Nutritive tea

     Pyongyang, January 6 (KCNA) -- The Phyongchon Pharmaceutical Factory in Pyongyang has produced Chonggoksellen-branded tea good for health. The main ingredient of the tea is beans that the Korean people have widely used as materials for healthy food from old times. The tea includes more than 50 kinds of essential and efficacious microelements such as Chonggok and selenium.
    It raises immunity of the body, prevents aging and improves physical strength. it is efficacious for brain thrombosis, myocardial infraction, angina pectoris and other heart diseases and other 40 odd kinds of incurable chronic diseases.
    It reduces the body damage by x-rays, etc. and various kinds of toxicosis, develops intellectual faculties and activates the memory function.
    It also helps absorb microelements needed for human body in the most effective way. The tea is popular in domestic and foreign markets.

KCNA on U.S. moves for MD establishment     Pyongyang, January 6 (KCNA) -- The United States is putting into practice the controversial plan for the establishment of the Missile Defense System (MD). President Bush instructed the U.S. forces to start the deployment of this system. Then, U.S. Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld blustered that the decision to deploy the MD network would have a deterrent effect on somebody.
    What matters is that the bush bellicose forces are starting the deployment of the MD to take military sanctions and strike against the DPRK under the pretext of its alleged "progress made in acquiring nuclear capability" and "missile threat".
    This goes to clearly prove that the U.S. intends to launch military intervention against the DPRK on the plea of its "nuclear and missile threat" in a bid to settle the bilateral issue not by peaceful means but by force.
    The rumor about the non-existent "missile threat" from the DPRK persistently spread by the U.S. is no more than a cunning trick to justify its establishment of the MD.
    By perfecting the MD the U.S. seeks to contain those independent countries and big powers and hold global supremacy.
    Its decision to deploy MD for action should never be allowed as it is a very adventurous move that may upset the strategic balance and stability of the world and spark a new arms race.
    Such U.S. moves against the DPRK further heighten the revolutionary vigilance of its army and people.
    It is quite right that the DPRK has increased its self-defensive military capability to cope with the U.S. intensified policy to invade and stifle it with nukes.
    It is a pipedream of the Bush bellicose group to try to contain the DPRK with strength.
    If the U.S. unleashes a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula, it will not escape its destruction.

GI assaults S. Korean woman

     Pyongyang, January 6 (KCNA) -- Amid GI crimes being reported one after another in South Korea, an American soldier did violence to a South Korean woman in Posan-dong, Tongduchon city, Kyonggi Province on December 31 last year, according to MBC of South Korea. He, a recruit of the first battalion of the 72nd tank unit of the U.S. second army division, drunk in the evening, assaulted and beat a woman surnamed Ri for no reason.
    He said that he would make a statement only in the presence of a U.S. Government representative if he is asked to come to the South Korean police. Then he kept silent only to reveal his arrogance.

Anecdote about Kim Jong Il

     Pyongyang, January 6 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il visited a factory in December Juche 87 (1998). Inspecting the factory, he felt the working site was cool. He said what was the most important thing in building a factory and a working site was to pay deep attention to workers and their working conditions.
    Before leaving the factory, he dropped in at a room where products of the factory were on display. He said the room was warm and nice and it would be good to move the workshop to this sunny room now.
    All the officials accompanying him were deeply moved by the leader valuing the workers more than anything else.

Increased production in Korea

     Pyongyang, January 6 (KCNA) --The Korean people have started the new year's advance, full of confidence and optimism about the victory in the revolution under the army-based policy. The working people throughout the country are putting spurs to production and construction in the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance, overcoming difficulties under the slogan "Let us achieve a great victory with the might of the army-based policy this year, which marks the 55th birthday of the DPRK".
    The Anju, Tokchon and Myongchon coal mining complexes and other coal mines have considerably boosted the production from the first day of the New Year.
    Electricity producers in all parts of the country are increasing the production by fully exploiting their inner resources, determined to solve the shortage of electricity in the country, smashing the U.S. imperialists' vicious moves to stifle the DPRK.
    Working people who built hundreds of minor power plants last year have pushed ahead with the construction of power stations as a mass movement from the beginning of the year.
    Such innovations have been reported also from metal industrial and agricultural domains.
    The land rezoning in South Phyongan Province, Pyongyang and Nampho is being successfully accelerated as part of the great nature-remaking projects under the grand land construction plan of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Anti-Americanism listed as one of internet ten-point news

     Pyongyang, January 6 (KCNA) -- The Cyber Cultural Institute of South Korea made public the ten-point news of the internet for 2002 on December 31 last year, according to Seoul-based Yonhap News. The institute said that anti-Americanism escalated through internet in the year 2002 and citizens' activities turned into an full-scale social campaign, triggering off the candlelight demonstration at Kwanghwamun. Such anti-Americanism was placed at the top of the 10-point news events, it declared.

Natural phenomena in Korea

     Pyongyang, January 6 (KCNA) -- Natural phenomena have been seen in the River Taedong in Korea. After the construction of the West Sea Barrage, one of the biggest irrigation structures in the world, the river has turned into a large lake, unaffected by high and low tides. With the water becoming fresh, the river has had an abundant plant and animal ecosystem.
    Various species of birds which could hardly be seen in the water area, have come to add beauty to the landscape.
    Big water-hens and great crested grebes known as summer birds have built and settled in nests in the barrage area and winter birds flew into the area earlier than usual.
    A flock of swans that had usually been seen down the River Taedong at the end of December every year have appeared at the end of October last year.
    More than ten species of birds of passage enjoying themselves together are well worth seeing.
    Officials and experts of the Central Committee of the Natural Conservation Union of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and researchers of organs concerned are paying attentions to the birds' manner of activity with deep interest in the natural phenomena in this water area.

For Spanish-speaking people

kim jong il presencia funcion de celebracion de coro benemerito de epc

     pyongyang, 6 de enero (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 presencio el dia 4 junto con los militares del epc la funcion de celebracion del coro benemerito del epc con motivo del ano nuevo. le acompanaron en verla los secretarios del cc del ptc kim kuk thae y kim ki nam, los jefes, primeros subjefes de departamento y otros funcionarios directivos del cc del ptc, los generales de ejercito del epc ri myong su, hyon chol hae y pak jae gyong y otros generales.
    el coro benemerito del epc otorgado con la honrosa "orden kim il sung" puso en la escena las piezas corales entre ellas "himno al mariscal kim il sung", "himno al camarada kim jong il", "el general orienta el nuevo siglo" y "eovilizados en el arreglo de la tierra de la provincia de phyong-an del sur, las ciudades de pyongyang y de nampho estan llenos de la firme determinacion de ser honrosos triunfadores en la sagrada labor de gran geotransformacion para materializar el grandioso proyecto de construccion territorial del partido del trabajo de corea.