Bulletins Published Abroad

     Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Bulletins were published in various countries on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the demise of President Kim Il Sung. The bulletin issued by the Paektusan Czech-Korean Friendship Association on July 6, points out: The 70-year long history of Kim Il Sung's leadership of the revolution and construction was the history of a great thinker and theoretician and strategist who lit the road to the victory of the Korean revolution and the cause of global independence with his far-sighted wisdom, an iron-willed brilliant commander who forced his way through troubles with unrivaled grit and will and a great leader who performed feats by becoming one with the popular masses.
    The bulletins brought out by the Egypt-Korea Friendship Association and the Bulgaria-Korea Friendship Association on July 6 and 7 say the august name of Kim Il Sung was shining continuously as a victorious banner of the progressives today in the new century following the last century.
    They note that true socialism in which the popular masses are the masters of everything and everything serves them, powerful socialism that displays the grand sight of independence, self-sustenance and self-reliant defense is the very socialism of Korea.
    Kim Jong Il, the supreme leader of Korea, they say, is identical to President Kim Il Sung in idea, leadership ability and personality and he is a rare great man who cherishes loyalty to the leader in the noblest height.
    Noting that the last 10 years were days of vigorous endeavors to fulfill the last instructions of the President, the bulletins say the realities of Korea today where Kim Jong Il is defending socialism and bringing prosperity to the country by pursuing Songun politics prove that the great prosperous powerful socialist nation desired by the President in his lifetime is not a thing of distant future.
    The Society for the Promotion of the Relations between Austria and the DPRK on July 2 published a bulletin titled "President Kim Il Sung who laid a lasting foundation for socialist Korea".

Kim Il Sung's Great Services Praised

     Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- K. David Mafabi, director of the Political Department of the Pan-African Movement, issued a statement on July 6 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the demise of President Kim Il Sung. Recalling that Kim Il Sung made a great contribution to the independence and the building of a new society in Africa and built true socialism centering on the popular masses in Korea, he in the statement said the world people, especially the African people would always remember the President.
    Noting that under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il the Korean people have made great successes despite foreign forces' plots to isolate and stifle the DPRK, he expressed firm conviction that Korea would surely emerge victorious in the future, too, under his guidance.

Koreans in Germany Hold Meeting for Peace against War

     Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- The Society for Cooperation among Koreans in Germany reportedly held a meeting for peace against war in Berlin on July 2. Present at the meeting were Chairman of the society Jang Il Jung, Representative of the Union of Overseas south Koreans for Democracy, Nation and Unification Ri Yong Jun and south Korean students studying in Germany.
    Speeches were made at the meeting under such titles as "Decision on troop dispatch to Iraq must be retracted," "War of madness and brutality should be put to an end," "U.S. is bringing the danger of war to the Korean peninsula," "U.S. must take hands off south Korea and withdraw its troops from there" and "U.S. troops, go back to your den."
    A declaration of Koreans for peace against war and troop dispatch to Iraq was adopted there.

Withdrawal of Decision on Troop Dispatch Demanded in S. Korea

     Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- The south Korean Students' Measure Committee for the Withdrawal of the Decision on Troop Dispatch grouping such student organizations as the south Korean Federation of University Student Councils, the Seoul District Federation of University Student Councils and the south Korean Student Solidarity Council made public an "Appeal to Three Million Students for Struggle" on July 9, according to a news report. The appeal accused the authorities of implementing the decision on the troop dispatch, talking about "unavoidable troop dispatch" and "retaliation against terrorism," far from drawing a lesson from the murder of Kim Son Il at a time when many countries are withdrawing their troops from Iraq and there is ever-mounting public opposition to the troop dispatch in south Korea.
    It is the commitment of the students to lead the struggle for the withdrawal of the decision on troop dispatch, the appeal said, calling upon the three million students to frustrate the troop dispatch through a united all-out struggle.
    It called for starting the joint action of students in south Korea for the withdrawal of the decision on troop dispatch on July 17 to instill enthusiasm to struggle and confidence of victory into the people.

Kim Il Sung's Exploits Praised

     Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Guy Dupre, secretary general of the International Liaison Committee for Reunification and Peace in Korea (CILRECO), who was visiting the DPRK on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the demise of President Kim Il Sung, highly praised his exploits in the work for accomplishing the cause of reunification. He recalled that when he was visiting Korea as a member of an international fact-finding group for inspecting the concrete wall in April 1990, Kim Il Sung received the group and made most important remarks about reunification.
    At that time I could deeply feel that national reunification was the lifelong cause of Kim Il Sung, he said, and went on:
    The noble features of the benevolent father who showed so much care for the people, the great man who was so much concerned about reunification, are still stirring all people to the depths of their being.
    Not a few obstacles and difficulties lie in the way of Korea's reunification, but the Korean people will certainly overcome them.
    CILRECO will further intensify its activities for support to and solidarity with the Korean people in their struggle for reunification and conduct energetic activities to create a favorable international climate for Korea's reunification.
    The Korean people, holding leader Kim Jong Il, the lodestar of Korea's reunification, in high esteem, are making all efforts to carry through the last instructions of Kim Il Sung for reunification. His last instructions will surely be materialized.

U.S. Mean Economic Sanctions and Blockade against Other Countries under Fire

     Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- U.S. arrogant economic sanctions and blockade are leverages for undisguised interference in other countries and a means for strangling them. The U.S. has become toughest and most desperate in its mean sanctions and blockade against the DPRK. Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article. The article cites facts to prove that the U.S. has long applied economic sanctions against the DPRK.
    It goes on:
    The U.S. sanctions and blockade to isolate, suffocate and subjugate the DPRK have reached the height of the grave, aggressive and tough nature in the new century.
    The bellicose Bush administration has desperately worked to lay an international siege to the DPRK, peddling "the danger of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction."
    In May last year, the U.S. set out a "security action program for the prevention of the spread of weapons" aimed to carry out the operation to intercept and search the DPRK ships sailing in open seas and is pressurizing 11 countries to put it into practice,. The U.S. plans to stage five multi-national military exercises this year in a bid to lay an international siege to the DPRK.
    The U.S. imperialists' blockade operation against the DPRK is designed to increase the economic difficulties to the DPRK in a bid to take an initiative in settling the nuclear issue between the DPRK and the U.S. and, furthermore, bring it under their control by force of arms.
    The U.S. moves to lay an international siege to the DPRK is a grave infringement upon its sovereignty as it is in gross violation of international law and the norms governing the relations among countries. The U.S. actions to blockade the seas and airspace of the DPRK are a crude violation of the paragraph of the Korean Armistice Agreement banning any form of blockade against Korea.
    The U.S. "blockade operation" against the DPRK is an escalation of its strategy to fight a war against terrorism. Through this operation the U.S. seeks to thoroughly isolate the DPRK and render it economically and militarily incapable and then mount a preemptive attack on it and seize it.
    This method, however, will not work on the DPRK.
    The U.S. should give up its wild ambition to isolate and stifle the DPRK and other progressive countries through such mean sanctions and blockade.

Letter to Kim Jong Il

     Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il received a letter on July 10 from Nikolai Mishin, director general of the Publishing House of the Russian Association for the Friendship and Cooperation with Foreign Countries, and his party, C.P. Mainali, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Nepal Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) who is chairman of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung National Memorial Commission of Nepal, Emile Tompapa, chairman of the National Information Committee of Guinea, and others who had participated in the ceremony of releasing the book "Remembering President Kim Il Sung" on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his demise. In the letter they expressed belief that the book written by 43 personages of the five continents who had the exceptional fortune of being received by Kim Il Sung would make a contribution, though small, to recording his distinguished and great feats in the human history.
    The letter said:
    While staying in your country we have seen the cause of Juche started by HE President Kim Il Sung making a steady triumphant advance generation after generation under the energetic leadership of Your Excellency.
    This time we have unanimously agreed to hold a meeting praising the great persons of Mt. Paektu and build equestrian statues of the three generals of Mt. Paektu in 2005, which marks the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Workers' Party of Korea and the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Korea, in order to eternally glorify their brilliant life and feats as they made immortal contributions to accomplishing the human cause of independence.
    We deem it a step reflecting the unanimous desire of the present era and progressive humankind for independence.
    Today progressive humankind is praising and looking up to Your Excellency as the defender of justice and the great sun of the 21st century as you are fully demonstrating the might and spirit of heroic Korea while overcoming the worst adversity with your unique Songun politics.
    We will do our utmost to support Songun Korea, entrusting the future of the human cause of independence to Your Excellency in the future, too, as we have acted as ardent followers and positive supporters to the idea of the President and the cause of the Korean people, fascinated by him.

Talks between DPRK Minister of PAF and Chinese Minister of Defence

     Beijing, July 12 (KCNA) -- Talks between Vice-Marshal of the Korean People's Army Kim Il Chol, member of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and minister of the People's Armed Forces, and Colonel General Cao Gangchuan, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, state councilor and minister of Defence, were held at the August 1 Building in Beijing Monday. At the talks both sides exchanged views on the issue of boosting the traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries and the two armies of the DPRK and China and other issues of mutual concern.
    Present at the talks from the DPRK side were the members of the DPRK military delegation, Choe Jin Su, DPRK ambassador to China, and the military attache of the DPRK embassy in Beijing and from the Chinese side the deputy chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the deputy director of the General Political Department of the CPLA and others.
    The talks took place in a friendly atmosphere.
    The DPRK military delegation led by Kim Il Chol arrived here Monday.

Chinese Ambassador Hosts Reception

     Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Wu Donghe, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK, hosted a reception at the embassy Monday evening on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of the signing of the DPRK-China Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance. The ambassador in his speech said China and the DPRK have registered great successes in the work to develop bilateral cooperative relations and made significant contribution to the regional peace and stability in the spirit of the Sino-DPRK Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance over the last 43 years.
    We remember the immortal contributions made by the leaders of the old generation of the two countries to the development of Sino-DPRK friendship, he said, and added: The exploits performed by President Kim Il Sung, the great leader of the Korean people and a close friend of the Chinese people, for the development of the Sino-DPRK friendly relations will shine through all ages.
    Some time ago, he further said, leader Kim Jong Il visited China and shared the same view with the new collective leadership of China on the development of bilateral relations and matters of common concern. This proved to be a powerful impetus to the development of the Sino-DPRK friendly and cooperative relations.
    The ambassador wholeheartedly wished the Korean people greater successes in building a great prosperous powerful nation, achieving the independent and peaceful reunification of the country and boosting external relations.
    Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, in his speech said the signing of the treaty provided the blood-sealed DPRK-China friendship with a solid legal foundation for preserving its tradition and making steady progress.
    Recalling that Kim Jong Il paid a visit to China in April and deepened intimacy and friendship with the new collective leadership of China, he said it was a historic event of epoch-making significance in developing the DPRK-China friendship. He noted that after Kim Jong Il's China visit, the friendly and cooperative relations between the DPRK and China are comprehensively developing in all fields at a new higher stage in the spirit agreed upon between the top leaders of the two countries.
    He sincerely wished the Chinese people greater successes in their work to build a comprehensively well off society by the year 2020.
    Present there on invitation were Kim Su Hak, minister of Public Health who is chairman of the Central Committee of the DPRK-China Friendship Association, Pak Kyong Son, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim Sang Ik, vice-minister of the People's Armed Forces, Kim Yong Il, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, and other officials concerned.
    Also present there were staff members of the Chinese embassy.

Rajin University of Marine Transport

     Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Rajin University of Marine Transport in Rason City, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, was founded in July Juche 57 (1968). Since its foundation, the university has trained a large number of technicians, specialists and management officials in the field of marine transport and solved many scientific and technological issues, thus making a great contribution to the development of the nation's marine transportation. Its graduates are now playing a big role in the marine transport as captains and technicians of large vessels.
    Some of them are heroes.
    The computer-aided system for watching ships on the sea and ship power monitoring system made by the university are very popular in the marine transport field.
    The cast iron piston ring of the auxiliary engine of ship, which was recently developed by the university, makes it possible to reduce the abrasion of the main body of piston and to extend its serviceable life several times that of old ones.
    The university is directing efforts to improving the education quality by introducing modern educational equipment while intensifying scientific research

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Secretario general de CIERECO se refiere a legado de Kim Il Sung

     Pyongyang, 13 de julio (ATCC) -- Guy Dupre,secretario general del Comite Internacional de Enlace por la Reunificacion y la Paz en Corea (CIERECO), venido a nuestro pais con motivo del 10 aniversario del fallecimiento del Presidente Kim Il Sung, elogio altamente las proezas de este acumuladas para realizar la causa de reunificacion. Como integrante del grupo de averiguacion internacional sobre la muralla de hormigon armado visite Corea en abril de 1990, ocasion en la cual el Presidente nos recibio en audiencia y nos hablo del problema de la reunificacion de Corea, dijo el y subrayo que en esa oportunidad pudo percatarse de que la reintegracion de Corea era la obra de toda la vida del Presidente.
    Y continuo:
    Los nobles rasgos del afectuoso padre del pueblo, gran hombre entregado a la obra de la reunificacion, conmueven tambien hoy a toda la gente del mundo.
    Estan interpuestos no pocos obstaculos y dificultades ante el camino para la reunificacion de Corea, pero, su pueblo los superara sin falta.
    El CIERECO fortalecera aun mas las actividades de apoyo y solidaridad con la lucha del pueblo coreano por la reunificacion y actuara dinamicamente para preparar una circunstancia internacional favorable a esta causa suprema de Corea.
    El pueblo coreano, guiado por el Dirigente Kim Jong Il, lucero de la reintegracion de Corea, desarrolla una dinamica lucha por la materializacion de tal legado del estimado Presidente Kim Il Sung, que se realizara sin falta.

Conversaciones entre titulares castrenses de Corea y China

     Beijing, 12 de julio (ATCC) -- Tuvieron lugar el dia 12 en el edificio Primero de Agosto de Beijing las conversaciones entre el vicemariscal del Ejercito Popular de Corea Kim Il Chol, miembro del Comite de Defensa Nacional de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea y ministro de las Fuerzas Armadas Populares, y el coronel general Cao Gangchuan, miembro del Buro Politico del CC del Partido Comunista de China y vicepresidente de la Comision Militar Central, miembro del Consejo de Estado y ministro de Defensa Nacional. Ambas partes intercambiaron opiniones sobre el desarrollo ulterior de las tradicionales relaciones de amistad y cooperacion entre los dos paises y ejercitos y otros problemas de interes mutuo.
    Participaron por la parte coreana los miembros de la delegacion castrense, el embajador extraordinario y plenipotenciario Choe Jin Su y el agregado militar de la Embajada y, por la china, el subjefe del Estado Mayor General del Ejercito Popular de Liberacion, el subdirector del Departamento Politico General del EPL, etc.
    Las conversaciones transcurrieron en un ambiente amistoso.
    El mismo dia, arribo a Beijing la delegacion militar de la RPDC presidida por el ministro Kim Il Chol.

Iniciado X encuentro de familiares y parientes separados

     Kumgangsan, 12 de julio (ATCC) -- Quedo iniciado el dia 11 en el monte Kumgang el X encuentro de familiares y parientes separados del Norte y el Sur de Corea. Segun un acuerdo de las entidades de la Cruz Roja de ambas partes, los familiares y parientes norcoreanos se reunieron colectivamente con sus consanguineos surenos.
    Al iniciar el encuentro, los familiares y parientes de ambas partes se abrazaron con alegria.
    Los del Norte hablaron a los del Sur de la vida feliz de que disfrutan ellos mismos y sus familiares bajo la benevolencia del Partido.
    Al escuchar las platicas sinceras de Im Kwon Sun del distrito de Sinchon y An Nam Ryong de la ciudad de Haeju, heroe de la Republica y adjudicado con el premio de reunificacion de la Patria, quienes tienen el honor de encontrarse en sus centros de trabajo con el Presidente Kim Il Sung y el Dirigente Kim Jong Il, el Prof. y Dr. Kim Tong Sin del Instituto Universitario Politecnico Kim Chaek y laureado con el Premio Kim Il Sung y el Prof. y Dr. Ri Sun Dok, investigador del Palacio de Estudio del Pueblo, los familiares y parientes del Sur expresaron profunda conmocion.
    Los entrevistados del Norte y el Sur manifestaron la voluntad de acabar pronto con la tragedia de division mediante la cooperacion nacional y de dedicarse con abnegacion a la causa patriotica para la unidad nacional y la reunificacion del pais. Los familiares y parientes norcoreanos se encontraron el dia 12 por unidad familiar con sus consanguineos del Sur.
    Por otra parte, la Sociedad de la Cruz Roja del Sur de Corea ofrecio un banquete en honor de los familiares y parientes separados de ambas partes.