S. Korea's Launch of Spy Satellite under Fire

    Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- South Korea launched a satellite aimed at spying on the north at a time when the situation is getting extremely tense on the Korean Peninsula due to the U.S. reckless sanctions and moves for a nuclear war against the north. This is a grave provocative act of straining the regional situation. A spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland said this in an answer given to a question put by KCNA on Tuesday.
    The satellite Arirang-2 launched by south Korea on July 28 is equipped with high resolution image cameras capable of discerning anything up to one meter size on the ground. The satellite with resolution less than one meter is subject to international control as it can be used for a military purpose, the spokesman noted, and continued:
    The United States is conniving at and defending the launches of missiles and spy satellites by its allies and forces toeing its line, while unreasonably taking issue with the right thing done by the DPRK, posing no problem in the light of international law.
    U.S. standards are not based on justice or international law but on a brigandish view on value aimed at meeting its aggressive purpose and holding world supremacy.
    South Korea's recent launch of the satellite brought to light the aggressive nature, dual character and shamelessness of the U.S. racket against the DPRK.
    The world should clearly see through the U.S. true colors and should not be mocked by it, we think.
    We sound an alarm-bell to south Korea straining the situation on the Korean Peninsula.
    The prevailing situation compels the north to step up its moves to bolster the invincible war deterrent for self-defence in every way under the banner of Songun.

Partial Refereeing at 15th Asian Women's Football Championships under Fire

    Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- The world public strongly accused the Italian referee and an Australian lineswoman of their partial refereeing at the semi-final match between the DPRK and Chinese teams held on July 27 during the 15th Asian Women's Football Championships. The match left the most undesirable blot in the history of the Asian women's football matches due to the deliberate and undisguised partial refereeing.
    The Pyongyang-based Sports Paper Tuesday in a commentary terms that partial refereeing an unjust act of obstructing the development of Asian women's football and a wanton violation of the noble sports spirit.
    Objectivity, impartiality and accuracy constitute a principle to be observed by all referees, the commentary notes, and goes on:
    If any international referee is allowed to do anything in violation of this principle, this will cause very adverse consequences of impeding the progress of sports technique.
    What the Italian referee and the Australian lineswoman did eloquently proves their sinister intention to make the DPRK team fail at any cost.
    What should not be overlooked is the behavior of the Referees Committee of the championships.
    The Australian lineswoman, talking to the committee, confessed that her declaration of offside was wrong. The committee, however, blamed the behaviors of Korean players.
    Had the referee and the lineswoman correctly refereed, the results of the match would have been different and the Korean players would not have lodged such protest.
    The Referees Committee should impartially look into what happened during the match and find a right solution.
    The Asian Football Confederation should severely punish the Italian referee and the Australian lineswoman for their base and shameless refereeing of the match and forbid them from refereeing international games any more.
    Only then can the Asian Football Confederation preserve its status and win confidence from its member nations.

Korean People's Just Cause Supported

    Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- Mohamed T. Yousef, deputy director of the Political Department of the Pan-African Movement, issued a statement on July 25 on the occasion of the 53rd anniversary of the Korean people's victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War. July 27 is a significant day when the Korean people, guided by President Kim Il Sung, won a shining victory in the war against the U.S. imperialists, the statement said, and noted:
    The victory of the DPRK in the Korean war was a miracle recorded in history.
    The Korean people are now dynamically advancing for the final victory of their cause under the leadership of Kim Jong Il, meeting all challenges of the imperialists.
    The world progressive people have extended invariable support and solidarity to the just cause of the Korean people.
    The Korean people, guided by Kim Jong Il, are sure to win steady victory.

Songdowon International Children's Camp Receives Campers

    Wonsan, July 31 (KCNA) -- Schoolchildren from various countries began their enjoyable camping at the Songdowon International Children's Camp. The 21st ceremony of the start of camping was held at the camp Monday.
    Present at the ceremony were Kil Chol Hyok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League, Chae Il Ryong, vice-chairman of the Kangwon Provincial People's Committee, officials concerned, children's camping groups from China, Russia, Mongolia and Tanzania and of the DPRK.
    The participants laid floral baskets and bouquets before the statue of President Kim Il Sung at the Songdowon International Children's Camp and made a bow.
    A congratulatory address, a report and speeches were made at the ceremony.
    During the camping the foreign schoolchildren will join the Korean children in colorful extracurricular activities including sea events, mountain-climbing, sports and amusement games, multifarious art activities and functions of "day of the nation".

Stop to Crackdown upon Movement of Youth and Students Urged in S. Korea

    Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- Jang Song Hoe, chairman of the south Korean Federation of University Student Councils (Hanchongryon), reportedly issued a statement on July 28 calling upon the security authorities to immediately withdraw the "National Security Law" blocking the democratization of the society and the movement for reunification and stop the anachronistic crackdown upon the movement of youth and students. The statement accused the security authorities of dispatching agents tasked to watch the movement of university students affiliated to Hanchongryon and deciding to restart the investigation into the south Korean Council of Youth Organizations (Hanchong) labeled "enemy-benefiting organization" which had been temporarily suspended.
    No matter how desperately the security authorities and anti-reunification forces invoke the NSL, they can never hold in check the advance of the progressive and pro-reform forces nor can they break their will to carry on their struggle, the statement noted.

U.S. Moves for New War under Fire

    Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- The U.S. imperialists are contemplating Ulji Focus Lens joint military exercises in the wake of their RIMPAC-2006 madcap joint military exercises staged in the Pacific under the simulated conditions of military attacks on the DPRK. This indicates that their scenario to ignite a war of aggression on the Korean Peninsula at any cost has entered a very reckless and serious phase. Papers Tuesday observe this in signed commentaries. Rodong Sinmun says that it is the invariable strategy of the U.S. to launch a preemptive attack on the DPRK and dominate the whole of Korea.
    It goes on:
    The Ulji Focus Lens projected by the U.S. warlike forces in south Korea at a time when they are amassing task forces in south Korea and its vicinity, vociferating about "preemptive attack," clearly prove they have become evermore undisguised in their moves to start a new war.
    The Ulji Focus Lens is an extremely dangerous war game of the U.S. imperialists aimed at rounding off the command and operation system of their aggressor armed forces for launching the second Korean war and achieving the goal of war without difficulty. Just as frequent clouds bring rain, the U.S. imperialists' escalating dangerous military actions in south Korea clearly suggest that the second Korean war stares one in the face every moment.
    Minju Joson says that the Ulji Focus Lens is an extremely dangerous one for igniting a war against the DPRK as the projected saber rattling is little short of a de facto declaration of a war against it.

Anniversary of Kim Il Sungfs Work Marked

    Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Tuesday dedicates a signed article to the anniversary of the publication of President Kim Il Sungfs famous work gLet Us Achieve the Great Unity of Our Nationh. The work published on August 1, Juche 80 (1991) has served as a banner of struggle as it was most judicious in view of the essence and character of the cause of national reunification and the desire of the Korean nation and demand of the era and it had a great significance and vitality in the reunification movement, the article says, and goes on:
    In the work the President gave a comprehensive exposition of the idea and theory of great unity for national reunification and tasks, fundamental principles and ways for achieving great national unity, proceeding from its importance in accomplishing the cause of reunification and the demand of the obtaining situation.
    The work provided a powerful ideological and moral weapon for shaping the destiny of the nation independently.
    Its great significance lies in that it gave scientific answers to all questions in incorporating independence, which is life and soul in the movement for national reunification, into practice in the form of the unity of the nation, not into words.
    The attraction and vitality of the work is displayed with increasing force in the June 15 era of reunification advancing under the banner of gBy our nation itselfh. Dialogues and negotiations are taking place on the principle of national independence and visits and contacts between compatriots of different social strata are proceeding in high gear. The justice and vitality of the idea and line of great national unity put forward by the President have been forcefully demonstrated by the shouts "We are one" that rang loudly through the skies above Pyongyang and Seoul, Mts. Paektu and Kumgang, Kaesong and Kwangju, Pusan and Taegu, linking the nation's blood and territorial veins.
    An article of Minju Joson notes that the work serves as a highly important guideline to be maintained in accomplishing the cause of great national unity.

"Kumryongsu" Efficacious for Cancer

    Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- "Kumryongsu", natural health foodstuff produced by the Kumryong Health Center of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, has been widely known at home and abroad for its marvelous efficacy against cancer. It is a kind of Koryo medicine which is made with rare medicinal materials including insam (ginseng) and Ganoderma with the help of edge-cutting technology.
    The medicine improves the immunity in a human body and intensifies the physiological activation, thus rooting out the pathogenesis of disease.
    It takes 30 to 45 days to treat the early and middle cancer cases. And it can also lengthen the life of terminal cancer patients, those who have a relapse after operation and those who have cancer metastasized, by more than two years.
    It has neither side-effects nor toxic character. It, at the same time, improves the appetite of patients and increases their body weight.
    The limited clinical test conducted at the state hospital of the Czech Republic under the superintendence of its public health institution shows that its treatment efficacy is over 90 percent in case of the early and middle lung, liver, brain, bone, skin and internal organ tumor patients and 45 percent in case of terminal cancer patients.
    It won a gold prize and diploma at the 2005 Northeast Asia Hi-tech Fair in Shenyang. It was also appreciated as a best anticancer agent at various international exhibitions.
    Twenty-eight famous hospitals and medical research institutions of 18 countries including the Beijing Xiyuan Hospital of China, Moscow State Hospital of Russia and the Medical Science Examination Department of the British magazine "Nature" tested and confirmed that "Kumryongsu" is potent not only for cancer but also for other diseases including diabetes and cerebral apoplexy.

Arboretum of Kumsusan Memorial Palace, Plant-breeding Farm

    Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- The arboretum of Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang has been built as a comprehensive plant-breeding farm. It was set up on March 13, Juche 85 (1996), in accordance with the Korean people's moral obligation to hold President Kim Il Sung in high esteem forever.
    It covers more than a hundred hectares.
    Over 150,000 tall trees and flower shrubs of about 300 species including more than 5,000 trees of some 30 species sent by various countries across the world have been planted there over the last decade.
    Among them are Magnolia stellata, Magnolia liliflora, Magnolia denudate, Weigela hortensis form which had been acclimatized in the country.
    The plants have been not arranged in accordance with the academic study system but arranged with the main emphasis on the trees and shrubs related to the improvement of the people's living standard for which the President had striven in his lifetime. The oil-bearing tree forest, fibre and pulp-wood forest, wild fruit tree forest and timber forest blend well with a needle-leaf tree forest for scenic beauty.
    Hedges have been created with good species of shrubs along the street in front of the palace. And growing on the both sides of the street are a large number of pine-nut, metasequoia, gingko, maple, Weigela coraeensis and clove trees.
    In the last spring, tens of thousands of trees including poplar and Acer saccharinum trees were transplanted, over 150,000 square meters of land were rezoned and ten-thousand and thousands of square meters of land was covered with turf.
    The arboretum is also worthy of scientific researches.

Monument to Paek Son Haeng Unearthed

    Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- The monument to Paek Son Haeng has been recently discovered in Mangyongdae District, Pyongyang, the DPRK. Paek Son Haeng (1848-1933) was a patriotic rich woman. She donated a colossal amount of money for the enlightenment and development of the nation while living a frugal life.
    The monument was investigated by researchers of the National Classic Institute under the Academy of Social Science.
    It was reared by a number of people including Kang Ton Uk (February 1871-November 1943), maternal grandfather of President Kim Il Sung, on July 16, Juche 16 (1927) to hand down to posterity the patriotic deed of Paek Son Haeng, who donated a large acreage of land and fund to the construction of Changdok School and various schools.
    The original monument consisted of a pedestal, body stone and shade stone. But only the body stone has been discovered. It is 170 centimeters high, 43 wide and 31 thick.
    Engraved on the front side of the monument are words " Monument to Paek Son Haeng" in bold letters, the words introducing her patriotic deed on the back side and the names of more than 140 persons concerned on the both sides.
    General Secretary Kim Jong Il, who values the nation's history and the people's patriotic doings, saw to it to restore to its original state the Monument to Paek Son Haeng and set up it, along with the explanatory board, in the compound of the Paek Son Haeng Memorial House in the front of the Ryongwang Pavilion so that a lot of people can see it.

Gift and Floral Basket to Kim Jong Il

    Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il was presented with a gift and a floral basket by the delegation of Japan-Korea friendship on a visit to the DPRK. The gift and floral basket were handed to an official concerned by Hiroyuki Kasai, dietman of the Saitama Prefectural Council for Japan-Korea Friendship and Solidarity who is heading the delegation.

Gift to Kim Jong Il

    Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il was presented with a gift by the International Air Traffic Association. It was handed to an official concerned Tuesday by its Director General Giovani Bisignani on a visit to the DPRK.

Visits

    Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries led by acting Chairman Mun Jae Chol left here today to visit Mongolia to participate in the commemorations of the 50th anniversary of President Kim Il Sung's Mongolia visit and the 800th anniversary of the formation of the Mongolian State. Meanwhile, Giovani Bisignani, director general of the International Air Traffic Association, and his party arrived here today by air.

Greetings to Swiss President

    Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Tuesday sent a message of greetings to Swiss President Moritz Leuenberger on the occasion of its national day. He sincerely wished the Swiss people wellbeing, expressing the belief that the relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would grow stronger in various fields in the future.

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Coreanas derrotan a japonesas en XV Campeonato Asiatico de Futbol (F)

    Pyongyang, 1 de agosto (ATCC) -- Tuvo lugar del 16 al 30 de julio en Australia el XV Campeonato Asiatico de Futbol (F). En las eliminatorias el equipo femenino de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea vencio a Tailandia por 9 a 0 y a Myanmar por 3 a 0, y se empato a cero con Australia, que sonaba con el titulo en esta cita.
    @Luego, ocupo el primer lugar en la zona B al doblegar el dia 24 a las surcoreanas por 1 a 0 en el juego final de las clasificatorias por llaves adquiriendo el derecho a las semifinales.
    El dia 27, se entablaron los duelos semifinales entre la RPDC (primera de la B) vs. China (segunda de la A) y Australia (segunda de la B) vs. Japon (primera de la A).
    Debido a la intencional y abierta parcialidad de la arbitra principal italiana y la auxiliar australiana, la justa entre la RPDC y China fue decidida injustamente a favor de la segunda y la arquera y 2 jugadoras estelares de la seleccion coreana fueron descalificadas para jugar en el proximo partido.
    @Bajo estas condiciones muy desventajosas, las coreanas tuvieron que discutir el dia 30 el tercer lugar con el equipo japones que termino primero en el grupo A tras vencer a las chinas en las eliminatorias.
    Desde el comienzo del partido, muy convencidas y optimistas de su victoria, las coreanas controlaron ferreamente la media cancha y amenazaron constantemente la porteria japonesa con pases a larga y mediana distancias y la combinacion dual o triangular.
    Los tres goles fueron anotados todos en la primera parte por las mediocampistas Ri Un Suk (a los 23 minutos) y Ri Un Gyong (a los 32 y 39).
    Por lo tanto, al vencer por 3 a 2 al equipo japones, el once coreano gano el boleto para el V Campeonato Mundial de Futbol Femenino que tendra lugar en 2007 en China.

Periodicos denuncian nuevas maniobras provocativas de EE.UU.

    Pyongyang, 1 de agosto (ATCC) -- Los periodicos capitalinos publicaron este martes sendos comentarios individuales denunciando las tentativas de los imperialistas norteamericanos de desplegar las maniobras militares conjuntas "Ulji Focus Lens" casi inmediatamente despues de desarrollado el simulacro "Rimpac-2006" en el Mar Pacifico para ejercitar la invasion armada contra la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea. El diario Rodong Sinmun reitera que Estados Unidos se mantiene en su invariable estrategia a la RPDC consistente en dominar a toda Corea asestando un golpe preventivo contra aquella. El intento de las fuerzas belicistas norteamericanas de desarrollar "Ulji Focus Lens" coincide con que estas amontonan en el Sur de Corea y sus periferias un gran numero de medios de ataque movil abogando por un supuesto "golpe preventivo", precisa el periodico mas influyente y prosigue:
    Este hecho constata que se tornan cada dia mas abiertas y graves sus pretensiones de desencadenar una nueva guerra contra la RPDC.
    Dichas maniobras militares se proponen perfeccionar el sistema de mando y operacional de las tropas agresoras para la segunda guerra coreana y alcanzar facilmente su objetivo.
    Como reza el refran coreano "cuando frecuentan nubarrones, llueve", el reforzamiento de peligrosas acciones militares por parte de los imperialistas norteamericanos en suelo surcoreano alerta la inminencia de la segunda guerra coreana.
    Por su parte, el rotativo Minju Joson alarma que las maniobras "Ulji Focus Lens" para ejercitar la guerra contra el Norte de Corea constituyen practicamente una declaracion de guerra contra este.

Campamento de ninos Songdowon acoge por 21a vez a sus campistas

    Wonsan, 31 de julio (ATCC) -- Comenzo el divertido campismo de los ninos escolares de varios paises en el Campamento Internacional de Ninos Songdowon. La XXI ceremonia de ingreso tuvo lugar el 31 de julio en el mismo lugar.
    Participaron Kil Chol Hyok, secretario del CC de la Union de la Juventud Socialista Kim Il Sung, Chae Il Ryong, vicepresidente del Comite Popular de la Provincia de Kangwon, y otros funcionarios junto con los integrantes de grupos de campistas de China, Rusia, Mongolia, Tanzania y Corea.
    Ante todo, los participantes rindieron tributo al Generalisimo Kim Il Sung tras depositar cestos y ramos de flores ante su estatua de bronce erguida en el campamento.
    Seguidamente, hubo discursos de felicitacion, informe y otras intervenciones.
    Durante la temporada, los ninos escolares de varios paises junto con los coreanos practicaran actividades nauticas, alpinismo, juegos deportivos y recreativos y se dedicaran a la campana artistica y otras faenas extraescolares como la celebracion del "Dia Nacional".

Guia programatica de la causa de unidad y reunificacion de la nacion

    Pyongyang, 1 de agosto (ATCC) -- Tanto en vista de la esencia y caracter de la causa de reunificacion de la patria como a la luz de la aspiracion de la nacion coreana y la demanda de la epoca, la obra maestra del Presidente Kim Il Sung publicada el primero de agosto del 80 (1991) de la Era Juche "Alcancemos la gran unidad de nuestra nacion" es la muy justa sirviendo de una bandera de lucha que tenia una gran significacion y vitalidad en el movimiento por la reunificacion. Asi senala el periodico Rodong Sinmun en un articulo individual del dia primero y continua:
    La obra, a partir de la importancia de la gran unidad nacional en el cumplimiento de la causa de reunificacion y la demanda de la situacion creada, dilucida globalmente la idea y teoria de la gran unidad nacional para la reunificacion de la patria, las tareas, principios fundamentales y medios para lograrla.
    Tambien ofrece una poderosa arma ideo-espiritual que permite forjar de manera independiente el destino de la nacion.
    Ademas, da una aclaracion cientifica a todos los problemas que pueden materializar realmente con la unidad nacional la independencia que es vital en el movimiento por la reunificacion. He aqui el gran significado de la obra.
    En la epoca de reunificacion del 15 de junio en que todos los coreanos avanzan bajo la bandera del ideal de "entre nosotros, los connacionales", se manifiestan mas plenamente la atraccion y la vitalidad de la obra.
    Adhiriendose al principio de la independencia nacional se efectuan los dialogos y negociaciones y se realizan animadamente el viaje y contactos de los coreanos de distintos sectores. El grito "Somos uno" que se hace eco por el cielo de Pyongyang, Seul, los montes Paektu y Kumgang, Kaesong, Kwangju, Pusan y Taegu es una poderosa manifestacion de la justeza y la vitalidad de la idea y linea del Presidente en materia de gran unidad nacional.
    El periodico Munju Joson, en un articulo individual, senala que dicha obra deviene una guia programatica para la realizacion de la causa de la gran unidad nacional.