KCNA on Bush administration's preparations for war
Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) -- The U.S. army will reportedly create a brigade to be hurled into the Korean peninsula from the U.S. mainland within four days after the outbreak of a dispute on the peninsula, pursuant to the Bush administration's "New National Defense Policy."
Scheduled to be founded by the next year, the brigade would perform the role of a task force with greater maneuverability and fire power than the existing brigades.
These facts clearly prove how much spur the Bush administration is putting to the preparations for the second Korean war after making it a fait accompli.
After the emergence of the bush administration, hawkish republican government, the process of reconciliation on the Korean peninsula is again facing an obstacle and the danger of war is increasing. This is adversely affecting the situation in the Asia-Pacific and the world.
The Bush administration's new plan to create the task force against the DPRK is one more provocative war move to further strain the situation on the Korean peninsula, spark a chain arms race and check the national reconciliation and unity between the north and the south.
This is a clear indication that the Bush administration is only keen to realize its ambition to dominate the world by "force" although it talks about "strategic stability" and "peace" in the world and pretends to be interested in improving the relations between the DPRK and the U.S. and between the north and the south.
The people and the army of the DPRK will further heighten vigilance against the U.S. preparations for a war, a threat to its sovereignty and security, and counter the aggressors' provocation with a strong measure for self-defence.
Head of DPRK delegation on policy of attaching importance to children
Beijing, May 16 (KCNA) -- The head of the DPRK delegation made an address on may 15 at the 5th ministerial consultation in East Asia and the Pacific on shaping the future for children opened in China.
He said that the DPRK government has enforced the policy of attaching importance to the children's upbringing and education, guided by the Juche idea, and referred to the achievements in the course of implementing the laws on educating and upbringing children and the popular health care policy.
He expressed thanks to the U.N. children's fund and other U.N. organizations, donor countries and non-governmental organizations for rendering sincere assistance to the work to promote the well-being of children.
He said that the DPRK government would systematically increase state investment in projects for children's well-being, steadily improve the policy of protecting children and institutional measures and make sustained efforts to bring as early as possible the children's overall nutritive condition back to that before the natural disasters.
He touched on the ways to attain the aim of children's well-being until the 201
Will to make public GIs' atrocities clarified
Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) -- The international group to probe the truth behind GIs' atrocities headed by former U.S. attorney general Ramsey Clark is on a visit to the DPRK from May 15.
Ramsey Clark said that the facts probed and testimonies made by victims would be made public at the international war crimes tribunal to be held in the future to try gis' mass killings of civilians during the last korean war.
GIs round-table conversation was held here on Thursday between war victims and the members of the group.
Prof. And Dr. of history Kim Tok Ho and war victims asked its members to let the world peace-loving people know about the misfortune and sufferings the Koreans underwent and strongly denounce GIs' atrocities at the international tribunal.
The head of the group said that testimonies made by victims are urgently needed to prevent the repetition of GI's atrocities on this land. He noted that he was greatly impressed to learn that victims have made contributions to building the great country today although they suffered unimaginable pain, adding that he was optimistic about the future of the DPRK.
Recalling that the U.S. is provoking wars in different parts of the world and keeps its huge forces and a lot of nuclear weapons in South Korea he stressed that due to this Korea has undergone a 50-odd-year long tragedy of division.
Drive under way to overcome severe drought
Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) -- Severe drought is persisting in the DPRK.
Rainfall has stood at an average of 14 mm, or 11 percent of the annual average since February in the west coastal areas south of Mundok county, South Phyongan Province. Soil up to 10-20 cm deep is dried up.
60 percent of the sown maize withered before sprouting on farms in Kangwon Province including those in Ichon, Kosan, Cholwon counties.
North hwanghae province has registered only 18 mm of rainfall on an average since February.
A long spell of drought has hit all parts of the country.
Agricultural workers and helpers across the country are out to overcome drought.
The paddy and non-paddy fields are watered by tractor-driven sprinklers and inter-furrow irrigation and various transport means.
Meanwhile, a drive is under way to store flowing water and find underground water.
Army-people rally held in Haeju
Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) -- An army-people rally took place in Haeju, the seat of South Hwanghae Province, yesterday with at least 100,000 officers and men of the three services of the Korean People's Army and people in the province attending.
The province is the largest granary of the DPRK.
Leader Kim Jong Il visited different cooperative farms in the province this year following last year and expressed great satisfaction with the fact that the army and people opened a promising prospect of effecting a new turn in the agricultural production in the province with the might of singlehearted unity. And he indicated measures and ways for increasing the grain yield.
Vice marshal Jo Myong Rok, first vice-chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and director of the general political department of the KPA, in his report at the rally called upon the agricultural workers and other people in the province and servicmen to fully meet the requirements of the Juche farming method in order to increase the grain production in the fields where the realignment project was completed.
A certificate of donating tractors and trailer farm machines to the province was conveyed at the rally in the name of the ministry of the people's armed forces.
Speeches were made there. They underscored the need to effect new innovation in the second-stage land levelling and rezoning project, too, under the banner of the idea of army-people unity of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Friendly gathering marks death anniversary of Jose Marti
Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) -- A friendly gathering was held at DPRK-Cuba Friendship Moranbong Senior Middle School No. 1 yesterday on the occasion of the 106th death anniversary of Cuban national hero Jose Marti.
Invited to the gathering were Cuban ambassador to the DPRK Esteban Lobaina Romero and embassy officials.
Present there were Choe Jong Hwan, vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and vice-chairman of the DPRK-Cuba Solidarity Committee, and other officials concerned.
They looked round "Jose Marti Class" and educational facilities of the school before appreciating an art performance given by students.
Then they talked to each other about great achievements in Jose's fighting and the development of relations between the two countries.
U.S. pressure upon Japan to revise its constitution denounced
Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) -- U.S. deputy secretary of state Armitage during his recent visit to Japan urged Japan to amend article 9 of its constitution banning Japan from participating in war and strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance.
In this regard Minju Joson today in a signed commentary says:
His demand for the revision of Japan's constitution is a blatant interference in the internal affairs of Japan. Yet, the Japanese ruling quarters meekly accepted the U.S. demand without any objection. This clearly shows that the U.S.-Japan alliance is an out-and-out master-servant relationship.
Armitage's request came at a time when the Japanese reactionaries are working hard to revise the constitution for a legal guarantee for overseas expansion. This is little short of adding fuel to flames.
The United States urges Japan to play the role of a shock brigade in carrying out its strategy for world domination.
This is in line with the interests of the Japanese reactionaries so keen on overseas expansion.
For this reason the united states has covertly supported Japan in its moves to revise its constitution and is now openly pressurizing Japan to amend it.
Restructuring of colleges rejected
Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) -- Over 500 students of teachers colleges and normal colleges across South Korea held a rally in Seoul on May 13 and rejected the authorities' unilateral restructuring of colleges, according to an MBC report from Seoul.
They said it is basically impossible to train teachers through restructuring, demanding the withdrawal of the step for the merger of colleges.
They held a street demonstration at the end of the rally.
Mt. Myohyang, tourist resort
Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) -- Mt. Myohyang 1,909 m above sea level is a famous mountain of Korea visited by a lot of Korean and foreign tourists. Over the past 20 years at least 10 million working people, and school youth and children at home, more than 100,000 overseas Koreans and over 60,000 foreigners have visited the mountain.
In this period, about 68 kms of mountaineering courses were newly explored and a total of 4,000 m-long safety chains were set up along the courses.
About 60 bridges of various types, 14,000 steps, many pavilions and rest places were built at different points of the courses.
And introduction boards are seen at scenic spots.
Carved on over 30 rocks are more than 2,700 letters including President Kim Il Sung's autographs and leader Kim Jong Il's propositions.
More than 40 hectares of woodland have been created and trees of fine species and floral shrubs have been planted.
Good service facilities have been established.
Pyongyang-Hyangsan Tourist Motorway was built and tourist trains and buses carry an increasing number of tourists to Mt. Myohyang.
Mt. Myohyang has been turned into a scenic resort since Kim Jong Il explored the mountaineering courses and indicated ways and orientation of construction during his visit to the mountain over May 18-27, Juche 70 (1981).
Proposed world conference on Juche idea hailed
Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) -- Meetings were held in Peru and Colombia to support a special resolution of the 8th meeting of the executive committee of the board of directors of the International Institute of the Juche Idea (IIJI).
Discussed at a joint meeting held in lima on May 10 were issues related to the plans of the Juche idea study groups to conduct various activities, increase the number of Juche idea followers and intensify the study and dissemination of the Juche idea, visit the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, the sacred temple of Juche, and participate in the world conference on the Juche idea with substantial successes in their work in order to commemorate Sun's Day, the birthday of President Kim Il Sung, in 2002 as a global political festival in the spirit of the special resolution.
It was agreed to revamp the Peruvian National Association for the Study of the Juche Idea tasked to plan and organize all the above-mentioned activities.
At a meeting held in Colombia on May 9 the chairman of the group for the study of the Juche idea of Colombia expressed full support to the special resolution and put emphasis on intensifying the study and dissemination of the Juche idea.