DPRK Delegate Supports Just Cause of Palestinians

     Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) -- At the 10th UN emergency special meeting on the Palestinian issue on July 16, the DPRK delegate extended unquestioned solidarity to the Palestinian people in their just cause of regaining their legitimate national rights and to the Arab people in their struggle for a fair solution to the Middle East issue. He said in his speech:
    The advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice about the building of a wall by Israel in the occupied territory of Palestine is a victory of the Palestinian and other Arab peoples and the peoples of all countries supporting the cause of the Palestinians and a great encouragement to the Palestinians fighting to win their legitimate national rights.
    The advisory opinion of ICJ is also a legal basis for a fair solution to the Palestinian issue.
    So long as the Israeli occupation and oppressive policy continue, Mid-east peace cannot be expected any time. The point is that Israel, the occupation force, prudently accepts the advisory opinion and discharges its obligation under international law.
    The countries deeply involved in the Palestinian issue must respect the opinion.
    He further said:
    Acts patronizing and encouraging Israel's violence by taking advantage of the privileged position in the Security Council must be stopped at once and the Security Council must recover the fairness and credibility of its work by making practical contributions to measures for ending the unlawful state incurred by the construction of the wall.
    Righteous is the cause of the Palestinian and all other Arab peoples for retaking the lost territory, their human rights and right to self-determination.

South Korean Lawmakers Demand Apology from U.S

     Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) -- 49 members of the National Assembly of south Korea presented a "resolution urging a stop to the Iraqi war" to the NA on July 16, according to the south Korean KBS. In the resolution they held that the U.S. administration should stop the war at once and formally apologize to the south Korean government for providing it with false information as a report issued by the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee dismissed the Iraqi war as a wrong war.
    There is no justification and justice for the U.S. to pressurize south Korea to dispatch its troops to Iraq on the basis of misinformation, they stressed.
    Meanwhile, the All-People Action against the Troop Dispatch held a news conference in front of the building of the NA on July 17 in demand of the government's withdrawal of the decision on the troop dispatch, said the south Korean MBC.
    Speakers at the conference declared the government's dispatch of troops to the U.S. war of aggression against Iraq as illegal, warning that if the government persists in the additional troop dispatch to Iraq a mammoth rally and demonstration would be held on July 24 in demand of a halt to the troop dispatch.

Ugandan Public Organizations Urge U.S. to Accept DPRK Proposal

     Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) - The Uganda-DPRK Friendship Association, the Ugandan National Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea, the Ugandan Union of Railway Workers, the Ugandan National Youth Council and the Ugandan National Women's Council made public a joint statement on July 14 on the occasion of the 51st anniversary of the Korean people's victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War. The basic factor of the victory in the Korean war lies in the wise leadership of President Kim Il Sung, the statement said, and stressed:
    The nuclear issue of the Korean peninsula is a product of the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK.
    The statement strongly demanded that the U.S. withdraw its insistence on "giving up the nuclear program first" and accept the DPRK proposal for "reward for freeze", a measure of the first stage for the formula of a package settlement based on the principle of simultaneous actions.
    It expressed the belief that under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il the Korean people would certainly triumph in the showdown with the U.S.

Remarks of Floor Leader of GNP under Fire

     Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) -- Kim Tok Ryong, floor leader of the Grand National Party (GNP) of south Korea, talked rubbish about the firing incident caused by the south Korean navy in the West Sea a few days ago. He contended that it was confirmed "a patrol craft of the north side crossed the northern limit line" and that the north "told a lie." He cried that the government should sternly protest the "intrusion" and get "a promise to prevent its recurrence." Rodong Sinmun in a signed commentary Thursday says:
    It is intolerable that he dared take issue with the north, knowing nothing about the truth of the incident. This was an intentional provocation against the north which was committed undoubtedly with the encouragement of the military which does not want detente in the inter-Korean relations.
    The so-called "intrusion" of a patrol craft of the north side which the south Korean army announced to the public a few days ago is a whopping lie and a thinly veiled fabrication. The north has already made its stand clear about this.
    Improper is the behavior of the south Korean military in cooking up the incident, but still more disgusting and malicious is the manner of the GNP which, having no inkling of what had happened, chimed in with the anti-north campaign, as if a golden chance presented itself.
    We know that the GNP can never give up its bad habits like the old saying that a crow can not be whiter for often washing.
    The point is that the GNP has not yet sobered up, though it drank a bitter cup of defeat for its treacherous habit of desperately trying to find fault with the fellow countrymen in the north.
    Kim Tok Ryong was, by origin, a trusted man acting the left hand of the dictator of the "civilian government." It is self-evident that nothing but treachery can be expected from him.
    It is a tragedy that, however madly the riffraffs of the GNP like Kim Tok Ryong may run about, they cannot escape the wretched lot of their predecessors.
    The time will surely come when accounts will be settled about the crimes of the GNP and its floor leader.

Kim Jong Il Sends Wild Honey to Pyongyang Maternity Hospital

     Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il recently sent wild honey to the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital. He has sent scores of tons of wild honey to the hospital on at least 30 occasions.
    He sent modern medical appliances and medicines to the hospital and saw to it that women delivered of children, in particular, were provided with wild honey on a regular basis.
    He sent there a large quantity of wild honey and rare tonics including bear hoof, deer's placenta paste, black hens and pine-nuts during the "arduous march" and the forced march when the country was hard pressed for everything. While giving field guidance to newly-built chicken farms, he took measures to supply eggs to the hospital on a regular basis.
    In recent years the maternity hospital was additionally equipped with at least 1,200 pieces of latest type medical and managing equipment of more than 160 varieties including incubators, equipment monitoring serious cases, three dimensional abdomen supersonic wave diagnosing machines, medical oxygen generators. As a result, the hospital has turned into a modern comprehensive medical centre for women.

Reception Given by Cuban Ambassador

     Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) -- A reception was given by Cuban Ambassador e. p. to the DPRK Esteban Lobaina Romero at the embassy on Wednesday on the occasion of the 51st anniversary of the attack on the Moncada barracks. Present on invitation were Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim Yong Jin, minister of Education who is chairman of the DPRK-Cuba Solidarity Committee, Mun Jae Chol, acting chairman of the Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, and other officials concerned.
    The Cuban ambassador in a speech said that they highly appreciate the Party, the government and the people of the DPRK for sending messages of solidarity encouraging the Cuban people in their struggle and giving them the conviction of victory while strongly denouncing the United States for its sanctions against Cuba.
    Noting that the Korean people are single-heartedly united around leader Kim Jong Il, he expressed the belief that if the imperialists dare invade the DPRK, they would be bitterly defeated by the Korean people.
    The Korean people's efforts to reunify the country independently and peacefully and build a great prosperous powerful nation will certainly emerge victorious and enjoy support and solidarity from the government, the party and the people of Cuba, he said, and went on:
    The friendly ties between the two countries, which are developing under the deep concern of Fidel Castro and Kim Jong Il, will be invincible and mutual support and solidarity between the brotherly peoples standing against the common enemy will be everlasting.
    Secretary Choe Thae Bok in his speech said that the attack on the Moncada barracks made by the Cuban revolutionaries against the pro-U.S. dictatorial regime under the command of Fidel Castro Ruz 51 years ago was a historic event which kindled the first torch in the revolutionary struggle for the freedom and liberation of the Cuban people.
    Since the victory in their revolution the Cuban people have valiantly smashed the U.S. imperialists' moves for aggression and blockade in the spirit of Moncada and reliably defended the sovereignty of the country and the gains of the revolution under the leadership of the Communist Party of Cuba, he noted, and continued:
    We highly appreciate the Cuban party and government for dynamically pushing forward the socialist cause while decisively foiling the U.S. imperialists' ceaseless sanctions and blockade to obliterate the Cuban revolution and extend full support and firm solidarity to them.
    The DPRK and Cuba are developing the friendly and cooperative relations based on the special comradeship between Kim Jong Il and Fidel Castro Ruz and the two peoples are sharing life and death in accomplishing their common cause for socialism against imperialism.

Dangerous Military Moves of U.S. under Fire

     Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) -- It is reported that recently the United States succeeded in developing missiles capable of super-high speed underground penetration, which are targeted at the underground military facilities of the DPRK, and decided to deploy 6 missiles at units of its forces in south Korea by the end of 2005. Rodong Sinmun Thursday in a signed commentary carried in this regard says:
    These moves go to prove that the "landmark proposal" set forth by the U.S. at the six-party talks is nothing but a cheap offer intended to completely disarm the DPRK and seize it with ease.
    The commentary goes on:
    As the situation shows, the U.S. policy to stifle the DPRK with nukes remains unchanged and, on the contrary, it is becoming more crafty and vicious in its moves than ever before behind the curtain of the talks.
    It is becoming clearer that the U.S. seeks to stifle the DPRK by force of arms at any cost, far from giving up its hostile policy towards the DPRK.
    This situation compels the army and the people of the DPRK to get fully prepared to cope with its moves.
    No one is entitled to take issue with this as it is the DPRK's right to self-defence to do so. The reality requires the army and the people of the DPRK to heighten the vigilance against the U.S. two-dealing tactics. The DPRK has no option but to employ every possible means to increase the self-defensive military power both in quality and quantity as the U.S. is stepping up its preparations for an actual war, developing even new type missiles capable of underground penetration and deploying them in south Korea in a bid to stifle the DPRK by force of arms.
    The army and the people of the DPRK are fully determined to deal a thousand-fold retaliatory blow at the U.S. which forces a smile at the negotiating table and whets a sword for aggression to do harm to the dialogue partner behind the scene.
    The U.S. is well advised to clearly understand the will of the army and the people of the DPRK and behave with discretion.

Kim Jong Il Sends Thanks to Students and Teacher of Pyongyang School of For. Languages

     Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il sent thanks to students and a teacher of the Pyongyang School of Foreign Languages of Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies who gained the highest marks at the 11th International Student Russian Olympics. Students Hong Won Jik, Pae Kyong Il, Han Un Byol, Kim Un Yong, Ho Won Il, Pak Yu Song and Kim Kwi Hyang and teacher Kim Chu Yong who is department chief gave a good account of themselves at the Olympics recently held in Moscow with 36 countries attending.
    The students were awarded the best diploma, the first class diploma and medals in the contests of Russian-speaking, introduction of their countries and culture and composition.
    At an art performance given by students of those countries who participated in the Olympics DPRK students sang the immoral revolutionary paean "Song of General Kim Jong Il" in chorus and "Our Father" in solo to be acclaimed by the audience.
    A ceremony for conveying the thanks of Kim Jong Il took place at the university on July 2

South Korean GNP's Anti-North Reckless Remarks under Fire

     Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) -- The Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland issued information bulletin No 876 on Wednesday accusing the floor leader of the Grand National Party of south Korea of making remarks malignantly slandering the north over what it called "intrusion" in the West Sea. It termed these utterances an unpardonable challenge and provocation to the north and an intolerable traitorous action swimming against the trend of the times toward reconciliation, unity and reunification. The bulletin went on:
    The GNP has widely publicized that it would redeem its wrong past and follow the spirit of the era. But this was nothing but a charade intended to mislead the public opinion and hide its traitorous and anti-reunification nature. This clearly proves that the true colours of the GNP as headquarters for sycophantic treacherous activities, anti-reunification and fascist actions remain unchanged.
    Recalling that the GNP has been marginalized by history for acting against the desire of the people and the trend of the times, the bulletin warns that if it persists in the anti-north plot-breeding and confrontation, far from drawing a lesson from its miserable position, this will only precipitate its self-reduction.
    The GNP should stop its anachronistic confrontation moves at once, bearing in mind that its anti-north false propaganda is no longer workable in the era after the publication of the June 15 declaration.

National Meeting Held to Mark Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Work

     Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) -- A national meeting took place at the People's Palace of Culture on July 21 to mark the 20th anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's famous work "On Further Developing Educational Work." The work is a historic letter sent by him to the participants in the National Meeting of Active Educational Workers on July 22, Juche 73 (1984).
    It indicates the orientation and ways of further raising the level of knowledge of all members of the society including the issue of improving the quality of the universal compulsory 11-year education, the tasks to strengthen the work of training technicians and experts in the higher educational field as required by the developing reality, the issue of developing the study-while-working higher educational system, strengthening social education and establishing a revolutionary habit of study throughout the country.
    Present at the meeting were Premier of the Cabinet Pak Pong Ju, Vice-President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly Yang Hyong Sop, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Jung Rin, Vice-Premier of the Cabinet Kwak Pom Gi and others.
    Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the WPK Central Committee, in a report said that the work is an ideological and theoretical treasure, an encyclopedic library of education by which President Kim Il Sung's Juche-based idea of education is firmly upheld and defended and developed and enriched and an immortal militant banner to be held fast to in developing the DPRK's education to be a revolutionary education aimed to serve the purpose of accomplishing the cause of modeling the whole society on the Juche idea.
    Under the wise guidance of the WPK the Korean style principles of education set out in the historic work have been strictly applied to education and an epochal turn has been effected in the development of socialist education to train independent and creative men and education is dynamically accelerating the triumphant advance of the revolutionary cause of Juche in the DPRK, the reporter said, and continued:
    The quality of the universal compulsory 11-year education has been improved and higher education strengthened as required by the times and the ranks of technicians and experts and forces for the development of science and education have grown stronger. As a result, the DPRK's education is making active contributions to developing the science and technology of the country to the world's level and pushing forward the building of a great prosperous powerful nation.
    The reporter called upon all the educational workers to train the rising generation to be fighters, who, firmly armed with the great Songun idea, are devotedly defend the leader, and further strengthen the scientific and technological education to meet the requirements of the IT age and the building of a great prosperous powerful nation.
    He underscored the need to steadily improve the quality of secondary general education and raise the scientific and theoretical level of higher education, deepen the work of training technicians and experts, bring up many masters and doctors in their twenties and thirties and encourage all the working people to make it a rule and habit to study.

Portable Plastic Turbine Made in DPRK

     Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) -- The Hydro-power Development Center of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has manufactured portable plastic water turbines. The plastic turbine weighs 3.5 kilograms.
    It has 20 impellers, each being 18 centimeters in diameter and 6 centimeters wide.
    It can be installed in a small stream with a flow of 9-19 liters per second and a head of 3-14 meters to produce 0.185 to 1.82 kilowatts of electricity. The electric generator and turbine are linked together by a belt.
    It is also suitable for magneto, AC and DC generators and motor generator.
    The portable plastic turbine whose production cost is low has already been introduced in many units.

Solidarity Meeting with Korean People Held

     Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) -- A solidarity meeting with the Korean people took place in front of the Monument to the Three Charters for National Reunification on July 21. Alejandro Cao De Benos, chairman of the Association for Friendship with the Korean People who is head of the group of participants in an international march for Korean peace and reunification, in his address made at the meeting vehemently denounced the Bush administration for increasing its pressure upon the DPRK under the pretext of the nuclear issue, bolstering the combat capability of its forces in south Korea and staging ceaseless large scale war exercises and thereby leading the situation on the Korean peninsula to an extreme pitch of tension.
    The members of the group who regard it as their sacred duty to support the Korean people in the struggle for peace and reunification of the country would vigorously struggle by invariably standing on the side of the Korean people.
    He concluded his speech by loudly shouting slogan "Long live reunified peaceful and prosperous Korea!" and passionately singing the Korean song "No Motherland without You"
    Mun Jae Chol, acting chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries who is chairman of the Korean Committee for Solidarity with the World People, in his speech warmly welcomed the members of the group who made long trips to Pyongyang from different parts of the world with firm solidarity with the Korean people in their just cause.
    He expressed thanks to the world progressive figures and people for voicing active support and solidarity to the Korean people in their just cause of the peace and reunification of the country.
    A letter to leader Kim Jong Il from the members of the group was adopted there.
    Members of the group went round the monument.

Message of Sympathy to Ukrainian President

     Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Wednesday sent a message of sympathy to Leonid Kuchma, president of Ukraine, in connection with the tragic gas-explosion at the Krasnorimanskaya Coal Mine of Ukraine which claimed huge casualties. Upon hearing this sad news I express deep sorrow and condolences to you and, through you, to all the victims and the bereaved families, the message said, and continued:
    Sharing sorrow with you over the tragic accident, I hope that you and your government will eradicate the aftermath of the accident as early as possible and bring the living of the population in the affiliated area to normal.

Greetings to Egyptian President

     Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of greetings to Mohamed Hosni Mubarak, president of the Arab Republic of Egypt, on July 22 on the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the July 23 revolution, the Egyptian people's national holiday. Expressing the belief that the excellent relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would grow stronger, the message sincerely wished the president and people of Egypt greater success in their work for the development and prosperity of the country, Arab unity and Mideast peace

Congratulatory Message to Egyptian Prime Minister

     Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) -- Premier of the DPRK Cabinet Pak Pong Ju sent a congratulatory message to Ahmed Najef upon his appointment as prime minister of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Expressing the belief that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries would grow stronger, the message sincerely wished him success in his new work.
    DPRK Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun sent a similar message to Ahmed Abu al-Gheit on his appointment as Egyptian foreign minister.

DPRK Ambassador to Czech Republic Appointed

     Pyongyang, July 22 (KCNA) -- Ri Pyong Gap was appointed as DPRK ambassador e. p. to the Czech Republic, according to a decree of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly.

Participants in International March for Korea's Peace and Reunification Meet

     Kaesong, July 22 (KCNA) -- A meeting of the members of the group of participants in the International March for Korean Peace and Reunification took place in front of the monument to autograph of President Kim Il Sung in Panmunjom Thursday to carry out his instructions for national reunification. The participants laid bouquets and flowers before the monument.
    Alejandro Cao de Benos, chairman of the Association for Friendship with the Korean People who is heading the group, in a speech said that it is a bounden duty of not only the Korean people but all of them struggling for peace and reunification of Korea to carry out the President's instructions for national reunification.
    Under the guidance of Kim Jong Il, Korea is bound to be reunified, he said, expressing his strong willingness to fully support the Korean people in their struggle for national reunification.
    No undisguised moves of the U.S. and its allies to block reunification can ever break the will of the Korean people to achieve reunification, he noted, adding all the members of the group will conduct more brisk activities for support and solidarity with the reunification of Korea.
    Hong Son Ok, vice-chairperson of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries who is also vice-chairperson of the Korean Committee for Solidarity with the World People, in her speech said that the functions being held by the members of the group of participants in the international march are greatly inspiring the Korean people in their efforts to carry out the President's instructions for national reunification.
    A resolution was read out at the meeting.
    It expressed their determination to support with might and main the Korean people in their efforts to achieve the reunification of the country under the banner of the historic June 15 North-South Joint Declaration and conduct a widespread international campaign demanding the Bush administration roll back its policy to stifle the DPRK and honestly accept the just proposal of the DPRK on peacefully settling the nuclear issue.
    It also declared that a strong international protest campaign would be staged to put an end to the occupation of south Korea by the U.S. forces chiefly responsible for the division of Korea and get the U.S. forces withdrawn from south Koreas. Prior to the meeting, the members of the group went round the conference room of the former Military Armistice Commission.

March for Korea's Peace and Reunification Made in Kaesong

     Kaesong, July 22 (KCNA) -- The International March for Korea's Peace and Reunification which started in Pyongyang continued in Kaesong Thursday. The members of the group of participants in the march laid bouquets and flowers before the statue of President Kim Il Sung on Janam Hill and paid tribute to him.
    Alejandro Cao de Benos, chairman of the Association for Friendship with the Korean People who is heading the group, in a speech said that it is the unanimous desire of not only the Korean people but the world's progressives to get the U.S. forces withdrawn from south Korea and reunify Korea independently and peacefully.
    He called upon the members of the group to dynamically advance toward Korea's peace and reunification.
    A large number of Kaesong citizens turned out to Thongil Street and warmly welcomed the members of the group, shouting slogans such as "National Reunification!" and "Korea Is One!" and waving flags of the DPRK and bouquets.
    The members of the group marched through streets, waving Korean peninsula flags and chanting pro-reunification slogans. They were holding placards reading "The Group of Participants in the International March for Korea's Peace and Reunification" and "U.S. Forces, Get Out of South Korea Immediately!"
    The march staged in Pyongyang and Kaesong powerfully demonstrated the firm will of the Korean people and the world progressives to achieve Korea's reunification.

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Kim Jong Il envia agradecimiento a alumnos y profesora guia

     Pyongyang, 22 de julio (ATCC) -- El Dirigente Kim Jong Il envio agradecimiento a los alumnos Hong Won Jik, Pae Kyong Il, Han Un Byol, Kim Un Yong, Ho Won Il, Pak Yu Song y Kim Guy Hyang, y a la profesora guia Kim Chu Yong, jefa de catedra, de la Escuela de Lenguas Extranjeras filial del Instituto Superior de Lenguas Extranjeras de Pyongyang, quienes lograron las mas excelentes notas en el XI Concurso Olimpico Internacional de la Lengua Rusa de Escolares, efectuado hace poco en Moscu con la participacion de 36 paises. Los alumnos coreanos recibieron diplomas sobresalientes, los de primera clase y medallas en el concurso de hablar en ruso, de dar a conocer a su pais y cultura y de composicion.
    Tambien participaron en una funcion artistica de los alumnos de los paises participantes en el concurso. Pusieron en escena el coro "Cancion del General Kim Jong Il", inmortal himno revolucionario, el solo "Nuestro padre" y otras piezas, que recibieron efusivos aplausos de los espectadores.
    El acto para transmitir el agradecimiento del Dirigente tuvo lugar el dia 20 en el Instituto Superior de Lenguas Extranjeras de Pyongyang.

Turbina plastica portatil de gran valor practico

     Pyongyang, 22 de julio (ATCC) -- Aumenta cada dia mas la demanda sobre la turbina plastica portatil de tamano ultrapequeno de 3.5 Kg de peso que produce el Centro de Desarrollo de Planta Hidroelectrica. Una turbina tiene 20 alas. El diametro de un ala es de 18 cm y su ancho, de 6cm.
    Esta turbina hidraulica con poco caudal (9-19 litros por segundo) que corre por las montanas y valles y con la pequena altura de caida del agua (3-14m) es capaz de generar 0.185 - 1.82 Kw de electricidad.
    La turbina, ya introducida en varias unidades, gana gran reputacion por el menor costo de produccion y gran eficiencia.
    El Centro hace intensos esfuerzos por cubrir la creciente demanda sobre este producto.