Cambodian King pays tribute to President Kim Il Sung

     Pyongyang, July 10 (KCNA) -- Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia, sent a large basket of flowers to the DPRK embassy in Phnom Penh on July 6 to commemorate the ninth death anniversary of President Kim Il Sung. Written on the ribbon of the basket were letters reading "Tribute to the Generalissimo Kim Il Sung, the Most Respected President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia."
    Deputy Prime Minister Kong Sam Ol, head of a Royal Ministry delegation of Cambodia, visited the embassy and laid this basket in the name of the king and the queen before the portrait of the president there and paid tribute to him.
    Kong noted that the fraternal Korean people are holding Kim Il Sung in high esteem as the eternal president.
    The king always remembers favor and solicitude shown by the president for him, he said.
    The friendly and cooperative relations between Cambodia and the DPRK continue to develop under the deep care of the king and leader Kim Jong Il, he said, adding that Cambodia would do its best to further develop the bilateral relations.

Committee for peace conference formed in S. Korea

     Pyongyang, July 10 (KCNA) -- A committee for Organizing a Peace Conference on the Korean Peninsula in connection with the lapse of 50 years after the ceasefire was reportedly inaugurated in Seoul on July 4. It groups 76 organizations. Among them are the reunification solidarity, the South Headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification, the (South) Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and the Democratic Workers' Party. A statement on the purpose of its inauguration was read out at a press conference held in this regard.
    July 27 this year marks the 50th anniversary of the armistice agreement, the statement said, contending that peace has not yet settled but an unstable situation, in which a war may break out again anytime, is prevailing in the Korean peninsula.
    The committee proposes to set July, the month when the AA was concluded, as a "month of peace" and July 27 as a "day of peace" and conduct a pan-national movement for establishing a permanent peace-keeping mechanism on the peninsula, it stated.

Planned war games in S. Korea condemned

     Pyongyang, July 10 (KCNA) -- The metropolitan defence command of the South Korean army has planned to stage a "mobile drill" around Seoul and Kyonggi Province on July 12 again with tanks and other military equipment involved in the wake of a similar war exercise on July 8. In this regard, the secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland issued information bulletin no. 842 on Wednesday.
    Noting that the 11th inter-Korean ministerial talks are to be held in Seoul between July 9 and 12 amid the expectation and concern of the entire nation, the bulletin said:
    Against this backdrop, the South Korean military authorities are going to stage such war games under the pretext of "annual ordinary drill" outside the talks hall. This cannot be construed otherwise than an insidious challenge intended to seriously get on the dialogue partner's nerves, hamstring the smooth progress of the talks and, furthermore, block the dynamic advance of the fellow countrymen toward national reconciliation, unity, peace and reunification.
    Such anti-national, anti-reunification confrontation and war moves of the South Korean military hawks will only encourage the united states in its dangerous anti-DPRK war moves and accelerate their self-destruction.
    They should stop at once their reckless confrontation and war moves to be staged in support of the U.S. war scheme.

Koreans called upon to preserve Juche character and national identity

     Pyongyang, July 10 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today devotes one whole page to an editorial article stressing the need to stand firm against the imperialists' ever-more undisguised moves and firmly preserve the Juche character and national identity to protect the sovereignty of the country and achieve the prosperity of the nation. It is an urgent necessity to preserve the Juche character and national identity in order to firmly defend the sovereignty of the country and the nation now that international justice is seriously violated, the article says, and continues:
    State-sponsored terrorism and moves for domination are openly committed in the world today under the pretexts of "combating terrorism" and establishing a "new world order", going against the desire of humankind for complete equality and peace. This calls for more firmly maintaining the Juche character and national identity to stand firm against the imperialists' high-handed and arbitrary practices and their moves for domination.
    It is necessary to counter the imperialists' moves to put other countries and nations under their control by force. Even a small country and nation can certainly build up its power strong enough to frustrate the imperialists' moves for domination by uniting the people as one and tapping all its potentials if it firmly preserves the Juche character and national identity with extraordinary determination and persevering will.
    The national identity, a valuable foundation for the existence of the nation and its prosperity, should be more firmly preserved as the relations and exchange among the countries and nations grow in scope and strength.
    The "globalization" much touted by the imperialists today is aimed to disseminate their reactionary political and economic systems, corrupt ideology and culture and their way of life worldwide.
    The "globalization" for which the imperialists are using huge information media and modern science and technology is a hideous criminal act to westernize the whole world and exterminate all other nations on earth.
    Imperialists' moves to obliterate other nations have a long history. In the past they worked hard to assimilate some nations to their own nations in a physical way. But today they are seeking to put all nations of the world under their control by using developing information media and expanding cooperation and exchange.
    Any people who value their country and nation should firmly preserve the Juche character and the national identity to foil the moves of the imperialists for "globalization".
    It is the fundamental principle of the Korean revolution and a consistent strategic line of the Workers' Party of Korea to preserve the Juche character and the national identity.
    The revolutionary cause of Juche is a sacred cause based on love for the country, the nation and the people as the WPK has most successfully settled the issue of protecting the Korean people's independence and meeting the interests and requirements of the nation since its very start.
    Ours is socialism based on national independence, socialism strong in Juche character and national identity. This is a brilliant result of President Kim Il Sung's faith of independence and patriotic will.
    The Songun policy of the WPK is a true patriotic policy as it is aimed to protect the fundamental interests of the country and nation and preserve the excellent national identity of our people.
    As the imperialists are deciding the fates of other countries and nations by military force as they please, the Songun policy provides the only right way of preserving the Juche character and the national identity.
    It is the firm will of leader Kim Jong Il to build a great prosperous powerful nation based on the Juche character and national identity in this land under the great banner of Songun.
    The revolutionary cause of Juche is sure to triumph as the Juche character and the national identity are being firmly preserved in the revolution and construction under that banner.

President Kim Il Sung remembered abroad

     Pyongyang, July 10 (KCNA) -- Meetings for remembering President Kim Il Sung took place in Russia, Lebanon, Switzerland, Romania and Democratic Congo between July 1 and 4. The secretary general of the Lebanon Federation of Workers said in his report at the meeting: The president conducted energetic activities not only for the Korean people but for the world people's cause of independence and devoted his all to the reunification of Korea until the last moments of his life.
    The chairman of the Russian Youth Association for the Study of the Juche Idea stressed in his report at the meeting that the president's Juche idea serves as a true textbook for progressive humankind in the 21st century.
    The chairman of the Swiss Committee for Supporting Korea's Reunification in his speech said that Kim Il Sung was the father of socialist Korea and the most prominent statesman of the 20th century.
    Leader Kim Jong Il is creditably carrying forward the cause of the president, the chairman said, adding that Korea will surely emerge victorious under his guidance.
    Messages to Kim Jong Il were adopted at the memorial meetings in Russia, Lebanon and Romania.

Korean Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health Association

     Pyongyang, July 10 (KCNA) -- The Korean Family Planning and Maternal and Child Health Association (KFP MCHA) will invigorate the provision of family planning and reproductive health information and services. It will further deepen cooperation with the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and other international organizations. So Hyon Chol, secretary general of the association, said this in an interview with KCNA.
    The association was founded in January Juche 79 (1990) as a non-governmental organization working in the field of family planning and reproductive health in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Its headquarters is located in the central district of Pyongyang.
    It is a not-for-profit organization whose aim is to assist the government in the implementation of its MCH policy by providing family planning and reproductive health information and services and solving urgent issues arising in this field. The association has 7 branch offices in selected areas.
    It has 8 static FP clinics with competent professional staff and volunteers.
    It also runs 7 mobile clinics to provide services to the hard-to-reach population in rural and mountainous areas of the country.
    It renders FP and RH services to the people every year and publishes and disseminates various publications among them.
    Since its inception, it has received an active support from the government and regular financial assistance of the IPPF from 1995 when it obtained a full membership of the federation. It has also been assisted by other international organizations including the UN population fund.

Clone rabbits made

     Pyongyang, July 10 (KCNA) -- The Institute of Experimental Biology under the Academy of Sciences of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has succeeded in rabbit cloning. Researchers of the institute made two rabbits (male) in July last year by developing a somatic cell cloning technology based on fibroblast derived from 15-day-old fetus.
    The one-year observation of these rabbits proved that they had fertility. The rabbits have already produced tens of leverets.

Wreaths laid before statues and grave of Kim Hyong Jik

     Pyongyang, July 10 (KCNA) -- Senior officials of the party and the state, servicepersons of the Korean People's Army, people from all walks of life and school youth and children today laid wreaths before the statue of Kim Hyong Jik, an indomitable revolutionary fighter and an outstanding leader of the anti-Japanese national liberation movement in Korea, in Ponghwa-ri and his grave in Mangyongdae on the occasion of his 109th birth anniversary. Wreaths from leader Kim Jong Il were seen standing before the statue and grave.
    Present at the wreath-laying ceremonies were Han Song Ryong, Kye Ung Thae, Kim Chol Man, Yang Hyong Sop and other officials of party and power bodies, ministries and national institutions, servicepersons of the KPA, working people and school youth and children in Pyongyang.
    Wreaths in the name of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly and the DPRK cabinet were placed before his statue and grave. Also placed there were wreaths in the name of the ministries, national institutions, military academies, educational institutions and party and power bodies, industrial establishments and farms and schools in the city, bunches of flowers and flowers.
    On the same day, wreaths, bouquets and flowers were laid before his statues at Kim Hyong Jik Military Medical University, in Junggang county, Jagang Province and Sakju county, North Phyongan Province.

Kim Yong Nam greets Mozambican President

     Pyongyang, July 10 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of greetings to Joaquim Alberto Chissano, President of Mozambique, on July 10. The message warmly congratulated the president on the successful opening of the second summit of heads of state and government of the African Union and his assumption of its chairmanship, noting that the summit marked a significant occasion of making new progress in achieving the unity and prosperity of Africa.
    It sincerely hoped that he as chairman of the union would achieve signal success in his responsible work for strengthening it and for the unity and cooperation among the African countries and the peace, stability and development of the continent including Mozambique.

Greetings to Mongolian President

     Pyongyang, July 10 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, today sent a message of greetings to Natsagiin Bagabandi, President of Mongolia, on the occasion of the 82nd anniversary of the victory of the people's revolution in Mongolia. The message wished the president and the people of Mongolia greater success in their work, and expressed the belief that the traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would grow stronger in the interests of the two peoples.

Greetings to summit of heads of state and government of African Union

     Pyongyang, July 10 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, today sent a message of greetings to the second summit of heads of state and government of the African Union to open in Maputo. The message said that this summit would mark another important occasion of enhancing the function and role of the newly founded African union and increasing the joint efforts of the African countries to settle disputes, economic problems and other issues of the continent by themselves.
    The message expressed belief that the summit would successfully discuss all the items on its agenda in conformity with the aspiration and desire of all the African people and achieve good results.

Hong Song Nam greets Peruvian Prime Minister

     Pyongyang, July 10 (KCNA) -- Hong Song Nam, Premier of the DPRK cabinet, sent a message of greetings to Beatriz Merino on his appointment as Prime Minister of Peru. Expressing belief that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two peoples would grow stronger, the message sincerely wished him great success in the performance of his new duty.

DPRK business delegation leaves for Russia

     Pyongyang, July 10 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Rakwon General Bureau led by its director general Pak Kyu Hong left here today to visit the far eastern region of the Russian Federation.

Inter-Korean ministerial talks open

     Seoul, July 10 (KCNA correspondent) -- The 11th inter-Korean ministerial talks opened in Seoul on July 10. Present there from the north side were members of its delegation headed by chief councillor of the DPRK cabinet Kim Ryong Song and suite members and from the south side members of its delegation headed by chief delegate Jong Se Hyon, Minister of Unification, and suite members.
    At the talks the head of the north side and the chief delegate of the south side made keynote speeches.
    The head of the north side said the common cause of the north and the south for reconciliation, cooperation, peace and reunification is facing an unprecedentedly grave challenge of foreign forces, adding that the Korean peninsula is standing at the crossroads of war or peace. He went on:
    The north and the south should face up to this grave situation and approach it in a responsible manner. But the South Korean military is advocating again the "theory of principal enemy", inciting confrontation between fellow countrymen.
    Such a dangerous action only helps the U.S. in its moves to ignite a new war on the Korean peninsula and forces the Koreans to fall victim to it.
    He proposed the following series of measures to be taken by the north and the south to avert the danger of a war created by the U.S., protect the peace of the country and promote inter-Korean process of reconciliation through national cooperation.
    Firstly, the north and the south should take the measure of jointly confirming their will to avert the danger of a war on the Korean peninsula and protect the wellbeing of the nation and ensure peace on it.
    Secondly, the north and the south should refrain from getting involved in any act which may lead the situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of a war, true to the spirit of the June 15 joint declaration, and counter such act through national cooperation.
    Thirdly, the north and the south should take the measure of simultaneously totally halting the TV broadcasting toward the north and the south, loudspeaker broadcasting in the forefront areas and all other broadcasting slandering the other side from august 15, 2003.
    Fourthly, the authorities of the north and the south should actively cooperate with each other in the efforts to make non-governmental organizations-sponsored functions to mark August 15 liberation day a grand festival demonstrating the nation's will for peace and reunification against war.
    Fifthly, the north and the south should cooperate with each other in the efforts to let their red cross organizations arrange the 8th reunion of separated families and relatives at Mt. Kumgang resort and hold a ground-breaking ceremony of a reunion center on the occasion of upcoming Hangawi (harvest moon day), a folk holiday. the talks continue.

For Spanish-speaking people

asociacion de plan familiar y salud de madres y bebes de corea

     pyongyang, 10 de julio (atcc) -- la asociacion de plan familiar y salud de madres y bebes de corea desplegara con mas dinamismo las actividades de servicio, propaganda y divulgacion sobre el plan familiar y la salud de reproduccion y desarrollara la cooperacion con la federacion internacional de plan familiar que cumple este ano el 51 aniversario de su fundacion y otras organizaciones internacionales. dijo asi el secretario general de la asociacion so hyon chol a un reportero de la agencia telegrafica central de corea (atcc).
    esta organizacion no gubernamental, que tiene su sede en el municipio jung de la ciudad de pyongyang, fue fundada en enero del 79 (1990) de la era juche.
    la organizacion no lucrativa tiene por lo principal contribuir a la ejecucion de la politica del gobierno de la republica en materia de proteccion de la poblacion, madres y bebes, resolver los problemas apremiantes que se presentan en esta esfera y desarrollar las actividades de propaganda y servicio de salud de reproduccion para la poblacion.
    cuenta con 7 oficinas locales. los voluntarios y los profesionales trabajan en 8 clinicas de plan familiar.
    7 ambulancias volantes prestan servicio a los moradores de las zonas rurales y montanosas muy distanciadas de los organos de salud publica.
    la asociacion realiza anualmente el servicio de plan familiar y de salud de reproduccion de la poblacion y confecciona y ofrece las publicaciones a esta.
    cuenta con el activo apoyo del gobierno y, como miembro pleno de la federacion internacional de plan familiar desde 1995, disfruta de apoyo financiero regular de esta organizacion y de la cooperacion del fondo de las naciones unidas para la poblacion y otras organizaciones internacionales.

clonada celula vegetativa de conejo

     pyongyang, 10 de julio (atcc) -- el centro biologico de ensayo del instituto anexo de la academia de ciencias de corea obtuvo un exito en la clonacion de la celula vegetativa del conejo. los investigadores produjeron dos conejos machos a base de la tecnologia de clon de la celula vegetativa aprovechando las celulas fibrosas de embrion de 15 dias.
    a traves de la observacion de un ano comprobaron que esos conejos tienen la capacidad de fecundacion.
    los conejos clonados en julio del ano pasado multiplicaron ya decenas de hijos.

primer ministro hong song nam felicita a su homologa peruana

     pyongyang, 10 de julio (atcc) -- el primer ministro del consejo de ministros de la republica popular democratica de corea envio un mensaje de felicitacion a beatriz merino lucero quien fue nombrada como primera ministra del gabinete de la republica peruana. el remitente expresa la conviccion de que se fortaleceran y se desarrollaran aun mas en el futuro las relaciones de amistad y cooperacion entre ambos pueblos y le desea sinceramente grandes exitos en el cumplimiento de su nuevo cargo.