British Preparatory Committee Formed

     Pyongyang, August 3 (KCNA) -- A British preparatory committee for celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea was inaugurated with due ceremony in London on July 27. Harpal Brar, chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist), who is chairman of the British Friendship Society with Korea was elected chairman of the preparatory committee and Dermot Hudson, chairman of the British Association for the Study of Songun Politics, vice-chairman of the committee at the ceremony.
    The committee set the days from July 27 to October 10 as a period of celebrations and decided to organize various functions in the period.

World Conference to Be Held to Support Korea's Independent and Peaceful Reunification

     Pyongyang, August 3 (KCNA) -- The world conference supporting the independent and peaceful reunification of Korea will be held in Pyongyang from August 13 to 14 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Korea's liberation under the co-sponsorship of the International Liaison Committee for Reunification and Peace in Korea (CILRECO) and the Korean Committee for Solidarity with World Peoples and organizations for friendship and solidarity with the Korean people in various countries. The conference to be attended by delegations and delegates of international democratic, anti-war and peace organizations and friendship and solidarity organizations from many countries and regions of the world will hear reports and speeches before adopting relevant documents.
    The conference will be followed by an international march for reunification and peace of Korea, a meeting for solidarity with the Korean people and an international rally condemning the criminal acts committed by the U.S. in Korea.
    These solidarity events will mark an important occasion in strengthening the international support and solidarity for the Korean people who have brought about a turning phase in the movement for independent reunification under the great banner of Songun.

One More GI Assault against S. Korean Civilian Reported

     Pyongyang, August 3 (KCNA) -- One more GI assault was committed against a south Korean civilian, MBC of south Korea reported. A sergeant belonging to the Camp Stanley of the U.S. forces base in Uijongbu took issue with a local passer-by surnamed Ri in front of a building in Mapho District of Seoul at the dawn of July 30 and struck his head with a beer jug, seriously wounding him.

Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Work Celebrated

     Pyongyang, August 3 (KCNA) -- A meeting marking the 20th anniversary of the publication of leader Kim Jong Il's famous work "On the Further Development of Science and Technology" was held at the People's Palace of Culture Tuesday. Kim Jong Il in his work said that the main task facing the scientific and technological field is to settle the issues of raw material, fuel and power, solve the scientific and technological issues arising in updating machines and other equipment and explore new scientific and technological fields under a long-term plan.
    Pyon Yong Rip, president of the Academy of Sciences, in a report said that Kim Jong Il's famous work serves as a great encyclopedic programme which comprehensively deals with Juche-based scientific ideas, theories and methods and a theoretical and practical weapon which should always be held fast to in thoroughly implementing the Workers' Party of Korea's policy on science and technology.
    The reporter recalled that Kim Jong Il indicated the ways of rapidly developing the information technology and stepping up the modernization and informationalization of the national economy on the basis of the latest science and technology and made sure that the electronic information research bases and major scientific and technological fields were equipped with up-to-date facilities even during the period of the "Arduous March," the forced march.
    Recalling that the DPRK successfully put satellite Kwangmyongsong No. 1, a complex of modern science and technology, into orbit at one go by its efforts and with indigenous technology, he stressed that this was an event to be specially recorded in its history as it demonstrated the dignity and power of Kim Il Sung's nation, Songun Korea, to the world.
    He called upon all the scientists and technicians to turn out as one to bring about a new turn in the development of science and technology, true to the intention of the WPK, plan bold and ambitious scientific and technological work and dynamically push forward it till its completion in the spirit of the revolutionary soldier spirit, and overcome difficulties on their own efforts.
    Present at the meeting were Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the WPK Central Committee, Ro Tu Chol, vice-premier of the Cabinet, and others.

National Cooperation Called for in S. Korea

     Pyongyang, August 3 (KCNA) -- The south Korean Buddhist Youth Association reportedly held a meeting in Seoul on July 29 at which it called for taking the lead in the struggle for peace against war and for national cooperation. At the meeting Chairman Kim Ik Sok and Secretary General Jon Jun Ho of the organization and other speakers stressed the need to declare the days from August 1 to 16 as a period of devoting oneself to peace and reunification and further strengthen the organization's forces for reunification.
    A resolution read out at the meeting said that in order to reunify the divided country it is imperative to wage a dynamic struggle for peace against war and the realization of national cooperation.
    The young Buddhists will make every possible effort to reunify the divided country, the resolution stressed.

Stop to Police Search for Political Offenders Demanded in S. Korea

     Pyongyang, August 3 (KCNA) -- Prayer meetings were reportedly held at the Hall of Christian Churches in Jongro District, Seoul, by south Korean religious organizations on July 29 to demand the "government" take a step for stopping the police search for political offenders on the want list. It was attended by members of the Human Rights Committee of the south Korean Council of Christian Churches, the south Korean National Council of Christians for Justice and Peace, the Christian Youth Council of south Korea and others.
    It was also participated in by members of the group of sit-in strikers demanding a stop to the police search for political offenders and release of all prisoners of conscience and the Family Movement for Realizing Democracy.
    Speakers there said it is quite abnormal for so many students to be still subject to police search at a time when the atmosphere of south-north exchange and visits is growing strong.
    They called upon all religious organizations and organizations of the movement for democracy to come out to put a definite end to the police search.

Joint Slogans Boost Confidence in Victory of Socialism

     Pyongyang, August 3 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Wednesday in an article stresses that the joint slogans of the Central Committee and the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea published on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the WPK are slogans of conviction and struggle which the army and people of Korea should hold fast to as fixed guidelines in accomplishing the cause of socialism. Noting that the joint slogans carry firm belief in invincibility of Korean style socialism, the article goes on:
    Every phrase of the joint slogans is run through with the Korean people's great honor and pride in having made a revolution with the great leaders, the great idea and the strong army.
    The ideas of the slogans represent the Korean people's high revolutionary pride and confidence in sure victory. Among them are ideas that the glorious course of Korean socialism is associated with President Kim Il Sung's whole life and leader Kim Jong Il's exploits performed for the Songun revolution and ours is invincible socialism in which the immortal Juche idea has been applied and there is the matchlessly formidable army.
    The slogans carry the strong will of the army and the people to increase the might of Korean style socialism to the maximum.
    They clarify precious ideological and theoretical guidelines for the Korean people to develop our socialist country into a reunified and prosperous powerful country of Juche. As shown by them, the politico-ideological and military position of our socialism will become stronger when the Party, the army and the people closely unite around Kim Jong Il in one idea and will and fortify the Party, the army and the state and social system as firm as a rock under the uplifted banner of Songun.
    The slogans reflect the invariable will of our Party, army and people to stubbornly advance only along the road of socialism, holding higher the red flag of revolution, the banner of Songun.

New Method of Producing Ti Cast-Iron Ball Developed

     Pyongyang, August 3 (KCNA) -- The Ministry of Metal Industry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has developed a new method of producing titanium cast-iron ball by direct alloyage. It has been known that the Ti-alloyed iron is made by the thermite reduction. This method is high in cost and low in productivity.
    By the new method, it is possible to directly alloy Ti with the arc heat of electric furnace and the heat produced in the reaction between a by-product of aluminum production and the carbon, silicon and calcium contained in the burden materials. Ti cast-iron ball made by the new method contains more than 2.5 percent of C, 0.2-0.4 percent of Ti and less than 0.04 percent of phosphorus and sulfur. And its hardness is HRC55.
    Its serviceable life is 2-2.5 times longer and its consumption is lower than other kinds. And it saves heavy oil, electricity and manpower and shortens production hours compared with rolled ball.
    The Ti cast-iron ball has already been used in coal-pulverizing in thermal power plants and the concentrated ore production in mines.

Songbul Temple in DPRK

     Pyongyang, August 3 (KCNA) -- Songbul Temple built in 898 is located in the fort on Mt. Jongbang in Sariwon city, North Hwanghae Province, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It consists of 6 buildings--Ungjin, Kukrak, Myongbu and Unha halls and Chongphung and Sansin pavilions with a five-storied pagoda in the centre.
    The Ungjin hall is one of the oldest remaining wooden buildings in the country. It, belonging to the period of Koryo (918-1392), was rebuilt in 1327 Though nearly 700 years has passed since its reconstruction, its colorful painting remains unchanged. The Kukrak hall, which was built in 898 and rebuilt in 1376, was burnt out by the U.S. imperialist aggressors' bombing during the Fatherland Liberation War. The present one was constructed as it was in Juche 45 (1956).
    The Ungjin and Kukrak halls are worthy of studying the medieval architecture as they reflect the variety of architecture of Koryo.
    The Myongbu hall was built in 1711. Its interior beams painted during the Ri Dynasty still keep its original color.
    There remain in Chongphung pavilion, the front gate of the Temple, a bell and wood carvings depicting fish which were used in Buddhist rite during the Ri Dynasty. The Unha hall and Sansin pavilion are buildings where monks lived and studied.
    Lots of people visit the temple, enjoying their holidays in Mt. Jongbang which has turned into a pleasure ground under the wise leadership of President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.

Struggle against Imperialist Moves for Aggression and War Called for

     Pyongyang, August 3 (KCNA) -- Aggression and war are what keep imperialism alive. It can neither exist nor meet its interests without aggression and war. Rodong Sinmun Wednesday says this in a signed article.
    It goes on:
    Ever since imperialism raised its ugly head in the world, it has been engrossed in aggression and war. In the new century, too, the means for the existence of the imperialist forces remains unchanged.
    Aggression and war are inevitably required by the politico-economic structure of modern imperialism.
    Munitions monopolies dominate the economy in the imperialist countries and their rise or fall entirely hinges on those monopolies. The military spending in the imperialist countries is on the steady increase and the militarization of their economy is aggravating the crisis of imperialism. The overall economy remains in the doldrums, increasing the joblessness and weakening its competitive power. Imperialism seeks a way out of this daily worsening crisis in pursuing aggression and war.
    A series of wars provoked by imperialism in different parts of the world after the end of the Cold War were chiefly aimed at settling this economic crisis by saving the munitions monopolies and helping them increase their profits. As a matter of fact such purposes have been achieved through the imperialists' aggression and war. The imperialists have taken pleasure in attaining their politico-economic goal and realizing their wild ambition for domination through aggression and war against other countries and nations. That is why the imperialists are desperately clinging to the policy of aggression and war and becoming more cunning and vicious in their methods. The reality requires all the countries and nations aspiring after independence and peace to properly see through the criminal true colors of the imperialist forces who regard aggression and war as means of their existence and main job and dynamically turn out in the struggle against their moves for aggression and war.

Removal of McArthur's Statue Urged

     Pyongyang, August 3 (KCNA) -- The statue of McArthur at "Park of Freedom" in Inchon of south Korea should be destroyed, says Minju Joson today in a commentary. It is quite natural that the south Korean people have turned out in the campaign to remove the statue, the commentary notes, and goes on:
    Their will for its removal is unshakable. As they have contended, in Korea there is no place for a disgusting statue of an aggressor but for statues of famous patriotic generals and personages.
    It is a shame of the nation that the statue of McArthur, a chieftain of aggression, remains in south Korea until now, the era of reunification after the publication of the June 15 joint declaration. This shame can be cleared away only when the statue is blasted away and the U.S. troops driven out of south Korea.
    The south Korean people will wage a more vigorous anti-U.S. struggle in an organized and massive way, despite the desperate efforts of the pro-American flunkeyist traitors, and remove the statue at any cost and drive the U.S. troops out of south Korea.

Greetings to Tunisian FM

     Pyongyang, August 3 (KCNA) -- Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun sent a message of greetings to his Tunisian counterpart Abdelbaki el Hermassi to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the DPRK and Tunisia. Expressing the belief that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries will favorably develop in the interests of the two peoples in the future, too, the message sincerely wished him greater success in his work.

Message of Sympathy to Saudi Crown Prince

     Pyongyang, August 3 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Tuesday sent a message of sympathy to Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz over the death of King Fahd Bin Abdul-Aziz from illness. The message expressed deep condolences to him and through him to the Saudi royal house and people and the family of the deceased.

Congratulations to Saudi Arabian King

     Pyongyang, August 3 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, today sent a message of congratulations to Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz upon his accession to the throne of Saudi Arabia. The message sincerely wished the king great success in his responsible work and good health and happiness.

Message of Sympathy to Sudanese President

     Pyongyang, August 3 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Tuesday sent a message of sympathy to Omar Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir, president of Sudan, over the death of John Garang, first vice-president of Sudan, by an unexpected accident. The message expressed the belief that the friendly Sudanese people would overcome the sorrow and make successes in the work for unity and prosperity of the country.

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Minju Joson aboga por eliminar estatua de McArthur

    @Pyongyang, 3 de agosto (ATCC) -- En estos dias, los habitantes surcoreanos se suman a la justa lucha por eliminar la estatua de bronce de McArthur erigida en el "Parque Libertad" de la ciudad surcoreana de Inchon. Senala asi el rotativo Minju Joson en un comentario individual publicado en su edicion del dia 3 y continua:
    @Es firme la voluntad de los habitantes surcoreanos de destruirla. Como insisten ellos, en Corea sobran sitios para levantar estatuas de bronce de generales insignes patrioticos y otros patriotas, pero no hay lugar para el busto de ese caudillo de invasores yanquis.
    Es una verguenza nacional que esa estatua siguiera intacta en el Sur de Corea hasta en la actual epoca de reunificacion del 15 de Junio. Es posible limpiarla cuando destruyamos la estatua en cuestion y expulsemos a las tropas norteamericanas del suelo surcoreano.
    Por mucho que se opongan los vendepatrias y serviles proyanquis, los habitantes surcoreanos intensificaran de forma organizada su lucha antiyanqui por lograr ambos objetivos.

Tendra lugar conferencia mundial en Pyongyang

    @Pyongyang, 3 de agosto (ATCC) -- Con motivo del 60 aniversario de la restauracion de la patria tendra lugar del 13 al 14 de agosto en esta capital la conferencia mundial de apoyo a la reunificacion independiente y pacifica de Corea bajo coauspicios del Comite Internacional de Enlace por la Reunificacion y la Paz en Corea (CIERECO), el Comite Coreano de Solidaridad con los Pueblos del Mundo y las entidades de amistad y solidaridad con el pueblo coreano en varios paises. En el foro participaran delegaciones y delegados de las organizaciones democratas internacionales, entidades antibelicas por la paz y las de amistad y solidaridad de numerosos paises y regiones del mundo. Se presentaran informes e intervenciones de apoyo a la reunificacion independiente y pacifica de Corea y se aprobaran documentos pertinentes.
    Terminado el foro, se realizaran una marcha internacional por la reunificacion y la paz de Corea, un mitin de solidaridad con el pueblo coreano y un acto internacional de repudio a los actos criminales de EE.UU. perpetrados en Corea. Tales actividades serviran de importante ocasion para fortalecer el apoyo y la solidaridad internacionales con la lucha del pueblo coreano por abrir una coyuntura de viraje en la realizacion de la reunificacion independiente bajo la bandera del gran Songun (priorizacion militar).

Imperialismo vive de agresiones y guerras

    @Pyongyang, 3 de agosto (ATCC) -- La agresion y la guerra son los modos de subsistencia de los imperialistas. Sin estas los imperialistas no pueden mantenerse ni enriquecerse. Asi senala el diario Rodong Sinmun en un articulo individual insertado en su edicion del dia 3 y continua:
    Desde su aparicion en el mundo, el imperialismo se ocupo de agresiones y guerras y este modo de existencia es invariable hasta en el nuevo siglo.
    Pues, la estructura politico-economica del imperialismo contemporaneo requiere inevitablemente la agresion y la guerra.
    Los monopolios belicos dominan la economia de los paises imperialistas y el destino de los primeros estan relacionados directamente con el de los segundos. En los paises imperialistas crecen incesantemente los gastos militares y la militarizacion de la economia profundiza la crisis del imperialismo. Es decir, la economia en su conjunto cae en recesion, suben las tasas de desempleo y se debilita la potencialidad economica. Para salir de ella, el imperialismo toma el camino de agresion y guerra.
    Todas las guerras desatadas despues del fin de la guerra fria por los imperialistas en varias regiones del orbe fueron encaminadas sin excepcion a paliar la crisis economica al dar lucros astronomicos a los monopolios belicos.
    Los imperialistas recurren a la agresion y la guerra contra otros paises y naciones para alcanzar su finalidad politico-economica y satisfacer su ambicion dominacionista. La realidad demanda que todos los paises y naciones aspirantes a la independencia y la paz calen la naturaleza criminal de las fuerzas imperialistas y se levanten activamente en la lucha por rechazar sus maniobras de agresion y guerra.