KCNA flails decision of Japanese Supreme Court

     Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA) -- The Supreme Court of Japan on March 25 ruled that there is no need for the Japanese government to compensate the former comfort women, thus turning down the 1998 Simonoseki suit which admitted Japan's state responsibility and compensation for them. By rejecting the suit which had been left unsettled for 5 years, Japan laid bare before the international community its true colors as a hideous criminal.
    Japan forced more than 200,000 Korean women into sexual slavery for the Japanese imperial army in the past. This was the most despicable, merciless and hideous crime in human history.
    The supreme court which claims to represent the state called Japan by law went so shameless and irresponsible that it asserted before the international community that there is no need to compensate the former comfort women. This only betrays the moral vulgarity of Japan and the mean nature of Japanese politics in the 21st century.
    For the past half a century since the end of the pacific war Japan has made neither apology nor compensation to the Korean women in the north and the south, the biggest victims.
    We can not but express our bitterest indignation and wrath against the Japanese court which made such a shameless decision.
    It is a well-known fact that the un and various other international organizations convicted Japan of violating international law, terming the sexual slavery committed by imperial Japan as a state-sponsored organized rape and asserted the Japanese government's responsibility to make compensation for it.
    However, Japan has not responded to those just demands and advices but gone to the lengths of dismissing the suit, thus adding to the crimes it committed by violating the rights and dignity of sexual slaves.
    The reality goes to clearly prove that Japan has no willingness to redress its crime-ridden past.
    Japan is well advised to properly handle the issue of the comfort women for the Japanese imperial army, clearly understanding that it can not become a full-fledged member of the international community unless it redeems its past crimes.

Kim Jong Il's army-based policy praised in Russia

     Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA) -- A seminar on Kim Jong Il's army-based policy was held in Moscow on march 25 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his election as Chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission. Sazhi Umalatova, chairwoman of the Party for Peace and Unity of Russia, said in a report at the seminar that Kim Jong Il has wisely guided the DPRK with his extraordinary wisdom, a resolute stand and outstanding leadership.
    Noting that it is Kim Jong Il's political philosophy that neither peace nor sovereignty and prosperity of the country would be thinkable without its army, she stressed that thanks to his army-based policy the Korean People's Army has grown to be a strong army which is so fully prepared ideologically and morally and equipped with such modern weapons that it can emerge victorious in any confrontation with imperialists.
    The whole world has recognized the validity of his army-based policy and history will always praise him as the greatest statesman and most outstanding leader, she stated.
    Speakers said that his army-based leadership is wise in that he has trained the KPA as a strong army in the world and achieved the single-hearted unity of the party, state, army and people.
    Noting that thanks to his army-based policy the destiny of the Korean nation and socialism is firmly defended and the DPRK is taking a wide avenue of building a powerful nation, they added that the army-based policy is, therefore, a perfect mode of socialist politics and independent politics.
    A message of greetings to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the seminar.

Unreasonable involvement in U.S. anti-DPRK campaign assailed

     Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA) -- Some forces of the international community are joining the U.S. in its moves to increase its pressure upon the DPRK over its nuclear issue. Claiming that North Korea is the next target of the U.S. attack when its Iraqi war is over, they described the just measures taken by the DPRK as regards the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula as a violation of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and urged it to accept inspection.
    In this regard Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary says:
    The DPRK pulled out of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty as a legitimate self-defensive measure under the situation where the supreme interests of the state were seriously threatened.
    It was a very just measure for the DPRK which values its sovereignty as its life and soul to react to the U.S. brigandish demands with the toughest stand.
    The U.S. is now insisting on the multilateral talks and pressurizing upon the DPRK to accept inspection, doggedly opposing its constructive proposal for the conclusion of a non-aggression treaty between the DPRK and the U.S.
    Those assertions of the dishonest forces of the international community are little short of giving a shot in the arm of the U.S. keen to unleash a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula.
    Those with a cool-headed and lucid view on the developments should carefully approach the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula and exercise their influence on the U.S. to make a political decision to opt for the DPRK-U.S. direct negotiations and the conclusion of the non-aggression treaty as early as possible.

U.S. saber-rattling against DPRK flailed

     Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA) -- The situation on the Korean Peninsula is reminiscent of an eve of a war as the U.S.-South Korea joint war exercises are at their height. They are an all-round test military operation to mount a preemptive attack on the DPRK and a dangerous play with fire aimed at the second Korean war. Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article.
    The danger of these war exercises is increasing as they are under way at a time when the DPRK and the U.S. are standing in an acute confrontation over the nuclear issue and the bush group is kicking up an unprecedented nuclear racket against the DPRK after sparking the second nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula, the article notes, and goes on:
    The current joint war maneuvers are a preliminary military operation, a test war to shift the theatre of a "war against terrorism" to the Korean Peninsula.
    The U.S. intends to ignite the second Korean war and make it a most destructive and disastrous war. This is clearly evidenced by the number of operational equipment and combat capacity involved in the maneuvers.
    The U.S. massed its armed forces of aggression around the Korean Peninsula, claiming that North Korea should not be allowed to have access to nukes and the military option is the best.
    The U.S. bellicose forces have pushed ahead with the manufacture of smaller nuclear weapons under a plan to turn the Korean war into a nuclear war.
    A special operation group of the CIA went to the lengths of conducting a secret training to destroy the DPRK's nuclear facilities.
    There should be no compromise with the U.S. imperialists but it is imperative to fight them out.
    The army and the people of the DPRK will mercilessly wipe them out if they unleash a new war of aggression against it.

Rare birds in Korea

     Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA) -- A large number of migratory birds are seen in Korea. There are only some 660 blackfaced spoonbills in the world.
    More than 300 of them live on Taegam and Sogam islets on the West Sea of Korea in summer.
    White cranes with red chest native to Northeast Asia come to Korea in mid-October to spend winter from the Far Eastern region of Russia and the Northeastern area of China.
    In recent years white cranes have appeared on fields in Ryongyon and Ongjin counties, South Hwanghae Province. More than 250 white cranes have been seen on the west coast and some 150 on the east coast.
    Over the past four years 5,000-7,000 swans have come to Korea on a yearly average. some 120 swans spent the last winter near the west sea barrage and 450 in lake Kumsan.
    Over the past ten years five white and black storks have been found on the east coast and 36 on the west coast.
    Groups of about ten black storks have spent winter in Tongpho-ri, Kangryong county, South Hwanghae Province, over the past two years.
    According to surveys made by the institute of conservation of nature and management of resources under the biological branch of the academy of sciences, more than 180 species of rare birds live in Korea. Among them are those belonging to gaviidae and didapper, and eagles and white-bellied black woodpeckers.

Old books on acupuncture, moxibustion discovered

     Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA) -- Researchers of the General Hospital of Koryo Medicine of Korea have recently discovered "choice of time for acupuncture and moxibustion" and "secret of acupuncture and moxibustion." Contained in the old books are methods of treatment with acupuncture and moxibustion which had remained unknown. The "choice of time for acupuncture and moxibustion" published in 1447, explains on the basis of medical books, that a proper date and time should be chosen to apply the remedies because their efficacy is different according to the method of application, date and time.
    It also gives an explanation of tabooed things in the treatment with acupuncture and moxibustion.
    The "secret of acupuncture and moxibustion," published in 1600, contains basic theories on acupuncture and moxibustion and methods of treatment with acupuncture and moxibustion. The newly discovered books are helpful towards developing Koryo medicine.

New school year begins in Korea

     Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA) -- A new school year has begun in Korea. Opening ceremonies after vacation have been held at universities and colleges fully equipped with modern educational facilities, experimental apparatuses, visual aids, etc. Training centers of computer experts have been updated and information, machinery, building materials, management and administration faculties of universities and colleges are able to provide students with better conditions for education in computer technologies.
    Middle and primary schools have prepared themselves to put the talent education on a higher level.
    Short courses and model lectures for teachers took place in all provinces, cities and counties for the preparations of education in the new school year term.
    Though the economic situation of the country is still serious, the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has continued making investments in education to provide schools at all levels with teaching aids, school fixtures and experimental apparatuses.
    From the days of the building of a new society after the liberation of the country, the government has directed great efforts to education, steadily maintaining the principle of putting the educational work above anything else.
    It was many years ago that the universal 11-year compulsory education was introduced in Korea.

Flag and posters for Kimilsungia festival produced

     Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA) -- The flag to be hoisted at the Kimilsungia Festival and posters for the 5th Kimilsungia Festival have been produced. Depicted on the central light blue panel of the flag are the globe and the Korean map and Kimilsungia, the immortal flower, in full bloom above them.
    The flag is 2 meters long and 1. 1 meters wide.
    The flag symbolizes the fact that the festival to be held on the occasion of the Day of the Sun is festival of flowers wishing the immortality of President Kim Il Sung as it significantly commemorates his birth anniversary and Kimilsungia is in full bloom all over the world amid the warm blessings of all the people.
    Posters bear slogans "The Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung Will Always Be With Us" and "Let Us Revere The Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung For Ages" and letters "Commemoration Of The Day Of The Sun" and "The 5th Kimilsungia Festival".
    Among those posters are the one depicting Kim Il Sung's native home at Mangyongdae and Kimilsungia and the other about the Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia Exhibition, the venue of the festival, and the immortal flower.
    The posters say the festival will be held from April 11 to 21, Juche 92 (2003).

U.S. sinister intention to stifle DPRK blasted

     Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA) -- The Bush group let loose a spate of bellicose remarks that they do not rule out the use of force and the U.S. Forces present in South Korea would prove even more powerful deterrent force against the north, again painting the DPRK as a "rogue state". In this regard Minju Joson today in a signed commentary says:
    This is a clear indication that the bush group pursues an adventurous design as regards the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.
    The U.S. increasing pressure upon the DPRK over its nuclear issue is very similar to what happened in Iraq. It is the comment of the world public that the U.S. is set to spark the second Iraqi crisis on the Korean Peninsula.
    The U.S. seeks to solve the nuclear issue by force of arms.
    This compels the DPRK to do its utmost to legitimately defend itself from the U.S. military threat. It is the best way of averting a war and defending the sovereignty and dignity of the country and the nation to cope with the U.S. military threat on its own initiative and by its own efforts. This is a serious lesson taught by the developments in Iraq.
    The DPRK will bolster its self-defensive military power under the uplifted banner of the army-based policy no matter what others may say and smash any provocation of aggressors at a single blow.

Greetings to Turkish Prime Minister

     Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA) -- Premier of the DPRK Cabinet Hong Song Nam sent a message of greetings to Rep Tayyip Erdogan on his appointment as Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey. Expressing belief that the friendly relations between the two countries would grow stronger in keeping with the desire of the two peoples, the message sincerely wished him greater success in his responsible work for the political stability and development of the country.

Kim Yong Nam greets Guinean President

     Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on Tuesday sent a message of greetings to Guinean President Lansana Conte on the occasion of the 19th anniversary of the proclamation of the Second Republic in Guinea. The message extended warm congratulations to the president and the friendly people of guinea on this occasion.
    Sincerely wishing the president and the people of Guinea greater success in their work for the prosperity of the country and welfare of the nation, it expressed the conviction that the good friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries would continue to grow stronger.

Kim Jong Il sends wreath to bier of Kim Won

     Pyongyang, April 2 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il today sent a wreath to the bier of Kim Won, People's Artiste of the Korean Film Studio, expressing deep condolence over his death.

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bandera y afiches de festival de kimilsungias

     pyongyang, 2 de abril (atcc) -- fueron creadas la bandera a izarse y los afiches del v festival de kimilsungias. la bandera de 2m de largo y 1.1m de ancho refleja la inmortal flor, kimilsungia plenamente abierta sobre el planeta y el mapa de corea en el centro de la faja de color de azul claro.
    la bandera simboliza el festival motivado por el dia del sol (cumpleanos del presidente kim il sung) que en senal de voto por su eternidad abre petalos plenamente en todo el mundo con la calurosa aspiracion de todo el mundo.
    los afiches los forman las consignas "el gran lider camarada kim il sung estara para siempre con nosotros" y "enaltezcamos eternamente al gran lider camarada kim il sung" y las letras "homenaje al dia del sol" y "v festival de kimilsungias".
    algunos afiches reflejan la casa natal de mangyongdae y kimilsungia, la exposicion permanente de kimilsungia y kimjongilia donde tendra lugar dicho festival y la flor inmortal.
    los afiches dan conocer a que el festival estara montado del 11 al 21 de abril del 92 (2003) de la era juche.

iniciado nuevo curso escolar

     pyongyang, 2 de abril (atcc) -- en las escuelas a todos los niveles de corea se inicio el nuevo curso escolar. los institutos superiores acogieron el nuevo ano escolar con suficientes equipos docentes modernos, los aparatos de prueba cientifica, diversos medios visuales y otras condiciones de ensayo y practica.
    en el sector de la educacion superior acondicionaron mejor las bases de formacion de genios en computacion, que permiten profundizar la ensenanza de esta materia a los estudiantes en la secciones de ingenieria de informatica, maquinaria, la construccion y materiales de construccion, la administracion de los procesos y la gestion de los institutos superiores.
    en las escuelas de ensenanza general desplegaron animadamente la labor de formar mejor a los alumnos con excepcional talento y vocacion y prepararon condiciones para realizar sustancialmente la labor docente conforme a las caracteristicas regionales.
    en las provincias, ciudades y distritos tuvieron lugar los cursillos y los cursos metodicos para los maestros segun tipos de escuelas en el marco de la preparacion del nuevo curso escolar.
    aunque todavia es dificil la situacion economica, el estado invirtio fondos al sector docente para proveer a las escuelas a todos los niveles de los medios y avios de ensenanza, los aparatos y equipos para el ensayo y practica, o suplementarlos.
    se suministraron con suficiencia tambien los manuales, cuadernos y otros articulos escolares a los alumnos.
    la republica popular democratica de corea ha encauzado gran fuerza a la labor docente al mantener invariablemente el principio de anteponerla a todas las demas labores desde los primeros dias de la construccion de la nueva sociedad despues de la restauracion del pais.
    hoy en dia en la rpdc el sistema de ensenanza general gratuita de 11 anos se ejecuta en un alto nivel conforme al principio de la pedagogia socialista.

proceder injusto

     pyongyang, 2 de abril (atcc) -- ciertas fuerzas malsanas de la sociedad internacional dicen que despues de la guerra en irak el blanco siguiente de ataque de ee.uu. sera norcorea a juzgar por el problema nuclear de la peninsula coreana y se unen a la ofensiva de presion nuclear de ee.uu. contra la rpdc al insistir en que la justa medida tomada por la rpdc es la "violacion al tratado de no proliferacion nuclear (tnpn)" y esta "debe aceptar la inspeccion". bajo la situacion en que los intereses supremos se ven amenazados gravemente, la rpdc se retiro del tnpn para defenderse legitimamente.
    es del todo justo que la rpdc que aprecia la soberania como su vida haya respondido con la sobredureza a la demanda badidesca de ee.uu..
    asi senala el diario "rodong sinmun" en un comentario individual de hoy y continua:
    ee.uu. se opone a todo trance a la propuesta constructiva de la rpdc de concertar un tratado de no agresion con ee.uu. e insiste en las conversaciones multipartitas exigiendole que acepte la "inspeccion nuclear".
    con tales insistencias erroneas las fuerzas malsanas de la sociedad internacional dan espuelas a la carreta de la guerra nuclear que ee.uu. trata de conducir a la peninsula coreana.
    las personas quienes ven rigurosamente la situacion deben tratar seriamente el problema nuclear de la peninsula coreana y ejercer influencia sobre ee.uu. para que este tome la decision politica de acceder cuanto antes a las negociaciones directas y la concertacion del tratado de no agresion con la rpdc.