Abe Warned Not to Play Petty Trick: Rodong Sinmun

    Pyongyang, October 23 (KCNA) -- Recently Japanese Prime Minister Abe said that Japan inflicted wounds upon various Asian countries in the past and uttered words of remorse for this. He added he would accept the criticism of his misunderstanding of history. Rodong Sinmun Monday in a signed commentary terms his remarks an ostrich policy, warning Abe not to play a petty trick over the issue of visit to the "Yasukuni Shrine".
    Disclosing Abe's ulterior intention to avoid any comment on the issue although he made it clear that he would "inherit" the view of the preceding regime on Japan's past crimes of aggression, the commentary goes on:
    It is clear to everybody that his petty trick can never be understandable to the neighboring countries as even Japanese media criticized it as red herring.
    For all his efforts to maintain an ambiguous attitude, his real intention has already been brought to light.
    Even before holding premiership, he supported the predecessor's visits to the "Yasukuni Shrine" and made a secret visit to the shrine in April. Recently 84 members of the "Dietmen's Association for Inviting All to Visit the 'Yasukuni Shrine'" including an advisor to the prime minister and a vice-minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Post and Telecommunications made a group visit to the shrine.
    By avoiding for the time being any mention about the visit to the shrine, a very sensitive political issue and an international problem, Abe seeks to escape international criticism. As a matter of fact, he has not abandoned the idea of visiting the shrine.
    If the Japanese authorities felt remorseful of the crime-woven past even a bit, there would be no reason for them to refuse to clarify their stand not to visit the "Yasukuni Shrine".
    There are disturbing moves in Japan at present to operate the "Yasukuni Shrine," a centre for spreading the militaristic idea, as a national cemetery for the purpose of openly conducting national and international official functions there.
    Japan would be well advised to make a right option, bearing in mind that it is the only way for it to restore the confidence of the international community to settle its past crimes as early as possible.

WPK Praised

    Pyongyang, October 23 (KCNA) -- A member of the Political Bureau of the People's Unity Party of Tunisia made public a statement on Oct. 10 on the occasion of the 61st anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea and the 80th anniversary of the Down-with-Imperialism Union. On these significant days we are looking back on the brilliant path traversed by the WPK since it was founded by President Kim Il Sung, the statement said, stressing that the victory of the WPK is an example that all the anti-imperialist forces should follow.

Dissolution of GNP Urged in S. Korea

    Pyongyang, October 23 (KCNA) -- The Reunification Solidarity of south Korea reportedly issued a statement on Oct. 18, demanding dissolution of the "Grand National Party", a pro-U.S., anti-reunification group which is baffling the south-north relations and inciting a war. Referring to the fact that war crisis is escalating in the Korean Peninsula owing to the U.S. moves, the statement expressed resentment at the GNP playing a "war trumpeter" and a "war vanguard" in the van of the U.S. sanctions against the DPRK.

Anti-U.S. Struggle in S. Korea

    Pyongyang, October 23 (KCNA) -- Members of youth and student movement organizations in south Korea reportedly held a "candlelight cultural rally" in front of the Dong-A Ilbo Office in Seoul on Oct. 16, bitterly denouncing the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK. Also present there were elders of the reunification movement and representatives of civic and public organizations.
    On the same day the Reunification Solidarity called a press conference in the vicinity of the U.S. embassy in Seoul to declare a sit-in strike of the emergency situation for opposing sanctions against the DPRK and achieving peace on the Korean Peninsula.
    On Oct. 19 the Solidarity for Implementing the South-North Joint Declaration called upon the progressive camps to turn out in the anti-U.S., anti-war struggle in connection with the situation prevailing in the Korean Peninsula.

Mineral Yeast Capsule Efficacious for Diabetes Made

    Pyongyang, October 23 (KCNA) -- Pyongyang University of Medicine in the DPRK has recently made mineral yeast capsule good for the treatment and prevention of diabetes. The capsule was highly appreciated at the recent Second Pyongyang Autumn International Trade Fair.
    It contains organic germanium, organic selenium, organic zinc, organic chromium and vitamin B complex. The mineral substances are essential to the formation and function of insulin hormone, which is basic for glycolmetabolism. Therefore, the capsule helps pancreas form insulin and promotes the recovery of its function.
    The capsule is also efficacious for cerebral thrombosis, arteriosclerosis and cancer.
    The mineral yeast is essential to fat metabolism and cholesterol metabolism. It reduces hyperlipemia and thrombosis, promotes dissolution and evacuation of cholesterol and thus prevents arteriosclerosis.
    Medical institutions have applied the capsule to 120 type-2 diabetics. The test shows a remarkable improvement of their sugar and fat metabolism, decrease of cholesterol content, relaxation of arteriosclerosis and the return of most symptoms to normalcy. The efficacy of the mineral yeast is 77 percent.

More Relics of Koryo Discovered

    Pyongyang, October 23 (KCNA) -- More historical relics belonging to the Koryo period were found out in Songnam-dong of Kaesong City, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Kaesong was the capital of Koryo, the first unified state of Korea. Among them are a bronze candelabrum, a bronze incense burner and a bronze fire pot.
    The bronze candelabrum is 51 centimeters high and weighs 3.7 kilograms. It is the largest one out of the candelabrums discovered in Kaesong area.
    The candelabrum consists of paws, base and candlestick.
    The two-step base is round. It is 15 centimeters high and 24 centimeters across.
    The base is supported by three paws of the Korean tiger, fixed with the nails.
    The candlestick with four joints is 36 centimeters high.
    The bronze incense burner is a typical blackened copper incense burner used for memorial service during the Koryo period.
    It consists of base, body and mouth brim.
    The height of the burner is 22 centimeters, the diameter of the base 21 centimeters and inside diameter of the body 17.6 centimeters. It weighs 2.3 kilograms.
    The bronze fire pot is the typical Korean fire pot.
    It is composed of three tiger paws, fire pot and mouth brim.
    The fire pot is 27 centimeters in the inside diameter and 8 centimeters in depth.
    The newly discovered relics show the bronze manufacturing technology and living customs of the people in the years of Koryo.
    They are on display at the Kaesong Koryo Museum.

Greetings to Zambian President

    Pyongyang, October 23 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, sent a message of greetings to Zambian President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa on Oct. 20 on the occasion of the 42nd anniversary of the independence of Zambia. Expressing the conviction that the bilateral ties of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would continue to develop on good terms, the message wished the President greater success in his responsible work for the stability and prosperity of the country.

Mongolian Delegation Here

    Pyongyang, October 23 (KCNA) -- A Mongolian government cultural delegation led by S. Tumur-Ochir, vice-minister of Education, Culture and Science, arrived here today.

Japan Government's Sanctions Condemned by Koreans in Japan

    Pyongyang, October 23 (KCNA) -- A meeting of Koreans in Japan took place at the Korean Cultural Hall in Tokyo on Oct. 21 to denounce the Japan government's inhumane and unreasonable sanctions trampling down the life and rights of Koreans in Japan, according to a KNS report from Tokyo. Present there were Chairman So Man Sul and Chief Vice-Chairman Ho Jong Man of the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) and others.
    Nam Sung U, vice-chairman of the Central Standing Committee of Chongryon, made a report at the meeting.
    He condemned the Japan government for unhesitatingly committing unethical national discrimination against Koreans in Japan, following the U.S. policy of stifling the DPRK.
    It is unpardonable for the Japan government to have banned the entry of ship Mangyongbong-92 into Japanese ports, he pointed out.
    He referred to the fact that the Japan government cancelled the exemption of the Central Hall and other facilities of Chongryon from the fixed property tax and made unreasonable investigation into the taxation of Korean industrialists and traders.
    An exclusive trend is prevalent in the Japanese society due to the extensive smear media report against the DPRK, he said, adding that wild words and assaults on students of Korean schools, terrorist acts against Chongryon institutions, and other anti-Chongryon moves continued in Japan.
    This is a grave act of not only evading the historical, political and moral duty of Japan to compensate for its past crimes and protect Koreans in Japan but betraying the DPRK-Japan Pyongyang Declaration.
    He strongly demanded the Japan government lift its unreasonable sanctions at once and fully ensure the life and rights of Koreans in Japan.
    The meeting heard speeches condemning the anti-DPRK, anti-Chongryon moves of the Japanese reactionaries.

Diamond Jubilee of Enforcement of Secondary Education of Koreans in Japan Marked

    Tokyo, October 21 (KNS-KCNA) -- A meeting of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) took place at the Korean Cultural Hall in Tokyo on Oct. 21 to mark the 60th anniversary of the enforcement of secondary education of Korean children in Japan. The participants heard a message of greetings sent by the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK to the meeting and similar messages from the Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, the DPRK Ministry of Education and others were introduced.
    So Man Sul, chairman of the Central Standing Committee of Chongryon, in a report said that all rights and legitimate position of national education were the fruition of the strenuous and self-sacrificing efforts of the compatriots in Japan standing firm against the moves of the Japanese authorities and reactionary forces to exterminate the Korean nation.
    It is the greatest success made in national education that a large number of young people who graduated from Korean schools in Japan have steadfastly succeeded to the tradition of the patriotic movement for the last six decades, the reporter noted, and continued:
    Thanks to the deep love and care of President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il they have developed the national education for the last more than half a century, protecting the language and culture of Korea with national soul, giving steady continuity to the dynamic and united Korean community with patriotism and setting an example of the movement of overseas compatriots even under so hard conditions in Japan.
    At the meeting a decree of the Presidium of the DPRK SPA was read out before titles of People's Teacher and Merited Teacher were awarded to educational workers of Chongryon.
    A letter to Kim Jong Il was adopted there.
    The letter said that all the officials of Chongryon and compatriots in Japan would take the above-said diamond jubilee as an occasion of effecting a leap forward in the work to firmly protect the national education by the concerted efforts of broad strata of compatriots under any circumstances and put it on a new higher stage as required by the new century.
    It manifested their resolution to firmly protect the right to national education from the vicious anti-DPRK and anti-Chongryon moves of the Japanese authorities and ultra-right reactionary forces toeing the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK.
    At the end of the meeting a performance of music, dances and poems titled "Eldest Son for National Education, Successor to Patriotic Movement" was given in celebration of the jubilee.
    A photo exhibition and the 35th fine art exhibition of Korean students in Japan were held at the cultural hall on the same occasion.

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Abe debe dejar de tejer artimana, senala Rodong Sinmun

    Pyongyang, 23 de octubre (ATCC) -- En los ultimos dias, el primer ministro japones Abe, al decir que en el pasado su pais dejo heridas a varios paises asiaticos y expreso criterio de hacer "reflexion" del respecto. Tambien expuso la posicion de aceptar la critica a su erronea concepcion historica. Esto es un engano. Abe debe dejar de tejer artimana con respecto al asunto de la adoracion al "santuario Yasukuni".
    Asi senala el periodico Rodong Sinmun en un comentario individual del dia 23 y continua:
    El nuevo premier japones dijo que "respeta" el criterio del Poder anterior sobre los crimenes de agresion cometidos en el pasado por su pais. Pero elude hacer mencion de la adoracion al "santuario Yasukuni".
    Esta claro para todos que la artimana de Abe es para ganar la comprension de los paises perifericos.
    Se puso al desnudo ya su verdadera intencion por muy ambigua que fuera su posicion.
    Antes de su acceso al trono del premier el expreso apoyo a la adoracion de su antecesor al "santuario Yasukuni", en abril lo visito de manera oculta y recientemente lo hicieron colectivamente los 84 miembros del "encuentro de parlamentarios partidarios de la visita al ´santuario Yasukuni´" incluyendo el asistente del premier y el viceministro de administracion gubernamental.
    El trata de evitar la censura internacional al evadir referencia a este agudisimo problema politico e internacional.
    Si las autoridades japonesas sienten el remordimiento del pasado criminal, no tendran motivo de eludir la manifestacion de su posicion de dejar de visitarlo.
    Hoy, en Japon se manifiesta un insolito movimiento de acondicionar como un cementerio nacional el "santuario Yasukuni" que sirve de un centro de propagacion de la idea militarista, y efectuar abiertamente las ceremonias protocolares nacionales e internacionales.
    Japon debe tomar la correcta decision bien consciente de que liquidar cuanto antes los crimenes del pasado es el camino para ganar la confianza de la sociedad internacional.

Concesion y capitulacion al imperialismo significan la muerte

    Pyongyang, 23 de octubre (ATCC) -- Hacer concesiones y compromisos con los imperialistas es perder la soberania y tomar el camino de la autodestruccion. La concesion y la capitulacion al imperialismo son una expresion de la debilidad y la cobardia y significan el abandono del principio revolucionario.
    Senala asi el rotativo Rodong Sinmun en un articulo individual insertado en su edicion del dia 22 y prosigue:
    Lo mas importante para los paises aspirantes a la independencia en mantener el principio revolucionario es poseer la firme posicion antiimperialista y antiyanqui.
    En la actualidad el mayor obstaculo que impide la causa de independencia y la de paz de la humanidad es las maquinaciones de agresion y de guerra de los imperialistas estadounidenses.
    Todos los paises progresistas del orbe no deben tolerar ni en lo minimo los actos de EE.UU. de violacion a la soberania y deben rechazar categoricamente los actos de agresion de este imperio a otros paises, considerandolos como los dirigidos a si mismos.
    No deben abrigar ninguna ilusion sobre los imperialistas, porque esta deviene una premisa de la concesion y conciliacion.
    Al tener miedo a EE.UU. se intimida y pierde la independencia dejando de decir y de hacer las cosas que quiere y por fin, escudrina la intencion del imperio y le halaga. Para defender el destino del pais y la nacion es preciso responder con la fuerza a la fuerza del imperialismo yanqui asestandole despiadado castigo. Para este fin, hay que cultivar la fuerza militar al tener la justa concepcion de encarar al enemigo y el justo criterio sobre la guerra.
    En el fortalecimiento de la fuerza de autodefensa nacional hay la garantia de la defensa de la soberania y paz y la clave de la victoria en la lucha antiimperialista y antiyanqui.
    　Hoy dia, la confrontacion Corea-EE.UU. es la mas aguda y encarnizada entre las fuerzas progresistas y las reaccionarias, entre las fuerzas de paz y las de agresion.
    　El imperio definio a la RPDC como principal blanco de ataque y se desespera para provocar una nueva guerra en la Peninsula Coreana. No debe abdicar de los principios ni hacer capitulacion a los imperialistas, sino luchar intransigentemente contra estos para ganar victoria, esto es la importante leccion que saco nuestro pueblo de la confrontacion con EE.UU.
    　El pueblo coreano desplegara con vigor la lucha antiimperialista y por la independencia y el socialismo, sosteniendo en alto la bandera del Songun (priorizacion militar).

Desenterradas nuevas reliquias de la epoca de Coryo

    Pyongyang, 23 de octubre (ATCC) -- Recientemente, fueron desenterrados en el barrio de Songnam de la ciudad de Kaesong, capital de Coryo (primer Estado unificado de Corea), un candelero, incendiario, brasero -todos de bronce- y otras reliquias historicas de aquella epoca. 　El candelero, que tiene 51 cm de alto y pesa 3.7 kg, resulta el mayor de los vestigios de su tipo descubiertos hasta la fecha en esa region.
    　Su sosten en forma de disco esta dividido en dos partes y tiene 15 cm de alto y 24 cm de diametro, el cual es apoyado por 3 patas en forma de pezunas del tigre coreano. 　En el centro del mismo esta levantada una columna de adorno de 36 cm de alto y de 4 escalones, en la cual se coloca la vela.
    　El incendiario, hecho para la ceremonia en recordacion de difuntos, tiene 22 cm de alto y pesa 2.3 kg. Tiene un sosten con el diametro inferior de 21 cm y el diametro interior del cuerpo es 17.6 cm.
    　El brasero muestra el estilo tipico de Corea y tiene una caja de fuego con el diametro interior de 27 cm y la profundidad de 8 cm.
    　Estas reliquias exhibidas en el Museo Coryo de Kaesong permiten conocer mejor de la tecnica de elaboracion de bronce y costumbres de vida de los coreanos de aquel entonces.

Desarrollada micro-levadura encapsulada para diabetes

    Pyongyang, 23 de octubre (ATCC) -- Recientemente, la Universidad de Medicina de Pyongyang acabo de desarrollar micro-levadura encapsulada que en la II Exposicion Internacional de Mercancias Otonal de Pyongyang, montada hace pocos dias, habia centrado la atencion de los visitantes por sus maravillosos efectos en la terapia y prevencion de diabetes. 　 Contiene el compuesto de vitaminas B y el germanio, selenio, zinc y cromo organicos, que son sustancias imprescindibles en la composicion y la funcion de hormonas de insulina.
    　A diferencia de otras medicinas, la nueva produce la insulina en el pancreas y fortalece su funcion.
    　Tambien resulta eficiente en el tratamiento y la profilaxis de trombosis cerebral, arteriosclerosis y cancer.
    　Establece relaciones inseparables con el metabolismo de grasas y colesterol, disminuye en la sangre el porcentaje de hiperlipemia y trombosis y acelera la descomposicion y excrecion de colesterol.
    　De esta forma, previene facilmente la arteriosclerosis.
    　Al aplicarla sobre 120 pacientes diabeticos del tipo II, las entidades sanitarias les mejoraron considerablemente el metabolismo de azucar y grasa. Ademas, disminuyeron el nivel de colesterol, paliaron la arteriosclerosis e hicieron volver a la normalidad otros sintomas marcando 77 % de efectividad.