Kim Jong Il inspects artillery battalion of KPA unit no. 3427
Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il yesterday inspected an artillery battalion of KPA unit no. 3427.
Upon his arrival at the unit, he was warmly welcomed by all its soldiers.
After receiving a salute from the commander of the unit, he saw a military exercise of the soldiers of the battalion.
He acquainted himself in detail with the soldiers' living, looking round the education room, bedroom and other places.
He had a picture taken with the soldiers of the battalion.
That day Kim Jong Il inspected a new goat farm built by KPA unit no. 757.
He learned in detail about the construction of the farm and goat breeding, looking round various places of the farm including milk processing room and goat corral.
He highly praised their achievements, noting that the farm made such a big success last year as increasing the number of goats and producing hundreds of tons of milk products for servicemen.
Saying that it is important to supply mass-produced milk and its products to all the soldiers of the unit, he solved the problem of containers for carrying them.
He underscored the need to boost the production capacity of the farm and upgrade its technical equipment to increase the production and supply of highly nutritious milk products to the soldiers.
Pointing out that people can raise many goats everywhere and solve the problem of milk if they breed them the way the unit there does, he called on all other units of the army and the provinces, cities and counties to earnestly follow the example set by the unit.
He was accompanied by KPA generals Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and member of the central military commission of the WPK and first vice department director of the party central committee Ri Yong Chol and member of the C.C. the WPK and its first vice department director Jang Song Thaek.
Kim Jong Il receives letter from CSC of Chongryon
Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il received a letter on April 15 from the central standing committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) on the occasion of Sun's Day.
The letter said that all the officials of Chongryon and 700,000 compatriots look back on the great life of President Kim Il Sung with reverence for him on Sun's Day.
The immortal revolutionary history and exploits of Kim Il Sung who had decorated the 20th century with the great victory and glory of the cause of independence since he set out on the road for the liberation of the country in his early years have become the deep root of the powerful socialist country, the letter said, and continued:
He organized Chongryon, a dignified overseas compatriots' organization of the DPRK, and provided compatriots in Japan with the honour of being citizens of an independent and sovereign state.
Kim Jong Il has carried forward his revolutionary idea and cause and brought the reality of Juche Korea.
Letter to Kim Jong Il from C. C., NDFSK
Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il received a letter on April 15 from the central committee of the National Democratic Front of South Korea (NDFSK) on the occasion of Sun's Day.
The letter said that the vanguard fighters and patriotic masses from all walks of life in the south are commemorating Sun's Day with longing for President Kim Il Sung.
It noted that the birth of Kim Il Sung was a great auspicious event that promised the Korean nation a bright future of greeting the new spring of national liberation and always emerging victorious as the nation of the sun.
The letter pointed out Kim Il Sung's whole life is the history of the sun as he performed great exploits by devoting his all to the country and the nation and the times and humankind.
Noting that leader Kim Jong Il made immortal contributions to glorifying the 20th century as Kim Il Sung's century with his outstanding idea and theory and energetic activities, the letter stressed that Kim Jong Il is the great man and leader boundlessly loyal to the president and his cause and the sun of the 21st century revered by all the people.
National seminar on Juche idea in India
Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- An Indian National Seminar on the Juche Idea was held in New Delhi on April 7 on the occasion of Sun's Day.
Vishwanath, director general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea, made a report at the seminar.
He said that President Kim Il Sung is the great thinker and theoretician who founded the immortal Juche idea to indicate the road of humankind.
For this idea Korea is shining, he said, and added:
Kim Il Sung was the great leader who performed immortal exploits on behalf of the human cause of independence.
highly praising the greatness and immortal exploits of Kim Il Sung, the speakers said that his exploits in giving a bright future to humankind will remain forever in the hearts of the world progressive people.
Greetings to Queen of Denmark
Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, yesterday sent a message of greetings to queen of Denmark Margrethe ii on the occasion of its national day.
Extending warm congratulations to the queen and people of Denmark on the occasion of its national day, the birthday of the queen, the message sincerely wished good health and happiness to her and prosperity to the people of Denmark.
Schoolchildren's camping begins
Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- Camping started at the schoolchildren's camps across the country on the occasion of Sun's Day.
The DPRK has many well-equipped camps for schoolchildren in time-honoured places and scenic spots.
Ceremonies to receive campers were held at the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Camp, the Songdowon International Schoolchildren's Camp and other camps on April 13, 14 and 15.
Campers will conduct various activities such as mountaineering, sports amusement and art performance during the camping.
Successes of DPRK Judoists at Asian championship
Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- Ri Kyong Ok took the first place in the women's 48 kg category at the 14th Asian Judo Championship held in Ulaan Baatar, according to a news report.
She was selected as the best player at the championship.
And Ri Myong Hwa placed second in the women's 57 kg category, Ji Kyong Sun and Won Yong Chol third in the wemen's 63 kg and men's 66 kg categories.
Theory that brought golden days of literature and arts
Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- Over 30 years have passed since leader Kim Jong Il put forward the seed theory in the field of literature and arts for the first time in history.
Rodong Sinmun today carries an article on this theory.
The article says:
Kim Jong Il guided the work in the field of literature and arts in the middle of the 1960s.
In that period he enunciated the unique seed theory.
Regarding literary and art works as living organism, he defined the germ of idea, i.e. the main factor of guaranteeing its vitality and sprouting and developing all elements of depiction as a seed of the work, and called for conducting creative work after properly selecting the seed.
On the basis of a wealth of experience gained in the course of putting the theory into practice he authored the famous work "theory of cinematic art" in which he comprehensively clarified the essential property and function of the seed and the principle of selecting it and ways of its artistic representation. he developed it in depth in his work "Theory of Juche-Oriented Literature".
The enunciation of the seed theory which explains the germ of idea in any literary and art work and makes a scientific clarification of the principle of creation based on it is a historic event of great significance in the creation of literary and art works and in the development of their theory.
The originality and greatness of the seed theory lie in that Kim Jong Il discovered a new literary and art definition called germ of idea, lucidly explained its essence and indicated new and perfect principle of creation based on it and ways of putting it into practice.
A glorious tradition of the revolutionary cinematic art was founded in the course of carrying out the revolution in the field of literature and arts, guided by the seed theory, and our cinematic art developed to be the Juche-oriented cinematic art of korean style on the basis of the theory and five revolutionary operas and five revolutionary dramas were created.
Literature, too, reached the high plane of Juche-oriented humanics on the basis of revolutionary novels adapted from immortal famous masterpieces.
All other fields of literature and arts including fine art, music, dance and acrobatics fully effloresced. as a result, a dramatic turn was effected in the Juche-oriented literature and arts in the 1970s.
The practical experience eloquently proves that the Workers' Party of Korea's seed theory put forward by Kim Jong Il serves as an all powerful theoretical and practical weapon in the creation of literature and arts, the article concludes.
Joint performances of 19th April Spring Friendship Art Festival
Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- Joint performances of the 19th April Spring Friendship Art Festival were given at theatres and houses in Pyongyang yesterday.
Performances were appreciated by senior party and state officials, working people in the city, overseas Koreans, foreign diplomatic envoys and foreigners.
Foreign artistes and acrobats and overseas Korean artistes put on stages colorful numbers such as songs, dances, instrumental music and circus.
The performers impressively showed the faith and will of all people to hold president kim il sung in high esteem as the eternal sun of humankind.
They successfully represented the best wishes of humankind for a long life in good health to leader Kim Jong Il who created a new history of the cause of perpetuating the memory of Kim Il Sung.
After the end of performances, senior party and state officials mounted on stages to convey floral baskets to the performers and congratulate them on their successful performances.
Greetings to Zimbabwean President
Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, on April 13 sent a message of greetings to President Robert G. Mugabe on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Zimbabwe.
The message extended warm congratulations to the president, the government and people of Zimbabwe on this occasion.
Expressing the belief that the traditional friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries would invariably grow stronger and develop, the message sincerely wished the president and people of Zimbabwe greater success in their work to defend the sovereignty of the country and interests of the nation.
WPK delegation leaves for Vietnam
Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Workers' Party of Korea headed by Choe Thae Bok, alternate member of the political bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, left here today to participate in the 9th Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
It was seen off at the airport by Pak Yong Sok, chairman of the central control commission of the WPK, and Do Thi Hoa, Vietnamese ambassador to the DPRK.
Talks between delegations of WPK and New Communist Party of Great Britain
Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- Talks between the delegations of the Workers' Party of Korea and the New Communist Party of Great Britain took place in Pyongyang today.
At the talks, the two sides informed each other of their party activities and exchanged views on developing friendly relations between the two parties and on a series of matters of common concern.
Present at the talks were Kim Jung Rin, secretary of the WPK Central Committee, and officials concerned and members of the delegation of the New Communist Party of Great Britain headed by General Secretary Andy Brooks.