Kim Jong Il Praised

     Pyongyang, November 26 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il is a gifted thinker and a great master of leadership, said Ricardo Chavez Gutieres, chairman of the National Executive Committee of the Mexican Communist Party, addressing round-table talks sponsored by the party on Nov. 20 on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's assumption of the supreme commandership of the Korean People's Army. Kim Jong Il has defended socialism and pushed forward the building of a great prosperous powerful nation with Songun politics in reliance upon the army, he noted, adding: This leadership method is just and unique. Socialism cannot be defended without firmly relying on the army under the present situation.

S. Korean Authorities' Ban on Internet Site Operation Assailed

     Pyongyang, November 26 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Central Committee of the Korean Journalists Union in a statement on Thursday accused the south Korean authorities of disconnecting those Internet sites they claim to be "pro-north". This fully lays bare their sinister intention to totally deny the basic spirit of the June 15 joint declaration and bring the north-south relations to those in the old era of confrontation, he noted, and went on: The south Korean authorities are now talking about the improvement of the inter-Korean relations, while defaming and denying the idea and system in the north and cutting off even the Internet connection between the north and the south in utter disregard of the spirit of the joint declaration. This is self-contradictory and nonsensical.
    The south Korean authorities should immediately stop their moves for confrontation with the north such as the action to disconnect Internet sites, bearing deep in mind that south Korea is the only politically underdeveloped area where Internet communications are cut off in this IT age, the only tundra of human rights in the world in this century where human freedom and rights are seriously abused.
    If they persist in their tyrannical acts against reunification and democracy despite repeated warnings, the north will consider this as an action to bring the inter-Korean relations to a total collapse and they will be held entirely accountable for the ensuing serious consequences.

U.S. Imperialists' Anti-Socialist Strategy Flailed

     Pyongyang, November 26 (KCNA) -- The U.S. imperialists are well advised to halt their futile moves to bring down the DPRK, clearly understanding the high ideological and moral awareness of the army and people of the DPRK and their steadfast faith and will. Rodong Sinmun Friday says this in a signed article. It goes on:
    One of the key methods the U.S. imperialists employ in their operations against socialism at present is to destabilize it. It is their invariable strategy to destroy socialism. Violence as well as such destabilizing moves as psychological warfare are the key method of aggression used by them at present.
    They are keen to apply such crafty method to the DPRK. This is evinced by their desperate efforts to massively smuggle transistors, micro TV sets, etc. into the DPRK in a bid to break the unity in mind and destabilize and degenerate its society. Their great efforts are channeled into their nuclear blackmail against the DPRK. They are threatening to make a "surprise preemptive strike" at the DPRK's nuclear facilities. They went the lengths of announcing even the number of nuclear weapons to be used against the northern part of Korea. They seem to calculate that their nuclear blackmail will succeed in discouraging the army and people of the DPRK and depriving them of any confidence and getting them disorganized and degenerate, seized with defeatism. This clearly indicates how frantic they have become in their moves to bring down the DPRK, the bulwark of socialism.
    It is quite anachronistic for the U.S. imperialists to try to destabilize the DPRK. Its army and people will never be taken in by such their crafty destabilizing operation.

Legislation on Press Reform Demanded in S. Korea

     Pyongyang, November 26 (KCNA) -- The Federation of Press Trade Unions of south Korea held a rally in demand of the legislation on the press reform in front of the National Assembly building on November 18, according to south Korean KBS. The organization said that the "Broadcasting Committee" intends to transfer the public property of the people to a big businessman. It demanded that the authorities adopt a law on the press reform to underscore the public nature of the press and check privatization.

Rally for All-out Struggle for Abolition of NSL Held in S. Korea

     Pyongyang, November 26 (KCNA) -- The "National Alliance for Democracy and Reunification" in south Korea reportedly held a rally in Seoul on November 20 to vow an all-out struggle for the abolition of the "National Security Law". At the rally speakers said that the moves of the Grand National Party and other conservative forces to keep the NSL, talking about the nature of the system, are no more than a trick to deceive the people and that they should not be cajoled by the flattery of the anti-democratic forces.
    There is no relevance between the NSL and security, they said, charging that the NSL is an evil law violating democracy.
    Blasting the "political coloring" vociferated about by Chosun Ilbo and the misinformation spread by it, they claimed the existence of the newspaper is attributable to the NSL.
    A resolution read out at the rally said the NSL is as useless as wire entanglement dividing the nation. It called for abrogating the evil law against reunification, democracy and human rights.
    After the rally the participants marched up to the National Assembly building.

Mongolian Ambassador Gives Receptions

     Pyongyang, November 26 (KCNA) -- Janchivdorjyn Lomvo, ambassador of Mongolia to the DPRK, gave receptions at the embassy here on Nov. 23 and 25 on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic in Mongolia. Present on invitations were Mun Jae Chol, acting chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, Kung Sok Ung, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Jon Yong Jin, vice-chairman of the Committee, and other officials concerned.
    Speeches were made at the receptions.

National Scientific and Technological Symposium on Sandstorms Held

     Pyongyang, November 26 (KCNA) -- A national scientific and technological symposium on sandstorms and prevention of their damage was held here on Nov. 24 and 25 under the sponsorship of the Central Committee of the Korean General Federation of Science and Technology. Present there were officials, scientists and technicians in the fields of hydrometeorology, geology, land and environment protection, health care and agriculture from all parts of the country.
    Made public at the symposium were 30 or more papers on scientific and technical achievements and experience gained in the course of researches into the sandstorms which hit Korea in recent years and measures to prevent their damage.
    The speakers introduced successes in the forecast, observation and analysis of sandstorms and studies of their effect on human health, agricultural production and environment protection and experience in the work to prevent damage from sandstorms which had been gained by deepening researches into the phenomena of sandstorms, true to the intention of leader Kim Jong Il.
    Drawing deep interests of the participants were results of scientific and technological researches, among other things, into the characteristics of the sandstorms that had serious effects on the whole area of Korea in recent years, development of devices for measuring their density, use of data from polar-orbit meteorological satellites, assessment of the radioactivity of sandstorms, and relations between visibility and density of yellow sand.
    Prizes were awarded to those who presented excellent papers at the symposium.

Koryo, First Unified State That Succeeded to Koguryo

     Pyongyang, November 26 (KCNA) -- Candidate academician, Prof. and Dr. Pak Yong Hae who is working at the History Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences in an article contributed to Rodong Sinmun Friday cites historical facts to prove that Koryo, the first unified state in the history of Korea, succeeded to Koguryo which was a powerful state in the East. Koryo was a feudal state that was founded by its ancestral King Wang Kon in 918 and lasted for nearly 500 years till 1392 with Kaegyong (Kaesong at present) as its capital, the article says, and goes on:
    It was admitted as an irrefutable fact at home and abroad in those times and subsequent years that Koryo displayed its grandeur as a unified state succeeding to Koguryo. The Koreans are proud of this fact still today as it is an important matter related to the legitimate history of the nation.
    The fact that Koguryo was succeeded by Koryo also finds vivid manifestation in their names of same meaning and similar sound and in the fact that its founding father Wang Kon and not a few generals and soldiers who played pivotal roles in building the country were descendents of ruined people of Koguryo and the main territory of Koryo in the early days of its founding was the old land of Koguryo.
    This was recognized as a self-evident truth by neighboring countries in those times and is also evidenced by the fact that Koryo was the first unified state which carried into reality the desire of Koguryo to incorporate the fellow countrymen and their states and it strove all along for its complete materialization throughout its existence.
    The army and people of Koryo demonstrated strong and patriotic fighting spirit and bravery just like those of Koguryo in the fight against aggressors. This also shows plainly that Koryo was the successor to Koguryo.
    Historical facts testify that Koguryo was a state of the Korean nation both in name and reality and Koryo was a unified state which succeeded to it, the article stresses, stating that Koryo will remain long in the history of the nation as the first unified state of Korea.

Greetings to Mongolian President

     Pyongyang, November 26 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Thursday sent a message of greetings to Mongolian President Natsagyn Bagabandi on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic in Mongolia. In the belief that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries would grow stronger in the future, the message sincerely wished him and the Mongolian people fresh success in their work for the prosperity of the country.

Anti-oxidation, Sterilizing Water Developed

     Pyongyang, November 26 (KCNA) -- Pyongyang City People's Hospital No. 1 of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is turning out anti-oxidation water and sterilizing water. Associated Professor Kim Yong Mun of the hospital told KCNA that the anti-oxidation water helps prevent aging and cure various diseases as it controls and removes toxic substances growing out of the fermentation of food and metabolism, which facilitate oxidization in human body and cause diseases.
    The drinking water keeps a pH of 7.2-8 from thirty minutes after its production. Its clinical test proves that it provides conditions for the habitation of microorganisms in the internal organs, controls the abnormal fermentation of food and promotes improvement of acid constitution.
    It is efficacious for diabetes, hypertrophy, asthma, respiratory disorders, gastritis, digestive trouble, constipation, colitis, nephritis, cystitis, uremia, arthritis, heart disease, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, nervous breakdown, insomnia and hepatitis. The sterilizing water has a strong germicidal power to kill pathogenic germs within three minutes. It, odorless, has no bad effect on human body.
    It is widely used not only in sterilizing medical apparatuses, kitchen utensils, meat, vegetable and fish but also in treating burns, decubitus, inflammation, bromatoxism, bruise, toothache, dermatitis, tonsillitis and water-eczema.

Metal Bones Widely Used in Medical Treatment

     Pyongyang, November 26 (KCNA) -- Metal bones are widely used in the surgery of bones including the spine and bone joints in the field of public health of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The metal material used in orthopedics is good in intensity, endurance and shock-resistance and easy to process.
    The material is better than 316L steel and Ti steel.
    The orthopedic department of the hospital attached to Pyongyang University of Medicine succeeded in surgery of replacing thighbone with artificial one already ten years ago. Since then, it has introduced both heads of thighbone made of this metal in the operation of fracture, osteomyelitis and tumor of thighbone joints.
    An Myong Su, a worker of the Pyongyang Silk Mill, told KCNA that he had both heads of his thighbone replaced with artificial ones some years ago but he does not feel any pain even after he walked for hours.

S. Korea's "Cooperative Self-Reliant National Defence Plan" under Fire

     Pyongyang, November 26 (KCNA) -- The Defence Ministry of south Korea on Nov. 18 made public a "cooperative self-reliant national defence plan" under which south Korea is required to undertake among other things the military duty so far performed by the U.S. imperialist aggression troops in south Korea depending on their "relocation", talking about "future-orientated development of cooperation" with the U.S. A spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland in a statement Friday vehemently denounces the plan in the name of the whole Korean nation, terming it a very dangerous military step to put south Korea under the tighter U.S. military control and step up preparations for a war of aggression against the north.
    The south Korean authorities disclosed that under the plan south Korea would reorganize the Joint Chiefs of Staff on an expansion basis with a view to strengthening the war execution system, actively push forward research and development in the munitions industry and allocate military spending running into astronomical figures for four years to come, the statement says, and goes on:
    The "cooperative self-reliant national defence" on the lips of the south Korean authorities is, in essence, aimed to strengthen the "alliance" with the U.S. and round off their preparations to invade the north.
    The south Korean warhawks are whetting their swords for aggression to stifle the north by force of arms, paying lip-service to inter-Korean reconciliation and cooperation. This move against the nation, peace and reunification is as foolish an act as precipitating their own self-destruction.
    If they keep to the road of confrontation and war in breach of the June 15 joint declaration, toeing the U.S. line, they will be held entirely accountable for all the ensuing consequences.

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Mexico elogia al Dirigente Kim Jong Il

     Pyongyang, 26 de noviembre (ATCC) -- El presidente del Comite Ejecutivo Nacional del Partido Comunista Mexicano, Ricardo Chavez Gutierrez, en una platica organizada el dia 20 por esta entidad politica con motivo del 13 aniversario del nombramiento del Dirigente Kim Jong Il como Comandante Supremo del Ejercito Popular de Corea, dijo que el es un genio de la ideologia y gran maestro de la direccion. El orador senalo que es justo y original el modo de direccion del Dirigente quien con la politica de Songun (priorizacion militar) defiende el socialismo y construye una gran potencia prospera y destaco que no puede defender el socialismo sin tomar al ejercito bajo la tirante situacion actual.

Agua potable y esterilizante liquido de maravilloso efecto

     Pyongyang, 26 de noviembre (ATCC) -- En estos tiempos, en el Hospital del Pueblo No.1 de la ciudad de Pyongyang se producen bebidas medicinales de especial virtud, agua anti-oxidante y el esterilizante liquido. Segun el candidato al Profesor Titular del mismo centro sanitario Kim Yong Mun, el agua potable anti-oxidante previene la proliferacion y efectos perniciosos de sustancias toxicas que al ser generadas durante las actividades vitales del ser humano, o sea, en el curso de la fermentacion de alimentos y metabolismo, aceleran la acidificacion del cuerpo humano y causan varias enfermedades. Por lo tanto, se conoce como bebida ideal para detener el envejecimiento y prevenir y tratar varios tipos de epidemias.
    Se produce en un equipo de alta eficacia y comodo en su uso y a los 30 minutos de producida mantiene estable su PH en 7.2 - 8. Ademas, la investigacion clinica comprobo que esta novedad mejora el habitat de los microorganismos dentro del cuerpo humano y detiene la fermentacion sobremanera de alimentos adquiridos, aparte de su contribucion al mejoramiento de la salud de las personas de constitucion acida.
    Con la toma de esta bebida, podran librarse de sus dolores los aquejados de diabetes, obesidad, asma, enfermedades respiratorias, gastritis, problemas digestivos, constipacion, inflamacion del intestino grueso, nefritis, cistitis, uremia, artritis, enfermedades cardiacas, hipertension, arteriosclerosis, neurastenia, insomnio, hepatitis, etc.
    De otro lado, el esterilizante liquido inodoro tiene gran potencialidad de exterminar microbios patogenos dentro de 3 minutos y no reporta ninguna negativa al cuerpo humano, segun su aplicacion en la practica clinica.
    Se usa ampliamente en el lavado y desinfeccion de jeringas y otros aparatos medicos, utensilios de cocina y para el servicio de comidas, carnes, vegetales y pescados. Ademas, se emplea para la terapia de quemadura, ulcera de decubito, inflamacion, botulismo, heridas por contusion, gingivitis, problemas en la raiz de diente, dolores dentales, amigdalitis, eccema, etc.
    Los nuevos productos ganan notoriedad no solo en los sectores concernientes sino hasta en amplias masas trabajadoras.

UPC denuncia bloqueo de Sitios Web en Sur de Corea

     Pyongyang, 26 de noviembre (ATCC) -- El portavoz de la Union de Periodistas de Corea "UPC" publico el dia 25 una declaracion que senala como lo siguiente: En estos dias, las autoridades surcoreanas maniobran freneticamente para bloquear las paginas progresistas del Internet acusandolas de "pro-nortenas". Esto parte de una siniestra intencion de dar negativa total al espiritu fundamental de la Declaracion Conjunta del 15 de Junio y revertir las relaciones intercoreanas a la epoca de confrontacion del pasado.
    Es sumamente contradictorio el comportamiento de las autoridades surcoreanas que por una parte, critican y niegan la idea y el sistema de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea y bloquean la conexion de sitios Web entre el Norte y el Sur sin tomar en consideracion el espiritu de dicha declaracion y por la otra, fingen abogar por el saneamiento de las relaciones con el Norte.
    En la epoca de la informatica de hoy, el Sur de Corea es la unica region de atraso politico donde se bloquea el acceso a las comunicaciones del Internet, o sea, la tierra privada de la libertad y los derechos humanos del siglo 21.
    Las autoridades surcoreanas deben tener clara cuenta de ello y abstenerse ahora mismo de sus burdas maniobras de confrontacion con la RPDC como este caso.
    Si continuan en sus fechorias anti-reunificacion y antinacional desoyendo la reiterada advertencia de la RPDC, lo consideraremos como un acto dirigido a romper totalmente las relaciones intercoreanas. Por lo tanto, todas las consecuencias nefastas que emanen de ello caeran sobre ellas mismas.