Kim Jong Il inspects KPA unit

     Pyongyang, December 19 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il Wednesday inspected KPA unit 323. He acquainted himself with the performance of the unit's duty.
    He learned in detail about how the politico-ideological education of soldiers is conducted there, going round the servicemen's hall and other places. He saw soldiers in military training.
    Their training fully demonstrated the merciless striking power and strong determination of the KPA servicemen to wipe out at a single blow any aggressors who dare invade even an inch of the DPRK's territory and force them to pay for the blood shed by Koreans thousand times.
    He was greatly satisfied to see all the servicemen fully prepared politically and ideologically and in military technique to repel in time any enemy's surprise invasion and firmly defend the socialist homeland, he advanced highly important tasks that would serve as guidelines increasing the unit's combat capability in every way.
    He said that the revolutionary cause of Juche is sure to triumph and our motherland will shed its brilliant rays as a fortress of socialism as the defence line of the country is firmly safeguarded by the matchless and heroic KPA which, carrying forward the brilliant traditions of the anti-Japanese struggle, has demonstrated its invincible might in the hard-fought revolutionary wars and in the protracted confrontation with the enemy.
    He highly praised the unit for its success, noting with appreciation that it has done a lot of work to train all its servicemen as one-beats-a hundred soldiers capable of undertaking any duty.
    He had a photograph taken with its servicemen.
    The next leg of his inspection was its sub-unit.
    He paid deep attention to all aspects of its servicemen's living and showed profound loving care for them.
    All the units should firmly establish the fighting trait and way of living of the anti-Japanese guerrilla army in the work and life in hearty response to the WPK's slogan "Let us train, study and live like the anti-Japanese guerrillas" to provide excellent living conditions to their soldiers, he stressed.
    He spared time to see an art performance given by the sub-unit's servicemen.
    He gave servicemen of the sub-unit a pair of binoculars, a machine-gun and an automatic rifle as gifts and had a photograph taken with them.
    He was accompanied by KPA generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong.

NDFSK releases declaration on situation

     Pyongyang, December 19 (KCNA) -- The Information Department of the Central Committee of the National Democratic Front of South Korea made public a declaration on the situation on Tuesday, according to Seoul-based radio Voice of National Salvation. The declaration said:
    The determination of all the people to force the GI killers to pay for the blood shed by the two schoolgirls at any cost is growing stronger and all parts of South Korea are swept by the fierce anti-U.S. advance to drive the U.S. troops, murderers, out of South Korea. This is an eruption of the pent-up grudge and resentment of the people whose national sovereignty and dignity have been mercilessly infringed upon by the U.S. imperialist aggressors for more than half a century.
    Let us wrest a formal apology from Bush without fail and punish the killers.
    The "verbal apology" of bush is a deceptive plot to forgive the GIs killers and cover up the death of the two schoolgirls with empty words and an intolerable mockery of the Korean people.
    Focus all the anti-U.S. actions on the withdrawal of the U.S. Forces from South Korea.
    Let us decisively oppose and foil the U.S. reckless nuclear racket threatening the destiny of the Korean nation and its moves for south-north confrontation.
    Let us smash the U.S. vicious moves to bar the south-north relations from improving for the implementation of the June 15 joint declaration by the force of the great unity of the nation.
    Let all the people fight in close unity under the banner of independence against the U.S.
    Let the people from all walks of life drive out Yankees and terminate the disgraceful colonial history with one step and one voice

U.S. accused of straining situation in Korea

     Pyongyang, December 19 (KCNA) -- The world public is now deeply concerned about the possible outbreak of a war on the Korean Peninsula due to the U.S. frantic nuclear racket. The United States said that it would not fight a war with North Korea. But clearer is its real aim to put "military sanctions" upon the DPRK which means a war.
    Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed commentary.
    It goes on:
    In fact, the U.S. has removed all the institutional mechanisms standing in the way of launching a war on the Korean Peninsula.
    The present DPRK-U.S. relations, though unstable, have been maintained on the basis of the DPRK-U.S. Agreed Framework (AF). However, it is now gathering dust.
    The U.S. has not implemented any point of the AF which calls for the simultaneous actions on the part of the two sides but gone the length of unilaterally scrapping it. It much delayed the construction of the light water reactors which it promised to hand over to the DPRK on a turn-key basis and has discarded its commitment to supply heavy oil to the latter.
    It declared its decision to mount a preemptive nuclear attack on the DPRK in violation of the article providing for the non-use of nukes in which it promised not to threaten the DPRK with nukes.
    The DPRK-U.S. relations have, thus, been brought back to the belligerent ones. The U.S. deliberate non-compliance with the AF and far-fetched assertions have pushed the bilateral relations to the brink of a war.
    It was against this backdrop that the U.S. actually issued a declaration of a war by deciding on a way of a military counter-action against the DPRK at the South Korea-U.S. "annual security consultative meeting".
    Under this situation the DPRK has no intention to beg the U.S. for dialogue, the commentary says, stressing that the DPRK will go its own way under the great banner of the army-based policy.

Chinese Ambassador on Sino-DPRK friendly relations

     Pyongyang, December 19 (KCNA) -- Wu Donghe, Chinese Ambassador to the DPRK, said that the Chinese party and government set great store by the traditional Sino-DPRK friendship, adding that it is the firm stand of the Chinese party and government to consolidate and develop the Sino-DPRK friendly and cooperative relations. He said this in a speech at a reception he hosted at the embassy on Wednesday on the occasion of the New Year, Juche 92 (2003).
    Developing the Sino-DPRK friendship is not only the desire of the two peoples but in line with the fundamental and long-term interests of the two countries, he noted.
    He hoped that the Sino-DPRK friendly relations would develop on to a new higher stage in the New Year, too, according to the agreement reached between the top leaders of the two countries.
    Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun in his speech said that the relations between the DPRK and China are the strategic ties, adding that the DPRK's stand of valuing the friendly relations with china remains unchanged.
    Referring to the brisk exchange of delegations between the two countries this year, he noted that this course fully demonstrated the vitality of DPRK-China friendship at home and abroad.
    He expressed belief that the friendship would continue to grow stronger on good terms as desired by the two peoples in the New Year, too.

Investigation into environmental pollution by U.S. military bases called for

     Pyongyang, December 19 (KCNA) -- The Green Federation of South Korea attending the seminar on "The Environmental Issue and Human Rights Related to the U.S. Military Bases Overseas" in Bangkok on Dec. 12 officially requested the UN investigate environmental pollution by the U.S. military bases in South Korea, according to KBS of South Korea. The organization referred in detail to the environmental pollution by the U.S. military base in Ryongsan including the continued leakage of oil and the contamination of the River Han by the discharge of toxic waste.
    Accordingly, the un environment programme decided to make a full-scale investigation into the environmental pollution by the U.S. military bases from the first half of 2003.

More animals in zoo

     Pyongyang, December 19 (KCNA) --Nearly 480 animals of some 60 species have been brought to the central zoo of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea this year. Of them, more than 400 animals of 46 species were sent by Kim Jong Il, who has paid deep concern to the emotional life of the people.
    Specially, dogs of 15 species draw particular attention of people and children for their singular look and movements. Among them are world-famous species such as bernese mountain dor, old English sheepdog, king charles spaniel and white terrier.
    More than 350 fishes of 29 species were added to the aquarium reconstructed on a modern basis.
    Typical of them are such rare fishes as osleoglassum ferrerui, rangasius sutchi var, astronotus ocellatus and amphiprion clakkil from the Amazon, North America, Indian Ocean and tropical seas off and rivers on pacific coasts.
    Strong and speedy mounts also draw deep interests of visitors.
    Besides, some 70 animals of over ten species were moved to the zoo in Pyongyang from different parts of the country including the Mt. Paektu area.

Jo Ju Gyong, world-famous mathematician

     Pyongyang, December 19 (KCNA) -- Prof. and dr. Jo Ju Gyong, an academician and people's scientist, was a world-famous mathematician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He presented a treatise on transformation formula of probable integral calculus at an international conference of mathematicians held in Moscow in Juche 55 (1966), producing great sensations in the world mathematic circles.
    The theory on probability was systematized by him.
    Hailing from South Korea, he joined in the Korean People's Army when Seoul was liberated during the Fatherland Liberation War, and lost an arm in a combat.
    Discharged from the army, he had assisted servicemen in the front until he was admitted to Kim Il Sung University.
    After finishing the university and the doctoral institute, he taught at the department of mathematics and mechanics of the university for nearly 48 years, writing books and making researches.
    During the years, he produced 11 doctors and 52 bachelors, authored some 60 textbooks and reference books including "equation of probable integral calculus", "theory on control of probability", "theory on process of probability" and "science of probability and mathematical statistics".
    He also made selfless efforts for the scientific and technical development of the country.
    He authored more than 90 treatises conducive to the scientific and economic development of the country. Among them are a method of producing quality metallurgical materials in a simple way by applying new theories and rules of mathematics and a scientific and reasonable solution to control problems in different sectors of the national economy.
    He died in harness on November 12 this year.
    Many people taught by him are now playing an important role in the efforts for putting economic sectors on a scientific and modern basis.

Construction of U.S. embassy building assailed in S. Korea

     Pyongyang, December 19 (KCNA) -- The citizens' meeting against the construction of the U.S. embassy building and an apartment house at the site of the Deogsu Palace reportedly called a press conference in front of the U.S. embassy on Dec. 16, condemning the U.S. for planning to construct a new embassy building at the site of the Deogsu Palace. A press release said that there is no change in the U.S. attitude to its plan to build new embassy premises and dismissed it as an expression of the arrogance of pursuing only its interest in disregard of the history, culture and pride of Korea.
    The organization demanded immediate withdrawal of the plan, a sincere answer to an open questionnaire, etc.
    It handed a letter of protest to the U.S. embassy side.

U.S. piracy against DPRK trading cargo ship condemned

     Pyongyang, December 19 (KCNA) -- The U.S. outrageous action against the DPRK's trading cargo ship Sosan is a high-handed military action, undisguised piracy and a wanton encroachment upon the DPRK's sovereignty and violation of international law and usage, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary. The commentary goes on:
    The undisguised piracy perpetrated against the peaceful trading cargo ship on routine voyage is a typical example proving that the U.S. imperialists are behaving as more shameless and brigandish aggressors and international gendarme as they please.
    The behavior of the U.S. imperialist pirates can never be justified as it is reckless state-sponsored terrorism.
    The DPRK has already clarified that it is not only producing missiles to defend itself from the constant military threat from the U.S. imperialists but exporting them to earn foreign currency.
    Nevertheless, the U.S. imperialist warmongers committed the premeditated anti-DPRK piracy, even mobilizing its allied forces.
    This goes to clearly prove that the evermore undisguised moves of the Bush administration to stifle the DPRK have reached an extremely dangerous phase.
    They made much ado after capturing the DPRK's trading cargo ship for no reason. This was aimed to invent a pretext to spark confrontation and a war against the DPRK. This is rendering the situation on the Korean Peninsula extremely tense.
    The news of the Sosan incident is lashing the army and the people of Korea into towering indignation at the U.S. imperialists and hardening their determination to take a thousand-fold revenge upon them.
    The U.S. imperialists should apologize for their serious piracy committed against the ship and compensate for all the mental and material damage done to the ship and its crew.

Rare stones presented to monument

     Pyongyang, December 19 (KCNA) -- Koreans in the north and the south and overseas and various foreign countries have donated 761 rare stones to the monument to the three charters for national reunification since its erection. Among them are organizations including the Central Committee of the National Democratic Front of South Korea, the south headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification (Pomminryon), the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, the General Association of Koreans in China and the overseas headquarters of Pomminryon, individuals, governments of scores of countries, international organizations and prominent figures.
    Stones sent by them have diverse colors and sizes. They permanently retain their colours.
    The chairman of the Ukrainian Association of Koreans for the Promotion of Korea's Reunification travelled as far as Siberia more than 5,000 km away from Ukraine to purchase natural granite. He cut it and engraved letters "Korea is one" on it before presenting it to the monument.
    The president of guinea and the former President of Democratic Congo and other statesmen and political and public figures of many countries, the secretary-general of the joint secretariat of Pomminryon and other overseas Koreans, organizations and individual figures from South Korea also contributed stones to the monument. Engraved on them are "Let us reunify the country under the banner of the three charters", "Long live national independence and great national unity", "The nation and blood are one, our wish hope is reunification", "We will live in reunified country" and other letters in Korean and foreign languages.
    Since the erection of the monument, more than 12,000 foreigners and overseas Koreans representing over 1,300 organizations have visited it.
    After their visit, they unanimously expressed belief that Korea would surely be reunified under the banner of the three charters for national reunification.
    The monument was unveiled on August 14, Juche 90 (2001).

Peaceful solution of Korean issue urged in S. Korea

     Pyongyang, December 19 (KCNA) -- The South Korean People's Solidarity for National Independence, Democracy and Right to Existence reportedly made public a commentary captioned "The Geneva Agreement should be implemented for peace on the Korean Peninsula" on Dec. 13. The commentary said that the implementation of the Geneva Agreement is a way of tiding over the crisis created on the Korean Peninsula by confrontation between the DPRK and the U.S.
    Only a peaceful settlement of this confrontation issue will ensure peace on the Korean Peninsula and, to this end, the U.S. should immediately withdraw its hostile policy toward the DPRK, the commentary stressed.
    On the same day, the Citizens' Network for Peace on the Korean Peninsula, the Green Federation, the Citizens' Solidarity for Democratic Society, the Environment Movement Association and the Women's Society for Achieving Peace in a joint statement urged the U.S. to immediately come out to the dialogue with the DPRK.

Joint step in anti-U.S. struggle in S. Korea called for

     Pyongyang, December 19 (KCNA) -- The National Reconciliation Council and the North Headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification decided to keep pace with the South Korean people who are turning out in anti-American sacred resistance in various forms such as anti-U.S. rallies to express full support and solidarity for their righteous struggle and denounce the u.s. moves to stifle the DPRK. These organizations related to the reunification issue in the northern half of Korea clarified such stand in a joint press release on Dec. 19 as regards the ever-mounting struggle in South Korea to condemn the shameless actions of the U.S. imperialists who gave a verdict of not guilty to the GIs who killed the schoolgirls in cold blood.
    The ever-mounting anti-Americanism in South Korea is an eruption of the pent-up grudge and resentment of the South Koreans at the U.S. imperialists who have committed all sorts of crimes against humanity in wanton violation of the dignity and sovereignty of the nation for more than half a century after occupying the land of other country, the press release said, and went on:
    The U.S. imperialists' arrogant and shameless actions are not confined to South Korea.
    While talking about a preemptive nuclear attack on the DPRK after defining it as part of an "axis of evil", the U.S. imperialists are resorting to reckless moves to ignite a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula at any cost and obstructing the favorable development of north-south relations.
    All the facts clearly prove that the U.S. imperialists are, indeed, the root cause of evil and the enemy common to the Korean nation as they are blocking the reunification of the Korean Peninsula, inflicting all misfortune, disasters and sufferings upon all the Koreans in the north and the south.

Kim Jong Il gives on-site guidance to completed waterway and cooperation farm

     Pyongyang, December 19 (KCNA) -General Secretary Kim Jong Il gave on-site guidance to the completed Kaechon-Lake Thaesong Waterway and the Naenam Cooperative Farm in Ungok area whose fields were leveled and rezoned. He was accompanied by secretaries of the WPK Central Committee Kye Ung Thae, Kim Kuk Thae, Jong Ha Chol and Kim Ki Nam, first vice department directors of the WPK Central Committee Ri Yong Chol and Jang Song Thaek, KPA generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong.
    He was greeted on the spot by vice marshal of the KPA Ri Yong Mu, vice-chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, chairman Pak Yong Sok of the Central Control Commission of the WPK, chief secretary Ri Kil Song of the South Phyongan Provincial Committee of the WPK, and other leading officials.
    The first leg of his field guidance was the completed Kaechon-Lake Thaesong Waterway.
    After being briefed on the waterway before its panoramic map, he went round the grandiose Taegak Sam and the waterway stretching out to a vast expanse of land to learn about details of the construction.
    Much pleased with the successful completion of the grand nature-harnessing project by the servicemen and builders, he highly appreciated their precious achievements.
    He said the Kaechon-Lake Thaesong Waterway, an eye-opening edifice whose design is flawless and whose construction is completed qualitatively, represents a great change to boast of, adding that the wonderful event to be recorded specially in the 5,000-year-long history of the nation is a proud fruition of the inexhaustible strength of the army and people aflame with patriotic zeal.
    He set forth tasks that would serve as guidelines in managing and operating the waterway.
    He stressed the need to push ahead with the waterway projects in North Phyongan and north Hwanghae provinces and all other areas in a bold and big way to complete the irrigation system of the whole country to meet the need of the new century.
    The next leg of his field guidance was the Naenam cooperative farm in Ungok area whose fields were leveled and rezoned.
    He expressed great satisfaction over the fact that servicepersons and shock brigade members gave major face-lifting to the farm in a few months.
    As such a dependable army and people, who dedicate themselves to the party, the revolution, the country and the people, overcoming all the trials, firmly uphold the party and the country a powerful nation is sure to emerge, he said.
    An important purpose of the land leveling and rezoning project is to increase the production of grain and completely free the farmers from toilsome work through comprehensive mechanization, he said, stressing the need to finish tasks for land realignment qualitatively in a short period.
    He examined various types of farm machines on the spot and set forth tasks to complete the comprehensive mechanisation of the rural economy.

Kim Jong Il gives filed guidance to beef cattle breeding farm

     Pyongyang, December 19 (KCNA) -General Secretary Kim Jong Il gave on-site guidance to newly built a beef cattle breeding farm. He was accompanied by Korean People's Army Ri Yong Mu, vice-chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, Ri Yong Chol and Jang Song Thaek, first vice department directors of the WPK Central Committee, KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong. The beef cattle breeding farm covering an area of more than 100,000 square metres was completed in a little over one year.
    This is one more asset of the country which has come into being thanks to the popular policy of the WPK that regards it as the supreme principle of the party in its activities to promote the welbeing of the people.
    He learned in detail about the construction of the farm and breeding there, looking round the exterior and interior of the cosy farm of peculiar architectural style. He was greatly satisfied to learn that the builders built a modern breeding farm in a short span of time by devoting all their wisdom and enthusiasm to it.
    He proposed important tasks that would serve as guidelines in managing and operating the breeding farm, saying that the beef cattle breeding farm of the Ungok integrated farm is one of the important stockbreeding bases which not only send calves of fine breed to cattle farms but produce tasty and nutritious beef and milk.
    He underscored the need to pay primary attention to increasing cattle of fine breed which grow fast while consuming less feed and are high in the quality of beef and take thorough-going measures to process beef and milk as they will be massproduced in future.

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comandante supremo kim jong il inspecciona unidad no. 323 del epc

     pyongyang, 19 de diciembre (atcc) -- el dirigente kim jong il, secretario general del partido del trabajo de corea, presidente del comite de defensa nacional de la republica popular democratica de corea y comandante supremo del ejercito popular de corea inspecciono el dia 18 la unidad no. 323 del epc. el comandante supremo se entero del estado de cumplimiento de deber de la unidad y, al recorrer la casa de los militares y otros varios lugares, hizo un detallado conocimiento del estado de la labor de educacion ideo-politica para los militares y vio el ejercicio de estos.
    tras ver el ejercicio se mostro muy satisfecho de que todos los militares estan preparados firmemente en lo politico e ideologico, en lo militar y tecnico para rechazar a tiempo cualquier invasion inesperada de los enemigos y defender con seguridad la patria socialista y presento las tareas programaticas que sirven de guia para fortalecer por todos los medios la combatividad de la unidad.
    elogio a la unidad que realizo muchos trabajos para formar a todos los militares como combatientes listos a pelear a solas contra cien enemigos, evaluo altamente sus exitos y se fotografio junto a los militares de la unidad.
    seguidamente inspecciono una subunidad de la unidad. presto una esmerada atencion al conjunto de la vida de los soldados y les dispenso gran amor y benevolencia.
    enfatizo que todas las unidades deben preparar las excelentes condiciones de vida de los soldados al aplicar bien en la labor y la vida el estilo de lucha y vida de la guerrilla antijaponesa con la consigna del partido el ejercicio, el estudio y la vida a la manera de la guerrilla antijaponesa" en alto.
    el comandante supremo presencio la funcion artistica de los militares de la subunidad.
    les dio como recuerdo binoculos, ametralladora y fusil automatico y se fotografio junto a ellos.
    le acompanaron los generales de ejercito del epc ri myong su, hyon chol hae y pak jae gyong.

la sancion militar significa la guerra

     pyongyang, 19 de diciembre (atcc) -- el diario "rodong sinmun", en un comentario individual de hoy, senala: "no hara la guerra contra norcorea" asi dice ee.uu. ante la opinion publica mundial que en relacion con el alboroto nuclear se preocupa de la guerra que se desate en la peninsula coreana, pero su verdadera intencion es la "sancion militar" que significa la guerra.
    de hecho, ee.uu. elimino todos los mecanismos de freno a la guerra en la peninsula coreana.
    se basaban en el acuerdo basico rpdc-ee.uu. las relaciones de estas ambas partes que se mantenian aunque inestablemente. ahora quedo solo su rotulo.
    ee.uu. no ha ejecutado ni uno de los puntos del acuerdo acoplados por las medidas de accion simultanea y los anulo unilateralmente. postergo infundadamente la construccion de los reactores de agua ligera que se deben ofrecernos a manera de entrega de la llave e incluso abandono su deber de ofrecimiento del aceite pesado. con la abierta declaracion de ataque nuclear adelantado pisoteo hasta el articulo de no usar las armas nucleares contra norcorea.
    lo unico que queda es las relaciones beligerantes entre la rpdc y ee.uu. debido al deliberado incumplimiento del deber e impertinencia de ee.uu. este y la rpdc se hallan al umbral de la guerra.
    ademas de eso, en la "reunion consultiva anual de seguridad" con sudcorea ee.uu. hizo una declaracion de guerra para atacar militarmente a la rpdc.
    de modo que no tenemos idea de mendigarle el dialogo. seguiremos nuestro camino bajo la gran bandera de priorizacion militar.

"rodong sinmun" denuncia la pirateria de ee.uu.

     pyongyang, 19 de diciembre (atcc) -- el diario "rodong sinmun" en un comentario individual de hoy senala: el vil acto de ee.uu. contra el barco mercante "sosan" de la republica popular democratica de corea es un arrogante acto militar, una abierta pirateria, un despotico atentado a la soberania de ella y una violacion al derecho y costumbres internacionales.
    la abierta pirateria de ee.uu. contra un barco mercante que navegaba por la ruta normal demuestra que ee.uu. se convierte en el mas descarado agresor bandidesco y actua a su antojo como "gendarme internacional".
    tal pirateria no se puede justificar en ningun caso como imprudente terror estatal.
    producimos los misiles para defender a si mismo de la constante amenaza militar de ee.uu. y los exportamos para ganar la divisa. al respecto ya declaramos evidentemente. sin embargo, los belicistas norteamericanos perpetraron la pirateria planificada contra la rpdc movilizando sus fuerzas lacayunas. esto prueba que las recrudescentes maquinaciones de aplastamiento de la administracion bush contra la rpdc llegan al extremo.
    los belicistas norteamericanos detuvieron al barco mercante de la rpdc que no tiene ningun problema y crearon la confusion para hallar un pretexto de enfrentamiento y la guerra contra ella. por tanto, ahora la situacion de la peninsula coreana se torna cada dia mas aguda.
    el ejercito y el pueblo de corea que se enteraron de la noticia del caso del barco "sosan", con vehemente indignacion al imperialismo yanqui, determinan la venganza mil veces mayor.
    ee.uu. debe pedir la disculpa por su grave pirateria y compensar todos los danos espirituales y materiales que sufrieron nuestros tripulantes y barco.