Art Performance of KPA Soldiers Held
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- An art performance by soldiers of companies of the Korean People's Army who participated in the 31st art festival of the KPA servicepersons has been under way here since November 10.
Among the audience were senior officials of the party and state, officials of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, officials of ministries, national institutions and in the fields of culture and arts and mediapersons.
The performers put on the stage such numbers as narration and song "Dear General, Where Are You," an immortal famous work, poem and chorus "The General Visits a Post" and dialogic poem "The General and Our Company" in which they truthfully represented the real picture of the perfect unity between the supreme commander and the servicepersons and single-minded unity.
Solos "The Country Which I Am Standing Guard Over" and "Blue Sky over My Country" and other songs presented by a-match-for-a hundred soldiers electrified the audience.
They also staged numbers showing a glimpse of servicepersons' worthwhile military service.
The performance goes on.
DPRK Delegation Leaves for Britain
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the State Maritime Supervision Bureau led by its Director Ko Nung Du left here on Tuesday to participate in the 25th general assembly of the International Maritime Organization to be held in Britain.
Pyongyang Changes its Looks
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- Pyongyang City is being spruced up in the period of the autumn general mobilization for land management.
Roads are being repaved and a dividing line is being built in the middle of Kwangbok Street from the front of the Kwangbok Department Store to the approach to Youth Hero Motorway.
Ever-green trees and shrubs are to be planted on the line to ensure traffic safety and add beauty to the street.
Sidewalks in different parts of Central, Taedonggang, Moranbong and other districts of the city are being clad with blocks of various patterns and colors and multi-storied and public buildings painted beautifully.
Meanwhile, the 2nd stage of the project for arranging the banks of the Taedong River is progressing apace.
The banks from the Pyongyang Grand Theater to the Chungsong Bridge have been arranged and new roads are being constructed on the banks.
Animal sculptures and benches are installed and trees of good species planted there to convert the place into a recreation ground.
Recreation grounds and parks including Moran Hill, Ryongaksan Pleasure Park, Kaeson Youth Park, a fountain park in front of the Mansudae Art Theater are being facelifted for the cultural and emotional life of the working people.
New Stamp Issued
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- A stamp (a kind of sheetlet) in connection with the 29th Olympiad has been brought out in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Printed on the upper part of the sheetlet are the mark of the 29th Olympiad and the catchphrase "The 29th Olympic Games" in Korean and Chinese.
It reflects various shapes of dolls printed in five colored-round strips with varied sorts of flowers as its background.
Archery, Skilful Military Arts of Korean Nation
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- Archery is one of the skilful military arts that the Korean nation had developed generation after generation.
The archery, which had been widely encouraged from Tangun's Korea, reached a high level in the period of Koguryo.
Founder-King of Koguryo Tongmyong was called "Jumong" which meant a famous archer.
People of Koguryo paid a deep attention to teaching bowmanship to their children and archers of renown handed over their talent to the rising generations.
The mural paintings of Tokhungri Tombs and Yaksuri Tombs belonging to Koguryo show men on horseback shooting arrows at a running tiger or leveling bows at roe deer and deer, chasing them.
As archery was popularized and made a daily routine in Koguryo, it came to have a large unit of famous archers and could defeat the numerically superior invaders in battles.
Koryo had also encouraged archery among the people irrespective of social positions. In particular, those of Phyongan Province centering on Pyongyang achieved fame at that time.
Ri Dynasty produced not a small number of famous archers, too. According to records, there was a story that Hwang Jin, an archer of renown in the closing years of the 16th century, shot arrows supplied by three to four assistants without missing enemy soldiers during the Imjin Patriotic War.
The archery clearly shows the history and tradition of the resourceful and courageous Korean nation.
U.S. Warmongers' Ambition for Military Supremacy under Fire
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- Some time ago, the U.S. conducted another missile interceptor test on the Kauai Island of Hawaii despite strong protest and denunciation by the international community. The U.S. Defense Department requested Congress to approve a proposal for spending 88 million dollars for the purchase of "Bunker Buster."
These moves come under fire by a signed commentary of Rodong Sinmun Tuesday.
This is a clear indication that the U.S. warmongers' ambition for military supremacy remains unchanged and they have become evermore undisguised in their moves to realize it, the commentary says, and goes on:
The U.S. imperialists' frantic moves to modernize nukes and establish the missile defence system (MD) are not aimed at ensuring the "security" and "peace" of their allies but at realizing their criminal ambition to dominate the world.
It is the criminal goal of the U.S. bellicose forces to hold a military edge in the Asia-Pacific region with south Korea and Japan as strategic strongholds. It was by no means fortuitous that they carried out the above-mentioned test in Hawaii.
The U.S. decision to spend a stupendous amount of money for the purchase of the above-said bomb was prompted by its design to make surprise strikes at the military strongholds in what it called "rogue states" and realize its scenario for aggression with ease. This once again saliently revealed the true colors of the U.S. as an arch criminal escalating the tension and threatening peace in the Asia-Pacific region including the Korean Peninsula and other parts of the world.
The U.S. reckless moves to realize its wild ambition for military supremacy is as foolish an act as putting its own security at peril.
Minju Joson in a commentary says the U.S. confrontational policy of strength is only throwing itself into a bottomless political pitfall, urging the U.S. to properly see the world from a new viewpoint and make efforts to swim with the trend of the times.
Nationwide Action for Pullout of U.S. Forces from S. Korea Called for
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- U.S. forces' presence in south Korea is a main stumbling block lying in the way of achieving the sovereignty of the Korean nation and reunification of Korea as it is a brigandish infringement upon its sovereignty and hideous terrorism against its sovereignty. Rodong Sinmun Tuesday says this in a signed article.
It goes on:
The U.S. imperialists have long worked hard to invade Korea with a wild ambition to dominate the whole of Korea. They landed in south Korea under the pretext of "disarming" the defeated Imperial Japanese Army right after the liberation of Korea. Their occupation of south Korea was robber-like and illegal aggression as it was prompted by their criminal design to turn south Korea into their colony and use it as a springboard from which to launch aggression against the whole of Korea.
As soon as the U.S. imperialists set foot on south Korea, they enforced a harsh "military rule" and set up a pro-American regime there. The U.S. deeply interfered even in the regime change and policy-making in south Korea, lording it over there for the past several decades.
The U.S. forces in south Korea are chiefly to blame for the division of Korea. They are a main stumbling block in the way of unity and reunification of the Korean nation. Whenever the desire for unity and reunification grew strong among south Koreans and a phase of reconciliation opened between the north and south of Korea, they instigated the anti-reunification forces and committed war exercises and escalated confrontation in a bid to strain the situation and stem the trend toward reunification. The difficult progress of the June 15 era of reunification brought into bolder relief the U.S. nature as disturber of national reconciliation and reunification.
All Koreans are called upon to wage a more dynamic nationwide struggle to put an end to the U.S. presence in south Korea and thus achieve the sovereignty of the nation.
Actions on "Day of All-People Action for 2007" Staged in S. Korea
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- People from all walks of life in south Korea held in Seoul on Nov. 11 events "on the day of all-people action for 2007 to check the conclusion of south Korea-U.S. free trade agreement, abolish the part-time job and achieve peace against war" despite the authorities' fascist suppression, according to the south Korean KBS and CBS.
The events brought together at least 20,000 people from all walks of life including workers, peasants and youths and students from across south Korea.
The first event was a meeting.
The participants of the meeting demanded the authorities halt the negotiations for the conclusion of the FTA with the U.S., totally revise the evil law on part-time job and withdraw the troops from Iraq at once.
At the end of the meeting they marched toward the U.S. embassy in Seoul.
Civil and social organizations of different circles called a joint press conference near Chongwadae in Seoul on Nov. 10 at which they vowed to make events on the day a success.
At the end of the press conference representatives of those organizations launched an all-night sit-in.
Outcome of S. Korea-U.S. "Annual Security Consultative Meeting" Blasted
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- The south Korean Confederation of Trade Unions reportedly issued a statement on Nov. 8 in denunciation of the outcome of the 39th south Korea-U.S. "annual security consultative meeting" obstructive to peaceful reunification.
The statement noted that a "joint statement" released by the U.S. and the south Korean authorities at the above-said meeting argued for confrontation dating back to the era of the Cold War by categorically rejecting the proposed peace-keeping mechanism on the Korean Peninsula. This is proved by the fact it "appreciated" the dispatch of south Korean troops to Iraq and reconfirmed the U.S. sustainable provision of a "nuclear umbrella" to south Korea and the humiliating south Korea-U.S. "Mutual Defense Pact," etc., the statement added.
Recalling that it "expressed the firm will to keep the south Korea-U.S. combined forces on highest alert and steadily bolster them", the statement held that this is an undisguised revelation of their stand to tighten their "alliance" for aggression and bring back the inter-Korean relations to the phase of confrontation. It declared that the organization would carry on its strenuous actions for the dissolution of the "UN Command", the conclusion of a peace agreement and the withdrawal of the U.S. forces.
Security Authorities' Suppression under Fire in S. Korea
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- The South Headquarters of the National Alliance of Youth and Students for the Country's Reunification (Pomchonghakryon) reportedly made public a statement on Nov. 7 to denounce the security authorities for having walked off former deputies to the south Korean Federation of University Student Councils.
Noting that the security authorities walked off Ra Jin Suk, chairperson of the General Student Council of Konkuk University for 2002, and Hong Ki Ung, vice-chairman of the General Student Council of Seoul Industrial University for 2003, who participated in the struggle for the abolition of the "National Security Law" (NSL), the statement said:
Such fascist outrage is stirring up the indignation of the people. The security authorities are still cracking down upon the pro-reunification patriotic forces by dint of the NSL, and this is the last-ditch effort to check the trend of national independence and great unity at any cost.
The South Headquarters of Pomchonghakryon will fight it out to get the NSL, which defines the fellow countrymen in the north as "enemy" and serves as a tool for suppression of the pro-reunification patriotic forces, repealed and the "Security Investigation Team" and others dissolved, the statement said.
Slogans of Action Issued in S. Korea
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- The Solidarity for Implementing the South-North Joint Declaration in south Korea on Nov. 8 reportedly issued the slogans of struggle for the progressive forces' victory in the "2007 presidential elections".
The slogans called for launching an all-out offensive against the U.S. and conservatism under the banner of the June 15 joint declaration to win in the elections. They stressed the need to strengthen the Democratic Labour Party and the Solidarity for Progress in south Korea through unity of all the progressive forces.
Noting that Ri Myong Bak is backed by the U.S., they called for preventing Ri, a corrupt politician, from running for the elections and achieving the great alliance against conservatism so as to check the pro-U.S. conservative forces' attempt to come to power.
They stressed the need to dissolve the Grand National Party, which opposes the national reunification while flattering the U.S., and remove the pro-U.S. conservative forces.
They also called for winning in the elections and establishing a government desirous of peace and reunification through an all-people struggle for supporting and implementing the June 15 joint declaration.
"Day of Korea" Observed in France
Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- A function "Day of Korea" took place under the sponsorship of the France-Asia Association in Paris on Nov. 5.
Present there were the chairman of the association and figures of the economic circle. The chief and staff members of the DPRK general mission in Paris were present there on invitation.
A lecture on the situation prevailing on the Korean Peninsula was given there and then the floor was taken by several figures.
The chairman of the association spoke highly of the outstanding diplomatic caliber of Kim Jong Il, while referring to what has taken place on the Korean Peninsula recently. He held that France should also opt for improving the relations with the DPRK.
A department director of a company of France noted that those who have not visited the DPRK may not know about the heroic dynamism and national character of the Korean people, hoping that Korea would be reunified without fail.
Then, the participants of the event watched a film showing the DPRK visit by Francois Mitterrand, former president of France.
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Contacto de expertos para conversaciones ministeriales N-S
Pyongyang, 13 de noviembre (ATCC) -- Tuvieron lugar el dia 12 en el Pabellon Thong-il en la parte nortena de Phanmunjom las conversaciones entre los expertos militares con vistas al dialogo a nivel de ministro de las fuerzas armadas del Norte y el Sur de Corea.
En la ocasion ambas partes acordaron sostener del 27 al 29 del mes en curso en Pyongyang esas conversaciones ministeriales a fin de consultar las medidas militares para la ejecucion de la "Declaracion para el Desarrollo de las Relaciones Norte-Sur, la Paz y la Prosperidad" y seguir discutiendo otros problemas de trabajo.
Periodicos condenan la ambicion de heguemonia militar de EE.UU.
Pyongyang, 13 de noviembre (ATCC) -- Hace unos dias, pese a la fuerte protesta y denuncia de la sociedad internacional Estados Unidos realizo una prueba de interceptacion de misil en la isla Cawai de la Hawai y el Departamento de Defensa norteamericano pidio al congreso la inversion de 88 millones de dolares destinados a la compra de las bombas de gran tamano "Banco Berster" para la destruccion del refugio antiaereo.
Esto muestra que es invariable la ambicion de heguemonia militar de las fuerzas belicosas norteamericanas y se tornan cada dia mas abiertas sus maniobras para hacer la realidad.
Asi senala el periodico Rodong Sinmun en un comentario individual de este martes y continua:
Las maniobras de EE.UU. para modernizar las armas nucleares y establecer el sistema antimisiles no son para una "seguridad" ni la "paz" de los paises aliados sino para realizar su criminal ambicion de dominio al mundo.
Las fuerzas belicosas norteamericanas tienen el intento criminal de ocupar la supremacia militar en la region de Asia-Pacifico tomando por punto de apoyo estrategico y militar el Sur de Corea y Japon.
Por lo tanto, no es casual la reciente prueba de interceptacion de misiles en Hawai.
EE.UU. se propone invertir enormes fondos para la compra de bombas de gran tamano para realizar facilmente su objetivo agresivo al dar golpe sorpresivo a los puntos militarmente importantes de los "paises bribones".
Ahora, volvio a ponerse de relieve la naturaleza de EE.UU. que agudiza la tension y amenaza la paz en la Peninsula Coreana, la region de Asia-Pacifico y las demas regiones del mundo.
Las imprudentes maniobras de EE.UU. de realizar la ambicion de heguemonia militar devienen actos absurdos y daninos a si mismo.
El periodico Minju Joson senala que la politica de confrontacion de la fuerza lleva EE.UU. a un callejon politico sin salida y enfatiza que ese pais americano debe juzgar con nueva vision la situacion del mundo y actuar conforme a la tendencia de la epoca.
Se ofrece funcion del 31o Festival Artistico de Militares
Pyongyang, 13 de noviembre (ATCC) -- Prosigue desde el dia 10 en esta capital la funcion de los militares de companias participantes en el 31o Festival Artistico de Militares del Ejercito Popular de Corea.
La vieron los cuadros del partido y el Estado, funcionarios del Comite Central del Partido del Trabajo de Corea y los de ministerios, organos centrales y las ramas de cultura, arte, prensa e informacion.
Los ejecutantes demostraron de modo impresionante el verdadero aspecto de la unidad monolitica entre el Comandante Supremo y los soldados en la narracion e interpretacion de la obra maestra "?Donde esta, querido General?", la poesia y coro "El General visito el puesto", el poema en dialogo "El General y nuestra compania" y otras piezas.
Los solos "Mi patria que defiendo", "Cielo azul de mi pais" y otras canciones de los soldados capaces de pelear a solas contra cien enemigos arrancaron efusivas ovaciones del publico.
Igualmente, se presentaron otras piezas que muestran episodios de la digna vida del servicio militar.
La funcion continua.
Francia: acto por el "Dia de Corea"
Pyongyang, 13 de noviembre (ATCC) -- Tuvo lugar el dia 5 en Paris el acto por el "Dia de Corea" bajo auspicios de la Asociacion Francia-Asia.
En la ocasion estuvieron presentes el presidente de dicha entidad y personalidades del circulo economico.
Tambien se encontraban en calidad de invitados el jefe y los miembros de la representacion general de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea en ese pais.
Ante todo, se impartio una conferencia sobre la actual situacion de la Peninsula Coreana e intervinieron varias personalidades.
El presidente de la citada asociacion elogio fervorosamente la destacada diplomacia del Dirigente Kim Jong Il vinculandola con la ultima situacion de la Peninsula Coreana y expreso su esperanza de que tambien Francia proceda al mejoramiento de las relaciones con Corea.
El director de la Compania "Total" subrayo que quienes no visitaron Corea no pueden conocer la heroica vitalidad y la nacionalidad del pueblo coreano y deseo que Corea sea reunificada sin falta.
A continuacion, se proyecto el documental sobre la visita a Corea del ex presidente frances, Francois Mitterrand.