Meeting of North-South Committee for Economic Cooperation Held

    Jeju Island, June 6 (KCNA Correspondent) -- The 12th meeting of the North-South Committee for the Promotion of Economic Cooperation took place on Jeju Island from June 3 to 6. Present there were the members of the north side's delegation led by Ju Tong Chan, vice-chairman of the National Economic Cooperation Committee who is the north side's chairman of the North-South Committee for the Promotion of Economic Cooperation, and its suite members and members of the south side's delegation with Vice-Minister of Finance and Economy Pak Pyong Won who is the south side's chairman of the committee as chief delegate and its suite members.
    At the meeting both sides discussed issues of boosting the north-south economic cooperation in the common interests of the nation in the basic spirit of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration and adopted an agreement.
    According to the agreement, the north and the south agreed to adopt an "agreement on cooperation in the efforts to develop light industry and underground resources between the north and the south" and put it into force as early as possible depending on the conditions to be created, as regards the implementation of the first paragraph of the agreement of the tenth meeting of the inter-Korean committee.
    They also agreed to discuss and promote the digging up of sand in the lower reaches of the River Rimjin depending on the provision of a military guarantee and create all conditions so that the Kaesong Industrial Zone may have an international competitive edge.
    They decided to have the first working contact in Kaesong from June 26 to 27 for flood control in the River Rimjin for the purpose of examining separate survey results and discussing the plan for joint survey and a flood warning mechanism and actively cooperate with each other in jointly preventing natural disasters such as flood, forest fire and yellow dust. They also agreed to have another working contact in Kaesong within July to have a specific discussion.
    The north and the south agreed to discuss the issue of jointly advancing into the third country in the field of developing economy and natural resources at a working contact in Kaesong within July and exchange economic study groups upon the effectuation of the "agreement on cooperation in the efforts to develop light industry and underground resources between the north and the south."
    Both sides also agreed to discuss and confirm by way of exchanging documents the schedules for the working contacts for holding panel meeting for cooperation in fisheries and discussing the proposal for scientific and technological cooperation. They also agreed to discuss and confirm by the above-said method lists of members of the committee for the arbitration of business disputes for the stable promotion of north-south economic cooperation and those of the joint committee for ensuring the entry of persons into Kaesong and Mt. Kumgang and their exit from there and their sojourns and schedules of meetings.
    The north and the south agreed to hold the 13th meeting of the North-South Committee for the Promotion of Economic Cooperation in Pyongyang within September 2006 and consult and fix its date by way of exchanging documents.

Kim Jong Il's Work Published in Czech Republic

    Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- "Let Us Reunify the Country Independently and Peacefully through the Great Unity of the Entire Nation", a famous work of leader Kim Jong Il, was brought out in booklet by the Futra Publishing House of the Czech Republic. The booklet says in its preface:
    On the occasion of the 42nd anniversary of General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Jong Il's start of work at its Central Committee, the Futra Publishing House has the pleasure to publish the work "Let Us Reunify the Country Independently and Peacefully through the Great Unity of the Entire Nation" authored by him on April 18, 1998.
    In the work he put forward the historic five-point policy of the great national unity, clarifying that the Korean nation is the driving force for Korea's reunification and the cause of Korea's reunification is the one of rejoining the blood ties of the nation divided into the north and the south and achieving the national unity.
    Milan Spas, general manager of the publishing house, addressing a ceremony of releasing the work held on June 1, hoped that the Korean people would reunify the country at an early date. Through our press activities, we will express solidarity with the Korean people in their just cause in the future, too, he said.

Armored Cars "Sonyonho" Presented to KPA

    Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- The members of the Korean Children's Union across the country presented to the Korean People's Army many armored cars "Sonyonho" provided by them through a dynamic movement for doing good things on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the union. Kim Kyong Ho, first secretary of the Central Committee of the youth league, in a report at a ceremony held at Jonsung Square Monday said that these armored cars are associated with burning patriotism and sincere desire of the union members across the country to contribute even a bit to increasing the combat capability of the KPA, the best mainstay for the Songun revolution and the main force of revolution, true to the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il.
    A certificate for the presentation of armored cars was conveyed to a commanding officer of a relevant unit of the KPA at the ceremony.
    Students addressing the ceremony underscored the need to do many good things helpful to the KPA and positively help war veterans, disabled soldiers and dependants of the KPA servicemen, mindful that aiding the servicemen with sincerity while studying hard and taking an active part in the organizational life of the union precisely means remaining true to the Songun revolutionary leadership of Kim Jong Il.
    An officer of the KPA Chae Kwang Bok expressed the servicemen's will to prize and take good care of the armored cars associated with the patriotic devotion of the union members across the country, defend the defence line of the country as firm as an iron wall, always remembering the expectation of the people and schoolchildren, and thereby give full play to the might of the revolutionary army under Supreme Commander Kim Jong Il.
    Present at the ceremony were Kim Jung Rin, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, and Kim Yong Jin, minister of Education.

World Environment Day Marked

    Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- A function took place at Kim Song Ju Primary School Monday on the occasion of the World Environment Day. Present there were officials of the Ministry of Land and Environment Preservation, teachers of the school, working people in the city and a delegation of the Television Trust for the Environment (TVE International).
    After an opening address was made at the function its participants looked round photos dealing with the achievements made by the Korean people in the work to preserve the country's environment under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il.
    They also went round the room devoted to the history of the school and its educational facilities before enjoying an art performance given by pupils and their Taekwon-Do demonstration presentation.
    They exchanged conversations about the successful environment protection in the DPRK and watched pupils conducting their activities as members of the care-for-the homeland team.

Cuban Embassy Officials Help Korean Farmers

    Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- Cuban Ambassador to the DPRK Ruben Perez Valdes and embassy officials helped farmers of the Korea-Cuba Friendship Hwasong Cooperative Farm in their work on Monday. The guests gave helping hands to farmers in the on-going maize field weeding.
    During break they talked and sang with farmers in a friendly atmosphere.
    The ambassador expressed hope that the farm would reap a rich crop in the agricultural production this year, adding that the friendly and cooperative relations between Cuba and the DPRK are growing strong under the deep care of the top leaders of the two countries.

GIs' Mass Killings of Koreans under Fire

    Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- The south Korean Reunification Solidarity reportedly issued a statement on May 31 condemning the United States for massacring Korean civilians. Referring to the disclosure of a document dating back to the period of the past Korean war proving GIs' killings of civilians during the war, the statement charged that this undeniably testified to the fact that all crimes committed by the U.S. troops including the massacre of civilians in Rogun-ri were premeditated and deliberate war crimes perpetrated at the official instructions of the U.S. administration.
    Now is the time for the international community to thoroughly probe the truth behind the war crimes committed by the United States in the period of the June 25 war and force it to own historic responsibility, the statement noted, demanding the UN comprehensively reinvestigate the crimes and bring them to the international war crimes tribunal.
    People can enjoy neither security nor peace so long as the U.S. troops are present in south Korea, the statement said, calling for making all efforts to build a peaceful world free from the U.S. troops.

Anniversary of June 15 Joint Declaration to Be Marked in S. Korea

    Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- A festival committee for national reunification to commemorate the 6th anniversary of the June 15 joint declaration was reportedly inaugurated with due ceremony in Kwangju of south Korea on June 2. Speakers at the ceremony said that the forthcoming June 15 grand festival for national reunification would be an occasion of giving further impetus to all Koreans' movement for reunification.
    The venue of the festival will be a place where all the fellow countrymen hug each other to realize the same lineage and pledge to achieve reunification, they pointed out, calling upon the people of all strata to turn out in implementing the joint declaration.
    An action program was made public at the ceremony.
    On June 1 the headquarters of the June 15 movement was also formed at an aviation school with a view to ensuring successful holding of the festival.

Friendship Meeting with Belgian Woman Lawyer

    Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- A friendship meeting with a Belgian woman lawyer and her party was arranged at the Pyongyang International Cultural Center on Monday. Present on invitation were Belgian woman lawyer Marie-Louise Moerens and her party.
    On hand were Vice-Chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries Kim Jin Bom who is vice-chairman of the Korean Democratic Lawyers Association, officials of the association and the Korean Committee for Solidarity with the World People and teachers and art group members of the Pyongyang Schoolchildren's Palace.
    The participants looked back on the activities of members of the fact-finding group of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers during the Fatherland Liberation War, including the Belgian woman lawyer, who visited Korea, conducted investigation into the hair-raising bestial atrocities committed by the U.S. imperialist aggressors and informed the whole world of them to evoke great international reactions.
    They also recalled that President Kim Il Sung received the fact-finding group of the association and bestowed benevolent love upon her. They appreciated an art performance given by art group members of the palace and sang together with them, deepening friendship.

Excursion Team Members Meet to Pledge

    Samjiyon, June 5 (KCNA) -- The members of the national excursion team of information officials of the Workers' Party of Korea visiting the revolutionary battle sites and historic sites in the area of Mt. Paektu held a meeting to pledge at the summit of the mountain, a holy mountain of revolution, on Monday. A message of pledge to leader Kim Jong Il which was adopted at the meeting said that the information officials of the Party will hold him in high esteem with clear and pure mind and noble revolutionary obligation and defend him politically and ideologically and at the risk of their lives.
    They will deepen education in loyalty to the Party and the leader as well as education in the revolutionary traditions so that the party members and other working people can live and work in the revolutionary spirit of Paektu, bearing deep in mind the undying revolutionary history and feats of the three generals of Mt. Paektu, the message noted. And it stated that they will conduct efficient class education and education in socialist patriotism to further consolidate the ideological position of socialism, resolutely check the enemy's ideological and cultural poisoning and encourage the party members and other working people to make a new leaping forward and innovations in building a great prosperous powerful nation.
    Present at the meeting were An Tong Yun, vice department director of the C.C., WPK, and members of the national excursion team of information officials of the party.

National Photo Exhibition Opens

    Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- A national photo exhibition opened at the People's Palace of Culture to mark the 50th anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's opening of the route of study tour to the revolutionary battle sites in the area of Mt. Paektu. Placed in the exhibition hall is a photo of President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il standing on Mt. Paektu.
    At least 230 pieces of photos are on display. Among them are photos "The Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il Going Round the Monument to the Victorious Battle of Pochonbo" and "The Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il Going Round the Pegaebong Bivouac" which show his leadership feats and a picture of the rout through which he went round the revolutionary battle sites, leading the first excursion group.
    Also seen there are "Log Cabin of the Command in the Secret Camp of Mt. Paektu", "Samjiyon Grand Monument", "Excursionists Visiting Rimyongsu" and other pictures of centers for education in the revolutionary traditions, revolutionary remains and relics and servicepersons and people studying the revolutionary traditions of Paektu.
    On show are also pictures showing the new appearance of the Samjiyon area turning into a socialist fairyland.
    The opening ceremony of the exhibition took place on Monday.

Seminar Marks Anniversary of Works of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il

    Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- A seminar was held here on Monday to mark the 40th anniversary of the publication of famous works of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il "On Guiding the Work of the Children's Union Properly" and "On Improving Guidance of Children's Union Work". The works, published on June 5 and 6, Juche 55 (1966), give a comprehensive exposition of the theoretical and practical problems arising in further developing the Juche-based theory on the children's union work and training the schoolchildren to be knowledgeable, moral and physically fit reserves of the revolutionary cause of Juche.
    The seminar was addressed by Kim Kyong Ho, first secretary of the C.C., the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League, Kim Song Chol, first secretary of the Pyongyang City Committee of the Youth League, Han Jong Sop, director and editor-in-chief of the Kum Song Youth Publishing House, and others.
    The speakers said that Kim Il Sung set forth the idea for the youth organization to guide the children's organization at the outset of his revolutionary activities and established precious experience in the flames of the anti-Japanese struggle and, after the liberation of the country, clarified all the matters for the youth league to guide the children's union in its work.
    Kim Jong Il put forward the children's union work as the work for preparing the future of the revolution, established the orderly system of organizational and ideological life in the children's union and wisely led the youth league to work well to train all the children's union members to be credible successors to the revolution, they pointed out.
    They said that the idea of building up the ranks of children's union instructors and enhancing their role expounded in the works serves as the guidelines the youth league should hold fast to in strengthening the union's work.
    They called for deeply acquiring the ideas and theories of the famous works and further improving the children's union work so as to contribute to preparing all the union members to be reliable heirs to the revolutionary cause of Songun.
    Present at the seminar were Secretary of the C.C., the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Jung Rin, officials concerned and officials in the field of the education of youth and children.

U.S. Scheme to Dominate World by Preemptive Nuclear Attack Assailed

    Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- The U.S. rulers have never let a chance pass by without blowing hot and cold on "peace" and "arms cut". But their major policy remains to gratify their ambition for world supremacy. Rodong Sinmun says this in an article Tuesday.
    This is clearly evidenced by their full-fledged preparations for a preemptive nuclear attack, the author of the article says, and goes on:
    The U.S. possesses more than 20,000 nuclear weapons.
    It is putting spurs to the modernization of nuclear weapons while openly pursuing the policy of nuclear blackmailing in defiance of the provisions of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and its commitment to international law, thus augmenting the danger of a nuclear war.
    Wedded body and soul to aggression and war, the U.S. imperialists seek to militarize even the space and convert it into a theater of war.
    The danger of a new Cold War and arms race is growing due to their reckless moves to launch a space war.
    Drawing particular attention in their moves for a preemptive nuclear attack is the drive to establish the Missile Defence System (MD).
    What they seek in this is to enlarge the aggressive military blocs and put fresh muscles into them.
    The point is their intention to establish the system under the pretext of "threats" from the DPRK and Iran. This is a cynical ploy to align the East European countries against the DPRK and Iran with a psychological impact on them by spreading absolutely false information.
    The U.S. imperialists' preemptive nuclear attack is primarily targeted against the DPRK. They are escalating their moves to provoke a nuclear war against the DPRK behind the curtain of "peace" and "dialogue." Their drive to modernize nuclear weapons, militarize the space and establish the MD is aimed to beef up nuclear arms and start a nuclear war and intensify nuclear threat and blackmailing.

60th Anniversary of Korean Children's Union Observed

    Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- The Korean Children's Union (KCU) was founded on June 6, Juche 35 (1946) as an heir to the revolutionary tradition of the anti-Japanese Children's Corps. This marked a historic event that recorded a brilliant chapter in developing the Juche-oriented children's movement and giving steady continuity to the tradition of the Korean revolution generation after generation. Rodong Sinmun Tuesday says this in an editorial dedicated to the 60th birthday of the KCU. It goes on:
    President Kim Il Sung formed the Saenal Children's Union, the first children's revolutionary organization in Korea, in the arduous period of the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, thus establishing the glorious tradition of the children's movement. On this basis he founded the Korean Children's Union, busy as he was with his work after the liberation of Korea.
    The Korean children's movement has been placed on the present high level and the members of the KCU are firmly prepared as reliable successors to the revolution. This is entirely thanks to the deep loving care and the wise leadership of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
    Leader Kim Jong Il has brought up the Korean children as a big contingent of dependable little revolutionaries who invariably trust and follow the Party and the leader in any storm and stress and reliably carry forward the cause of Juche. Herein lies an undying feat he has performed in the development of the Korean youth and children's movement.
    It is the unshakable resolution of Kim Jong Il and the general task before the Korean children's movement to develop the KCU into an eternal children's organization of Kim Il Sung.
    The KCU members should always hold Kim Il Sung in high esteem, not forgetting even a moment what enabled them to enjoy happiness at present when their beautiful hopes and aims are coming true.
    They should become little fighters who work hard to defend and glorify the socialist system in Korea with warm love of the country and the people and bitter hatred for the U.S imperialists and the class enemy.
    The school children should strive to become excellent students as desired by Kim Jong Il, holding aloft the slogan "Let's Study for Korea!"
    All the members of the KCU should fully prepare themselves as Kim Jong Il's true sons and daughters who will always carry forward the Songun revolutionary cause of Juche under the uplifted red flag of the KCU in the future, too.

Art Groups of KPA Servicemen's Families Continue Performance

    Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- The combined performance of participants in the 9th contest among art groups of servicemen's families of the Korean People's Army is going on before full houses in Pyongyang, the DPRK. The performance is one of unique style that can be created only by the art group members of servicemen's families.
    After appreciating the performance full of their pride, optimism and joy, the audience express their desire to see it again, saying that it gives boundless courage to them.
    The tale of revolutionary history "Spectacular Scenery" and various other numbers graphically depict the Songun revolutionary leadership of Kim Jong Il associated with his warm love shown for soldiers, thus touching the heartstrings of the audience.
    In the poem and narration "Let's Become Soldiers Like Ri Su Bok and Kang Ho Yong in Songun Era", solo play "Mind of Wife" and some other items, performers regard it to send their children to the army as the greatest happiness and manifest their faith and will to defend military posts together with their husbands to the last moment of their life.
    Among the programme are a narration and chorus "For the Motherland" based on the famous songs "Yeppuni" and "For the Motherland", janggo (a Korean drum) ensemble "Song of Mt. Maebong" which well combines national tune with sweet singing and an instrumental music and chorus "Cook-Cart Runs" which shows the affluent dietary and cultural life of soldiers in tune with chopping board beating. They are art works of new form.
    To say nothing of the audience, even art experts extol the art group members of servicemen's families as pace-setters of popular art and thorough executors of the soldier culture in the Songun era.

Memorial Stamps Published in DPRK

    Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has published four kinds of stamps in commemoration of the 18th World Cup Soccer. Printed on the stamps are the words "In Commemoration of 18th World Cup Soccer" and the mark of the coming world cup soccer.
    The stamps also carry scenes showing football players of different countries who had distinguished themselves in previous world soccer championships.
    The face value of the stamps is 3 won, 130 won, 160 won and 210 won respectively.

DPRK Foreign Minister Back Home from China

    Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- Paek Nam Sun, minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK, and his party returned home on Tuesday after visiting the People's Republic of China. He was greeted at the airport by Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Yong Il, officials concerned and Chinese Ambassador to the DPRK Wu Donghe.

Pyongyang International Science and Technology Book Fair Closes

    Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- The 5th Pyongyang International Science and Technology Book Fair which opened here on June 4, closed on June 6. Delegations and delegates from different countries, regions and international organizations exchanged their achievements and experience gained in the fields of science and technology and press and discussed the issue of boosting the exchange and cooperation in the publication of scientific and technological books and information service among countries while the fair was underway.
    A closing ceremony was held at the Three-Revolution Exhibition.
    Present there were Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Mun Jae Chol, acting chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries who is chairman of the organizing committee of the fair, officials concerned, officials in the fields of education and press and scientists and technicians.
    Also present were delegations and delegates from different countries, regions and international organizations, a delegation of overseas Koreans, a south Korean delegation, diplomatic envoys and staff members of foreign embassies and a representative of an international organization here.
    Mun Jae Chol, in a closing address said that the fair proved successful, expressing thanks to the above-said delegations and delegates and diplomatic envoys of various countries and representatives of international organizations here.
    It is the consistent stand of the DPRK to promote prosperity common to humankind and develop the friendly relations with the world people through scientific and technological exchange and cooperation, he noted, adding that the DPRK would make positive efforts to boost the scientific and technological exchange and cooperation with foreign countries in the idea of independence, peace and friendship in the future too.
    The head of a delegation of the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences of China made a speech.
    He referred to the exchange of views on boosting scientific and technological exchange and cooperation among the participants and deepening friendship during the fair.
    A letter of the participants in the fair to leader Kim Jong Il was adopted at the ceremony.

Sixth Congress of Korean Children's Union Held

    Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- The sixth congress of the Korean Children's Union (KCU) was held at the People's Palace of Culture Tuesday. The congress reviewed achievements and experience gained in the work of the union and discussed tasks to be tackled to prepare the union members as knowledgeable, morally sound and physically strong true sons and daughters of leader Kim Jong Il who would shoulder upon themselves the cause of Songun.
    Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Choe Thae Bok and Kim Jung Rin, secretaries of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, and Kim Yong Jin, minister of Education, and others were present at the congress together with winners of Kim Il Sung Children Honor Prize, exemplary union members, instructors for schoolchildren and officials in the field of education of youth and children.
    A congratulatory message of the WPK Central Committee was conveyed to the KCU members on the occasion of its 60th anniversary.
    The WPK Central Committee in the message extended high appreciation to all the union members for having remained loyal to the party and the leader and prepared themselves to be reliable heirs to the revolution, knowledgeable, morally sound and physically strong, true to the Party's policy on the Juche-oriented movement of youth and children for the past six decades.
    The union members are faced with an honorable task to wage a dynamic struggle to be genuine successors to the revolutionary cause of Juche, the Songun revolutionary cause and dependable reserves for building a great prosperous powerful nation under the slogan "Ready Always for Socialist Homeland!" the message said, setting forth tasks to be carried out by them.
    The message underscored the need for the union members to hold President Kim Il Sung, who devoted his whole life to the younger generation, in high esteem as the eternal sun of Juche and become a genuine juvenile guard in the era of Songun firmly trusting, following and devotedly defending Kim Jong Il who is protecting and glorifying their destiny and future.
    Kim Kyong Ho, first secretary of the Central Committee of the youth league, made a report on the first agenda item "On the tasks of the Korean Children's Union to firmly prepare the union members to be knowledgeable, morally sound and physically strong true sons and daughters of respected General Kim Jong Il who would shoulder upon themselves the cause of Songun."
    The reporter referred to the big achievements made in the union work since the fifth congress of the union under the wise guidance and warm care of Kim Jong Il. He stressed that all the achievements made in the union work for the last more than a decade are a shining fruition of Kim Jong Il's wise guidance and profound loving care because he is the kind-hearted father of the schoolchildren and represents the bright future of Songun Korea.
    He underscored the need for the union members to work hard under the slogan "Let's Study for Korea!" and become able revolutionary intellectuals required by the Party and the country and positively contribute to building a great prosperous powerful socialist nation through socio-political activities and the movement of doing good things.
    He also underlined the need for the union organizations and members to work hard to accelerate national reunification and boost solidarity with the progressive children all over the world.
    Speeches and congratulatory speeches were made there.
    A decision on the first agenda item was adopted at the congress.
    The congress discussed and decided on the second agenda item "On the revision of the rules of the Korean Children's Union."

Kim Jong Il Inspects KPA Air Force Unit

    Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, inspected Air Force Unit 970 of the KPA. He acquainted himself with the unit's performance of duty before going round the historic plane President Kim Il Sung saw on July 8, 1955 and records of victories won by the unit.
    He recollected with deep emotion the leadership feats of the President recorded in the unit's history of development.
    He highly appreciated the exploits performed by the unit, recalling that born under the care of the President and grown to be matchless combat ranks under his energetic guidance and meticulous care, the unit has traversed the road of proud victory for a long period since the Fatherland Liberation War.
    He familiarized himself with the training of the airmen. He set forth tasks to be tackled to increase the combat capability of the unit, satisfied to learn that the airmen are well versed in the Juche-based methods of air battles by steadily raising the level of combat and technical skills at the drill halls well furnished with training apparatuses.
    He went round a servicepersons' hall, an education room and other entertainment and cultural facilities to learn about their operation.
    The KPA units have conducted effective education by various forms and methods by paying primary attention to the political and ideological education of soldiers and fully applying the way the anti-Japanese guerrillas did, he said, adding that they thus prepared all the soldiers to be men strong in idea and faith and possessed of an indomitable revolutionary spirit. This precious achievement, which cannot be bartered for anything, is a clear proof of the validity and great vitality of the WPK's policy of giving top priority to the ideological education, he emphasized.
    Then he looked round a bedroom, a mess hall, a kitchen, a wash-cum-bath house, a daily provision store, a combined processing room and other supply service facilities and highly praised the soldiers of the unit for having made great successes in its management.
    He had a photo session with the servicepersons of the unit.

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Simposio por 40 aniversario de obras de Kim Il Sung y Kim Jong Il

    Pyongyang, 6 de junio (ATCC) -- Tuvo lugar el dia 5 en esta capital el simposio por el 40 aniversario de la publicacion de las obras maestras del Presidente Kim Il Sung y del Dirigente Kim Jong Il "Sobre la direccion exitosa de la labor de la Union de Ninos" e "Intensifiquemos la direccion sobre las actividades de la Union de Ninos". En las obras publicadas el 5 y el 6 de junio del 55 (1966) de la Era Juche, respectivamente, el Presidente y el Dirigente dieron respuestas generales a los problemas teorico-practicos para profundizar y desarrollar mas las teorias originales sobre la labor de la Union de Ninos de Corea (UNC) y para formar a los ninos escolares como confiables reservas de la causa revolucionaria del Juche dotados de ricos conocimientos, nobles virtudes y buena salud.
    Intervinieron en el foro Kim Kyong Ho, primer secretario del Comite Central de la Union de la Juventud Socialista Kim Il Sung, Kim Song Chol, primer secretario del comite de la misma entidad en la ciudad de Pyongyang y Han Jong Sop, director y editor jefe de la Editorial Juvenil Kum Song, entre otros.
    Desde los primeros dias de la revolucion el Presidente presento la idea de que la organizacion juvenil debe dirigir la infantil y en el fragor de la lucha antijaponesa creo valiosas experiencias, recordaron los oradores y prosiguieron:
    　Despues de la liberacion de Corea, aclaro todos los problemas que se presentaban ante la union juvenil en la direccion sobre la UNC.
    Considerando esta labor como la formacion de reservas de la revolucion, el Dirigente establecio un ordenado sistema de vida ideo-organizativa en la UNC y condujo sabiamente la union juvenil a hacer que guiara correctamente a la primera para preparar a todos sus miembros como firmes continuadores de la revolucion.
    El pensamiento -planteado en dichas obras- sobre la mejor preparacion de los instructores de la entidad y la elevacion del papel de estos constituye la guia que la UJS debe mantener firmemente.
    Es preciso asimilar bien las ideas y teorias de las obras, mejorar la labor de la UNC para contribuir a la formacion de todos sus miembros como fidedignos continuadores de la causa revolucionaria del Songun.
    Estuvieron presentes en el conclave el secretario del CC del Partido del Trabajo de Corea Kim Jung Rin y otros cuadros, asi como los funcionarios del sector docente y de educacion de jovenes y ninos.

Miembros de embajada cubana ayudan Granja Cooperativa Hwasong

    Pyongyang, 6 de junio (ATCC) -- El embajador extraordinario y plenipotenciario de la Republica de Cuba acreditado en Corea, Ruben Perez Valdes, y otros miembros de la embajada ayudaron el dia 5 faenas agricolas de la Granja Cooperativa de Hwasong de Amistad Corea-Cuba. 　Llegados a la granja, los huespedes desyerbaron un maizal junto con los granjeros enfrascados en atajar los quehaceres del momento.
    　En el tiempo de descanso profundizaron la amistad con estos conversando y cantando.
    　El embajador cubano deseo a la granja cooperativa abundante cosecha en este ano y senalo que las relaciones de amistad y cooperacion entre Cuba y Corea se fortalecen y se desarrollan bajo la gran atencion de los dirigentes de ambos paises.

Checo: obra de Kim Jong Il en folleto

    Pyongyang, 6 de junio (ATCC) -- La Editorial Futra de Checo dio a luz en folleto la obra maestra del Dirigente Kim Jong Il "Que toda la nacion unida alcance la reunificacion independiente y pacifica de la patria". 　En el prologo del folleto se lee como sigue:
    　La Editorial Futra tiene el honor de imprimir esta obra publicada el 18 de abril de 1998 por el Secretario General del Partido del Trabajo de Corea Kim Jong Il en ocasion del 42 aniversario del inicio de su trabajo en el Comite Central del mismo partido.
    　El dilucido en ella que el sujeto de la reunificacion de Corea es la nacion coreana y esta empresa es para juntar el vaso sanguineo de la nacion coreana dividida en el Norte y el Sur y realizar la unidad nacional y presento la historica orientacion de 5 puntos para la gran unidad nacional.
    　Al hacer uso de la palabra en la ceremonia de edicion efectuada el dia primero, el director general de la editorial, Milan Spas, deseo al pueblo coreano la reunificacion pronta del pais y expreso su solidaridad con la justa causa del pueblo coreano a traves de sus actividades de prensa.

Rodong Sinmun revela ambicion de hegemonia mundial de EE.UU.

    Pyongyang, 6 de junio (ATCC) -- Los gobernantes norteamericanos vociferan con tanta frecuencia de la "paz" y el "desarme", pero persiguen la politica de dominar al mundo por las fuerzas dando acicate a sus preparativos de ataque nuclear preventivo. 　Asi senala el diario Rodong Sinmun en un articulo individual del dia 6 y prosigue:
    　En la actualidad Estados Unidos cuenta con mas de 20 mil armas nucleares.
    　A contrapelo de la demanda del Tratado de No Proliferacion y la obligacion juridica internacional EE.UU. practica abiertamente la politica de chantaje nuclear y acicatea la modernizacion de armas nucleares.
    　Incluso intenta militarizar hasta el espacio para convertirlo en un campo de guerra y asi aumenta el peligro de nueva guerra fria y la carrera armamentista.
    　Lo que llama atencion especial en la intencion del ataque nuclear preventivo es el establecimiento del sistema de defensa antimisiles que persigue ante todo ampliar el bloque militar agresivo.
    　Lo problematico es que los imperialistas norteamericanos buscan establecer este sistema pretextando la "amenaza" de la RPDC e Iran.
    　Para este fin difunden las desinformaciones para dar efecto psicologico a los paises de Europa Oriental a oponerse a estos dos paises asiaticos.
    　La RPDC es el blanco principal de ataque nuclear preventivo del imperio.
    　Detras de la cortina de la "paz" y el "dialogo" maniobran para provocar una nueva guerra nuclear contra la RPDC.
    　La modernizacion de armas nucleares, la militarizacion cosmica y el establecimiento del sistema antimisiles son para aumentar las fuerzas armadas nucleares, desatar la guerra nuclear y intensificar la amenaza y el chantaje nucleares.