DPRK FM Meets Special Envoy of Swedish Government
Pyongyang, August 8 (KCNA) -- Pak Ui Chun, minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK, today met and had a friendly talk with Hans Dalgren, special envoy of the Swedish government, and his party.
Present there were an official concerned and the Swedish ambassador to the DPRK.
Greetings to Singaporean President
Pyongyang, August 8 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Wednesday sent a message of greetings to Singaporean President S. R. Nathan on the occasion of the 42nd national day.
Expressing the belief that the good relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would grow stronger in mutual interests, Kim in his message sincerely wished the friendly Singaporean people prosperity and wellbeing.
Congratulations to Vietnamese Foreign Minister
Pyongyang, August 8 (KCNA) -- Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK Pak Ui Chun sent a congratulatory message to Pham Gia Khiem on his reappointment as deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Vietnam.
Pak Ui Chun sincerely wished him greater success in his responsible work, expressing the belief that the solidarity and cooperation between the two foreign ministries would grow stronger to help steadily boost the traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.
Congratulations to Nigerian FM
Pyongyang, August 8 (KCNA) -- DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun sent a congratulatory message to Ojo Maduekwe upon his appointment as foreign minister of Nigeria.
Expressing the belief that the good relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would further expand and develop through close cooperation between the two ministries, Pak in the message wished his Nigerian counterpart success in his new job.
Kim Il Sung's Work Published in Nepal
Pyongyang, August 8 (KCNA) -- President Kim Il Sung's famous work "Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" was brought out in pamphlet by the Central Committee of the Nepal Worker-Peasant Party on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of the liberation of Korea and the 59th anniversary of the DPRK.
The work was published on December 27, Juche 61 (1972).
The pamphlet carries a portrait of the smiling President on its first page and edits the national flag and emblem of the DPRK.
Solidarity with Korean People's Struggle Expressed in Egypt
Pyongyang, August 8 (KCNA) -- The Egypt-Korea Friendship Association in its statement on July 30 expressed full support and solidarity with the Korean people in their struggle for achieving the country's reunification and building a great prosperous powerful nation on the occasion of the 54th anniversary of their victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War (July 27, 1953).
The statement noted that the Korean people are now waging a dynamic struggle for achieving the reunification of the country divided by outsiders in accordance with the three charters for national reunification, true to the Songun revolutionary line of Kim Jong Il.
Noting that the world progressive people including the Egyptian people have extended full support to their struggle, the statement expressed conviction that only victory and glory are in store for them as they are under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il, brilliant commander of Songun.
Actions for Withdrawal of U.S. Forces from S. Korea Called for
Pyongyang, August 8 (KCNA) -- The South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions held a meeting to form the vanguard for independence and reunification in Seoul on Aug. 5, according to the south Korean Internet broadcasting service "Voice of People".
Speakers at the meeting called on the vanguard to take the lead in the actions for the withdrawal of the U.S. forces and national reunification, underscoring the need for the people from all walks of life to turn out to decisively check the war moves of the separatist forces inside and outside south Korea to block national reconciliation and unity and threaten the destiny of the compatriots.
A resolution read out at the meeting stressed that the vanguard would arouse broad strata of people to the above-said actions through diverse anti-U.S. information service including an all-people signature campaign for the withdrawal of the U.S. forces.
Candlelight Meeting Held in S. Korea
Pyongyang, August 8 (KCNA) -- A candlelight meeting demanding an immediate settlement of the problem of the civilians under detention in Afghanistan was reportedly held in Seoul on August 4 under the sponsorship of the People's Action against Troop Dispatch of south Korea.
Accusing the "government" of showing the lack in ability to cope with the problem, failing to put forward any measure, though a half month has passed since south Korean civilians were held in detention, the participants in the meeting urged the "government" to clearly manifest its stand to immediately withdraw the unit dispatched to Afghanistan and demand that the U.S. come out actively for the solution of the detention issue.
They said they could hardly repress indignation at the behavior of the U.S. remaining silent, averting its eyes from the incident. We should not be tricked by the U.S. who aggravates the situation, mumbling about "a creative diplomacy", they stated.
The meeting was followed by a protest.
Projected U.S.-S. Korea Joint Military Exercises Blasted
Pyongyang, August 8 (KCNA) -- The U.S. plan to stage large-scale joint military exercises targeted against the DPRK in collusion with the south Korean authorities is a serious military provocation against the DPRK, an outright hostile acts to it and an intolerable criminal act of harassing the process of detente and peace on the Korean Peninsula. Rodong Sinmun Wednesday says this in a signed commentary.
It goes on:
It is known to everybody that each time the U.S. and south Korean warmongers staged the "Ulji Focus Lens" joint military exercises in south Korea every year the situation on the Korean Peninsula inched closer to the brink of war and they hamstrung the process for reunification including the inter-Korean dialogue.
The U.S. claims that the joint military maneuvers are "annual events" and a "commanding post drill" in a bid to cover up their aggressive and provocative nature but it is nothing but sheer sophism.
The U.S. projected "Ulji Focus Lens" is little short of a declaration on torpedoing dialogue and a declaration of war as it reveals its aggressive design to threaten the DPRK by force of arms and comprehensively examine and round off its preparations for mounting a preemptive attack on it.
The south Korean authorities' plan to stage the above-said provocative saber rattling against compatriots in collusion with outside forces are an open denial of the June 15 joint declaration and an outright challenge to peace and cause of reunification. It is an invariable stand and will of the DPRK to respond to good faith in kind and react to any provocation with merciless punishment.
The U.S. and the south Korean authorities would be well advised to cancel at once their plan for the above-said provocative war exercises, cogitating over the grave impact their reckless actions will have on the settlement of the nuclear issue and the development of the inter-Korean relations.
U.S. Push for Nuclear Supremacy Assailed
Pyongyang, August 8 (KCNA) -- The United States is raising terrific outcries over the "nuclear threat" from the DPRK and Iran in a bid to gratify its wild ambition for nuclear supremacy by putting spurs to the modernization of nuclear weapons under this pretext, says a Rodong Sinmun analyst Wednesday.
A summary of the news analysis follows:
It is a strategic design and invariable purpose of the U.S. ruling quarters to control the anti-imperialist independent countries and big powers by brandishing the nuclear stick and thus materialize their wild ambition to dominate the world.
The U.S. is modernizing their nuclear weapons not to confront someone's "nuclear threat" and safeguard peace but to realize without much difficulty its shameless design to dominate the world. It is a preposterous and robber-like sophism for the U.S. to kick up dust over someone's "nuclear threat."
If the U.S. truly intends to remove nuclear threat and the danger of a nuclear war from the world, it should not persist in bolstering nuclear weapons but opt to scrap them. It is deliberately shouting itself hoarse over the fictitious "nuclear threat" from other countries while escalating its own nuclear arms buildup with its back turned on nuclear disarmament. This, however, cannot go down with anyone. It should stop its mean act to attain its foul purpose by pulling up others.
All Koreans Called upon to Display Patriotism
Pyongyang, August 8 (KCNA) -- The love of the country and the nation serves as a solid ideological and moral basis on which to achieve national unity and consolidate it.
Rodong Sinmun today observes this in a signed article.
It goes on:
It is the shining tradition and national peculiarities of the Koreans to ardently love the country and the nation and value their dignity more than anything else.
The national identity of the Koreans more excellent than any other nations and their patriotic spirit serve as a source of strength to rejoin the severed blood ties of the divided nation.
The Koreans strong in patriotism ardently desire national unity irrespective of ideology, ism and system.
They are growing stronger in their desire and will to achieve reunification by their concerted efforts and every Korean is keenly interested in achieving the great unity of the whole nation, a sure guarantee for national reunification.
There are differing ideologies and social systems in the north and the south.
But it is not two different nations that live separated with the military demarcation line in between but the homogenous nation which still remains divided into two despite its strong desire to become one again.
No matter how big the difference between the north and south in the ideology and system may be it can never put into the shade the common denominator of the Korean nation formed and developed through its long history.
If all members of the nation turn out in the struggle for national reunification, prompted by the attitude and spirit of loving the country and nation they can certainly pool will and efforts to realize great national unity.
The Korean nation has every condition and possibility to achieve the national unity.
The five point-policy of great national unity unrolled by Kim Jong Il reflecting the requirements of the reality, pursuant to President Kim Il Sung's noble idea and policy of achieving great national unity clearly indicates the way to be followed by the Koreans to achieve reconciliation, unity and independent reunification.
All compatriots are holding Kim Jong Il in high esteem as the central figure for achieving national unity as he is the sun of the Korean nation and outstanding Songun brilliant commander.
Functional Stone Goods Made
Pyongyang, August 8 (KCNA) -- The Pyongyang Shipping Company is making various kinds of functional stone goods with Kumgang medicinal stone.
Among the products are steam bathhouse tiles, heating stones for treatment, water-purifying stones and stones for partial treatment.
They have such functions as far-infrared ray radiation, sterilization and absorption. They also produce negative ion and micro current in combination with natural minerals, which neutralize the positive ion.
Far-infrared rays radiated by stone goods infiltrate deep into the skin, thus resonating the cell and heating the organic body from within.
Protein, hormone, enzyme and cerebral nerve function are activated by the resonance so as to increase the vitality of the organic body.
The calefactive function expands capillaries to promote the blood circulation and metabolism, enhance the reproductive ability of the cellular tissue and help discharge all the waste materials and noxious heavy metals.
The stone products prevent electromagnetic wave and radioactive ray damage, destroy bad smell and purify air and water, thus contributing to the prevention of environmental pollution.
The demand for the functional stone products is on the increase.
True Feature of DPRK
Pyongyang, August 8 (KCNA) -- One can hear the words "We are all one family" in every nook and corner of the DPRK.
These words reflect the pure heart and noble spiritual world of the Korean people who regard the other's pain and suffering as their own and share weal and woe with each other.
In late June, O Jin Hyok, 12, was hospitalized at Pyongyang City People's Hospital No. 1. He, a second-year student of Pyongyang Songuja Middle School, suffered third-degree burns in 50 percent of his whole body in a fire which broke out in his home.
The medical team of the hospital immediately held an emergency consultative meeting to discuss treatment measures.
The problem was to secure many pieces of skin for grafting.
The medical team decided to solve the necessary skin by themselves and buckled down to skin grafting.
More than 100 health workers including the vice-director of the hospital in charge of technique, doctors and nurses donated pieces of their skin to the young patient.
The skin transplantation operation was successfully carried out.
The medical team showed all sincerity to the patient within a month before and after the operation. It provided him with scores of precious tonics and medicines.
His father is an auto driver and his mother is an ordinary woman supported by her husband.
His mother Kim Hwa Sun, 42, residing in Janghun-dong No. 2, Mangyongdae District, Pyongyang, told KCNA that moved to tears by her son's resurrection from death, she was grateful to the motherland which has provided such wonderful health system. Such human love can be seen only in man-centered socialist Korea, she added.
The story on the medical workers of the hospital who made no scruple of donating their blood and pieces of skin to a boy is one more beautiful story of Songun Korea.
DPRK Students Prove Successful at International Math Olympiad
Pyongyang, August 8 (KCNA) -- DPRK students won one gold and four silver medals at the recent 48th International Math Olympiad held in Vietnam.
The gold medal was awarded to An Sung Chol, student of Pyongyang Middle School No. 1, four silver medals went to Kang Chung Hyok, student of Mangyongdae Revolutionary School, Kim Jin Hyok and Sin Kum Song, students of Pyongyang Middle School No. 1, and An Ok Song, student of East Pyongyang Middle School No. 1, and an honorary certificate was conferred upon Pak Il Jin, student of Pyongyang Pothonggang Middle School No. 1.
Anniversary of ASEAN Observed
Pyongyang, August 8 (KCNA) -- The relations of friendship and cooperation between the DPRK and the member nations of ASEAN are developing on good terms, says Rodong Sinmun Wednesday in a signed article dedicated to the 40th anniversary of ASEAN.
Noting that ASEAN has played an important role in achieving stability and social development in Southeast Asia as a regional organization for cooperation, the article goes on:
It has strived to help its member nations thoroughly adhere to the fundamental principles of respect for sovereignty, non-interference in other's internal affairs, co-existence in peace and prohibition of the use of force in order to ensure political stability in the region.
It has exerted big efforts to protect sovereignty of its member nations and achieve common prosperity and development while rejecting the outside forces' interference in the internal affairs of the countries in the region and the policy of domination aimed to put those countries under their control politically and economically.
The DPRK has cooperated with the ASEAN countries in the idea of independence, peace and friendship to achieve peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and the rest of Asia.
National Youth and Student Basketball Games Held
Hamhung, August 8 (KCNA) -- The 11th basketball games for "August 28 Youth Cup" among youths and students across the country were held in Hamhung.
The participants fully displayed the technique and team spirit cultivated through brisk mass sporting activities.
Men and women players of Kim Il Sung University came first in the university group while men players of the Practice Factory of Hamhung University of Light Industry placed first in the group of working youth.
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Kim Jong Il dirige sobre terreno el Complejo de Acero de Songjin
Pyongyang, 8 de agosto (ATCC) -- El Dirigente Kim Jong Il, Secretario General del Partido del Trabajo de Corea y Presidente del Comite de Defensa Nacional de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea, dirigio sobre el terreno el Complejo de Acero de Songjin.
Al recorrer el taller moldeado de lingotes de acero No. 1, el taller de tuberia de alta presion, el taller de acero No. 3 y otros varios procesos de produccion se entero de los detalles de la reconstruccion tecnica y de produccion.
Se mostro muy satisfecho de que en los ultimos anos el complejo realizo con sus propias fuerzas y tecnicas la enorme construccion y reconstruccion tecnica, establecio el cientifico sistema de mando de produccion e hizo otros muchos trabajos y evaluo altamente los exitos logrados por la clase obrera de la empresa.
Al prestar la atencion primordial a la revolucion tecnica, la empresa soluciono satisfactoriamente numerosos problemas cientificos y tecnicos, impulso con energia la labor para realizar la cientifizacion y la modernizacion de los procesos de produccion y asi logro un nuevo cambio en la produccion de materiales de hierro y acero, dijo el y acentuo que las experiencias de esta planta demuestran que el progreso tecnico deviene la llave principal del crecimiento de la produccion.
Continuo que aun en las condiciones puntiagudas en que carecia todo, los funcionarios, obreros y tecnicos del complejo, con entusiasmo revolucionario y talento creativo, desplegaron una lucha tenaz por normalizar la produccion y arribar a una meta mas elevada y asi abrieron una perspectiva segura para hacer corresponder en un corto tiempo la aceria conforme a la demanda del nuevo siglo.
Y anadio que al esforzarse tenazmente por materializar la politica economica del partido como lo hacen ellos, todas las fabricas y empresas podran incrementar considerablemente la produccion y desplegar con satisfaccion las potencialidades de la economia nacional independiente.
Al decir que los funcionarios, obreros y tecnicos de la empresa formados como hombres creativos, que combinan la meditacion y la practica en el proceso de la materializacion de la politica del partido, dedican su inteligencia y entusiasmo a la construccion de la patria prospera llevandose el deber de ciudadano, evaluo altamente el entusiasmo patriotico de ellos que avanzan incesantemente hacia lo nuevo.
Senalo que lo mas importante en incrementar la produccion de materiales de acero es tomar estrictamente las medidas de provision de materias primas e impulsar de manera continua y energica la reconstruccion tecnica y presento las tareas que incumben al complejo.
Acto seguido, al recorrer una granja de patos semejante a una planta especializada en cria de este animal, elogio a los trabajadores de ahi quienes al establecer el solido sistema de aseguramiento de pienso para normalizar la produccion suministran regularmente la carne a los obreros.
Diciendo que en todos los lugares de la empresa para no hablar del albergue obrero esta reflejado el esmerado ambiente de vida, se mostro muy satisfecho de que los obreros disfrutan de magnificas condiciones de vida.
El complejo, al organizar con esmero el servicio de abastecimiento a los obreros, duenos de la produccion, y esforzarse con teson por mejorarla, logro un cambio sorprendente en unos anos, dijo y continuo que todas las unidades deben aprender activamente de este ejemplo excelente.
La marcha satisfactoria de todas las labores del complejo, en particular de la produccion, se debe al acompanamiento seguro de trabajo de intendencia, apunto y subrayo que esto demuestra fehacientemente la veracidad de las profundas palabras celebres filosoficas del Presidente Kim Il Sung de que "El trabajo de servicio de abastecimiento es precisamente la labor politica" en que esta resumida la idea de "Iminwichon" (idea de considerar como cielo al pueblo).
El Dirigente evaluo altamente la labor de los funcionarios partidistas y administrativos de la empresa diciendo que estos, al tomar firmes riendas de la labor de intendencia y encauzarle las fuerzas, pudieron traer un orgulloso fruto de hoy.
Expreso la conviccion de que en el futuro tambien los obreros del Complejo de Acero de Songjin cumpliran excelentemente el papel de la vanguardia y de brigada de choque en la materializacion de la politica economica del partido.
Le acompano Hong Sok Hyong, secretario responsable del Comite del Partido del Trabajo de Corea en la Provincia de Hamgyong del Norte.
Rodong Sinmun reafirma su rechazo a "Ulji Focus Lens"
Pyongyang, 8 de agosto (ATCC) -- Al intentar desplegar junto con las autoridades surcoreanas la maniobra militar de gran envergadura para agredir a la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea, "Ulji Focus Lens", Estados Unidos comete una grave provocacion militar a la primera e imperdonable acto criminal que impide el alivio de tension y destruye la corriente de la paz en la Peninsula Coreana.
Denuncia asi el diario Rodong Sinmun en un comentario individual de este miercoles y prosigue:
Como ya es conocido por todos, cada vez que EE.UU. y los belicistas surcoreanos desarrollaban anualmente "Ulji Focus Lens" en suelo surcoreano, la situacion de la Peninsula Coreana llego al borde de la guerra y quedo perjudicado todo el proceso de reunificacion incluso el dialogo Norte-Sur.
EE.UU. intenta ocultar el caracter agresivo y provocativo del ejercicio militar en cuestion justificandolo como "anual" y "simple entrenamiento en los puestos de mando", lo cual resulta una sofisteria que nadie creera.
El anuncio del despliegue de "Ulji Focus Lens" parte del intento estrategico de EE.UU. de amenazar con las fuerzas armadas a la RPDC, revisar y ultimar en sentido general los preparativos para el ataque preventivo contra esta. Por tal razon, significa practicamente la declaracion de la quiebra unilateral del dialogo y de la guerra.
@Por otra parte, al pretender tomar parte en ese simulacro contra el coterraneo Norte, las autoridades surcoreanas niegan abiertamente la Declaracion Conjunta Norte-Sur del 15 de Junio y desafian brutalmente a la paz y la causa de reunificacion.
Responder a la bondad con la buena fe y a la provocacion con el castigo implacable es la invariable posicion de la RPDC.
EE.UU. y las autoridades surcoreanas deben revocar ahora mismo ese plan al reflexionar seriamente de las graves consecuencias que tendran sus imprudentes acciones en la solucion del problema nuclear y el desarrollo de las relaciones intercoreanas.
Rodong Sinmun revela intencion de EE.UU. de tomar supremacia nuclear
Pyongyang, 8 de agosto (ATCC) -- Estados Unidos habla tanto de la supuesta "amenaza nuclear" de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea e Iran a fin de tomarla por pretexto de la modernizacion de sus armas nucleares, orientada a satisfacer su ambicion de tomar la hegemonia en este campo.
Revela asi el diario Rodong Sinmun en un comentario individual de este miercoles y prosigue:
Llevar a la realidad su ambicion de dominar a todo el mundo al contrarrestar con el garrote nuclear a los paises independientes antiimperialistas y otras potencias constituye la intencion estrategica e invariable meta de la capa gobernante de EE.UU.
El imperio moderniza sus artefactos nucleares no para hacer frente a la "amenaza nuclear" de alguien y preservar la paz sino para tomar facilmente la hegemonia mundial.
Por tal razon, la "amenaza nuclear" de algun pais pregonada tanto por EE.UU. resulta una absurda logica de bandido.
Si este pais desea de veras eliminar la amenaza nuclear y el peligro de guerra nuclear en este orbe, debe cancelar sus armamentos nucleares en lugar de recurrir al incremento de estos medios.
Mientras EE.UU. incrementa su arsenal nuclear tomando rumbo opuesto al desarme nuclear, esa fantasmal "amenaza nuclear" de otros paises no podra convencer a nadie.
@Por lo tanto, EE.UU. debe dejar de cometer acciones virulentas encaminadas a alcanzar sus sucios objetivos acusando a otros.
Nepal: editada obra de Kim Il Sung en folleto
Pyongyang, 8 de agosto (ATCC) -- Con motivo del 62o aniversario de la liberacion de Corea y del 59o aniversario de la fundacion de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea, el Comite Central del Partido Obrero y Campesino de Nepal dio a luz en panfleto la obra maestra del Presidente Kim Il Sung "Constitucion Socialista de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea", publicada el 27 de diciembre del 61 (1972) de la Era Juche.
En la primera pagina del folleto se ven la imagen con amplia sonrisa del Presidente, la bandera y el escudo nacional de la RPDC.