52nd anniversary of PRC observed

    Pyongyang, September 28 (KCNA) -- The Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and the Central Committee of the Korea-China Friendship Association yesterday gave a banquet at the People's Palace of Culture on the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the People's Republic of China. Minister of public health and chairman of the central committee of the association Kim Su Hak in his speech said the Korean people are sincerely rejoiced over the achievements made by the Chinese people in their efforts to build a modern, civilized and new china and in external relations under the leadership of the Communist Party of China with Jiang Zemin as its head and hoped that they would achieve greater success in the future, too.
    He expressed the belief that Korea-China Friendship and Cooperation would further develop in various domains in the spirit which was agreed upon at the repeated meetings and talks between the two leaders.
    Chinese ambassador to the DPRK Wang Guozhang said in his address that the china visit of General Secretary Kim Jong Il last year and this year and the Korea visit of General Secretary Jiang Zemin some time ago gave a strong impetus to the development of the Sino-Korean friendly and cooperative relations.
    Noting that it is the steadfast policy of the Chinese party and government to boost the traditional relations of the Sino-Korean Friendship and Cooperation, he said that they will strive to put the relations on a higher level in the new century together with the Korean party, government and people.

Anniversary of Guinean independence marked

Pyongyang, September 28 (KCNA) -- A meeting was held here on Sept. 27 to commemorate the 43rd anniversary of the independence of Guinea. Present at the meeting were Kim Jin Bom, vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries who is vice-chairman of the Korea-Guinea Friendship Association, and members of the friendship association together with working people in the city.
A congratulatory message to the Guinean President was adopted after a speech at the meeting.

15th Yun I Sang Musical Symposium held

    Pyongyang, September 28 (KCNA) -- The 15th Yun I Sang Musical Symposium was held at the People's Palace of Culture on Sept 27. Speakers explained thematic contents of musical works created by him and their styles and varieties and proved his unique ways of representation, highly appreciating his patriotic creative activities for the reunification of the country and the national unity.
    Present at the symposium were minister of culture Kang Nung Su, music experts and artistes in the city.
    Also present there were Ri Su Ja, widow of Yun I Sang, and his daughter.

Korea's reunification is urgent

    Pyongyang, September 28 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today says in a signed article that Korea's reunification is the urgent demand of the nation which brooks no further delay. The article calls on all the Koreans in the north and south of Korea and overseas to turn out in the struggle to build a reunified prosperous country.
    The article goes on:
    Since the historic Pyongyang meeting and the announcement of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration the movement for national reunification has entered the track of national independence. This gives a great joy to the whole Korean nation and inspires all the fellow countrymen to the struggle for national reunification.
    The Korean nation's struggle for reunification is not smooth.
    Enemies of reunification are opposed to the historic joint declaration which calls for solving the issue of national reunification independently by the concerted efforts of the Korean nation and the development of inter-Korean relations.
    They are intensifying their criminal hostile policy towards the DPRK and their anti-DPRK campaign while resorting to confrontation and war moves.
    Under this situation, if Korea remains divided into the north and the south and they stand in confrontation with each other the Korean nation can not be freed from the domination and subordination of the foreign forces and may be made their plaything again.
    National reunification is a vital demand of the Korean nation and a supreme task related to its life and death.
    The peace and reunification of Korea are also the unanimous demand of the world peace-loving people.
    No force on earth can perpetuate the division of the homogeneous Korean nation which has been formed and developed through thousands of years of history.

Statement of spokesman for Korean Anti-Nuke Peace Committee

    Pyongyang, September 28 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Korean Anti-Nuke Peace Committee today issued a statement denouncing the Japanese reactionaries for their recent rocket test-fire. The Japanese reactionaries are ridiculous enough to describe their recent test-fire of large-size carrier rocket H-2A as one for "space development," the spokesman says, and goes on:
    Even the Japanese authorities do not hide the fact that this rocket can be used for military purposes as it is Japan's prototype rocket easily convertible into an inter-continental ballistic missile depending on its aim.
    Moreover, the Japanese reactionaries have persistently pursued an anti-DPRK hostile policy after defining it as its primary "target." Pursuant to this policy, they have revised the "Japan-U.S. defense cooperation guidelines" to cope with the "emergency on the Korean peninsula" in a bid to embark upon reckless militarist expansion. with this rocket test-fire as a momentum, Japan has begun working in real earnest to emerge as a nuclear power.
    Through the rocket test-fire the Japanese ruling quarters sought cunning and sly aims to build up tremendous military muscle, oblivious of a bitter lesson drawn by Japan in the past, and emerge as a "dominator" with "the world's first-class armed forces" and nukes, if an opportunity presents itself, and thus lord it over other asians.
    This poses a grave threat to the peace and security in northeast Asia and the rest of the world.
    When the DPRK launched a satellite for peaceful scientific research Japan adamantly insisted that it was a "missile launch." Japan is now frantically stepping up its moves to become a military giant and go nuclear after unhesitatingly launching the rocket.
    This more clearly proves that its clamour about "threat" from the DPRK is nothing but sophism to cover up its moves to militarize Japan and become a nuclear power.
    Japan should clearly know that the moves escalated by it to develop missiles and go nuclear to invade the DPRK, pursuant to its hostile policy toward the DPRK, will only lead it to self-destruction.
    Japan should not misinterpret the peace-loving DPRK's stand whereby it declared a moratorium on the satellite launch as an expression of its weakness.
    The DPRK's missile program is of peaceful nature but is merciless to those who infringe upon its dignity and sovereignty.

Gift to Kim Jong Il from Mongolian delegation

    Pyongyang, September 28 (KCNA) -- It happened on a summer day of Juche 44 (1955) when President Kim Il Sung called at his native home in Mangyongdae to inquire after his grandfather's health. That day, he was told by his relative that an institution sent the grandfather some wine several times as a medicine. He said there is no need to receive even wine as the state enforced a system of free medical care. The president said that he would send the grandfather medicinal wine in the future. in the subsequent period the president regularly sent it to his grandfather.
    There is another anecdote about his doctor.
    The president always listened to his doctor's advices and met his requests. One day his doctor told him not to enter any place where there was gas during his field guidance, as he was aged. On hearing this, he said that he should not avoid the places full of dust or gas but inspect those places to indicate ways of clearing them. At that time even his doctor was at a loss for words.
    It happened in July Juche 36 (1947) when Kim Il Sung visited Pyongyang primary school no.2 at that time.
    Upon entering the school, he slowly walked toward its corridor. A schoolgirl on duty asked him to register his name on the visitor's book, unaware who he was.
    After writing about the person who he would like to meet and the purpose of his visit, etc. on the book, he put below that: "Chairman Kim Il Sung of the People's Committee of North Korea."
    It was not until that moment that the girl knew he was President Kim Il Sung. He praised her for her high sense of responsibility.

Anecdotes about Kim Il Sung

Pyongyang, September 28 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il received a gift from the Mongolian Foreign Ministry delegation on a visit to the DPRK. It was handed over to an official concerned by State Secretary Ganbold Baasanjav who is head of the delegation.