U.S. anti-DPRK campaign under fire

     Pyongyang, July 16 (KCNA) -- The South Headquarters of the National Alliance of Youth and Students for the Country's Reunification on July 10 issued a statement denouncing the U.S. malicious propaganda against the DPRK, according to a news report. Recalling that the U.S. Senate on July 9 passed a sort of "Bill on Relief of the North Korean Refugees," the statement dismissed this as part of a psychological warfare to start a nuclear war against the north as it is aimed to isolate and stifle the north at any cost through false propaganda.
    The real rogue state is none other than the U.S. seeking to bring a war holocaust to the world, openly infringing upon the independence of the sovereign state, it noted, and continued:
    The escalated anti-DPRK smear campaign of the U.S. is intended to cover up its despicable nature and encourage the pro-U.S. anti-reunification forces to bring down the north. The U.S. should properly understand the will of the Korean nation to fight the U.S. and achieve reunification.

Anniversary of inter-Korean declaration marked

     Pyongyang, July 16 (KCNA) -- The third anniversary of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration was significantly marked in over 80 countries. General Secretary Kim Jong Il received messages of greetings, letters and solidarity messages from the governments and political parties and figures of organizations of 87 countries on the occasion.
    The messages and letters said that the adoption of the joint declaration was a result of his wise leadership and highly praised him as a distinguished statesman and a veteran politician of the present times.
    Meetings, round-table talks, photo exhibitions, film shows and other functions took place in more than 60 countries.
    Political parties and distinguished personages of all strata of various countries and international and regional bodies in statements stressed the historic significance of the joint declaration and expressed firm solidarity with the Korean people in their cause of national reunification.
    In the meantime, media of different countries in articles dedicated to the anniversary noted that the core of the joint declaration is the principle of national independence and this issue should be solved before any others to settle the Korean problem.

Russian diplomats visit Sinchon Museum

     Pyongyang, July 16 (KCNA) -- Andrei Karlov, Russian Ambassador to the DPRK and staff members of the Russian embassy here visited the Sinchon Museum in South Hwanghae Province on July 14 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War. Being briefed on the fact that the U.S. imperialist aggressors killed tens of thousands of innocent civilians in the most brutal manner in Sinchon after the Korean People's Army made a temporary strategic retreat during the Fatherland Kiberation War, they looked round exhibits and visual aids that bear witness to the GI crimes.
    They visited the former anti-air-raid shelter of the Sinchon County Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and the powder store in Wonam-ri disclosing the brigandish and brutal nature of the U.S. imperialist aggressors and tombs of patriots, 400 mothers and 102 children who were killed by them in cold blood.
    They laid bouquets in front of the tombs and observed a moment's silence.
    At the end of the visit the ambassador said they came to clearly know what misfortune and pain the Korean people suffered in the period of the war and how much blood they shed to win a victory in the war.
    It was under the leadership of President Kim Il Sung that the Korean people could defend the freedom and independence of the motherland in the war, he noted, adding that such crimes committed in Sinchon should not be allowed to repeat themselves and many people should visit there to always remember the past.
    He made an entry in the visitor's book.

Floral baskets laid before Kim Il Sung's portrait

     Pyongyang, July 16 (KCNA) -- Indian figures of all strata visited the DPRK embassy in New Delhi to lay floral baskets before the portrait of President Kim Il Sung and paid homage to him on the occasion of the 9th anniversary of his demise. Among them were representatives of the National Council of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), a joint secretary of the All-India Agricultural Workers' Union, the vice-chairman of the All-India Veteran Committee, the secretary general of the Juche Idea Study Society of India, the chairman of the Juche Idea Study Society of Delhi, India, the director general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea and the secretary general of the Asian Regional Committee to Support Korea's Reunification.
    Secretary of the National Council of the CPI D. Raja, after laying a floral basket, said that humankind would always remember the immortal feats performed by the president for the Korean revolution and the cause of the global independence.
    My party will boost the relations with the Workers' Party of Korea and extend invariable support and solidarity with the just cause of the WPK, he noted.

Title of Honorary Citizen awarded to Kim Jong Il

     Pyongyang, July 16 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il was awarded the title of Honorary Citizenship and received a gift from Nezauacoyotl city, Mexico. Written on the certificate of citizenship are letters: "The Nezauacoyotl city hall presents this certificate of honorary citizenship to the great leader of the Korean people H.E. Kim Jong Il in recognition of his contribution to the friendship and cultural development between the peoples of Mexico and the DPRK. July 9, 2003."
    Mayor of the city Gildardo Gonzalez Bautista together with the leading officials of the city hall visited the DPRK embassy in Mexico city on July 9 to hand them over to the ambassador.
    The mayor said on the occasion that the officials and citizens of the city boundlessly revered Kim Jong Il wisely leading the Korean people in their daring struggle against the u.s. arbitrary practice and had decided to register him as an honorary citizen of the city in token of their unanimous desire.
    It is the greatest honor and pride for him and all the citizens to register him as an honorary citizen, he stated.

GNP's anti-north moves assailed

     Pyongyang, July 16 (KCNA) -- Papers here today dismiss the Grand National Party's act of linking the "experiment of detonating devices for a nuclear bomb" to the issue of "remittance to the north" as an absurd move of those who are steeped in flunkeyism and the idea of dependence on outsiders to the marrow of their bones and a madcap racket of those keen on north-south confrontation and anti-north operations. Rodong Sinmun in a signed commentary says that the issue of "remittance to the north" was, in fact, fabricated and incriminated by the U.S. which pursues the policy of inciting north-south confrontation and isolating and stifling the DPRK.
    One can easily presume that the "north's experiment of detonating devices for a nuclear bomb" was also faked up by the U.S. to malign the DPRK and aggravate the nuclear crisis, the commentary says, and goes on:
    The GNP is misleading public opinion, crying over the "experiment of the detonating devices" and for a "new law on special inspection". This clearly reveals its sinister intention to go for north-south confrontation and a war unhindered at the backstage manipulation of the U.S.
    The reality goes to prove that the GNP is a group of unpardonable traitors and pro-U.S. flunkeyists who go against the desire of the nation for reconciliation, peace and reunification.
    Minju Joson says the GNP would be well advised to behave with discretion, cogitating about the grave consequences to be entailed by its pro-U.S. treacherous act and its moves to incite inter-Korean confrontation.

U.S. urged to make switchover in its Korea policy

     Pyongyang, July 16 (KCNA) -- U.S. Secretary of State Powell described the DPRK's exercise of right to self-defence as "bad behavior", saying that the U.S. will not reward it. Dismissing such remarks as naive and ridiculous, Rodong Sinmun today says in a commentary:
    Recently, Powell said that the U.S. call for "North Korea's scrapping of its nuclear program first" and "multilateral talks" enjoys broad-based "support" of the international community and that the U.S. would not reward somebody's bad behavior.
    We declare once again that the DPRK's possession of nuclear deterrent force is a very just self-defensive measure intended not to get any reward from the U.S. but to cope with its hostile policy.
    The DPRK made flexible and innovative, new proposals to hold the bilateral talks first and then the U.S.-proposed multilateral talks. They are the most realistic and just proposals that took into consideration the origin of the nuclear issue between the two countries, the present situation, a solution to the issue and even the U.S. "concerns".
    However, the U.S. has turned down the bilateral talks, insisting on the "scrapping of the nuclear program first" and talking about "effectiveness" of the multilateral talks. This behavior is of no help to the solution of the issue but will complicate it, the commentary notes, and goes on:
    The U.S. should accept the DPRK's flexible proposal for holding the bilateral talks before the multilateral talks in order to find a reasonable solution to the issue.
    A key to settling the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S. is for the U.S. to respond to the bilateral talks with the will to make a switchover in its hostile policy towards the DPRK. without such measure, any form of talks would be fruitless and meaningless.
    If the U.S. truly hopes for a peaceful solution to the issue, there will be neither reason nor pretext for it to shun the bilateral talks.
    It is well advised to come out to the talks, properly understanding the nature and peculiarities of the issue and the reality.

Principle of independence, guarantee for reunification

     Pyongyang, July 16 (KCNA) -- The principle of independence put forward by President Kim Il Sung serves as a fundamental principle of national reunification based on the principle of the Juche idea and the Juche-oriented view on the nation, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article. The issue of the country's reunification, it notes, is an issue of the Korean nation itself and an issue related to national sovereignty because it is a matter of reconnecting the blood vessel of the nation cut off by outside forces, achieving national unity and establishing national sovereignty in the whole country.
    This principle is based on undisputed confidence in the boundless might of the Korean nation, declares the paper, and goes on: The Korean nation can be reunited and can successfully solve the issue of national reunification by its own efforts as it ardently desires achieving national reunification through national reconciliation and unity.
    National independence serves as an ideological force that strengthens the nation itself and leads to reunification and prosperity while dependence on outside forces and flunkeyism are an ideological poison that leaves national interests to them and drives the country to ruin. The Korean nation must firmly maintain its position as the master of national reunification and must neither beg foreign forces for its reunification nor allow them to thrust their noses into its affairs.
    The principle of independence advanced by Kim Il Sung and strictly abided by leader Kim Jong Il inspired the Korean nation to the victory of national reunification and, finally, led to the birth of the historical June 15 North-South Joint Declaration and opened the era of independent reunification.

Artificial culture of bacteria vam

     Pyongyang, July 16 (KCNA) -- The Institute of Experimental Biology under the Academy of Sciences has succeeded in the artificial culture of bacteria vam. It, recognized as efficacious microbiological fertilizer, had been cultured only by plant roots.
    The new method shortens the period of culture one-tenth and reduces the production cost one-1,000th as compared with the method of natural culture.

Chinese government to donate diesel oil to DPRK

     Pyongyang, July 16 (KCNA) -- The government of China recently decided to donate 10,000 tons of diesel oil to the DPRK.

Foreign guests visit historic site

     Pyongyang, July 16 (KCNA) -- Diplomatic envoys of different countries and representatives of international organizations here today visited a historic site associated with the Fatherland Liberation War on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the victory in the war. The Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army was located in that place from January Juche 40 (1951) to July Juche 42 (1953) where President Kim Il Sung wisely led the whole party and army and all the people to a victory in the war.
    Being briefed on how the president led the war to the victory, the guests looked round with keen interest the command post and the operation room of the supreme command, several historic buildings and relics of the revolution outside.
    Shaher Mohammed Abdlah, Palestinian Ambassador to the DPRK, who is doyen of the diplomatic corps made an entry in the visitor's book. He wrote that the visit provided them with an opportunity to know well about the immortal exploits the president performed by leading the war to a brilliant victory, wishing the Korean people greater success in their efforts to achieve national reunification and accelerate the socialist construction under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il, successor to the revolutionary idea of the president.

International Conference for peace to be held

     Pyongyang, July 16 (KCNA) -- An International Conference for Peace on the Korean Peninsula and Solidarity Functions will be held in Pyongyang from July 23 to 27 under the co-sponsorship of International Democratic Organizations and the Korean Committee for Solidarity with the World People on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War.

Kim Jong Il inspects KPA unit

     Pyongyang, July 16 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il on July 16 inspected KPA unit 264. He acquainted himself with the unit's performance of its duty before looking round the room for the education in the revolutionary history.
    After seeing with deep emotion historic relics and materials, he said that the servicemen should always remember the profound love and care shown by President Kim Il Sung.
    He dropped in at the servicemen's hall where he saw the records of the struggle waged by the heroes produced by the unit and peculiar visual aids.
    Greatly pleased to see the revolutionary and class education being conducted by the unit in a unique manner in various forms and ways to suit the characteristic feature of young servicemen, he underscored the need to firmly prepare all servicemen as men strong in faith and ideology.
    He made rounds of the newly built firing hall, gymnasium, a service complex and other places of the unit.
    He proposed important tasks which would serve as guidelines in further increasing the unit's combat capability, greatly satisfied to learn that the officers and men of the unit have made many successes in their efforts to implement the WPK's self-defensive military line to the letter.
    He had a photo-session with servicemen of the unit.
    Then he moved on to companies of the unit.
    He dropped in at fire positions of the companies and watched servicemen in training.
    Greatly pleased to see all servicemen trained as a match-for-a-hundred fighters capable of reliably defending the security of the country and the people, he specified tasks and ways of thoroughly carrying out their training program.
    He went round education rooms, bedrooms, mess halls, kitchens, washrooms, side dish stores, open-air resting places and other places of the companies to learn about details of their living ranging from their use of newspapers and books and heating conditions of their bedrooms to side dish preparation and entertainment.
    He also spared time to see their basketball game.
    Saying that he felt refreshing as all the barracks of the companies are kept as neat and tidy as rest homes, he stressed the need to make the culture created by the soldiers in the Songun era prevail throughout the society.
    He gave the servicemen of the two companies a pair of binoculars and an automatic rifle as gifts before having a photograph taken with them.
    At the end of his inspection, he enjoyed a performance given by the art squad of the unit together with servicepersons of the unit and their families.
    Among the audience were chief of the KPA General Staff Kim Yong Chun, kpa generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and first vice-department director of the C.C., the WPK Ri Yong Chol.
    He expressed great satisfaction with a successful performance truthfully representing the service of the soldiers given by the members of the art squad and extended thanks to them.

For Spanish-speaking people

kim jong il recibe presente y titulo de ciudadano honorario de mexico

     pyongyang, 16 de julio (atcc) -- el dirigente kim jong il recibio el titulo de ciudadano honorario y presente de la ciudad de nezahualcoyotl de mexico. el dia 9, el alcalde gildardo gonzalez bautista, junto con los funcionarios responsables del ayuntamiento visito la embajada de la republica popular democratica de corea en su pais y entrego al embajador el certificado de ciudadano honorario y regalo.
    en la ocasion, el alcalde senalo que los funcionarios y otros ciudadanos de la ciudad veneran infinitamente a su excelencia kim jong il quien orienta sabiamente la audaz lucha del pueblo coreano contra la arbitrariedad de ee.uu. y con tal sentimiento unanime, decidieron registrarle como ciudadano honorario de la ciudad.
    subrayo que tener a su excelencia kim jong il como ciudadano honorario es la maxima gloria e infinito orgullo para si mismo y todos los demas ciudadanos.

periodicos capitalinos condenan al "partido hannara" de sudcorea

     pyongyang, 16 de julio (atcc) -- los periodicos capitalinos, en los numeros de hoy, denuncian el "partido hannara" que relaciono la supuesta "prueba de detonador de la bomba nuclear del norte" con el problema del "envio de dinero al norte" calificandolo de un delirio de los locos presos de la idea servil a las grandes potencias y de dependencia de las fuerzas foraneas y de la confrontacion con la republica popular democratica de corea. el diario "rodong sinmun", en un comentario individual, senala que el problema del "envio de dinero al norte" fue fraguado por ee.uu. que persigue el enfrentamiento entre el norte y el sur de corea y el aislamiento y aplastamiento a la rpdc, y la "prueba de detonador de la bomba nuclear del norte" fue inventada por ese pais americano para danarla y exacerbar la crisis nuclear y continua:
    el "partido hannara" difunde tal "prueba" y "nueva ley de averiguacion especial" para tomar sin titubeo el camino de la confrontacion con la rpdc y la guerra, bajo la manipualcion trasera de ee.uu..
    la realidad demuestra fehacientemente que el "partido hannara" es una banda de traidores y de los elementos proyanquis que nadan contra la reconciliacion, la paz y la reunificacion de la nacion.
    el periodico "minju joson" advierte que el "partido hannara" debe reflexionar sobre las consecuencias que emanen de sus maniobras traidoras serviles a ee.uu. y de enfrentamiento con norcorea y actuar con prudencia.