Kim Jong Il inspects KPA unit
Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il inspected KPA unit no. 826 on Friday.
Accompanying him were KPA generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong, secretary of the wpk central committee Kim Kuk Thae and others.
He visited the unit's company honoured with the twice three-revolution red flag.
He took warm care of the living of the soldiers, looking round entertainment and service facilities including an education room, bedroom, mess, kitchen, provision store, outdoor rest place and pens of the company.
Saying that the commanding officers and soldiers of the company are sprucing up the company and its surroundings and managing it assiduously, he highly praised them for their deeds and called upon the whole army to strive to follow the company's example.
He saw the soldiers of the company in training.
He was greatly satisfied to see all the soldiers of the company trained to be indomitable combatants who are staunchly struggling for the security of the country and the people. He gave them a pair of binoculars and an automatic rifle as gifts and had a picture taken with them.
Then he dropped in at the operation command room and the room for the study of military science of the unit's headquarters and acquainted himself in detail with the performance of the unit's duty and advanced highly important tasks to be fulfilled to increase the combat capability of the unit.
He moved on to the company under the unit's direct control and went round entertainment and service facilities of the company. he gave it an automatic rifle as a gift and had a photograph taken with the officers and men of the unit.
Kim Jong Il enjoys art performance by servicemen's family art circles
Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il on Friday saw together with KPA officers and men an art performance given by servicemen's family art circles of KPA units nos. 243 and 233 which participated in the 4th servicemen's family art circle contest of 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, secretary of the WPK central committee Kim Kuk Thae and others.
In their revolutionary and militant repertoire the performers sang of their worthy life and pride in stoutly advancing along the road of revolution under the warm care of Kim Jong Il and truthfully represented the unshakable faith and will of the servicemen's families to devotedly defend the headquarters of the revolution and accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche in single-hearted unity with their husbands standing guard over the defence line of the country.
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 said that the servicemen's families are the admirable women revolutionaries who are managing their economic life assiduously and sincerely helping their husbands in their revolutionary work despite obstacles and difficulties and highly praised them for their feats.
He called upon the whole society to learn from the noble spiritual world, militant traits and way of life of servicemen's families.
He put forward highly important tasks to be fulfilled to further develop the popular and mass art activities.
Anniversary of diplomatic ties between DPRK and Nepal observed
Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- A friendly meeting was held in Kathmandu on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the DPRK and Nepal.
Present there were the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairman of the standing committee of the royal council, the foreign minister, the general secretary of the c.c., the Nepal Communist Party (United Marxist-Leninist) and senior officials of the government, political parties and the parliament.
The chairman of the standing committee of the royal council in a speech said that President Kim Il Sung was, indeed, a great man who was well versed in all fields and looked far into the future. he expressed the firm belief that the friendly ties between the two countries forged by the president would grow stronger.
Plan for functions discussed in S. Korea
Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- The members of the Thaeyanghoe (sun society) active in Seoul held a meeting on May 13 on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Pyongyang meeting of the heads of the north and the south of Korea and the publication of the June 15 Joint Declaration and discussed a plan for functions to significantly commemorate the anniversary, according to radio Voice of National Salvation from Seoul.
At the meeting they set the period from May 15 to June 15 as a month to commemorate the first anniversary of the June 15 Joint Declaration and decided to arrange a show of a video tape show which the whole process of the Pyongyang meeting is recorded.
It was also decided to hold a lecture meeting under the titles of "holding of inter-Korean summit, crystal of General Kim Jong Il's love for the country and the nation,"
"June 15 Joint Declaration is a landmark of national reunification," etc. and a photo exhibition related to the summit, distribute video tapes introducing the reality of the DPRK and stage a function of singing reunification songs.
U.S. moves for MD assailed
Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- The central committee of the National Democratic Front of South Korea on May 19 issued a statement condemning the united states for pushing forward the establishment of the "Missile Defense" system on the pretext of a "threat" from the DPRK, Seoul-based radio Voice of National Salvation reported.
The MD is aimed to make a nuclear preemptive strike at North Korea, which the U.S. considers as an obstruction to carrying out the U.S. strategy for world supremacy, exterminate the Korean nation, monopolize nuclear missiles and thus contain and bring under its control big powers, establish hegemonism and bring huge profits to its military industry complexes, the statement said, and went on:
Considering the Korean peninsula as an ignition point for a global nuclear war, the united states designated the East Sea of Korea as the first test ground for MD and is working hard to deploy two aegis ships fitted with 30 interceptor missiles of the latest type.
The Korean nation, who was forced to suffer from the disastrous June 25 war by the U.S., is now exposed to the danger of nuclear disasters.
The Korean people should not allow themselves to fall victim to the U.S.
The U.S. must stop at once its anachronistic moves to establish MD against humanity and pull its lethal weapons and forces out of South Korea without delay.
The present South Korean authorities must act with discretion, clearly mindful that if they "cooperate" the U.S. in its aggressive MD, it will meet only a miserable death.
U.S. preparations for another Korean war assailed
Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- U.S. bellicose forces are scheming to create brigades as a task force to be hurled into the Korean front.
Assailing this, Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary says:
The United States will reportedly organize two combat brigades by next year to be promptly hurled into the Korean front in case of "emergency" on the Korean peninsula.
Equipped with new type armoured vehicles of high maneuverability and ultra modern commanding and control means, the brigades will perform the role of a task force in the Korean War. The force is to be hurled into the Korean front within four days in the event of the outbreak of a war in Korea.
This clearly proves that the U.S. is getting its aggression troops fully ready for the war after making the event a fait accompli.
The main thrust of the U.S. imperialists' preparations for this war is to increase the maneuverability and fire power to maximize their forces' capability in the war. That is why they have directed particular efforts to strengthening their troops around the Korean peninsula and their air and naval task forces, in particular.
On the basis of its calculation that a rapid deployment of reinforcements would exert a strong influence on the outcome of a war, the U.S. is keen to settle this issue. the projected creation of new combat brigades of high maneuverability and attack capability is to serve this purpose.
The DPRK is left with no option but to take every military counter-measure, given the U.S. imperialists' persistent moves to provoke a new Korean war at any cost.
If they provoke a Korean war, it will only drive them to an abyss of ruin. The U.S. is well-advised to behave with discretion, deeply mindful of the consequences to be entailed by the new Korean war of aggression.
U.S. urged to withdraw its forces from S. Korea forthwith
Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- A high-ranking official of the Bush administration recently asserted that "North Korean forces deployed along the military demarcation line should be reduced" before the resumption of the DPRK-U.S. talks.
In this regard Minju Joson today in a signed commentary observes:
This reflects the wrong attitude and stand of the bush administration towards the DPRK-U.S. dialogue.
It is quite unreasonable in any respect for the united states to put up any precondition for the resumption of the DPRK-U.S. dialogue.
As far as the issue of forces cutdown on the Korean peninsula is concerned, the most urgent issue to be settled is the withdrawal of the U.S. troops from South Korea.
When the U.S. troops get out of South Korea, the issue of troop reduction on the peninsula will find a smooth solution in the course of the reunification of the north and the south by federal formula.
The Bush administration, however, is only insisting on the DPRK's "reduction of its conventional forces," not uttering even a word about the withdrawal of the U.S. troops from South Korea.
It is doing so not because of any interest in the troop cutdown on the peninsula but in pursuance of its ulterior aim.
The administration seeks to justify the U.S. forces' presence in South Korea with the insistence on the DPRK's "conventional forces cutback and, furthermore, completely disarm the DPRK and stifle it.
The DPRK can not remain a passive onlooker to the prevailing situation.
It is free to have its own option.
The Bush administration's sinister move to stifle the DPRK compels it to make full preparations to counter the move.
The administration is well advised to swim with the trend of the times and withdraw the U.S. troops from South Korea before talking about the DPRK's "conventional forces cutback."