Reception given for Cuban military delegation
Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- The general staff of the Korean People's Army yesterday arranged a reception in honour of the Cuban military delegation.
Vice marshal Kim Yong Chun, chief of the general staff of the KPA, in his speech said that the friendly relations between the two countries forged on the basis of the particularly close relations between President Kim Il Sung and respected Fidel Castro Ruz have grown strong and developed in the anti-imperialist and anti-U.S. joint struggle for over 40 years.
He went on to say:
Now the friendly relations have been put on a higher plane under the profound care of Kim Jong Il and Fidel Castro Ruz.
The Cuban comrades have achieved many successes in their efforts to further strengthen the party and the army and develop the economy, overcoming difficulties in the "special period of peace times." And the vicious moves of the U.S. imperialists to internationalize the anti-Cuba blockade have been checked and frustrated and international support and solidarity with the just cause of the Cuban people are growing stronger. we rejoice over all these achievements as over our own.
The people and the army of Korea will always stand by the people and the army of Cuba and voice positive support and solidarity with their just cause to defend the sovereignty of the country and advance socialism victoriously.
The head of the Cuban delegation colonel general Alvaro Lopez Miera, vice-minister of the revolutionary armed forces and chief of the general staff, in his speech said that though the imperialists' pressure and moves for aggression against Cuba and the DPRK are further escalating as the days go by the unbreakable friendship between the two countries provided by the two great leaders Fidel Castro Ruz and Kim Il Sung is steadily growing stronger and developing under the care of Kim Jong Il.
The peoples of the two countries have stood against the aggressive moves of the reactionary forces led by the present U.S. administration in all fields and achieved new important successes in the struggle, he noted.
He expressed the belief that their visit to Korea would make a great contribution to further consolidating and developing the friendship and solidarity between the peoples of the two fraternal countries advancing under the uplifted banner of socialism.
Over 2,000 poems eulogize Kim Il Sung
Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Korean poets have written at least 2,000 poems eulogizing the greatness and immortal exploits of President Kim Il Sung for the last 7 years since July 1994.
Among them are epics "Comrade Kim Il Sung, Our Eternal Leader," "The Leader Will Always Be With Us" and "The Pyongyang Time Will Be Eternal" and lyrics "Oh Our Leader," "Great Immortality," "Time of Korea" and "Lay of Korea in 1997."
The poems represent his greatness about which people failed to know in his lifetime, their high praise of his immortal exploits and their noble idea that the president lives forever thanks to leader Kim Jong Il.
U.S. and Japanese hostile policies toward DPRK condemned
Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- An international symposium of unions of agricultural and foodstuff industrial workers held in Moscow on June 23 adopted a joint statement condemning the hostile policies of the U.S. and Japanese authorities toward the DPRK.
The statement brought to light the U.S. and Japanese hostile policies toward the DPRK and vehemently denounced the new U.S. administration's hostile policy toward the DPRK and military moves to stifle it as reckless criminal acts threatening the independent and peaceful reunification of Korea and peace and security of the Korean peninsula and the rest of the world.
The statement strongly demanded that the bush administration stop its moves to isolate and stifle the DPRK at once, immediately improve relations with the DPRK and take a practical measure for promoting the reconciliation, unity and peaceful reunification of the Korean nation.
The statement called upon peasants' organisations and agricultural workers of different countries to conduct positive solidarity activities to support the struggle of the Korean people for national reunification and castigate the U.S. and Japanese authorities for obstructing the implementation of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration in response to an appeal of the international liaison committee for reunification and peace in Korea which calls for setting a "period of international solidarity movement for promoting the independent reunification of Korea" from April to October.
National fine art exhibition opens
Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- A national fine art exhibition "The Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung Will Always Be With Us" opened at the Pyongyang International House of Culture yesterday.
Displayed in the exhibition hall are at least 50 Korean paintings, oil paintings, graphic paintings and embroidery works including fine art works depicting the president.
The Korean painting "sun of all people", the oil painting "the fatherly leader visiting the milch cow farm", the graphic painting "President Kim Il Sung among those engaged in the postwar rehabilitation and construction", the Korean painting "the president always remembered by people" and many other works deal with the immortal feats of the president.
Also on display in the exhibition hall are the oil painting "retrospecting the fatherly leader's behests" and the poster "we will always emerge victorious under the leadership of the great Kim Jong Il" and other works depicting the noble traits of leader Kim Jong Il.
General Hospital of Koryo Medicine
Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- The General Hospital of Koryo Medicine built on Munsu Street in East Pyongyang has recently started operation.
Housing a traditional medical service and medical science research centre, the hospital has a total floor area of 14,500 square metres. It consists of two main buildings with more than 400 beds for in-patients, functional diagnostics rooms, theatres for surgery and treatment rooms fitted with up-to-date facilities, as well as dozens of out-patient rooms.
Inside the hospital is an internal treatment hospital, a surgery, institutes of acupuncture and moxibustion, constitution, Koryo medicine and pharmacy, a clincial laboratory and a pharmacology department.
Its history traces back to February Juche 50 (1961), when a native medicine institute was inaugurated. Since then, the hospital has made great achievements.
In particular, a tangible contribution was made in the treatment of stomach cancer, spontaneous gangrene, epilepsy, acute pains and other obstinate diseases, and in research into methods of early diagnosis of liver cancer. In the course of this, more than 160 medical workers have won academic awards, including doctor of medical science.
Access is also allowed to foreigners.
More than 100 books on medical science have been published, including the data book on internal medicine research, dictionary of Koryo medicine and encyclopedia of family medicine. Medical workers at the hospital also translated and published Korea's medieval books on native medicine, including Uibangryuchi, a medical encyclopedia work (a total of 266 volumes consisting of 60,000 pages), Tonguibogam (25 volumes in 5 parts), a medical book in which native medicine is rounded into a complete system, and Hyangyakjipsongbang (85 volumes) giving detailed instructions about the method of prescribing medicine by using local medicinal herbs.
Rodong Sinmun on exploits of President Kim Il Sung
Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today carries a signed article entitled "the great comrade kim il sung is a peerlessly great man who laid an eternal foundation for building a powerful nation".
The article says:
What is conspicuous of the immortal exploits performed by Kim Il Sung in laying an eternal foundation for the building of a powerful nation is that he strengthened and developed the DPRK into an invincible military power with his army-first revolutionary leadership.
He always exerted primary efforts to significantly increase our military capability for 50 years after the liberation of the country.
With a deep insight into the truth that the issue of succession to the commandership over revolutionary armed forces is of vital importance in shaping the future of a country and a nation.
In the last period of his life he earnestly called on our party, army and people to uphold Kim Jong Il's leadership with loyalty.
Kim Jong Il is pursuing army-first politics as intended by Kim Il Sung and on the basis of the foundation laid by him.
The victory achieved by the Korean people in defending socialism in the 20th century was a great victory of the army-first politics of Kim Jong Il who, depending on the strong military foundation laid by Kim Il Sung, has successfully inherited and developed his exploits and experience gained with the army-first revolutionary leadership.
Kim Il Sung provided a steady continuity to the tradition of single-hearted unity and created all conditions for achieving the overall prosperity and development of the country. this is another important aspect of his exploits performed in laying an eternal foundation for building a powerful nation.
He was the first in the human history of politics to advance benevolent politics, thus achieving the single-hearted unity of the ranks of the party and the revolution and giving a steady continuity to its tradition with a foresight as to the future of the country.
The strong armed forces and the unbreakable single-hearted unity consolidated by kim il sung were the two major sources of political might of Kim Jong Il with which he could achieve one victory after another despite the imperialist allied forces' encirclement and lay a springboard from which to build a powerful nation.
The eternal foundation for the building of a powerful socialist nation is a result of the distinguished political ability of Kim Il Sung.
The cause of the workers' party, the army and people of Korea for building a powerful and prosperous socialist nation is sure to triumph as there are the eternal foundation for building a powerful nation associated with the whole life of Kim Il Sung and the tested and experienced leadeship of Kim Jong Il.
Message of sympathy to Peruvian President
Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, on June 28 sent a message of sympathy to Peruvian President Valentin Paniagua Corazao in connection with the great damage done to the southern part of Peru by a strong earthquake.
Upon hearing the news that the southern part of Peru was hard hit by a strong earthquake on June 23, the message expressed deep sympathy and consolation to the president and, through him, to the people in the afflicted area and hoped that the Peruvian government and people would recover from the earthquake damage and bring the living of the population in the afflicted area to normal at an early date.
Greetings to Rwandan President
Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, on July 2 sent a message of greetings to President of Rwanda Paul Kagame on the occasion of its national day.
The message extended warm congratulations to the president, government and people of Rwanda on the occasion of its national day.
In the belief that the friendly relations between the two countries would continue to develop on good terms, the message wished the president and people of Rwanda success in the work for national unity and the prosperity of the country.
Greetings to President of Cape Verde
Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, on July 2 sent a message of greetings to President of Cape Verde Pedro Pires on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of its independence and the proclamation of its republic.
The message extended warm congratulations to the president, the government and people of Cape Verde on this occasion.
In the belief that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries would continue to develop on good terms, the message sincerely wished the people of Cape Verde progress and prosperity.
Gift to Kim Jong Il from Chinese delegation
Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- A gift was presented to leader Kim Jong Il from a friendship delegation of the China association for international friendly contact.
It was handed to an official concerned by head of the delegation Shen Weiping, vice-president of the association, who is on a visit to the DPRK.
Gift to Kim Jong Il from Nigerian senate
Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il received a gift from the senate of the national assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The head of the visiting delegation of the senate of the Nigerian national assembly Muktar Ahmed Mohammed Arwa, vice-chairman of the senate standing committee on agriculture and rural development of the national assembly of Nigeria, handed it to Choe Thae Bok, chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Gift to Kim Jong Il from Cuban minister of revolutionary armed forces
Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il, supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, received a gift from general Raul Castro Ruz, minister of the revolutionary armed forces of the Republic of Cuba.
It was conveyed today to vice marshal Kim Yong Chun, chief of the KPA general staff, by colonel general Alvaro Ropez Miera, vice-minister of the revolutionary armed forces and chief of the general staff of Cuba, on a visit to the DPRK.