Bush's accusation against DPRK under fire
Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- Recently U.S. President Bush in a "state of the union address" at the congress let loose a spate of such vituperation as listing the DPRK as a "member of the axis of evil" and "the most dangerous U.S. regime in the world." He openly revealed his dangerous U.S. design to seize the DPRK by force of arms, groundlessly linking it with terrorism.
In this regard Rodong Sinmun today in a by-lined commentary says:
There has been no precedent in the modern history of DPRK-U.S. relations that Bush openly threatened the DPRK with aggression. This is little short of declaring a war against it.
What merits a more serious attention is that the U.S. attempts to designate the DPRK as a target of its military operation.
However, it will be a fatal blunder for the U.S. to ignite a new war on the Korean peninsula. The DPRK is neither Afghanistan nor Yugoslavia nor Iraq.
The Korean people is the heroic people who inflicted the first disgraceful defeat upon the U.S. in history which regards war as its main job.
Under the army-centered leadership of the great brilliant commander the DPRK is equipped with both powerful offensive and defensive means capable of dealing deadly blows to any aggressors.
No aggressors attempting to seize the DPRK will be able to go back alive.
Our revolutionary armed forces have unlimited striking power and no aggressors against the DPRK will go safe no matter where they are on earth.
Option to "strike" on the lips of the U.S. is not its monopoly.
The people's army and people of Korea will wipe out all aggressors coming to infringe upon their dignity with a thousand-fold merciless retaliatory strike.
U.S. military pullback called for
Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- Assertions are now heard from the united states that the U.S. troops should stay in South Korea to maintain a "war deterrent force against North Korea" and cope with the "threat from China". Commenting on it, Minju Joson today in a signed commentary says:
This is sophism of totally reversing white and black.
It is none other than the U.S. that is to blame for having turned northeast Asia into the world's biggest hotspot.
The U.S. has staged military exercises in South Korea almost every day in a bid to stifle the DPRK militarily after deploying all types of military equipment including nuclear weapons and huge aggression forces there.
It is the unanimous view of the international community that there exists on the Korean peninsula a "threat of war to invade the north", not "southward invasion".
"Threat from China" is a sheer lie.
Plainly speaking, the U.S. is telling such a lie in a bid to realize its attempt to perpetuate its military presence in South Korea.
Anti-U.S. sentiment is mounting in South Korea after the whole truth about GIs' mass killings of civilians in Rogun-ri was brought to light and the issue of transferring the U.S. military base in Ryongsan, Seoul, surfaced.
Upset by this, the U.S. takes issue with the DPRK and china in a bid to calm down the anti-U.S. sentiment of the South Korean people and invent a pretext for the permanent presence of the U.S. troops in South Korea.
The U.S. is well advised to know that with no sophism can it achieve its ulterior aim.
National seminar on Juche idea held in India
Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- An Indian national seminar on the Juche idea for the country's independent development, the Juche character and national character was held in Delhi on January 19 under the sponsorship of the Asian regional institute of the Juche idea (ARIJI).
Vishwanath, director general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea, made a report at the seminar.
In his work "On preserving the Juche character and national character of the revolution and construction" leader Kim Jong Il, basing himself on the historical experience and lesson of the Korean revolution and the world revolution, scientifically and theoretically clarified the idea that in order to carry out the socialist cause, the popular masses' cause of independence, it is necessary to preserve the Juche character and national character and comprehensively indicated the task to implement it, the director general said.
He underscored the need to preserve the Juche character and national character and contribute to the independent development of India, keeping in mind the noble mission as forerunners of the times who study and disseminate the Juche idea.
Chairman P. Shiv. Shankar and secretary general Om Prakash Mantri of the All India Indo-Korean Friendship Association, prof. Harish Gupta, director of the board of the ARIJI, and many other professors took the floor.
Only when the Juche character and national character are preserved is it possible to achieve the independent development and prosperity of the nation, the speakers said, stressing: this has been proved by the history of the revolutionary struggle of the Korean people.
Seminar held in field of railway transport
Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- A seminar in the field of railway transport on the greatness and originality of the Workers' Party of Korea's Juche-oriented policy on railway transport was held here Monday on the occasion of leader Kim Jong Il's birthday.
Speakers said that Kim Jong Il, during his historic on-the-spot guidance to the field of railway transport in recent years, laid down a highly important guideline to put the railway transport on a new higher stage to meet the need of the new century.
He gave an elucidation of all the theoretical and practical problems to be solved by the officials in the field of railway transport in the new century, including the issues of thoroughly implementing the WPK's policy on transport, modernizing major railway factories to boost the production of locomotives and passenger and freight trains and facilitate their repair and the matter of top priority in railway transport, they noted, and went on:
His instruction to attach importance to the railways made it possible for the railway transport to invariably maintain its position as a priority sector and more creditably play the role as the arteries of the country in the drive to build a powerful nation.
They called for reconstructing and modernizing the railways, putting the railway transport on it basis and railway telecommunications on a scientific basis, training more technical personnel to meet the need of the present times and, at the same time, establishing the same discipline in the field of railway transport as prevailing in the people's army true to his noble intention.
They called upon all the officials and workers in this field to give full play to the spirit of devotedly defending the leader and implementing his instructions and thus bring about a new revolutionary turn in the railway transport in the new century.
Bush's projected South Korean visit opposed in S. Korea
Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- Representatives of the South Korean "joint association for achieving peace against war" held a press conference in front of the U.S. embassy in Seoul on January 31 at which they handed over an open letter to it and denounced Bush's South Korean visit, according to Thongil News.
The organization inaugurated in November last year groups 600 organizations including the people's solidarity, the reunification solidarity, the citizens' solidarity for democratic society, the (South) Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, the "National Alliance for Democracy and Reunification," the Democratic Workers' Party and the citizens' solidarity for the guarantee of human rights.
An "open letter urging a halt to the war threat and peace on the Korean peninsula" to the U.S. government was read out at the press conference.
The letter said that the South Korean people are very much concerned about Bush 's upcoming South Korean visit. It demanded the U.S. refrain from seeking unjust interference in others' internal affairs and pressure and fanning up the inter-Korean confrontation.
The letter noted that Bush is going to impose upon the South Korean "government" "neo-liberal policy" such as the conclusion of an "investment agreement" and privatization of the state-run enterprises, Using the hardline policy towards the DPRK as a lever. We clearly state that we would turn out in an all people's protest against President Bush's South Korean visit, it said.
At the end of the press conference, four representatives including O Jong Ryol, permanent chairman of the "National Alliance for Democracy and Reunification", conveyed an all-people's signature paper containing a total of 51,651 signatures and an open letter, which demand peace against war, to the U.S. embassy.
Kim Jong Il's birthplace visited by endless crowd of visitors
Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il was born on February 16, 1942, in a log cabin in the secret camp on Mt. Paektu and spent his childhood.
It is situated at the foot of Mt. Paektu in Samjiyon county, Ryanggang Province.
This simple log cabin has two doors and one window.
Like the native home of President Kim Il Sung in Mangyongdae it is the cradle of revolution dear to all the fellow countrymen.
Preserved there are toys with which Kim Jong Il played, quilts, blankets, pillows, household goods, kitchen utensils, etc.
There are in front of the native home the swift horse rock, the long sword rock and the sunrise rock and Jong Il Peak is towering high by its side.
Jong Il Peak lies 1,798 meters above the sea level and its height from the yard of the native home to the top of the peak is 216.42 meters.
Standing in front of the native home is a monument carrying a poem "paean of bright star" which the president personally wrote on February 16, 1992, on the occasion of Kim Jong Il's 50th birthday.
Hundreds of thousands of working people from all walks of life have visited the birthplace every year since it was open to the public on February 11, Juche 76 (1987).
The number of visitors has reached so far over 3.7 million.
Among them were many overseas compatriots and foreigners.
Preparations for mass gymnastic and artistic performance make brisk headway
Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- Preparations for the mass gymnastic and artistic performance "Arirang" are making more rapid progress in February. It is arousing great expectation and interest of people at home and abroad.
The creating staff is working hard to break new ground in the development of the mass gymnastic and artistic performance by producing the work as the greatest masterpiece in the 21st century.
The mass gymnastic display of the DPRK has its origin in "gymnastics with flowers" created in 1930 when the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle was under way.
Since the liberation of the country more than 80 mass gymnastic displays have been created and performed through great efforts exerted for the development of the most successful performance of this kind. It has been greatly helpful to building up the physical strength of school youth and children and working people and fostering a strong sense of organization and discipline among them.
in this course the mass gymnastic display has developed to be a mass gymnastic and artistic performance, a good combination of gymnastics and background murals and music.
This extravaganza is characterized by a three-dimensional and constantly changing scenes on the background, difficult rhythms presented by gymnasts with the help of various apparatuses and diverse means for artistic depiction including wind instrument music, Pangchang and dances.
Korean experts were invited to at least 40 countries on a total of more than 90 occasions to help them create mass gymnastic displays.
All Koreans called upon to implement joint declaration
Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- All Koreans should pool efforts to implement the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration because to preserve it means national reunification and failure to do so means permanent division.
Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article.
The article says:
The joint declaration, whose keynote is to solve the issue of national reunification by the efforts of the Korean nation responsible for it, is a declaration of national independence and great national unity.
In the declaration, the north and the south recognized the common points in the north side-proposed low-level federal formula and the south side-proposed confederation formula and agreed to work for reunification in this direction in future.
The declaration also deals with a wide-range of issues of solving humanitarian issues, developing the national economy in a balanced manner and promoting cooperation and interchange in different fields between the north and the south.
The preservation and implementation of the joint declaration guarantees reunification. this has been fully proved by the great vitality of the joint declaration.
The Korean nation will never allow the separatist forces at home and abroad to scrap the declaration.
The preservation and implementation of the joint declaration guarantee independent national reunification.
NDFSK calls for rising up in anti-Bush and anti-U.S. resistance
Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- The central committee of the National Democratic Front of South Korea (NDFSK) made public an "appeal to all people" on Feb. 3, denouncing Bush's recent aggressive remarks against North Korea, radio Voice of National Salvation from Seoul said.
The appeal said that Bush's violent utterances at the U.S. congress are reckless remarks betraying his intention to do harm to and stifle independent and dignified North Korea, deliberately escalate the tensions on the Korean peninsula and unleash another war.
Noting that all the people from all walks of life in this land can hardly repress surging national indignation at Bush's arrogant vituperation, it said that the indignity and independence of the nation have been ruthlessly trampled down for more than a half century due to the thrice-cursed U.S.
The inter-Korean ties improved by the June declaration went back to the pain of rupture owing to the repeated belligerent remarks of Bush who is advocating the hardline policy toward the north, said the appeal.
It condemned Bush 's trip to Seoul as a war junket of warmonger to finally confirm war preparations against the north and an anti-reunification tour to totally check the implementation of the June 15 joint declaration.
It called upon all the people, who value the destiny of the country and the nation and want to live as an independent people, to rise up in the anti-Bush and anti-U.S. resistance.
Potato processing factory commissioned
Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- The Taehongdan Potato Processing Factory built in Ryanggang Province was commissioned on the occasion of the auspicious February holiday.
The factory is fitted with modern equipment in all its production processes.
Leader Kim Jong Il paid deep attention to potato farming and processing and took all necessary measures in order to bring about a radical turn in solving people's food problem.
As a result, a modern potato processing factory appeared in Taehongdan well known for potato farming.
A commissioning ceremony was held on the spot yesterday.
At the ceremony, Han Song Ryong, secretary of the central committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, read a message of thanks sent by the WPK central committee to the builders who had performed labor feats in building the factory.
The message said that the construction of the Taehongdan Potato Processing Factory provided an occasion of bringing about a new turn in potato processing industry and laid one more foundation to more fully demonstrate the validity and vitality of the party's policy on making a signal change in potato farming.
Ri Hoe Chang's anti-reunification remarks condemned
Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the central committee of the Chondoist Chongu Party in a statement today denounced Ri Hoe Chang, president of the "Grand National Party" of South Korea, for encouraging the U.S. administration's hostile policy toward the DPRK during his visit to the U.S.
He not only fanned up bellicose Bush's clamours about someone's "nuclear development", "development of weapons of mass destruction", "reduction of conventional weapons" and the like, but did not bother to say that the U.S. troops should be kept in South Korea even after the reunification of Korea, the spokesman said, and went on:
He is, indeed, a running dog serving foreign forces and a heinous political quack who is at pains to satisfy his greed for power by selling the interest of the country and the nation.
It is as clear as noonday that if such a guy as him comes to power the whole land of the country will be in ruins and the whole nation can not avoid the holocaust of a nuclear war.
He should make an honest apology to the whole nation for his crimes against the nation, reunification and the DPRK.
Israel's political suppression of Palestinian leader assailed
Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA)-- A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK, when interviewed by KCNA today, denounced Israel for its political suppression of the head of the Palestinian national authority.
Recently, Israel blamed Palestinian leader Arafat for the aggravated situation in the middle east and imposed a closure on him and is trying to bury him politically, the spokesman says, and goes on:
Israel has blocked for nearly two months Ramallah on the west bank of the Jordan river where Arafat is staying and curbed all his activities. This is, in fact, a gross encroachment upon the sovereignty of Palestine.
In international relations, it is unjustifiable to impose a closure on the leader of a nation and abridge his freedom of political activities as one pleases.
Israel should lift the closure imposed on Arafat at once and stop military attacks.
Japan hit for dangerous launch of large carrier rocket
Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK today released a statement assailing Japan for launching large carrier rocket H-2a No. 2 yesterday.
The statement says:
Defying the apprehensions and warnings of the international community Japan is persistently stepping up rocket development. This shows that the moves to revive militarism which is getting pronounced as never before these days have reached a dangerous phase.
As well known to the world, some time ago japan adjusted the "emergency legislation" and is openly changing the basic duty of the "Self-Defence Forces" into such an offensive mission as "overseas advance" from "defensive one" on the plea of "combating terrorism." Japan has dared not do so afraid of the watchful eyes and pressure from the people at home and abroad for half a century.
Japan worked out a plan for developing medium-range missiles and has long pushed ahead with it in secrecy. And it has hi-technology and huge amount of plutonium enough to produce nuclear bombs anytime, if necessary. It is an established fact.
Moreover, in recent years it has developed its own spy satellite under the U.S. protection and support and is rushing headlong toward the establishment of its independent space espionage system in the near future.
After all, it has rounded off all preparations for overseas expansion. Therefore, it is not hard to guess where Japan will go if it has long-range delivery vehicles.
What cannot be overlooked is the stand of the U.S. so loudly clamouring about "missile threat" and "mass destruction weapons" of the DPRK. The U.S. has kept mum about the danger of Japan's missiles while zealously encouraging its development behind the scene.
The U.S. calls for non-proliferation of missiles, but its real position is that only missiles of its enemy states, not its allies, pose problems.
This shows that it is not because of the DPRK's missiles but because of its hostile attitude towards it that the U.S. is pulling up Pyongyang over the issue. In the long run, the U.S. uses this issue for its political and military purpose to stifle countries going against the grain with it.
The U.S. is unprecedentedly escalating its aggression moves to stifle the DPRK by force of arms, putting the latter's missile issue into question, and Japan is developing its substantial missile capabilities in line with such moves.
This situation compels the DPRK to further increase its independent defence capabilities.
The U.S. and Japan will have nothing to say about this.