Exhibition of works on Juche idea visited by endless crowd
Pyongyang, July 21 (KCNA) -- An increasing number of people are visiting the exhibition of works on the Juche idea in Pyongyang.
The exhibition is a precious historical treasure house of the Workers' Party and revolution of Juche and a center for education in the Juche idea as it has famous works of President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on display in chronological order.
The exhibition was opened on Dec. 21, 1998.
According to information available, the number of visitors to the exhibition has reached nearly 500,000 people including officials of the party, armed forces and power organs, social organizations, ministries, national institutions, the fields of science, education, culture and art, public health and the press, servicemen of the Korean People's Army, working people of factories, enterprises and farms, school youth and children, overseas compatriots and foreign guests.
This indicates that the revolutionary zeal of the Korean people to invariably advance under the uplifted banner of Juche and the desire of the world's progressive people to study the Juche idea are growing stronger as the days go by.
Deep reverence for Kim Il Sung expressed abroad
Pyongyang, July 21 (KCNA) -- Deep reverence and strong yearning for President Kim Il Sung have been expressed by humankind this month, too.
The world people paid deepest homage to him and prayed for his eternal life, remembering with deep emotion the undying revolutionary feats he performed for the times and humankind.
Floral baskets were laid before his portraits by state and political party leaders and personages of various circles of different countries, international bodies and organizations. Among them were the King of Cambodia, the Palestinian President, the chairman of the C.C., the Communist Party of Germany, the director general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea and the Peruvian-Korean Institute of Culture and Friendship.
Committees for Remembering Kim Il Sung were formed in over 40 countries including Russia, Austria, Guinea, Indonesia, Cambodia, Uganda, Ethiopia and Benin.
According to information available, meetings to remember him, seminars, photo exhibitions, film shows and other functions have so far taken place in more than 100 countries.
Prominent figures of different countries, including the chairman of the people's front of workers, peasants and students of Peru, the secretary general of the Arab Association for Arts, Culture and Information of Egypt and Russian writer Alexandr Brezhnev, published statements and works in praise of Kim Il Sung's exploits. Vol. 4 of Part 1--The anti-Japanese revolution of his reminiscences "With the Century" was printed in Austria and book "Kim Il Sung and Zhang Weihua" in China.
Special bulletins were issued by organizations of various countries including the Britain-Juche Friendship Association, the Portugal-Juche Friendship Association, the Finland-Juche Association and the Ugandan Committee to Remember President Kim Il Sung.
Over 180 media of more than 70 countries, among them the Russian newspaper Patriot, the Syrian newspaper Al Baath, the Guinean newspaper Horoya and the Peruvian newspaper El Callao, gave special write-ups, carrying his portraits.
Radios and TVs of Cuba, Russia, Cambodia, Nigeria and other countries aired articles or showed films on his immortal life and exploits.
DPRK government's memorandum distributed as UNSC official document
Pyongyang, July 21 (KCNA) -- The memorandum of the DPRK government, published on July 3 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the July 4 joint statement, was distributed on July 9 as official document S/2002/734 of the UN Security Council.
The memorandum deals with the enduring feats performed by President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il for Korea's reunification.
Anti-Ri Hoe Chang festival held in S. Korea
Pyongyang, July 21 (KCNA) -- The solidarity for implementing the south-north joint declaration in south Korea reportedly held an anti-Ri Hoe Chang cultural festival on a street in front of Hongik University on July 17.
The festival was held in two parts.
In the first part, the host declared a public "search" for Ri Hoe Chang, disclosing his irregularities such as palatial mansion scandal.
Then, an art troupe of the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils staged a play dealing with the "Minjok Ilbo" case, one of the repressive cases handled by Ri when he was active as a prosecutor.
The first part closed by screening his pro-U.S. sycophantic remarks.
In the second part such popular songs as ridiculing Ri and the United States were sung or played to win acclaim of the audience.
U.S. urged to compensate for its crimes
Pyongyang, July 21 (KCNA) -- The Korean nation will certainly force the U.S. imperialists to pay for their mass-killings and other crimes against humanity generation after generation. Rodong Sinmun today says this, commenting on the recently disclosed atrocities perpetrated by the U.S. in Korea. its signed commentary observes:
The U.S. imperialists infiltrated armed hooligans into the northern half of Korea to perpetrate destruction, murder and kidnapping and gather information. The South Korean military also dispatched armed groups to the north to perpetrate criminal acts.
New facts about the U.S. imperialists' use of bio-weapons to kill Korean people during the last Korean War were also brought to daylight.
All these facts clearly prove that they are aggressors, murderers, criminals and most vicious enemy common to humankind.
The Korean people will never forget the monstrous mass-killings committed by the U.S. imperialists to exterminate the Korean nation.
With nothing can they cover up the truth about these hideous crimes or evade responsibility for them.
The U.S. should make an honest admission and repentance of murder, plunder and destruction and other crimes it committed against the Korean people, though belatedly, and properly compensate for them.
Japan's nuclear weaponization under fire
Pyongyang, July 21 (KCNA) -- Japan's shipment of spent nuclear fuel for its reprocessing abroad under the pretext of "energy generation" is chiefly aimed to step up nuclear weaponization, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary.
Recalling that Japan has stockpiled plutonium huge enough to produce 4,000 nuclear weapons, the commentary observes that Japan's continued shipment of nuclear substance, while creating impression that it is for "energy generation", is nothing but a tricky artifice to cover up its black-hearted intention.
The commentary continues:
Japan is set to manufacture nuclear weapons any moment and launch overseas aggression.
Its moves to go nuclear are becoming increasingly dangerous as the Japanese reactionaries have established a perfect system for a war of aggression by doing away with nearly all the institutional and legal mechanisms which stand in the way of their overseas military operations.
There is real nuclear threat from Japan.
Japan has become a dangerous hotbed of a nuclear war which may bring a nuclear holocaust to humankind.
The world should remain highly vigilant against Japan's moves to stockpile nuclear substance and bring Japan to justice.