Citizens' solidarity for peace and unification formed in S. Korea
Pyongyang, September 24 (KCNA) -- The citizens' solidarity for peace and unification had an inaugural meeting and declared its formation in Seoul on Friday, according to Yonhap News from Seoul.
In its statement explaining the purport of the formation of the organization aimed at putting the reunification movement on a mass basis, the organization noted that it was urgent to create a citizens' organization where they play a leading role and which specializes in the issue of reunification.
The organization clarified that "it would conduct the movement for reunification on the principle of placing it on a mass basis, making the discussion on unification balanced and advancing alternative proposals on the unification policy."
It set it as the goals of its programme to implement the July 4 joint statement and the June 15 joint declaration and realize the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
KCNA slams Japan's moves for overseas troop dispatch
Pyongyang, September 24 (KCNA) -- There are highly disturbing developments in Japan in the wake of terrorist attacks on the united states.
Since the incident the Japanese government, the ruling party and the "Self-Defence Forces" have been busy submitting a bill calling for the revision of the law on the "SDF" to the diet and adopting a new law to back the military attack of the U.S. forces.
It was against this political and military background that the Japanese chief executive announced a 7-point proposal to assist the military attacks of the U.S. on September 19.
Its key point is Japan's proposed official dispatch of "SDF" overseas under the pretext of logistic assistance to the U.S. forces.
As a matter of fact, terrorism that occurred in the U.S. is something very regretful and tragic. And it may be a right option taken in line with the policy of each country opposed to all forms of terrorism to make a due contribution to the efforts of the international community to eliminate the root cause of this terrorism.
But the neighboring countries of Japan are becoming extremely watchful against its hectic moves because what Japan chiefly seeks is not to "prevent terrorism and eliminate its root cause."
Japan asserts that it should make a substantial contribution through practical military actions this time, arguing that its huge financial contribution failed to get an international appreciation during the gulf war. This is not its true intention.
What Japan truly seeks is to unlimitedly expand the sphere of actions of the "SDF," its main aggressor forces, and provide a judicial and institutional mechanism for re-invasion of Asia with the terrorist attacks on the U.S. as a momentum.
If the proposal is adopted as a law at the diet and put into practice, the overseas dispatch of the "SDF" not only to the Asia-Pacific region but to other parts of the world will be completely institutionalized in Japan.
This is by no means, a simple issue that can be interpreted in the context of preventing terrorism.
There is no need to recall that many Asian countries suffered horrible disasters due to the overseas troop dispatch by militarist Japan.
Japan is an abnormal country that took every opportunity to legalize its aggression and war.
It is a well-known fact that Japan has pushed ahead with the independent development of reconnaissance satellites and inter-continental ballistic missiles, adamantly insisting that the DPRK's launch of a satellite for a peaceful purpose was a "missile launch." Japan has gone the length of calling for the development of a "missile defense" system, independent of the U.S.
Japan is misusing misfortune of the U.S. to pave the way for re-invasion of Asia, in other words, to legalize its moves to become a military power and realize the unlimited overseas dispatch of the "SDF" as early as possible.
This is the real intention of Japan which has evaded the settlement of its past, the most urgent issue, for more than 50 years.
Japanese authorities are well advised to think twice of the disastrous consequences to be entailed by its overseas troop dispatch under the pretext of "supporting the efforts to prevent terrorism."
Inter-Korean unity called for
Pyongyang, September 24 (KCNA) -- The Koreans can demonstrate their invincible might, foil foreign forces' aggression and interference and achieve the cause of national reunification by their own efforts only when the north and the south pool their efforts, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article.
It goes on:
The north and the south should pool their efforts for national reunification. This is required by the reality to check and frustrate the moves of the anti-reunification forces in and outside Korea to hamper the implementation of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration and block the road of independent national reunification.
What is important for independently settling the issue of national reunification by the concerted efforts of the north and south is for them to firmly maintain the stand of national independence and strengthen the national unity through practical struggles to implement the north-south joint declaration.
It is a senseless act to read outside forces' faces and yield to their interference now that the north and south agreed to independently settle the issue of reunification by the concerted efforts of the Koreans and jointly declared this will.
The Koreans can certainly pull through whatever obstacles and accomplish their national task for reunification, if the north and south pool efforts, no matter how many and arduous hurdles lying in its way may be, the article concludes.
Shellfish farming
Pyongyang, September 24 (KCNA) -- The Unjon Fishery Station in North Phyongan Province on the west coast has run a lucrative shellfish farm for a decade.
The idea for such a farm was raised when massive hauls of shellfish considerably depleted ocean resources and increased the distance and costs of open-sea fishing.
The station launched intensive research into shellfish breeding and built a 350 hectare shellfish farm and a 10 hectare breeding farm in offshore waters. Vessels and workers were supplied to it and the breeding of shellfish was established on a scientific basis. Every year shellfish are tinned out and scattered several times, and the mud flats are ploughed to make feeding easier. the flood-released mud is instantly removed and steps are taken to protect the young shellfish from species of prey. in the spawning season, people are barred from approaching the area, and special attention is paid to preventing pollution from spills by vessels in the area.
Thanks to artificial propagation, the farm and the surrounding waters have a proportioned share of the shellfish population. Stocking a hectare of the farm with three tons of young shellfish, each one to two grammes in weight, will yield a haul of 30 to 40 tons in a year and a half. This figure is 10 to 20 times as high as under natural conditions. by this method, production has shown a steady increase.
This low-input, high-return management contributed to increasing aquatic resources and state revenue. The farm's target for the year was reached in July.
The station is now set on research and expansion for the full-scale breeding of various shellfish, including short neck clams.
High-profile school table tennis team
Pyongyang, September 24 (KCNA) -- The Kwanghwa Senior Middle School in Hamhung city on the east coast is a famous producer of up-and-coming table tennis talents.
In addition to the stress it puts on academic performance and moral cultivation, it pays close attention to the students' physical fitness.
Table tennis training started in the early 1980s, with the formation of a team.
The coach Ri Tong Su tenaciously trained the pupils from the basic up to advanced skills. He imposed strong demands on the trainees and helped them carry out their daily training routines. To introduce more scientific methods to training, he collected mountains of research material and applied his findings assiduously.
Thanks to his devotion and the students' enthusiasm, the team began to dominate the national scene. the school has won the national junior championships 17 times and swept the individual events. Many of the graduates from this high-profile school are now active in the national teams.
Brilliant life of Kim Jong Suk lauded
Pyongyang, September 24 (KCNA) -- A large number of people are visiting the statues of the great communist revolutionary fighter Kim Jong Suk and historic sites associated with her immortal revolutionary exploits in different parts of the DPRK.
They look back with deep emotion on the history of her revolutionary activities and heroic feats she performed by devotedly defending the leader.
Throughout her life from the days of the anti-Japanese revolution till her demise she was like a human bomb and shield in upholding the revolutionary idea of general Kim Il Sung and devotedly defending him.
She relentlessly fought against the renegades of the revolution who interpreted the general's idea and line as they pleased and behaved quite contrary to them or neglected the implementation of his orders and instructions.
She dedicated her all to the general's personal safety.
She heroically fought to safeguard the headquarters of the revolution in many battles during the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle.
What she did in a battle fought in early summer of Juche 29 (1940) can be cited as an example.
On spotting enemy soldiers coming close to the general who was commanding the battle, she protected him at the risk of her life as a human shield.
During a battle fought in march of the same year, too, she discovered the enemy soldiers approaching the headquarters by stealth and lost no time to wipe them out by drawing them on her.
She thus remained most loyal to the leader of the revolution.
The immortal feats she performed by devotedly defending the leader serve as a living example teaching the officers and men of the people's army and people of Korea how they should uphold and defend their leader.
Farming materials donated by India
Pyongyang, September 24 (KCNA) -- The Indian government donated a lot of farming materials to the DPRK.
It had donated 3,000 tons of food and other aid materials to the DPRK in connection with its natural disasters.
A ceremony was held at Nampho Port today to convey those materials.
Indian ambassador e.p. to the DPRK Binanda Kumar Gogoi conveyed them to an official concerned.
Kim Jong Il visits catfish factory and Kwail county
Pyongyang, September 24 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of K1rea, Chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, gave field guidance to the catfish factory under KPA unit no.534 and Kwail county on Sunday.
Accompanying him were chief of the KPA general staff Kim Yong Chun, minister of the People's Armed Forces Kim Il Chol, vice-chairman of the NDC Ri Yong Mu, secretaries of the c.c., the WPK Jong Ha Chol and Kim Ki Nam, KPA generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and others.
Leader Kim Jong Il first visited the newly expanded catfish factory under KPA unit no. 534.
Going round the interior and exterior of the factory including a processing room for smoked fish, an outdoor round-shaped pond, a building for fries and a building for fattening fish, he acquainted himself in detail with the construction of the factory on an expansion basis and fish breeding conditions.
What is very important in rapidly increasing the catfish production is to strictly implement the party's policy of putting pisciculture on a scientific and intensive basis, he said, stressing: it is essential to solve the breed problem decisively and conduct the fish breeding in a scientific and technical way based on latest piscicultural technology.
The smooth solution of the food problem is also very important, he said, calling for making researches into food suited to the specific conditions of Korea and building reliable bases for it.
Saying that measures for carrying and processing catfish should be taken in line with its increased production, he clarified the tasks and ways for doing so.
It is very gratifying that the factory has built up processing facilities to produce delicious smoked fish, he said, urging the catfish factories to turn out such products in a large quantity.
The next leg of his visit was Kwail county. He dropped in at the Pukchang Farm to learn in detail about the fruit production this year.
Saying that in order to radically increase the fruit production it is necessary to bring about a signal turn in the seed selection, widely introduce advanced technology and raise the fertility of soil, he underscored the need to provide a sufficient amount of fertilizers and agricultural chemicals and other farming materials while firmly building up research groups to intensify scientific researches.
He also noted that in order to put orchards on a scientific and modern basis to meet the need of the new century it is necessary to realign orchards to put them in good shape so that all farm work may be done by machines.
He then moved on to the Phungchon Fruit Processing Factory.
Seeing different production processes, he familiarized himself with the processing in detail, even tasting dried fruit.
He called for further updating production processes and adequately supplying packing and all other necessary materials to boost the production of high quality processed fruits.
Talks between delegations of WPK and SLPR
Pyongyang, September 24 (KCNA) -- Talks were held between the delegations of the Workers' Party of Korea and the Socialist Labour Party of Romania here today.
At the talks both sides informed each other of their parties' activities and exchanged views on the need to develop the friendly ties between the two parties and a series of issues of mutual concern.
Present at the talks were Choe Thae Bok, alternate member of the political bureau and secretary of the c.c., the WPK, officials concerned and the members of the SLPR delegation headed by its President Ion Sasu.