Total Retraction of Definition of "Principal Enemy" Demanded

     Pyongyang, January 6 (KCNA) -- The Ministry of Defense of south Korea changed the phraseology defining the north as the "principal enemy" into that of "the biggest threat". This is an intolerable mockery of the dialogue partner and a challenge to the June 15 joint declaration. A spokesman for the National Democratic Front of south Korea said this in a statement on Dec. 30, according to Kuguk Jonson Internet site. The measure taken by the south Korean military authorities clearly proves that "peace and prosperity" and "reconciliation and cooperation" much touted by the present government are nothing but a fig-leaf to cover up the moves for confrontation with the north, the statement noted, and went on:
    The south Korean government and military authorities should clearly understand the trend of the times and will of the people, immediately delete the new phraseology of the "biggest threat" and stop all practices such as defining the north as an "enemy" and stoking distrust and hostility between fellow countrymen.
    The U.S. is the principal enemy as it wrecks stability and peace on the Korean Peninsula at present.
    The people from all walks of life should closely unite as one and turn out in a massive struggle against the U.S. and war in order to put an end to the U.S. domination and presence in south Korea and dynamically pave the way for peace and reunification on the peninsula through national cooperation.

Nepalese Party Leader Supports Korean People's Struggle

     Pyongyang, January 6 (KCNA) -- Our party hopes that the Korean people would reunify their divided country at an early date under the banner of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration and expresses full support and firm solidarity with them in their efforts to achieve reunification. Madav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Nepal Communist Party (United Marxist-Leninist), said this when meeting Hwang Yong Hwan, DPRK ambassador e.p. to Nepal, on Jan. 1. It is the common duty for the world progressive people to defend Korea's socialism from the U.S. moves to isolate and stifle the DPRK expected to get evermore undisguised this year, he noted.
    He fully supported the joint New Year editorial of Rodong Sinmun, Josoninmingun and Chongnyonjonwi of the DPRK, noting that his party members are gaining great strength and courage from the dignified appearance of socialist Korea making dynamic advance despite all the persistent moves of the imperialists to isolate and stifle the DPRK.
    The world progressives admire the achievements the Workers' Party of Korea has made in single-minded unity over the last 60 years since its foundation, he said, adding that Korean style socialism based on such unity is sure to triumph.

Chinese Ambassador Hosts Reception

     Pyongyang, January 6 (KCNA) -- Wu Donghe, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK, hosted a reception for officials of the Ministry of People's Security at the Chinese embassy here Wednesday evening on the occasion of the New Year Juche 94 (2005). Present at the reception on invitation were Ju Sang Song, minister of People's Security, general officers and officers of the ministry.
    On hand were staff members of the Chinese embassy.
    Speeches were made at the reception.

S. Korean People Urged to Come Out in Struggle for U.S. Troop Pullout

     Pyongyang, January 6 (KCNA) -- The Solidarity for Implementing the South-North Joint Declaration in its New Year resolution for struggle on January 1 called upon all the people to greet 2005 as the year of the U.S. troops' pullout through dynamic practice and resolute advance, according to a news report. The U.S. military presence should not be allowed to go beyond 60 years and this is the desire of our nation in 2005 and the final target of its struggle, the resolution noted, and went on:
    The formation of the South-North Joint Measure Committee for the Pullout of the U.S. Troops is a practical measure at the first phase for putting actions for the withdrawal of the U.S. troops on an overall, nation-wide and massive basis.
    The whole movement camp should inaugurate the joint measure committee as early as possible in order to make political and organizational preparations for greeting the year of the U.S. troops' pullout on its own initiative.
    The joint declaration can neither be implemented nor national reunification be achieved unless the structure of our nation's showdown with the U.S. is built in practice.
    The whole nation should unite close through national cooperation against the U.S. to smash the U.S. war moves and put an end to the history of its domination and occupation.
    Meanwhile, the South Headquarters of the National Alliance of Youth and Students for the Country's Reunification (Pomchonghakryon) made public a "declaration of all-out winter struggle of Pomchonghakryon against the U.S. and war and for the pullout of the U.S. troops" on December 30 and the Cultural Department of the south Korean Federation of University Student Councils (Hanchongryon) released on January 1 an "appeal to all the men and women of literature and art of Hanchongryon calling for a victory in the actions to make 2005 the year of the U.S. troops' pullout."

S. Korean Organizations Demand Abolition of NSL

     Pyongyang, January 6 (KCNA) - Members of 18 south Korean civic and public organizations including the Federation of Women's Organizations and the Citizens' Solidarity for Democratic Society reportedly held a press conference at the people's sit-down ground in Youido, Seoul, on December 29 and called for the complete abolition of the "National Security Law". The statement read out at the press conference demanded that the Uri Party immediately stop compromise with the Grand National Party and lay a bill on the repeal of the NSL before the "National Assembly" to scrap the evil law once and for goods.
    Representatives of the organizations joined the members of the hunger strike group of the People's Solidarity for Abolition of the NSL, calling for its complete repeal.
    Meanwhile, on December 28 "The declaration of 560 people in Kwangju and South Jolla Province for the repeal of the NSL" was made public and the People's Solidarity for Abolition of the NSL released a statement on December 31, calling for an intensified struggle for the repeal of the evil law.

Slogan Calling upon All Koreans to Struggle for Reunification

     Pyongyang, January 6 (KCNA) -- "Let's advance under the banner of cooperation for national independence, cooperation for peace against war and cooperation for reunification and patriotism!" -- This slogan which the Koreans at home and abroad should uphold in the reunification movement this year is an entirely just and scientific one representing the experience and lessons in the reunification movement and the urgent demand of reality, declares Rodong Sinmun in an article Thursday. Noting that national cooperation for the country's peace and reunification is the main mode of patriotic struggle the justice and vitality of which have been convincingly proved in the five-year-long struggle after the publication of the June 15 joint declaration, the author of the article says, and goes on:
    However, very grave difficulties and obstacles are lying in the way of the movement for national reunification. Challenging the unanimous desire of the Korean nation for reconciliation, peace and reunification, the United States is persistently pursuing the hostile policy to stifle the DPRK. It is massively beefing up its aggression armed forces in south Korea and going berserk in adventurous war exercises against the north, thereby spoiling the climate of reconciliation and reunification in the Korean Peninsula and screwing up the war danger to the utmost pitch.
    Another problem is that the pro-U.S. forces of south Korea are pushing for pro-U.S. "cooperation," shunning national cooperation urgent for the solution of the national issue, going against the June 15 joint declaration.
    Difficulties caused by pro-U.S. "cooperation" should be pushed aside by national cooperation. Pro-U.S. "cooperation" is "cooperation" for a war and division. National cooperation is the main recipe for achieving independence and peace and opening a turning phase for national reunification. Security and economic stability in south Korea also can be achieved by national cooperation between ourselves, not by "cooperation" with the U.S.
    The slogan in the joint New Year editorial calling for three-point cooperation is a realistic one reflecting the unanimous desire and will of the whole nation for national independence, peace against war, and reunification and patriotism.

S. Korean NA's Pro-U.S. Sycophantic Act under Fire

     Pyongyang, January 6 (KCNA) -- The south Korean "National Assembly" formally passed the motion on the extension of the service terms of the troops dispatched to Iraq on Dec. 31 last year, calling forth a spate of strong denunciation and protest from all social strata. Commenting on this, Rodong Sinmun Thursday in a signed commentary says:
    This step taken by the NA is a pro-U.S. traitorous act of yielding to the U.S. pressure, in disregard of the peoplefs mindset. It is a monstrous crime impairing the dignity of the nation and its life and soul to be involved in the Iraqi war.
    The south Korean ruling Uri Party saw eye to eye with the GNP coteries in passing the motion, far from abolishing the "National Security Law". This is a perfidy to the south Koreans demanding independence against the U.S. and progressive reforms.
    By passing the motion the NA of south Korea added to the crime it has already committed by hurling thousands of young Koreans on to the Iraqi war.
    Through this it has glaringly revealed its true colors as a group of pro-U.S. sycophantic traitors who value outsiders more than their fellow countrymen and who do not hesitate to offer their lives to outsiders, bereft of shame, if they are to satisfy the master.
    It is an intolerable challenge to the trend of the times and the peoplefs mindset to extend the service term of the south Korean troops in Iraq at a time when those countries which have sent their troops to Iraq are withdrawing them, taking up the cudgel against the unjustifiable war of aggression.
    It is quite clear what consequences such a decision taken by the NA will entail. The motion will expose south Korean land to indiscriminate terrorism by anti-U.S. armed forces.
    Then the south Korean authorities and NA will find themselves accountable for that.

Japanese Reactionaries' Unabated Anti-DPRK Racket under Fire

     Pyongyang, January 6 (KCNA) -- The Japanese ultra-right forces keep kicking up the racket against the DPRK as evidenced by their announcement of "results of thorough investigation" into materials on dead abductees. Papers Thursday say: The Japanese reactionaries have followed a hostile policy towards the DPRK for the last several decades. But they have never pursued such an extremely hostile policy towards it as now, gritting their teeth with bitterness towards it. The Japanese government is crying out for "strong counter-action" and the like against the DPRK, joining the ultra-right forces. This is an open political provocation against the DPRK as it is intended to hurt its dignity and sovereignty and an act of putting the bilateral relations to the lowest ebb.
    A news analyst of Rodong Sinmun recalls that after illegally occupying Korea Japan abducted and took away more than 8.4 million Koreans, killed at least one million of them and reduced 200,000 Korean women to "comfort women" for imperial Japanese army in the past. He continues:
    It is not enough for Japan to kneel down to the Korean people and apologize to them a hundred times. Yet, it is now raising a hue and cry over "the issue of false remains," its fabrication, and talking about "protest" and "strong counter-action." This ridiculous behaviour reminds one of a thief crying "Stop the thief!"
    As a matter of fact, the issue of abduction had already been settled during the Japanese prime minister's visit to the DPRK.
    As the DPRK-Japan contact showed, the former's sincere treatment of its dialogue partner has been misused by the latter for its political plots and hostile moves against the former. Now that it has become clear the Japanese government is joining the ultra-right forces in their evermore undisguised campaign against the DPRK, it feels no need to attach any significance to further inter-governmental contact between the two countries. No one can vouch that any explosive event would not take place between the two countries in case the militarist forces of Japan deliberately bedevil the bilateral relations and push the situation to an extreme phase.
    The army and people of the DPRK are closely following the anti-DPRK row of the Japanese ultra-right forces. Should those forces infringe upon the sovereignty of the DPRK even a bit, it will react to it with a tough physical measure.
    A news analyst of Minju Joson urges the Japanese government to return all the materials including the remains of Yokota without delay and thoroughly probe the truth about the recent fabrication and apologize to the DPRK.

Pyongyangites Vow to Effect Great Surge in Songun Revolution

     Pyongyang, January 6 (KCNA) -- A mammoth rally was held at Kim Il Sung Square with at least 100,000 Pyongyangites attending Thursday at a time when the whole country is out to implement the tasks put forward in the joint New Year editorial of the newspapers of the Party, army and the youth league. They vowed to bring about a great surge in the Songun revolution in order to effect a signal turn in building a great prosperous powerful nation in this significant year.
    The editorial called on the whole Party and army and all the people to turn out as one and bring about a fresh revolutionary surge with the might of Songun so as to glorify the 60th anniversaries of the Workers' Party of Korea and the liberation of the country as the greatest festivals of victors in the history of the Party and the country. This was set forth as the general task of struggle this year in the editorial.
    Ryang Man Gil, chairman of the Pyongyang City People's Committee, made a report at the rally in which he called on all the citizens to dynamically accelerate the general onward march of the Songun revolution holding high the slogan "Let the Whole Party and Army and All the People Unite as One in Mind and More Strikingly Demonstrate the Might of Songun!"
    He underscored the need for the citizens to unite closer around leader Kim Jong Il under the banner of the single-minded unity, thoroughly establish a revolutionary discipline and order whereby the people move as one under the WPK's leadership and protect the unity and cohesion based on the Songun idea as their own eyeballs.
    He called upon them to supply everything necessary for the defence industry on a priority basis, attach importance to military affairs and sincerely assist the People's Army while making earnest efforts to learn from its fighting spirit, work style and traits.
    The reporter underlined the need for the working people in the capital to bring about a radical turn in the agricultural production, increase the production of electricity and coal and produce more varieties of consumer goods including primary consumer goods while channeling great efforts into the construction of major objects to complete them in the best quality. Then the floor was taken by representatives of people of various strata including Ko In Ho, chairman of the Pyongyang City Rural Economy Committee.
    They resolved to reap a rich harvest this year and create a new building speed in the construction of the capital.
    Among those present at the rally were Pak Pong Ju, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, Choe Thae Bok, Jong Ha Chol and Kim Jung Rin, secretaries of the WPK Central Committee, members of the Cabinet.

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FDNSC demanda cancelar "teoria de enemigo principal"

     Pyongyang, 6 de enero (ATCC) -- Segun el sitio Web del Internet "Frente de Salvacion Nacional", el portavoz del Frente Democratico Nacional del Sur de Corea (FDNSC) publico el 30 de diciembre del pasado ano una declaracion de denuncia a la sustitucion del "enemigo principal", calificativo a la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea, por la "mas principal amenaza" por parte del "Ministerio de Defensa Nacional" del Sur de Corea. Este cambio deviene una insoportable burla a su contraparte del dialogo y un reto a la Declaracion Conjunta del 15 de Junio, senala el documento y prosigue:
    Ademas, esta medida de la cupula militar surcoreana evidencia que la "paz y prosperidad", "reconciliacion y cooperacion" pregonadas por el actual "gobierno" surcoreano no pasan de ser una cortina de humo para encubrir sus maniobras de confrontacion con la RPDC.
    El FDNSC demanda al "gobierno" y la cupula militar del Sur de Corea distinguir bien la corriente de la epoca y la voluntad del pueblo, retirar ahora mismo el nuevo calificativo de la "mas principal amenaza" y dejar de cometer las acciones que califiquen de "enemigo" a la coterranea RPDC y siembren la desconfianza y hostilidad en el interior de la nacion coreana.
    Hoy, el enemigo principal que perturba la estabilidad y la paz de la Peninsula Coreana es EE.UU.
    Por lo tanto, los habitantes de distintos estratos deben unirse en un haz y lanzarse a la masiva lucha antiyanqui y antibelica por acabar con la dominacion y ocupacion de EE.UU. y allanar el camino de la paz y la reunificacion de la Peninsula Coreana con el poderio de la cooperacion nacional.

Vil acto de sumision a EE.UU.

     Pyongyang, 6 de enero (ATCC) -- El pasado 31 de diciembre, la "Asamblea Nacional" del Sur de Corea aprobo oficialmente un "proyecto de aplazamiento de permanencia de efectivos enviados a Irak" produciendo la categorica oposicion y denuncia de distintos sectores sociales. El presente caso es un acto contraproducente con la voluntad del pueblo y servil a EE.UU. y la incorporacion en la guerra iraqui deviene un grave crimen que dana la dignidad y la vida de la nacion.
    El que gobernante "Partido Uri" del Sur de Corea, en vez de abolir la "ley de seguridad", lo aprobo en cooperacion con los compinches del opositor "Partido Hannara" es una traicion a la demanda de surcoreanos sobre la independencia antiyanqui y la reforma progresista.
    Con la aprobacion de dicho proyecto de aplazar la permanencia de miles de jovenes y adultos ya enviados al campo de la guerra iraqui, el "parlamento" surcoreano volvio a cometer crimenes poniendo al desnudo su naturaleza de traidor y sumiso a EE.UU. que antepone las fuerzas extranjeras a su propia nacion e inmola sin vacilacion hasta la vida de sus compatriotas segun la demanda de su amo.
    Es un intolerable desafio a la corriente general y la voluntad del pueblo la decision de prolongar el plazo de permanencia de sus efectivos en Irak precisamente cuando otros paises retiran a porfia sus tropas de Irak en repudio a la guerra agresiva injustificable Es claro que consecuencia traera tal aprobacion.
    Tal decision pondra la tierra surcoreana en el peligro del terrorismo indiscriminado de las fuerzas armadas antiyanquis.
    Su responsabilidad recaera enteramente sobre las autoridades y la "Asamblea Nacional" del Sur de Corea.

Periodicos denuncian acto imprudente de reaccionarios japoneses

     Pyongyang, 6 de enero (ATCC) -- En estos dias, la ultraderecha de Japon dio a la publicidad un "resultado de investigacion precisa" alusiva a los datos sobre las difuntas victimas del secuestro armando alborotos sucesivos contra la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea. Al respecto, los rotativos capitalinos insertaron en sus ediciones del dia 6 comentarios individuales que van como sigue:
    Los reaccionarios japoneses vienen practicando durante varias decadas la politica de hostilidad a la RPDC, pero nunca fueron tan viboras como ahora a la RPDC. El gobierno japones, en union con las fuerzas ultraderechistas, habla de la "severa disposicion" a la RPDC. Esto es una abierta provocacion politica que pisotea la dignidad y la soberania de esta y un acto que lleva a la peor fase las relaciones Corea-Japon.
    El rotativo Rodong Sinmun se refiere a que los imperialistas japoneses, durante su ocupacion ilegal sobre Corea, secuestraron y arrestaron forzosamente a mas de 8 millones 400 mil jovenes y adultos coreanos, asesinaron a mas de un millon de nuestros paisanos y obligaron a 200 mil coreanas a "servir de esclavas sexuales" a sus efectivos.
    Sin embargo, este pais isleno, en vez de ponerse de rodillas ante el pueblo coreano para pedirle disculpa mil veces, presenta a su vez el "problema de seudos restos mortales" formulando "protesta" y "severa disposicion", lo que se asemeja al acto de un incendiario gritando "!fuego!".
    De hecho, el problema del secuestro vio su solucion con motivo de la visita del premier japones a Corea. Como lo demuestra el proceso del contacto Corea-Japon, los esfuerzos sinceros de la parte coreana para con la japonesa los aprovecha el segundo en su intriga politica y hostilidad a su contraparte del dialogo. Puesto que quedo evidenciado que el gobierno japones, en union con las fuerzas ultraderechistas, se aferra abiertamente a las maquinaciones contra la RPDC, esta no siente la necesidad de atribuir mas significado al contacto intergubernamental con el pais isleno.
    En caso de que las fuerzas militaristas japonesas empeoran intencionalmente las relaciones con Corea y toman las medidas extremas, nadie podra dar garantia de que no ocurriria un incidente drastico entre ambos paises.
    El ejercito y el pueblo de Corea observan con agudeza el jaleo anti-RPDC de las fuerzas ultraderechistas japonesas y cuando estas osan atentar aunque en lo minimo la soberania de esta, tomaran las poderosas contramedidas fisicas.
    El rotativo Minju Joson apunta que el gobierno japones debe devolver sin demora los restos mortales de Yokoda y los demas datos, esclarecer cabalmente el verdadero aspecto del presente caso falsificado y pedir disculpa por el particular.