Kim Jong Il Gives On-site Guidance to Newly Built Pig Farm

    (KCNA) -- Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, gave on-the-spot guidance to pig farm No. 110 newly built by KPA servicepersons. After being briefed on the farm before a huge painting showing its panoramic view, he looked round the exterior and interior of the farm to learn in detail how it was built and is being operated. He highly appreciated the merits performed by the soldier-builders, greatly satisfied with the successful construction of the farm.
    He went round pig sties, assorted feed and processing factories and various other places of the farm to acquaint himself in detail with its technical equipment and breeding.
    He set forth important tasks which would serve as guidelines in managing and operating the farm and increasing the pork production, pleased to learn that the employees of the farm are mass-producing pork and quality processed products by establishing a scientific production system.
    In order to increase the production of pork on the farm, it is necessary to put the breeding on a scientific basis and make sustained efforts to raise the level of technical skill of the producers and, at the same time, to energetically push forward the work to introduce advanced technology, he said.
    Noting that a scientific breeding system has been established at the chicken and pig farms that have mushroomed in recent years is now paying off profusely, he added that this reality eloquently proves that it is possible to bring about a change in the stock-breeding, too, in a brief span of time if full play is given to the people's revolutionary spirit and creative ingenuity on the basis of the advantages of the Korean-style socialist system.
    A solid material and technical foundation has been laid in the country to make a leap forward in the production of pork including the establishment of the system for breeding superior pedigree stock, he noted, underscoring the need to raise pigs in a big way by taking advantage of these favorable conditions.
    He called on all fields and units to wage a dynamic popular movement to further develop the stock-breeding so as to provide the people with a more affluent and highly civilized life.
    He was accompanied by KPA Generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong.

Kim Jong Il Meets Cambodian Great King

     Pyongyang, May 8 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, Monday visited the Jangsuwon State Guest House to meet the Great King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia on a visit to the DPRK. Present there were the Great Queen Norodom Monineath, the entourage of the great king and Cambodian ambassador to the DPRK Chhorn Hay.
    The great king presented Kim Jong Il with a gift and expressed deep thanks to him for the splendid reconstruction of the state guest house and the cordial hospitality accorded to him during his stay in the DPRK.
    Kim Jong Il had a warm and friendly conversation with the great king.

Protest against Expansion of U.S. Military Base in S. Korea

     Pyongyang, May 8 (KCNA) -- At least 1,000 members of civic organizations and students in south Korea entered a fierce protest at a planned site for expansion of the U.S. military base in area of Taechu-ri, Phaengsong town, Phyongthaek City, Kyonggi Province, on May 5, according to the south Korean KBS.
    The protesters broke through wire entanglements into the planned site two times and strongly denounced the Defence Ministry for designating the site as a "protection district of military facilities".
    Huge military forces frantically cracked down on the protesters with deadly weapons.
    Therefore, there was a fierce clash between the protesters and military forces.

Japanese Reactionaries' Attempt to Grab Korea's Territory Denounced

     Pyongyang, May 8 (KCNA) -- Some time ago, the Japanese government informed the International Hydrographic Organization of its will to make measurements of waterway near Tok Islet until the end of June. In this regard, the Japanese ambassador in Seoul alleged that the waters to be measured is the exclusive economical waters of Japan. Even the Japanese chief executive said that Japan may resolutely take a physical countermeasure regarding the issue of Tok Islet. The Japanese reactionaries has tried in every way to grab Tok Islet, but never in such a brigandish way as now, says Rodong Sinmun Monday in a signed commentary. It goes on:
    Japan's more naked moves for territorial expansion are a very grave and dangerous attempt.
    To make the islet an area of international dispute and grab it is one of the cunning and impudent territorial rapacity methods peculiar to Japan.
    Tok Islet is not a controversial territory whose owner is uncertain. It is well known to the world that the islet is a hereditary islet of Korea. Nevertheless, Japan is going to make the islet an international controversial area to grab it, which is an imprudent action that can be done only by robbers.
    The Japanese reactionaries are also attempting to invade the islet by force of arms.
    Insisting on dominium over the islet, Japan is resorting to ill-boding military moves. Japan is keen to commit "Self-Defense Forces" to sea near Tok Islet.
    Marine resources are rich and natural gas and other energy resources are deposited plenty around the islet. The islet is very important militarily and strategically as it is situated near the Korean Peninsula. This is why the Japanese reactionaries are going to grab Tok Islet at any cost.
    It is foolish and reckless for them to grab the islet, an inalienable part of the Korean territory.

Rodong Sinmun Calls for Throwing Overboard Pro-U.S. Conservative Forces

     Pyongyang, May 8 (KCNA) -- It is a realistic task for saving the south Korean people from misfortunes and pain and accelerating the independent reunification to achieve a great alliance against the conservative forces in south Korea. Rodong Sinmun Monday says this in a signed article. It goes on:
    The pro-U.S. conservatives in south Korea are treacherous forces as they have pursued anachronistic country-selling politics, bringing only misfortunes and pain to the people.
    All sorts of misfortunes and pain of the south Korean people are chiefly attributable to the U.S. imperialists' policy of domination and subjugation.
    This being a hard reality, the Grand National Party in south Korea hell-bent on flunkeyism and dependence upon foreign forces has followed such country-selling politics as zealously backing and protecting the U.S. imperialists' presence in south Korea and domination over it and clinging to their coattails though the Korean nation lives in the June 15 era of reunification.
    The south Korean people have been subject to unspeakable sacrifices and sufferings under the tyrannical rule of the successive fascist dictatorial regimes.
    But the GNP and other pro-U.S. conservative forces are making desperate efforts to repeat the crime-woven past history. They are openly whitewashing the fascist repressive regimes of the past dictatorial forces, talking about what they call "the nature of their system" and "legacy of the right-wing," far from reflecting on the crimes committed by their predecessors. The GNP claims it will do something for the people whenever an opportunity presents itself, but it, in fact, turns its faces away from their misfortunes in pursuance of its partisan interests.
    They are only stoking the inter-Korean confrontation, opposed to national reconciliation and reunification, and thus adding to the people's misfortunes.
    They are dead-set against the independent reunification of Korea. They have not yet uttered even a word of support to the June 15 joint declaration but persistently pursued north-south confrontation under the patronage of their American master.
    The formation of a great alliance against the conservative forces would pave the way for eliminating the root cause of misfortunes and pain of the south Korean people and carving out an independent life, the article concludes.

Rakrang Physical Rehabilitation Center Starts Operation

     Pyongyang, May 8 (KCNA) -- The Rakrang Physical Rehabilitation Center located in Thongil Street, Pyongyang, has begun its operation on the occasion of the Day of the World Red Cross and the Red Crescent (May 8). The center, with a total floor space of 2,900 square meters, has been built on the site of 4,300 square meters by the joint efforts of the Central Committee of the DPRK Red Cross Society and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
    It, equipped well with necessary facilities for diagnosis and treatment of disabled people, has a patient assessment room, casting room, plaster modification room, sick ward, physiotherapy department room and a modern orthopedic surgical operating theater.
    The center produces various kinds of prostheses, crutches and tricycles for more than 400 cripples a year.
    Michael Rechsteiner, head of Physical Rehabilitation Programme of the ICRC, told KCNA at the centre that the ICRC has made a contribution to treating over 2,300 disabled persons at the prosthesis center built in Songrim City, North Hwanghae Province, since it started activities in the DPRK in 2002.
    .$B!!.(BBasing itself on the already-made successes, the ICRC will impart technical skill to the employees of the newly-built center so that they can acquire a high level of technique. And in close cooperation with the Central Committee of the DPRK Red Cross Society, it will do its best so as to manufacture prostheses for disabled persons on a normal basis and make the disabled not feel any physical inconvenience, he added.

Chinese Delegation Here

     Pyongyang, May 8 (KCNA) -- A government economic and trade delegation of China led by Ma Xiuhong, vice-minister of Commerce, arrived here on Monday. It was met at the airport by Ri Ryong Nam, vice-minister of Foreign Trade, and Wu Donghe, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK.

Message of Sympathy to Russian President

     Pyongyang, May 8 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, on May 4 sent a message of sympathy to Russian President V. V. Putin as regards the human losses caused by the crash of an Yerevan-Sochi airbus of the Armenian Airline. In the message he evinced deep sympathy with the Russian president and, through him, with the bereaved families and expressed the belief that the Russian leadership would heal the aftermath at an early date.

Message of Sympathy to Armenian President

     Pyongyang, May 8 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of sympathy to Armenian President Robert Kocharyan on May 4 as regards casualties caused by the crash of an Yerevan-Sochi airliner of the Armenian Airline. Expressing deep sympathy with the President and, through him, with the bereaved families, the message hoped that the president and government of Armenia would heal the aftermath as early as possible.

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Kim Jong Il presencia funcion de la Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional

     Pyongyang, 8 de mayo (ATCC) -- El Dirigente Kim Jong Il, Secretario General del Partido del Trabajo de Corea y Presidente del Comite de Defensa Nacional de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea, presencio en el remodelado Teatro Morambong una funcion de la Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional. 　Le acompanaron en disfrutarla los secretarios del CC del PTC Kim Kuk Thae y Kim Ki Nam, cuadros del partido y el ejercito y funcionarios de las ramas de cultura y arte, prensa e informacion.
    　En el repertorio de este dia salieron las musicas orquestales "Trote del caballo del Paektu" y "Abundante cosecha en la llanura Chongsan" y otras piezas famosas compuestas por Tchaikovsky y Shostakovich.
    　Los ejecutantes reflejaron excelentemente la ferrea conviccion y voluntad del ejercito y el pueblo de Corea de llevar a feliz termino la causa revolucionaria del Juche y la construccion de una gran potencia prospera bajo la bandera del Songun (priorizacion militar) y comprobaron la justeza y la vitalidad de la orientacion del PTC sobre la literatura y el arte consistente en crear, componer e interpretar siempre al estilo coreano.
    　Muy satisfecho el Dirigente agradecio a los creadores y los artistas de la Orquesta, que ofrecieron esta magnifica funcion con su alta habilidad artistica.
    　El Dirigente valoro altamente los exitos alcanzados con anterioridad por los creadores y los artistas alabando que ellos crearon numerosas obras maestras predilectas de nuestro pueblo manteniendo firmemente el principio de desarrollar la sinfonia al estilo coreano y de forma conveniente a la idiosincrasia de nuestro pueblo.
    　Por ultimo, presento las tareas programaticas que serviran de guia para el desarrollo de la sinfonia de caracter jucheano.

Mas descarados se ponen los japoneses con la isla Tok

     Pyongyang, 8 de mayo (ATCC) -- El diario Rodong Sinmun publico en su numero del dia 8 un comentario individual que va como sigue: 　Hace unos dias, el gobierno de Japon notifico a la Organizacion Internacional Hidrografica su decision de realizar hasta finales de junio un sondeo en las aguas cercanas a la isla Tok, que forma parte del territorio coreano.
    Hablando del tema, el embajador japones acreditado en el Sur de Corea insistio en que la zona pedida para la exploracion pertenece a las aguas economicas exclusivas de Japon.
    Hasta el propio mandatario del mismo pais amenazo con tomar una fuerte contramedida fisica en cuanto a la isla Tok.
    Ya es de sobra conocido que anteriormente los reaccionarios japoneses maniobraron de todas las formas para arrebatarla, pero nunca se pusieron tan bandidos como ahora. Por cierto, ya resultan sumamente peligrosas y aventureras las cada dia mas abiertas maniobras del pais-isla para expandir su territorio.
    Es un metodo rutinario y caracteristico de Japon fijar la Tok como una zona en litigio internacional para facilitar el expolio de esta.
    Pero, ella no puede ser un territorio en litigio porque es obvio que desde la remota antiguedad pertenecia a Corea.
    De mal en peor, en su intento de usar hasta las fuerzas armadas, los reaccionarios japoneses planean desplegar las "fuerzas de autodefensa" en las aguas cercanas a la Tok.
    Aparte de abundantes recursos maritimos y energeticos como el gas natural, la Tok se erige como un nido estrategico-militar por situarse cerca de la Peninsula Coreana.
    Aunque los reaccionarios japoneses incurren en tejemanejes de toda indole para aduenarse de la isla en cuestion, nunca podran separarla del sagrado territorio coreano.

Hay que exterminar a las fuerzas conservadoras proyanquis

     Pyongyang, 8 de mayo (ATCC) -- Formar en el Sur de Corea una gran alianza anticonservadora es la tarea real para acabar con las desgracias y sufrimientos impuestos a la poblacion surcoreana y lograr lo mas pronto posible la reunificacion independiente de la patria. Asi senala el periodico Rodong Sinmun en un articulo individual del dia 8 y continua:
    Las fuerzas conservadoras proyanquis del Sur de Corea son las traidoras que infligen indecibles desdichas a los habitantes con su anacronica politica vendepatria.
    La causa de todas las penalidades de los surcoreanos radica en la politica de dominacion y subyugacion de los imperialistas norteamericanos.
    Sin embargo, hasta en esta epoca de reunificacion del 15 de Junio, el "partido Hannara", enloquecido por el servilismo a las grandes potencias y acostumbrado a apoyarse en las fuerzas extranjeras, recurre siempre a su politica vendepatria que aboga activamente por la ocupacion y la dominacion de los yanquis y por la dependencia de EE.UU.
    La poblacion surcoreana experimento incontables sacrificios y sufrimientos bajo la represion de los sucesivos "poderes" dictatoriales fascistas.
    Sin embargo, esa entidad politica y otras fuerzas conservadoras proyanquis realizan tesoneros esfuerzos por escribir otra vez esa historia criminal.
    En este sentido, en vez de reflexionar en los crimenes de sus antecesores, defienden abiertamente la dominacion fascista y represiva de las anteriores dictaduras hablando tanto de la supuesta "legitimidad" y "herencias de la derecha".
    Aunque la banda del "partido Hannara" suele hablar de contribuciones al pueblo, en realidad, siempre se muestra indiferente a las desgracias de los habitantes dando preferencia unicamente a los intereses fraccionalistas.
    Las fuerzas conservadoras proyanquis del Sur de Corea, lideradas por el "partido Hannara", se oponen a la reconciliacion y la reunificacion independiente de la nacion, promueven la confrontacion Norte-Sur a instigacion de su amo gringo y agrandan las desgracias de la nacion coreana.
    Pues, no han expresado todavia ningun apoyo a la Declaracion Conjunta del 15 de Junio porque rechazan la misma reunificacion independiente.
    La formacion de la gran alianza anticonservadora deviene el camino para hacer que los surcoreanos disfruten de una vida independiente tras erradicar la causa de desgracias y sufrimientos.

Inaugurado el Centro de Rehabilitacion de Rakrang

    Pyongyang, 8 de mayo (ATCC) -- Con motivo del "Dia Mundial de la Cruz Roja y la Medialuna Roja" (8 de mayo), entro en funcionamiento el Centro de Rehabilitacion de Rakrang construido en la capitalina avenida Thong-il gracias a la colaboracion entre el Comite Central de la Asociacion de la Cruz Roja de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea y el Comite Internacional de la Cruz Roja (CICR). Ocupa una superficie de 4 mil 300 metros cuadrados de solar, de ellos 2 mil 900 metros cuadrados como area arquitectonica.
    En el centro hay varias salas de diagnosis y tratamiento, dotadas de todos los medios necesarios, para rehabilitar a los invalidos a causa de desastres y accidentes de toda indole, entre otras, las para el examen y la medicion de la parte adolorida, la fabricacion del molde calcareo, la fisioterapia, la recuperacion funcional y las habitaciones de pacientes. En particular, fue preparada en un alto nivel una base de operacion ortopedica.
    El centro producira cada ano aparatos ortopedicos de varios tipos, muletas, triciclos y otros para mas de 400 invalidos.
    Michael Rechsteiner, jefe del proyecto de rehabilitacion del CICR se entrevisto con un reportero mientras recorria el centro.
    Desde 2002, cuando comenzamos a operar en Corea, hasta la fecha, contribuimos a la recuperacion de mas de 2 mil 300 invalidos en el Centro de Aparatos Ortopedicos construido en la ciudad de Songrim de la provincia de Hwanghae del Norte, declaro el y prosiguio:
    　Basandose en los exitos logrados, impartiremos un cursillo tecnico a los trabajadores del nuevo centro para capacitarlos en un alto nivel. Colaborando activamente con el CC de la Asociacion de la Cruz Roja de Corea, haremos un aporte activo a normalizar la produccion de aparatos para los invalidos para evitar que estos se sientan incomodos.