Preparatory Committee for Celebrating Feb. 16 Formed in Mongolia

     Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) -- An inaugural ceremony of the preparatory committee of the Mongolia-Korea Friendship Society for celebrating February 16 was held at the Mongolian Palace of Culture on Jan. 11. On display there were photos showing the Songun leadership exploits performed by leader Kim Jong Il.
    The executive chairman of the society said in a speech that Kim Jong Il is a great statesman who is making a new history of the cause of independence by pursuing independent politics and the Songun policy. The friendship society will widely introduce his greatness among the Mongolian people, the executive chairman added.
    Ch. Surenjav, chairman of the society, was elected chairman of the preparatory committee at the ceremony.
    The preparatory committee set a celebration period from Jan. 12 to Feb. 16 and decided to hold colorful events including meetings and art performances at the units named after the three generals of Mt. Paektu and contribute special write-ups and programs to media in this period.

Korean People's Efforts for Independent National Reunification Supported by Guinean Figure

     Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) -- Banou Keita, director general of the Kim Il Sung Institute of Agricultural Science in Guinea, in a statement on Jan. 9 expressed his belief that the hurricane of the independent reunification of Korea would sweep everywhere Koreans live this year. I am sure that all the Koreans in the north and the south and abroad will demonstrate once again the might of the nation this year by placing its interests above anything else under the banner of the June 15 joint declaration and waging a vigorous struggle as required by the idea of "By our nation itself," he added. He expressed full support for the joint New Year editorial carried by the newspapers of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Korean People's Army and the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League of the DPRK in which they called for waging a vigorous patriotic movement for independent reunification, peace against war and overall national unity.
    He went on to say:
    During my several visits to Korea I saw the Korean people single-mindedly united around leader Kim Jong Il all out in the drive to build a reunified great prosperous powerful nation with high pride and noticed their strong will to reunify the country at an early date, in particular. He reiterated his invariable friendly support for the efforts of the Korean people to achieve the country's independent reunification.

Japan's Vicious Moves against Chongryon under Fire

     Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) -- One of hideous crimes Japan has committed against the Korean people after the liberation of Korea is that it has pursued vicious hostile policy toward the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), says Rodong Sinmun Thursday in a signed article. Referring to violence, violent language, arson, murder and other crimes the Japanese reactionaries committed against Chongryon and Koreans in Japan, the article continues:
    Violence cases against Korean students in Japan have steadily increased after the adoption of the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration. Violent language, violence and threatening cases against students of Korean schools numbered 319 from September 2002 to January 2003. Such acts have been committed all the more viciously against Chongryon and institutions under it. Seizure and financial expropriation of institutions including the Central Standing Committee of Chongryon have been undisguised and business activities of Korean traders and industrialists have been seriously infringed upon at the instigation of the Japanese government and under its direct intervention.
    Worse still, the Japanese reactionaries tried to totally destroy Chongryon while hatching a plot to use even the "Self-Defence Forces" in case of emergency after defining Chongryon as a target of the law on the prevention of destructive activities, the law which is applicable to anti-state plot-breeding organizations or spy groups.
    The Japanese government has put media in motion to create hostile atmosphere toward the DPRK, Chongryon and Koreans in Japanese society and put Koreans in Japan in fear and panic so that they can hardly live at ease.
    Chongryon is a sacred overseas Koreans' organization of the DPRK and a legitimate body. It has so far conducted patriotic activities to defend the dignity and right of the Korean nation and has done nothing contrary to the Japanese law. The organization has played the role of a diplomatic mission for friendship between the Korean and the Japanese people because they have no diplomatic relations. The Japanese government is legally and morally liable to ensure Chongryon's activities and protect Koreans in Japan even in view of the content of the organization's activities and mission and international human rights norms. The Japanese government, however, has persecuted Chongryon and restricted its activities under this or that pretext, regarding it as a thorn in the flesh. It even shut its eyes to the Right hooligans' reckless terrorism against Chongryon and instigated them to do it. Japan's persistent suppression and persecution of Chongryon and Koreans in Japan instead of apologizing and compensating for hideous crimes it has committed against the Koreans in the past is little short of adding another crime to its previous crimes.

Art Performance Given by Art Squad of Youth League

     Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) -- An art performance was given by the art squad of the Central Committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League at the Central Youth Hall on Jan. 18 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the youth league. The performance began with chorus "Our Father Is Marshal Kim Jong Il". The performers put on the stage narration and song "The Eternal Smile", male vocal solo "The General Is the Son of Guerrillas", solo story-telling "Thinking of the General" and female vocal solo "Arirang on Pass Chol" which represent the young people's deep reverence and praise of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il.
    They also put on the stage mixed duet "Pride of Youth", brass ensemble and chorus "The March of the Young Builders of Socialism", dance "The Road the New Generation Is Taking", dramatic witticism "No End", male chorus "For the Only One Country", and other colorful numbers. The performance ended with choral recitation and song "The Torch of Revolution" which reflects the firm pledge of the 8 million youth and children to staunchly advance along the road of the revolutionary cause of Juche.
    It was appreciated by the participants in the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the youth league and members of the delegation of Korean youths and students in Japan and the delegation of the Youth Federation of Korean Nationals in China.

Anniversary of Death of Mun Ik Hwan Commemorated in S. Korea

     Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) -- Functions were reportedly held in south Korea to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the death of Rev. Mun Ik Hwan. A memorial service took place in Namyangju City, Kyonggi Province, on Jan. 14 with the attendance of members of the bereaved family of the deceased, members of civic and public organizations and public figures. Speakers said that Rev. Mun crossed the barrier of division and paved the way for reunification.
    A lecture was given on Jan. 15 under the sponsorship of the Late Spring Commemoration Council of the Late Mun Ik Hwan for Embracing National Reunification in south Korea.
    Poet Ko Un in a lecture on the subject of "Mun Ik Hwan and Reunification" said that Mun had the seed of the reunification movement rooted in our society at a time when words of "reunification" were prohibited owing to the assertion of frantic south-north confrontation.
    Rev. Mun Ik Hwan practiced the reunification movement and shaped the way of reunification, providing the foundation of inter-Korean exchange, he added.

Great Alliance against Conservatives Called for in S. Korea

     Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) -- To achieve a great alliance against conservatives provides a basic way of meeting the blatant challenge of the pro-U.S. conservative forces, foiling their obstructive moves, steadily promoting progressive reforms and placing the movement for national reunification on a new higher stage in south Korea. Rodong Sinmun today observes this in a signed article.
    Referring to the fact that the ultra-right conservative forces including the Grand National Party of south Korea are making desperate efforts to bring back the old era characterized by flunkeyism and treachery, fascism and inter-Korean confrontation, the article says: It is a very important socio-political and historical task for hewing out the destiny of the popular masses for independence to promote social progress and reforms and reenergize the movement for national reunification in south Korea.
    In order to frustrate the vicious obstructive moves of the reactionaries of history and achieve democracy and reunification, the popular masses should hold high the banner of unity.
    These reactionaries are bound to make desperate efforts when they find themselves in an abyss of ruin.
    The pro-U.S conservative forces are standing in the way of the cause of the fellow countrymen including the south Koreans to achieve independence, extending their tentacles not only to the political circle but to judicature, prosecution, media and other fields exercising their influence upon them. This shows how arduous the struggle of the south Korean people for democracy and national reunification is.
    In order to frustrate the reactionary offensive of the pro-U.S. conservative forces, not only the broad popular masses but progressive pro-reform and pro-reunification political parties, politicians and organizations and figures of various strata should firmly unite as one under the uplifted banner of unity to ensure the undisputed superiority of the progressive forces to the reactionary conservative forces.
    Various political parties and organizations in south Korea aspiring after progress, reform and national reunification should achieve the great unity of the progressive forces irrespective of ideology and ideal, placing the common interests of the nation and people above anything else and transcending the difference in ideals and party groupings.

Book "Relationship between Paekje and Woe (Japan)" off Press

     Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) -- The Publishing House of Social Sciences of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea recently published the book "Relationship between Paekje and Woe (Japan)". The book authored by Prof. and Dr. Jo Hui Sung has a prologue, an epilogue and five chapters -- "Occasion and period that people of Paekje make inroads into Japanese islands", "Formation of small kingdom, Paekje", "Pro-Kaya and pro-Paekje forces of Kawachiwa Yamato", "Integration of western Japan by pro-Paekje Yamato government reflected in 'Nihongshoki (History of Japan)'" and "Relationship between Paekje and Woe (Yamato) in 7th century". The book writes that a group of Koguryo people went south and established a small feudal state in the third century B.C., which developed into Paekje. The book deals with the relationship between Paekje and Woe (Japan)--the big role and position of Paekje people in the establishment of a unified state in Japan and their influence on the historical development of Japan.

Key Industries Updated

     Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) -- Many efforts have been directed to reconstructing and modernizing key industries in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Workers in the power, metal, engineering and other key industries are updating production processes while constructing new production centres on the basis of latest scientific and technological successes.
    Those of the power industry have set a goal to put the production and management activities of the power stations throughout the country on a higher level. The electric power systems have been divided according to the local and production features and projects for introducing a new electric supply system are being pushed ahead as a nation-wide campaign.
    The metal industry, too, is building new production bases and is updating equipment to further enhance the Juche character of the industry. The workers of the September General Iron Works have constructed an iron production base depending on local resources by introducing modern scientific technical achievements, thus remarkably increasing iron and steel production.
    A 100-ton electric furnace has been built at the Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex and metallurgical facilities are being improved at the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex.
    Workers of the engineering industry are registering successes in solving difficult scientific and technical problems arising in checking the efficiency of machine tools and heat treatment.
    Positive efforts are being made at the Huichon Machine Tool Factory to complete the unique machine tool control system and the assembling process of the main axis of machine tools on a high level.

New Year Performance, Masterpiece of Juche-oriented Art

     Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) -- The New Year celebration performance "Blue Sky over My Country" is going on at Pyongyang Indoor Stadium before full house, giving confidence and courage to the army and people of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea who have turned out in the general advance of the Songun revolution this year. The performance, with a famous song "Blue Sky over My Country" loved by the Korean people as the seed, shows in an epical picture the firm will of the army and people to defend forever the blue sky over their country founded by President Kim Il Sung, under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il. Perfect in ideological content and artistic value are all the numbers of the performance including mixed duet and chorus "Blue Sky over My Country", chorus "Song to Marshal Kim Il Sung" and "Road of Victory" and female solo and chorus "Song to Comrade Kim Jong Il". It constitutes a new development of the Juche-oriented art.
    The grand concert-style performance is given with 60 meter-wide chorus as the main.
    The performance is staged to the accompaniment of chorus from the prelude to the finale. It is well combined with colorful songs and instrumental ensembles including vocal solo, vocal quartet, trumpet duet, violin ensemble and song to musical instrument. A group sculpture dance brings the ideological content of songs in bolder relief.
    The unique gentle and elegant timbre strong in national coloring of the Korean-style mixed orchestra fully reflects ever efflorescing musical art of the country. The kayagum ensemble and male chorus "Song of Mt. Maebong" and oungum ensemble and pangchang "Always with the Guiding Star" to the accompaniment of the mixed orchestra which keeps the inherent playing technique of national musical instruments alive, are loudly applauded by the audience.
    The grand army-people chorus is participated by creators and artistes from the State Merited Chorus of the Korean People's Army, the Mansudae Art Troupe, the KPA Song and Dance Ensemble, the Phibada Opera Troupe and other famous art organizations of the army and society. The performance vividly reflects the ardent love of the army and people for the fatherland with the help of perfect ensemble, high artistic technique and new stage effect.
    Among the performers are more than 200 international concours winners, "February 16 Art Prize" winners, People's and Merited Artistes, People's and Merited actors and actresses including Kim Ki Yong, Hong Kyong Hun, Ri Song Chol, Jo Hye Gyong, Ri Chon Ryong.
    The New Year celebration performance, one more monumental masterpiece in the Songun era, thoroughly embodies the ideas and theories of Kim Jong Il, a great master in literature and art, from its repertoire to conduct, musical arrangement, playing and stage change.

Greetings to African Union Summit

     Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of greetings to the Sixth Summit of the African Union on Jan. 18. The message said:
    I, in the name of the government of the DPRK, extend warm congratulations and cordial greetings to the heads of state and government and all other delegates to the Sixth Summit of the African Union to be held in Khartoum amidst the keen interest and expectation of all the African people and the international community.
    The African Union has made big progress in its efforts to realize independent development and integration of Africa and ensure regional peace and stability while rapidly enhancing its function and role after its foundation. It has put forward major proposals for the establishment of righteous and fair international relations including the UN reform and made good achievements for their realization.
    The DPRK government and people highly appreciate this and extend full support and solidarity to the governments and people of the member nations of the African Union in their just cause to build independent and prosperous new Africa.
    Convinced that the summit will mark an epochal occasion in taking measures for settling disputes and other regional issues by the concerted efforts of all the member nations, stepping up political and economic integration of the continent and developing the education and culture of Africa on a new level, I wholeheartedly hope that it would successfully discuss all the issues on the agenda as desired and demanded by all member nations and bear good fruition.

Kim Yong Nam Meets British Ambassador

     Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met and conversed with outgoing British Ambassador to the DPRK David Arthur Slinn at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today. On hand were Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kung Sok Ung and a staff member of the British embassy.

Kim Jong Il Pays Unofficial Visit to Central and South China

     Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) - Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, paid an unofficial visit to the People's Republic of China, from January 10 to 18 at the invitation of Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the People's Republic of China. He was accompanied by Pak Pong Ju, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, Kang Sok Ju, first vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Pak Nam Gi and Ri Kwang Ho, department directors of the WPK Central Committee, and Ro Tu Chol, vice-premier of the DPRK Cabinet.
    Party and state leaders and people of China warmly welcomed Kim Jong Il visiting China again at the outset of the new year for the purpose of boosting the DPRK-China friendship and accorded him cordial hospitality with utmost sincerity.
    He toured the central and southern parts of the PRC.
    The first leg of his visit was Wuhan and Yichang cities of Hubei Province.
    Huang Ju, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice-premier of the State Council, kindly greeted Kim Jong Il in Wuhan upon the authorization of General Secretary Hu Jintao and the CPC Central Committee.
    Also present to greet Kim Jong Il were senior party and government cadres of Hubei Province and Wuhan City including Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the CPC Yu Zhengsheng, Governor of Hubei Province Luo Qingquan, Secretary of the Wuhan City Committee of the CPC Miao Yu and Mayor of Wuhan Li Xiansheng.
    Kim Jong Il met and conversed with Huang Ju.
    Huang Ju, on behalf of General Secretary Hu Jintao, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, warmly welcomed Kim Jong Il on a visit to Wuhan City which President Kim Il Sung visited several times.
    Huang said that the visit of Kim Jong Il to Wuhan City associated with the history of Sino-DPRK friendship is greatly conducive to further glorifying the friendly relations between the two countries provided by the leaders of the old generation.
    Pointing out that thanks to the leadership of Kim Jong Il the DPRK has made signal achievements in the building of a great prosperous powerful nation and various other fields, Huang sincerely congratulated him on them.
    Kim Jong Il said he was pleased to visit Wuhan City, expressing his thanks to leading officials and people of Hubei Province and Wuhan City for their warm reception.
    Huang Ju hosted a grand banquet in honor of Kim Jong Il.
    Those present at the banquet raised toasts to the stronger friendly relations between the two parties and the two countries and to the health of the leaders of the two parties and the two states.
    Kim Jong Il visited the Changfei Optical Fiber and Optical Cable Company and Fenghuo Communications Co., Ltd. in company with Huang Ju. He also visited the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in Yichang, Hubei Province, guided by Yu Zhengsheng, Wang Jiarui, head of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, and Luo Qingquan, Wu Donghe, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK, and leading officials from Beijing and the province.
    The world's leading power station now under construction is a gigantic structure to be recorded in the Chinese history, he said, adding that this is a striking manifestation of the resourcefulness and strength of the Chinese people.
    The next leg of his visit was Guangzhou, Zhuhai and Shenzhen of Guangdong Province.
    Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, greeted Kim Jong Il in Guangzhou. He was also greeted by Zhang Dejiang, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the CPC, Huang Huahua, governor of Guangdong Province, Lin Shusen, secretary of the Guangzhou City Committee of the CPC, Zhang Guangning, mayor of Guangzhou, and other leading party and government officials of Guangdong Province and Guangzhou City. Kim Jong Il met and had a cordial conversation with Li Changchun.
    Hu Jintao, who sets great store by the Sino-DPRK friendship, dispatched me to Guangzhou to specially receive Kim Jong Il, Li said, warmly welcoming his Guangzhou visit on behalf of the central collective leadership of the CPC.
    Li, recalling with deep emotion his unforgettable Korea visit in 2004, once again expressed greetings of profound thanks to Kim Jong Il for showing profound care and benevolence for him.
    Kim Jong Il's four visits to China in the new century are events of historic significance in improving the relations between the two countries, Li said, highly praising him for making a great contribution to boosting the Sino-Korean friendship.
    Kim Jong Il said he was deeply impressed by the changes that have taken place in the Guangdong province, hoping that it would further prosper. Li Changchun gave a grand banquet in honor of Kim Jong Il.
    He, in company with Li, visited the Weichuangrixin Electronics Company, the Lianzong Stainless Steel Company Ltd., the Guangzhou International Conference and Exhibition Centre and a metro and cruised the Zhu River aboard a sightseeing boat to be briefed on the construction in Guangzhou City. He visited Guangzhou, Zhuhai and Shenzhen cities, guided by leading officials from Beijing and the province including Zhang Dejiang, member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., CPC and secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the CPC; Wang Jiarui, head of the International Liaison Department of the C.C., CPC; Huang Huahua, governor of Guangdong Province; and Wu Donghe, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK. While staying there he visited different units including Zhongshan University, Xinghai Conservatory and the Dongsheng Farm Company Ltd. in Guangzhou, the Software Development Centre of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the Gree Air Conditioner Production Company and the Eastcompeace Smart Card Co., Ltd. in Zhuhai and Yantian Port, Huawei Technologies, and the Dazu Laser Science and Technology Co., Ltd. in Shenzhen. He was accorded whole-hearted warm welcome by the Chinese people wherever he went.
    During his stay he enjoyed a music and dance performance specially prepared by artistes from Beijing and Guangdong Province together with leading officials of the province and Shenzhen city including Zhang Dejiang, secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the CPC, and Huang Huahua, governor of the province.
    The artistes put on the stage colorful numbers including orchestra "Prelude to Celebration", children's chorus "Wanlihua", Urheen solo "Horse Race", ballet "We Sing of Huang He River", display of national dresses "Beautiful Rainbow in the East", song and dance "To Greet Friend from Place Far Away" and Korean songs "Soldier Lives Near the General", "The Flower Girl" and "Balloonflower."
    Kim Jong Il sent a floral basket to the performers, congratulating them on their successful performance.
    Zhang Dejiang hosted a banquet in honor of Kim Jong Il.
    While making a long journey from the central part of China to its southern part, he learned in detail with the thoughts and feelings of the hard-working and resourceful Chinese people and the economic, cultural and all other fields.
    The unofficial visit paid by him to China in the beginning of the new year for the purpose of steadily boosting the DPRK-China friendship proved successful thanks to the special care and cordial hospitality of Hu Jintao and the party and government of China.
    Kim Jong Il expressed satisfaction over his fruitful visit and thanked for the cordial hospitality accorded to him by the leading officials of the party and government of China.
    His historic visit to the central and southern parts of China will be recorded in the history of the DPRK-China friendship as one more event that provided an occasion of bringing about a fresh turn in boosting this traditional friendship.

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CRPP critica represion de autoridades del Sur contra FCGEUSC

    @Pyongyang, 19 de enero (ATCC) -- El secretariado del Comite por la Reunificacion Pacifica de la Patria (CRPP) emitio el dia 18 la informacion no 915 en relacion con que en estos tiempos, las autoridades judiciales del Sur de Corea intentan arrestar y castigar bajo pretextos injustos al treceno presidente y otros cuadros pilares de la Federacion de Consejos Generales de Estudiantes Universitarios del Sur de Corea (FCGEUSC), elegidos nuevamente a finales del ano pasado. Resulta un acto antinacional y anti-reunificacion nunca perdonable el que las actuales autoridades judiciales reprimen salvajemente a la FCGEUSC acusandola de "entidad ilegal y pro-enemiga" en virtud de la "ley de seguridad", residuo de la dictadura fascista del pasado, subraya la informacion y prosigue:
    Hay que legalizar cuanto antes esta organizacion vanguardia de los jovenes estudiantes surcoreanos y garantizar la libertad de sus actividades. Y la "ley de seguridad", residuo de la epoca de confrontacion, debe ser abolida inmediatamente.
    Las autoridades de la justicia surcoreana deben distinguir correctamente la aspiracion de los compatriotas, la demanda del pueblo y la corriente de la epoca y parar ahora mismo la injusta represion contra la entidad estudiantil.

Sucias maniobras de Japon contra Chongryon, denuncia Rodong Sinmun

    @Pyongyang, 19 de enero (ATCC) -- El diario Rodong Sinmun publico en su edicion del dia 19 un articulo individual revelando que uno de los crimenes mas graves que Japon comete despues de la liberacion de Corea contra el pueblo de esta es practicar una brutal politica de hostilidad contra la Chongryon (Asociacion General de Coreanos Residentes en Japon). Acciones violentas, improperios, incendios y asesinatos son metodos con que tratan los reaccionarios japoneses a la Chongryon y otros coreanos residentes en el pais-isla, revela el articulista y prosigue:
    En particular, despues de aprobada la Declaracion Corea-Japon de Pyongyang, especificamente de septiembre de 2002 a enero del ano siguiente, ascendieron a 319 los casos de improperios, agresion fisica e intimidacion contra los alumnos de escuelas para los coreanos residentes en Japon. Tales acciones se tornaron mas violentas cuando se trataban de la Chongryon y sus filiales.
    Como resultado de la instigacion e intervencion directa del gobierno nipon, quedaron embargados los recursos materiales y financieros de la sede central y otras instituciones de la Chongryon y fueron afectadas gravemente las actividades de los empresarios coreanos en el pais isleno. Peor aun, al definirla como objeto de aplicacion de la "ley de prevencion de actividades subversivas", que se activa solo contra las organizaciones anti-estatales y agrupaciones de espionaje, los reaccionarios japoneses intentaron disolverla por completo con el uso de las "fuerzas de autodefensa" en tiempos de emergencia.
    Ademas, el gobierno japones moviliza medios de prensa para dar en la sociedad japonesa un clima contra la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea, la Chongryon y los coreanos de modo que estos no puedan vivir libremente inhibidos por inquietud y panico.
    Evidentemente dicho, la Chongryon es una legitima e intocable organizacion de ciudadanos de la RPDC en ultramar. Hasta el momento, la entidad no desplego otras actividades sino las patrioticas para defender la dignidad y derechos de la nacion coreana y nunca violo las leyes de Japon. Ademas, puesto que no existen relaciones diplomaticas entre ambos paises, desempeno el papel de una mision diplomatica para fomentar la fraternidad y amistad entre los pueblos de Corea y Japon.
    Tanto en vista del caracter de actividades y la mision de la Chongryon como a la luz de normas internacionales de derechos humanos, el gobierno de Japon tiene la obligacion legal y responsabilidad moral de garantizar las actividades de esta entidad y proteger a los coreanos residentes en su pais. Sin embargo, al considerarla como una espina clavada en su ojo, el hostiga y restringe sus actividades, hace vista gorda y hasta estimula los siniestros actos terroristas de los gangsteres derechistas contra ella.
    De esta forma, Japon multiplica sus infames crimenes cometidos en el pasado contra el pueblo coreano, de los cuales todavia no se ha disculpado e indemnizado.

Kim Yong Nam felicita 6a cumbre de la Union Africana

     Pyongyang, 19 de enero (ATCC) -- El presidente del Presidium de la Asamblea Popular Suprema de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea, Kim Yong Nam, envio el dia 18 un mensaje de felicitacion a la 6a cumbre de los jefes de Estado y de gobierno de la Union Africana. El mensaje senala como sigue: En nombre del gobierno de la RPDC, hago llegar calurosa felicitacion y cordial saludo a los jefes de Estado y de gobierno y todos los demas delegados a la 6a Cumbre de la Union Africana que sesiona en Jartum, capital de la Republica de Sudan, en medio de gran atencion y expectativas de todos los pueblos africanos y la sociedad internacional. Despues de su fundacion, al elevar rapidamente su funcion y papel, la Union Africana logro grandes avances en la realizacion del desarrollo independiente e integracion de Africa y la preservacion de la paz y la estabilidad de la region. Ademas, presento iniciativas importantes para implantar justas e imparciales relaciones internacionales, inclusive la reforma de la ONU, y alcanzo magnificos exitos en la labor para llevarlas a la realidad. El gobierno y el pueblo de la RPDC lo evaluan altamente y envian su irrestricto apoyo y solidaridad a la justa causa de los gobiernos y pueblos de los paises miembros de la Union Africana para construir una nueva Africa independiente y prospera.
    Convencido de que la cumbre marcara un hito trascendental para resolver los litigios y otros problemas regionales con las fuerzas unidas de todos, acelerar la integracion politico-economica del continente y desarrollar en una nueva etapa la educacion y la cultura de Africa, deseo de todo corazon que ella termine fructifera tras debatir todos los problemas planteados de acuerdo con la aspiracion y la demanda de todos los paises miembros.