Kim Jong Il inspects KPA unit
Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il Saturday inspected KPA unit no. 2833.
He was greeted by the commanding officers of the unit on the spot.
He acquainted himself with the performance of the unit's duty before seeing soldiers of the unit in training.
The soldiers strikingly demonstrated their combat capability as fighters, each being a match for a hundred foes, by fully displaying the high combat technique they have cultivated through their day-teatly satisfied to see all the soldiers trained to be brave fighters. he set forth important tasks which would serve as a guideline in further increasing the unit's combat capability.
He took warm care of the living of the servicemen, looking round an education room, bedroom, mess, a daily provision store and other places of the unit.
He gave the servicemen of the unit a pair of binoculars and an automatic rifle as gifts, and posed for a photograph with them.
At the end of his inspection of the unit he appreciated a performance given by the art propaganda squad of the KPA unit no. 529 together with servicemen.
He expressed great satisfaction with the successful performance truthfully representing the life of the servicemen given by its artistes.
He gave high appreciation and thanks to them for inspiring the soldiers to new struggles and exploits through revolutionary and militant art activities among them.
He was accompanied by Kim Yong Chun, chief of the general staff of the KPA, Kim Il Chol, minister of the People's Armed Forces, Yon Hyong Muk, member of the NDC of the dprk and ri yong chol, first vice department director of the central committee of the wpk.
Reception given by Ministry of People's Armed Forces
Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- The Ministry of the People's Armed Forces hosted a reception yesterday on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's election as supreme commander of the Korean People's Army.
Present on invitation were military attaches of various embassies here.
At the reception Jong Chang Ryol, vice-minister of the People's Armed Forces, said that his election as supreme commander of the revolutionary armed forces 10 years before in reflection of the will and desire of all officers and men of the people's army marked an auspicious event of the nation who are blessed with the supreme commander generation after generation and a historic event of great significance in carrying out the cause of Juche-based army building and in the development of the Korean revolution.
His election as supreme commander of revolutionary armed forces was a great fortune for the country and people in terms of their destiny and the army and the revolution in the light of their future development, and this was fully proved in the 90s of the last century, the severest trial for the Korean revolution, he noted, and went on:
The revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK will as ever firmly defend the revolutionary cause of Juche with arms under the uplifted banner of ever-victorious army-centred policy set forth by him.
Yan Jiangfeng, military attache of the Chinese embassy here who is doyen of the military attaches corps, referred to Kim Jong Il's election as supreme commander of the KPA a decade ago, saying:
The Korean people single-heartedly rallied around him, achieved a great victory in the "arduous march" by overcoming difficulties in the spirit of fortitude.
He has made great achievements in foreign relations by pursuing the independent diplomatic policy.
He has greatly contributed to peace on the Korean peninsula and the cause of national reunification by invariably following the reunification policy shaped by President Kim Il Sung. Yan expressed the belief that a rosy future is in store for the DPRK under his leadership.
Japanese authorities' suppression of Chongryon under fire
Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- A political party and organization in Russia and Guinean figures condemned the political suppression of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon).
The maritime territorial committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the maritime territorial branch of the People's Patriotic Union of Russia noted in a letter of protest sent to the Japanese consulate general in Vladivostok on Dec. 14 that Chongryon is a legitimate organization recognized by the world community. The search and arrest committed by the Japanese authorities can never be justified and should invite deserved condemnation from the world public as it was a political suppression intended to destroy Chongryon, the letter said.
It strongly demanded the Japanese authorities immediately stop their political suppression of Chongryon, release all the arrested people and apologize for it.
Chairman of the Guinean Committee for Supporting Korea's Reunification Mamadou Ali Sampil and secretary general of the national confederation of Guinean workers Labiatou Sera Diallo in their statements issued on Dec. 10 branded the Japanese authorities' fascist suppression of Chongryon as an anachronistic act and a flagrant infringement upon the dignity and sovereignty of the DPRK and strongly demanded an immediate halt to such act.
Film show held
Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- The Ministry of the People's Armed Forces held a film show yesterday on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's election as supreme commander of the Korean People's Army.
Present there on invitation were military attaches of different embassies here and generals and officers of the KPA.
Its participants saw the Korean documentary film "the 65th anniversary of the foundation of the heroic Korean People's Army" on significant celebrations of the Army Day.
Anti-U.S. struggle called for in S. Korea
Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- The Seoul District Federation of General Student Councils (Sochongryon) reportedly issued an appeal on Dec. 17 calling for a vigorous anti-u.s. struggle.
Accusing the U.S. of pushing the situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of war, going against the Korean nation's desire for reunification, the appeal expressed irrepressible indignation at the flunkeyist acts of the anti-reunification forces including Ri Hoe Chang hell-bent on all sorts of anti-DPRK campaigns in league with the U.S.
The U.S. fails to understand the strength of the joint declaration and see the driving force of the nation who has grown stronger than ever before and students of the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils and Sochongryon standing in its van, the appeal said.
It called on the youth to pool zeal and wisdom in the march for independent reunification and humble the arrogance of the U.S. imperialists and demonstrate the national dignity to the world.