Burundian President Hopes for Peaceful Reunification of Korea

    Pyongyang, November 6 (KCNA) -- I hope that Korea will be reunified peacefully at an early date and all the problems settled in conformity with the desire of the Korean people, Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza said when he received credentials from Pak Hyon Jae, DPRK ambassador to Burundi, on October 26. He expressed belief that the friendly relations between the two countries would continue to grow stronger and develop in the future, too.

Appeal of Swiss and Sri Lankan Organizations Supported in India

    New Delhi, November 4 (KCNA) -- The Asian Regional Committee for Supporting Korea's Reunification, the All-Indian Korean Friendship Association and the Indian Committee for Supporting Korea's Reunification on Nov. 1 issued a joint statement in response to the appeals of organizations in Switzerland and Sri Lanka calling for having joint and significant commemorations of the greatest holidays of the Korean people next year and holding a meeting of organizations in the Asia-Pacific region for Korea's reunification and peace in Pyongyang. The statement noted that the Indian National Preparatory Committee would be formed to commemorate the Day of the Sun and February 16 in 2007, colorful functions organized from Nov. 2006 to Apr. 2007 and a delegation sent to the DPRK to visit the old home of leader Kim Jong Il in the secret camp in Mt. Paektu.
    It said the above-said organizations would make a contribution to the proposed meeting and strive to boost the friendly and cooperative relations between India and the DPRK.

Japanese Reactionaries' Moves to Cover up "Comfort Women" Issue under Fire

    Pyongyang, November 6 (KCNA) -- Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shimomura in a lecture let loose the nonsensical remark that there was a need to reexamine the 1993 statement of the then Chief Cabinet Secretary Kono in which he expressed feelings of apology and repentance as regards the issue of "comfort women" for the Imperial Japanese Army and Prime Minister Abe defended this utterance. Commenting on this, a Rodong Sinmun analyst Monday says:
    The Japanese reactionaries are shameless ones who stoop to any infamy to leave the past crimes of Japan in oblivion and evade responsibility for them. But no sleight of hand can help them evade the state responsibility for the past crimes in reducing women to sexual slaves.
    The Japanese rulers are calling for the reexamination of the 1993 statement of Kono. How should this be interpreted? This reveals the cruelty and inhumanity peculiar to Japan. The Japanese imperialists put not only Filipinos but also Koreans to human body experiments, killing many of them.
    The barbarous experiments on human bodies by the Japanese murderers typical of the cruelty and inhumanity peculiar to Japan can neither be erased nor be covered up. The Japanese reactionaries, however, are trying to cover up these crimes, refusing to admit them. In kicking up a dust over "reexamination" they seek to deceive the unbiased public opinion and thus divert elsewhere the attention of the Koreans and other Asians demanding the settlement of the issue of the "comfort women" drafted for the Japanese army and shake off responsibility for it. This will bring into a bolder relief the cruelty, inhumanity, shamelessness and moral vulgarity peculiar to Japan.
    Japan's redemption of its past is not a simple commitment that it may or may not fulfill. It can never evade redemption of its past crimes against Korea. The longer it delays it, the greater will be its crimes and the heavier will be the price it must pay.

Japanese Imperialists' Plunder of Land Accused

    Pyongyang, November 6 (KCNA) -- 100 years have passed since the Japanese imperialists cooked up and promulgated an "order by the Residency-General" what they called "regulations on land and real estate" for the purpose of justifying their plunder of land after occupying Korea. Rodong Sinmun Monday comes out with a signed commentary in this regard.
    This was a document for aggression and plunder as it provided them with a "legal guarantee" for expropriating land in Korea to an unlimited extent, the commentary observes, and continues:
    After promulgating even such an order to intensify the plunder of land after their occupation of Korea the Japanese imperialists established economic domination over Korea the overwhelming majority of whose population were engaged in agriculture and enforced a harsher colonial rule over it. They expropriated land in Korea in a brigandish and violent manner. This crime was just a tip of iceberg of the innumerable crimes perpetrated by the Japanese imperialists.
    The Japanese reactionaries are the inveterate and sworn enemy of the Korean nation as they are hell-bent on distorting history and stepping up their moves to stage a comeback to Korea, oblivious of the lesson taught by history. What matters is that there still remain the leftovers of the criminal policy of plundering land enforced by the Japanese imperialists.
    Still left in south Korea is the land given to pro-Japanese traitors by the Japanese imperialists in the past. This cannot be construed otherwise than a deplorable thing. Needless to say, the above-mentioned case is nothing but a product of the crimes the Grand National Party of south Korea has perpetrated by pursuing flunkeyism towards Japan and treachery generation after generation.
    The Korean people will surely force the Japanese imperialists and the pro-Japanese traitors to pay for those crimes, the commentary concludes.

Cultural Legacies Preserved Well under Care of Peerlessly Great Men

    Pyongyang, November 6 (KCNA) -- The time-honored history and culture of the Korean nation have been preserved well under the warm care of the peerlessly great men. On November 3, Juche 35(1946), President Kim Il Sung made round the ancient Kangso tombs and said that it was important to preserve and manage well the cultural legacies in glorifying the history of the nation.
    That day he told officials of Kangso County that the tombs, belonging to the period of Koguryo a thousand and hundreds of years ago, had wonderful murals and the color of the pictures remained unchanged though much water had flown under the bridge.
    Also he instructed them that the tombs in Kangso which had been severely destroyed by the Japanese imperialists should be promptly restored, illustrating in detail the issues arising in preserving and managing the cultural legacies.
    During the hard-fought Korean war, no sooner had Seoul been liberated than the President organized and guided rescue operation of the True Records of the Ri Dynasty, a priceless national treasure. And he saw to it that it had been safely kept in the supreme command until the end of the war.
    After then, he led the work of translating the True Records from the Chinese character into Korean reflecting more than 500-year long history of the Ri Dynasty.
    The President gave field guidance to King Tongmyong's mausoleum of Koguryo, King Wang Kon's mausoleum of Koryo and others and taught that historical cultural legacies should be arranged, preserved and managed well. And in the closing years of his life, he saw to it to unearth and study the historical evidence of King Tangun, founder of the nation, and energetically guided the project of erecting the mausoleum in grandeur, thus ascertaining the 5,000-year-long history of the nation.
    Remaining true to the President's lofty intention, Kim Jong Il rectified the distorted and obliterated history of the nation already in his days at Kim Il Sung University. While making an inspection tour of army units to give the Songun revolutionary leadership, he called at the Ryangchon Temple and other cultural relics, instructing officials to preserve and manage better the cultural heritage of the nation.
    It is also attributable to his guidance that the national Ssirum (Korean wrestling) tournament for "Grand Bull Prize", Korean national costume exhibition and other activities have been briskly held amid a great concern of the people in recent years. As a result, the folk traditions keep in full bloom in all fields of social life.

Exhibition Showing Promising Future

    Pyongyang, November 6 (KCAN) -- The National Exhibition of Achievements Made by Young Scientists and Technicians (October 31 to November 8) is going on at the Hall of New Technologies and Inventions of the Three-Revolution Exhibition. On display there are more than 1,000 pieces of information on fine inventions and new technologies and high-tech products which are valuable out of achievements gained by young scientists and technicians of the country.
    Kim Il Sung University, Kim Chaek University of Technology and University of Science present latest scientific and technological achievements including a program for measuring indoor reverberation time that will be conducive to the development of the IT industry and national economy.
    Catching eyes of the visitors are the nano-tech goods including fuel additive and growth accelerator.
    New kind of medicines such as coated aspirin pills and leu-val hepatitis transfusion which were made with domestic raw materials and technology, are also appreciated.
    Among the exhibits are those presented by the Pyongyang Thermal-power Complex, Pakchon Silk Mill and other industrial establishments.
    The exhibits, developed by young scientists and technicians in their 20s-30s, show the promising future of the country's scientific development.

Chairman of Chongryon Central Standing Committee Meets Chairman of Pro-Reunification Body in S. Korea

    Tokyo, November 4 (KNS-KCNA) -- So Man Sul, chairman of the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), on Oct. 30 met and had a talk with Paek Rak Chong, chairman of the South Side's Committee for Implementing the June 15 Joint Declaration and his party when he visited the Korean Hall in Tokyo. On hand were Ri Ki Sok, vice-chairman of the Central Standing Committee of Chongryon, and Pak Ku Ho, director of the Department of the Movement for Reunification of the same.

Kim Jong Il Gives On-Site Guidance to New Stock Farm

    Pyongyang, November 6 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il gave on-site guidance to the new Wonsan Stock Farm. The farm built on mountain ridges in Tochan-ri, Popdong County, is a stock breeding center for raising goats, rabbits, pigs, ducks and geese.
    Workers and other working people in the city of Wonsan have built a large-scale modern stock farm by building a new road extending dozens of kilometers, creating pasture on its either sides and constructing barns, feed processing room, milk processing room and other production facilities, modern dwelling houses, cultural and service facilities in a matter of a few years.
    After going round various places of the farm to learn in detail about its construction and production there, he said that the Wonsan Stock Farm is a structure to be proud of which they have built under a long-term plan on the principle of profitability.
    He highly appreciated the feats performed by the Kangwon Provincial Party Committee and other party and working people's organizations and administrative and economic bodies, party members and working people and employees of the farm and extended thanks to them, noting that they could build the modern stock farm meeting the need of the new century, a farm capable of providing a sure guarantee for making a leaping advance in the production of animal products, by giving full play to the revolutionary soldier spirit, the revolutionary spirit of fortitude.
    He set forth important tasks to be undertaken to operate the farm, saying that the farm has an important role to play in improving the diet of the citizens of Wonsan.
    What is most important for boosting the production of animal products is to satisfactorily solve the problem of breeding stock, he said.
    He underscored the need to strictly put the breeding on a scientific basis.
    He proposed tasks to be fulfilled by the leading officials to give fuller play to the revolutionary work style.
    He highly appreciated the revolutionary fighting spirit and the responsible work style of the functionaries in Kangwon Province and Wonsan City, noting that they have built a modern stock farm to be proud of, while energetically pushing ahead with overall work including the construction of a power station and a saltern and land construction even under the difficult conditions where they were hard pressed for everything.

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Kim Jong Il inspecciona compania femenina de Unidad 595 del EPC

    Pyongyang, 6 de noviembre (ATCC) -- El Dirigente Kim Jong Il, Secretario General del Partido del Trabajo de Corea, Presidente del Comite de Defensa Nacional de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea y Comandante Supremo del Ejercito Popular de Corea, inspecciono la Compania Kamnamu (caqui) adscrita a la Unidad No.595 del EPC que ostenta el titulo de triple Bandera Roja de las Tres Revoluciones. 　El Comandante Supremo se reunio con Son Kyong Sil, primogenita de la familia militar de Om Pok Sun e instructora politica de la compania, y con la jefa de la misma Kim Yong Bok, nieta por linea materna de un ex artillero guardacosta de la isla Wolmi, y elogio los actos patrioticos de ellas quienes apoyan a la patria con las armas siguiendo el ejemplo de sus antecesores.
    　Luego recorrio los puestos de fuego, donde recibio el parte sobre el estado del cumplimiento de la mision de guardia de la compania y del entrenamiento, y presento las tareas que sirven de guia para elevar mas la combatividad de ella.
    　Seguidamente, recorrio la sala de educacion, el dormitorio, el comedor, el bano, el deposito de alimentos subsidiarios y la salina construida por la compania, el recinto del cuartel y otros lugares atendiendo cordialmente el trabajo y la vida de las militares y presencio una funcion artistica mostrando el rebosante optimismo de ellas.
    　Dijo que la compania femenina de artilleria guardacostas, en que estan impregnadas las inmortales proezas del Presidente Kim Il Sung, es el modelo de todo el ejercito en todas las esferas, especialmente en el fortalecimiento de la combatividad, la administracion de la compania, las actividades masivas artistico-culturales y evaluo altamente los exitos logrados por ellas hasta la fecha.
    　Prosiguio que despues de la visita del Presidente a esta compania Kamnamu se sucedieron varias generaciones, pero todas las militares de aqui siguen siendo fieles al juramento tomado en el dia de esa visita y anadio que el poderio ideo-espiritual de nuestro ejercito es la fuente de las invencibles fuerzas.
    　El Comandante Supremo expreso su esperanza y conviccion de que en el futuro tambien las uniformadas de la compania cumpliran excelentemente el papel de vanguardia en el camino de la revolucion del Songun (priorizacion militar) y se fotografio con ellas.
    Le acompanaron Ri Jae Il y Hwang Pyong So, primer subjefe y subjefe de departamento, del CC del PTC.

Rodong Sinmun denuncia nuevo crimen de autoridades surcoreanas

    Pyongyang, 6 de noviembre (ATCC) -- Hace unos dias, las autoridades surcoreanas enviaron un "grupo de visita" a los ejercicios de la "iniciativa de seguridad contra la proliferacion de armas de exterminio masivo" que se desarrollaron en el mar frente a Bahrein bajo auspicios de Estados Unidos. Este imperdonable crimen antinacional resulta una grave provocacion contra la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea y un gesto belicista que busca la confrontacion fratricida y la guerra de agresion en contra de la aspiracion de toda la nacion coreana a la paz y la seguridad.
    Asi denuncia el diario Rodong Sinmun en un comentario individual difundido la vispera y prosigue:
    Esos ejercicios, que EE.UU. despliega pretextando una "resolucion" aprobada en el Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU, adquieren mayor gravedad porque forman parte de la sancion, bloqueo y presion militar contra la RPDC.
    Sin embargo, las autoridades surcoreanas tomaron parte en esas maniobras militares agresivas, encaminadas a implantar el cerco internacional contra la RPDC, sumandose a la politica hostil norteamericana a esta, lo cual significa una evidente traicion a nosotros.
    Todos facilmente se daran cuenta de que las acciones de ese tipo agudizaran la desconfianza y la confrontacion entre los coterraneos, empeoraran las ya inestables relaciones intercoreanas y desencadenaran una guerra de agresion en la tierra patria.
    Las autoridades surcoreanas deben portarse con prudencia al reflexionar de las graves consecuencias que tendran sus acciones tan aventureras.
    Si ellas siguen adhiriendose a EE.UU. sin distinguir el intento criminal de este de desatar a toda costa una guerra en la Peninsula Coreana, se hallaran en una situacion catastrofica.

Rodong Sinmun denuncia usurpacion de terrenos de Corea por Japon

    Pyongyang, 6 de noviembre (ATCC) -- Hoy se cumplen exactamente los cien anos desde que los imperialistas japoneses promulgaran un "decreto de la regencia general" fundamentado en los "reglamentos sobre la tierra y los edificios" a fin de justificar la usurpacion de la tierra coreana. 　Al respecto, el diario Rodong Sinmun inserto en su edicion de este lunes un comentario individual calificandolo de un documento que autorizo legalmente la ilimitada expoliacion de terrenos coreanos por parte de los imperialistas japoneses.
    　Al promulgar ese "decreto", que resulto el primero que otros documentos de igual indole, los imperialistas nipones tomaron el dominio economico de Corea donde la abrumadora mayoria de la poblacion se dedicaba a la agricultura y practicaron la dominacion colonial mas brutal, revela el comentarista y continua:
    　El saqueo territorial fue un acto criminal bandidesco y violento, pero esto no pasa de ser una minima parte de los incontables crimenes perpetrados por ellos despues de ocupar a Corea.
    　De hecho, los reaccionarios japoneses, que maniobran enloquecidamente para tergiversar la historia del pasado y retomar el camino de agresion olvidandose de la leccion de la historia, son los enemigos jurados de la nacion coreana.
    　Lo problematico es que no se han liquidado hasta la fecha las secuelas de ese saqueo territorial.
    　Lamentablemente, en el suelo surcoreano existen hasta la fecha, a mas de un siglo despues de la usurpacion territorial, los terrenos, propiedades de los traidores projaponeses que les fueron traspasados por los imperialistas japoneses. Todo esto se debe a la criminal trayectoria del "Gran Partido Nacional" que siempre vivio sirviendo a Japon y vendiendo la patria.
    　La nacion coreana ajustara la cuenta sin falta de los crimenes de los imperialistas japoneses y esos traidores projaponeses.

Rodong Sinmun critica a Japon en tema de ex "consoladoras sexuales"

    Pyongyang, 6 de noviembre (ATCC) -- Recientemente, el subdirector del secretariado del gabinete japones, Shimomura, dijo en una conferencia que "es necesario reexaminar" las "declaraciones del ex director de la misma entidad, Kono" hechas en 1993 para expresar el "sentimiento de disculpa y reflexion" en cuanto al problema de las ex "consoladoras sexuales" para los uniformados del viejo ejercito japones. 　Lo peor del caso es que esa opinion es apoyada por el mismo premier japones Abe.
    　Revela el diario Rodong Sinmun en un comentario individual publicado este lunes y continua:
    　Esos descarados reaccionarios japoneses son capaces de hacer cualquier cosa para encubrir sus crimenes del pasado y eludir la responsabilidad por el respecto. Pero, de ninguna manera podran liberarse de la responsabilidad estatal por esa esclavitud sexual.
    　Esa insistencia en "reexaminar" las citadas declaraciones es una fiel muestra del caracter salvaje e inhumano de los japoneses.
    　Por otra parte, los imperialistas japoneses asesinaron no solo a los filipinos sino tambien a los coreanos en las pruebas con seres humanos.
    　Sin embargo, los reaccionarios japoneses no quieren reconocer esos crimenes que nunca podran encubrir.
    　El objetivo de esa "reexaminacion" es para desviar la optica del pueblo coreano y otros asiaticos, que demandan la solucion del problema de las ex "consoladoras sexuales", enganando la justa opinion publica.
    　Pero esta conducta hace resaltar la barbaridad, inhumanidad, cinismo e inmoralidad del mismo Japon.
    　Este pais isleno debe liquidar esos crimenes del pasado lo quiera o no porque nunca puede eludir la responsabilidad por ello.
    　Mientras mas tarda Japon en hacerlo, se multiplicaran sus crimenes y lo pagara mas caro.