U.S. Nuclear-Powered Carrier Flotilla Enters Pusan Port

     Pyongyang, July 21 (KCNA) -- A U.S. nuclear-powered carrier flotilla consisting of Enterprise, Aegis destroyer, cruiser, submarine, etc. entered Pusan port of south Korea on July 18, according to press reports. The flotilla has been involved in the large-scale RIMPAC-2006 joint military exercises simulating a war of aggression against the DPRK. This portcall is stirring up the deep concern of the public at home and abroad as it fully revealed the intention of the U.S. imperialists to further strain the situation on the Korean Peninsula and thus realize their ambition to start a nuclear war.

Rodong Sinmun on Self-reliant Defense Capacity

     Pyongyang, July 21 (KCNA) -- Self-reliant defense capabilities are the best means of defending sovereignty of the country and the nation from the strong arm and arbitrariness of the imperialist aggressor forces, declares Rodong Sinmun in a signed article Friday, which reads in part: The countries and peoples treasuring the dignity of the nation and the sovereignty of the country, small countries in particular, should direct great efforts to increasing defense capabilities.
    The practical experience of the DPRK tells that the sovereignty of the country can be defended and the dignity and honor of the nation be exalted only when importance is attached to military affairs and defense capabilities are augmented. The Korean people are proud of the fact that they have bolstered self-reliant defense capacity on the principle of giving priority to military affairs, tightening their belts in the past period. No other country but the DPRK has firmly defended socialism in face of constant high-handed military blackmail and aggressive threat by the U.S. imperialists for decades. The U.S. imperialists would have already attacked the DPRK many a time, if it had not built up colossal self-reliant defense capacity. It was entirely right for the DPRK to have boosted its self-reliant defense capabilities in every way.
    No one can take issue with the DPRK over its defense building for smashing down the moves of the U.S. imperialists to unleash another Korean war and ensuring peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and the rest of Northeast Asia as it is a legitimate exercise of the right to self-defense.
    The peace-loving and progressive people worldwide should fight relentlessly to ensure world peace and security by offering a tough rebuff with military might to the reckless military highhandedness of the imperialists.

Message of Sympathy to Indonesian President

     Pyongyang, July 21 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, on July 19 sent a message of sympathy to Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, president of Indonesia, in connection with earthquake-caused tsunami that hit Indonesia, claiming huge human and material losses. The message extended profound sympathy and consolation to the Indonesian president and, through him, to the victims and residents in the afflicted-area.
    The message expressed the belief that the aftermath of the natural disasters would be healed as early as possible and the living of the residents in the afflicted-area would be stabilized by the efforts of the president and the Indonesian government.

DPRK to Strongly React to U.S. Moves for War against it with Deterrent for Self-Defence

     Pyongyang, July 21 (KCNA) -- The United States urgently hurled a group of battleships including the nuclear-powered carrier "Enterprise" into south Korea and the commander of the U.S. forces in south Korea vociferously cried out for a war of aggression against the DPRK at a time when the U.S. is escalating its "sanctions" against the DPRK under an absurd pretext. In this connection a spokesman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland in a statement issued Friday said: This is an extremely dangerous military provocation intended to drive the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war. The statement went on:
    South Korea and its vicinity are now crowded with huge U.S. aggressor forces keen to make a military strike at the DPRK and stifle it.
    Large-scale madcap joint naval and air force maneuvers targeted against the DPRK are now being staged by forces of the U.S. and its allies in the waters of the Pacific and Alaska.
    The reality goes to prove that the U.S. is driving the situation on the peninsula to such a dangerous phase that the second Korean war may break out any moment. The army and people of the DPRK will strongly react to the dangerous moves of the U.S. and its allies for a war of aggression against it with its deterrent for self-defence built up under the banner of Songun.
    The statement strongly demanded the U.S. stop such criminal war moves at once. It called upon the south Korean people to heighten vigilance against the prevailing dangerous situation and dynamically turn out in the struggle against the U.S. and war.

Greetings to Belgian King

     Pyongyang, July 21 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Friday sent a message of greetings to Albert II, king of Belgium, on its national day. The message wished the Belgian people progress and prosperity.

Greetings to Belgian Foreign Minister

     Pyongyang, July 21 (KCNA) -- DPRK Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun sent a message of greetings to Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel on the occasion of its national day. The message expressed hope that the relations between the two countries would further develop in the future.

Hanchongryon Vows to Become Vanguard of Reunification

     Pyongyang, July 21 (KCNA) -- The chairman of the south Korean Federation of University Student Councils (Hanchongryon) reportedly made public an appeal on July 5, calling for staging an all-out struggle for peace against the U.S. and war under the banner of "By our nation itself." The appeal said that the U.S. and south Korean anti-reunification forces are all the more undisguised in their moves to keep the Korean nation divided at a time when its desire to achieve independent reunification, peace against war and great national unity is mounting under the banner of the June 15 joint declaration.
    The reality prevailing on the Korean Peninsula requires the Korean nation to stage a vigorous patriotic movement for independent reunification, peace against war and great national unity under the banner of "By our nation itself," the appeal said. It called upon Hanchongryon to become vanguard of reunification and display stubbornness and ability.

DPRK Seriously Affected by Heavy Rains

     Pyongyang, July 21 (KCNA) -- It rained torrentially between 14 and 16 of July, causing heavy human and material losses in many parts of the DPRK. The government of the DPRK has taken emergency measures to rehabilitate the disaster-hit areas and investigated the losses. According to the investigation, several areas in South Phyongan, Kangwon and South Hamgyong Provinces were hit hard. In the Yangdok, Sinyang and Songchon areas of South Phyongan Province, a lot of people died, more than 6,200 dwelling houses and some 490 public buildings were partially or totally destroyed and submerged, and thousands of hectares of arable land inundated, washed away and buried. And motor roads, bridges and railway trunk lines were seriously damaged at over 200 points and electricity and communication networks cut off.
    More than 6,000 dwelling houses and over 200 public buildings were partially or totally destroyed and thousands of hectares of farmland were flooded, washed away and buried in Wonsan and various areas of Kangwon Province. Similar losses have been reported from Kowon and Yodok areas of South Hamgyong Province.
    Hundreds of people died or went missing and tens of thousands of houses and public buildings were destroyed partially or totally and submerged beneath water and roads, bridges and railway lines badly damaged at hundreds of points. In particular, the farmland which was havocked in South Hwanghae Province and other rural areas reaches hundreds of thousands of hectares.
    The government is making every effort to recover the affected areas and to stabilize the life of the flood victims.

Railways Talks Held between DPRK and Russia

     Pyongyang, July 21 (KCNA) -- Talks between Kim Yong Sam, minister of Railways of the DPRK, and V. I. Yakunin, chairman of the "Russian Railways" Company were held at the Mansudae Assembly Hall Friday. Present at the talks from the DPRK side were officials concerned and from the Russian side members of the delegation of the "Russian Railways" Company and Russian Ambassador to the DPRK Andrei Karlov.
    At the talks both sides exchanged views on boosting the bilateral cooperation in the field of railways.
    The talks proceeded in a friendly atmosphere.

DPRK Violinist Highly Acclaimed at International Music Festival

     Pyongyang, July 21 (KCNA) -- Mun Kyong Jin, DPRK winner of international concours, presented his violin solo at the 11th Kaneti International Music Festival, to the high acclaim of the audience. The festival is an event to be participated in by winners of the annual Kaneti International Violin Concours, world famous violinists and noted professors. The recent festival was held in France on July 14 and 15. Mun was the only violinist to be invited there from among the winners of last year's concours. The festival also drew famous professors and musicians of conservatories and music schools of France, Russia, Germany, Italy and Turkey.
    Mun successfully played musical works of Bach, Paganini and Tchaikovsky requiring high talent for one and half hours in the first day of the festival, winning a high acclaim of the audience.
    Prof. Ivanov of Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory said:
    Promising Korean violinist Mun mesmerized all those present with his high talent. He could emerge a famous violinist in such short period of time under the loving care of leader Kim Jong Il who brought his talent into bloom and made him known to the world.
    The appearance of such world famous violinist is the result of the literary and art policy and the policy of training talents pursued by the Workers' Party of Korea. Renowned professors of Italy, France and other countries who participated in the festival, sincerely congratulated him, saying in unison that his recital earned him world fame as a violinist of rare gift. p>

Diamond Jubilee of DFRF Observed

     Pyongyang, July 21 (KCNA) -- A meeting to mark the 60th anniversary of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland (DFRF) was held at the People's Palace of Culture here Friday. Present there were President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong Nam who is member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim Ki Nam and Kim Jung Rin, secretaries of the C.C., WPK, Ro Tu Chol, vice-premier of the DPRK Cabinet, Kim Yong Dae, chairman of the C.C., the Korean Social Democratic Party, Ryu Mi Yong, chairperson of the C.C., the Korean Chondoist Chongu Party, O Ik Je, vice-chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, Ryo Won Gu and Kang Ryon Hak, Presidium members of the C.C., DFRF, Kim Wan Su, director of the Secretariat of the C.C., DFRF, and permanent members and members of the C.C., DFRF, leading officials of the public organizations, ministries and national institutions, former unconverted long-term prisoners who are pro-reunification patriotic fighters and working people from all walks of life in the city. Kim Ki Nam in a report said:
    President Kim Il Sung, with a deep insight into the situation at home and abroad and the requirement of the reality to form a united front of the nation, took the initiative of forming a permanent united front body grouping political parties and public organizations. He also saw to it that a meeting of representatives of the democratic political parties and social organizations in north Korea was convened in Pyongyang on July 22, Juche 35 (1946) and the Democratic National United Front, the first united front body after the liberation of the country, was formed at the meeting. After the founding of the republic he made sure that the DFRF, an umbrella organization of all patriotic people, was formed at its inaugural meeting held with an attendance of representatives of at least 70 progressive political parties and social organizations in the north and the south and abroad in June 1949 as part of the measures to pull through the difficulties created in the country and actively pave the way for the nation to follow by its concerted efforts.
    The formation of the DFRF was a historic event of weighty significance in the Korean people's struggle to build a new society and achieve national reunification as it was a shining fruition of the idea of the great national unity and the line of united front set out by the President during the period of the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle and consistently maintained by him thereafter.
    In particular, the "10-Point Programme of the Great Unity of the Whole Nation for the Reunification of the Country" made public by the President in the last period of his life is the most brilliant exploit he performed in the accomplishment of the cause of the united front as it is a great political programme for the Korean nation to hold fast to in the struggle to achieve the unity of the nation and national reunification. The President's idea of great national unity and his undying feats of leadership over the united front have been carried forward by Kim Jong Il's distinguished and seasoned leadership on a new high level.
    Kim Jong Il provided the historic north-south summit in June 2000 when the desire of the Korean nation for reunification was growing stronger at the turn of the century and made public the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration whose main idea is "By our nation itself." This is a great contribution to the accomplishment of the historical cause of great national unity and reunification.
    The reporter called for carrying through the 10-point programme, a library and guideline of great national unity, and the five-point policy of great national unity which opened a new phase for the development of the inter-Korean relations in order to achieve great national unity and form a united front of the whole nation.

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Extranjeros elogian a Kim Il Sung como heroe nacional

    Pyongyang, 21 de julio (ATCC) -- Con motivo del 12 aniversario del fallecimiento del Presidente Kim Il Sung, tuvieron lugar las exhibiciones de libros y fotos y proyecciones filmicas en Laos, Congo Democratico, Singapur e Indonesia. @Tras ver una pelicula coreana proyectada en el Centro de Amistad de la Juventud Laos-Corea, los oradores elogiaron altamente al Presidente como heroe nacional y patriota sin par quien dedico todo lo suyo por la libertad y la emancipacion del pueblo. @El vicepresidente de la Asociacion de Amistad y Solidaridad Congo Democratico-Corea, Rohekele Andre, dijo que las grandes proezas logradas por el Presidente brillaran eternamente junto con Corea socialista que marcha siempre victoriosa bajo la guia del Dirigente Kim Jong Il mediante el Songun (priorizacion militar).
    @El director de la Corporacion Limitada de Barcos y Comercio Privado de Singapur senalo que el Presidente es el gran hombre quien sacrifico todo lo suyo en pro de la victoria de la causa de independencia del mundo.
    @El director general de la Compania Maquinaria de Badja y el titular de la Compania de Rabitra Bahtera Pramata, de Indonesia, elogiaron al Presidente como el inigualable politico y el mejor de los grandes hombres, a quien respeta y venera todo el mundo, y desearon que el pueblo coreano alcance mayores exitos en la construccion de una gran potencia prospera y en la realizacion de la causa de reunificacion de la patria en pleno acato a la orientacion del Songun del Dirigente Kim Jong Il.

Kim Yong Nam envia telegrama de consuelo al presidente indonesio

    Pyongyang, 21 de julio (ATCC) -- El presidente del Presidium de la Asamblea Popular Suprema de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea, Kim Yong Nam, envio el dia 19 un telegrama de consuelo al presidente de la Republica de Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, en relacion con muchas perdidas humanas y materiales que causo en este pais un maremoto. El remitente expreso profunda compasion y condolencia al destinatario y, por su conducto, a los muertos y los habitantes de zonas damnificadas.
    Exterioriza su conviccion de que gracias a los esfuerzos del presidente y el gobierno de Indonesia, se resarciran cuanto antes las secuelas del desastre natural y se estabilizara la vida de los habitantes danados.