Greetings to 16th Congress of CPC

    Pyongyang, November 8 (KCNA) -- The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea sent a message of greetings to the 16th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Nov. 7. In the message it extended salute to the congress and through it to all the party members and other people of China and wished it a great success in its work.
    The congress will mark a landmark event of great significance for the CPC and in the political life of the Chinese people, the message says, and continues:
    The CPC waged a protracted arduous struggle against foreign aggressors and reactionaries at home, which culminated in achieving a victory in the people's revolution and building prospering new China on its vast land.
    In the period under review the Chinese people have registered many fresh achievements in their efforts to attain a higher goal of the socialist modernization drive with Chinese characteristics and achieve the reunification of country and defend peace in Asia and the rest of the world under the correct guidance of the CPC headed by Jiang Zemin.
    The glorious path traversed by the CPC and the new appearance of prospering China prove that there would have been no new china without the CPC.
    We sincerely rejoice over all the successes registered by the CPC and the fraternal Chinese people in the course of gigantic creation and transformation as over our own and heartily congratulate them on those successes.
    It is our belief that the traditional DPRK-China friendship that has developed century after century will invariably grow stronger in the future, too, thanks to the joint efforts of the parties and peoples of the two countries.

DPRK parachutists bag gold medal

Pyongyang, November 8 (KCNA) -- DPRK parachutists came first in the event of men's group jumping to the accurate landing point in the 6th Asia-Oceania Parachute Championships in Malaysia. Kim Chang Myong placed third in the event of the man's individual jumping to the accurate landing point.

Film show at Polish embassy

    Pyongyang, November 8 (KCNA) -- A film show was held at the Polish embassy in Pyongyang on Thursday on the occasion of the Independence Day of Poland. Present on invitation were officials concerned.
    Polish Ambassador Wojciech Kaluza and staff members of the embassy were present.
    They saw a Polish feature film.

8th All-People Rally held in S. Korea

    Pyongyang, November 8 (KCNA) -- The 8th All-People Rally was held in Seoul on November 2 under the sponsorship of the all-people measure committee for schoolgirls Sin Hyo Sun and Sim Mi Son killed by a U.S. armored car. Its participants held that the government should fulfil its full responsibility for protecting the lives of the people, stating that the Korean Peninsula can not be free from the danger of war as long as the U.S. Forces are present in South Korea.
    They called for forcing the U.S. Forces to withdraw from South Korea and achieving the independent reunification of the north and south of Korea at any cost.
    The rally adopted an open letter to the "National Assembly" and a protest letter to Bush.
    The protest letter demanded a probe into the truth behind the killing of two schoolgirls, the punishment of the killers, a stop to the unilateral and deceptive U.S. military trial, a transfer of the criminal jurisdiction and bush's open apology, etc.
    The participants burned Bush in effigy.

Threat to DPRK sovereignty and right to existence should be removed

    Pyongyang, November 8 (KCNA) -- It is too natural that the DPRK makes it a datum point of resolving all problems to remove threat to its sovereignty and right to existence. The United States should understand this and stop threatening the DPRK. Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article.
    The DPRK is entitled to have not only nuclear weapon but other things more powerful than that to defend its sovereignty and right to existence from the U.S. ever-growing nuclear threat, the article says, and goes on:
    The DPRK's proposal to conclude a non-aggression treaty with the United States is a just measure to defend its sovereignty and right to existence. If the United States encroaches on the DPRK sovereignty, putting pressure on it to disarm itself, its people's army and people would strongly counter it in a do-or-die spirit.
    It is their unshakable faith and will to firmly defend their sovereignty and right to existence under the army-based policy.
    They will staunchly fight to remove the threat to their sovereignty and right to existence. This is the only way out for them.
    The DPRK will make it a datum point of solving all problems to remove threat to its sovereignty and right to existence and make every effort to satisfy it.

Bacterial cellulose used for many purposes

    Pyongyang, November 8 (KCNA) -- Researchers of the faculty of life science of Kim Il Sung University has provided a scientific foundation to increase the productivity of bacterial cellulose by finding out the efficient cellulose-forming bacteria suitable to different conditions and methods of cultivation and applying them in industrial leftovers. They have made it possible to maximize the cultivation of bacterial cellulose in a short span of time by providing such conditions as temperature and scale in a scientific way to suit the characteristics of bacteria.
    The gash-covering material, made of bacterial cellulose cultivated by this method, is considered to be an efficacious remedy for burns.
    The bacterial cellulose is widely used as foodstuff additive and ingredients of health food, medicines and cosmetics.
    It is also used in making various electronic instruments such as quality sound diaphragm.

Rotary airtight ring developed

    Pyongyang, November 8 (KCNA) --The Institute of Mechanical Engineering of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has developed a rotary airtight ring. The mechanical ring needed for rotary fluid machines was invented with the help of hydrostatic pressure technology and computers.
    The ring prevents the outflow of water, air, oil, etc. from machines regardless of high pressure and temperatures.
    It is made up of two parts. The rate of outflow during the operation of machines is 0.3 cubic centimeters per hour and its serviceable life is 7,000-8,000 hours.
    The ring is widely used in pumps, turbines, compressors, generators, motors and other machines in power, mining and transport industrial sectors.

Kumgang Motor Company

    Pyongyang, November 8 (KCNA) -- The Korean Kumgang Motor Joint Venture Company mass-produces quality small motors, engine pumps and motor dynamos and exports them to other countries. 5.3 hp, 9 hp and other kinds of benzine motors, 3 inch engine pumps and 2.4 kw benzine motor dynamos produced by the company are smaller in size, easier to start the engine and use oil less than those of the same horse powers produced by other companies.
    The motors are equipped with state-of-the-art electronic igniters.
    Korean Kumgang-branded motors won a great popularity at the Sima Farming Machines Fair held in France in Juche 83 (1994) and passed the European CE examination.
    The company has exported a great number of motors to more than 20 countries including Spain, Greece, Germany, Italy, France and Singapore.
    An increasing number of orders for the products of the company have come from many countries.
    The company is updating the production facilities and processes to boost the production of motors and developing diesel motors. tel: 850-2-3814105 fax: 850-2-3814720

KCNA urges Japan to remain true to DPRK-Japan declaration

    Pyongyang, November 8 (KCNA) -- In the wake of the DPRK-Japan intergovernmental talks held in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 29 and 30 there is a wide-spread story in Japan that it will redress its past only after outstanding issues are solved. Japan raised the already settled issue of abduction and a nuclear issue to be solved between the DPRK and the U.S. as outstanding issues, thus throwing an artificial obstacle in the way of normalizing the bilateral ties. Lurking behind this is a sinister political intention of hard-liners of Japan to hamstring the implementation of the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang declaration at the instigation of the U.S.
    This can not be construed otherwise than a deliberate move to shelve the issue of redressing its past, the most outstanding issue, by painting an assailant as a victim in violation of the basic spirit of the declaration.
    The core of the outstanding issues to be solved between the DPRK and Japan from the political, moral and legal points of view is for Japan to make an apology and compensation for the huge political, moral, material and human damage done to the Korean people by Japan and the thrice-cursed crimes it committed during its occupation of Korea.
    It is indisputable that there came the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang declaration and the issue of kidnapped Japanese could be smoothly settled as Japan clarified its will to solve this issue.
    Unpleasant things happened between the two countries in the 20th century because Japan has not yet redeemed its crime-woven past.
    Unprecedented massacres, forced drafting, state-sponsored horrible sexual slavery, unlimited economic plunder and other crimes the Japanese imperialists committed against the Koreans have touched off the latter's bitter hatred and enmity against Japan and hardened their determination to force it to pay for those crimes. This bitterness has grown stronger after the war in particular, as Japan has pursued a hostile policy toward the DPRK, refusing to redeem its past.
    If Japan had redeemed its past soon after its defeat as other defeated nations did and established good-neighborly relations with the DPRK, such a regrettable thing as the issue of kidnapping would have not cropped up.
    The DPRK has been generous enough to limit Japan's redress for its past to apology and economic cooperation and found a solution to the issue of kidnapped Japanese as wished by the Japanese side, prompted by the desire to normalize the bilateral relations from a broad perspective in order to achieve peace, stability and sustained economic progress in Northeast Asia in the new century.
    The Japanese hard-liners are seriously mistaken if they think they can use the DPRK's generous approach as a political opportunity to meet their unreasonable demand, taking it for a sort of concession.
    The prerequisite for normalizing the relations between the DPRK and Japan is Japan's settlement of its past.
    Repeating the foolish assertion that "the ball is in someone's court" or "someone has a trump card" without redeeming the past would only raise more serious issues.

Congratulations to RPT chairman

Pyongyang, November 8 (KCNA) -- The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea sent a congratulatory message to Benjamin William Mkapa on Wednesday upon his reelection as chairman of the Revolutionary Party of Tanzania at its 6th Congress. The message said that his reelection is an expression of deep trust and great expectation of all its party members and the Tanzanian people toward him.
Availing ourselves of this opportunity, we express belief that the excellent friendly and cooperative relations between our two parties will grow stronger in the future and wish you greater success in your responsible work for the strengthening of the party and the country's prosperity, it noted.

Greetings to Cambodian King

    Pyongyang, November 8 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, today sent a message of greetings to Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia, on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of its independence. The message said:
    Half a century ago the Cambodian people waged a protracted struggle to retake the sovereignty and independence of the country true to the patriotic, noble intention of the king and opened a bright vista for building a peaceful and prosperous new society.
    The courageous and industrious Cambodian people made great success in consolidating national independence and developing the national economy under the correct steermanship of you and the royal government after the independence of the country.
    Availing myself of this opportunity, I sincerely wish you and your people greater success in carrying out the noble cause for prosperity of the country and express belief that the traditional ties of friendship and cooperation between the two countries will grow stronger in conformity with the desire and interests of the two peoples, it said.

Congratulation to Prime Minister of Jamaica

Pyongyang, November 8 (KCNA) -- Hong Song Nam, Premier of the DPRK Cabinet, sent a congratulatory message to P. J. Patterson upon his reassumption of office as Prime Minister of Jamaica. In the belief that the friendly relations between the two countries would develop on good terms, the message sincerely wished him greater success in his work for the prosperity of the country and wellbeing of the people.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun sent a message of greetings to K. D. Knight upon his reappointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica.

Greetings to Cambodian Prime Minister

Pyongyang, November 8 (KCNA) -- Hong Song Nam, Premier of the DPRK Cabinet, sent a message of greetings to Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Cambodian royal government, on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of its independence. In the belief that the traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would grow stronger, it wished him and the royal government of Cambodia greater success in the noble cause for the prosperity of the country and wellbeing of the people.