Kim Jong Il inspects fish farm
Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il yesterday inspected the fish farm of the fish breeding center managed by Kim Sung Hwan.
He was greeted on the spot by Sim Won Il, director of the political department of the Ministry of People's Security, Pak Jung Gun, vice-minister of people's security and leading officials of the center.
The soldier-builders and employees of the farm have laid a material and technical foundation to breed various species of freshwater fishes through the drive to implement to the letter the tasks put forth by Kim Jong Il while inspecting the fish farm in may 1999.
Greatly satisfied to learn that the soldier-builders carried out a gigantic expansion project in two years and energetically conducted the work to improve its environment, thus changing the appearance of the fish farm beyond recognition, he highly praised their success.
After looking round the fish farm, he put forth highly important tasks which would serve as a guideline in further developing the fish breeding in the country.
He said that the construction of modern fish breeding centres based on the latest science and technology such as catfish factories, rainbow trout breeding farms in different parts of the country in recent years has opened a bright prospect of realizing the ardent wish of President Kim Il Sung to provide more fishes to the people.
Saying that our country has favourable conditions for large-scale fish breeding as it abounds in rivers, lakes, spring water and hot springs, he called for breeding fishes as a nationwide movement to bring about a fresh turn in this work.
He underscored the need to find out all places suitable for fish breeding and build more fish breeding farms while making a good use of spring water and hot springs, so that all places where there is water may teem with fishes.
Noting that breeds are essential for fish culture, he stressed that all the fish breeding farms should be supplied with good species to steadily raise the productivity of freshwater fishes.
To this end it is necessary to intensify the scientific researches and steadily enhance the role of the breeders and technicians, he added.
Pointing out that as fish culture is important for supplying more fishes to the people, he called for finding timely and satisfactory solutions to all the problems including food problem and took measures to resolve them.
He earnestly instructed all the fields and units to conduct fish breeding in a revolutionary manner and rapidly increase the production of freshwater fishes and thus make a new history of fish supply to the people in the era of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Friendly gathering with members of Brazilian delegation
Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- A friendly gathering with members of the delegation of parliamentarians from various political parties of Brazil led by senator Emilia Fernandes, member of the leadership of the Brazilian Workers' Party, was held at the Pyongyang embroidery institute yesterday.
Present there were the vice-chairman of the Korea-Brazil Friendship Association and members of the association.
After looking round the institute, the participants saw a performance given by members of its art circle and talked to each other.
Gift to Kim Jong Il from WFDY
Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- A gift was presented to leader Kim Jong Il by the World Federation of Democratic Youth.
It was handed to an official concerned by president of the WFDY Iraklis Tsavdaridis on a visit to the DPRK.
Friendly gathering with Russian women
Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- A friendly gathering with members of the delegation of the Russian Women's Union led by co-president Galina Galkina was held here yesterday.
Present there was Choe Chang Suk, vice-chairwoman of the central committee of the Korean Democratic Women's Union.
Participants in the gathering conversed with each other about activities, achievements and experience of the women's unions in the two countries.
Educational aid fund and stipends to Chongryon
Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il sent educational aid fund and stipends amounting to 246.6 million yen (Japanese currency)in the 147th installment for the development of the democratic national education of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan.
This brought the total amount of educational aid fund and stipends remitted by President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il for the children of the Korean residents in Japan to 44,603,963,000 yen.
U.S. missile test under fire
Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- The U.S. recent renewed test-fire of interceptor missile in the sky above New Mexico state aimed at establishing the "National Missile Defense" system (NMD) is a blatant challenge to the desire of humankind to build a free and peaceful world without aggression and war and an undisguised provocative act of threatening global peace and security, observes rodong sinmun today in a signed commentary.
It goes on:
It is ridiculous for the Bush administration to try to justify the NMD under the absurd pretext of "missile strike" from the DPRK.
The U.S. imperialists are the most dangerous nuclear fanatics on earth.
It is the U.S. which has the world's largest nuclear arsenal and it is again the U.S. which has massively deployed missiles in different parts of the world, to say nothing of its mainland.
Its huge nuclear and missile weapons are targeted against the DPRK.
It is quite natural for the DPRK to increase its self-reliant national defence capability to repel the U.S. aggression as the DPRK is exposed to constant nuclear threat from the U.S.
The U.S. is free to blame other sovereign countries for increasing their national defence capability while it is testing, producing and deploying as it pleases any lethal weapons including nuclear weapons and missiles. This clearly shows its arrogant and impudent nature.
The reality proves the validity of the DPRK's army-first policy and the line of attaching importance to the military affairs whereby it has augmented its defence power in confrontation with the U.S. imperialists.
The U.S. imperialists are well advised to drop their foolish calculation that they may go scotfree while sacrificing others under the mask of "missile shield" and get rid of their reckless missile hysteria.
Friendly meeting with British party delegation
Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- A friendly meeting with members of the delegation of the New Communist Party of Great Britain was held by the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries yesterday.
Present on invitation were members of the delegation headed by general secretary Andy Brooks.
Present there were hong son ok, vice-chairwoman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries who is chairwoman of the Korean Committee for Friendship with the British People, officials concerned, teachers and students of The Moranbong Senior Middle School no. 1.
The participants talked to each other about further deepening the mutual understanding between the two peoples in a friendly atmosphere and enjoyed an art performance given by students.
Friendly meeting with Nepalese delegations
Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- A friendly meeting with members of the delegations of the Nepalese youth forum for self-reliance studies and the Kabre, Nepal, forum for self-reliance studies was held at the Taedonggang club for diplomatic corps yesterday.
Invited there were members of the delegation of the Nepalese youth forum for self-reliance studies headed by its secretary general R. K. Pradhan and members of the delegation of the Kabre, Nepal, forum for self-reliance studies headed by B. K. Parajuli.
Present were the vice-chairman of the Korea-Nepal Friendship Association and other officials concerned.
The participants talked to each other about further developing the friendly and cooperative relations between the two peoples in a friendly atmosphere and saw an art performance given by schoolchildren.
Japan's distortion of history textbooks denounced in S. Korea
Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- The struggle against Japan's distortion of history textbooks was staged in various parts of Seoul on April 14, according to the Seoul-based Yonhap News.
The headquarters of the citizens movement against excessive consumption made up of the Young Men's Christian Association and 39 religious and public organizations held a meeting of citizens to condemn Japan's distortion of history textbooks and to boycott Japanese goods, and demanded the authorities strongly react to it.
The headquarters said that Japan's approval of the distorted history textbooks was attributable to the authorities' neglect of probe into the truth about Japan's past crimes and to their diplomatic policy characteristic of a low-key attitude towards Japan.
The Korea Buddhist Association staged a signature campaign against Japan's distortion of history textbooks in at least 10 parts of Seoul and called for reexamining them.
New science centers set up
Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- The Social Science Center and the Basic Science Center were set up in the DPRK last February.
They are operating at kim il sung university, the highest sanctuary of Juche-oriented science.
They comprehensively conduct advanced scientific researches, focussing on the solution of ultra-modern scientific problems. every center has the mission to train future world level scholars in different professional fields.
Scientists of the centers plan to have joint researches and academic symposiums with foreign scientists.
They have big roles to play in putting sciences and technologies of the country on the world's advanced level.
A work is now under way at the university to staff the centers with competent scientists.
Vice-presidents in charge of social and natural sciences are active as directors of the centers, which are being made up of senior professors and doctors and promising young scientists in their twenties and thirties.
Foreign Ministry spokesman on Israeli airstrike
Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK today answered a question put by KCNA as regards recent Israeli airstrike at a Syrian military base in Lebanon.
He said:
Israel made an airstrike at a Syrian radar base in the eastern part of Lebanon on April 15, killing several Syrian soldiers.
This air raid is an undisguised infringement upon the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria and Lebanon and one more grave provocation harassing the mideast security and stability.
We condemn this aggressive provocation.
Broad international public circles including the Arab countries are expressing apprehension as to Israel's escalating bloody crackdown upon Palestinians.
All forms of Israeli violence which may aggravate the regional situation to the extremes should be stopped at once.
We will always extend support and solidarity to the just struggle of the Arab people including Syrians and Palestinians for the fair and comprehensive solution of the mideast issue.
Greetings to Yemeni foreign minister
Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- Paek Nam Sun, foreign minister of the DPRK, sent a message of greetings to Abu Baker Abdullah al Garby upon his appointment as foreign minister of Yemen.
The message expressed the belief that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries would grow stronger in mutual interests and wished him success in the performance of his new duty.
Third Kimilsungia show closes
Pyongyang, April 20 (KCNA) -- The third Kimilsungia show closed yesterday. It was opened at the Grand People's Study House on April 12 to commemorate Sun's Day, the birthday of President Kim Il Sung.
Present at the closing ceremony were Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Jong Ha Chol, director of a department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Jang Chol, chairman of the Kimjongilia Federation of Korea who is chairman of the organizing committee of the show, and officials concerned.
Results were announced by the jury of the show at the ceremony.
Leader Kim Jong Il's gifts were conveyed to ten units which received top prizes. excellent prizes were awarded to 15 units, meritorious prizes to four units and meritorious and labour prizes to 15 individuals such as working people, soldiers of the people's army and students for having distinguished themselves in the show.
The special prize was awarded to the Indonesian embassy here for contributing beautiful Kimilsungias to the show.
Displayed there were over 3,500 potted Kimilsungias and the show drew as many as more than 480,000 people.