National Meeting Held to Mark Kim Jong Il's Start of Songun Revolutionary Leadership

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- A national meeting to celebrate the 46th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's start of Songun revolutionary leadership was held at the April 25 House of Culture on Thursday. The meeting was attended by Kim Yong Nam, Kim Yong Chun, Kim Il Chol, Choe Thae Bok, Yang Hyong Sop, Choe Yong Rim, Kim Ki Nam and others.
    Vice Marshal of the Korean People's Army Kim Yong Chun, member of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and chief of the KPA General Staff, made a report.
    The Korean army and people have held fast to the arms of revolution generation after generation under the Songun leadership of President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, illustrious commanders, so that they could win a brilliant victory in the sacred war for independence against imperialism, achieve the independence of the country and the sovereignty of the nation, defend and advance the cause of socialism despite the manifold difficulties and the complicated situation and create the great reality where the independent idea of the popular masses is in full bloom, the reporter said, and went on:
    Kim Jong Il started his Songun revolutionary leadership with his historic field guidance to Guard Seoul Ryu Kyong Su 105 Tank Division on August 25, Juche 49 (1960), with his firm will to carry forward generation after generation the Juche cause of Songun pioneered by the President. His energetic Songun revolutionary leadership helped perfect the all-people, nationwide defence system and effect fresh renovation and turn in political, economic, cultural and all other fields.
    It was a century-old political and military miracle wrought by the great Songun politics that the Korean army and people have defended the banner of independence, the banner of socialism, while countering the ever-more undisguised moves of the U.S. imperialists and the imperialist reactionary forces to stifle the DPRK with a super hard line in the recent ten odd years.
    Referring to the tasks facing them, the reporter called on the whole Party and the entire army and all the people to form Songun revolutionary ranks of a harmonious whole sharing idea and intention with Kim Jong Il and consolidate the single-minded unity of the Party, the army and the people rallied close around the headquarters of the revolution in every way.
    He also underlined the need to develop national defence industry, thoroughly establish the trait of attaching importance to military affairs in the whole society and steadily carry through the Party's policies of putting all the people under arms and turning the whole country into a fortress.
    The situation of the Korean Peninsula, which is growing tense due to the U.S. base and vicious hostile policy toward the DPRK, clearly proves how just it was that we have maintained our firm stand that the sovereignty of the country and the dignity of the nation can be defended only by our own powerful strength and carried through the principles of Songun to bolster up the war deterrent for self-defence, the reporter said, stressing:
    All the Korean people will keep a close watchful eyes on the moves of the U.S. and Japan and their satellites to stifle the DPRK, do their utmost to bolster up the war deterrent for self-defence under the revolutionary banner of Songun, unhindered by anything, so as to glorify the ever-victorious history of the Korean revolution that has been carried forward century after century.

Anniversary of Korea's Liberation Commemorated Abroad

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- A meeting was held in Bangladesh and a seminar and a photo exhibition in Finland on August 16 on the occasion of the 61st anniversary of Korea's liberation. Displayed in the venues were photos showing the Songun leadership exploits performed by the great men of Mt. Paektu.
    Haider Akbar Khan Rano, director of the Bangladesh Institute of the Juche Idea, in a speech at the meeting said that President Kim Il Sung put forward the most correct strategic and tactical policies and line, created unique war tactics and led the anti-Japanese war to a victory.
    Antti Sika-Aho, chairman of the North Branch of the Finland-Korea Society, in a speech noted that thanks to the wise leadership of Kim Il Sung the Korean people could put an end to the Japanese imperialists' colonial rule and become the master of their own destiny.
    He said that under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il the Korean people will firmly defend the socialist system chosen by themselves, build a great prosperous powerful nation and achieve the cause of national reunification without fail.
    A message of greetings to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the seminar held in Finland.

S. Korea-U.S. Joint Military Exercises Denounced

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- Alejandro Cao De Benos, chairman of the Association for Friendship with the Korean People which has its headquarters in Spain, made public a statement on August 17, denouncing the U.S. and south Korean bellicose forces for staging the "Ulji Focus Lens" joint military exercises again. The statement said:
    The joint military drill is a preliminary war exercise for a preemptive attack on the DPRK both in light of its content and nature. It is not compatible with dialogue intended to settle the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula peacefully. Furthermore, it is a grave provocation aimed to disrupt the atmosphere of resuming the six-party talks, check the inter-Korean relations and threaten the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula.
    The U.S. should not threaten the DPRK militarily but positively approach the dialogue. And the south Korean authorities should discontinue the criminal act of joining the U.S. in its war moves to impose nuclear disaster upon the peninsula and exterminate the Korean nation, going against the June 15 era of independence and reunification.
    The statement ardently called upon all the organizations and public figures of the world aspiring after peace to demand the U.S. immediately halt the war exercises and drop its hostile policy towards Korea.

Stop to Joint Military Exercises Demanded

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- Members of the Reunification Solidarity for the Implementation of the June 15 South-North Joint Declaration and Peace of the Korean Peninsula held a press conference in front of the south Korea-U.S. "Combined Forces Command" in Ryongsan, Seoul, on August 21 in demand of a stop to the "Ulji Focus Lens" joint military exercises, according to south Korean KBS. At the press conference, they pointed out that the joint military exercises of the U.S. and south Korean bellicose forces are a grave act of driving the situation of the Korean Peninsula to the brink of a war as the exercises are staged under the simulated conditions of invasion of the north.
    They declared that they would keep their sit-down strike in front of the "Combined Forces Command" until September 1 in demand of a stop to the aggressive war exercises.
    Meanwhile, the National Government Employees' Union issued a statement on August 19, demanding the halt of the joint military exercises.

DPRK Ambassador to Malaysia Appointed

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- Pak Ryong Yon was appointed as DPRK ambassador to Malaysia, according to a decree of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly.

"Ulji Focus Lens" Denounced in S. Korea

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- The Anti-U.S. Women's Society of south Korea reportedly issued a statement on August 18 denouncing the "Ulji Focus Lens" joint military exercise. The "Ulji Focus Lens" is obviously a hostile and offensive drill for a war of aggression aimed at collapse of the system in the north, the statement said, demanding an immediate stop to the dangerous anti-north war exercise which may escalate the tension in the Korean Peninsula. The south Korean army is taking part in the drill in collusion with the U.S., it noted, and said:
    It is a self-destructive act of driving the inter-Korean relations into catastrophe.
    The society opposes any war exercises threatening peace on this land and will resolutely fight to check the joint military drill.

Punishment of Chief of Police Urged in S. Korea

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- The south Korean Confederation of Trade Unions reportedly held a meeting of workers in Phohang, North Kyongsang Province, on August 19 with an attendance of 5,000 unionists, demanding the punishment of the chief of police responsible for the murder of a unionist. At the meeting speakers called for fighting against the security authorities' murderous violence and crackdown upon trade unions so as to prevent death of workers, and declared that they would punish the chief of police who orchestrated the violence.
    The construction company and the present "government", which are chiefly to blame for the death of the unionist, will surely be punished by the people, they warned.
    At the end of the meeting the participants staged a demonstration march.

Compensation to Victims of Japan's Forcible Drafting Demanded in S. Korea

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- Korean victims of forcible drafting perpetrated by the Japanese imperialists reportedly called a press conference in front of the head office of the stock company of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Co. in Seoul on August 18 to demand Japan's full compensation. At the conference speakers said that adequate compensation has not been made to the victims of forcible drafting, declaring they would carry on their sit-in strike everyday till Japan has compensated for the damage done to Koreans.
    A press release read out at the conference noted that if Japan persistently evades its responsibility, paying no heed to the pain suffered by the victims of the forcible drafting, the stock company has to quit this land at once.

Cuban Embassy Officials Help Korean Workers

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- Ambassador Ruben Perez Valdes and staff members of the Cuban embassy here engaged in friendship work at the Korea-Cuba Friendship Factory with Ra Sok Ju as its manager on August 23 on the occasion of the month for solidarity with the Cuban people. After being briefed on the history of the factory in front of the monument to the on-site instructions of President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, they helped employees of the factory in maize-harvesting and mowing.
    During a break, the guests and officials of the factory talked to each other about further development of the friendly relations between the peoples of the DPRK and Cuba, deepening friendship.
    The bilateral relations of friendship and cooperation are growing stronger under the deep care of the leaders of the two countries, the ambassador said, wishing the employees of the factory greater success in their production activities.

Seminar on Kim Jong Il's Work Held

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- A seminar was held at the Central Youth Hall on August 23 to mark the 10th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's famous work "Let Us Exalt the Brilliance of Comrade Kim Il Sung's Idea on the Youth Movement and the Achievements Made under His Leadership." The speakers explained that the work is a monumental library as it comprehensively systematizes and deals with President Kim Il Sung's idea on the youth movement and achievements made under his leadership.
    They noted that the President's Juche-oriented idea on the youth movement defines the youths as a vanguard unit of the revolution and the youth movement as one of the important elements of the revolutionary movement for achieving independence of the popular masses and considers it as the final goal to firmly defend the cause of independence of the popular masses, the socialist cause and succeed to and accomplish it generation after generation.
    The Juche-oriented idea and theory on the youth movement clarifies not only the position and role of the youth movement and its final goal but the ways to attain it, they noted, and elaborated on them.
    The President's policy of attaching importance to the youth is based on the noble love and trust in the young people and firm faith in the future of the country and revolution, they said.
    Noting that the spirit of giving importance to the youth has been established throughout the country under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il, they called upon all the youth league officials and youths to unite close around Kim Jong Il and prepare themselves as vanguard fighters devotedly defending the leader.
    Present at the seminar were Kim Jung Rin, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, officials of the youth league and officials, journalists and teachers in the field of education of youth and children.

Workers and Unionists Commemorate Significant Anniversary

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- Workers and members of the trade unions met at the Central Workers' Hall on August 23 to commemorate the 46th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's start of Songun revolutionary leadership. Ryom Sun Gil, chairman of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, in his speech said that the working class and unionists of the country are recollecting with deep emotion August 25, Juche 49 (1960), the day Kim Jong Il started his Songun revolutionary leadership by providing historic field guidance to the Guard Seoul Ryu Kyong Su 105 Tank Division of the Korean People's Army.
    He noted that Kim Jong Il wisely led the struggle to strengthen and develop the People's Army to be the army of the leader and the Party in the 1970s and 1980s and adopted the Songun policy as the basic socialist political mode in the middle of the 1990s.
    He called upon the entire working class and all the unionists to become ardent adherents to the Songun idea and staunch defenders and faithful implementers of the Songun policy and eternally glorify Kim Jong Il's immortal history of Songun revolutionary leadership shining with victory and glory.
    Put on the stage were colorful numbers such as male solo "The General Is Standing at the Outpost," female duet and male quartet "Songun Leadership Is Best" and female quintet "Happiness Comes When We Follow the Road of Songun."
    Present at the meeting was Kim Jung Rin, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Congratulations to President of Sao Tome and Principe

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Wednesday sent a congratulatory message to Frederique de Menezes upon his reelection as president of Sao Tome and Principe. The message sincerely wished the president greater success in his responsible work for the prosperity of the country, expressing the belief that the relations between the two countries would grow stronger.

U.S. Touted "Spread of Freedom and Democracy" under Fire

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- The U.S. touted theory of "spreading freedom and democracy" is nothing but a deceptive slogan for aggression and interference aimed at realizing its ambition for world domination and sophism to justify its undisguised state-sponsored terrorism and human rights abuses, observes Rodong Sinmun Thursday in a signed article. It goes on:
    The U.S. much publicized "freedom" and "democracy" mean exercising its unlimited freedom and power whereby it can do anything as it pleases, while ignoring the dignity and rights of other countries and infringing upon the sovereignty of other independent states in defiance of international law and norms governing the international relations.
    The U.S. is pressurizing other countries and nations to accept its political mode and lifestyle. This is nothing but an exercise of power to deprive the people of other countries of their rights to choice of ideology and suppress freedom and an act of denying democracy itself.
    Its moves to "spread freedom and democracy" are an extension of its "war on terrorism".
    The U.S. exported "democracy" to spark such color revolutions as "orange revolution" and "rose revolution" which culminated in the regime changes in some countries.
    Much pleased with this development, the U.S. adopted the theory of "spreading freedom and democracy" as a lever for realizing its ambition for world domination with ease without shedding any blood and is now keen to put it into practice.
    The U.S. annually spends a billion dollars for its operations to bring down governments in other countries.
    It is also escalating its economic pressure and blockade against other countries under the pretext of "spreading freedom and democracy".
    Its much vaunted "spread of freedom and democracy" is a link in the chains of its moves for "globalization."
    The U.S. is deeply interfering in the internal affairs of other countries in a bid to model all fabrics of social life in those countries such as politics, economy and culture on the American pattern. In a word, the reactionary nature of the U.S. moves to "spread freedom and democracy" lies in that it is aimed at Americanizing the world.
    Different regions and countries of the world including Mideast, Central Asia and Africa are made targets of the U.S. moves to "spread freedom and democracy".
    It is vital for defending the sovereignty of countries and the dignity of nations and ensuring true democracy to heighten vigilance against the U.S. assertion for "the spread of freedom and democracy" and frustrate it.
    It is impossible to defend the destiny of a nation when it is taken in by the U.S. crafty preaching of "democracy", the article concludes.

Rodong Sinmun on Mettle of Young Vanguard

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Thursday dedicates an article to the 10th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's famous work "Let Us Exalt the Brilliance of Comrade Kim Il Sung's Idea on the Youth Movement and the Achievements Made under His Leadership." Elaborated on in the work are questions of principle in steadily developing the youth movement as required by the times and developing revolution including the question of thoroughly preparing all the youths to be vanguard fighters of the Workers' Party of Korea intensely loyal to the idea and leadership of the Party, vanguard and shock brigade in the fight to defend socialism and in socialist construction and possessor of revolutionary moral sense of duty and way of life, the author of the article notes, and goes on:
    The last one decade after the publication of the work has been a worthy course in which the validity and vitality of the Party's idea of attaching great importance to the youth have been fully demonstrated and a pattern of the solution of the question of youth in the present times has been created under the great banner of Songun.
    The mettle of the youth given full scope in the general march for Songun revolution represents their determination and will to carry forward, pure and clean, and glorify generation after generation the precious tradition and experience attained by the forerunners in their struggle.
    This mettle is an eruption of their deep self-respect and pluck to adhere to the class principle to the bitter end on the road of defending and glorifying the socialist motherland of Juche, conscious of its being the best.
    Their revolutionary mettle displayed in the general march for Songun revolution is a manifestation of their sense of duty for the times, the consciousness of being pioneers of creation and innovation shaping the future of a great prosperous powerful nation.
    Underlying their revolutionary mettle are the pride and confidence in having a great leader.
    Kim Jong Il is the great leader of the Korean youth movement and the destiny and future of the Korean youth.

Sports Meeting of University Students Held

    Phyongsong, August 23 (KCNA) -- A national sports meeting of university students for "September 5 Cup" was held in Phyongsong from August 16 to 23. Participating in the meeting, divided into university and college sections, were at least 3,500 players selected from universities and colleges across the country.
    There were defence sports and football (two divisions each), field and track, Korean wrestling, volleyball, table tennis and rhythmic gymnastics competitions in the university section and defence sports, football and field and track competitions in the college section.
    In the university section the players of Kim Il Sung University took the first place in defence sports (men and women), football, field and track (men and women), volleyball (men and women) and table tennis (men) competitions, those of Kim Hyong Jik University of Education in defence sports (men), football, Korean wrestling, table tennis (women) and rhythmic gymnastics competitions and those of Choe Hui Suk Hamhung Teacher Training University No. 1 in defence sports (women) competitions.
    In the college section the players of Hamhung College of Quality Control placed first in defence sports (men) competitions, those of Pyongyang College of Industrial Designing in defence sports (women) competitions, those of Ongjin College of Agriculture in football matches and those of Sinchon College of Agriculture in field and track (men and women) competitions.
    A closing ceremony took place on August 23.
    Citations, trophies and medals were awarded to the teams and players who gave a good account of themselves.

60th Anniversary of Three-Revolution Exhibition Marked

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- A meeting to mark the 60th anniversary of the Three-Revolution Exhibition was held on Wednesday. The meeting was attended by Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Ro Tu Chol, vice-premier of the Cabinet, officials concerned and officials and employees of the exhibition.
    A congratulatory message of the WPK Central Committee to the officials and employees of the exhibition was read out at the meeting.
    The message said that President Kim Il Sung, with deep insight into the importance of exhibition information service in the revolution and construction, founded the exhibition on Aug. 6, Juche 35 (1946) when he was leading the building of a new country. Kim Jong Il set out the revolutionary policies on improving the work of the exhibition to meet the requirements of modeling the whole society on the Juche idea and led the exhibition to play its role fully as a reliable base of mass education propelling socialist construction, the message pointed out.
    The message referred to the fact that the exhibition hosted scientific and technological festivals, many national and international exhibitions and fairs so as to contribute to widely disseminating fresh scientific and technological achievements and developing the nation's science and technology. It highly praised the officials and employees of the exhibition for their achievements.
    The reporter and speakers called for holding Kim Il Sung in high esteem as the eternal sun of Juche, devotedly defending Kim Jong Il politically and ideologically at the cost of their lives and bringing about a fresh turn in the work of the exhibition as required by the building of a great prosperous powerful nation in the Songun era.

DPRK Will Bolster War Deterrent with Utmost Efforts: KPA General Staff Chief

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- We will keenly watch the moves of the United States and its followers including Japan to stifle the DPRK with sharp vigilance and do our utmost to bolster our self-defensive war deterrent, unhindered by anything, tightly holding the revolutionary banner of Songun, thus adding shine to the ever-victorious history of the Korean revolution covering centuries, declared Kim Yong Chun, chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army. He was delivering a report at a national meeting commemorating the 46th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's start of Songun revolutionary leadership.
    The situation on the Korean Peninsula, he said, which is getting more serious due to the dastardly and malicious hostile policy of the United States clearly proves how judicious it is that we have built up stalwart self-defensive war deterrent by carrying through all along the principle of Songun, while adhering to the unshakable stand that the sovereignty of the country and the dignity of the nation can be defended only when we have great strength.

Multimedia Programs on Korean History and Customs Developed

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- Researchers of the Pyongyang Information Center (PIC) of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have developed a multimedia program to show the history and folk customs of the Korean nation in a systematic and comprehensive way. The program "Korean History and Folk Customs" introduces the history and customs from ancient times to the modern ages.
    The part of history classifies the Korean history by major political events, historical figures, scientific and technical creations, famous fine art works, main historical relics, famous literary works, folk songs, etc.
    The part of folk customs interestingly shows folk holidays according to the seasons and etiquette to be observed on the days, various folk amusement games and national foods with movies, pictures and data. It also introduces the family life custom and the etiquette of salutation.
    Meanwhile, teachers and researchers of Kim Hyong Jik University of Education have made "Historical Relics and Remains of Korea", a program supporting education in the Korean history.
    The program introduces many Korean historical relics and remains belonging to the primitive, ancient and middle ages along with explanations on the years of their creation, their excavation places and their features.
    In particular, interesting are the photos and movies showing tombs, castles, architecture, weaponry, paintings, Buddhist images, pagodas, monuments and other relics dating back to the periods of three kingdoms, Koryo and Ri Dynasty which existed in the middle ages.
    The programs will help the working people get profound knowledge of the history and culture of the nation.

Aphorism Conducive to Raising Consciousness of National Independence

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il's aphorism says that "Flunkeyism and dependence on outside forces lead to national ruin". The aphorism expounds the profound idea that the ideological consciousness of people has a great influence upon the destiny of a nation. The motive force in shaping the destiny of a nation is the nation itself.
    The aphorism gives a serious lesson that when all the members of a nation are armed with the steadfast consciousness of independence and vigorously turn out in the struggle for sovereignty, they can achieve an independent development of their country, and when they are absorbed in flunkeyism and dependence on foreign forces, their country is bound to ruin.
    The worship of big powers and dependence on outside forces have a gravely detrimental influence on the existence and development of a nation. The Korean people experienced such heart-rending trouble already in the beginning of the last century.
    The aphorism serves as a motto of struggle that the Korean people should keep in the minds under the present grave situation.
    In recent years, the United States' moves to isolate and stifle the DPRK have been further intensified than ever before.
    The anti-reunification forces in south Korea imbued with the idea of worshiping of and submitting to the U.S. are hell bent on "cooperation" with outside forces in pursuance of the latter's policy of aggression against the DPRK.
    The grave situation prevailing on the Korean Peninsula has been created by the hostile policy of the U.S. toward the DPRK and the acts of the south Korean anti-reunification forces worshiping of and submitting to the U.S.
    The aphorism, as a guideline in raising the independent consciousness of the Korean people, is inspiring the whole nation to the cause of independent reunification.

International Invitational Table Tennis Tournament Opens

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- The 20th Pyongyang International Invitational Table Tennis Tournament was opened with due ceremony at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium Thursday. It brought together players from Malaysia, Mongolia, India, China, Jilin Province of China and Teams A and B of the DPRK. They will compete in men's and women's team events, man's and woman's singles and men's and women's doubles till August 28.
    The ceremony was attended by Director of the State General Bureau of Tourism Kim To Jun who is chairman of the DPRK Table Tennis Association, officials concerned, sportspersons and working people and school youth and children in Pyongyang.
    An opening speech was made by Vice-Chairman of the Korean Physical Culture and Sports Guidance Commission Jong In Chol who is chairman of the organizing committee of the tournament.
    The ceremony was followed by men's and women's team events.
    The tournament, an annual event in Pyongyang, provides ace table tennis players from different countries and regions with a good opportunity to exchange technique and experience gained in their day-to-day trainings and promote the spirit of independence and peace and friendship.

Gift and Floral Basket to Kim Jong Il

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il was presented with a gift and floral basket by the Japan-DPRK friendship delegation on a visit to the DPRK. They were handed to an official concerned on Thursday by Toshikazu Suzuki, chairperson of the Shizuoka Society for the Study of the Juche Idea who is heading the delegation.

Greetings to Ukrainian President

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of greetings to Viktor Yusenko, president of Ukraine, on Aug. 24 on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of its national holiday. The message sincerely wished the Ukrainian president great success in his responsible work as well as the Ukrainian people stability, prosperity and well-being.

Message of Sympathy to Egyptian President

    Pyongyang, August 24 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, sent a message of sympathy to Egyptian President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday as regards a train collision in Egypt that claimed big casualties. The message expressed deep sympathy and consolation to the victims and the bereaved families of the dead and hoped that the president and government of Egypt would eradicate the aftermath of the accident as early as possible.

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Simposio por el 10 aniversario de la publicacion de obra de Kim Jong Il

    Pyongyang, 24 de agosto (ATCC) -- Tuvo lugar el dia 23 en la Casa Central de la Juventud el simposio por el 10 aniversario de la publicacion de la obra maestra del Dirigente Kim Jong Il "Hagamos brillar las ideas del camarada Kim Il Sung acerca del movimiento juvenil y sus meritos alcanzados al dirigirlo". 　Los oradores explicaron que esta obra es un ciclo monumental que sistematiza y sintetiza globalmente las ideas del Presidente acerca del movimiento juvenil y sus meritos alcanzados al dirigirlo.
    　Estas ideas determinan a los jovenes como contingente de vanguardia de la revolucion y al movimiento juvenil como un importante componente del movimiento revolucionario para lograr la independencia de las masas populares. Ademas presentan como su meta general defender con firmeza, apoyar y llevar adelante generacion tras generacion la causa de independencia de las masas populares y la del socialismo, precisaron.
    　Aparte de la posicion y el papel, la meta general del movimiento juvenil, las ideas y la teoria en cuestion aclaran tambien los remedios para su cumplimiento, apuntaron.
    　La politica del Presidente de dar importancia a la juventud esta basada en el noble amor y confianza en los jovenes y la firme conviccion en el futuro de la patria y la revolucion.
    　Bajo la sabia orientacion del Dirigente, se ha dado en todo el pais el clima de dar importancia a la juventud, dijeron y resaltaron la necesidad de aglutinar monoliticamente en torno al Dirigente a todos los funcionarios de la Union de la Juventud y sus integrantes y prepararlos como firmes combatientes vanguardistas dispuestos a defender al lider a riesgo de vida.
    　En la ocasion estuvieron presentes el secretario del Comite Central del Partido del Trabajo de Corea Kim Jung Rin, los funcionarios de la Union de la Juventud y del sector de educacion de jovenes y ninos, asi como reporteros y profesores.

ATM de RPDC denuncia a las autoridades japonesas

    Pyongyang, 24 de agosto (ATCC) -- El vocero de la Asociacion de Tenis de Mesa de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea emitio la vispera una declaracion en relacion con que los tenistas coreanos no pudieron participar en el XV Campeonato de Infantiles de Tenis de Mesa de Asia del Este que auspicia en Osaka la asociacion homologa de Japon bajo la autorizacion de la Union Asiatica de Tenis de Mesa (UATM). El vocero senala:
    El comite organizador del evento nos envio un mensaje sugiriendo que "seria mejor que nos abstengamos de participar en la cita por el problema de seguridad personal de los jugadores a causa de la situacion general".
    No cabe ni la menor duda de que este aviso es producto de la presion de las autoridades japonesas.
    Opinamos que este caso no es otra cosa que la maniobra de las autoridades japonesas colmadas hasta en sus tuetanos de la hostilidad a la RPDC.
    Al declararse incapaces de garantizar la seguridad hasta en ese torneo de pequena dimension en que jugaran los menores de unos paises de Asia del Este, los reaccionarios japoneses mostraron que Japon, autoproclamado "Estado constitucional", es un territorio sumamente desordenado e indisciplinado donde pululan los gangsteres.
    Entonces, nos levanta una gran sospecha del afianzamiento de seguridad personal de los participantes en el Campeonato Mundial de Tenis de Mesa, previsto para 2009 en Japon, y en otros juegos internacionales que tendran lugar en este pais.
    Las autoridades japonesas no podran liberarse jamas de la responsabilidad por haber impedido la participacion del equipo coreano al intervenir en sentido politico en la organizacion de juegos meramente deportivos.
    Por su parte, la Asociacion Japonesa de Tenis de Mesa y el comite organizador del evento deben responsabilizarse con su conducta contrariada a la carta olimpica y al ideal deportivo, en que incurrieron convertidos en titeres para cumplir mezquinos fines politicos de las autoridades japonesas.
    La Asociacion de Tenis de Mesa de la RPDC denuncia fuertemente a las autoridades reaccionarias y los gangsteres ultraderechistas de Japon que fraguaron este caso e insiste en que la Federacion Internacional de Tenis de Mesa y la UATM deben atenderlo con sumo cuidado y tomar medidas necesarias.

Rodong Sinmun augura fracaso de "proliferacion de libertad" de EE.UU.

    Pyongyang, 24 de agosto (ATCC) -- La doctrina de EE.UU. sobre la supuesta "proliferacion de libertad y democracia" no es otra cosa que una consigna para encubrir la agresion e intervencion y un sofisma para justificar el terrorismo de Estado y la violacion de derechos humanos. Revela un articulo individual que difunde este jueves el diario Rodong Sinmun y prosigue:
    La "libertad" y "democracia", de que habla tanto EE.UU., significan la libertad y autoritarismo ilimitados que tiene este pais para violar a su capricho la soberania de otros paises en claro desprecio a la dignidad y derechos de ellos y al derecho internacional y normas de relaciones internacionales.
    EE.UU. presiona a otros paises y naciones aceptar e imitar el modelo politico y estilo de vida norteamericanos, lo cual deviene un acto coercitivo para privarles del derecho a optar la idea y el ideal, un atropello de la libertad y una contundente negativa a la democracia.
    Las maniobras de "proliferacion de libertad y democracia" devienen la continuacion de la "guerra antiterrorista".
    Al "exportar" la "democracia", EE.UU. produjo en algunos paises las "revoluciones de color" como las de "naranja y rosa" que terminaron cambiando el poder.
    Alentados por este exito, los norteamericanos idearon la doctrina referida para satisfacer facilmente su ambicion de dominar el mundo sin derramar la sangre.
    En ese sentido, por una parte invierten cada ano mil millones de US$ en el derrocamiento de gobierno de otros paises y, por la otra, intensifican la presion y bloqueo economicos contra ellos.
    Tales maniobras forman parte de la "globalizacion" de EE.UU.
    En su intento de americanizar el mundo, este pais interviene sobremanera en asuntos internos de otros paises para modificar la politica, economia, cultura y otras ramas sociales al estilo norteamericano. He aqui la naturaleza reaccionaria de las maniobras norteamericanas de "proliferacion de libertad y democracia".
    El Medio Oriente, Asia central, Africa y otras regiones y paises del orbe se incluyen en la lista de aplicacion de esa doctrina.
    Redoblar la vigilancia ante esas maniobras y frustrarlas constituyen un problema vital para defender la soberania del pais y dignidad nacional y asegurar una democracia autentica. Pues, es imposible salvaguardar el destino de una nacion si se deja enganar por esa sofisteria de EE.UU. sobre la "democracia".

Miembros de embajada cubana en la jornada de trabajo voluntario

    Pyongyang, 24 de agosto (ATCC) -- En ocasion del mes de solidaridad con el pueblo cubano, el embajador extraordinario y plenipotenciario, Ruben Perez Valdes, y otros miembros de la embajada cubana en Corea realizaron la vispera un trabajo voluntario en la Fabrica de Amistad Corea-Cuba que dirige Ra Sok Ju. 　Luego de escuchar el historial de la fabrica frente al monumento a instrucciones dadas sobre el terreno por el Presidente Kim Il Sung y el Dirigente Kim Jong Il, los huespedes cubanos cosecharon el maiz y desyerbaron las malas para ayudar a los empleados de aqui.
    　En momentos de descanso, profundizaron la amistad departiendo con los directivos de la planta acerca del desarrollo de relaciones fraternales entre los pueblos de Corea y Cuba.
    　El embajador cubano senalo que las relaciones de amistad y cooperacion entre ambos paises se fortalecen y se desarrollan hoy bajo la profunda atencion de los dirigentes de los dos paises y deseo que los obreros de la fabrica logren mayores exitos en la produccion.