KCNA Assails U.S. "Logic of Strength"

     Pyongyang, January 7 (KCNA) -- The joint New Year editorial of the Party, the army and the youth league of the DPRK called for exerting utmost efforts to strengthen the front of anti-imperialism and military affairs this year. The situation on the Korean peninsula has reached a grave phase due to the Bush administration's extremely hostile policy towards the DPRK.
    It is important to settle the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S. peacefully through dialogue in order to ease the tension and ensure peace and stability on the Korean peninsula.
    The DPRK has already put forward an innovative proposal on a package solution to the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S. on the principle of simultaneous actions at the six-way talks.
    This is a realistic, just and fair proposal as it takes into account the background against which the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S. surfaced and the present situation.
    It is well known that the nuclear issue was a product of the U.S. hostile policy towards the DPRK and its nuclear threat and it has further deteriorated since the emergence of the Bush administration.
    Had the Bush administration abandoned its hostile policy towards the DPRK and not singled out it as part of an "axis of evil," a target of its preemptive nuclear attack, the nuclear issue would have not reached such a serious phase.
    Consistent is the DPRK's principled stand to seek a negotiated peaceful solution to the nuclear issue.
    The U.S. administration should respond to this magnanimity in good faith.
    Nevertheless, the U.S. is stepping up the preparations for a new war, massively shipping into south Korea high-tech weapons mainly including the weapons tested in the Iraqi and Afghan wars.
    The U.S. is grossly mistaken if it thinks it can bring the DPRK to its knees with a military threat as it did to other countries.
    The DPRK will always react with the toughest policy to the U.S. hardline policy of totally denying and threatening the dignified idea and system of its own style.
    This is a legitimate option for self-defence as it is aimed to defend the nation's sovereignty and right to existence and ensure peace and stability on the Korean peninsula and in the region.
    The DPRK will further strengthen the front of anti-imperialism and military affairs to cope with the U.S. escalated threat and react to the U.S. "logic of strength" with strength.

Famous Work of Kim Jong Il Brought Out by Communist Party of Bolivia

     Pyongyang, January 7 (KCNA) -- Famous work of leader Kim Jong Il "On Preserving the Juche Character and National Character of the Revolution and Construction" was brought out in pamphlet by the Communist Party of Bolivia on December 29 last year. Clarified in the work, published on June 19, Juche 86 (1997), are the reason why preserving the Juche character and national character of the revolution and construction is the basic principle to be maintained in accomplishing the socialist cause and the tasks and ways of preserving the characters.

DPRK to Remain True to Idea of Independence, Peace and Friendship

     Pyongyang, January 7 (KCNA) -- It is necessary for every country to foil the imperialists' moves for aggression and war, ensure lasting global peace and security and steadily improve friendly relations with other countries in order to build an independent and peaceful new world, says Rodong Sinmun Wednesday in a signed article. Noting that independence, peace and friendship are an avowed idea of the foreign policy of the Workers' Party of Korea and the DPRK government, the article says that this idea is a noble one common to humankind as it makes it possible for the world people to strengthen international solidarity and make a genuine contribution to accomplishing the global cause of independence.
    The DPRK strictly maintains independence in its external relations, among other things, the article says, and goes on:
    It is the basic principle observed by the DPRK in its activities to think and judge all problems from its independent stand and act according to its own faith and solve all the issues independently.
    It is an essential requirement proceeding from the true nature of the socialist system in the DPRK to realize the idea of peace.
    The DPRK has exerted positive efforts to foil the imperialists' anti-DPRK offensive in unity with all peace-loving forces, achieve peace and stability on the Korean peninsula and defend peace and security in Asia and other parts of the world.
    It is a consistent stand of the DPRK government to develop friendly relations with the world people advocating independence. It will improve good-neighborly and friendly relations with all the countries in the world on the principle of independence and international justice. It will also strive to improve relations with those countries that had been hostile toward it in the past if they respect the sovereignty of the DPRK and drop a wrong policy toward it.

Korea's Reunification Based on June 15 Joint Declaration Supported

     Pyongyang, January 7 (KCNA) -- Ugandan organizations released a joint statement on Jan. 2 supporting the appeal made in the joint New Year editorial of the Workers' Party, army and youth league of Korea. The editorial calls for promoting national reunification on the principle of independence, peaceful reunification and great national unity and in line with the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration, a milestone for reunification agreed upon by the north and the south of Korea, under the slogan "Let us pave a wide avenue for independent reunification through national cooperation under the banner of our nation-first spirit!" The statement expressed support to the DPRK in its principled stand to peacefully settle the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S. through dialogue and strongly demanded the Bush administration give up its hostile policy toward the DPRK.

Slogan for Reunification Movement Supported

     Pyongyang, January 7 (KCNA) -- People from all walks of life in the DPRK are fully supporting the slogan for this year's reunification movement set forth by the joint New Year editorial. The editorial called upon all the fellow countrymen to bring about a turning phase in the reunification movement this year under the slogan "Let us pave a wide avenue for independent reunification through national cooperation under the banner of our nation-first spirit!"
    Paek Ryong Chon, department director of the Secretariat of the Cabinet, said that the call was a just and patriotic initiative.
    He noted that the 70 million Koreans should take practical actions to cope with the nation's confrontation with the U.S. in the Korean nation-first spirit in order to foil the U.S. policy to stifle the DPRK and its moves for a new war.
    Kim Thaek Bong, department director of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, said that the Koreans have grasped the philosophical truth that national cooperation is the only way for the nation to survive and achieve reunification in the last more than three years that witnessed signal events in the movement for the independent reunification.
    Kim Ryong Gang, vice-minister of Railways, said that last year saw such a national event of historic significance as reconnecting rail and road links between the north and the south for the first time in the more than half century-long history of division.
    He underscored the need for the Koreans to fully realize inter-Korean economic cooperation in the Korean nation-first spirit and steadily boost national cooperation this year.
    Ri Chung Bok, vice director of the Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, said there would be no problem in achieving reunification if the Koreans pool efforts with pride and self-confidence that the Korean nation is the best. He expressed his determination to organize diverse work for national reconciliation and unity between the north and the south and reunification under the banner of the Korean nation-first spirit this year, too, and thus put powerful spurs to the movement for national reunification.

Friendly Meeting at Chinese Embassy

     Pyongyang, January 7 (KCNA) -- Wu Donghe, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK, arranged a friendly meeting at his embassy Tuesday evening on the occasion of the New Year, Juche 93 (2004). Present on invitation were Kim Sang Ik, vice-minister of People's Armed Forces, Col. General Ri Pyong Sam of the Korean People's Army and other generals and officers.
    Also present were staff members of the Chinese embassy.
    Speeches were made there.
    Participants talked about the need to boost the friendship and solidarity between the armies and peoples of the DPRK and China.

Trade Union Delegates Look Back on Kim Il Sung's Exploits

     Pyongyang, January 7 (KCNA) -- Trade union delegates from different countries, who had attended the 11th Congress of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions held in Chennai, India, made public a joint statement on December 13 last year, and said they would significantly hold diverse functions for praising the immortal exploits of President Kim Il Sung and praying for the eternal memory of him on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his demise. The participants in the congress expressed their unanimous intention to significantly commemorate the 10th anniversary of his demise, looking back on his immortal exploits in making great contributions to the Korean revolution, the international working class movement and the human cause of independence, the statement said, and pointed out:
    Kim Il Sung devoted all his life to strengthening the unity and solidarity of the world working class under the banner of anti-imperialism, independence and socialism and building a new independent, peaceful and prosperous society free from domination and subordination.
    Kim Il Sung will always live in the hearts of all of us as the outstanding political leader of the 20th century and a peerless great man, the statement noted, expressing the expectation that trade union organizations of different countries would actively join in diverse functions commemorating the 10th anniversary of his demise.

Removal of Candle-light Monument Protested in S. Korea

     Pyongyang, January 7 (KCNA) -- Public circles of south Korea strongly protested the forcible removal of the "Candle-light Monument to Independence and Peace" which had been erected in front of Kwanghwamun, Seoul. The Jongro District Office turned loose by surprise members of the evacuating team in this action on January 2. It had branded it as an "illegal structure violating the traffic rule," hating it as a thorn in their eyes.
    When members of the All-People Measure Committee for Schoolgirls Killed by a U.S. Armored Car went to the office and protested such action, the latter tried to justify it, saying it "gave time of over two months to transfer it to a suitable place".
    The director of the Secretariat of the committee said that though the authorities removed the monument, they would not be able to dampen the desire of the people for independence and peace, declaring the people would rebuild the monument and take a strong action against the district office which ignored their will.
    On the evening of Jan. 3 the committee called a candle-light rally involving at least 100 persons at the place where the monument had been standing.
    Figures of different circles expressed their indignation at the rally, asking the "government": "Do you grudge people the land less than a phyong for the monument that would guard our nation's self-respect, while readily complying with the demand of the United States for the site of Toksu Palace to build its new embassy building and apartment house?"

Joint New Year Editorial Supported

     Pyongyang, January 7 (KCNA) -- The vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the National Democratic Front of South Korea issued a statement on Jan. 3 in support of the joint New Year editorial of Rodong Sinmun, Josoninmingun and Chongnyonjonwi, according to the Internet site of Kuguk Jonson. It said the joint editorial of the north summed up the proud struggle last year that recorded the heroic epic of victory under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il and indicated the guideline for the new year.
    It went on:
    The slogan of the editorial "Let us pave a wide avenue for independent reunification through national cooperation under the banner of our nation-first spirit!" serves as a programmatic guideline that should be firmly maintained by the Korean nation in the movement for the country's reunification. The south Korean people, together with the brothers and sisters of the north, will promote the cause of reunification on the principles of independence, peaceful reunification and great national unity and make energetic efforts to fully realize national cooperation, proudly upholding the Korean nation-first spirit.
    The south Korean people will glorify this year with a great turn in accelerating national reunification by defending and implementing the June 15 joint declaration under the banner of the Korean nation-first spirit with immense national pride of having Kim Jong Il in high esteem. And we will grandly and significantly greet 2005 in which falls the 60th anniversary of national liberation, the statement concluded.

Implementation of DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration Called for

     Pyongyang, January 7 (KCNA) -- Consistent is the DPRK's political stand towards Japan. The relations between the DPRK and Japan will make substantial progress if they sincerely fulfil their commitments made in the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration. Minju Joson today says this in a signed commentary. It goes on:
    The DPRK-Japan relations have reached the worst phase and they may sow the seed of conflict that can seriously affect global peace and security.
    This is entirely attributable to the irresponsible attitude of the Japanese government which has pursued a hostile policy toward the DPRK with extreme antipathy towards the latter.
    The Japanese government is working hard to enact an internal law calling for unilateral "economic sanctions against north Korea" in case it is impossible to impose collective economic sanctions and blockade upon it.
    It is clear to everyone that this is, in fact, a flagrant perfidy to the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration and reckless behavior to push the bilateral relations to an irreversible phase.
    It is a serious mistake for Japan to seek a sinister political aim by taking advantage of the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK and its moves to stifle it. Such pro-U.S. one-sided policy of Japan will only render it further isolated in Northeast Asia.
    The DPRK has made every possible patient effort to improve the bilateral relations, prompted by its noble intention to contribute to global peace and stability.
    The Japanese government had better drop its outmoded conception of confrontation and boldly drop its present short-sighted policy towards the DPRK. This would also do Japan good.

Korean Horticultural Centre

     Pyongyang, January 7 (KCNA) -- The Korean Horticultural Centre has directed great efforts to increasing the flower resources. The center has introduced advanced experience and technologies into flower cultivation, collected many good flower species and propagated them throughout the country.
    It, with a lot of scientists, horticulturists and technicians, has several institutes including a floriculture institute, and tens of thousands of hectares of flower and sapling fields.
    It sponsors the national flower exhibition every year and provides various species of flowers to parks, pleasure grounds, streets and villages according to seasons.
    It is also engaged in exchange of horticultural technologies, import and export of flower seeds, joint venture and collaboration with many countries.
    Several international flower exhibitions have taken place under the sponsorship of the center.
    The centre cultivates and sells chrysanthemum, peony, gladiolus, rose, narcissus and other flowers for pots, various species of flower seeds, flower shrubs, garden trees and saplings. It also produces artificial flowers, floral baskets, straw goods and stuffed specimen. Some of them are cultivated or made by the centre jointly with foreign companies.

Economic Achievements of Korean People in New Year

     Pyongyang, January 7 (KCNA) -- The Korean people are registering big successes in the efforts to carry out tasks set forth in the joint New Year editorial. The workers of the Chollima Steel Complex are turning out large quantities of steel by raising the operation rate of converters from the outset of the year. On January 1, they raised the steel production 1.5 times the daily average figure of last year by increasing the number of teemings while considerably reducing the electricity consumption per ton.
    The electricity producers of the Pukchang Thermal Power Complex are carrying out their daily quotas at 116 percent.
    The Sinchang Youth and other coal mines have introduced advanced cutting method into production. As a result, they are overfulfilling their daily assignments by more than 50 percent.
    The workers in the field of railway transport including the Pyongyang Railway Bureau are transporting more freight than their plans with a bold and ambitious operation. Signal successes are also reported from the forestry sector including the Chonma Forestry Station.
    The workers in the field of light industry including the Pyongyang Textile Mill and the Sinuiju Cosmetics Factory have boosted the production of consumer goods from the beginning of the year by making an effective use of the existing production foundation and pushing ahead with technical modernization.
    Scientists are now intensifying researches with a goal of putting the nation's IT, nanotechnology and bioengineering on the world level as early as possible.

Rodong Sinmun on Practical Ways for Peace and Reunification of Korea

     Pyongyang, January 7 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun in a signed article today calls on the north and the south to take practical actions to settle the Korean nation's confrontation with the U.S. in its struggle to defend peace on the Korean peninsula and achieve the country's reunification. The U.S. is chiefly to blame for the harassed peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, the article says, adding: The U.S. does not want the Korean peninsula to be reunified and it is not pleased with the improved inter-Korean relations. It does not care whether Korea remains divided or whether it falls victim to a nuclear disaster as it is keen only on its own interests.
    Last year the Korean nation has waged a vigorous movement for reunification in the idea of "By our nation itself," pursuant to the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration, the article says, citing detailed facts to prove that the U.S. kicked up a reckless nuclear racket and desperately escalated its war moves in a bid to scuttle the Korean nation's process of reconciliation and cooperation from the outset of last year.
    The article continues:
    The U.S. will not present the Korean nation with peace and reunification in any case as it is keen to realize its ambition for world supremacy. Its much talk about the six-way talks over the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S. is nothing but high-flown rhetoric.
    All the Koreans in the north, the south and abroad should achieve national cooperation and wage a valiant anti-U.S. and anti-war struggle irrespective of ideology, political view and religious belief in the era of independence and reunification.
    They will pool efforts and deal a sledge-hammer blow at the U.S. arrogant moves to launch a war of aggression against the DPRK and reject the sycophantic traitors in south Korea cooperating with the U.S. in its anti-peace and anti-reunification moves.

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Bolivia: obra de Kim Jong Il

     Pyongyang, 7 de enero (ATCC) -- El Partido Comunista de Bolivia dio a luz el 29 de diciembre de 2003 en folleto la obra clasica del Dirigente Kim Jong Il "Para mantener el espiritu Juche y la nacionalidad en el proceso revolucionario y constructivo". La obra, publicada el 19 de junio del 86 (1997) de la Era Juche, ilumina la razon de que mantener el espiritu Juche y la nacionalidad en el proceso revolucionario y constructivo constituye el principio fundamental que se debera mantener en el cumplimiento de la causa socialista, las tareas y metodos para realizarlo.

Pueblo coreano enfrascado en materializacion del editorial conjunto

     Pyongyang, 7 de enero (ATCC) -- Al enterarse del editorial conjunto de los periodicos "Rodong Sinmun", "Joson Inmingun" y "Chongnyon Jonwi", el pueblo coreano logra cada dia grandes exitos laborales. Los obreros del Complejo de Acero Chollima producen diariamente una gran cantidad de acero aumentando la tasa de funcionamiento de los hornos electricos.
    El dia primero, al incrementar el numero de coladas y reducir considerablemente la norma de consumo de electricidad por tonelada, aumentaron 1.5 veces la produccion de acero en comparacion con el resultado de promedio diario del ano pasado.
    Aun en condiciones dificiles, los obreros del Complejo Termoelectrico de Pukchang, al organizar bien la administracion de instalaciones y la tecnica, cumplen en mas de 116 por ciento el plan diario.
    Los trabajadores de la Mina Carbonifera Juventud de Sinchang y otros del dominio de la industria de carbon sobrecumplen en mas de 50 por ciento el plan diario al introducir los metodos avanzados de extraccion de carbon.
    La Direccion Ferroviaria de Pyongyang y otros dominios de transporte ferroviario, con el indoblegable espiritu de ataque y la manera de trabajar audaz, transportan diariamente gran cantidad de cargas mas que el plan.
    Los obreros del dominio de silvicultura incluyendo la Empresa de Silvicultura de Chonma amplian sin cesar los exitos de produccion de arboles maderales superando, con el espiritu revolucionario de los militares, todas las dificultades y pruebas.
    La Fabrica Textil de Pyongyang, la Fabrica de Cosmeticos de Sinuiju y otras del dominio de industria ligera utilizan de manera eficiente la base productiva ya existente e impulsan activamente la renovacion tecnica, gracias a lo cual logran exitos en la produccion de articulos de consumo popular desde los primeros dias de este ano.
    Tambien, los cientificos se esfuerzan por llevar lo mas pronto posible al nivel mundial la tecnica de informatica, la nanotecnologia y la biotecnologia.
    Los trabajadores de distintos lugares de Corea, con la extraordinaria disposicion y el entusiasmo revolucionario, aceleran energicamente la produccion y la construccion, con el impetu de tocar solemnemente el tambor del triunfo de la revolucion mediante el Songun (priorizacion militar) en todos los frentes de la construccion de una gran potencia prospera.

Centro de Floricultura de Corea

     Pyongyang, 7 de enero (ATCC) -- El Centro dedica gran fuerza al aumento de recursos florales. En estos dias el centro introduce las experiencias y la tecnica de cultivo avanzadas, recolecta semillas de buenas variedades y las divulga a todo el pais.
    El centro ocupa una gran porcion en la floricultura del pais. Cuenta con un laboratorio y organos de investigacion, decenas de miles de hectareas de viveros de flores y arboles, numerosos cientificos, floricultores y tecnicos.
    Cada ano el centro auspicia la exhibicion nacional de flores y contribuye al cultivo de distintas flores segun las estaciones en los parques, centros de recreacion, calles y aldeas.
    Tambien despliega la labor para desarrollar el intercambio tecnico, la importacion y exportacion, la asociacion del ramo con varios paises del mundo.
    En el pasado auspicio mas de una vez la exhibicion internacional de flores.
    El centro desarrolla las actividades de produccion y servicio y la asociacion para los productos de amplias variedades tales como crisantemo, peonia, rosa, macetas de narciso y otras flores, toda clase de semillas de flores, arbustos floriferos, arboles de jardin, posturas de arbol, flores artificiales, cestos de flores, productos de paja, animales disecados, etc.

Respondera con la fuerza a la "teoria de fuerza" - Comentario de ATCC -

     Pyongyang, 7 de enero (ATCC) -- El editorial conjunto de los periodicos del Partido, el ejercito y la juventud publicado con motivo del Ano Nuevo senala la necesidad de prestar este ano la mayor fuerza a fortalecer el frente del antiimperialismo y los asuntos militares. Debido a la extremada politica hostil de la administracion Bush a la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea, la situacion de la Peninsula Coreana llega a la grave etapa.
    Lo importante para aliviar la situacion tensa y preservar la paz y la estabilidad en la Peninsula Coreana es resolver por via pacifica el problema nuclear entre la RPDC y EE.UU. a traves del dialogo.
    En el lugar de las conversaciones de 6 partes ya propusimos un proyecto innovador de solucionar este problema con la modalidad global basada en el principio de la accion simultanea.
    Nuestro proyecto es realista e imparcial que considera el proceso de surgimiento del problema nuclear entre la RPDC y EE.UU. y la situacion actual.
    Es notorio que el problema nuclear surgio por la politica hostil y la amenaza nuclear de este a aquella y despues de aparecer la administracion Bush ha venido empeorando mas.
    Si esta administracion hubiera anulado su politica hostil a la RPDC y no hubiera definido a esta como "eje del mal" y blanco del primer ataque nuclear, el problema nuclear no llegaria a la aguda fase como hoy.
    Es invariable la posicion de principios de la RPDC de solucionar por via pacifica el problema nuclear con EE.UU. a traves del dialogo.
    La administracion norteamericana debe responder con buena voluntad a tal magnanimidad de la RPDC.
    Pero, recientemente, EE.UU. introduce en gran medida en el Sur de Corea las armas de punta tomando por lo principal las probadas en las guerras de Iraq y Afganistan, y da aun mas espuelas a los preparativos para desencadenar una nueva guerra.
    Si EE.UU. piensa que podra rendir a la RPDC, con la amenaza militar como en otros paises, es una gran equivocacion.
    Responderemos siempre con la sobredureza a la politica dura de EE.UU. que niega totalmente y amenaza a la ideologia y el regimen dignos del estilo nuestro.
    Esto es la debida opcion autodefensiva para defender la soberania del pais y su derecho a la existencia y preservar la paz y la estabilidad de la Peninsula Coreana y su contorno.
    Frente al aumento de la amenaza de EE.UU. fortaleceremos mas el frente del antiimperialismo y los asuntos militares y responderemos con la fuerza a la "teoria de fuerza" de este pais americano.