Two Important Anniversaries of DPRK Observed

     Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- Lectures and meetings were held in Chandigarh, India and Sofia and Bangkok from Dec. 11 to 16 on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's assumption of office as supreme commander of the Korean People's Army and the 88th birth anniversary of anti-Japanese war hero Kim Jong Suk. The secretary general of the Asian Regional Institute of the Juche Idea said in a lecture that the vitality and attraction of the Juche idea fathered by President Kim Il Sung are increasing with each passing day, adding that many new organizations for the study of the Juche idea were formed in different countries and regions to intensify the activities for studying and disseminating the Juche idea worldwide.
    The Songun idea and politics are based on the Juche idea and fully meet the requirements of the Juche idea, he noted, and went on: The originality and vitality of the Songun idea and politics have been fully proven in the reality of the DPRK.
    Kim Jong Il has achieved the perfect unity of the whole society with his politics of love and trust in the people, which meets the requirements of the Juche idea.
    The Korean people will frustrate the U.S. imperialists' moves to isolate and stifle the DPRK and surely build a great prosperous powerful socialist nation by dint of their single-minded unity.
    Speakers at a meeting held by the Bulgarian Group for the Study of the Juche Idea said that Kim Jong Il is the supreme commander with a high level of political ability and rare military quality.
    Referring to the undying exploits of Kim Jong Suk, they noted that Kim Jong Il has successfully carried forward the cause of Kim Il Sung as desired by her, thus defending the sovereignty of the country and steering the cause of global independence with his Songun politics to win the world fame as a great Songun brilliant commander.

President of Tajikistan on Friendly Relations with DPRK

     Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- Tajikistan is following the process for peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula with keen interest and positively supports the Korean people in their efforts to peacefully achieve the country's reunification by their own efforts in the spirit of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration. Emomali Rakhmonov, president of Tajikistan, said this when receiving credentials from Ri Tong Phal, new DPRK ambassador to Tajikistan, on Dec. 13. He noted that Tajikistan and the DPRK have many potentialities to develop the friendly and cooperative relations and he would make efforts to expand and develop those relations in all fields.

Master's Degree Conferred on Korean in China

     Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- The degree of master of literature of the DPRK was conferred upon Ri Hae Yon, a student apprentice at the College of Literature of Kim Il Sung University. Ri discovered, put in order and comprehensively systematized the heritages of the advantageous national literature created by the Koreans on the basis of the Juche-oriented idea and theory of literature and art, thereby making a great contribution to the development of the history of novel literature of Korea.
    An awarding ceremony was held at the People's Palace of Culture on Dec. 22.
    Present there were Vice-Premier of the Cabinet Kwak Pom Gi who is chairman of the State Commission for Conferring Degrees and Titles of the DPRK, Kang Chun Gum, secretary general of the commission, and other officials concerned.

Functions of Youths and Students of DPRK Held

     Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- A meeting of youths and students was held at the Central Youth Hall on Dec. 22 to celebrate the 14th anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's assumption of office as supreme commander of the Korean People's Army. At the meeting a report by Kim Kyong Ho, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League, was followed by speeches. The reporter and speakers said that holding Kim Jong Il at the top post of the revolutionary armed forces marked a historic event of weighty significance in the future development of the revolution and the accomplishment of the human cause of independence and it was the greatest fortune for the army and people of the DPRK.
    Recalling that Kim Jong Il has put forward the People's Army as the main force of the revolution and strengthened and developed it to be invincible revolutionary armed forces strong in ideology and faith, they said that he has shown warm care for the young people so that they might glorify their worthy life with arms.
    They called upon all the young people to become Songun revolutionary comrades who staunchly safeguard the great Songun leadership exploits of Kim Jong Il and share destiny with him to the last and genuine vanguard fighters who devotedly defend the leader, protect the headquarters of the revolution politically and ideologically at the cost of their lives.
    That day, a combined performance of winners of the art contests among primary organizations of the youth league from across the country was given at the Central Youth Hall on the above-said occasion and on the occasion of the 88th birth anniversary of anti-Japanese war hero Kim Jong Suk. Present at the functions were Kim Jung Rin, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, officials of the youth league and youths and students in Pyongyang.

Chinese Ambassador Hosts Reception

     Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- Wu Donghe, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK, arranged a reception at his embassy Thursday evening in honor of officials of the DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the occasion of the New Year, Juche 95 (2006). Present there on invitation were Minister Paek Nam Sun, Vice-Minister Kim Yong Il and other officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Also present were staff members of the Chinese embassy.
    Wu in his speech said that the historic meeting between General Secretary Hu Jintao and General Secretary Kim Jong Il during Hu's visit to the DPRK marked an important occasion in deepening and developing the traditional Sino-Korean friendship in the new century.
    He said that the Chinese people are sincerely rejoiced over the fact that the fraternal Korean people have achieved great successes on various fronts of socialist construction through their general advance of the Songun revolution under the wise guidance of Kim Jong Il this year and thus celebrated the 60th anniversaries of the Workers' Party of Korea and Korea's liberation in grand style.
    He wholeheartedly wished the Korean comrades greater success in the struggle to build a great prosperous powerful nation and achieve the independent and peaceful reunification of the country.
    Paek Nam Sun in his speech said that this year recorded a new chapter in the annals of the DPRK-China friendship as it witnessed the Pyongyang meeting of the top leaders of the two countries and the completion of the Taean Friendship Glass Factory as a symbol of the DPRK-China friendship in the new century.
    He recalled that this year the fraternal Chinese people have made great progress in the efforts to attain a higher goal of the socialist modernization drive, achieve the complete reunification of the whole country and build a peaceful and prosperous new world under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.
    He sincerely wished the Chinese people great success in all fields of socialist construction in 2006, the first year of the 11th five-year plan under the leadership of the CPC with Hu Jintao as its general secretary.

Japan Urged to Take Honest Approach toward Liquidation of Its Past

     Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- It is quite natural for Japan to remain distrusted by the international community as it does as dictated by the U.S. without its own principle and independence, it thinks money is everything and is rushing headlong into aggression, far from drawing a lesson from its crime-woven past. Rodong Sinmun Friday says this in a signed article.
    It continues:
    Japan has dreamt of being a permanent member of the UN Security Council at any cost this year, but it has gone bust. It is due to Japan's persistent moves to become a political power and realize its wild ambition for overseas expansion, while shelving the issue of liquidating its past. This year, 60 years since the defeat of the Japanese imperialists, witnessed the evermore undisguised moves to incite militarism through the distortion of history and visits to the "Yasukuni Shrine" in Japan. Japan has escalated in real earnest the moves to revise the Constitution in a bid to turn Japan, which has professed to be a "pacifist state," into a war state.
    The danger of militarization of Japan, a criminal state, and its wild ambition for overseas aggression has further increased this year than ever before. For this reason, the vigilance against Japan and anti-Japanese sentiment have mounted higher than ever before worldwide. There have been widespread signature campaigns against Japan's bid to become a permanent member of the UNSC in different countries of the world including Asian countries. An increasing number of countries clarified their official stands opposing Japan's bid in the international arena. It is the common view and stand of the international community that Japan should not be allowed to sit on that important international body having the heavy responsibility to ensure global peace and security.
    Japan's unsuccessful bid to become a permanent member of the UNSC this year proved that this membership can neither be bought nor can be won with the backing of a big country and it can never sit on it unless it gets the confidence of the international community. If Japan is to gain trust of the international community as its member, it should take an honest attitude and stand towards the issue of liquidating its past and give up its militaristic moves.

Kim Yong Nam Meets Palestinian Ambassador

     Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met and had a conversation with Shaher Mohammed Abdlah, Palestinian ambassador to the DPRK, who paid a farewell call on him at the Mansudae Assembly Hall Friday. On hand was Kim Hyong Jun, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs.

Taean Friendship Glass Factory Built on Best Place

     Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- The Taean Friendship Glass Factory has turned out quality plate glass of hundreds of thousands of square meters in the two months since its commissioning. The success is attributable mainly to the factory's location in the best place in the central part of the country.
    It is close to the sources of raw materials and consumer areas and has favorable transport conditions.
    The factory, which consumes a hundred and scores of tons of sand a day, transports sand by ship through the West Sea and the River Taedong. The railway lines have been laid to its compound. More raw materials needed for the normalization of production will be brought in by rail. It is also linked with motorways leading to all directions of the country.
    Recently, cargo-ships for carrying 150-ton class trucks started to work between Tami-ri, Taean County and Oryu-dong, Songrim City to make more favorable condition for the operation of the factory.
    The factory is provided with ample electricity and industrial water as it is situated near Pyongyang with leading power bases and the River Taedong. Chinese technicians who participated in the construction of the factory said as one that it was hard to find such suitable place as Taean for glass factory in other parts of the world.
    Now all the production processes of the factory are in normal operation.

Noble Moral Obligation Prevails in DPRK

     Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- December 25 is the tenth anniversary of the publication of leader Kim Jong Il's famous work "Respecting the Forerunners of the Revolution Is a Noble Moral Obligation of Revolutionaries". The work serves as a historic milestone in paving a new phase for the building of revolutionary morals and a militant banner indicating the way to accomplish the cause of socialism with the revolutionary moral obligation.
    Over the last decade noble moral obligation has been displayed to the full in the country.
    A model has been created in the cause of perpetuating the memory of the leader, which has been unprecedented in the world.
    The people of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have built the Kumsusan Memorial Palace as the sacred temple of Juche to have President Kim Il Sung as in his lifetime.
    Thanks to the embodiment of the slogan "Let us arm ourselves more firmly with the revolutionary idea of the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung!" in the whole society, the ideas and exploits of the President have been thoroughly defended and brilliantly carried forward.
    A social trait of valuing and treating preferentially the elders of the revolution including first and second generations is given to fuller play than ever before and their ideal and aspiration have come true on this land.
    In particular, the revolutionary spirit and fighting trait of the anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters have been displayed at the construction sites of modern factories and monumental edifices including large-sized land alignment and the Paekma-Cholsan Waterway projects and their lofty life will continue along with the advancing fatherland.
    In the recent years, hero Kim Ki Bong dedicated his life to rescue his comrade from a critical condition, woman So Hye Suk is looking after many orphans and young people are attending war veterans with no kith and kin to depend on. Such lofty moral trait is pervading the whole society to convert the DPRK into a big family of socialism.
    All this is the fine fruition of vitality and validity of the ideas advanced by Kim Jong Il in the work.

Wreath Laid before Bust of Kim Jong Suk

     Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- The military attaches' corps here laid a wreath before the bust of anti-Japanese war hero Kim Jong Suk at the Revolutionary Martyr's Cemetery on Mt. Taesong Friday on the occasion of her 88th birth anniversary. Written on the ribbon of the wreath were letters "The revolutionary exploits of anti-Japanese war hero Comrade Kim Jong Suk are immortal!"

National Meeting Marks 14th Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Assumption of Office as KPA Supreme Commander

     Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- A national meeting to mark the 14th anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's assumption of office as supreme commander of the Korean People's Army took place at the April 25 House of Culture on Dec. 23. The meeting was attended by Kim Yong Nam, Jo Myong Rok, Pak Pong Ju and others.
    KPA Vice Marshal Kim Yong Chun who is member of the DPRK National Defence Commission and chief of the KPA General Staff, made a report. Kim Jong Il's assumption of supreme commandership of the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK marked an epochal event of great significance in accomplishing the Juche cause of building the army and developing the Korean revolution and it was the biggest fortune for the army and people of the DPRK, the reporter said, and continued:
    Since early in the 1960s when he started leading the army he has wisely led the cause of building the army holding aloft the banner of the Songun idea which President Kim Il Sung set out when he was pioneering the Korean revolution and had consistently maintained, thus making a history of a turn in building the revolutionary armed forces of Juche.
    Kim Jong Il, who held the important post of the supreme commander of the KPA according to the unanimous desire and will of the army and people of the DPRK, has brought about a new great turning-point in building the armed forces as required by the Korean revolution which has developed in depth on the basis of the noble exploits and a wealth of experience he has gained in accomplishing the cause of building the army and effected a historic turn in the efforts to raise the position of the army as the core and its leading role in the revolution and construction.
    Underscoring the need for all the servicepersons and people to defend the headquarters of the revolution headed by Kim Jong Il at the cost of their lives and unconditionally implement the party's line and policies, the reporter continued:
    We should resolutely defend the immortal Songun revolutionary exploits performed by Kim Jong Il in leading the army and people along the road of victory and eternally glorify them as the eternal cornerstone of our party and the revolution and the best treasure of the nation. All the Party members, servicepersons and people should absolutely trust and follow Kim Jong Il, single-mindedly unite around him to firmly defend the single-minded unity of all the servicepersons and people with the revolutionary headquarters as its core and demonstrate its invincible might. We should wage a more vigorous movement for winning the title of O Jung Hup-led 7th Regiment to make the whole army the vanguard devotedly defending the revolutionary headquarters, the first-line human bullets and bombs and thus firmly develop the KPA into a main force, a core unit of the revolution.
    All servicepersons of the KPA should always and sharply follow the enemies' moves with high revolutionary vigilance and keep themselves combat ready to beat back any sudden aggression by them.
    We should give fuller play to the traditional traits of the army-people unity, the foundation of our society.
    We should, at the same time, firmly adhere to the Party's line of economic construction in the Songun era and direct greater efforts to developing the defence industry on a priority basis so as to bolster our war deterrent for self-defence a thousand times.
    The reporter called for realizing the three forms of cooperation--national independence, peace against war and reunification and patriotism--under the banner of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration and thus building an independent and prosperous reunified power on this land of three thousand-ri by the concerted efforts of the Koreans.
    He went on to say:
    We are still standing in acute confrontation with the imperialist reactionaries.
    The U.S. is now keen on economic sanctions and "human rights" racket aimed at overthrowing the system in the DPRK behind the curtain of dialogue. We will further increase our military deterrent to defend our system as long as the U.S. continues to pursue its hostile policy toward the DPRK. If the U.S. imperialists provoke a war of aggression at any cost, the army and people of the DPRK will mercilessly wipe out the enemies with the might of Songun to resolutely protect the dignity and sovereignty of the country and the nation.

State Citations Awarded to Participants in Torchlight Procession

     Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- A decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Peoples' Assembly of the DPRK on conferring state citations upon the participants in the torchlight procession held to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea was promulgated on Wednesday. The decree said that the Presidium of the SPA of the DPRK awards "Kim Il Sung Youth Honour Prizes", orders and torchlight procession commemoration medals to 58,232 participants in the procession who successfully staged it on the highest level with the firm faith and will to steadfastly make the long journey of Songun revolution under the leadership of the great Party and thus fully demonstrated the might of the single-minded unity of the Party and the people around the headquarters of the revolution and the revolutionary enthusiasm of the young vanguard.
    "Kim Il Sung Youth Honour Prize" went to 40 persons, National Flag Order First Class to 9 persons, Order of Labour to 20 persons, National Flag Order Second Class to 112, National Flag Order Third Class to 280 and Torchlight Procession Commemoration Medals to 57,771, it noted.

Kim Jong Il Gives Field Guidance to New Pig Pedigree Farm and Meat Cold Storage

     Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) - Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, gave field guidance to the new pig pedigree farm and meat cold storage built by servicepersons of the KPA. The first leg of his guidance was the pig pedigree farm.
    The farm occupying an area of more than 30,000 square meters is a modern stock-breeding center furnished with the latest equipment. He was briefed on the farm before a huge painting showing the panoramic view of the farm.
    Going round the exterior and interior of the farm built at the foot of a hill, he acquainted himself in detail with its construction, management and operation and expressed great satisfaction over the servicepersons' successful construction of the modern farm.
    He highly appreciated the feats performed by them, noting that another precious edifice of eternal value conducive to the prosperity and development of the country has appeared thanks to their devoted labor.
    He dropped in at the breeding houses to learn in detail about the characteristic features of breeding boars of various stock and their breeding methods. He appreciated the efforts made by the employees of the farm, pleased to know that they are sending a lot of young pigs with high productivity to different places.
    He set forth tasks to be fulfilled by the farm to manage and operate it, saying that the farm is of very weighty importance in developing the nation's stock-breeding under a long-term plan.
    What is most important for increasing the production of pork is to breed pigs of superior stock which grow fast while consuming less feed to suit the climatic conditions of the country, he said, underscoring the need to pay primary attention to implementing the WPK's policy of bringing about a radical turn in raising animal breeds to find a satisfactory solution to this problem.
    Noting that it is necessary to thoroughly establish a system of preserving pedigree stock in order to increase the production of quality young pigs, he underlined the need to place the breeding on a scientific basis.
    Stock-breeding can be successful only when it is put on a high scientific basis as it calls for meeting high bio-engineering requirements, he said, underlining the need to wage a vigorous drive to raise the level of technical skill of the workers and technicians while energetically pushing forward the work to apply advanced technology.
    In order to keep the production of livestock products going at a high rate it is important to properly conduct the veterinary and anti-epizootic work, he said, underscoring the need for the pig pedigree farm and other farms to have sufficient anti-epizootic facilities and establish a strict anti-epizootic system. He said the farm should take thorough-going measures for feed supply in order to boost the production of young pigs and indicated tasks to be carried out to do so and ways for their implementation.
    The construction of the modern pig pedigree farm has provided a solid foundation for radically increasing the production of pork, he noted, calling on all fields and units to raise pigs in a big way. The next leg of his guidance was the new meat cold storage built by servicepersons of the KPA.
    This is a modern efficient and economical cooling establishment capable of safely storing meat for a long period, while requiring less electricity and materials.
    After being briefed on the mechanism of the cold storage and the principle of its operation, he looked round its interior to learn about its construction and management.
    The cold storage built on the basis of a good idea and design is an economical cooling establishment which can be built with ease in any place, he noted, underlining the need to build more cold storages of this type.
    Saying that it is socialism of Korean style to protect and meet the wishes and interests of the people, he called on all officials of society to earnestly learn from the spirit of devoted service to the people displayed by the servicepersons of the KPA.
    He was accompanied by Pak Pong Ju, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, KPA Vice Marshal Kim Yong Chun, member of the NDC of the DPRK and chief of the KPA General Staff, KPA Vice Marshal Kim Il Chol, member of the NDC and minister of the People's Armed Forces, KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Hwang Pyong So, vice department director of the WPK Central Committee.

For Spanish-speaking people

Japon debe ganar confianza de la sociedad internacional

    　Pyongyang, 23 de diciembre (ATCC) -- Es imposible que Japon gane la confianza de la sociedad internacional. Este pais isleno, sin criterio independiente, obedece docilmente a EE.UU., agita bolsa de dinero para alcanzar lo que desee y vuelve a tomar el camino de la agresion en vez de sacar lecciones del pasado criminal. 　Senala asi el diario Rodong Sinmun en un articulo individual insertado en su edicion del dia 23 y continua:
    Japon no pudo lograr su intencion de ocupar este ano uno de los puestos del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU. Esto se debe a que este pais isleno eludio la liquidacion del pasado criminal y maniobro tercamente para convertirse en una potencia politica y lograr la ambicion de expansion a ultramar. Este ano, sexagenario de la derrota del imperialismo nipon, en este pais recrudecieron la tergiversacion de la historia y la inculcacion de la idea militarista a traves de la adoracion al "Santuario Yasukuni" y se perpetro de modo febril la draconizacion de la constitucion para la transformacion del "estado pacifico" en el belico.
    Este ano se ha agrandado como nunca la peligrosidad de la militarizacion y de la agresion a ultramar de Japon. El mundo se guarda mas rigurosamente de este pais isleno con creciente odio. Los paises asiaticos y otros del orbe desarrollaron con dinamismo el movimiento de recogida de firmas en oposicion a la entrada de Japon en el CS de la ONU y en la palestra internacional no cesa de aumentar el numero de los paises que se oponen a la obtencion de Japon de uno de los cargos del CS de la ONU.
    　Japon no puede ser admitido a esta organizacion internacional que se responsabiliza de preservar la paz y la seguridad del mundo. Esto es el criterio y posicion comunes de la sociedad internacional.
    Japon no pudo ganar este ano el atributo del miembro permanente del CS de la ONU. Esto demuestra que eso se logra no por el dinero ni por el apoyo de un pais grande, sino con la confianza de la sociedad internacional.
    Para ganar la confianza internacional como miembro de la sociedad internacional, debe tomar una posicion sincera en el problema de la liquidacion del pasado criminal y poner fin a sus manipulaciones militaristas.

Debe ser demolida barrera de division y confrontacion nacional

    　Pyongyang, 23 de diciembre (ATCC) -- El dictador de "renovacion" y otros fascistas militares, sumisos a la politica de "dos Coreas" de EE.UU., levantaron la barrera artificial dividiendo en dos el territorio nacional. Esto es un crimen antinacional nunca perdonable. Asi senala el diario Rodong Sinmun en un comentario individual del dia 23 y continua:
    La barrera de hormigon erguida en la porcion surena de la linea de demarcacion militar de Corea es la de division y confrontacion que en el pasado, los dictadores de la capa militar levantaron para separar para siempre en dos nuestra nacion. Queda todavia este valladar abominable hasta hoy. Es una verguenza y tragedia de la nacion y contraproducente a la corriente de la epoca.
    Esta barrera impide el viaje y contacto libre del Norte y el Sur, el camino de la reconciliacion y la cooperacion Norte-Sur y de la reunificacion independiente de hoy - epoca del 15 de junio. Asi simboliza la division y confrontacion de la nacion coreana.
    Es intolerable la existencia de esta barrera que impide la via de subsistencia y desarrollo de la nacion.
    La entera responsabilidad de esta situacion tragica que quedara eternamente como ignominia en la historia de la nacion coreana recae sobre EE.UU. que es fautor de la construccion de la barrera de hormigon.
    Partiendo de la estrategia mundial de mantener a raya Rusia y China y dominar la region del Nordeste Asiatico tomando por punto de apoyo la Peninsula Coreana, EE.UU. persigue la division y la inestabilidad duradera de la Peninsula Coreana y se opone a la demolicion de la barrera de hormigon. El "partido Hannara" y otras fuerzas conservadoras proyanquis del Sur de Corea, que son descendientes del dictador "de renovacion" que construyo tal barrera, maniobran para fabricar "dos Coreas" bajo la instigacion de EE.UU. Ahora toman por el ultimo baluarte de la "defensa de su regimen" la barrera de hormigon ademas de la "ley de seguridad" y actuan freneticamente para restaurar la vieja epoca de confrontacion valiendose de este valladar. Las maniobras de preservacion de la barrera de EE.UU. y las fuerzas conservadoras proyanquis del Sur de Corea son producto de la criminal politica de hostilidad y aplastamiento a la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea.
    La barrera significa la confrontacion y la guerra. La existencia de la barrera de hormigon sirve de una prueba de que EE.UU. y las fuerzas seguidoras del Sur de Corea no han renunciado su ambicion de hostilizar y aplastar la RPDC.
    La negacion a la demolicion de la barrera no traera otro resultado que enrarecer el ambiente de alivio de tension y reunificacion de la Peninsula Coreana y llevar la situacion a la fase de confrontacion.
    Tampoco sera beneficiosa para EE.UU.
    En la epoca de reunificacion del 15 de junio la barrera de hormigon no tiene razon de existir por mas tiempo.
    Para poner fin a la historia de confrontacion y allanar la epoca de alivio de tension, paz y reunificacion debe ser demolida sin demora dicha barrera. Esto es la unanime demanda de la historia, la nacion y la humanidad progresista del mundo.

Presidente de Tadjikistan se refiere a relaciones de amistad con Corea

    　Pyongyang, 23 de diciembre (ATCC) -- Tadjikistan presta gran atencion al proceso de la paz y de la estabilidad de la Peninsula Coreana y apoya activamente los esfuerzos del pueblo coreano por lograr por via pacifica la reunificacion del pais con las fuerzas unidas de nacion coreana conforme al espiritu de la Declaracion Conjunta Norte-Sur del 15 de Junio. 　Senalo asi el presidente de la Republica de Tadjikistan, Emomali Rakhmonov, al recibir el dia 13 las cartas credenciales presentadas por el embajador extraordinario y plenipotenciario de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea en su pais.
    　El mandatario dijo que los dos paises tienen muchas potencialidades de desarrollar las relaciones de amistad y cooperacion y subrayo que se esforzara en lo adelante por ampliarlas y desarrollarlas en todas las esferas.