Credentials Presented to Romanian President

     Pyongyang, November 14 (KCNA) -- Jo Sung Ju, DPRK ambassador e. p. to Romania, presented his credentials to Traian Basescu, president of Romania, on Nov. 11. The Romanian president said that the relations between the two countries have a long tradition and Romania values these relations and will use every possibility to continue to positively develop the relations.

U.S. Forces' Moves to Replace Their Combat Equipment by Ultra-Modern Hardware under Fire

     Pyongyang, November 14 (KCNA) -- The Youth and Students Solidarity of south Korea to Implement the June 15 South-North Joint Declaration reportedly issued a statement on Nov. 9 denouncing the U.S. forces in south Korea for scheming to replace their combat equipment by ultra-modern hardware. Referring to the south Korean "Government's Information Bureau's" disclosure of the fact that all the combat equipment of the U.S. forces in south Korea would be replaced by the ultra-modern hardware, the statement said: This clearly proves that the U.S. is stepping up its preparations for a war against the north behind the scene, though it is giving lip-service to "respect for sovereignty" and "peaceful co-existence."
    The real intention of the U.S. is to bolster up its armed forces in order to invade the north. The U.S. should immediately stop its criminal moves to start a war on the Korean Peninsula and withdraw its troops from south Korea.

Political Conspiracy over "Proposal on Rice Negotiations" Blasted

     Pyongyang, November 14 (KCNA) -- Members of religious organizations and farmers' organizations of south Korea reportedly called a press conference on Nov. 10 near the building of the "National Assembly" in Youi-do, Seoul, at which they denounced the political conspiracy between the ruling and opposition parties over the "proposal on rice negotiations." Mun Kyong Sik, chairman of the "National Federation of Peasants Associations", and other speakers accused the Grand National Party and the Uri Party of colluding with each other in the move to railroad the humiliating "proposal on rice negotiations" through the session of the "National Assembly." This political conspiracy has put the food sovereignty and the farmers' living in danger, the speakers noted, calling for pooling efforts and doing their best to protect agriculture to the last.
    A statement was made public at the press conference.
    The statement said the food sovereignty can never be an object of dealing and this is a matter related to the life of the nation, stressing the need for the political camp to take radical measures to save agriculture.

Symposium for Liquidation of Japan's Past Held

     Tokyo, November 12 (KNS-KCNA) -- A symposium for liquidation of Japan's past was held in Osaka on Nov. 4. Video show disclosing the crimes committed by the Japanese imperialists during the period of their colonial rule over Korea was screened before speeches were made.
    The speakers said this year is a century after the fabrication of the "Ulsa Five-Point Treaty" in 1905.
    They referred to the fact that the Japanese government has not yet admitted the illegality of its past colonial rule over Korea nor liquidated its past. They hoped that the participants in the symposium would cooperate in persuading the government to liquidate the past.
    Etsuro Totsuga, professor of the Ryukoku University, gave a special lecture titled "Illegality of the Ulsa Treaty and Responsibility of the Japanese Government" at the symposium.
    Hong Sang Jin, secretary general of the Central Headquarters of the Koreans' Side of the Investigation Group for Probe into the Truth behind the Forcible Drafting of Koreans, and Yoshihiro Sorano, secretary general of the Japanese Side's National Liaison Council of the group, respectively made their reports on the "point of time, 100-year history in Japan" and "Legal Status of Koreans in Japan."
    An appeal was made public at the symposium.
    The appeal called for making this year a year of Japan's liquidation of the past.

Japanese Political Circles' Turn to Right under Fire

     Pyongyang, November 14 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Monday carries a signed commentary denouncing the Japanese political circles for veering to the Right and stepping up militarization. Recalling that Abe, chief cabinet secretary of the new Cabinet, described the present chief executive's visit to the "Yasukuni Shrine" as the one for praying for the souls of those who died for the country, while zealously supporting the visit, the news analyst says:
    No rhetoric can cover up the criminal nature of the Japanese chief executive's visit to the shrine. His visit to the shrine precisely means an undisguised denial of the crime-woven past of Japan and is little short of inciting the militarist idea.
    Japan is becoming evermore undisguised in its moves to distort and beautify the crimes it committed in the past and evade its responsibility for them. Heavyweights of political circles in Japan are vying with each other to let loose outbursts beautifying and totally negating its crime-woven past. Worst of them is Ishihara, Tokyo Metropolitan governor who has made himself infamous as an ultra-right politician.
    He, addressing a seminar held in Washington, negated the Nanjing massacre committed by the Japanese imperialists. Then, did he have any scientific ground to negate it? No, he had nothing.
    What matters is that there are not a few politicians such as Ishihara. It is not an exaggeration that the Japanese political camp has almost turned to the Right and militarism. Abe's remarks defending the Japanese chief executive's visit to the "Yasukuni Shrine" and Ishihara's assertion openly negating the Nanjing massacre are, in fact, a miniature of the present political camp in Japan.
    Japan's turn to the Right leads to the militarization of the Japanese society. The real purpose sought by the right-wing reactionaries in the Japanese political circles in their moves to beautify the crime-woven past of the Japanese imperialists and their visits to the shrine is aimed at speeding up the militarization of the Japanese society.
    The international community should be alerted by Japan's turn to the Right and militarism. If they fail to follow what is going on in Japan with a high degree of vigilance, no one can predict what sort of disaster will befall Asia and the rest of the world.
    The Korean people are closely following Japan's turn to the Right and militarism.

"New Right", Variety of Ultra-rightist Conservatives

     Pyongyang, November 14 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Monday in a signed commentary brands the "National League of New Right" framed up in south Korea on Nov. 7 as a variety of ultra-right conservative bodies in the U.S. The establishment of the league reflects the last-ditch effort of the pro-U.S. conservative forces in south Korea to get rid of the crisis of ruin, much upset by the vigorous advance of the June 15 era for reunification and the south Korean social trend toward progressive reform, the commentary says, and goes on:
    It is the basic trend of south Korean society to achieve independence against the U.S., national reunification and progressive reform. Old conservative forces going against the trend are going downhill with each passing day.
    The growing struggle of south Korean people from all walks of life for a probe into the truth behind the past history and for withdrawal of the U.S. troops from south Korea has already sentenced all the leftovers of the Cold War era including the conservative forces to death The organization of the league clearly proves that the reactionary advance of those forces challenging south Korean social progress and national reunification has reached the last-ditch bid. They have set out to make a coup-like operation looking forward to the 2007 "presidential election". This is clearly proved by the GNP and other conservative opposition party charlatans' action of peeping over the league.
    The nature of those with the old way of thinking will never change no matter how many times they may rename themselves. The south Korean people aspiring after national reunification and prosperity and social progress should turn out in a dynamic struggle to disclose and foil the dirty conspiratorial moves of the right-wing conservative forces hastening under the signboard of the "new right."

Rodong Sinmun on Idea of "By Our Nation Itself"

     Pyongyang, November 14 (KCNA) -- The Korean nation is able to realize the three forms of cooperation -- cooperation for national independence, cooperation for peace against war and cooperation for reunification and patriotism -- and successfully push forward the cause of independent reunification only when it holds fast to the idea of "By our nation itself", says Rodong Sinmun Monday in a signed article. "By our nation itself" is the idea of noble patriotism which hardens the will of the Koreans to reject the foreign forces in carving out the destiny of the nation and cooperate by our nation itself, the article notes, and goes on:
    "By our nation itself" is the spirit of patriotism and national consciousness that the destiny of the nation is shaped by the Korean nation itself and the firm will of the Korean nation to beat back the aggression and interference of the foreign forces by the concerted efforts of the nation. The idea of "by our nation itself" is the motive force of promoting the three forms of cooperation.
    The idea is that of national independence and great national unity.
    The idea serves as a powerful weapon for boosting cooperation for national independence, peace against war and reunification and patriotism on a nationwide scale.
    The U.S. has run amuck to isolate and stifle the DPRK politically and militarily and the south Korean pro-American flunkeyist forces have cooperated with the U.S. in line with its moves for aggression against reunification. The reality requires the Korean nation to wage a vigorous struggle to materialize cooperation under the banner of the three forms of cooperation.
    Only when the Korean nation puts the idea of "By our nation itself" into practice in hearty response to it can the nation pave the wide avenue for the victory of the movement for national reunification despite the desperate moves of the anti-reunification forces at home and abroad. All the fellow countrymen at home and abroad will wage a more dynamic struggle to realize the three forms of cooperation, bearing deep in mind the noble idea of independent national reunification, "By our nation itself".

DPRK Cadres Visit New Power Station

     Pyongyang, November 14 (KCNA) -- Leading Officials of ministries and national institutions visited the newly built Naephyong Kunmin Power Station No. 2 on Nov. 13. The power station jointly built by servicepersons and people in Kangwon Province is another proud edifice in the era of Songun strikingly demonstrating the validity and vitality of the idea of the army-people unity of the Workers' Party of Korea.
    Leader Kim Jong Il, after going round the power station recently, highly praised the servicepersons and their helpers for having constructed by their concerted efforts the power station of eternal value for the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the posterity.
    The construction of the gigantic and modern power station makes it possible to supply enough electricity needed for the economic development of the country and the cultural life of the servicepersons and the people. Its appearance has radically changed the scenery in the area around it. The visitors included Kim Yong Nam, Choe Thae Bok, Yang Hyong Sop, Choe Yong Rim, Kim Kuk Thae, Kim Ki Nam, Kim Jung Rin, Kwak Pom Gi, Ro Tu Chol, Jon Sung Hun and leading officials of the commissions and the ministries of the Cabinet, national institutions and working people's organizations and leading officials of the power stations in different parts of the country. Before a big painting of the power station showing its panoramic view a commanding officer of the Korean People's Army briefed them on the construction and operation of the power station, after telling them about the honor and happiness of the day the servicepersons and their helpers were honored with the visit by Kim Jong Il.
    Then they looked round the power station.

Greetings to Chief of Palestinian National Authority

     Pyongyang, November 14 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, Monday sent a message of greetings to Chief of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas who is chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization on the occasion of the 17th anniversary of the proclamation of the State of Palestine. The message wholeheartedly wished him and the Palestinian people success in their work to recover legitimate national rights including the right to establish an independent state.

Council of IGJVCK Meets

     Pyongyang, November 14 (KCNA) -- The 13th meeting of the Council of the International General Joint Venture Company of Korea was held at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today. Present there were Vice-Premier of the Cabinet Ro Tu Chol who is chairman of the council of the company, Vice-Chairman of the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan Ryang Su Jong and Chairman of the Korean Committee for the Promotion of International Economic Cooperation Paek Hyon Bong who are vice-chairmen of the council, Vice-Chairman of the State Planning Commission Choe Pae Jin and Chairman of the Federation of Joint Economic Venture of Korean Residents in Japan who are directors of the council and officials concerned. The meeting reviewed the last successes and discussed the issues of improving the function and role of the company to suit the actual conditions and enabled to take measures for further activating joint venture, collaboration and processing trade. A resolution of the meeting was adopted at the meeting.

Wreaths to Indian Embassy Here

     Pyongyang, November 14 (KCNA) -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and the Korea-India Friendship Association sent wreaths to the Indian embassy in Pyongyang Monday to express condolences over the death of former Indian President K.R. Narayanan. Ryom Sun Gil, chairman of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea who is chairman of the friendship association, Kim Yong Il, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Jon Yong Jin, vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, and officials concerned visited the embassy, laid wreaths before the photo of the deceased and observed a moment's silence in memory of the late. They also made entries in the mourner's book.

DPRK-Guam Football Match Held

     Pyongyang, November 14 (KCNA) -- A football match between the team of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the team of Guam which belong to the group "N" in the preliminaries for the 12th Asian Youth (under-17) Football Championships was held at Yanggakdo Football Stadium on November 14. The DPRK team scored the first goal at around 15 minutes in the first half of the game.
    The DPRK players netted 4 goals in the first half of the game and 13 goals in the latter half, winning the game with the score of 17:2. The DPRK team will meet with the Hong Kong team of China on Nov. 18.

Kim Jong Il Inspects Company under KPA Unit 287

     Pyongyang, November 14 (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 company under KPA Unit 287. He learned about the company's performance of duty before watching its soldiers' firepower training.
    He set forth tasks to be fulfilled to increase the company's combat capability, expressing satisfaction over the fact that the commanding officers and soldiers of the company have acquired a high level of combat capacity to successfully perform their combat duty.
    The master key to being each a match for a hundred lies in intensifying the training, he said, underscoring the need to hold fast to the work for thoroughly implementing the WPK's policy on training.
    He looked after the soldiers' service and living with deep care, going round an education room, a bedroom, a mess hall, a kitchen, a non-staple food store, a wash-cum-bath house, a barn and other places of the company.
    He highly appreciated the successes made by the company, pleased to learn that it has provided its soldiers with good living conditions through its energetic endeavors to improve their material and cultural life.
    Noting that it is very important to strengthen every company, a basic combat unit and cell of the People's Army, he called for focusing sustained efforts on firmly building up the company.
    He spared time to watch an art performance given by soldiers of the company.
    After watching their performance replete with the militant spirit and strong appeal, the performance in which the staunch spirit of devotedly defending the leader was blended with lyricism based on noble patriotism, he expressed great satisfaction over the fact that the soldiers of the company are living and struggling like revolutionaries full of conviction of victory and optimism.
    He highly appreciated the noble spiritual world of the soldiers dedicating their precious youth to the Party and the revolution. He gave the soldiers of the company a pair of binoculars and an automatic rifle as gifts and had a photo session with them. He was accompanied by Hwang Pyong So, vice department director of the WPK Central Committee.

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Kim Jong Il inspecciona una compania de la Unidad No. 1188

    　Pyongyang, 14 de noviembre (ATCC) -- El Dirigente Kim Jong Il, Secretario General del Partido del Trabajo de Corea, Presidente del Comite de Defensa Nacional de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea y Comandante Supremo del Ejercito Popular de Corea, inspecciono una compania de la bandera roja de tres revoluciones adscrita a la Unidad No. 1188 del EPC. El Dirigente se entero del estado de entrenamiento de los militares en la sala de leccion militar.
    Se mostro satisfecho de que la compania realiza normal y sustancialmente los ejercicios para poseer la tecnica militar y la capacidad combativa elevadas y senalo que el fortalecimiento del entrenamiento es la garantia principal para elevar la combatividad.
    Al ver a decenas de arboles de caqui enfilados en el recinto del cuartel con abundantes frutos madurados, dijo que es un paisaje de veras maravilloso y evaluo los trabajos que hicieron los militares al convertir la compania en una huerta frutal.
    Acto seguido, recorrio el dormitorio, el comedor, los depositos de materias primas subsidiarias producidas en la parcela de produccion para el autoconsumo, los almacenes para la autoproduccion y los corrales, y quedo muy contento de las magnificas condiciones de vida preparadas por los militares de la compania.
    El Comandante Supremo hizo conocimiento de los preparativos para el invierno y subrayo la necesidad de esmerarse en este trabajo de modo que los soldados no tengan faltas en la temporada invernal.
    En el lugar de descanso al aire libre presencio una reunion de intercambio de impresiones sobre el libro y elogio altamente que la labor politica se realiza de modo original y efectivo a la manera de la guerrilla antijaponesa.
    Las obras literarias y artisticas revolucionarias devienen uno de los medios importantes para dar a los militares jovenes el alimento ideo-espiritual, dijo el Dirigente y anadio que todos los militares, al leer mas novelas revolucionarias, deben aprender el noble mundo espiritual de los protagonistas para lograr la constante autoeducacion.
    　El Comandante Supremo se fotografio junto a los militares de la compania.
    Le acompano el subjefe de departamento del Comite Central del PTC Hwang Pyong So.

"Neoconservatismo" es variedad de conservatismo ultraderechista

    　Pyongyang, 14 de noviembre (ATCC) -- El diario Rodong Sinmun inserto en su edicion del dia 14 un comentario individual calificando la "Alianza Nacional de Neoconservatismo", organizada el pasado dia 7 en el Sur de Corea, de una variedad del conservatismo de ultraderecha de EE.UU. 　El comentarista continua:
    　La organizacion de esta alianza es el ultimo esfuerzo desesperado de las fuerzas conservadoras proyanquis del Sur de Corea por liberarse de la crisis de bancarrota, que se hallan atemorizadas ante la vigorosa marcha de la epoca de reunificacion del 15 de Junio y la corriente de la reforma progresista de la sociedad surcoreana.
    　Hoy en el Sur de Corea la independencia antiyanqui, la reunificacion de la patria y la reforma progresista son una tendencia principal de la sociedad y las fuerzas conservadoras que nadan contra esta se debilitan y se arruinan. Activa cada dia mas la lucha de los habitantes de distintos sectores por el esclarecimiento de los verdaderos aspectos de los sucesos del pasado y el retiro de tropas norteamericanas del Sur de Corea. Esta lucha dicta la sentencia a muerte a las fuerzas conservadoras y los demas remanentes de la epoca de la guerra fria.
    　La organizacion de la "Alianza Nacional de Neoconservatismo" demuestra que se tornan mas desesperados los esfuerzos de las fuerzas opuestas al progreso de la sociedad surcoreana y la reunificacion de la patria. Estos tipejos la organizaron a modo de golpe de estado previendo hasta las "elecciones presidenciales" a efectuarse en 2007. Lo prueba el que los politiqueros del "Partido Hannara" y otros conservadores de oposicion andan con la saliva por el apetito en tomar dicha "alianza".
    　Por mas que se pongan "nuevo traje" los poseedores del viejo modo de pensar, sera inalterable su naturaleza. Los habitantes de distintos estratos del Sur de Corea que aspiran a la reunificacion y la prosperidad de la nacion y el progreso social deberan levantarse en la lucha por revelar y frustrar las sucias maniobras de confabulacion que impulsan las fuerzas conservadoras derechistas bajo el rotulo de "neoconservatismo".