Gabonese President on friendship with DPRK
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- I wish the brave Korean people happiness and prosperity and I am very pleased to recall the time when I had an audience with President Kim Il Sung, said Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo when he received credentials from the newly appointed DPRK ambassador on June 1.
The President said he is very pleased that leader Kim Jong Il is wisely leading the valiant Korean people for the prosperity of the country and the Gabonese people are greatly encouraged by this.
He expressed hope that the long-standing good relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would further develop in the future.
"Hot wind raised by Kim Jong Il in 2000"
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- A video cassette producer in Seoul made a video tape "Hot Wind Raised by Kim Jong Il in 2000" on May 23 on the occasion of the first anniversary of the publication of the historic June 15 joint declaration, according to Seoul-based Radio Voice of National Salvation.
Edited on the video tape in a diverse and peculiar manner are scenes showing leader Kim Jong Il greeting President Kim Dae Jung at Pyongyang airport on June 13 last year and other aspects of his personality as a great man widely known to the world during the historic Pyongyang meeting and South Korean public's lively response to it.
The video tape gained popularity right after its distribution, again putting South Korea in the same wind as was raised last year, the radio said.
Anecdotes about President Kim Il Sung (2)
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- There is an anecdote about President Kim Il Sung's mealtime.
One day in Autumn Juche 71 (1982), the President left his lodgings early in the morning to give on-site guidance to a certain unit and came back at 2:50 p.m.
When a waiter was guiding him to a dining room, the president said that he had no time as there were many people waiting for a meeting to start at 15:00. Asking only for one cup of water, he said, "the meeting time should be observed, though my lunch is skipped."
And he soothed the impatient feeling of the waiter, saying he would take his meal after the meeting.
Another anecdote tells about a half-underground house which he used as his residence.
It was one day right after the Fatherland Liberation War (1950-1953). An official told the president coming home at dawn that they would build at once a residence for him who was living in a half-underground house. But, the President advised him not to do so, saying he should share sweets and bitters with the people as he did in the wartime. when the people live in houses on the ground, we can live in such house, he added. after all, he spent Juche 43 (1954) New Year's day in that cold and damp half-underground house.
There is one more anecdote about a habit of babies.
In August of a year the president visited a nursery of a factory while giving on-site guidance.
Babies began to cry perhaps as it was the time to give the breast to them. Nurses were at a loss while carrying them in arms. At that moment, the President told the nurses not to do so frequently, saying that babies would cry when they feel pleasant and unpleasant or sleepy. it is a habit of babies to cry, he added.
Just struggle of Libyan Arab people supported
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- The Korean people warmly congratulate the Libyan Arab people on the 31st anniversary of the dismantling of the U.S. military base in their country and extend militant salutation to them, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article.
The Libyan Arab people forced the united states to dismantle its military base in their country in 1970, thus demonstrating their firm stand and will to safeguard the Great September First Revolution and build a new independent society, the article notes, and goes on:
Many countries are expressing support and sympathy with the Libyan Arab people advancing under the uplifted banner of independence against imperialism.
The Korean people have always extended full support to the Libyan Arab people's just struggle.
The DPRK-Libyan friendly and cooperative relations have developed on good terms as the days go by.
The Korean people sincerely wish the Libyan Arab people greater successes in their future struggle to smash the interference, pressure and economic blockade imposed by the U.S. imperialists upon them and build a new independent society.
Japanese gov. accused of refusing to allow DPRK's delegation entry into Japan
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry today answered a question put by KCNA as regards the Japanese government's recent refusal to permit the entry into Japan of a delegation of the DPRK measure committee for demanding compensation to "comfort women for the army" and the victims of the Pacific War.
He said:
As already reported, the Japanese government refused to allow the entry into Japan of the DPRK's delegation which left here to attend the emergency meeting and rally for Asian solidarity, an international meeting to be held in Tokyo in connection with Japan's moves to distort history in textbooks. This was a provocation.
Its refusal was a very shameless and maladroit act perpetrated in contravention of international morality and ethics.
What cannot be overlooked is that Japan has undisguisedly revealed its hostility toward the DPRK before the international community by refusing the entry of the delegation of the DPRK only, the no. 1 victim of the Japanese imperialists' aggression.
The Japanese authorities frequently call for "improved relations" with the DPRK, but, in actuality, do not bother to commit reckless and provocative acts quite contrary to such call.
They should be mindful that the refusal only adds to the crimes already committed by them against the Korean people and that this will add fuel to their anti-Japanese sentiment and further isolate Japan from the world community.
Greetings to President Vladimir Putin
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- President Kim Yong Nam of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK on Sunday sent a message of greetings to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation, on the occasion of its National Day.
The message extended warm congratulations to the president, the government and the people of Russia on this occasion.
It expressed the belief that the long-standing friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries would comprehensively develop in conformity with the requirements of the new century and in the spirit of the DPRK-Russia joint declaration and the treaty of friendship, good neighbourliness and cooperation.
It wished the russian president and people success in their work.
Greetings to Filipino President
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of greetings to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo today on the occasion of the 103rd National Day of the Philippines.
Extending warm congratulations to the Filipino President and people, Kim in the message hoped that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries would develop in various fields in keeping with the establishment of the bilateral diplomatic ties.
He also wholeheartedly wished good health and happiness to the president of the Philippines and progress and prosperity to its people.
Kim Jong Il greets Russian President
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il yesterday sent a message of greetings to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation, on the occasion of its national day.
The message extended warm congratulations to the President, the government and people of Russia on the day.
The message expressed the belief that the traditional friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries would further expand and develop in conformity with the DPRK-Russia joint declaration adopted last year and the desire of the two peoples.
It sincerely wished the President success in his responsible work and the russian people peace and prosperity.