Hungarian Preparatory Committee Inaugurated

     Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- An inaugural ceremony of the Hungarian Preparatory Committee for Celebrating the 55th Anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was held in Budapest on August 14. At the ceremony Chairman of the Hungarian Workers' Party Gyula Thurmer was elected chairman of the preparatory committee.
    The preparatory committee set a celebration period from September 1 to 10 and decided to hold a celebration meeting, photo exhibition and other functions during the period.

Pakistani National Preparatory Committee Inaugurated

     Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- An inaugural ceremony of the Pakistani National Preparatory Committee for Celebrating the 55th Anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was held in Islamabad on August 15. The list of executive committee members of the preparatory committee with Organizational Secretary of the Pakistan Muslim League Ajim Chowdhry as its chairman was made public at the ceremony.
    The chairman, addressing the ceremony, said the committee would provide colorful friendly and cultural activities.
    A letter to leader Kim Jong Il was adopted at the ceremony.

U.S.-S. Korea Joint Military Drill Denounced

     Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- The U.S.-south Korea "Ulji Focus Lens" joint military exercise now underway in south Korea is a military drill aimed to step up the preparations for a war of aggression against the DPRK, threaten and pressurize it and fan up hostility toward it and war hysteria among south Koreans, says Minju Joson today in a signed commentary. Recalling that the U.S. is staging this joint military exercise at a time when the situation on the Korean peninsula is getting tenser than ever before, the commentary says that it will only bring dark clouds of a new war to hang over the Korean peninsula.
    The commentary goes on:
    What should not be overlooked is that the joint military exercise is being staged despite the fact that the six-way talks for the settlement of the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula are expected to open thanks to the broad magnanimity and initiative of the DPRK.
    There should be an atmosphere favorable for the smooth progress of the six-way talks and their good results. To this end any party to the dialogue should refrain from doing anything that may provoke or threaten the other party. The U.S. is, however, staging a war exercise to threaten the DPRK, its dialogue partner, and chill the atmosphere of dialogue, while giving lip-service to "dialogue".
    This compels one to doubt the U.S. stand and attitude toward the dialogue for the settlement of the nuclear issue.
    The U.S. should stop its reckless acts of threatening peace in Korea and souring the atmosphere of the dialogue and give up its wild ambition to invade the DPRK.
    The south Korean military bellicose forces are well advised to bear in mind that they would be cursed and condemned by all the countrymen and meet self-destruction for their involvement in the U.S. imperialists' war moves against the DPRK and war rackets intended to harm the fellow countrymen.

GNP Urged to Dismantle Itself

     Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today carries a signed commentary castigating the Grand National Party of south Korea for having desperately worked to prevent the sports team and cheering group of the north from participating in the 22nd Taegu Universiad. But its attempts went for nothing as the groups arrived at Taegu, the commentary says, and continues:
    The representative of the GNP and other ultra-right conservative fanatics in south Korea might have cried out "bravo" hoping that their aim would be attained after weaving most sinister anti-north plots ever known and frantically kicking off a racket for confrontation with it at what they called "August 15 people's rally." But they were seriously mistaken.
    Though the GNP and other anti-reunification fanatics tried desperately, they could never stem the nation's main trend to become one and achieve reconciliation, unity and reunification.
    The sports team and cheering group of the north went to Taegu with a unanimous desire to contribute to national unity and reunification in one mind with the compatriots of the south and south Koreans accorded warm welcome and hospitality to the north's delegation with compatriotic feelings.
    The GNP is a group of politically blind men who can not see the true appearance of the north and the south joining hands in oneness.
    The GNP is fated to be shortlived, its representative being an ultra-right pro-U.S. fascist element who has long earned an ill fame as "Choetler" from the south Koreans. It is as good as dead. The GNP estranged from the country and the nation should go to its grave as early as possible.

Japan's Moves for Reinvasion under Fire

     Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- Japan's defense chief referring to the issue of the dispatch of the "Self-Defense Forces" overseas including the "cooperation in international peace-keeping operation" in the "2003 white paper for defense of Japan" at a recent Diet meeting, asserted that the SDF should be allowed to conduct activities overseas, free from the framework of "exclusive defense" while tightening the nexus with the U.S. In this regard papers here today say that the principle of "exclusive defense" is the key point in the "Peace Constitution" of Japan, adding that Japan's declaration that it would let the SDF launch overseas expansion free from the principle of "exclusive defense" means its intention to launch reinvasion.
    Rodong Sinmun says:
    It is as clear as noonday that when the Japanese reactionaries do away with the "Peace Constitution" and drop the principle of "exclusive defense," the SDF, free from any legal restrictions, will advance into Asia and other parts of the world to conduct undisguised military actions for aggression and disturb peace and stability there.
    Japan is actively supporting the U.S. unilateralism and its policy for hegemony.
    Lurking behind this is its sinister aim to launch reinvasion backed by the U.S.
    Japan's undisguised ambition to start overseas aggression backed by the U.S. is becoming a reality. Its main target is the DPRK.
    The army and the people of the DPRK are closely following Japan's moves for reinvasion with utmost vigilance.
    Minju Joson says the world today is quite different from what used to be in the past when Japan invaded the continent as it pleased, urging the Japanese reactionaries to face up to the trend of the times, cool down their fever for reckless overseas expansion and behave with discretion.

Anniversary of Peruvian Organization for Friendship with DPRK Marked

     Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- A meeting was held in Lima on Aug. 13 to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Peruvian-Korean Institute of Culture and Friendship. At the meeting a reporter and speakers noted that the institute has made a great contribution to strengthening the friendship and solidarity with the Korean people for the last 33 years and provided various political and cultural functions on important occasions every year including the Day of the Sun and the February holiday and extended positive support to the Korean people in their efforts to build a great prosperous powerful nation and achieve the independent and peaceful reunification of the country.
    Condemning the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK, they expressed full support to the stand of the DPRK government on concluding a non-aggression treaty between the two countries.
    A letter to leader Kim Jong Il was adopted at the meeting.
    Present there were Angel Castro Lavarello, chairman of the Peruvian-Korean Institute of Culture and Friendship, Oscar Felipe Bentura, president of the National Executive Committee of the New Left Movement of Peru, and others.
    The DPRK ambassador and his embassy officials there were invited to the meeting.

Anti-DPRK Moves of GNP Flailed

     Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- The Reunification Solidarity of south Korea on Aug. 19 released a commentary titled "The representative of the Grand National Party should make an apology to the nation and quit the political arena." Grumbling that "the authorities were dragged by the north," the GNP and other anti-reunification conservative forces heaped malignant abuses on them for expressing regret at the frantic racket kicked up by those forces against the north on Aug. 15, the commentary noted, and continued:
    At a time when all people were ardently looking forward to the participation of the north side's players team in the Universiad to present another impressive chapter of national reconciliation, the anti-reunification forces came out to block it through an extremely hostile act against the north.
    Yet, they accused the authorities of expressing regret at it.
    This is like a thief crying "Stop the thief."
    It urged Choe Pyong Ryol, representative of the GNP, to apologize to the nation for the rowdyism and quit the political arena and the anti-reunification conservative forces including the GNP to stop their anachronistic moves to fan up confrontation between compatriots.

Anniversary of DPRK Celebrated Abroad

     Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- Functions took place in different countries to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the DPRK. A celebration meeting was held in Zerekore Province, Guinea, on Aug. 4.
    The governor of the province in his speech said that he, as a man highly honored to be received by President Kim Il Sung during his visit to the DPRK, always remembered the appearance of the country and deeply admired the advantages of Korean-style socialism.
    A congratulatory letter to leader Kim Jong Il was adopted at the meeting.
    A lecture was organized by the Youth Group for the Study of the Juche Idea in Democratic Congo on Aug. 16.
    The vice-chairman of the group in a lecture noted that the state philosophy of the DPRK is the Juche idea and the Songun policy, a model of independent politics, was also set out by Kim Jong Il in the course of his practical activities to embody the Juche idea.
    On Aug. 14, there was a show of the Korean film "The country taking on a beautiful appearance under the leadership of the great general" with members of the Democratic Congo-Korea Friendship and Solidarity Association and the Association of Working Citizens attending.
    Film shows were also held in Peru and Uganda on Aug. 12 and 15.

Basic Foodstuff Industry Developing Rapidly in DPRK

     Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- Basic foodstuff factories have been built in many areas of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. They, equipped with modern production processes, effective and precision technical facilities and computers, mass-produce various kinds of basic foodstuffs with such protein materials as beans. It was hard to run soy factories and foodstuff factories for lack of raw materials in the period of the "arduous march" and the forced march when the country's economic situation was difficult due to the imperialists' efforts to isolate and stifle the country and continued natural disasters.
    Leader Kim Jong Il worked out an ambitious plan to build modern basic foodstuff factories in Pyongyang and in all provinces though the country was still in hard time, and guided the army to set a model.
    National and provincial construction offices were established and the reconstruction of factories, manufacture and assembling of equipment and face-lifting of their compounds were accelerated all together in all parts of the country.
    Modern basic foodstuff factories and foodstuff factories made their appearances in Pyongyang, provincial seats, Hoeryong city, Pukchang, Sakju, Changsong and Koksan counties and other places in a short span of time.
    Kim Jong Il gave field guidance to newly built basic foodstuff factories and solved problems arising in management activities including supply of raw materials and containers, improvement of the quality of basic foodstuffs and increase in the kind of products.

New Battery Developed

     Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- A new kind of battery has been developed recently in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It is a self-generating battery by the chemical reaction of aluminum and oxygen. It, which produces no pollution, is considered to be much better than acid and alkali batteries.
    The battery consists of air electrode (positive), aluminum electrode (negative) and electrolyte (salted water or sea water).
    It generates 1-1.5 volts.
    A 0.4 millimeter-thick aluminum plate can be used for 8-10 hours.
    When it is connected in series or in parallel circuit, it can increase the voltage to 12 and the power to 100 watts.
    It can be applied to various communications instruments, lighting equipment and lighthouse.

22nd Universiad Opens

     Taegu, August 21 (KCNA-Correspondent) -- The 22nd Universiad opened in Taegu, south Korea, on August 21. Present at the opening ceremony were President Ro Mu Hyon and political and public figures of south Korea, leading members of the International University Sports Federation and heads of delegations of different countries and regions including Jon Kuk Man, head of the delegation of the Student Sports Association of the DPRK.
    Also present were cheer groups of the DPRK and the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, south Koreans and foreign guests.
    Players groups of different countries and regions entered the place of the opening ceremony.
    When the players of the north and the south of Korea came in hand in hand with a grand Korean peninsula flag in the van amid the playing of song "Arirang", enthusiastic cheers burst out.
    Jo Hae Nyong, chairman of the organizing committee of the 22nd Universiad, made a welcoming address which was followed by an opening speech by George E. Killiaan, president of the International University Sports Federation.
    The 22nd Universiad was declared open and the flag of the federation was hoisted amid the playing of the federation song.
    A ceremony of kindling the flame of the Universiad took place.
    The universiad will close on August 31.

DPRK Ambassador to Cambodia Appointed

     Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- Choe Han Chun was appointed as the new DPRK ambassador to Cambodia, according to the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK.

Chinese Military Delegation Winds Up Its Visit to DPRK

     Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- The high-level military delegation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army led by Colonel General Xu Caihou, director of the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army who is member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and member of its Central Military Commission, left here today after winding up its five-day visit to the DPRK. The delegation was seen off at the airport by General Pak Jae Gyong, Colonel General Pak Sung Won and other generals and officers of the Korean People's Army, Chinese Ambassador to the DPRK Wu Donghe and military attache Yan Jiangfeng.
    On August 22, the delegation laid a floral basket before the Monument to the Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War.
    Meanwhile, the delegation visited the Tower of the Juche Idea and the West Sea Barrage on Aug. 21.

Working-level Contact for Reconnecting Inter-Korean Rail and Road Links

     Kaesong, August 22 (KCNA) -- The sixth working-level contact for reconnecting the rail and road links between the north and the south of Korea was held in Kaesong from August 21 to 22. At the contact both sides adopted an agreement on working-level contact after making sincere discussions on practical issues in order to energetically push forward the projects for reconnecting the rail and road links between the north and the south now underway amid the great expectation and concern of the whole nation, including the issue of providing all the equipment and raw materials necessary for the projects from October, the issue of giving such technical services as installing, repairing and servicing the already provided equipment and vehicles, the issue of working out designs of signals, telecommunications and power system, a basic agreement on train service and the issue of setting up offices for train and motor operation.
    Both sides agreed to discuss and fix the date of the 7th working-level contact by way of exchanging documents in future.

S. Korean Army's Ceaseless Military Provocations

     Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- The south Korean army is continuing military provocations against the north while infiltrating warships one after another into the territorial waters of the north side in the West Sea, a military source said. At about 00:00 on Friday it illegally infiltrated one speedboat into the territorial waters of the north side south of Tungsangot of Kangryong County under the cover of darkness. It infiltrated one patrol boat and two speedboats from about 07:12 to about 10:15 and a patrol boat and a speedboat from about 11:45 to sail for hours.
    It illegally infiltrated several patrol boats and speedboats four times on August 21 and three times on August 19 and 20 each into the territorial waters of the north side, rendering the situation in the waters extremely tense.
    Such ceaseless intrusion into the territorial waters of the north side by the south Korean army after the start of the frantic Ulji Focus Lens joint military exercise across south Korea is a premeditated provocative move to spark a new incident in the waters in a bid to shift the blame for this onto the north.

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Dirigente Kim Jong Il recibe carta de participantes en 3 exposicion de libros

     Pyongyang, 22 de agosto (ATCC) -- El Dirigente Kim Jong Il recibio el dia 21 una carta de agradecimiento de los participantes en la III Exposicion Internacional de Libros Cientifico-Tecnicos de Pyongyang. La carta senala que durante su permanencia en Corea quedaron profundamente impresionados de que Su Excelencia Kim Jong Il, luego de presentar la ciencia y la tecnica como uno de los tres pilares de la construccion de una gran potencia prospera, se pone a la cabeza de la lucha por desarrollarlas.
    Subraya que se admiran de que Su Excelencia poseyendo ricos conocimientos sobre la ciencia y tecnica de punta dirige sabiamente el desarrollo cientifico de Corea y se convencen de que gracias a tener por dirigente a un hombre tan erudito como Su Excelencia, Corea figurara dignamente en un futuro cercano en las filas de las potencias cientifico-tecnicas mundiales.
    Expresa la disposicion de brindar activa cooperacion de modo que la Exposicion Internacional de Libros Cientifico-Tecnicos de Pyongyang se amplie y se desarrolle al nivel mundial.

Inaugurada 22 Universiada Mundial en Taegu

     Taegu, 21 de agosto (corresponsal de ATCC) -- La 22a Universiada Mundial quedo inaugurada el dia 21 en Taegu de Sudcorea. El presente certamen deportivo llama gran atencion del pais y extranjero por la participacion de los deportistas tanto del Norte como del Sur cuando se eleva mas que antes la aspiracion de la nacion coreana a lograr sin falta la reunificacion bajo la bandera de la Declaracion Conjunta del 15 de Junio luego de frustrar rotundamente el perverso desafio de las fuerzas de oposicion a la reintegracion.
    En el acto inaugural participaron el presidente Ro Mu Hyon y las personalidades de los circulos politicos y sociales de Sudcorea, los miembros directivos de la Confederacion Internacional Deportiva Universitaria, el jefe de la delegacion del Norte Jon Kuk Man, presidente de la Asociacion Deportiva Universitaria y otros jefes de las delegaciones de varios paises y regiones del mundo.
    Y estuvieron presentes los miembros de los grupos de hinchas del Norte y la Chongryon (Asociacion General de Coreanos Residentes en Japon), compatriotas surcoreanos y huespedes extranjeros.
    Entraron los equipos de jugadores de varios paises y regiones del mundo.
    Los jugadores mano a mano del Norte y el Sur entraron en el lugar del acto inaugural con la bandera de la reunificacion al frente acorde a la melodia de "Arirang". Entonces estallaron aclamaciones que estremecian el lugar.
    Los participantes, al agitar los banderines de reunificacion y dar aclamaciones, enviaron un caluroso estimulo a los jugadores del Norte y el Sur quienes marchaban en el estadio demostrando dignamente que la nacion coreana con la misma sangre, lengua y cultura no se puede vivir dividida.
    El presidente del Comite Organizador de la 22a Universiada Mundial pronuncio un discurso de bienvenida y el presidente de la CIDU George E. Killiaan palabras de apertura.
    Acto seguido, se declaro la inauguracion de la 22a Universiada Mundial y se izo la bandera de la CIDU en medio de la interpretacion del himno de esta.
    Y hubo la ceremonia de encender la antorcha de la Universiada.
    Esta vez se desarrollaran competencias de futbol, voleibol, atletismo, lucha, gimnasia y otras disciplinas.
    La universiada se clausurara el 31 de agosto.

Seminario Norte-Sur para corregir notacion inglesa del nombre de Corea

     Pyongyang, 22 de agosto (ATCC) -- Tuvo lugar el dia 21 en la Universidad Kim Il Sung el Seminario Norte-Sur para corregir la notacion inglesa del nombre de Corea. Los oradores desearon que la notacion inglesa "KOREA", residuo de la epoca de ocupacion de los imperialistas japoneses se sustituya lo mas pronto posible por "COREA", simbolo de la reconciliacion, la cooperacion y la reunificacion pacifica.
    Historicamente, hasta la segunda mitad del periodo de 1800 el nombre de nuestro pais era "COREA" o "COREE" en la mayoria de los documentos de Europa occidental, pero se llamaba "KOREA" desde cuando Japon comenzo a apoderarse de nuestro pais, subrayaron.
    Apuntaron que la tergiversacion de la notacion inglesa del nombre de Corea por los imperialistas japoneses es un imperdonable crimen estatal.
    El seminario publico un llamamiento conjunto a los sabios y todos los demas compatriotas coreanos del Norte, el Sur y en ultramar.
    El documento senala:
    "Corea" fue la notacion tradicional del nombre del pais que se habia usado cientos de anos teniendo su origen en Coryo conocido ampliamente por el mundo y la oficial notacion nacional que en todos los idiomas extranjeros el gobierno feudal de Corea y la sociedad internacional habian usado oficialmente en los pactos y las gacetas.
    Con el objeto de pisotear el orgullo y la dignidad de la nacion coreana, los imperialistas nipones, al extender sus garras de agresion a Corea, tergiversaron la notacion inglesa del nombre de nuestro pais y asi "COREA" fue sustituida por "KOREA" que hasta la fecha se usa oficialmente en la sociedad internacional.
    Los historiadores y filologos del Norte y el Sur se deciden a esclarecer estrictamente los crimenes ocultos del pasado de los imperialistas japoneses relativos a la notacion inglesa del nombre de Corea.
    Las autoridades y todos los compatriotas coreanos del Norte y el Sur deberan ponerse a la cabeza de la labor para defender firmemente la dignidad y la soberania de la nacion.
    En el simposio participaron por la parte norcoreana Pak Kwan O, rector de la Universidad Kim Il Sung, Ri Jong Hyok, presidente del Instituto de la Reunificacion de la Patria, Mun Yong Ho, director del Instituto de Filologia de la Academia de Ciencias Sociales, y otros funcionarios, investigadores de la Academia de Ciencias Sociales, profesores y estudiantes de la Universidad Kim Il Sung, y por la parte surcoreana Kang Man Gil, rector de la Universidad de Sangji, los "parlamentarios" Kim Yong Hwan y Kim Song Ho y las personalidades de los circulos cientificos y de palabra.
    Tambien, estuvieron presentes como observadores los encargados de asuntos culturales de las embajadas de varios paises en la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea.

33 aniversario del Instituto cultural y de Amistad Peruano-Coreano

     Pyongyang, 22 de agosto (ATCC) -- El mitin por el 33 aniversario de la fundacion del Instituto Cultural y de Amistad Peruano-Coreano tuvo lugar el dia 13 en Lima. En la ocasion el informante y otros oradores senalaron que durante los 33 anos pasados el Instituto hizo un gran aporte al fortalecimiento de la amistad y solidaridad con el pueblo coreano, al organizar en las importantes efemerides de cada ano como los cumpleanos del Presidente Kim Il Sung y del Dirigente Kim Jong Il diversos actos politico-culturales para expresar su irrestricto apoyo y solidaridad con la lucha del pueblo coreano por la construccion de una gran potencia socialista y la reunificacion independiente y pacifica del pais.
    Condenaron la politica de hostilidad de EE.UU. a Corea y expresaron su firme apoyo a la posicion del gobierno de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea de concertar un tratado de no-agresion con EE.UU.
    En el mitin fue aprobada una carta dirigida al Dirigente Kim Jong Il.
    Estuvieron presentes alli Angel Castro Lavarello, presidente del Instituto Cultural y de Amistad Peruano-Coreano, Oscar Felipe Bentura, presidente del Comite Ejecutivo Nacional del Movimiento Peruano de Nueva Izquierda y otros.
    Fueron invitados el embajador coreano en este pais y otros miembros de esta sede diplomatica.

Periodicos denuncian el intento de agresion de Japon a ultramar

     Pyongyang, 22 de agosto (ATCC) -- Hace poco, el hombre en la autoridad de Defensa de Japon, en su informe intitulado "Carta blanca de defensa de Japon de 2003" presentado ante en una reunion del gabinete, refiriendose al problema relacionado con el envio de las "Fuerzas de Autodefensa" al extranjero bajo el rotulo de la "cooperacion con las actividades por la paz internacional", insistio en que estas "fuerzas" deben fortalecer la solidaridad con EE.UU. para que actuen en ultimar libres de la "defensa exclusiva" del pasado. Los periodicos capitalinos, en sus comentarios individuales de hoy senalan que el principio de la "defensa exclusiva" es un articulo nuclear de la "constitucion pacifica" de Japon y anaden que el intento de las "Fuerzas de Autodefensa" de liberarse del principio de la "defensa exclusiva" y salir al extranjero significa una nueva agresion.
    El del diario "Rodong Sinmun" senala:
    Es claro que si los reaccionarios japoneses desprecian la "constitucion pacifica" y el principio de la "defensa exclusiva", las "Fuerzas de Autodefensa" que no tienen ninguna restriccion legal desplegaran las acciones militares agresivas en Asia y otras regiones del mundo y destruiran la paz y la estabilidad.
    Japon apoya activamente la politica unilateral y hegemonica de EE.UU., lo cual es para tomar el camino de la nueva agresion bajo el amparo de este.
    El blanco principal de nueva agresion de este pais isleno es la RPDC.
    El ejercito y el pueblo de Corea observan agudamente las maquinaciones de nueva agresion de Japon.
    El periodico "Minju Joson" senala que los reaccionarios japoneses deben distinguir correctamente la corriente de la situacion, mitigar el imprudente celo para la expansion a ultramar y actuar con prudencia.