliced radishes Kimchi and leaf mustard Kimchi.
Kimchi is well known to other Asian countries and European countries for its special taste and good effect on human health.
Remarks of U.S. ambassador to S. Korea
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- The U.S. ambassador to South Korea reportedly asserted at an "international seminar on security" sponsored by the "South Korea-U.S. Security Research Council" some time ago that the DPRK may easily change its decision though progress has been made in the DPRK-U.S. relations.
This provocative remark is a very improper behaviour as it casts doubt about the DPRK's faith and efforts for the improvement of the DPRK-U.S. relations. It is no more than a sheer jargon reflecting the position of the right-wing forces who are still seized with enmity toward the DPRK.
Then, what is the real intention of the ambassador groundlessly spreading such rumour of the DPRK's "possible change of decision"?
It is, in fact, not the DPRK but the United States that has not kept the promise and faith over the past years. As for the construction of light water reactors to be provided under the DPRK-U.S. agreed framework, the U.S. has not fulfilled its commitment.
According to Kyodo, a member of the EU Parliament from the British Labour Party, who visited the DPRK from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4 as a member of the EU Parliamentary delegation, said that "the LWR project is unlikely to be finished before 2010." His statement indicates that it is hard to guess when the project will be finished and that the project may be baffled in the long run.
Such being the case, the U.S. ambassador well informed of the situation did not mention it but picked a quarrel with the DPRK which has honestly implemented so far its commitment made to the U.S. his impudent deed of going against the trend of the times was evidently prompted by an insidious political purpose.
This can never be a solution to any issue. And this does not work on anybody.
Reckless remarks of S. Korean Red Cross President
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- Those who are due to go to Seoul as members of the second visiting group of separated families and relatives are bitterly denouncing the president of the South Korean Red Cross who in a recent interview with the October issue of "Monthly Korea" slandered the political system in the north and way of life under socialism of Korean style.
Kim Tok Hwan, worker of the management section of the Pyongyang Silk Mill, had this to say:
We are bitterly angered by the official statement made by the President of the South Korean Red Cross in a press interview in which he slandered the DPRK's dignified political system and way of life under man-centred socialism of Korean style.
This is a blatant challenge to the people and system in the north and an unbearable insult to us who are leading an independent and dignified life in the north, in particular.
It is hard to settle such humanitarian issues as alleviating misfortune and sufferings of the separated families and relatives as long as the man who described the noble humanitarian work as sort of confrontation between the two systems remains the president of the South Korean Red Cross.
Saying that he was shocked and infuriated by the remarks made by the president of the South Korean Red Cross, Yun Yong Hun residing in Pongsu-dong, Wonsan, noted: His remarks were contrary to the spirit of the north-south joint declaration. It is hard to expect that he would fulfil his duty to implement the declaration.
He should officially apologize to the whole nation for behaving in contravention of the basic spirit of the declaration.
Devoted efforts for national reunification called for
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- Nothing is more honorable and worthwhile than devoting oneself to national reunification as member of the Korean nation, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article.
It goes on:
Devotedly working for national reunification means patriotism because to defend the sovereignty of the nation and aspire after great national unity means patriotism.
National reunification is, in essence, an issue of establishing the sovereignty of the nation throughout Korea.
The Korean people's struggle for national reunification is a sacred struggle for establishing the sovereignty of the nation throughout Korea because it is the historic desire of the nation and a basic condition for the independence and sovereignty of the country and its prosperity and development to establish sovereignty. That is why Korea should be reunified independently in any case. The destiny of the Korean nation and its development and prosperity can be guaranteed only when the independent reunification of the country is achieved to establish the sovereignty of the nation. And this means noblest patriotism.
The sovereignty that keeps the nation alive is guaranteed by the great unity of the nation and this unity provides a decisive guarantee for the independent development and prosperity of the nation.
The great unity of the nation provides for the destiny of the nation and its dignity and patriotism.
It is true patriotism to struggle for national reunification and one who devotedly works for it is a genuine patriot.
Workers' rally in S. Korea
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- At least 20,000 unionists under the South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) held a workers' rally in Seoul on November 12 in protest against the authorities' unilateral restructuring and retrogressive revision of the labour law, according to Radio No.1 of South Korea.
The chairman of the KCTU stated that it is opposed to the restructuring which invites only serious unemployment and the retrogressive revision of the labour law, appealing to the Federation of South Korean Trade Unions to form joint headquarters of struggle.
At the end of the rally its participants marched towards Myongdong Cathedral.
Over 20 unionists were wounded in the clash with police.