KPA's Birthday Observed in Different Countries

     Pyongyang, April 30 (KCNA) -- Seminars, photo exhibitions, lectures and film shows were held in India, Singapore, Equatorial Guinea, Tanzania and South Africa from Apr. 19 to 22 on the occasion of the 74th birthday of the Korean People's Army. On display in the venues of the functions were photos showing the Songun leadership exploits of the illustrious commanders of Mt. Paektu.
    Korean films including "70th Birthday of the Heroic Korean People's Army" were screened at the film shows.
    The chairman of the Juche Philosophy Study Committee of India said in a speech that leader Kim Jong Il developed in depth the Songun idea founded by President Kim Il Sung and that his greatest exploit is that he has trained the KPA into an army strongest in ideology.
    The chairman stressed that the KPA and the Korean people would always achieve victory only thanks to the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il.
    The rector of a Tanzanian school noted that the brilliant history of the KPA is unthinkable without the outstanding leadership of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. The chairman of a branch of the Pretoria City Committee of the African National Congress of South Africa stated that the KPA has developed into an unchallengeable army which has modern offensive and defensive means, invincible armed forces which reliably guarantee peace in the Korean Peninsula.
    A message of greetings to Kim Jong Il was adopted at a seminar held by the Juche Philosophy Study Committee of India.

Minju Joson Calls for Glorifying Tradition of Korean Working Class

     Pyongyang, April 30 (KCNA) -- Minju Joson Sunday in an editorial dedicated to May Day, an international holiday of the working class all over the world, stresses the need to glory the proud tradition of the Korean working class which has been boundlessly loyal to the cause of the Workers' Party of Korea and the leaders. The Korean working class has successfully fulfilled its mission and duty as an advanced unit of revolution in defending and victoriously advancing the Korean revolution, once arduous and rigorous, the socialist cause of Juche, the editorial says, and goes on:
    The revolutionary spirit and indomitable stamina of the working class fully displayed in the sacred struggle for prosperity of the country and happiness of the people are shining long in the history of the party and the country.
    It was thanks to the wise guidance of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il that the Korean working class could greatly contribute to the triumphant advance of the Korean-style socialist cause even under the complicated situation at home and abroad and in manifold difficulties and ordeals.
    The ideological and moral traits and working style of the Korean working class are now on a new higher stage to meet the requirements of the Songun era. It is the pride of the Songun era to have a great contingent of the revolutionary working class which regards it as highest honor and pride to uphold the cause of the leader and devotedly serves the people.
    All the workers should remain faithful to the revolutionary Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il with their firm revolutionary determination and steadfast will to become Songun revolutionary comrades who share idea and will with him and take the lead in bringing about a great turn for prosperity of socialism.

Honorary President of Socialist International Arrives

     Pyongyang, April 30 (KCNA) -- Honorary President of Socialist International Guy Spitaels, former president of the Belgian Socialist Party (Wallon), and his party arrived here on Saturday. The guests were met at the airport by Pak Kyong Son, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Honorary President of Socialist International Pays Homage to Kim Il Sung

     Pyongyang, April 30 (KCNA) -- Honorary President of Socialist International Guy Spitaels, former president of the Belgian Socialist Party (Wallon), and his party visited the Kumsusan Memorial Palace on Sunday to pay homage to President Kim Il Sung. They made deep bows to the President who lies in state with humble reverence for him who dedicated all his life to the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the people and made an immortal contribution to the human cause of independence. Then, the visitors went round with deep emotion the orders and medals and certificates of honorary titles awarded to him in the DPRK and other countries, the Mourning Hall and a train coach and a car he used.
    The honorary president made an entry in the visitor's book.

S. Korean Delegation of Labor Movement Organizations Arrives

     Pyongyang, April 30 (KCNA) -- A south Korean delegation of labor movement organizations jointly headed by Yun Yong Gyu, chief vice-chairman of the south Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, and Yu Jae Sop, chief vice-chairman of the Federation of south Korean Trade Unions, arrived here today to inspect a joint gathering of working people in the city of Pyongyang for commemorating May Day. The delegation was met at the airport by Kim Song Chol and Won Hyong Guk, vice-chairmen of the C.C., the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, and union officials.

Kim Il Sung's Exploits Lauded

     Pyongyang, April 29 (KCNA) -- Meetings, lectures, photo exhibitions and film shows were held in Sweden, Guinea, Switzerland, Senegal and Indonesia in the period from Apr. 8 to 14 on the occasion of the Day of the Sun. On display in the venues of the functions were works of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il and photos showing their revolutionary exploits. The attendants of the film shows watched Korean films including "The Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung Meets Foreign Heads of State and Prominent Figures". Christer Lundgren, chairman of the Sweden-Korea Friendship Association, Martin Lotscher, chairman of the Swiss Committee for Supporting the Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea, and others in their speeches at the meetings highly praised Kim Il Sung as a defender of justice, a symbol of independence and father of socialist Korea, adding that the President founded the Juche idea and performed the undying exploits in the cause of global independence.
    The director of an Indonesian company noted at the film show that Kim Il Sung rendered great services for the growth of the non-aligned movement and made a distinguished contribution to the development of the relations between Indonesia and the DPRK.

Functions Held in Different Countries

     Pyongyang, April 29 (KCNA) -- Meetings, film shows, round-table talks, seminars and book and photo exhibitions were held by the Socialist Party of Romania, the Laos-Korea Youth Friendship Centre, the Laos-Korea Tin Company and the Mexican Committee for the Study of Kimilsungism in the period from Apr. 21 to 24 on the occasion of the 74th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army. On display in the venues of the functions were works of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il and photos showing the Songun leadership feats performed by them and introducing the invincible might of the heroic KPA.
    Speakers at the functions referred to the fact that Kim Il Sung laid down the line of building armed forces, guided by the Juche idea, and founded the revolutionary armed forces of the Korean people, the first of their kind in their history, and defeated the U.S. and Japanese imperialists by commanding these forces.
    The chairman of the Supreme Council of the Romanian party said in his speech at a meeting that today the KPA is widely known as the most powerful army in the world, adding that Kim Jong Il's idea of attaching importance to the army and his leadership serve as a source of sure victory of the KPA.
    The president of the Mexican committee noted at a seminar that Kim Il Sung's history of leading the army has been given steady continuity by Kim Jong Il, stressing that the KPA which has won victory after victory under the steersmanship of the outstanding brilliant commanders is fully prepared politically and ideologically and in military technique and strikingly demonstrating its might as the main force of the revolution.

Actions against FTA Called for in S. Korea

     Pyongyang, April 29 (KCNA) -- The Federation of Peasants Associations in south Korea reportedly held a meeting in Seoul on April 24 to mark the 16th anniversary of its formation at which it called for actions against the conclusion of the heinous FTA. Mun Kyong Sik, chairman of the federation, in a speech condemned the authorities for pushing ahead with negotiations for the conclusion of the south Korea-U.S. FTA, which will totally destroy the south Korean agriculture though south Korean farm products market and rice market have been opened to foreign products under the outsiders' pressure.
    Peasants and people of other strata in south Korea will surely emerge victorious in the one million-people resistance and check the conclusion of the FTA, he declared. Han Sang Ryol, permanent representative chairman of the Reunification Solidarity, and others in their solidarity addresses said it is a historic event that all the people have turned out in a death-defying struggle against the conclusion of the FTA. They called upon the workers, peasants and other people to closely unite as one in the struggle against the U.S. imperialists.

Message of Thanks to Kim Yong Nam from Cambodian King

     Pyongyang, April 29 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, received a message of thanks from Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni on April 19. The king in the message expressed his heartfelt thanks to the president for according him the warmest and cordial hospitality during his state visit to the DPRK from April 17 to 19, 2006.
    He also extended deep thanks to leading party and state officials of the DPRK and the great Korean people for having warmly welcomed him and his entourage on a state visit to it.
    The message expressed firm belief that the long-standing and traditional ties of great friendship and solidarity between the DPRK and Cambodia would grow stronger and develop and contribute to developing the relations of cooperation between the peoples of the two countries.

Farm Machines and Vehicles Sent to Co-op Farms

     Pyongyang, April 29 (KCNA) -- The DPRK National Defence Commission sent farm machines and vehicles to the cooperative farms in Miru area in North Hwanghae Province. The Miru Plain is an intermediary region in Korea which President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il visited several times and devoted all his wisdom and energies to the development of agriculture and the improvement of the standard of the farmers' living. Kim Jong Il again visited this area in September last year to indicate ways of bringing about a turn in farming by hastening waterway project and land realignment, raising the fertility of soil and realizing comprehensive mechanization. A meeting was held in Singye County on Friday to convey the farm machines and vehicles to the above-said farms.
    Present there were Vice Marshal of the Korean People's Army Kim Yong Chun, member of the DPRK National Defence Commission and chief of the general staff of the KPA, Choe Ryong Hae, chief secretary of the North Hwanghae Provincial Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Ri Kyong Sik, Minister of Agriculture, officials concerned and agricultural workers.
    Kim Yong Chun made an address at the meeting.

Agreement Signed between Governments of DPRK and India

     New Delhi, April 26 (KCNA) -- An agreement on cooperation in the field of information between the governments of the DPRK and India was signed here on Apr. 26. Present at a signing ceremony from the DPRK side were the information delegation headed by the vice-chairman of the DPRK Information Committee and the DPRK ambassador to India, and from the Indian side the assistant secretary of the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and officials concerned. The agreement was inked by the vice-chairman of the DPRK Information Committee and the assistant secretary of the Indian Ministry.

Patriotic Movement for Great National Unity Called for

     Pyongyang, April 29 (KCNA) -- The patriotic movement for great national unity is now gaining in scope and strength to be a nationwide movement thanks to the positive support and participation of Koreans from all walks of life. This is a brilliant embodiment of President Kim Il Sung's idea of great national unity. Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article. It goes on: This idea is the most just idea of great national unity as it calls on all classes and social strata to place the common wishes and interests of the nation above anything else and unite close irrespective of ideology, ism, political view, religion, property status and social position in order to uphold and achieve national independence. The above-said movement is a national patriotic movement for defending and realizing the national independence.
    It is based on the Korean nation's unshakable faith and will to struggle to the last for independence and dignity. For this reason the movement is now strengthening the driving force of the nation, increasing the might of national unity while putting a powerful impetus to the overall movement for independent reunification. This movement requires all Koreans to unite close as one for meeting the common wishes and interests of the nation.
    Patriotism is the ideological basis of the movement. It is the movement that helps heighten the atmosphere of national reconciliation and unity nationwide, reenergize the activities for solidarity and unity being conducted by the organizations of the reunification movement involving people of different circles and increase the role of the "June 15 national joint committee", a nationwide solidarity organization of the reunification movement.
    The movement also helps meet the vicious challenge of the anti-reunification forces with the might of national unity.
    The pro-U.S. conservative forces in south Korea are now colluding with each other to usurp power through the next presidential election and bring back the era of confrontation between the north and the south. The above-said movement is strong enough to frustrate the ambition and challenge of the anti-reunification conservative forces.

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Cooperacion en rama de informacion publica entre Corea e India

    @Nueva Delhi, 26 de abril (ATCC) -- Quedo firmado el dia 26 en esta capital un convenio sobre la cooperacion en la esfera de informacion publica entre los gobiernos de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea (RPDC) y de la Republica de la India (RI). En la ceremonia de firmas participaron por la parte coreana la delegacion de informacion encabezada por el vicepresidente del Comite de Informacion de la RPDC y el embajador extraordinario y plenipotenciario coreano en la India y por la india, el secretario asistente del Ministerio de Informacion y Radiodifusion de la RI y otros funcionarios.
    Lo rubricaron el jefe de la delegacion coreana y el secretario asistente.

Rodong Sinmun se refiere al movimiento patriotico

    @Pyongyang, 29 de abril (ATCC) -- El movimiento patriotico por la gran unidad nacional, que se despliega en un ambito pannacional bajo el activo apoyo y participacion de distintos sectores de la nacion, es la materializacion brillante de la idea del Presidente Kim Il Sung en materia de la gran unidad nacional. Asi senala el periodico Rodong Sinmun en un articulo individual del dia 29 y continua:
    Esta idea del Presidente es la mas amplia y justa de la unidad nacional segun la cual para defender y realizar la independencia de la nacion, todas las clases y capas de coreanos deben unirse firmemente como un haz poniendo en el primer lugar la exigencia e intereses comunes de la nacion por encima de las diferencias de ideologias, ideales, criterios politicos y creencias religiosas, propiedades y posiciones sociales. El movimiento patriotico por la gran unidad nacional es para defender y realizar la independencia nacional y se basa en la indoblegable conviccion y voluntad de la nacion coreana de luchar hasta el fin en defensa de la independencia y la dignidad. Por esta razon, este movimiento contribuye a fortalecer las fuerzas sujetivas de la nacion y el poderio de la unidad nacional e impulsa con energia el movimiento por la reunificacion independiente en su conjunto.
    Tambien, exige la unidad compacta de toda la nacion para realizar la demanda e intereses comunes de si misma.
    El patriotismo es la base ideal del movimiento en cuestion. A traves de este se eleva el ambiente de la reconciliacion y la unidad de la nacion, se activan la solidaridad y alianza de las entidades del movimiento por la reunificacion de distintas capas y sectores y se fortalece el papel del "comite conjunto nacional del 15 de Junio", aparato de solidaridad pannacional del movimiento por la reunificacion. Se trata del movimiento para rechazar con el poderio de la unidad nacional el desafio desesperado de las fuerzas anti-reunificacion.
    Ahora, en el Sur de Corea las fuerzas conservadoras pronorteamericanas se confabulan para tomar de nuevo el poder y retornar a la epoca de confrontacion con el Norte.
    El movimiento patriotico por la gran unidad nacional es un poderoso movimiento para frustrar la ambicion y el desafio de dichas fuerzas conservadoras.

Mas de 160 espionajes aereos de EE.UU. contra la RPDC

    @Pyongyang, 29 de abril (ATCC) -- Segun fuentes castrenses, en lo que va de abril los imperialistas norteamericanos cometieron en mas de 160 ocasiones el espionaje aereo sobre la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea movilizando aviones estrategico-tacticos de diferentes misiones. En particular, los dias 15, 21 y 25, un par de "U-2", marca que habia volado casi todos los dias, navego de ida y vuelta en el espacio sobre la zona a 120 kilometros al oeste de la isla Tokjok y la region de Phochon y Sokcho.
    El dia 12, un "RC-135", despegado de una base norteamericana en ultramar, espio los objetivos estrategicos en la profundidad de la RPDC.
    Mientras tanto, los dias 20 y 26, los aparatos tipo "EP-3" hicieron otro tanto sobre las zonas litorales y submarinas de la RPDC dando vueltas en el espacio sobre la isla Taebu y la region de Kangrung.
    Durante varias jornadas, las aeronaves "RC-12" y "RC-7B" y de otros modelos sobrevolaron de dia a noche y mas de 5 veces como promedio diario la isla Tokjok y la region de Phochon, Rinje y Sokcho.
    Ademas, los imperialistas norteamericanos dieron un clima de confrontacion con su frenetico espionaje sobre la RPDC al movilizar del dia 21 al 24 decenas de aviones, cuando transcurrian las conversaciones a nivel de ministro entre el Norte y el Sur de Corea.