Kim Jong Il enjoys art performance by servicemen's family art circles
Pyongyang, May 24 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il on Wednesday saw together with KPA officers and men an art performance given by servicemen's family art circles of KPA units nos. 324 and 567 which participated in the 4th servicemen's family art circle contest of the KPA.
Appreciating the performance together with him were generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and other general officers of the KPA, Kim Kuk Thae, secretary of the WPK central committee, and others.
In their repertoire replete with revolutionary spirit the performers truthfully represented their great pride and self-confidence of struggling as stout women revolutionaries who creditably perform their role in the revolution under the warm care of kim jong il and their worthy life full of optimism and enthusiasm. They also powerfully demonstrated the iron faith and will, revolutionary stamina and indomitable spirit of the servicemen's families to join their husbands stalwartly standing guard over the country in devotedly defending the headquarters of the revolution and achieving the final victory of the Korean revolution at any cost.
At the end of the performance Kim Jong Il warmly acknowledged the performers and the audience and congratulated the performers on their successful performance.
He was greatly satisfied with their performance in which the servicemen's family art circle members not only made a fresh and truthful depiction of their life and feelings but presented numbers of high ideological and artistic value.
He highly praised the servicemen's families for their exploits, saying that they are, indeed, proud women revolutionaries who lived and struggled in a revolutionary manner full of conviction of victory and optimism in the period of the "arduous march," too, when the country underwent the most rigorous trial.
He put forward highly important tasks which would serve as a guideline in further developing the popular and mass art activities.
U.S. moves for establishment of MD denounced
Pyongyang, May 24 (KCNA) -- Pak Kwang Gi, chief of the Pyongyang mission of the National Democratic Front of South Korea, was interviewed by KCNA yesterday in connection with the fact that the present U.S. ruling forces have openly entered the criminal phase of establishing the "Missile Defense" system (MD) despite strong protest and denunciation from the world.
The Bush administration's announcement of the MD project is an official proclamation of a new cold war aimed to bring the world again to the nightmare of confrontation and arms race as it is a revival of the notorious "star wars initiative" of Reagan who brought the east-west cold war to an extreme pitch in the past, he said, and went on:
There is no country in the world which threatens the united states after the end of the cold war. The MD is not one for "defense" but one for attack, and a strategic system targetted at the whole world, not a single country and region.
The past east-west Cold War was the confrontation between socialism and capitalism in ideology and system whereas a new cold war is aimed to put the world under the U.S. domination.
The U.S. is working hard to dominate Asia for the present in a bid to hold world hegemony and the U.S. Asia strategy is chiefly aimed to dominate the Korean peninsula.
It is foolish of the united states to try to conquer the world and establish the sphere of domination by "force".
History has already proved the policy of "strength" abortive.
The U.S. keen on establishing the MD rejected by all the world people and dominating the world is, indeed, a real rogue state.
The U.S. moves to establish the MD will result only in precipitating its isolation and destruction.
The Bush administration is well advised to drop its anachronistic ambition to dominate the world and immediately withdraw its plan to establish the MD.
Kim Jong Il sends books, CDs and equipment to Grand People's Study House
Pyongyang, May 24 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il sent many books and CDs on computer science and technology and equipment to the Grand People's Study House.
He sent them to the house on over 70 occasions last and this years.
Those books and CDs such as "computer essentials", "computer communication and information" and "computer dictionary" greatly help working people have a good command of computer and widely apply up-to-date science and information technology to their work.
Multimedia program "Korean Stamp" developed
Pyongyang, May 24 (KCNA) -- The Korean Stamp Corporation has recently developed a multimedia program "Korean Stamp."
It shows a collection of stamps published till Juche 89 (2000) since March 12, Juche 35 (1946) when stamps on the rose of Sharon and the Samson rock were printed for the first time in Korea. It consists of "common sense of stamp", "revolutionary history seen on stamps", "classification of themes", "yearly classification" and "combined selection."
The staff members of the corporation succeeded in making this multimedia program comprising at least 25,000 pieces of scanned information, animation file, sound and music and historic materials.
Cultural heritages well preserved
Pyongyang, May 24 (KCNA) -- 55 years have passed since the ordinance on preserving beauty spots and precious natural products listed as national treasures was promulgated in the DPRK.
In this period many historical monuments and relics have been rebuilt, renovated and unearthed. and many beauty spots have turned into pleasure grounds for people and a lot of natural monuments have been protected and preserved.
Korea's many cultural heritages were destroyed and looted during the Japanese imperialists' military occupation and the Korean War provoked by the U.S. imperialists.
Kings' tombs and mausoleums, mural paintings inside tombs, temples, wall gates and others have been restored to their original state thanks to the policy of the Workers' Party of Korea on preserving national cultural heritages.
The work to unearth and collect historical relics has made successful progress to deepen the study of history.
The mausoleums of the father of Kojoson (ancient Korea) king Tangun, father of Koguryo king Tongmyong and father of Koryo king Wang Kon and other historical relics were unearthed and reconstructed to glorify the brilliant history of the Korean nation.
Many historical relics and materials from the primitive society to the modern ages are on display at the Korean central history museum. History museums and their branches are found in different provinces to widely introduce civilization created by our ancestors.
Many history books such as "Complete History of Korea" (vols.from 1 to 33), "Pictorial Book of Historical Relics of Korea" (vols.from 1 to 5) and "Mural Paintings of Koguryo," etc. have been printed to show the time-honoured history and culture of the Korean nation.
"The law on preserving cultural relics" and "the law on preserving beauty spots and natural monuments" were adopted to put this work under the whole society's care. every April and November are set as months for taking care of cultural heritages.
The work of unearthing historical relics is gaining in depth in the DPRK. It is strengthening exchange and cooperation with international organizations including UNESCO and different countries in the preservation of cultural heritages.
Rodong Sinmun on Juche-based theory of doom of capitalism
Pyongyang, May 24 (KCNA) -- Imperialists and bourgeois advocates are craftily working to veil exploitation by capital and conceal the acute internal contradiction within the capitalist society but they cannot cover up the weakness of capitalism doomed to collapse, says rodong sinmun today in a signed article.
The article goes on:
Leader Kim Jong Il endowed with clairvoyant wisdom made a profound clarification of the contradiction within the capitalist society and the inevitability of its fall.
The increasing contradiction within the capitalist society is mainly attributable to the reactionary and poor politico-ideological, cultural and moral life. This is the unique Juche-based theory of the fall of capitalism set out by Kim Jong Il.
This is the most just theory based on the Juche idea and a scientific analysis of the actual conditions of the capitalist society.
In the capitalist society the politico-ideological life is getting extremely reactionary.
Bourgeois politics is anti-popular politics representing the interests of the exploiting class including monopolistic conglomerates, crafty oppressive politics and dictatorial politics backed with money.
A parliament in capitalist society is nothing but a fig leaf to conceal bourgeois dictatorship under the signboard of parliamentary "democracy."
In the capitalist society in the reign of the above-said politics the popular masses are mere victims of this politics, excluded from state administration.
Cultural and moral life in the capitalist society is getting poorer.
In the money-is-almighty capitalist society personal relationship is decided by money and not only the material wealth but also conscience and obligation are traded and personal value and character are also estimated by money.
In the capitalist society literature and arts are regarded as commodities, and accordingly, they only play the harmful role of eroding people's sound thinking and consciousness and spreading corrupt way of life.
Reactionary and poor politico-ideological, cultural and moral life is the main factor of the inevitable collapse of capitalism.
Capitalism is doomed to fall from the angle of material life.
Imperialists assert that progress of the information industry is bringing a sort of benefit to people, but this is sheer sophistry.
The fall of capitalism is an inevitable outcome of the sharp internal contradiction within the capitalist society.
And this fall is possible only thanks to the resolute struggle of the revolutionary and independent forces against counter-revolutionary forces.
Only when masses of broad segments are ideologically awakened and come out in revolution, will the doom of capitalism come earlier.
Referring to the theoretical and practical significance of the unique theory of the inevitable fall of capitalism clarified by Kim Jong Il, the article stresses:
His idea and theory of the inevitable fall of capitalism serve as an immortal treasure as they put the revolutionary theory of the working class on a higher level and a historic declaration heralding the fall of capitalism bluffing with its downfall at hand.
This theory deals a telling blow to the imperialists and bourgeois advocates who paint capitalism today as a society based on "harmony" among classes and a prosperous one and serves as a militant banner vigorously encouraging the revolutionary parties and progressives of the world in their march for independence.
Gift to Kim Jong Il
Pyongyang, May 24 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il received a gift from the visiting delegation of the Chinese People's Daily.
The gift was handed to an official concerned today by Jiang Shaogao, deputy editor-in-chief of the People's Daily who is heading the delegation.