Halt to DPRK-Targeted U.S. War Exercises Demanded Worldwide

     Pyongyang, March 31 (KCNA) -- Reckless nuclear war exercises being staged by the U.S. and warmongers of south Korea against the DPRK are now under fire by broad public circles of the world. The Vanguard Party of Indonesia said in a statement released on Mar. 28 that the war maneuvers provocative and aggressive in their nature and scale go to prove that the U.S. remains unchanged in its wild ambition to isolate and stifle the DPRK and the U.S. is chiefly to blame for blocking the reconciliation, cooperation and peaceful reunification between the north and the south.
    If the U.S. is truly interested in the peace and reunification of the Korean Peninsula and in the solution to the nuclear issue, it should stop its reckless exercises for a war of aggression at once and withdraw its aggressor forces from south Korea, the statement urged.
    The Sukarno Educational Foundation of Indonesia in a statement issued on the same day noted that the exercises for a war of aggression now under way across south Korea are increasing the danger of a nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula, demanding the U.S. and the south Korean authorities stop the reckless war moves at once. The Sri Lanka-People's Korea Friendship Association and the Sri Lanka Committee for the Reunification of Korea noted in a joint statement issued on Mar. 27 branded the military threat to the DPRK, a sovereign state, as a dangerous act of violating international law and the exercises being staged by the south Korean authorities against their compatriots in collusion with the U.S. as a crude breach of the spirit of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration.

8th Kimilsungia Festival to Be Held

     Pyongyang, March 31 (KCNA) -- The 8th Kimilsungia Festival will be held in Pyongyang on the occasion of the Day of the Sun (April 15), the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung. It will prove to be a flower festival for praising the great man, a great political festival of loyalists as it will demonstrate internally and externally the firm faith and will of the army and people of the DPRK to eternally hold Kim Il Sung in high esteem and accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche that started in Mt. Paektu under the Songun revolutionary leadership of Kim Jong Il.
    It will be held at the Kimilsungia-Kimjongilia Exhibition from April 13 to 20, Juche 95 (2006).
    It will bring together many organizations including military organs, ministries and national institutions, individual working people, youth and students, overseas Koreans and foreigners.

Regaining Food Sovereignty Called for in S. Korea

     Pyongyang, March 31 (KCNA) -- The "National Federation of Peasants Associations" and the "National Federation of Women Peasants Associations" of south Korea reportedly called a press conference on Mar. 27 at which they vowed to protect locally produced rice and thus regain the food sovereignty usurped by the U.S. Speakers there declared that they would launch strong actions against the storage of American rice. It is a movement for regaining the food sovereignty to prevent the ships carrying American rice from entering ports and the rice silos from keeping it in storage, a press release declared, threatening to boycott the American rice while conducting the above-said actions.

Kim Jong Il Highly Praised

     Pyongyang, March 31 (KCNA) -- The exploits leader Kim Jong Il has performed as a great strategist by converting the DPRK into a military power were highly praised at functions held in different countries on the occasions of the 13th anniversary of his election as chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and the 74th anniversary of the foundation of the heroic Korean People's Army. Seminars, lectures, photo exhibitions, film shows and a friendly meeting took place in Tanzania, South Africa, the Czech Republic and Ethiopia between Mar. 18 and 23. A deputy secretary of the Maritime Regional Committee of the Revolutionary Party of Tanzania said at a seminar that Kim Jong Il set out a Songun political mode to cope with the high-handed and arbitrary practices of the allied forces of the imperialists and has led the Korean people along the road of victory with his outstanding Songun leadership, thereby making a great contribution to the human cause of independence. The deputy secretary of the Mfumalanga Provincial Committee of the South African Communist Party said at a lecture titled "Korean People's Army demonstrating its invincibility under the distinguished brilliant commander" that the KPA has grown to be an army, which no one dares provoke, under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il as it has a glorious tradition and history in which it defeated the U.S. and Japanese imperialists.
    The chairman of the Ethiopian Youth Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea said at a friendly meeting that Kim Jong Il is a great strategist who has turned the DPRK into a military power with his Songun politics, adding that the Korean people led by him have firmly defended their sovereignty from the high-handed and arbitrary practices of the U.S.

North Side's Committee for Implementation of June 15 Joint Declaration Meets

     Pyongyang, March 31 (KCNA) -- A general meeting of the north side's committee for the implementation of the June 15 joint declaration took place in Pyongyang on Mar. 30. Present there were Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly who is also honorary co-chairman of the north side's committee, Kim Ki Nam, vice-chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland who is secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Vice-Premier of the Cabinet Ro Tu Chol and Kim Yong Dae, chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Social Democratic Party, and Ryu Mi Yong, chairperson of the Central Committee of the Korean Chondoist Chongu Party, who are honorary co-chairpersons of the north side's committee and An Kyong Ho, chairman of the north side's committee, vice-chairmen and members of the committee, members of the sub-committees, members of the North Headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification and the National Alliance of Youth and Students for the Country's Reunification and officials concerned.
    The meeting discussed its agenda item "On the orientation of activities of the north side's committee to energetically conduct the three-point patriotic movements under the banner of 'By our nation itself'".
    An Kyong Ho made a report which was followed by speeches. The reporter and speakers said that in the last one year the "June 15 joint national committee" has played an important role in conducting the movement for national reunification as required by its mission and duty as a nationwide organization for national reunification.
    They called upon those who love the country and the nation to keep pace and cooperate with one another to widen the scope of solidarity activities on the principle of subordinating everything to the efforts to accomplish the cause of national reunification, irrespective of ideology, system and party affiliation, political view and religious belief. To this end it is necessary for the committee to intensify the movement for independent reunification, peace against war and great national unity and thoroughly implement the June 15 joint declaration true to the idea of "By our nation itself", they noted. A resolution was adopted at the meeting.
    Then followed the discussion of an organizational matter. The meeting held a by-election of honorary co-chairpersons, vice-chairpersons and members of the north side's committee.

Rodong Sinmun on Socialism Based on Collectivism

     Pyongyang, March 31 (KCNA) -- Socialism is the most advantageous society for the people among those of different types established in human history and the essential advantage of socialist society rests on collectivism. Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article.
    Genuine democracy is only socialist democracy based on collectivism, the article notes, and goes on:
    Socialist democracy puts forward the popular masses as the master of state and society and helps them enjoy their freedom and rights as the master of all fields of social life to their heart's content. Under socialist society the popular masses lead a worthwhile life as the proud master of the state sovereignty and means of production, creating and enjoying material wealth.
    People demand that they glorify their social and political life and live amid the love and trust of social collectives. It is possible only under the socialist society in which the popular masses take the position of master. It is because socialism embodies the relations of comradely unity and cooperation, love and trust in all fields of social life. Only socialist society makes it possible to strengthen the unity and cooperation of the collectives, enhance the creative enthusiasm of all members of the collectives and sufficiently meet the independent demands of the collectives and individuals altogether. The advantages of socialist society can be seen in the reality of the DPRK. The advantages of Korean-style socialism centering on the popular masses have their essential source in the might of the single-minded unity of the leader, the Party and the masses. The Korean army and people, single-heartedly united around the headquarters of the revolution, have devoted their all to the prosperity and rosy future of the country. It is the features of Korean society that all the people form a big harmonious family to help and lead forward each other and devote themselves to society and the collectives. Korean-style socialism is the advantageous socialism in which all the people become the master of everything, everything serves them and their independent and creative life is kept in full bloom.

Rodong Sinmun on Source of Invincibility of Korean-Style Socialism

     Pyongyang, March 31 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today dedicates a signed article to the 24th anniversary of the publication of leader Kim Jong Il's famous work "On the Juche Idea." In the past 24 years the validity, truth and vitality of the Juche idea have been clearly proved, the article says, and goes on:
    The Juche idea is the lifeline and the source of the invincible might of Korean-style socialism.
    It serves as an undying banner which made Korean-style socialism the most advantageous one centered on the popular masses.
    In the whole course of socialist construction the Workers' Party of Korea has held fast to the principle of making everything serve the popular masses, proceeding from the requirements of the Juche idea.
    The Korean people are now dynamically stepping up the general march for the building of a great prosperous powerful socialist nation with love for their socialist system which ensures them human dignity and rights, worthwhile life and happiness. They will never barter Korean-style socialism, their life and soul, for anything else. The Juche idea is a militant banner that helped Korean-style socialism shine as the socialism of national independence firmly guaranteeing independence of the country and the nation.
    Our Party and people have built socialism our own way according to our independent viewpoint and faith under the banner of Juche, not relying on any existing theories or others' experience. Thus they could successfully build in this land a powerful socialist state, independent in politics, self-supporting in economy and self-reliant in national defence, which defends independence of the country and the nation. The Juche idea is a powerful ideological weapon which provided the firm revolutionary forces enough to defend and accomplish the cause of socialism to the end. The Songun idea of the Party with its root on the Juche idea serves as a militant banner which made Korean-style socialism shine as an invincible socialism with everlasting viability. As the Songun idea illuminates the road ahead, in our country the unity of the army and people based on the revolutionary soldier spirit has been firmly materialized, the single-minded unity of the Party and the revolutionary ranks strengthened on a high level and powerful military capacity provided to firmly defend the gains of socialism achieved with blood.

DPRK's Just Measure for Self-Defence Hailed

     Pyongyang, March 31 (KCNA) -- The DPRK Ministry of People's Security issued warrants of arrest for Fumiaki Yamata, Hiroshi Kato, Takayuki Noguchi and Ri Yong Hwa who were directly involved in the abduction of DPRK citizens in broad daylight in the guise of members of a "non-governmental organization." Minju Joson Friday in a signed commentary says that it is a very justifiable measure to defend the sovereignty of the DPRK and the interests of its citizens from the Japanese reactionaries' escalated hostile moves against it.
    Terming the above-said persons the criminals who were directly involved in abducting DPRK citizens including returnees to their homeland from Japan and their children and Japanese women in the DPRK, the commentary goes on: What matters is that the abduction of DPRK citizens was by no means an accidental crime perpetrated by individual figures or organizations.
    This was obviously a product of the deliberate, premeditated and organized crime perpetrated at the instigation of the Japanese government and under its backing and patronage, pursuant to its hostile policy towards the DPRK. The Korean people are becoming increasingly assertive that the DPRK should take a strong countermeasure including a physical retaliation against the Japanese reactionaries' hostile policy towards it and their plots.
    Accordingly, the DPRK Ministry of People's Security issued warrants for the arrest of the persons concerned as the first step according to the relevant articles of the DPRK criminal law and the criminal procedure law and demanded the Japanese government extradite the criminals to the DPRK through a relevant channel. There is no reason for Japan that claims to be a "law-abiding state" to turn down the just demand of the DPRK.

Greetings to Afghan Foreign Minister

     Pyongyang, March 31 (KCNA) -- DPRK Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun sent a message of greetings to Rangeen Dadfar Spanta on his appointment as foreign minister of Afghanistan. Extending warm congratulations to him, the message sincerely wished him success in his work.

New Kind of Fodder Additive Developed

     Pyongyang, March 31 (KCNA) -- Scientists in the applied mineral institute under the Geological Faculty of Kim Il Sung University have recently developed a new kind of fodder additive to boost meat and egg production on the basis of high-technology and resources rich in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The existing premix is a kind of quick fattening additives providing domestic animals with essential amino acids and anti-biotic elements that cannot be synthesized in their bodies.
    The newly developed premix contains mineral microelements and vitamins. Dr. Ri Ui Jong, who played a leading part in the developing team, said his team increased the kinds of the essential microelements in the former premix by over 20 so as to boost their proportion up to that of sea-water. The new premix promotes metabolism, digestion and absorption of animals and makes them produce large amounts of essential amino acids in their bodies so as to raise fattening and egg-laying rate, he added. The premix additive has been applied to the Hungju Chicken Farm and various other poultry farms of the country where meat and egg production has remarkably increased. For the chickens which were fed with the new premix for over 40 days, their egg-laying rate rose by 85.4 percent and the survival rate by 95 percent in the average. And for the ducks, the survival rate rose by 98 percent and their egg-laying rate by 80 percent. The weight increment of the pig fed with the new premix is 1.2 kilograms a day. The blood test of the animals shows that the numbers of red corpuscle, hemoglobin, platelet and GPT went up by 30.6, 32.7, 59.9 and 12.5 percent respectively. Meanwhile, a factory with a capacity of producing thousands of tons of new premix a year has been built to supply it to poultry farms throughout the country.

Angling Encouraged in DPRK

     Pyongyang, March 31 (KCNA) -- Angling becomes brisk in the large and small rivers, lakes and reservoirs in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea with the beginning of spring. Angling has a long history in Korea.
    It, along with agriculture, collection of edible plants and hunting, was a mainstay for the Korean people from the Neolithic era.
    People in the era used a fishing hook similar to the present one. The hook had an eye to tie up line and the point with a barb was sharpened. There was anchor-shaped fishing hook, too.
    The materials of hooks were animal bones or teeth. The sizes of hooks were 3 centimeters or 5-8 centimeters.
    There are big and small fishing hooks and fish bones of Myongthae (pollack), codfish, herring, gray mullet and mackerel among the remains of the Neolithic era. They show that the then people angled for various kinds of fishes, big and small, in rivers and seas. Many angling places have come into being in different parts of the country and rivers and reservoirs are teeming with fishes. Angling fans are growing in number day by day and national angling contests are organized every year. All this is ascribable to the government's policy of encouraging the angling custom with a long history.

U.S. Aerial Espionage against DPRK in March

     Pyongyang, March 31 (KCNA) -- The U.S. imperialists committed more than 180 cases of aerial espionage against the DPRK by mobilizing reconnaissance planes with different missions in March while staging large-scale "RSOI" and "Foal Eagle" joint military exercises targeted on the DPRK, according to a military source. They let a U-2 and RC-135 fly for intensively spying on major strategic targets and military installations in areas of the north side. Their RC-7B and RC-12 and other type tactical reconnaissance planes committed nearly 150 cases of espionage in March.
    A special mention should be made of the fact that from Mar. 25 to 31 they sent an overseas-based E-3 almost every day on a mission to command more than 2,000 fighters involved in "RSOI" and "Foal Eagle" joint military exercises for aggression and spy on the areas of the north.

General Meeting of C.C., North Headquarters of Pomminryon Held

     Pyongyang, March 31 (KCNA) -- A general meeting of the Central Committee of the North Headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification (Pomminryon) took place here on Friday. Present there were presidium members of the North Headquarters of Pomminryon and members of the central committee.
    The general meeting informed its participants of an extraordinary meeting of co-chairmen of Pomminryon held recently and discussed measures for implementing decisions of the meeting.
    The general meeting underlined the need for the North Headquarters of Pomminryon to conduct a more dynamic movement for national reunification this year, holding high the slogan "Let us vigorously forward the patriotic movement for independent reunification, peace against war and great national unity under the banner of 'By our nation itself'!" so as to discharge the mission and duty of Pomminryon for the times and the nation.
    The general meeting held a by-election of some presidium members of the North Headquarters of Pomminryon and central committee members.

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Minju Joson apoya la medida del MINSEP

    @Pyongyang, 31 de marzo (ATCC) -- Hace unos dias, el Ministerio de Seguridad del Pueblo de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea expidio la orden de arresto a Fumiaki Yamata, Hiroshi Kato, Takayuki Noguchi y Ri Yong Hwa, quienes participaron directamente en el rapto y secuestro a plena luz del dia a los ciudadanos de la RPDC usando el manto de "organizaciones no gubernamentales". @Al respecto el periodico Minju Joson publico en su edicion del dia 31 un comentario individual que senala en particular:
    La muy justa medida del MINSEP se encamina a defender la soberania de la RPDC y los intereses de los ciudadanos de esta de las cada dia mas recrudescentes maniobras hostiles de los reaccionarios japoneses.
    Los tipejos, a quienes fue emitida la orden de arresto, son criminales que tomaron parte directa en raptar y secuestrar a los ciudadanos de la RPDC, en particular a los repatriados desde Japon, sus hijos y las japonesas residentes en Corea. El problema es que esto no es un caso accidental cometido por algunos individuos o entidades sino un premeditado y organizado crimen perpetrado con el respaldo, amparo e instigacion del gobierno nipon.
    En estos dias, entre los habitantes coreanos suenan voces demandando fuertes contramedidas, inclusive la reaccion fisica a la politica hostil y el complot de los reaccionarios japoneses contra la RPDC.
    En sintonia con tal clima, como el primer paso, el MINSEP de la RPDC curso la citada orden a esos individuos en virtud de los articulos del codigo penal y la ley de procedimiento penal y, por una via correspondiente, exigio al gobierno japones la extradicion de ellos.
    Si es verdad que Japon es un "pais constitucional", no tendra ninguna razon para desoir esta justa demanda.

Pyongyang sera sede del VIII Festival de Kimilsungias

    @Pyongyang, 31 de marzo (ATCC) -- La VIII edicion del Festival de Kimilsungias en conmemoracion del Dia del Sol (15 de abril, cumpleanos del Presidente Kim Il Sung) tendra lugar del 13 al 20 de abril en la Exposicion Permanente de Kimilsungia y Kimjongilia en esta capital. El presente certamen es un gran festival politico y de flores de infinita veneracion al gran hombre para manifestar la conviccion y firme voluntad del ejercito y el pueblo de Corea de enaltecer eternamente al Presidente Kim Il Sung y de llevar a feliz termino la causa revolucionaria del Juche iniciada en el monte Paektu, bajo la direccion del Dirigente Kim Jong Il sobre la revolucion mediante el Songun. En la ocasion participaran los organismos de las Fuerzas Armadas, ministerios, organos centrales y otras entidades, trabajadores, jovenes y ninos escolares, coreanos residentes en ultramar y extranjeros.