DPRK Foreign Ministry Spokesman Demands U.S. Lift of Financial Sanctions

     Pyongyang, August 26 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry released a statement on August 26 accusing the United States of more persistently escalating its financial sanctions against the DPRK. It said:
    In the wake of the publication of Bush's statement calling for cutting off the financial channels of "rogue states", the U.S. Department of Treasury dispatched its deputy secretary to Southeast Asian countries including Vietnam, urging them to stop all sorts of financial dealings with the DPRK. In the meantime, it is tracing the accounts opened by the DPRK in banks of at least 10 countries including some Southeast Asian countries and Mongolia and Russia.
    This is, in essence, a gangster-like act of gravely infringing upon the sovereignty and dignity of its dialogue partner as it is aimed at seriously tarnishing the image of the DPRK and severing its economic ties with other countries.
    The U.S. has applied financial sanctions against the DPRK for nearly one year according to its domestic act, not in line with the relevant international law. It has, at the same time, cooked up a variety of "fictions on illegal dealings", failing to attain any results of investigation, much less producing any evidence to speak of. The U.S. has made contradictory remarks. While asserting that the present financial sanctions are irrelevant to the six-party talks as they are a measure for the enforcement of the act, the U.S. claimed that it would discuss the issue of lifting the financial sanctions, if Pyongyang comes out for the six-party talks.
    The U.S. negotiator, addressing the Congress, openly claimed that the financial sanctions are a lever for pressurizing north Korea to abandon its nuclear program. And its deputy secretary of Treasury urged other countries not to have any financial transactions with the DPRK, asserting that there is no difference between illegal dealing and legal one as far as the finance of north Korea is concerned. This is nothing but sophism making a mockery of and fooling the world people and a gangster-like doctrine.
    To lift the financial sanctions is not a mere business-like matter of taking back some amount of frozen money, but a political issue directly related not only to the six-party talks but to the implementation of the September 19 joint statement. It, therefore, serves as a barometer judging whether the U.S. is willing to make a switchover in its DPRK policy or not.
    By nature the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula surfaced due to the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK. The key to settling it is for the U.S. to give up its hostile policy toward the DPRK and opt for co-existing with it.
    In the joint statement issued on September 19, 2005, the DPRK committed itself to abandon its nuclear program and the U.S. to co-exist with it in peace. The DPRK, however, does not beg the U.S. to co-exist with it. It is the DPRK's stand to implement the agreement on the principle of equality. The DPRK likes to have the six-party talks more than ever as it will gain from the implementation of the agreement more than others.
    The U.S. financial sanctions against the DPRK are a stumbling-block lying in the way of the DPRK returning to the six-party talks.
    No sooner had the joint statement been published than the U.S. applied financial sanctions against its dialogue partner, completely scuttling the agreed agenda of the six-party talks and driving them to the present deadlock.
    The DPRK has clarified more than once that it will never go to the six-party talks, with "sanctions" put on it.
    The DPRK remains unchanged in this principled stand.
    A scrutiny into the U.S. loudmouthed "illegal dealings" makes it clear that they are sheer fabrication nothing in common with the nature of the socialist system of Korean style.
    The DPRK has perfected legal and institutional mechanisms banning such illegal acts as counterfeiting notes and money-laundering.
    The DPRK is neither a "law-breaking state" nor a "state counterfeiting notes" as claimed by the U.S. On the contrary, it has fallen victim to the issue of counterfeit notes and their circulation due to the U.S.
    The DPRK remains undeterred by any financial supremacy of the U.S. as it has been exposed to U.S. sanctions for several decades and maintains no economic relations with it. It is the height of folly for the U.S. to think that it can solve any issue by means of sanctions and pressure.
    There is strong opinion even in the U.S. that it is more realistic for the Bush administration to lift the financial sanctions and resume the six-party talks because they would not prove effective but escalate the stand-off between the DPRK and the U.S. and entail a horrible disaster. This is by no means fortuitous. All these facts go to clearly prove that the Bush administration is chiefly to blame for scuttling the six-party talks and straining the situation in the region and for putting the brake on the process to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
    Now that the Bush administration is escalating its pressure upon the DPRK through the tightened financial sanctions in a bid to keep itself politically alive, the DPRK is left with no other option but to take all necessary counter-measures to protect its ideology, system, sovereignty and dignity.

Renegotiation on Plan for Expansion of U.S. Military Base Urged in S. Korea

     Pyongyang, August 27 (KCNA) -- The All-People Measure Committee for Checking the Expansion of the U.S. Military Base in Phyongthaek reportedly held a press conference in front of the U.S. embassy in Seoul on August 22, demanding total renegotiation on the plan for the expansion of the U.S. military base. The press release read out at the conference said that the right to existence of the residents has been stamped out and the peace of the Korean Peninsula threatened as the moves for the expansion of the U.S. military base in Phyongthaek are pushed forward to back the realization of the "strategic flexibility" of the U.S. troops in south Korea. The release condemned the south Korean "government" for trying not to renegotiate, claiming that the south Korea-U.S. alliance will be perilous, despite the obvious validity of the total renegotiation on the plan for the expansion of the U.S. military base in Phyongthaek.
    The U.S. should positively approach the settlement of the issue of expanding its military base in Phyongthaek, the release said, warning that if the renegotiation fails to be held, the U.S. would be to blame for the ensuing consequences.

Stop to "Ulji Focus Lens" Urged by Swiss Organization

     Pyongyang, August 27 (KCNA) -- The Swiss Committee for Supporting the Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea released a statement on August 19 urging an immediate halt to the criminal joint military exercises "Ulji Focus Lens" staged by the U.S. and south Korean bellicose forces. The United States has described it as a "regular annual drill to prevent war," but it is a provocative and criminal act intended to invade the northern half of Korea, the statement said.
    The U.S. directed its followers to adopt a "resolution" of the UNSC in a bid to form an alliance for a war of aggression on the DPRK, it noted, and said: The south Korean army's participation in the "Ulji Focus Lens" is an act of swimming against the present trend in which the north and the south of Korea are cooperating with each other, and it is contrary to the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration aimed at the independent and peaceful reunification of Korea.
    The south Korean authorities and military are committing a treacherous act that is intolerable.
    The U.S. imperialists will never attain their purpose through such war games for aggression.
    They will see all the Koreans getting united more closely in the idea of "By our nation itself," not standing in confrontation and hostility.

Sit-in Strike against "Ulji Focus Lens" in S. Korea

     Pyongyang, August 27 (KCNA) -- Members of 11 civic and social organizations of south Korea including the South Headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification, the Solidarity for Implementing the South-North Joint Declaration, the Confederation of Trade Unions, the National Federation of Peasants Association and the Federation of University Student Councils on August 21 reportedly entered into a sit-in strike against the aggressive "Ulji Focus Lens" joint military exercises staged by the U.S. and the south Korean bellicose forces. At a press conference held in front of the U.S. military base in Ryongsan, Seoul that day speakers demanded an immediate stop to the "Ulji Focus Lens" staged at the time when war crisis is more escalating in the Korean Peninsula than ever before due to the U.S. hostile policy toward the north.
    The south Korean people from all walks of life will oppose not only the "Ulji Focus Lens" but all sorts of war moves of the U.S. and will never stop their struggle for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from south Korea, they said.
    A press release read out at the conference said that the participation of the south Korean army in the U.S. military exercises for a war of aggression on the north is an anti-national act of hamstringing the spirit of the June 15 joint declaration and destroying the atmosphere of inter-Korean reconciliation and cooperation. The press release declared that the 11 civic and social organizations would stage a sit-in strike in front of the U.S. military base in Ryongsan till September 1 to check the "Ulji Focus Lens."

Rodong Sinmun on U.S. Moves for Nuclear War

     Pyongyang, August 27 (KCNA) -- To frustrate the moves of the U.S. imperialists for invasion of the DPRK is very urgent and important in preventing a war on the Korean Peninsula and ensuring peace in Asia and the rest of the world. Rodong Sinmun Sunday says this in a signed article.
    The article goes on:
    Nowhere in the world but in and around the Korean Peninsula war exercises are frequented and thick clouds of war are hovering.
    Preemptive attack is the basic mode of the U.S. imperialists in pursuing a new war of aggression on the DPRK. The theory of preemptive attack is the core of the U.S. imperialists' policy of overseas aggression in the 21st century. Their attempt to make a preemptive attack on the DPRK has become clearer in the war scenario for invasion of the DPRK worked out by the Bush bellicose forces. The war scenario is the plan for a surprising nuclear preemptive attack. The Bush warlike forces are seeking to unleash the second Korean war by means of total warfare with air and navy operations as the main, indiscriminate strike operations by the latest armed forces, taking account of the preceding wars of aggression and the topographical features of Korea in particular.
    The U.S. has already designated the DPRK as a target of a nuclear preemptive attack. Accordingly, the U.S. imperialists have long stepped up the production of smaller nukes to be used in a Korean war. Meanwhile, they massively deployed carriers of nuclear weapons around the Korean Peninsula and established the nuclear war commanding system. All their war exercises for aggression in and around south Korea are consistent with nuclear war exercises.
    The U.S. bellicose forces seek to swallow up the DPRK at a strike by huge latest armed forces including nuclear weapons when they ignite a war of aggression on the DPRK. However, the DPRK counterattack will be merciless and resolute. The DPRK will have no mercy on the invaders. And those following the U.S. in moves for invasion of the DPRK will not evade its striking sphere.

Greetings to Moldovan President

     Pyongyang, August 27 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Sunday sent a message of greetings to Vladimir Woronin, president of Moldova, on the occasion of its 15th national day. Expressing belief that the friendly relations between the DPRK and Moldova would develop in the desire and interests of the two peoples, Kim in the message wished the president success in his responsible work for prosperity of the country and the Moldovan people peace and prosperity.

Bangladesh-DPRK Friendship and Solidarity Committee Formed

     Pyongyang, August 26 (KCNA) -- An inaugural ceremony of the Bangladesh-DPRK Friendship and Solidarity Committee was held in Dhaka on Aug. 18. The ceremony elected Rashed Khan Menon, chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Bangladesh, top advisor to the friendship and solidarity committee and Nuran Nabie, general secretary of the Bangladesh-Korea Friendship Association, chairman of the above-said committee.
    Bangladeshi figures said at the inaugural ceremony underscored the need to boost the friendly relations with the Korean people and strengthen the solidarity movement as required by the present situation and development of the era.

Celebration Event of Women Held

     Pyongyang, August 26 (KCNA) -- A meeting of members of the Korean Democratic Women's Union (KDWU) in Pyongyang was held at the Central Youth Hall on August 25 on the occasion of the 46th anniversary of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's start of Songun revolutionary leadership. Pak Sun Hui, chairwoman of the Central Committee of the KDWU addressed the meeting to be followed by others.
    Recalling that Kim Jong Il visited the Guard Seoul Ryu Kyong Su 105 Tank Division of the Korean People's Army on August 25, Juche 49 (1960), starting his Songun leadership, speakers stressed that this marked a significant event that recorded a new chapter in the history of Songun revolution which President Kim Il Sung launched and advanced with arms.
    The last 46 years during which Kim Jong Il has advanced the Korean revolution with his great Songun leadership represented an ever-victorious history in which he has won only victories in the confrontation with the U.S. and the struggle to defend socialism, holding aloft the banner of Songun, they noted.
    They called upon all the women to cherish deep in mind the great pride and honor of pushing one of the two wheels of the Songun revolution, give fuller play to the traits of aiding the army and make a tangible contribution to the building of a great prosperous powerful socialist nation with patriotism.
    Present at the meeting was Kim Jung Rin, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
    At the end of the meeting, the participants appreciated an art performance given on the occasion.

River-Crossing Competition among School Youth and Children Held

     Pyongyang, August 26 (KCNA) -- A River Taedong-crossing competition of school youth and children in Pyongyang was held on August 25 on the occasion of the Youth Day. The competition this year, the tenth of its kind, brought together at least 2,500 boys and girls selected from over 20 districts and counties of the city. At the signal starting the competition the swimmers jumped into the river in groups from the promenade of the river in front of Kim Il Sung Square and swam towards the opposite riverside where the Tower of the Juche Idea stands. All of them displayed high spirit of collectivism and great perseverance in the group river-crossing competition.
    Winning the admiration of spectators were students of Pyongyang Changgwang Middle School No. 1, Pyongyang Wisong Middle School and Pyongyang Namsin Primary School.
    At the end of the competition prizes were awarded to successful groups.

Immediate Stop to Joint Military Exercises Demanded in S. Korea

     Pyongyang, August 26 (KCNA) -- The National Council of Girl Student Representatives and the Kwangju and South Jolla Provincial Federation of the National Federation of Peasants Associations of south Korea reportedly made public statements on August 22 and 21 demanding an immediate stop to the "Ulji Focus Lens" joint military exercises staged by the U.S. and the south Korean bellicose forces. The council said that the joint military exercises under simulated conditions of preemptive attack and nuclear war against the north clearly prove who is creating war crisis on the Korean Peninsula.
    It demanded an immediate halt to the "Ulji Focus Lens" launched again at the time when the U.S. hostile policy toward the north and war moves have reached an extreme phase, branding it as a serious hostility of the U.S. and the south Korean authorities harassing peace on the Korean Peninsula.
    The federation noted that the U.S. and the south Korean bellicose forces are asserting that the joint military drill is an "annual exercise for defense," but it is evidently an offensive drill under the U.S. operation plan for a preemptive nuclear attack on the north.
    It urged the south Korean authorities to make efforts for national cooperation, not working hard to strengthen "military alliance" with the U.S.

DPRK Women's Football Team Proves Successful in World Championships

     Pyongyang, August 26 (KCNA) -- The DPRK women's football team came first in the group league matches of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Championships that opened in Moscow on Aug. 17. It played with German, Swiss and Mexican rivals in Group C. On Aug. 18 the Korean girls had their first match with the German rival which won the title of the 2nd Women's World Championships in which they beat it 2:0. They also trounced the Swiss team 4:0 in the match held on Aug. 21. Then they defeated the Mexican team 4:0 in the last game of the league matches held on Aug. 24. The DPRK team thus emerged winner in the group to be qualified for matches among eight strong teams.

Second International Martial Arts Games Continues

     Pyongyang, August 26 (KCNA) -- The Second International Martial Arts Games continued before full houses in various gymnasiums in Chongchun Street on August 25. Men's and women's individual and team sparring matches of Taekwon-Do took place at the Taekwon-Do Hall.
    DPRK players picked up twelve gold and two silver medals in the matches. In the men's individual sparring matches, Kim Yong Chol (DPRK) came first in the 50kg category, Ji Chol Guk (DPRK) in the 57kg category, Kim Kum Chol (DPRK) in the 64kg category, Kang Chol (DPRK) in the 71kg category, Jan Mracek (Czech Republic) in the 78kg category, Pak Chol Song (DPRK) in the 85kg category, and Yang Jong Muk (DPRK) in the over 85 kg category.
    In the women's individual sparring matches, Kim Yong Ok (DPRK) placed first in the 45kg category, Kim Un Rae (DPRK) in the 51kg category, Amalia Koleva (Bulgaria) in the 57kg category, Kim Jong Ae (DPRK) in the 63kg category, and Jegal Un (DPRK) in the 69kg category.
    In the men's team sparring matches, the DPRK took the first place, the Czech Republic the second, and China and Cambodia the third while in the women's team sparring the DPRK came first and Bulgaria second.
    Kick-boxing games took place at the Table-Tennis Gymnasium. Wong Yuensang (Hong Kong, China,) placed first in the 57 kg category event, Abbas Shebiak (Iran) in the 60 kg category, Kriengsak Anannoo (Thailand) in the 63.5kg category, and Prajausin Kaewjambai (Thailand) in the 75kg category. The first place in open-weight category event went to Oparin Vitaliy (Uzbekistan). Wushu games were held at the Basketball Gymnasium. Participating in them were players from the DPRK, China, Iran and Vietnam.
    Those players successfully executed high techniques of martial arts in Taolu events. Winners of different men's and women's events of Taolu were Chon Yong Hak, Hong Yun Gyong and Pak Sin Hyok of the DPRK, Wang Hongpeng, Chang Xing, Mou Jiahui, Zhang Yong and An Xiaowei of China, Nguyen Ngoc Duy and Nguyen Mai Phuong of Vietnam, and Elham Sadegehi and Ghaffar Amani of Iran.
    First places in Sanshu events of different men's and women's categories went to Won To Song and Yun Song Sil of the DPRK, Mehdi Jatarpour, Saed Siyah Moshtehei and Khosrow Minoo of Iran and Nguyen Thuy Ngan of Vietnam. Pankration games took place at the Combat Sports Gymnasium. Present there were players of Russia, Greece, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Cyprus.
    Whenever they displayed skillful striking techniques the audience gave a big hand to them. Yamil Efendiev of Russia emerged winner in the 85 kg category event. First place in the over 95 kg category went to Sergei Rudenko of Ukraine. Paduk games were held at the Handball Gymnasium.
    In the games Pak Chol Man and Jo Sae Byol of the DPRK and Shao Guang of China demonstrated their abilities by applying different techniques after getting at the mentality of their rivals.
    Demonstrations of Taekwon-Do, Sambo, Hapkido and Dragon Dance were given at the Volleyball Gymnasium. Present were Taekwon-Do players of Pyongyang Extracurricular Taekwon-Do School, the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace and the Pyongyang Schoolchildren's Palace and players of Russia, Iran, Uzbekistan, New Zealand, Ethiopia and Hong Kong, China.

Japanese Authorities Accused of Disallowing DPRK Delegation's Entry

     Pyongyang, August 26 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Korean Council of Religionists issued a statement on August 26 to accuse the Japanese authorities of disallowing the entry of a delegation of the council to participate in the 8th regular meeting of the World Conference of Religions for Peace now under way in Kyoto. The statement said:
    The Japanese judicial authorities dragged on the clearance of the application for the delegation's entry, pretending to allow it at first. They, however, refused to issue a visa for the head of the delegation on charge of being "the primary target of sanctions" just before the opening of the conference. Then they perpetrated such a shameless and clumsy act as totally blocking the delegation's entry under such absurd pretexts as an issue concerning the names of members of the delegation and the failure of a DPRK delegation to participate in the last regular meeting. By barring the DPRK from participating in the international meeting of religionists to discuss issues of world peace and security through their unjust action the Japanese authorities downplayed the significance of the current meeting for peace and seriously tarnished the image of the World Conference of Religions for Peace, a dignified organization of the international religious community.
    The illegal and reckless action taken by them to bar the delegation's entry and participation in the meeting is nothing but suppression of religion unprecedented in the history of international relations.
    The Korean Council of Religionists serves a warning to the Japanese authorities over the case.
    They should bear in mind that they will meet only death and ruin, should they persistently toe the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK, seized by an unrealizable day dream.
    The Korean people will never forget the monstrous crimes the Japanese imperialists committed by forcing Koreans into colonial slavery in the past and blocking the uniform development of the Korean nation, pursuant to the harsh hostile policy towards the DPRK but certainly force Japan to pay for them.
    The council avails itself of this opportunity to express the hope that all the religionists and religious organizations standing for love, justice and peace will see through the true colors of Japan and extend positive support to the Korean people in their struggle to defend peace on the Korean Peninsula and the rest of Northeast Asia and the world.

Drive Force of Revolution Strengthened under Banner of Songun

     Pyongyang, August 26 (KCNA) -- The revolutionary struggle can never advance unless its driving force is strengthened as it is an untrodden road and the imperialists and the enemies are continuing their wicked moves to obliterate the popular masses' cause of independence, says Rodong Sinmun in a signed article Saturday. General Secretary Kim Jong Il, considering the strengthening of the driving force of revolution as the fundamental issue of victorious revolution, has directed his utmost efforts to it from the first days of his leadership over revolution, the article notes, and goes on: One of his undying feats in strengthening the driving force of the Korean revolution in every way under the banner of Songun is that he originally clarified the principled foundation of single-minded unity in the era of Songun and has more firmly cemented the harmonious whole of all the army and people with the headquarters of the revolution as its hard core.
    He indicated to the Korean army and people the way of successfully realizing their single-minded unity on a new height and has energetically led the work of building up the revolutionary ranks into the crystal of devotedly defending the leader, the ranks of faith who share the idea, intention, the same destiny with the headquarters of the revolution to the last.
    Another of his undying feats is that he has successfully made the revolutionary ranks elite and strong with the revolutionary army as the main force for the first time in history.
    On the basis of the principle of Songun that the army precisely means the party, the state and the people, he put forward the People's Army as the main force of revolution and has energetically led the work of strengthening the revolutionary ranks in every way with the army as a model for the first time in human history in the practical struggle of the Songun revolutionary leadership.
    The single-minded unity of the DPRK consolidated as firm as a rock under his leadership is now surely guaranteeing all miracles and victories in Songun Korea.

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Actos festivos por 46o aniversario del inicio de la politica de Songun

     Pyongyang, 26 de agosto (ATCC) -- Con motivo del 46o aniversario del inicio de la direccion revolucionaria mediante el Songun (priorizacion militar) por el Dirigente Kim Jong Il tuvieron lugar las veladas de los jovenes y estudiantes y funciones de los artistas. Las explanadas frente a los Monumentos a la Idea Juche y a la Fundacion del Partido, la Casa Cultural 25 de Abril, y otros lugares de esta capital estaban repletas de los jovenes y estudiantes bailando con sentimientos de infinita adoracion y confianza al Dirigente.
    Los participantes bailaron acorde con las melodias de la cancion "Cantemos el querido general del pueblo", "El general a caballo blanco", "La nuestra es la cancion del triunfo", etc.
    Semejantes actividades se realizaron tambien en las provincias, las ciudades y distritos.
    Se ofrecieron la funcion de cantos y bailes "Es mejor nuestro general" de los artistas del Conjunto Artistico Mansudae en el Teatro de Arte Ponghwa y el concierto de la Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional en el Teatro Morambong, la funcion de cantos y bailes del Conjunto Artistico Nacional en la Casa Central de la Juventud y el concierto de la orquesta del Instituto Musical de Yun I Sang en la Casa de Musica homonima y otras entidades artisticas.
    Al ver las piezas puestas en la escena los espectadores quedaron conmovidos de los abnegados esfuerzos que hizo el Dirigente durante decenios desde el primer dia de su direccion revolucionaria mediante el Songun.
    En el Teatro Nacional de Drama y el Circo de Pyongyang se efectuaron tambien las representaciones artisticas.
    Se ofrecieron semejantes funciones festivas en los teatros artisticos y casas de cultura de las provincias Hamgyong del Norte, Jagang, Kangwon, Hwanghae del Norte y del Sur y otras.

Constituido Comite de Amistad y Solidaridad Bangladesh - Corea

    　Pyongyang, 26 de agosto (ATCC) -- Quedo constituido el dia 18 en Dacca el Comite de Amistad y Solidaridad Bangladesh-Corea. 　Como su maximo asesor fue electo Rashed Khan Menon, presidente del CC del Partido del Trabajo de Bangladesh, y como su presidente, Nuran Nabie, secretario general de la Asociacion de Amistad Bangladesh-Corea.
    　En la ocasion, varias personalidades bengalies resaltaron la necesidad de desarrollar aun mas las relaciones de amistad con el pueblo coreano y ampliar el movimiento solidario con este, conforme a la situacion actual y la demanda del desarrollo de la epoca.

Noticias de la tercera jornada de II CIAM

    　Pyongyang, 26 de agosto (ATCC) -- Prosiguieron la vispera en los centros deportivos del capitalino reparto Chongchun las peleas en el marco de la segunda Competencia Internacional de Arte Marcial (CIAM). En el Palacio de Taekwon-do tuvieron lugar las competencias de parrins individual y colectivo de ambos sexos de esta modalidad.
    Los taekwondoistas anfitriones conquistaron 12 medallas de oro y 2 de plata. En el parrins individual masculino, el primer lugar correspondio a los coreanos Kim Yong Chol (en la categoria de 50 kg), Ji Chol Guk (57 kg), Kim Kum Chol (64kg), Kang Chol (71kg), Pak Chol Song (85 kg), Yang Jong Muk (mas de 85 kg) y al checo Jan Mracek (78 kg).
    En la misma disciplina para damas, ocuparon el primer lugar las coreanas Kim Yong Ok (en la categoria de 45 kg), Kim Un Rae (51 kg), Kim Jong Ae (63 kg), Jegal Un (69 kg) y la bulgara Amilia Koleva (57 kg).
    En las pruebas colectivas, los anfitriones ocuparon el primer lugar mientras los checos terminaron en el segundo. Los chinos y los camboyanos tuvieron que conformarse con la presea de bronce.
    　En la rama femenina, las anfitrionas y las bulgaras ocuparon el primer y segundo lugares, respectivamente. Mientras tanto, en el Centro de Ping Pong se entablaron encuentros de Kick-boxing. Entre los ganadores figuraban Wong Yuensang (Hong Kong de China) en la categoria de 57 kg, Abbas Shebiak (Iran) en 60 kg, Kriengsak Anannoo (Tailandia) en 63.5 kg, Prajausin Kaewjambai (Tailandia) en 75 kg y Oparin Vitaliy (Uzbekistan) en la categoria de los supercompletos.
    En los juegos de Wushu efectuados en el Centro de Baloncesto participaron los jugadores de Corea, China, Iran y Vietnam.
    　En las disciplinas de Taollu los jugadores demostraron excelentemente sus altas tecnicas.
    　En los encuentros de ambos sexos subieron a lo mas alto del podio los coreanos Chon Yong Hak, Hong Yun Gyong y Pak Sin Hyok, los chinos Wang Hongpeng, Chang Xing, Mou Jiahui, Zhang Yong y An Xiaowei, los vietnamitas Nguyen Ngoc Duy y Nguyen Mai Phuong y los iranies Elham Sadegehi y Ghaffar Amani.
    　En la disciplina de Sanshu de diversos pesos de ambos sexos resultaron ganadores los coreanos Won To Song y Yun Song Sil, los iranies Mehdi Jatarpour, Saed Siyah Moshtehei and Khosrow Minoo y el vietnamita Nguyen Thuy Ngan. 　El Centro de Atletismo Pesado fue la sede de duelos de Pankration. 　Cada vez que los jugadores de Rusia, Grecia, Ucrania, Uzbekistan y Chipre daban sucesivos golpes habiles, los espectadores les estimularon con efusivos aplausos. 　En la division de 85 kg salio ganador el ruso Yamil Efendiev y en la de mas de 95 kg, el ucranio Sergei Rudenko.
    　De otro lado, en el Centro de Balonmano se desarrollaron los juegos de Paduk. 　Los coreanos Pak Chol Man y Jo Sae Byol y el chino Shao Guang mostraron su gran maestria al emplear variadas jugadas previendo las de sus adversarios. 　En el Centro de Voleibol hubo la presentacion modelo de Taekwon-do, Sambo, Hapkido, danza de dragon por parte de los taekwondocas de la Escuela Extraescolar de Taekwon-do de la Ciudad de Pyongyang, los Palacios de Ninos y Escolares de Mangyongdae y de Pyongyang y los deportistas de Rusia, Iran, Uzbekistan, Nueva Zelanda, Etiopia y Hong Kong de China.

Sesionada IV Asamblea General del CIJAM

    　Pyongyang, 26 de agosto (ATCC) -- Tuvo lugar el dia 25 en esta capital la cuarta asamblea general del Comite Internacional de Juegos de Arte Marcial (CIJAM). Participaron Jang Ung, presidente de la Federacion Internacional de Taekwondo y del CIJAM, Jong Jae Hun, secretario general del CIJAM, Leong Wai Meng, vicepresidente del CIJAM, Mohammad Ghasem Manouchehri, presidente de la Federacion Mundial de Kick-Boxing, Panagiotis Koutrobas, presidente de la Federacion Internacional de Pankration, Santiprharp Intaraphartn, vicepresidente de la Federacion Mundial de Muaythai, M. H. Abid, secretario general de la Federacion Mundial de Arte Marcial Oriental, y otros representantes de varias federaciones internacionales de arte marcial y de entidades de artes marciales nacionales.
    Tambien se distinguian el vicepremier del Consejo de Ministros, Kwak Pom Gi, el presidente del Comite Coreano de Taekwondo, Hwang Pong Yong, quien es titular de la Federacion de Arte Marcial de Corea, y otros funcionarios interesados. En su discurso, Jang Ung resalto que esta reunion debe discutir y resolver con exito todos los puntos de la agenda para dar un gran salto en el desarrollo del CIJAM. Al pronunciar la palabra de felicitacion, Kwak Pom Gi transmitio el deseo del pueblo coreano de que la segunda competencia internacional de arte marcial, inaugurada con solemnidad en esta capital, resulte una grandiosa cita de sus practicantes de todo el mundo. Tras debatir los problemas planteados, los participantes escucharon los informes del presidente y el secretario del CIJAM. En esta ocasion, Jang Ung y Jong Jae Hun fueron elegidos como presidente honorario y presidente del CIJAM, respectivamente. En la primera reunion del comite ejecutivo de la Asamblea General, Leong Wai Meng fue designado como secretario general del CIJAM mientras el director general ejecutivo de la Federacion Internacional de Taekwondo, Ri Yong Son, y el jefe de la subcomision de programacion del CIJAM, Kim Kwang Il, se nombraron como subsecretarios generales. Ademas, se llevaron acabo elecciones suplementarias de miembros de la misma entidad.