Meeting held to remember Kim Il Sung
Pyongyang, July 7 (KCNA) -- A meeting of crewmen of the Polish-flagged ship was held at Kim Chaek Port on the east coast of Korea on July 5 to remember President Kim Il Sung on his 7th death anniversary.
Speakers at the meeting said that Kim Il Sung was the great leader the Korean people acclaimed for the first time in the nation's history of 5,000 years and the peerlessly great man of the 20th century produced by humankind.
Noting that he was well known to the polish people as well as the world progressive people, they stressed that all brilliant victories recorded in the modern history of Korea were associated with his august name.
His revolutionary cause and immortal feats for the era and history are being carried forward, developed and firmly maintained by leader Kim Jong Il, they said.
A letter to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the meeting.
Art exhibition opens
Tokyo, July 5 (KNS-KCNA) -- An opening ceremony of Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama's art exhibition "I paint yesterday and today of Koguryo" was held in Tokyo on July 3.
On display are over 80 paintings and pictures he made while visiting old tombs of koguryo, the old home of President Kim Il Sung in Mangyongdae, the River Taedong, Moran Hill, the West Sea Barrage and other places in the DPRK.
The exhibition is open in Tokyo till July 17 and the similar one will take place in Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto, Hiroshima and other parts of Japan until November next year.
Present at the ceremony were Ikuo Hirayama and officials of the sponsor organization including the chairman of the NHK, the director for cultural planning of the Asahi Shimbun and the chairman of the federation of UNESCO associations of Japan.
Among those invited were the DPRK fine art exhibition delegation and chairman So Man Sul and chief vice-chairman Ho Jong Man of the central standing committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan.
DPRK order and medals awarded to Cuban military delegation members
Pyongyang, July 7 (KCNA) -- DPRK order and medals were awarded to the members of the Cuban military delegation with due ceremony at the Mansudae Assembly Hall yesterday.
Present were president Kim Yong Nam of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, vice marshal of the Korean People's Army Kim Il Chol, vice-chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and minister of the People's Armed Forces, lieutenant general of the KPA Pak Sung Won, charge d'affaires A.I. Violeta Goodridge Culzac and military attache Eduardo Sanchez Pena of the Cuban embassy here.
A decree of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly was read out and friendship order first class was awarded to colonel general Alvaro Lopez Miera, vice-minister of the revolutionary armed forces and chief of the general staff of Cuba, who is leading the delegation, and friendship medals to members of the delegation.
Kim Yong Nam meets Cuban military delegation
Pyongyang, July 7 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met and had a friendly talk with the visiting military delegation of Cuba led by colonel general Alvaro Lopez Miera, vice-minister of the revolutionary armed forces and chief of the general staff, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall yesterday.
The head of the delegation said that the two countries have struggled to defend the gains of the revolution from the present U.S. administration, the most reactionary of the successive u.s. administrations, adding that they witnessed achievements made by the Korean people and army and exchanged experience with officers and men of the Korean People's Army.
Present there were vice marshal of KPA Kim Il Chol, vice-chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and minister of the people's armed forces, KPA lieutenant general Pak Sung Won, charge d'affaires A.I. Violeta Goodridge Culzac and military attache Eduardo Sanchez Pena of the Cuban embassy here.
Solidarity with Korean people's struggle voiced
Pyongyang, July 7 (KCNA) -- A meeting of senior officials of organizations for friendship and solidarity with the Korean people in Asia was held in Nepal on June 29 under the sponsorship of the Asian regional committee to support Korea's reunification.
Om Prakash Mantri, secretary general of the Asian regional committee to support Korea's reunification, made a report and speeches were made by delegates of Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan and other countries and Kim Jin Bom, vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries who headed the delegation of the Korean Committee for Solidarity with the World People.
The reporter proposed to reorganize the Asian regional committee, underscoring the need to intensify the regional movement to express support and solidarity with the just cause of the Korean people by embracing more countries if it is to fulfil its mission, as required by the present situation on the Korean peninsula.
The former minister of foreign affairs of India who is chairman of the All-India Indo-Korean Friendship Association was elected chairman of the Asian Regional Committee to Support Korea's Reunification, and the general secretary of the central commttee of the Nepal Communist Party (United Marxist-Leninist) and the chairman of the Sri Lanka-People's Korea Friendship Association were chosen as its honorary chairmen.
An action program of the committee was adopted at the meeting.
The program said that all organizations for friendship and solidarity with the Korean people in Asia should widely introduce the three-point charter of national reunification and the five-point policy of the great national unity formulated by leader Kim Jong Il and undertake dynamic activities to support them.
The program strongly urged the united states to do something helpful to the independent and peaceful reunification of Korea by signing a peace agreement with the DPRK at an early date and withdrawing its forces from South Korea.
It called for employing various forms and methods to put pressure upon the anti-reunification forces in South Korea to cooperate with the fellow countrymen and implement the north-south joint declaration to the letter.
The committee will escalate the movement of international solidarity with the Korean people in each country and on a regional scale on various occasions including the month of international solidarity with the Korean people and the month of supporting the proposal for founding the Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo and particularly on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the committee to be marked this year, the program said.
Head of Cuban military delegation gives reception
Pyongyang, July 7 (KCNA) -- Colonel general Alvaro Lopez Miera, vice-minister of the revolutionary armed forces and chief of the general staff, who is head of the Cuban military delegation, gave a reception yesterday in connection with its visit to Korea.
Invited there were vice marshal Kim Yong Chun, chief of the general staff of the Korean People's Army, colonel general O Kum Chol, lieutenant general Pak Sung Won and other generals and officers of the KPA.
Present were members of the Cuban military delegation, charge d'affaires ad interim Violeta Goodridge Culzac, military attache Eduardo Sanchez Pena and other officials of the Cuban embassy here.
Speeches were made at the reception.
GIs' arrogant attitude protested in S. Korea
Pyongyang, July 7 (KCNA) -- The environment movement association, the citizen's solidarity for democratic society, the federation of women's organizations and the Wonju citizens' meeting for retaking our land-U.S. military base held a protest rally in front of a U.S. army unit and made public a statement on July 3 as regards the failure to make a proper investigation into the leakage of oil from the U.S. military base in Thaejang-dong, Wonju city, South Kangwon Province, though it took 50 days, according to Yonhap News from Seoul.
The statement denounced the U.S. forces side for repeating its senseless assertion at the end of its investigation that there was no oil leakage.
It bitterly condemned the arrogant attitude of the U.S. forces side and strongly demanded an early official apology and compensation for damage and complete rehabilitation of the afflicted area.
37th OAU summit hailed
Pyongyang, July 7 (KCNA) -- Minju Joson today carries an editorial entitled "traditional friendship between the DPRK and African countries will develop in the new century, too" hailing the 37th summit OAU.
The editorial says:
The Korean people warmly greet the summit, firmly believing that the Lusaka summit will mark another momentous occasion in achieving stability, prosperity and progress on the African continent and hoping that the summit will successfully discuss all the agenda items and achieve good results.
The summit carries weighty importance as it will take up issues related to the newborn African union and its operation, urgent issues of achieving the unity and solidarity, independent development of the continent as required by the new century and adopt relevant resolutions.
Referring to the drive of the African countries to achieve continental progress and prosperity, the editorial goes on:
The Korean people highly estimate and sincerely rejoice over the successes made by the African countries in their concerted efforts to achieve the integration and uniform development of the continent.
It is the invariable foreign policy of the DPRK to set store by the friendly and cooperative relations between it and all the African countries striving for the independent development and prosperity of the continent and steadily boost these ties.
The traditional DPRK-Africa friendly ties developing on good terms as the days go by were forged thanks to the indefatigable efforts exerted by President Kim Il Sung and the particular care shown by leader Kim Jong Il for the independence and social progress of the African countries.
It continues:
It is the firm will of the Korean people to develop the DPRK-Africa friendly ties in the new century, too.
The DPRK will as always further expand and develop the traditional friendly ties between the DPRK and the African countries in the idea of independence, peace and friendship.
The Korean people are extending full support and firm solidarity to the African people in their just cause of peace, stability and prosperity of the continent.
KCNA refutes Japanese politicians' anti-DPRK outbursts
Pyongyang, July 7 (KCNA) -- Some Japanese politicians are now getting more undisguised in their hostile moves against the DPRK.
On June 18 Tanaka, governor of Nagano prefecture, groundlessly pulled up the DPRK in a bid to evade its population's criticism and denunciation of the prefectural government. On June 28 Asano, governor of Miyagi prefecture, raised a hue and cry about the non-existent "kidnapping by North Korean agents."
These remarks only betrayed their ignorance and moral vulgarity and, at the same time, revealed Japan's deep-rooted hostile policy towards the DPRK.
The governor of Nagano prefecture seems to have no elementary knowledge and basic understanding of the nature and character of the DPRK's man-centered social system and its people's independent and creative socio-political life.
And the governor of Miyagi prefecture was so foolish as to describe the non-existent "kidnapping issue" as a "fact."
But what should not be overlooked here is that they echoed what Tokyo metropolitan governor Ishihara, fanatical ultranationalist, asserted.
The DPRK cannot but take a serious note of these hostile remarks made by those Japanese heavyweights. These outcries not only betrayed their political immaturity but indicated that Japan's socio-political atmosphere is turning to such ultra-right as to accept the ultranationalist and national chauvinistic remarks.
Japan's turn to the ultra-right would lead to the revival of militarization and precipitate its self-destruction.
If the Japanese politicians, unawakened, continue to incite in society chauvinism and enmity toward its neighbouring country and persistently turn to the right, it will surely make its younger generation deformed to sustain the same defeat as Japan did in the past.
Cuban military delegation leaves
Pyongyang, July 7 (KCNA) -- The military delegation of the republic of Cuba headed by colonel general Alvaro Lopez Miera, vice-minister of the revolutionary armed forces and chief of the general staff, left here for home today.
The delegation was seen off by vice marshal Kim Yong Chun, chief of the general staff, generals and officers of the Korean People's Army, charge d'affaires A.I. Violeta Goodridge Culzac and military attache Eduardo Sanchez Pena of the Cuban embassy here at the airport.
DPRK Foreign Ministry spokesman on projected anti-DPRK "hearing"
Pyongyang, July 7 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK answered a question put by KCNA today assailing Hyde, chairman of the international relations committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, and other Republican congressmen for planning to "invite" renegade and runaway Hwang Jang Yop to the United States for what they called "hearing". he told:
Hwang is human scum who not only abandoned his political creed but betrayed even his wife and children for the sake of his personal comfort and a despicable political imposter who likes to utter incoherent words, reversing black and white in a bid to prolong his remaining days.
No matter what remarks he may make anywhere, no one will lend an ear to them. But one cannot but be surprised by the U.S. ridiculous attempt to use such a mean fellow for its anti-DPRK smear campaign.
Such an anti-DPRK burlesque to be orchestrated by some hardline conservative republican congressmen is part of the foolish moves to give a shot in the arms of the U.S. administration in its pursuance of the anti-DPRK hardline policy and isolate and stifle the DPRK at any cost.
This more clearly indicates that the U.S. talk about the "resumption of dialogue" with the DPRK is no more than a fiction.
If the U.S. stages a ridiculous burlesque by inviting such human scum as traitor Hwang Jang Yop, instead of taking an honest attitude toward the improvement of the DPRK-U.S. relations as required by the new century, this will only further worsen the bilateral relations.
Such hostile and provocative anti-DPRK moves of the United States compel the DPRK to take an appropriate countermeasure.