World No-Tobacco Day Observed
Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- A function was held at the Koryo Medicine Institute on May 30 to mark the World No-Tobacco Day.
Present there were Choe Chang Sik, vice-minister of Public Health of the DPRK, Tej Walia, representative a.i. of the WHO in Pyongyang, staff members of missions of international organizations and the British ambassador to the DPRK.
Choe in his opening speech called on the medical workers to take an active part in the campaign to urge people to quit smoking for the health of the rising generation and their own health.
Referring to the fact that the smoking rate in the DPRK is considerably lower than that in the past, he stressed the need for the medical workers to successfully conduct a campaign to increase the quit-smoking atmosphere and take every opportunity of helping the people stop smoking.
He called for activities to direct greater social attention to protecting sick people and women and children, in particular, from the harm done by smokers and expanding the scope and width of the non-smoking places in a bid to help people quit smoking.
Then Tej Walia made a congratulatory speech.
Then the floor was taken by participants who pointed to the need to conduct a positive campaign for preventing the outbreak of diverse diseases due to smoking and a no-smoking campaign of diverse forms.
The participants looked round the photographs showing the medical workers' rules to govern their activities to restrict smoking and the harm done by smoking to human bodies and its consequences, exhibits on things popular in no-smoking campaigns and treatment rooms.
The day was observed in local areas of the country, too.
Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Concurrently Foreign Minister Interviewed
Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- No matter how desperate the imperialists may become in their moves against the DPRK, they can not conquer the DPRK where the whole party and army and all the people are firmly rallied behind leader Kim Jong Il.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Laos Somsavath Lengsavath, member of the C.C., the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and chairman of the Commission for External Affairs of its Central Committee, said this on May 30 when interviewed by KCNA while staying in the DPRK at the head of its delegation.
He said that he was very pleased to revisit the DPRK with the desire to boost the friendly ties between the two parties and the two countries.
Noting that the bilateral ties of friendship were provided by Kaysone Phomvihane and President Kim Il Sung, the leaders of the two countries, he said that these ties are now growing stronger under the deep care of Khamtay Siphandone and Kim Jong Il.
He said that visiting various places during its stay in the DPRK the delegation saw for itself the Korean people in their vigorous drive to significantly greet the 60th anniversaries of the foundation of the Workers' Party of Korea and Korea's liberation and had an opportunity to visit the Korean Revolution Museum where it came to know better about how wisely Kim Jong Il has led the Korean revolution by carrying forward the cause of the President since his demise.
He expressed firm conviction that the Korean people would firmly defend the socialist gains, build a great prosperous powerful nation and surely reunify the country under the wise steermanship of Kim Jong Il.
U.S. Projected Creation of "Rapid Task Force" under Fire
Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- U.S. President Bush recently talked about the need to create a "rapid task force" capable of coping with the crisis in those countries that fight for freedom or to be free from dictatorship. He blustered that this force would be on stand-by so that it may rush to "regions" required for its substantial operations within days or weeks, not months or years.
Rodong Sinmun Tuesday carries a signed commentary in this regard.
The "spread of freedom and democracy" touted by the U.S. means the worldwide spread of the U.S. view on value and political mode, the commentary observes, and goes on: The proposed creation of the force is part of Washington's moves to put the theory of "worldwide spread of freedom and democracy" into practice.
The "spread of freedom and democracy", the keynote of the foreign policy of the Bush administration, is nothing but an intention to escalate the "war on terrorism" worldwide and it is mainly targeting independent countries.
The Bush group dared brand those countries which go independent, disobedient to it, as "rogue states" and "dangerous forces". As if it were not enough with this, it labeled them "outposts of tyranny" in a desperate bid to seek regime changes there and bring down their systems.
The Bush forces asserted that if they rise up for freedom, the U.S. will join them. This is an outright agitation for internal disturbance and coup and little short of a declaration of aggression to carry out military operation to bring down systems under the pretext of "chaos" or "request for assistance".
Being a detached force to bring down the systems in other countries, the above-mentioned force is mainly targeted against the independent countries and aimed to operate worldwide.
It is beyond doubt that its creation and intensified activities would disturb the world, inflicting greater misfortune and disaster upon the people.
It is quite doubtless that the proposed force will primarily target against the DPRK, the commentary says, adding its army and people will keep themselves fully ready to go into action with high revolutionary vigilance against the U.S. evermore desperate and dangerous moves to bring down the system in the country.
American Heavyweights' Reckless Remarks Flailed
Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- Most recently the chairman of the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs of the International Relations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives let loose a whole string of balderdash against the south Korean authorities.
He said that to distance oneself from other counties under the pretence of independence might bring a political benefit in the short term but one may doubt whether it is a wise policy in the long term. He even went the lengths of uttering that the south Korea-U.S. alliance has made a substantial contribution to political and economic stability and progress.
In this regard Minju Joson Tuesday in a signed commentary says that it is something unprecedented that U.S. high-ranking officials vied with each other to fault the south Korean authorities' use of the word "independence" at official meetings in a bid to press them to boost the alliance with the U.S.
It continues:
In fact, the U.S. has reduced south Korea to its colony under the unctuous name of "alliance," wantonly infringing upon its sovereignty and imposing division, confrontation and war on the Korean nation. As a result, Korea was divided into the north and the south against its people's wishes and suffered the three year-long war disaster. The south Korean people underwent such tragedy as the massacre in Kwangju. Many young south Koreans are serving the U.S. as cannon fodder in shambles of U.S. war of aggression. This is the true nature of the U.S. loudmouthed "alliance" and "contribution".
If the U.S. persists in its military presence and colonial rule over south Korea, it will not be able to escape the nation-wide fierce anti-U.S. resistance but forced out of south Korea with disgrace.
Aim of "Strategic Flexibility" Debunked
Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- The United States is currently trying to force south Korea to accept "strategic flexibility."
Commenting on it, a Minju Joson analyst Tuesday brands it as one revealing the invariable scheme of the U.S. to deal a preemptive nuclear strike at the Korean Peninsula and the Asia-Pacific region and create a sphere of its military domination there.
"Strategic flexibility" sought by the U.S. is nothing but a new war strategy to realize its invariable wild design to place the whole of the Korean Peninsula and the Asia-Pacific region under its military control with south Korea as the stronghold, the analyst notes, and goes on:
The keynote of the "strategic flexibility" is to expand the role of the U.S. forces present in south Korea so as to swiftly respond to "a contingency" on the Korean Peninsula and "unexpected incident" in any other area.
The U.S. pursuance of an enlarged role of its forces in south Korea allegedly for a swift response to "a contingency" on the Korean Peninsula is, to all intents and purposes, little short of a scheme to put fresh muscles into its moves for a new war of aggression in and around the peninsula.
Now the army and the people of the DPRK are keeping a sharp watch on the "strategic flexibility" pursued by the U.S. with a high degree of alertness and full preparedness.
The U.S. should look squarely into the reality and stop all its maneuvers to attain its aggressive purposes.
Should the U.S. persistently pursue a preemptive nuclear attack and creation of a sphere of its military domination on the Korean Peninsula and the Asia-Pacific region, averting its eyes from the reality, it would be held entirely accountable for all the consequences arising from this.
U.S. Troop Pullout from S. Korea Demanded
Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- South Korean organizations reportedly called a joint press conference on May 27 and made public a letter of protest to the commander of the U.S. forces present in south Korea.
They were the Reunification Solidarity, the South Headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification, the People for Achieving Peace and Reunification, the Phaengsong-up Measure Committee for Opposing the Expansion of the U.S. Military Base and the Kwangju-South Jolla Provincial Measure Committee for Shutdown of U.S."Patriot" Base at Kwangju Airport and the withdrawal of the U.S.Forces.
The U.S. forces are a cancer-like existence which has brought misfortunes of all descriptions to the Korean nation, occupying this land over the last six decades, the letter said, and continued:
The U.S. openly declared a highly dangerous plan of a nuclear attack on the Korean nation and is bringing the situation on the Korean Peninsula to a high pitch of strain so as to realize its despicable ambition for world supremacy in disregard of the struggle of various social strata bitterly denouncing its all manner of disgraceful behavior and war moves.
The U.S. gravely violated democracy by bringing a dictatorial "government" on the scene in south Korea and is now fostering inter-Korean military confrontation.
We have never transferred or lent operational commandership to the commander of the U.S. forces stationed in south Korea.
The commander should immediately surrender the wartime operational commandership and the U.S. should withdraw its forces from south Korea at once.
Grand Festival of Koreans in Japan Held
Tokyo, May 29 (KNS-KCNA) -- A grand festival of Koreans in Japan was held in Tokyo Sunday on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon).
Present at the festival were Chairman So Man Sul and Chief Vice-Chairman Ho Jong Man of the Central Standing Committee of Chongryon and its other officials, the chairman of the Federation of Korean Traders and Industrialists in Japan and other leading officials of organizations and enterprises, traders and industrialists and compatriots from all walks of life, over 25,000 in all.
So Man Sul, chairman of the Executive Committee of Commemorations of the Golden Jubilee of Chongryon, said in his opening speech that it is infinite joy and emotion for many compatriots to get together to significantly celebrate the golden jubilee of Chongryon which was formed by President Kim Il Sung and is glorified by leader Kim Jong Il.
There are many countries and overseas compatriots in the world, but no compatriots organizations and compatriots are better than Koreans in Japan who hold such a festival at their schools and houses and boast of their half-century-long history, he said, and stressed:
The future of Koreans in Japan is bright because of the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il, the precious motherly homeland and the united might of Chongryon.
Congratulatory Letters from the homeland were screened on TV show at the opening ceremony.
After the ceremony a grand chorus "Our pride is boundless" was performed by over 525 patriotic activists of the first generation and compatriots of the second and third generations affiliated with organizations of all levels in Kanto, symbolic of May 25 when Chongryon was formed.
The chorus was followed by an art performance "Shine, Our Chongryon" given by members of five prefectural headquarters in Kanto and over 1,200 students.
The performance was followed by the "First Central Contest Proud of Our Songs" attended by compatriots from different parts of Japan.
Meanwhile, exhibitions and colorful cultural and sports festivals were held at the Korean Hall of Culture in Tokyo to significantly commemorate the 50th anniversary of Chongryon.
Guidebook and Album Published
Tokyo, May 29 (KNS-KCNA) -- The General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) published guidebook "Chongryon" and album "Glorious Path Covered by Chongryon" in the run-up to the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Korea and on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the formation of Chongryon.
The guidebook introduces in detail what type of organization Chongryon is and what praiseworthy activities it has conducted as a model of the overseas compatriots movement under the paternal loving care of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il.
The guidebook recalls that Korean patriotic activists and compatriots in Japan made strenuous efforts to carry out Kim Il Sung's policy of making a switchover to the Juche-oriented line and at last they formed Chongryon, the first overseas compatriots organization of Juche type, on May 25, Juche 44 (1955). It explains in a manner easy to understand the nature, the principle of activities, the organizational line-up and the structure of Chongryon.
It has such appendix as a diary of 50-year-long major activities and a chart on the distribution of its organs at all levels and schools under Chongryon.
The album carries in chronological order historical photos showing Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il receiving different delegations and visiting groups of Chongryon to the homeland and clearly indicating the ways to be followed by Chongryon at every stage and in each period during their trips.
Also seen on the album are photos and posters showing the patriotic movements waged by Chongryon officials and compatriots as campaigns involving all its organizations and compatriots, single-mindedly united around Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
Kim Yong Chun Meets Angolan Armed Forces Delegation
Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- Vice Marshal of the Korean People's Army Kim Yong Chun, member of the DPRK National Defense Commission and chief of the General Staff of the KPA, met and had a friendly talk with the delegation of the Angolan armed forces headed by General Agostino Fernandes Nelumba, chief of the General Staff of the armed forces, which paid a courtesy call on him today.
Present there were KPA Colonel General Pak Sung Won and other general officers and officers.
The delegation was greeted at the airport by Col. General Pak Sung Won and other general officers and officers.
Delegation of Angolan Armed Forces Arrives
Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Angolan armed forces led by General Agostino Fernandes Nelumba, chief of its General Staff, arrived here Tuesday.
A welcome function took place at the airport.
After the playing of the national anthems of Angola and the DPRK, Agostino Fernandes Nelumba together with Colonel General Pak Sung Won reviewed a guard of honor of the Korean People's Army.
The delegation was greeted by Colonel General of the KPA Pak Sung Won, general officers and officers at the airport.
CPBM Delegation Here
Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (CPBM) led by Miroslav Grevenicek, chairman of its Central Committee, arrived here Tuesday.
DPRK Government Special Envoy Leaves to Attend NAM Summit
Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- DPRK Vice-Foreign Minister Choe Su Hon left here today to participate in the 2nd NAM Summit to be held in Qatar as a special envoy of the DPRK government.
Prior to the summit, a delegation of the DPRK Foreign Ministry headed by him will visit Egypt, Syria and so on.
Quit-Smoking Nutritious Pill Developed in DPRK
Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- The Sosong Koryo Medicine Management Office in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has recently developed a new kind of quit-smoking nutritious pill. It is also potent for treating various diseases.
The pill is mainly made from rare medicinal herbs growing in steep mountains and deep valleys of the country. It will contribute to the no-smoking campaign reflecting the world trend to build a new tobacco-free century.
From one or two days after taking the pill, it relieves people from smoking. It also removes such symptoms of diseases caused by smoking as hazy feeling, cough, phlegm, asthma, heart discomfort, general prostration and indigestion, and improves the apatite and overall organic functions.
The pill is good for the treatment of bronchitis of passive smokers like women and children.
In an interview with KCNA on the occasion of the World No-Tobacco Day (May 31), Ri Yon Ok, director of the office, told: The pill helps people quit smoking while raising their immunity without any side-effects. Its test application to those who wanted to quit smoking proves efficacious one hundred percent. The demand for the pill is on a sharp increase.
It was awarded the DPRK's patent in February this year.
Lao Party Delegation Leaves
Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- The delegation of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party headed by Somsavath Lengsavath, member and chairman of the Commission for External Affairs of its Central Committee and deputy prime minister and concurrently minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao government, flew here today after winding up its four-day visit to the DPRK.
They were seen off at the airport by Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Yong Il, officials concerned, Lao Ambassador Chanpheng Sihaphom and embassy officials.
During their stay, they visited Mangyongdae, the Pyongyang Metro and other places.
Delegation of Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs Here
Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland led by Rodolphe Imhoof arrived here Tuesday.
The delegation was greeted at the airport by officials concerned and the resident representative of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland in the DPRK.
Kim Jong Il Inspects KPA Women's Company
Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, inspected a three revolution red flag women's company of KPA Unit 578 honored with the title of O Jung Hup-led Seventh Regiment.
He set forth tasks to be fulfilled to further increase the company's combat capability, satisfied with its soldiers' firepower training.
After learning about the company's fulfillment of its training program, he instructed the company to continue to focus its efforts on training so that all its soldiers may have a good command of combat and technical equipment and possess high combat capability.
He watched the thick verdure in the compound of the barracks and birds' nests made by them on every tree.
He appreciated the women soldiers' patriotism, noting that they reflect their ardent desire to make the landscape of the country more beautiful. He acquainted himself with the living of soldiers, going round an educational room, a bedroom, a mess hall, a kitchen, a wash-cum-bath house, a non-stable food store, a barn and other entertainment and logistic facilities of the company.
He also saw a wall paper and soldiers' bulletin board.
He appreciated the lifestyle of the soldiers of the company, pleased to learn that they are leading a life replete with militant spirit by sprucing up their posts as required by the WPK's slogan "Let's train, study and live like the anti-Japanese guerillas!".
He was greatly pleased to see all soldiers of the company trained into comprehensively qualified stalwart fighters.
He gave the servicepersons of the company a pair of binoculars and an automatic rifle as gifts before having a photo session with them.
Kim Jong Il Inspects KPA Company
Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, inspected a three revolution red flag company of KPA Unit 471.
He acquainted himself with the company's performance of its duty before watching its soldiers' training.
The soldiers of the company have fully displayed the high combat technique they have acquired in their day-to-day intensive training in hearty response to the WPK's slogan "Training means a battle", thus fully demonstrating their might as matchless fighters.
He set forth tasks to be fulfilled to further increase the company's combat capability, satisfied to see its commanding officers and soldiers trained into a match-for-a hundred fighters.
He inspected a gathering for the working class education aimed to arouse strong hatred for the U.S. imperialist aggressors and the class enemies among the soldiers going out for guard duties.
Praising the company for conducting the working class education to suit the circumstances created and the opportunities that presented themselves just as the anti-Japanese guerillas did, he underscored the need for the KPA to steadily intensify the working class education in order to prepare all the servicepersons as revolutionary soldiers equipped with a high revolutionary and working class spirit.
He looked after the soldiers' service and living, going round an educational room, a guard duty commanding room, a bedroom, a mess hall, a wash-cum-bath house, a daily provision store and other places.
He was satisfied with the fact that the company is providing the soldiers with good living conditions by building good facilities for supply service.
He met with Han Chun Bok, Mun Jong Ho and other exemplary soldiers and highly praised them for having distinguished themselves in the training and the observance of discipline and protected people's lives and properties at the risk of their lives. He encouraged them to glorify their service with intense loyalty and feats so that they may look back with high pride on the days spent by them as soldiers in the distant future.
He gave the soldiers of the company a pair of binoculars, a machine gun and an automatic rifle as gifts before having a photograph taken with them.
For Spanish-speaking people
Kim Jong Il inspecciona unidad No. 3407 del EPC
Pyongyang, 31 de mayo (ATCC) -- El Comandante Supremo Kim Jong Il, Secretario General del Partido del Trabajo de Corea y Presidente del Comite de Defensa Nacional de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea, inspecciono la unidad No. 3407 del Ejercito Popular de Corea.
Divisando desde el puesto de mando de avanzada vastas zonas de defensa, el Comandante Supremo se cercioro de las condiciones topograficas y objetos zonales y del estado de emplazamiento de las fuerzas y recibio el parte del jefe de la unidad sobre las circunstancias concretas.
Al mirar la ciudad, aldeas, tierras fertiles y mar hermoso, bulliciosos por la creacion y transformacion como reflejo de los majestuosos aspectos de Corea del Songun (priorizacion militar), asevero que gracias a los militares del EPC quienes defienden como una muralla de acero la querida patria socialista, estan aseguradas firmemente la prosperidad del pais y la felicidad del pueblo.
Se mostro satisfecho de que los militares de la unidad vigilan agudamente las maniobras de agresion de los imperialistas norteamericanos y cumplen muy
alertos y con responsabilidad su mision de guardia e indico las tareas que se presentan para reforzar la combatividad de la unidad y fortificar toda la extension que debe defender esta.
Luego, paso a la comandancia de la unidad donde hizo un recorrido por la sala de militares, la biblioteca y otras instalaciones de educacion ideologica y cultura para informarse del trabajo politico con los militares.
Elogio a la unidad por acondicionar bien ambos edificios y normalizar la operacion de estos de modo que contribuyan grandemente a la educacion de los
uniformados.
Subrayo que se debe prestar atencion primordial a la educacion ideologica para formar a todos los uniformados como los fuertes en ideologia.
Presencio la leccion tactica y la tecnica que se impartian en las salas para este particular a los comandantes y los soldados, respectivamente.
Evaluo altamente el hecho de que al desarrollar los ejercicios para la elevacion de la capacidad de mando operacional y de combate en un clima de batalla real, la unidad entreno a todos los oficiales y soldados como valerosos combatientes que poseen las facultades de operacion, de organizacion de batalla, de mando y de combate, suficientes para cumplir satisfactoriamente cualesquier misiones mas dificiles que sean, y remarco la necesidad de intensificar incesantemente el entrenamiento.
Seguidamente, recorrio la sala de educacion, dormitorio, comedor, cocina, bano, almacen de alimentos subsidiarios, descansadero al aire libre, corral y otros lugares de la unidad para enterarse en detalle de la labor y vida de los uniformados.
Dio minuciosas instrucciones al hacer conocimiento de los pormenores de la vida de ellos, entre otros, la lectura de publicaciones, la audicion de la radio, la estructura y calefaccion del dormitorio, la cantidad acuifera del bano, el funcionamiento del bano sauna, etc.
Enfatizo que todas las unidades del EPC, sin excepcion alguna, organizan hacendosamente su vida
asimilando en cien por ciento el espiritu ideologico y la concepcion de vida del Partido del Trabajo de Corea y respirando el mismo aire con este. Esto deviene orgullosos rasgos y brillantes tradiciones que mantiene invariablemente el EPC, asevero.
Expreso su conviccion de que los militares de la unidad seguiran exaltando su temple de los invencibles en la orgullosa y sagrada lucha de defensa de la patria y se fotografio junto a estos.
Rodong Sinmun rechaza fundacion de "cuerpo de rapido desplazamiento"
Pyongyang, 31 de mayo (ATCC) -- Recientemente, al abogar por la "necesidad" de fundar el "cuerpo de rapido desplazamiento" para hacer frente a la eventual "situacion critica" que se de en los paises que luchan por la "libertad" o liberarse de la "tirania", el presidente norteamericano Bush dijo que este cuerpo sera listo para acudir a las "regiones determinadas" dentro de unos dias o unas semanas, no meses y anos, y proceder a las actividades efectivas.
La teoria de "proliferacion de la libertad y democracia" pregonada por EE.UU. significa difundir a todo el mundo la concepcion de valor y modo de politica al estilo gringo y la fundacion de dicho cuerpo es una parte de sus maniobras para llevar esa teoria a la practica.
Revela el diario Rodong Sinmun en un comentario individual publicado en su edicion del dia 31 y prosigue:
Esa teoria deviene la clave de la politica exterior de la administracion Bush en su segundo mandato y la ampliacion de la "guerra antiterrorista" en el
ambito mundial y coloca en su mirilla a los paises independientes en la mayoria de los casos.
La banda de Bush maniobra perversamente para cambiar de poderes y derrocar el regimen de los paises independientes y desobedientes calificandolos de "vanguardias de la tirania" al cabo de tildarlos de "Estados bribones" y "fuerzas peligrosas".
En ese sentido, consigna que "si hay una sublevacion por la libertad, EE.UU. se sumara a ella", lo cual deviene un abierto estimulo a la perturbacion interna y al golpe de estado y una frase agresiva de que pasaria a la operacion militar para derrocar el regimen de otros paises so pretexto de la "revuelta" y "peticion de apoyo".
En calidad de comando, el "cuerpo de rapido desplazamiento", que quiere fundar EE.UU, tomara por su teatro operacional a todo el mundo, en particular centrara su optica a los paises independientes.
No cabe duda de que a medida que se intensifiquen las actividades de ese cuerpo, el mundo se tronara cada vez mas inquieto y los pueblos sufriran desgracias y flagelos mas grandes.
Tambien es indudable que ese cuerpo apuntara su primera flecha a la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea.
Frente a las cada dia mas brutales y peligrosas maniobras del Tio Sam encaminadas a derrocar el regimen de la RPDC, el ejercito y el pueblo de esta se prepararan para lo que sea manteniendo su redoblada vigilancia revolucionaria.