Peaceful Solution to Nuclear Issue on Korean Peninsula Supported by NAM Summit

    Pyongyang, September 19 (KCNA) -- The 14th NAM summit held in Havana on Sept. 15 and 16 expressed full support to the Korean people in their just cause of achieving the independent and peaceful reunification of the country and their efforts to seek a peaceful solution to the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula. The final document adopted at the summit said:
    Noting the importance of guaranteeing a durable peace and security in the Korean Peninsula for the sake of the common prosperity of the Korean people as well as the peace and security of Northeast Asia and the rest of the world, heads of state and government expressed the hope that the Korean Peninsula would be reunified through the genuine aspirations and concerted efforts of the Korean peoples themselves in a way as is stated in the North-South Joint Declaration issued at historic North-South summit talks held in Pyongyang on 15th June 2000.
    Heads of state and government expressed their desire for the realization of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and continued support for the resumption of the six-party talks at the soonest possible time, pointing out the latter's vital role in achieving a peaceful negotiated solution to the nuclear issue.
    Heads of state and government reaffirmed their support for the principles of the September 19th 2005 joint statement on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and emphasized the need for an expeditious and faithful implementation of the joint statement.

Pak Pong Ju Meets New Chinese Ambassador

    Pyongyang, September 19 (KCNA) -- Pak Pong Ju, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, together with Vice-Premiers of the Cabinet Kwak Pom Gi and Ro Tu Chol met and conversed with new Chinese Ambassador to the DPRK Liu Xiaoming who paid a courtesy call on him at the Mansudae Assembly Hall Tuesday. On hand were Minister of Foreign Trade Rim Kyong Man, Minister Councilor Guan Huabing and other officials of the Chinese embassy here.

Secretaries of C.C., WPK Meet New Chinese Ambassador

    Pyongyang, September 19 (KCNA) -- Choe Thae Bok and Kim Ki Nam, secretaries of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Tuesday met and conversed with new Chinese Ambassador to the DPRK Liu Xiaoming who paid a courtesy call on them. Present there were Pak Kyong Son, vice department director of the C. C., the WPK, and Minister Councilor Guan Huabing and other officials of the Chinese embassy here.

Plenary Meeting of Youth League Central Committee Held

    Pyongyang, September 19 (KCNA) -- The 33rd plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League was held here Monday. Discussed at the meeting were tasks of the organizations of the youth league to greet the 95th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung, the birthday of General Secretary Kim Jong Il and the 75th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army with a high degree of political zeal and significant achievements in work.
    The meeting heard a report of Kim Kyong Ho, first secretary of the Central Committee of the youth league, and speeches.
    Tasks and ways were set out at the meeting to prepare all the organizations of the youth league and youths and children to be Songun vanguard fighters upholding the idea and leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea in the van.
    The meeting called upon the organizations of the youth league to intensify ideological education among the young men and women to hold the President in high esteem as the eternal sun of Juche, devotedly defend the headquarters of the revolution headed by Kim Jong Il and gain deeper understanding of the validity and vitality of the Party's Songun politics.
    It also urged all the organizations and officials of the youth league to effect a decisive turn in the work to learn soldier culture in the Songun era, true to the instructions of Kim Jong Il, so as to make the whole society replete with revolutionary optimism and stirring emotion of life and guide all the youths and children to stoutly prepare themselves into true young vanguards and children's lifeguards of the Party as required by the Songun era.
    Relevant decisions were adopted at the meeting.

2nd Pyongyang Autumn International Commodity Fair to Be Held

    Pyongyang, September 19 (KCNA) -- The 2nd Pyongyang Autumn International Commodity Fair is slated to take place at the Three-Revolution Exhibition here from Sept. 25 to 28. It will attract companies of the DPRK, China, Italy, Belarus, Thailand, Indonesia, Switzerland, Britain and other countries and regions.
    To be displayed there are equipment for the development of ultra-modern technology, production facilities in the fields of metal, machine, chemical industries, light industry and agriculture and electrical and electronic goods, foodstuff, a variety of daily necessities and others.

Forcible Removal of Dwelling Houses under Fire in S. Korea

    Pyongyang, September 19 (KCNA) -- The People for Achieving Peace and Reunification of south Korea reportedly released a statement in denunciation of the "government's" forcible removal of the dwelling houses in the area of Phyongthaek on Sept. 13. Accusing the "government" of hurling at least 18,000 policemen and over 450 gangsters of the group for the removal of the dwelling houses into Taechu-ri and Todu-ri of Phyongthaek to demolish the dwelling houses there that day, the statement declared the people would never allow the "government" to perpetrate the above-said violent action but do their utmost to defend Phyongthaek.
    The Peace Network in a statement on Sept. 13 urged the "government" to immediately stop the forcible removal of the houses, mindful that the land of Phyongthaek is not mere farmland but a cradle for the farmers associated with their blood and sweat.
    In the meantime, the All-People Measure Committee for Checking the Expansion of the U.S. Military Base in Phyongthaek of south Korea in a statement termed the "government's" mobilization of police forces and gangsters for the forcible removal of the houses in Taechu-ri and Todu-ri, planned for the expansion of the U.S. military base in Phyongthaek, human rights abuses.

Withdrawal of U.S. Forces Demanded

    Pyongyang, September 19 (KCNA) -- More than ten GIs in south Korea got drunk and behaved themselves disgracefully in a bus in Uijongbu, Kyonggi Province, on September 8. And as if this was not enough, they assaulted passengers and broke window glass of the bus with hammer. The south Korean Federation of University Student Councils in a statement titled "U.S. troops in south Korea, a criminal group, leave this land at once" on Sept. 12 said the incident once again made it clear that the U.S. troops are a group of criminals utterly useless in this land.
    Stressing that the south Korean people cannot escape from the threat of crimes of the GIs even a moment as long as they are present in this land, the statement demanded an immediate pullout of the U.S. forces, a group of murderers threatening the lives of the south Korean people.

Friendly Gathering with Malaysian Embassy Officials

    Pyongyang, September 19 (KCNA) -- The DPRK-Malaysia Friendship Association on Monday arranged a friendly gathering with Malaysian embassy officials at the DPRK-Malaysia Friendship Pyongyang Tongdaewon Middle School No. 1 on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of national day of Malaysia. Present there on invitation were Charge d'Affaires A.I. Jamal Sharifuddin Bin Johan and staff members of the Malaysian embassy in Pyongyang.
    The participants went round the room devoted to the history of the school and its laboratories and classrooms.
    They appreciated a performance of stage pieces given by pupils and chatted on the need to boost the relations between the two countries, deepening the feelings of friendship.

Indonesian Charge d'Affaires Hosts Reception

    Pyongyang, September 19 (KCNA) -- Bambang Irawan K., Indonesian charge d'affaires a. i. in Pyongyang, hosted a reception Monday on the occasion of the 61st anniversary of the independence of Indonesia. Present on invitation were Rim Kyong Man, minister of Foreign Trade, Kim Yong Il, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Jon Yong Jin, vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries who is chairman of the DPRK-Indonesia Friendship Association, Kim Tang Su, director of the Bureau of Diplomatic Corps Affairs, officials concerned, diplomatic envoys of different countries and representatives of international organizations here.
    Indonesian embassy officials were on hand.
    Speeches were made at the reception.

Books and Picture Albums Introducing Historic Relics and Remains Published

    Pyongyang, September 19 (KCNA) -- The Korean Cultural Preservation Agency has put out many books and picture albums introducing historic relics and remains preserved with good care in different parts of the country. Published in recent years are the picture albums "Korean Central History Museum," "Ryangchon Temple" and "Guidebook of Korean Temples," the books "Illustrated Book of Korea's Natural Monuments" (Plants Vols. 1 and 2), "Friend of Lovers of Cultural Legacies" and "Ryongthong Temple in Kaesong," the folded pictures "Simwon Temple in Pakchon" and multi-media products of historic relics and monuments, several dozens in all.
    The picture album "Korean Central History Museum" introduces in 7 chapters more than 200 pieces of relics among the exhibits of the museum, which represent the 5,000-year-long history and brilliant culture of Korea and outstanding resources and talents of Korean ancestors.
    "Illustrated Book of Korea's Natural Monuments" (Plants Vols. 1 and 2) gives a specific review of natural plants widely distributed in Korea in the order of ages and academic values.
    Also loved by readers are "Friend of Lovers of Cultural Legacies," "Ryongthong Temple in Kaesong" and the electronic publications "Picture Book of Korea's Historic Relics and Remains" (1-10), which introduce relics and remains ranging from major relics and remains of the primitive and ancient ages to old architectures of the middle and modern ages such as Taedong Gate, Kwangbop Temple, octagonal thirteen-story tower of Pohyon Temple in Mt. Myohyang as well as paintings, sculptures, craft products, musical instruments, weapons and scientific and technological materials.

Law on Nonferrous Metals of DPRK

    Pyongyang, September 19 (KCNA) -- The Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea adopted the law on nonferrous metals of the DPRK in August 2006. The mission of the law is to fully meet the ever-growing demand for nonferrous metals by establishing a strict system and order in the production, supply and utilization of nonferrous metals.
    The law consists of five chapters and 46 articles.
    Stipulated in the law are issues of principle to be kept in the production, supply, usage, collection, procurement and management of nonferrous metals.
    It guarantees by law to make more effective and rational use of the nonferrous metal resources in the country for building a great prosperous powerful nation.

Time-honored Pobun Hermitage in Pyongyang

    Pyongyang, September 19 (KCNA) -- The Pobun Hermitage, located in the southern mid-slope of Mt. Ryongak in Pyongyang, has been preserved and managed in its original state as a national cultural heritage. The hermitage belongs to the Yongmyong Temple. It, built in the days of Koguryo (277 B.C. - A.D. 668), was reconstructed during the period of Ri Dynasty (1392 - 1910).
    The hermitage, standing with steep cliffs as its background, has several buildings including Ponjon (main building), Rahanjon (house for Buddha's disciples), the Sansin pavilion (shrine to a mountain god) and the Chilsong pavilion (shrine to the Big Dipper). The buildings look hoary.
    What is peculiar in the style of its architecture is that the hermitage applies different forms in the facade and in the rear of the building.
    A statue of Amitabha stands in front of a wall inside the Ponjon. Hanging on its back wall is a picture of Amitabha and on a sidewall is a picture of Buddhist nun.
    There are a square 5-storey pagoda in front of the main building and a thousand-year-old zelkova tree on a side.
    Working people from all walks of life and school youth and children feel high pride of the nation with fine architecture, looking round the hermitage.

British Delegation Leaves

    Pyongyang, September 19 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) headed by Harpal Brar, chairman of its Central Committee, flew back Tuesday after wrapping up its 8-day visit to the DPRK. While staying in the DPRK the delegation visited the Korean Revolution Museum, the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace, the Grand People's Study House, the Tower of the Juche Idea and the Monument to Party Founding.

Birthday of DPRK Observed in Different Countries

    Pyongyang, September 19 (KCNA) -- Round-table talks and film shows were held in Peru and the Czech Republic in the period from Sept. 5 to 12 on the occasion of the 58th anniversary of the DPRK. Genaro Ledesma Izquieta, chairman of the People's Front of Workers, Peasants and Students of Peru, addressing round-table talks, said that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the country of the greatest people, a powerful socialist nation of Juche.
    The vice-chairman of the 2nd District, Prague, Committee of the Communist Party of Czech and Moravia, the chairman of its 5th District Committee and others noted in their speeches at round-table talks that the Workers' Party of Korea has successfully led the social revolutions at various stages and socialist construction, converting the DPRK into a powerful socialist nation. Saying that the WPK has consistently maintained the revolutionary principle in the whole period of steering the revolution and construction, they added that socialism in Korea is sure to triumph thanks to the Songun revolutionary leadership of Kim Jong Il.
    Participants of the film shows watched Korean films including "'Kim Il Sung Prize' Winner Grand Mass Gymnastic and Artistic Performance 'Arirang'".
    Meanwhile, Korean book, photo and handicraft exhibitions took place in Russia, Bulgaria, Mexico and Brazil from Aug. 31 to Sept. 8.
    On display in the venues of the exhibitions were portraits of President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il, famous works of peerlessly great persons and books and photos showing their undying exploits and handicrafts representing the wisdom and talents of the Koreans.
    Speeches were made at opening ceremonies.

DPRK's Birthday Observed in Foreign Countries

    Pyongyang, September 19 (KCNA) -- A reception was given in Liaoning Province, China and meetings took place in Hai Duong Province, Vietnam and Karachi, Pakistan on Sept. 5 and 9 on the occasion of the 58th founding anniversary of the DPRK. On display in the venues of the functions were photos showing the immortal Songun revolutionary leadership exploits performed by President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il.
    Speeches were made at the functions.
    The vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Liaoning Provincial People's Congress said that he regarded the development of friendly and cooperative relations with the DPRK as an important part of the work of the province and defending the Sino-Korean friendship as its mission, stressing that the province would make positive efforts to develop the friendship in accordance with the policy of "inheriting the tradition, facing up to the future, building good neighborly friendship and strengthening cooperation."
    The deputy commander of the Liaoning Military Area of the Chinese People's Liberation Army noted that the DPRK has firmly defended socialism thanks to the Songun policy and it firmly guarantees the building of a great prosperous powerful nation in the DPRK.
    The chairman of the Vietnam-Korea Friendship Association said that the younger generation of Vietnam would always remember the precious support rendered by the DPRK to Vietnam in its struggle for national liberation and the building of a new society.
    The secretary for information of the Pakistan People's Party said that Kim Jong Il has led the socialist cause to victory with his outstanding and seasoned leadership and the DPRK would always emerge victorious thanks to his Songun leadership.
    A message of greetings to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the meeting held in Pakistan.

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Se montara exhibicion internacional de mercancias de Pyongyang

    Pyongyang, 19 de septiembre (ATCC) -- Tendra lugar del 25 al 28 del mes en curso en la capitalina Exposicion Permanente de Tres Revoluciones la segunda edicion de la Exhibicion Internacional de Mercancias de Pyongyang en Otono, en la cual participaran las companias de Corea, China, Italia, Belarus, Tailandia, Indonesia, Suiza, Gran Bretana y otros paises y regiones. 　Se exhibiran alli los equipos para el desarrollo de la tecnologia de punta, las instalaciones de produccion de los sectores de industrias metalurgica, mecanica, quimica, ligera y de agricultura, productos electricos y electronicos, alimentos, articulos de uso diario, etc.

Cumbre NOAL apoya solucion pacifica del problema nuclear

    Pyongyang, 19 de septiembre (ATCC) -- La XIV Cumbre de los Paises No Alineados (NOAL) que tuvo lugar los dias 15 y 16 en La Habana expreso irrestricto apoyo a la justa causa del pueblo coreano para la reunificacion independiente y pacifica del pais y la solucion pacifica del problema nuclear de la Peninsula Coreana. El documento final aprobado en la reunion senala que los jefes de Estado y de gobierno, al creer que es importante garantizar la paz y la seguridad duraderas de la Peninsula Coreana para asegurar la prosperidad comun del pueblo coreano y, a la larga, la paz del Nordeste Asiatico y el resto del mundo, apoyaron sinceros esfuerzos del pueblo coreano por realizar con la fuerza unida la reunificacion de la Peninsula Coreana de acuerdo con la Declaracion Conjunta Norte-Sur publicada en las historicas conversaciones del 15 de junio de 2000 de los maximos dirigentes de ambas partes.
    Apunta que ellos desearon la realizacion de la desnuclearizacion de la Peninsula Coreana y apoyaron la reanudacion pronta de las conversaciones a 6 partes subrayando la importancia de estas en la solucion pacifica por via negociada del problema nuclear y en relacion con esto exteriorizaron el apoyo a los principios de la Declaracion Conjunta del 19 de septiembre de 2005 sobre la desnuclearizacion de la Peninsula Coreana y a su rapida y satisfactoria ejecucion.

Libros y albumes de vestigios historicos

    Pyongyang, 19 de septiembre (ATCC) -- La Casa de Conservacion de la Cultura de Corea edita libros y albumes para dar a conocer los vestigios y riquezas historicos guardados en varios lugares del pais. Acabo de editar decenas de especies de publicaciones, entre otras, los albumes "Museo Nacional de la Historia de Corea", "Templo Ryangchon" y "Guia de templos de Corea", los libros "Ilustracion de monumentos naturales de Corea" (tomos I y II de la parte de la flora), "Amigo de los amantes de patrimonios culturales" y "Templo Ryongthong de Kaesong", el papel plegado "Templo Simwon de Pakchon" y las multimedias.
    El album "Museo Nacional de la Historia de Corea" de 7 capitulos da a conocer mas de 200 objetos que muestran la larga historia y resplandeciente cultura de Corea de cinco milenios, inteligencias y talentos sobresalientes de los antecesores.
    El libro "Ilustracion de monumentos naturales de Corea" (tomos I y II de la parte de la flora) da a conocer especificamente las plantas naturales distribuidas ampliamente en el pais clasificandolas por orden de edad y significacion cientifica.
    Tambien ganan gran popularidad de los lectores la multimedia electronica "Ilustracion de Vestigios y riquezas historicos de Corea" (1~10), los libros "Templo Ryongthong de Kaesong" y "Amigo de los amantes de patrimonios culturales", que dan a conocer los vestigios principales de los tiempos primitivos y antiguos y los vestigios de las epocas medieval y moderna como la puerta Taedong, el templo Kwangbop, la pagoda octagonal de 13 gradas del templo Pohyon y otros edificios antiguos, pinturas, esculturas, articulos artesanales, instrumentos musicales, armas, datos cientificos y tecnicos.

Presidium de APS de RPDC emite ley de metales no ferrosos

    Pyongyang, 19 de septiembre (ATCC) -- El Presidium de la Asamblea Popular Suprema de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea aprobo en agosto pasado la ley de metales no ferrosos. 　La ley toma por mision contribuir a asegurar satisfactoriamente la creciente demanda sobre metales no ferrosos por medio de establecer estrictamente el regimen y orden en la produccion, suministro y uso de dichos metales.
    　La ley consta de 5 capitulos y 46 articulos.
    　Define los problemas de principios a ser observados en la produccion, el suministro, el uso, la recuperacion, el acopio y el cuidado de metales no ferrosos.
    　La ley da garantia a utilizar mas eficaz y racionalmente los recursos de metales no ferrosos del pais en la construccion de una gran potencia prospera.