Gift to Kim Jong Il
Pyongyang, November 17 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il received a gift from the delegation of the Communist Party of Greece.
The gift was handed to Choe Thae Bok, alternate member of the political bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the Worker's Party of Korea, by Orestis Kolozof, member of the political bureau and international secretary of the central committee of the Communist Party of Greece who is heading the delegation of the party on a visit to the DPRK.
Kim Yong Nam meets delegation of CPG
Pyongyang, November 17 (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 DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met and had a talk with the delegation of the Communist Party of Greece (CPG) headed by Orestis Kolozof, member of the political bureau and international secretary of the central committee of the party, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today.
At the meeting the head of the delegation said that the high authority of the respected leader Kim Il Sung and the great leader Kim Jong Il is well known to the world revolutionary people.
Noting that the DPRK is working world-startling miracles under the banner of socialism, he said that the CPG would extend full support to the Korean people in the efforts for the country's reunification.
Proposal for founding DFRK supported
Pyongyang, November 17 (KCNA) -- The Malta-Korea Friendship Association in a statement issued on November 6 on the occasion of the month of supporting the proposal for founding the Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo expressed the belief that Korean reunification would be certainly achieved.
The statement said:
The proposal for founding the DFRK, a realistic one for Korean reunification, is an important element of the three-point charter of national reunification set forth by President Kim Il Sung and formulated by leader Kim Jong Il.
This encourages the Korean people in their struggle for national reunification.
The statement expressed full support and firm solidarity with the Korean people in their struggle for national reunification.
Mines massively laid in S. Korea
Pyongyang, November 17 (KCNA) -- The Green Federation asserted that about 70,000 anti-personnel mines are laid underground in 21 places including major parks and suburbs of Seoul and other big cities in South Korea, according to Seoul-based MBC.
The Green Federation said that there are mines in four places in Kyonggi and south Kyongsang provinces each, three in South Chungchong Province, two in Pusan and South Jolla Province each and in Seoul, Taegu, Ulsan, north Kyongsang and north Jolla provinces and Kangwon Province in South Korea.
Meanwhile, as regards the assertion made by the Green Federation, the joint chiefs of staff of the South Korean Army admitted that at least 75,000 mines are placed underground in 39 rear areas, according to a report of "Radio No. 1."
Army-first policy vital to single-hearted unity
Pyongyang, November 17 (KCNA) -- The army-first policy of the respected Kim Jong Il is vital to our single-hearted unity, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article.
It goes on:
He made the great history of the army-first policy, thus achieving the strongest single-hearted unity of the revolutionary ranks. This is a shining undying feat performed by him in the century.
The army-first policy of the Worker's Party of Korea has served as a source of the unprecedentedly ardent worship of our servicemen and people for the leader.
Fully convinced of the truth that there is neither fatherland nor Korean-style socialism without the army-first policy, the Korean people entirely entrust their destiny to Kim Jong Il, the architect of the army-first policy of the WPK, and trust and follow him like heaven.
This policy has also served as a decisive factor of building up the revolutionary ranks into powerful forces devotedly defending the leader and a powerful weapon whereby to achieve the perfect unity between the servicemen and people in the aspect of ideological, spiritual and moral traits.
The Korean people will uphold his revolutionary army-first leadership with loyalty and thus glorify forever the revolutionary history of the WPK as a history of victory of single-hearted unity.
Japan's inconsistent diplomacy
Pyongyang, November 17 (KCNA) -- Recently differences surfaced among political forces in Japan over Japan's policy towards the DPRK and its media are strongly critical of the government's inconsistent diplomatic posture.
Commenting on Japan's policy towards the DPRK, the Asahi Shimbun said that "one can hardly see Japan's diplomatic will to deal with the Korean peninsula from an independent stand and play any role in Asia in the 21st century." It added that it is difficult to expect any progress in the Japan-DPRK negotiations, etc. If the political leadership finds itself in confusion which should set out a diplomatic guideline at the momentous turn of the century.
As the paper pointed out, it is universally known that Japan's diplomacy has existed as a mere appendage to the diplomatic policy of the United States as it lacked any clear goal and consistent principle and this found its manifestation in an anachronistic hostile policy towards the DPRK, in particular.
Japan has insisted on fictitious and groundless issues, evading the liquidation of its past crimes, its top priority for the normalization of the relations with the DPRK, under this or that pretext. In this way it has deliberately created obstacles to the DPRK-Japan talks though the century is drawing to a close.
No wonder, the world people often describe Japan as a "country without diplomacy." It is ridiculous and deplorable that Japan, feeling proud of its "international role" in the international arena, is making a bid for the permanent membership of the UN Secretary Council. It is quite natural that this resulted in the confusion among the political circles of Japan.
This political chaos related to Japan's policy towards the DPRK is attributable to the wrong policy of the Japanese government towards the DPRK. Japan should opt for liquidating its past crimes among other things if it is to settle the confusion and reach a consensus of political views.
Musical collection program developed
Pyongyang, November 17 (KCNA) -- The Korean Computer Center and the Literature and Art Press Group recently co-produced the musical collection program "Samilpho."
Inputted into the program are at least 4,000 pieces of songs, instrumental music and music for vocalists, etc, which have so far been created in the DPRK.
The "Samilpho" program helps use all scores from songs to orchestral scores.
It is also possible to print musical notes by using the program which automatically plays music according to harmonic symbol and rhythm.
Music can be searched according to the title of a song, the name of a composer and poet and the date of its composition.
This program is very instrumental in permanently preserving music art of the country and musical heritage of the nation.
DPRK History Society on illegal "Ulsa five-point treaty"
Pyongyang, November 17 (KCNA) -- The history Society of the DPRK published an article on Thursday 95 years after the Japanese imperialists forged the "Ulsa five-point treaty" on November 17, 1905 to extort sovereign rights from Korea.
In the article titled "'Ulsa five-point treaty' is an unconcluded, illegal false document" it discloses once again the illegality of the "treaty".
Rodong Sinmun today gives one whole page to the article.
In its first part the article refers to the shameless and brigandish deeds committed by the Japanese imperialists to forge the "treaty".
The "call for conquering Korea" was zealously advocated in Japan just after the "Meiji restoration." Availing themselves of this situation, the Japanese imperialists were hell-bent on the moves to turn Korea into their colony under the pretext of "protecting" its independence from aggression by big powers.
At a cabinet meeting on October 27, 1905, they reached an agreement on reducing Korea to a "protectorate" of Japan and set early November for forcing a "protectorate treaty" upon Korea. It was under this brigandish, shameless and aggressive plan that the "Ulsa five-point treaty" was rigged up and announced.
Their brigandish deeds found their manifestation in the fact that they threatened and blackmailed the king of Korea, the highest representative of the feudal government of Ri dynasty, and ministers of its government and took the seal of the Foreign Minister away to stamp the "treaty" willfully.
The Japanese imperialists pressed ministers of the Korean government to allow the conclusion of the "treaty" whose original copy was worked out by Japan, concocted its approval, forced stamping on the treaty and announced the signing of the treaty unilaterally.
In the second part the article says the "Ulsa five-point treaty" is an illegal and false document devoid of any modalities of a treaty.
This "treaty" lacked elementary modalities as a treaty such as title, signature of the king and the print of the national seal, which are important procedures for putting a treaty into effect, and credentials of a representative.
It was mainly because the feudal government of the Ri dynasty resolutely opposed its signing as it would be a victim to it and the Japanese imperialists disregarded the requirements of international law while resorting to military threat and coercion.
The third part of the article deals with the resistance struggles waged by the Koreans to nullify the "treaty" and the conclusion based on international law branding it as illegal.
Enraged at the news of the illegal "treaty" forged by the Japanese imperialists, the Korean people strongly protested against their aggressive moves and the deeds of the Ulsa five traitors and rose in a vigorous resistance against them. Various forms of resistance struggles for the abrogation of the "treaty" evidently proved that the Korean nation had never recognized it.
It was also recognized by the world community that the "treaty" was an illegally fabricated document. There were many worldwide arguments based on international law declaring this "treaty" null and avoid. In 1906 a French scholar Francis Rey made public a paper in this connection for the first time. This issue was also dealt with in a report submitted by the law college of Harvard University in 1935, which set up a committee for the study of international law and had several years of discussions on it, and at a meeting of the UN International Law Commission on the treaty law in 1963.
The "Ulsa five-point treaty" is a false document forged and proclaimed willfully by the Japanese imperialists through coercion and blackmail by force of arms in disregard of state-to-state relationship and international law. It is a historical evidence fully disclosing the unprecedentedly shamelessness and brigandish nature of the Japanese imperialists in the past and today, stresses the article.