Japanese Reactionaries Urged to Be Prudent

     Pyongyang, October 17 (KCNA) -- The ultra-right conservative forces of Japan including Acting Secretary General of the Japan Liberal Democratic Party Abe have busied themselves with their anti-DPRK campaign recently. Referring to the resumption of the DPRK-Japan inter-governmental contact, they asserted that "the government should apply economic sanctions against north Korea unless it takes sincere approach toward the abduction issue" and instigated the "Society of Families of Abductees" and the "Society for Rescuing Abductees" to release a statement demanding the government apply economic sanctions. They went the lengths of peddling it on the international arena. Commenting on this, Rodong Sinmun today observes: Lurking behind this ruckus is a sinister political purpose to incite "people's sentiment" over the abduction issue in a bid to win political clout and expand their power bases. This is also aimed to mislead the people's mindset to creating an atmosphere hostile to the DPRK in the Japanese society in an effort to scuttle the inter-governmental contact between the DPRK and Japan and torpedo the implementation of the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration at any cost.
    No matter how much the Japanese reactionaries may talk about the abduction issue the DPRK does not care at all.
    Japan seems to calculate that the DPRK would find it difficult to live on without its "economic aid". This is a height of folly. The Japanese ultra-right conservative forces seek to frighten the DPRK over the issue of economic sanctions and meet its political interests. This is, however, nothing but a crude way of thinking of country philistines.
    The DPRK does not care whether Japan applies economic sanctions against it or not.
    The Japanese reactionaries' oft-repeated call for the application of economic sanctions against the DPRK with a noisy hue and cry over the abduction issue would do their country nothing good.
    If Abe and other political philistines of Japan, seized with their unlimited political greed, keep going reckless without properly understanding who their rival is, they will have to pay a high price for their behavior.

Kim Jong Il's Work Published in Peru and Egypt

     Pyongyang, October 17 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il's famous work "The Workers' Party of Korea Is the Party of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung" was separately brought out in booklet by the Por Publilaser of Peru and the Dar Al-Shaab Publishing House of Egypt on Oct. 6 and 9. The work made public on Oct. 2, Juche 84 (1995) is an immortal programme for party building and activities, which proudly reviewed the glorious history of the WPK which pioneered the new way of building a revolutionary party in the era of independence under the leadership of President Kim Il Sung and indicated the way to strengthen the WPK into the eternal party of the President.

Joint Celebration Meeting Held in Nepal

     Pyongyang, October 17 (KCNA) -- A joint meeting of political parties of Nepal took place at the building of the Central Committee of the Nepal Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) on Oct. 8 in celebration of the 60th birthday of the Workers' Party of Korea. Present at the meeting were leading officials of the Nepal Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist), the Nepal Communist Party (United Marxist-Leninist), and other progressive political parties and social organizations and people from all walks of life. The DPRK ambassador to Nepal and embassy officials were present on invitation.
    The general secretary of the Central Committee of the Nepal Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) in his speech said that the WPK's foundation and 60 year-long proud history are the history of struggle and victory unprecedented in the history of world politics.
    The foundation of the WPK meant the start of the cause of independence worldwide and its 6 decades are the history of victory of the global cause of independence, he said, and went on:
    We highly appreciate the WPK once again for its outstanding role in carrying on the Korean revolution and the global cause of independence and its historic significance.
    No other party than the WPK has performed so great exploits in so short span of time under very hard conditions.
    That is why the progressive political parties of the world are learning from the Juche idea and the experience of the WPK in struggle. The WPK is now demonstrating its might all over the world as a vanguard to build a great prosperous powerful socialist nation, reunify the country independently and peacefully under the wise Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il and accomplish the cause of independence against imperialism on a world-wide scale.
    The general secretary of the Central Committee of the Nepal Communist Party (United Marxist-Leninist) in his speech said that the Korean revolution began with arms and the WPK, an ever-victorious party, was founded on the basis of the arms.
    The Songun politics pursued by Kim Jong Il is based on the uniqueness of the Korean revolution, he said.

Proposal for Founding DFRK Supported

     Pyongyang, October 17 (KCNA) -- Juda Tsootetsi, chairman of the South African Association for Friendship and Solidarity with Korean People, issued a statement on Oct. 5 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the proposal for founding the Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo. President Kim Il Sung set forth the proposal for founding the DFRK as the most realistic and rational way of preventing the national division and achieving the reunification of the country at an early date, the statement said, and went on: The proposal is a great programme for the reunification of Korea as it clarifies the whole picture of a reunified state and the specific ways of realizing it. It is the most fair and rational one acceptable to anyone desirous of national reunification.
    The U.S. should not interfere in the internal affairs of the Koreans any longer.
    The U.S. should immediately stop its moves to provoke a new war on the Korean Peninsula, withdraw its aggression troops from south Korea unconditionally at once and halt doing anything obstructive to the reunification of Korea.
    Expressing the belief that the Korean people under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il will surely smash the outside forces' interference and obstructions and achieve the national reunification, we once again extend full support to them in their struggle for the independent and peaceful reunification of the country.

Brazilian Political Figure on Development of Relations with WPK

     Pyongyang, October 17 (KCNA) -- Eduardo Azeredo, chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Brazil, when meeting the DPRK ambassador to Brazil who paid a courtesy call on him on Oct. 8, said that the party was pleased to have an opportunity to establish new ties with the Workers' Party of Korea which has a long tradition and history and develop them. He underscored the need to boost the relations between the two parties.

RS. on Tradition of DIU

     Pyongyang, October 17 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Monday devotes an article to the 23rd anniversary of the publication of the famous work of leader Kim Jong Il "The Workers' Party of Korea Is a Juche-Type Revolutionary Party Which Inherited the Glorious Tradition of the DIU" on Oct. 17, Juche 71 (1982). Kim Jong Il in his work clarified great historical significance of the formation of the Down-with-Imperialism Union (DIU) in the history of the Workers' Party of Korea and the revolutionary struggle. On this basis he profoundly and comprehensively elucidated precious success and experience established in the course of the struggle for founding and building a Juche-type revolutionary party and clearly indicated the way for accomplishing the cause of party building which started from the DIU.
    The sagacity of the leadership of Kim Jong Il who has resolutely carried forward the tradition of the DIU lies in holding fast to the banner of independence in all fields of party building and activities and directing greatest efforts always to strengthening the unity of the party ranks, a signed article of the daily says, and goes on:
    Kim Jong Il has wisely led the WPK to thoroughly apply the principle of independence put forward by the DIU in all fields of party building and activities.
    It is one of the greatest exploits performed by the DIU that it made a new history of the unity of the revolutionary ranks.
    The unity of the Party is based on the steadfast revolutionary faith and obligation to devotedly defend Kim Jong Il and based on the great Juche idea and Songun idea. The whole party acts as one under his monolithic leadership.
    It is his wisdom that he has steadily strengthened the close kindred relations between the party and the popular masses.
    As he leads the Party, it will display its pride as a patriotic party opening a heyday of national prosperity and an ever-victorious revolutionary party leading the era of independence.

RS. Calls for Accelerating General March of Songun Revolution

     Pyongyang, October 17 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Monday editorially calls upon all party members, servicepersons of the People's Army and people to more powerfully accelerate the general march of Songun revolution in high spirit, keeping in mind the present glory and happiness that they grandly celebrated the 60th birthday of the glorious Workers' Party of Korea in the presence of leader Kim Jong Il, a peerlessly great man. They should demonstrate to the full in the present general march their firm faith and will to carry out revolution to the end, holding fast to his Songun idea and leadership as their lifeline, the editorial says, and goes on:
    We should uphold his Songun revolutionary leadership with loyalty, taking the pledge of faith made at the grand October festival as a motto of life and struggle.
    We should hold high the slogan calling for uniting close around the headquarters of revolution, the heart of Korea and a symbol of invincibility. We should become hot-blooded comrades of Songun revolution who take it as pure conscience and obligation to devotedly defend the headquarters of revolution and share life and death with him to the end. It is imperative to develop the unity of the army and people in idea and struggle on to a new high stage in conformity with the requirement of the Songun era. We should give full play to the revolutionary comradeship and the spirit of collectivism to keep in fuller bloom our social traits of helping and leading each other forward and living in harmony as a big family.
    The joint slogans of the Central Committee and the Central Military Commission of the WPK serve as a program of struggle and militant banner our army and people should consistently hold high in the present general march. We should keep the enthusiasm and stamina with which we celebrated the October holiday with productive surge at all socialist construction sites where a powerful drive to implement the joint slogans is prevailing. No force in the world can stand in the way of our army and people who are emerging victorious with indomitable faith and heroic struggle under the leadership of the great Party, stresses the editorial.

South Korean Youth and Students Vow to Intensify Actions for Withdrawal of U.S. Troops

     Pyongyang, October 17 (KCNA) -- The 3rd conference of the 3rd term of the Youth and Students Solidarity for the Implementation of the June 15 South-North Joint Declaration in south Korea was reportedly held in Seoul on Oct. 9. Accusing the public security authorities of issuing a warrant of arrest to Song Hyo Won, 13th term-chairperson of the south Korean Federation of University Student Councils, on charges of the struggle for the removal of MacArthur's statue held in Inchon on Sept. 11, the resolutions read out at the conference termed this a dastardly move of the pro-U.S. conservative forces to crack down upon the youth and students who would steer the present era of reunification and, furthermore, chill the people's growing desire for independence and reunification and bedevil the inter-Korean relations. They also made it clear that the youth and students would join hands with people from all walks of life in their struggle to win the legalization of the patriotic organizations for reunification including the South Headquarters of the National Alliance of Youth and Students for the Country's Reunification and the south Korean Federation of University Student Councils and get their members delisted as political offenders and their detained comrades released. They declared that the youth and students would wage a more dynamic struggle to get the "Security Law", anti-reunification law, totally abolished and throw overboard the pro-U.S. conservative forces.
    The resolutions also assailed the U.S. for insisting that "north Korea abandon its nuclear program first" even before the ink on the joint statement of the six-party talks got dry. The U.S. troops in south Korea are the biggest barrier lying in the way of achieving peace on the Korean Peninsula, they added. The youth and students will intensify the struggle for the withdrawal of the U.S. troops from south Korea, the resolutions stressed.

Amendment to Law on Past History Urged in S. Korea

     Pyongyang, October 17 (KCNA) -- The All-People Committee for Proper Settlement of the Past History, the People's Solidarity for Inheriting the Spirit of the Movement for Democracy and other civic and public organizations of south Korea reportedly held a press conference on Oct. 10 at which they demanded an amendment to the law on the past history. Speakers at the conference referred to the deplorable situation where victims of the "Security Law" are subject to reinvestigation under the existing law on the past history.
    Charging that the law is obstructive to the probe into the past history, they called for scrapping the poisonous articles of the law as soon as possible. They declared that they would tour all parts of south Korea in demand of the revision of the law on the past history, a tattered one, and hold meetings to hear testimonies of its victims and, at the same time, stage actions to have the amendment to the law placed on the agenda of the "National Assembly."

International Commodity Exhibition to Be Held

     Pyongyang, October 17 (KCNA) -- The First Autumn International Commodity Exhibition will be held in Pyongyang from October 24 to 27 under the sponsorship of the Korean International Exhibition Corporation. The exhibition will be participated in by foreign enterprises from Europe, Asia and the rest of the world.
    On display there will be equipment for developing latest technologies and various kinds of ironware, machine tools, poultry facilities, medicines, agricultural chemicals and fertilizers, petrol chemical goods, electric and electronic goods, foodstuffs and daily necessities.
    During the exhibition trade consultations and exchanges will be conducted and joint venture and economic cooperation between enterprises discussed. More than 80 companies and enterprises in China, Romania, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, Italy and Sweden have applied for the participation and have been registered.
    The number of applicants continues to increase.
    The Korean International Exhibition Corporation organizes the international commodity show in each May and October in order to promote cooperation and trade activities.

Three Forms of Cooperation Called for

     Pyongyang, October 17 (KCNA) -- Three forms of cooperation for national independence, peace against war and reunification and patriotism guarantee independent reunification and national prosperity. They are in full line with the desire of the compatriots for achieving the reunification of the country through the great unity of the nation free from foreign interference as they provide basic ways of conducting the movement for independence and reunification on the fundamental principles of national reunification. Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article. It continues:
    The above-said three forms of cooperation reflect the unanimous desire and fixed will of all Koreans to live and develop independently, promote the process of national reconciliation and reunification and defend peace of the country.
    Foreign forces are alien ones and the forces for division. What the foreign forces have done since their occupation of a half of Korea is nothing but acts against the reconciliation and unity of the nation, peace and peaceful reunification. It is due to the foreign forces that the Korean nation still remains divided and has undergone misfortune and pain and a tense situation is prevailing on the Korean Peninsula and it is exposed to the danger of a new war. Even at this time the U.S. imperialists are running amuck to provoke a new war, chilling the desire of the Koreans for reconciliation and unity and persisting in their moves against the north in a bid to block independent reunification.
    The three forms of cooperation provide the only way of smashing the moves of the U.S. imperialists and achieving independent reunification. This cooperation is effective enough to frustrate the foreign forces' moves to provoke a new war, nuclear war and create a peaceful environment for independent reunification.
    All Koreans in the north, the south and overseas should wage a more dynamic struggle to realize the three forms of cooperation under the banner of "By our nation itself" whose vitality has been fully demonstrated in practice, as required by the developing reality.

New Mexico State Governor Here

     Pyongyang, October 17 (KCNA) -- Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico State of the United States, and his party arrived here Monday.

Kim Ki Nam Meets Thai Party Delegation

     Pyongyang, October 17 (KCNA) -- Kim Ki Nam, secretary of the C. C., the Workers' Party of Korea, Monday met and had a friendly talk with the visiting delegation of the Thai Rak Thai Party headed by Krasae Chanawongse, adviser to Leader of the party Thaksin Shinawatra who is prime minister of Thailand.

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Rodong Sinmun denuncia a la ultraderecha de Japon

    @Pyongyang, 17 de octubre (ATCC) -- En estos dias, al hablar del reinicio del contacto intergubernamental entre Corea y Japon, el secretario en jefe interino del Partido Democratico Liberal de Japon, Abe, y otras fuerzas conservadoras ultraderechistas del pais-isla insistieron en que "el gobierno debe aplicar la sancion economica al Norte de Corea si este no toma una posicion sincera ante el problema del secuestro". Ademas azuzaron a la "sociedad de familiares de victimas de secuestro" y el "encuentro para el rescate" a publicar una declaracion que demanda al gobierno nipon la sancion economica contra el Norte de Corea e incluso andan atareados para ventilarlo hasta en la escena internacional. Al respecto el diario Rodong Sinmun inserto en su edicion del dia 17 un comentario individual que va como sigue:
    Las fuerzas conservadoras ultraderechistas de Japon armaron este alboroto para incitar el "sentimiento popular" con el problema del secuestro y ganar asi la popularidad politica a favor de su acceso al poder.
    Al mismo tiempo, persiguen otro malsano objetivo politico de densificar en la sociedad de Japon el clima de hostilidad a Corea para quebrar el contacto intergubernamental entre ambos paises e impedir a todo trance la ejecucion de la Declaracion Corea-Japon de Pyongyang.
    Pero la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea se desinteresa por completo del problema de secuestro de que gastan salivas los reaccionarios japoneses.
    Parece que Japon considera que los coreanos llevaran una vida muy dificil sin la "ayuda economica de si mismo". Pero tal pensamiento resulta sumamente ridiculo.
    El intento de Abe y otras fuerzas conservadoras ultraderechistas de sacar provechos politicos amenazando a la RPDC con aplicar la sancion economica no es mas que un mezquino calculo de un estafador callejero.
    No importa que la aplique o no contra nosotros, esto es la posicion de la RPDC.
    Por mucho que los reaccionarios japoneses se obstinen en cuestionar el problema del secuestro para aplicar la sancion economica a la RPDC, seran cada vez mas desfavorables las circunstancias para Japon.
    Lo pagaran muy caro los politiqueros japoneses como Abe al portarse imprudentemente sin tener correcta comprension de su contraparte y cegados por su sucia ambicion por el poder.

Eduardo Azeredo se refiere al desarrollo de relaciones con PTC

    @Pyongyang, 17 de octubre (ATCC) -- El presidente del Partido Democratico Social de Brasil, Eduardo Azeredo, al reunirse el dia 8 con el embajador extraordinario y plenipotenciario de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea en su pais quien le hizo una visita de cortesia, senalo que su entidad politica se regocija de que haya llegado a establecer de nuevo las relaciones con el Partido del Trabajo de Corea con larga tradicion e historia y a desarrollarlas. @Y subrayo la necesidad de promover los lazos entre ambos partidos.