Kim Jong Il inspects industrial establishments in Huichon city

    Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) - Kim Jong Il, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the National Defense Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, gave on-spot guidance to industrial establishments in Huichon city on Friday. He was accompanied by secretary Kim Kuk Thae and first vice department directors Ri Yong Chol and Ju Kyu Chang of the C.C., WPK.
    He was met in the city by Yon Hyong Muk, chief secretary of the WPK Jagang provincial committee, and other leading officials of the city.
    The first leg of his inspection tour was the youth electric appliances complex.
    He was greatly satisfied with all the party members and other employees of the complex increasing the production of good-quality electric appliances on the basis of successful technical remodeling required by the new century and keeping the complex in good environment.
    He, saying that the tasks and role of the complex were very important in the building of a powerful nation, gave detailed tasks facing the complex.
    The next leg of his inspection tour was the Huichon machine tool factory.
    He learnt about the production of machine tools, going round the production processes of the factory.
    Seeing modern-style machine tools made by the factory, he was very pleased that the factory had improved the technical equipment and manufactured efficient machine tools in a short time.
    He said that since machine tools were very popular in all economic sectors, the factory should steadily increase the production of machine tools, and gave important tasks concerning the management of the factory.
    He said it was the basic way of socialist economic management pursued by the WPK to gain the maximum benefit, adhering to the socialist principles. He also said it was necessary to give full play to the creativity of lower units, maintaining the Juche-based principles of planned economic management and fully ensuring the centralised, unified guidance of the state.
    He, then, visited the February 26 Factory.
    He, going round different shops of the factory, inspired workers who were working hard for the development and prosperity of the nation and the future of the country.
    He stressed that if spare parts of rolling stock were to be supplied to economic sectors in large quantities and in time, all the machines of the factory should be kept in full-capacity operation and the production maintained on a high level.
    The last leg of his inspection tour was the Huichon daily necessities cooperative, honored with the flag of the three revolutions.
    He, satisfied with the cooperative's employees boosting the production of various kinds of good-quality consumer goods necessary for the life of the people, highly estimated their good job.
    He said with great satisfaction that the workers of Huichon, true to the party's policy of developing the Juche-oriented industry as required by the new century, had made a great progress in their efforts for the modernization and scientification of their factories.
    He said the party organizations of the factories and enterprises should pay deep attention to the supply service to the workers, in keeping with their high degree of enthusiasm for production.

Senior party, state officials visit Kunja revolutionary site

    Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) - Senior officials of the party, state, ministries and national institutions Friday visited the Kunja revolutionary site on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the great victory in the Korean War. During the hard-fought Korean War decisive of the destiny of the country President Kim Il Sung gave on-site guidance to munitions production at the site in Songchon county, laying a solid foundation of independent defense industry.
    The visitors laid floral baskets and bunches of flowers and made bows before the statue of the President at the site.
    Looking round the monument to his on-site guidance, the Kunja revolutionary museum and other places, they keenly felt the greatness of his leadership for founding the Juche-oriented ammunition production base to open a new history of munitions industry after the liberation of the country.
    They resolved to glorify the exploits he performed in the development of the Juche-oriented defense industry, consolidate the nation's defense power under the army-centered revolutionary leadership of Kim Jong Il and take the lead in building a powerful socialist nation on this land in the same spirit as displayed in the 1950s.

Evening gala of servicepersons

Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) - An evening gala of the ministry of the People's Armed Forces was held at the Jonsung Square yesterday to celebrate the 49th anniversary of the great victory in the Fatherland Liberation War. As the immortal revolutionary songs "Song of General Kim Il Sung" and "Song of General Kim Jong Il" resounded through the square, servicepersons of the three services of the Korean People's Army danced to the tunes of "The guerrilla march," "Song of general mobilization" and other revolutionary songs and "Let's defend socialism", "Let's uphold our supreme commander with arms" and other militant songs.
Present there were director of the general political department of the PKA Jo Myong Rok and chief of the general staff of the PKA Kim Yong Chun and other commanding officers of the ministry of the People's Armed Forces, commanders of arms and services, general officers, officers and men of the PKA.

Papers observe day of victory in war

    Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) - In editorials dedicated to the 49th anniversary of the great victory in the Fatherland Liberation War, newspapers here today call for working harder to build a powerful socialist nation and accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche under the army-based leadership of Kim Jong Il and eternally glorifying the feats performed by President Kim Il Sung for the victory in the war. Kim Il Sung is an invincible and iron-willed commander who led the three-year revolutionary war to victory to save the country and the nation from a crisis and open a bright prospect for the Korean people and socialism. His revolutionary exploits will remain forever with history of the country, Rodong Sinmun says, and goes on:
    We are now in the great era of the army-based policy by which we should glorify the 21st century with proud victory of the cause for independence against imperialism and the cause of socialism.
    Under the army-centered revolutionary guidance of Kim Jong Il, the Korean People's Army has grown to be invincible revolutionary armed forces capable of reliably defending the party and the revolution, the country and the people from an aggression by any formidable enemy.
    The Korean army and people can say with pride that they are now ready to smash the aggressors at one blow, even under more grim situation than that in the rigorous period of the last Korean War, and firmly defend Korean socialism and successfully build a powerful nation of Juche. No force on earth can match strength of them who are advancing under the great banner of the army-based policy.
    Stressing the need to strengthen the PKA into an invincible revolutionary army on the principle of giving priority to the military affairs, the paper says: All the men and officers of the PKA should decisively punish any enemy without the slightest mercy, if he encroaches upon the inviolable land, sky and waters of the DPRK even 0.001mm, and deal a mercilessly retaliatory strike at those who dare violate its sovereignty, whoever they are or wherever they may be.
    Minju Joson says that for Kim Il Sung's feats for the victory in the war to be exalted, it is important to remain loyal to Kim Jong Il's army-based revolutionary leadership.

Servicemen meet to vow loyalty

    Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) - Officers and men of the three services of the Korean People's Army met in front of the monument to victory in the Fatherland Liberation War on July 26 to vow loyalty on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the great victory in the Fatherland Liberation War. Kim Yong Chun, chief of the general staff of the PKA, in a report at the meeting said that the brilliant victory in the war was the precious fruition of the wise leadership of President Kim Il Sung, gifted strategist and peerlessly brilliant commander. The immortal exploits he performed by leading the war to the victory will shine forever, he said.
    He called for eternally glorifying the ever-victorious history of the revolutionary armed forces under the army-based leadership of supreme commander Kim Jong Il, cherishing the boundless national pride and self-confidence of being blessed with the brilliant commanders and winning victories in wars generation after generation.
    Servicepersons evinced their resolution.
    Present at the meeting were Jo Myong Rok, director of the general political department of the PKA, and other commanding officers of the ministry of the People's Armed Forces, commanders of arms and services of the PKA and others.

DPRK-Hungary protocol

Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) - A 2002-2003 protocol on scientific and technological cooperation was signed between the DPRK Academy of Sciences and the Tesco International Cooperation and Consulting Services Company of Hungary in Budapest on July 24. It was inked by Pak Sung Chae, vice-president of the DPRK Academy of Sciences, and Laszlo Pados, director-general of the Hungarian company.

Friendly meeting with Chinese delegation

    Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) - A friendly meeting with the members of a delegation of the All-China Journalists Association was held here yesterday. Present on invitation at the meeting were members of the Chinese delegation headed by executive secretary of the association Li Cunhou.
    Present there were Kim Sang Ho, vice-chairman of the central committee of the Korean Journalists Union, and other officials concerned.
    They talked to each other about successes and experience gained in the past.

Successful meeting for reunification called for

    Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) - The south headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification issued a statement on July 24, welcoming the August 15 meeting for national reunification and Seoul visit of a delegation from the north and calling for the successful opening of the meeting. The statement said the agreement to hold pro-reunification functions in Seoul on August 15 and 16 deserves welcome as it was adopted on the understanding that the June 15 joint declaration is a national reunification program which should be implemented under any circumstances.
    It called on all the Koreans to participate in the multifarious north-south events during the meeting with a resolve to implement the June 15 joint declaration and achieve independent reunification of the country.
    It declared that anti-reunification acts going against the trend of great national unity will not be pardoned.
    A handful of anti-reunification forces should never be allowed to kill the June 15 joint declaration and create a touch-and-go situation of war on the Korean peninsula.

GNP's apology urged

    Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) - If Ri Hoe Chang and the Grand National party of south Korea persistently pursue confrontation with the DPRK, going against the nation and reunification, we will mount the second and third attack on the group of traitors to lay bare its true colors, says today's Thongil Sinbo, an independent newspaper issued here, in a commentator's article. It goes on:
    As soon as the West Sea incident occurred, Ri Hoe Chang and his GNP described it as the north's armed provocation as part of their anti-DPRK campaign. They are using the National Assembly as a platform for overall confrontation with the north.
    So Chong Won, representative of the GNP, in a speech at the National Assembly on July 18, misrepresenting the nature of the incident, asserted that the north should make an apology and, if not, both aid to the north and Mt. Kumgang tourism should be halted.
    This is little short of the GNP's official declaration of confrontation and war with the north at the assembly.
    The article makes it clear that the basic cause of the West Sea incident was the "Northern Limit Line."
    Noting that the armed clash unexpectedly took place when warships of the south Korean navy intruded into the territorial waters of the north under the pretext of protecting fishing boats engaged in catching crabs after trespassing on the demarcation line in the West Sea, the article recalls the testimonies made by fishermen on Yonphyong islet and wounded south Korean sailors to it.
    It accuses the GNP of crying out for a war against the north, failing to properly know about the nature of the incident.
    The article cites facts to prove that the GNP is a criminal and treacherous party and the kingpin of irregularities and corruption which has to apologize to the nation a thousand times. It is the conclusion drawn by us that the nation can never escape from disasters as long as the GNP is allowed to go scot-free, it says.

U.S. forces' presence in S. Korea denounced

    Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) - The history of the U.S. imperialists' presence in south Korea is woven with crimes as it has threatened the peace on the Korean peninsula and the security of the nation and inflicted only bloodshed and disasters upon the people of south Korea and all other Koreans in violation of the sovereignty of the Korean nation, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article. It goes on:
    It is the U.S. ambition for aggression to put the whole of Asia under its political and economic domination by turning the Korean peninsula of geo-political importance into a military base.
    Right after the liberation of the country the U.S. imperialists did not withdraw their aggression forces from south Korea and pursued their policy of occupation there even after the Japanese imperialists were disarmed and the soviet army withdrew from the northern half of Korea.
    The United States is still keeping its forces in south Korea in the new century, too, ignoring all the agreements and international resolutions that call for the withdrawal of the forces therefrom in the whole period of their occupation, and working hard to perpetuate its military presence in south Korea.
    With the aim to guarantee the implementation of its policy for dominating Korea militarily, it has kept its aggression forces in south Korea and they have faithfully carried out the U.S. war policy. Throughout the history of their presence in south Korea the U.S. imperialist aggression forces committed all sorts of crimes including the start of the Korean War, ceaseless arms buildup and provocations for a war. The April 19 popular uprising and the Kwangju popular uprising were foiled and an opportunity of achieving reunification provided after the publication of the July 4 joint statement was missed because of the backing and intervention of the U.S. forces present in south Korea.
    The movement for national reunification that had gained momentum after the adoption of the June 15 north-south joint declaration is undergoing ups and downs. This is attributable to the U.S. imperialists' presence in south Korea and their moves for confrontation and war against the DPRK and reunification.
    The Bush administration staged large-scale war exercises against the DPRK involving the RSOI maneuver and the Foal Eagle exercise, the first of their kind in history, together with south Korea, after listing the DPRK as part of an "axis of evil" and talking about a "nuclear preemptive strike".
    The policy of aggression and domination over other nation can never work on anyone. The U.S. is well advised to withdraw its aggression forces from south Korea without delay in line with the unanimous will of the new times and the Korean nation.

Anti-U.S. struggle called for

    Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) - The spokesman for the national democratic front of south Korea issued a statement on July 26, calling for joining all those who love the country and the nation to vigorously turn out in the struggle to smash the U.S. imperialists' moves of war against the north and their moves against the reunification, according to the Seoul-based voice of national salvation. The statement was issued on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War.
    It goes on:
    The July 27 victory won by the north in the war clearly proved the truth that when a nation, though small, fights in single-hearted unity under the guidance of a great leader, it can defeat any formidable imperialist enemy.
    If the U.S. ignites a war against the north, oblivious of its past lessons, it will face the merciless retaliatory strike of the matchless army and strong people in the north and the vigorous anti-U.S. resistance of the south Korean people and meet its miserable end.
    If the U.S. imperialists ignite a war in the end, the south Koreans shoulder to shoulder with the brothers and sisters in the north will wipe out the aggressors on this land through nation-wide anti-U.S. resistance and achieve the historic cause of national reunification.

Photo exhibition held in U.S.

Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) - A photo exhibition on the sunrise seen from Mt. Paektu was held in the U.S. between June 22 and 30 to mark the 2nd anniversary of the historic June 15 north-south joint declaration under the sponsorship of the Korean artists association in the U.S. and with the backing of the Federation of Koreans in the U.S. Exhibited there were more than 30 photos showing the sunrise seen from Mt. Paektu.
The exhibition was visited by officials of the DPRK mission at the UN, Koreans in the U.S. and Americans, some 1,500 in all.

Japanese join in international signature campaign

    Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) - Japanese people belonging to several organizations participated in the signature campaign supporting the June 15 north-south joint declaration and demanding the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from south Korea in the month of international solidarity with the Korean people. The central executive chairman of the All-Japan Dock Workers' Union made public a signature paper and signed it on behalf of its 14,000 unionists, the president of the Tokyo peace movement center on behalf of its 400,000 members and the president of the Santama Peace Center on behalf of its 40,000 members.
    The signature paper was also signed by the executive chairmen of the prefectural headquarters of the All-Japan Confederation of Local Autonomous Workers' Union -- the Tottori prefectural headquarters on behalf of 9,300 members, the Okayama prefectural headquarters on behalf of 10,700, the Uamaguchi prefectural headquarters on behalf of 13,780, the Hiroshima prefectural headquarters on behalf of 22,000, and the Shimane prefectural headquarters on behalf of 14,000.
    The signature campaign was also participated in by many Japanese people who visited the DPRK. Among them are the chiefs and representatives of the Matsumoto Citizen's Council for Supporting the Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea, the Matsumoto Branch Council of the Social Democratic Party, the Society of DPRK Visitors in Matsumoto, the Council of Trade Unions in Matsumoto, the Matsumoto Electric Railway Trade Union, the Matsumoto Council of the National Railway Workers' Union, the Trade Union of Employees in Matsumoto city, the Trade Union of Workers in Matsumoto, the Buraku Liberation League and "Love and peace", and the heads of the Nagasaki prefectural delegation and the Sakaiminato city delegation for Japan-DPRK friendship. They signed the signature paper on behalf of a total of 149,000 people.
    Wata Hatsuki, secretary general of the National Association for the Promotion of Japan-DPRK Diplomatic Relations, and Kaneko Tetsuo, member of the House of Representatives, also participated in the signature campaign.