Practical measures to conclude Non-Aggression Treaty called for
Pyongyang, October 29 (KCNA) -- How the U.S. approaches the proposal to conclude a non-aggression treaty between the DPRK and the U.S. is a touchstone showing whether the U.S. has a true will to solve the nuclear issue and whether it intends to settle it through dialogue and negotiations with the DPRK or by a war.
Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed commentary, urging the U.S. to respond to the DPRK's proposal.
It goes on:
The public at home and abroad has warmly hailed and supported the important proposal advanced by the DPRK to conclude a Non-Aggression Treaty between the two countries in a bid to bridge over the grave situation prevailing in the Korean Peninsula owing to the U.S. unilateral and high-handed attitude.
The key to straightening out the grave situation lies in concluding a non-aggression treaty between the DPRK and the U.S. as proposed by the former.
The U.S. listed the DPRK as part of the "axis of evil" and singled it out as a target of U.S. preemptive nuclear strikes. This was an open declaration of a war against the DPRK and a brigandish act of completely ditching the DPRK-U.S. agreed framework.
The DPRK's right to existence is most seriously threatened by the U.S. reckless moves and the situation prevailing on the Korean Peninsula is so grave that a war may break out any moment.
This notwithstanding, ultra-right conservatives of South Korea are crying out for "cooperation" with the U.S. and inciting confrontation with the north, far from calling for the conclusion of a non-aggression treaty between the DPRK and the U.S.
No one can predict what serious consequences this row will entail.
The U.S. is well advised to properly understand the DPRK's revolutionary will and spirit and behave itself. It should opt for concluding the Non-Aggression Treaty to solve the nuclear issue.
Germ warfare atrocities of U.S. Forces disclosed
Pyongyang, October 29 (KCNA) -- Lecturer of Shizuoka University Masataka Mori, representative of the society for disclosing the historical facts about germ warfare by the Japanese army, made public a report on on-site survey of the germ warfare by the U.S. Forces during the Korean War under the title "We Disclose the U.S. 'Justice' Stained with Blood".
He visited the DPRK at the head of the Japanese group to investigate damage done by U.S. Forces' germ warfare during the Korean War.
He cited testimonies to prove that the United States is not entitled to criticize other countries for possessing and developing mass-destruction weapons, clamoring about "justice".
According to the report, the United States pushed forward the study and development of mass-destruction weapons, biological weapons (germ weapons), in an attempt to commit massacres right after the Second World War, and tested the "successes" made in this process in the Korean War.
it noted:
The international fact-finding groups including that of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers had already conducted on-site survey during the Korean War, concluding that the contagious diseases in North Korea and China were caused by the germ warfare by the U.S. Forces and this germ warfare was committed on the basis of the achievements of 'Unit 731' of the Japanese Imperial Army.
But the U.S. government has strongly denied this so far. So such fact has not been reported to the west and even it has not been probed. This time the fact-finding group visited the DPRK where it heard testimonies of victims and witnesses and found out a documentary film exposing the U.S. germ warfare.
The probe into the germ warfare of the U.S. Forces has just begun. The fact-finding group is chiefly aimed to contribute to establishing genuine peace in the process of calling those responsible to account and reinstating those who met grievous deaths.
DPRK boxers prove successful in 2nd World Women Boxing Championships
Pyongyang, October 29 (KCNA) -- DPRK women boxers came first in the team standing in the Second World Women Boxing Championships in Turkey. They bagged two gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal.
In 48kg category Ri Jong Hyang defeated a Turkish boxer who is a world champion, won sweeping victories over Hungarian and Russian boxers and beat a Ukrainian boxer in the final. Ahe was awarded a prize for the best player.
Jo Pok Sun, a winner at the First Asian Women Boxing Championships, came first in the 57kg category by defeating the boxers of Norway, Russia, China and Romania.
Jang Song Ae and Kim Kum Son came second in the 45kg and 51kg categories and Ha Son Bi third in the 54kg category.
Lao diplomats help DPRK farmers
Pyongyang, October 29 (KCNA) -- Ambassador to the DPRK Chanpheng Sihaphom and diplomats of the Lao embassy yesterday helped the farmers of the Korea-Laos Friendship Taewon Co-Op Farm in Sadong district, Pyongyang, in harvesting.
Lao diplomats carried rice sheaves with the farmers.
during a break they talked with the farmers, deepening the friendship.
The ambassador said that the friendly ties between Laos and the DPRK established by President Kaysone Phomvihane and President Kim Il Sung, the leaders of the two countries, were now growing stronger by Khamtay Siphandone and leader Kim Jong Il.
He expressed belief that the Korean people would firmly defend the gains of revolution and achieve greater successes in socialist construction under the army-based leadership of Kim Jong Il.
The diplomats handed aid materials to the farm.
All Koreans called upon to uphold army-centred policy
Pyongyang, October 29 (KCNA) -- All Koreans should vigorously turn out to uphold the DPRK's patriotic army-based policy as it is aimed to defend the dignity, security and interests of not only the people in the north but all other Koreans including South Koreans, declared a spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland in a statement issued on Oct. 28 assailing the U.S. for having gone to the extremes in its hostile attempt to stifle the DPRK and block the cause of national reunification.
Noting that both the north and south of Korea have benefited from this army-based policy, it went on:
But for this policy of the DPRK aimed to beat back the U.S. aggression and interference by force of arms, wars would have already broken out dozens of times in Korea.
What horrible disasters South Korea would have suffered if that happened on the Korean Peninsula. In that case the survival of the South Koreans and the existence of any political parties and organisations and the operation of enterprises would have been unthinkable.
As the DPRK has increased its capability for self-defence in every way, pursuant to the army-based policy, peace has been preserved on the Korean Peninsula and the compatriots in the south have been safe under the self-defensive umbrella provided by the north.
The DPRK's army-centred policy is not targeted against South Korea under any circumstances, but against the outside forces threatening the sovereignty of the Korean nation.
This policy will neither threaten South Korea nor do any harm to it in the future, too.
It is a vital task of all Koreans in the north and the south and abroad to uphold the great army-centred policy under the present grave political situation where the sovereignty of the country and the cause of national reunification are seriously jeopardized by the vicious challenge of the U.S.
Unshakeable are the faith and will of the army and people in the DPRK to remain true to the great army-based policy to the last.
It is the only way of protecting the dignity and sovereignty of the Korean nation to give priority to the army in the world today where the law of jungle governs.
Russian Minister of Railway Transport arrives here
Pyongyang, October 29 (KCNA) -- Gennadi Fadeyev, Minister of Railway Transport of Russia, and his party arrived here today.
They were met at the airport by vice-minister of railways Kim Ryong Gang, officials concerned and Russian Ambassador to the DPRK Andrei Karlov.
Anecdote about President Kim Il Sung
Pyongyang, October 29 (KCNA) -- It was in autumn of a year in the 1970s that a delegation came to Korea from an African country where a national liberation struggle was going on.
Arriving in Pyongyang, the guests earnestly asked officials concerned to arrange their meeting with President Kim Il Sung during their stay in Korea.
The officials, however, were afraid that they could not be granted an audience with him because he was in a local area for field guidance.
Learnt about the fact, the president told an official by telephone to bring them to him. He said that out of sense of obligation, he should meet the guests, who came a long way.
The night already advanced.
When the official found no word to say, the president told the official that there was nothing to worry about him and he would wait for them. So, the wish of the guests came true.
Red data book of DPRK published
Pyongyang, October 29 (KCNA) -- The Institute of Natural Protection and Management of Natural Resources Under the Branch of Biology of the Academy of Sciences has recently published the Red data book of DPRK.
The book mainly deals with Korean vertebrate animals out of the species contained in the red data book on the animals in the crisis of extinction in the world. The Red data book was compiled chiefly by the IUCN.
The Korean book deals with 30 odd species of animals including Korean tiger, some 100 species of birds, 10 species of reptiles, four species of amphibians and at least 30 species of fish.
Among them are kulaksae, a species of bird in the crisis of extinction in the world, and bull trout in Lake Chon, a rare species of fish living in Lake Chon on Mt. Paektu of Korea.
DPRK women soccer team
Pyongyang, October 29 (KCNA) -- The decisive factor of victory is the unity of the team in thought and purpose. Let's complete the team's tactics with one mind and the same purpose.
It was an important goal of the DPRK women soccer team during its training for the 14th Asian Games.
In the games the Korean girls fully displayed their skill, well-organized tactics, indomitable spirit and fortitude, thus winning the honor of the Asian champion.
Jjon Pyong Ju, coach of the team, said that the unity of the team in thought and purpose was one of the decisive factors of the victory.
Jin Pyol Hui, who scored four goals in the games, said that the Korean players were full of faith in victory. When we mounted the podium, I was happy to look back on the days of our hard training, pleased that the Korean women soccer team had become one of the world's strong teams, she said.
The history of women's soccer is not long in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The DPRK women soccer team was organized in Juche 75 (1986). In August 1988, it made a debut in an international women soccer tournament in which it came first.
It was since the 3rd world women football championships held in June 1999 that the team has made a rapid progress.
It won the 13th Asian Women Football Championships in December 2001 with a total of 53 goals.
Canadian delegation arrives
Pyongyang, October 29 (KCNA) -- The Canadian group for probing the truth behind the GIs' atrocities led by Stephen Endicott, honorary professor at York University in Canada, arrived here today.