Kim Jong Il Inspects KPA Navy Unit
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il inspected the command of Navy Unit 152 of the KPA.
Being guided by the commander of the unit, he went round a room devoted to the education in revolutionary history, a room devoted to the unit's history and a room devoted to preservation and education in slogan-bearing trees.
Seeing the relics and data associated with revolutionary history, he recalled with deep emotion the days of President Kim Il Sung's leadership over the building of navy.
The Navy of the KPA could grow to be invincible forces under the wise leadership and deep care of the President who devoted all his energies to building and strengthening the naval forces until the last moments of his life, he said, adding: His immortal revolutionary exploits for the building of the Juche-oriented navy will remain long in the history of the country.
Noting that those trees bearing slogans written during the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle are a precious asset of the Korean revolution, he stressed the need to intensify the education of servicepersons through the slogans and thus arm them more firmly with the revolutionary idea of the WPK.
He dropped in at an operation command room to learn about the unit's performance of duty.
He set forth tasks to be fulfilled by the unit to increase its combat capability in every way, satisfied to learn that the servicepersons of the unit are carrying out their guard duties in a responsible manner.
He made the rounds of the servicepersons' hall, a library and other entertainment and cultural and educational facilities to learn about how the political work is being conducted among seamen.
All units have successfully built libraries and minutely organized their service, thus markedly boosting the soldiers' zeal for reading, he noted, adding that the habit of reading books established in the whole army is another praiseworthy trait created by the KPA in the era of Songun.
After visiting the Hero Ri Kwang Su Company, he said it is good for the servicepersons of the unit to make their youth worthwhile with arms. He urged all servicepersons to become heroes in the new century by carrying forward the soul of the revolutionary forerunners.
Then he went round a mess hall, a kitchen, a non-staple food store, a mushroom cultivation room and other supply service facilities of the unit modernly built to suit the characteristic features of the seamen. He appreciated the efforts made by the commanding officers of the unit, expressing satisfaction over the fact that they have provided the soldiers with good living conditions, bearing deep in mind the teaching of the President that supply service is at once a political work.
He looked round the exterior and interior of the soldiers' health complex newly built by the unit and indicated tasks to be fulfilled by it to manage and operate it and ways to do so.
Underscoring the need to show special care for the living of the seamen as they live in the rough sea all the year round, he called on all commanding officers to show warm love for the soldiers and look after them with paternal care so that they may not feel even the slightest inconvenience in their living.
Kim Jong Il had a photo session with the servicepersons of the unit.
Spokesman for DPRK Foreign Ministry on DPRK-U.S. Talks
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry gave the following answer to the question put by KCNA on Wednesday as regards the DPRK-U.S. talks held in Singapore:
The DPRK-U.S. talks were held in Singapore on April 8.
The talks had an in-depth discussion on issues arising in implementing the October 3 agreement of the six-party talks.
As a result of the talks a consensus was reached on the U.S. measure to make political compensation and the nuclear declaration essential for winding up the implementation of the agreement.
The recent Singapore agreement fully proved the effectiveness of the DPRK-U.S. talks.
We will follow the fulfillment of the commitments of those countries participating in the six-party talks.
Session of DPRK Supreme People's Assembly Held
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- The Sixth Session of the 11th Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was held at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on Wednesday.
Present at the session were deputies to the SPA.
Also on hand as observers were officials of party, armed forces and power organs, social organizations, ministries and national institutions and officials in the fields of science, education, culture and arts, public health and media.
The session discussed the following agenda items: "1. On the review of the work of the DPRK Cabinet in Juche 96 (2007) and its tasks for Juche 97 (2008)" and "2. On the results of the implementation of the state budget of the DPRK for Juche 96 (2007) and its state budget for Juche 97 (2008)"
Deputy Kim Yong Il, premier of the Cabinet, noted in the report on the first agenda item that last year a new phase was brought in the building of an economic power to increase the gross industrial output, major tasks of the 5-year plan for the development of the nation's science and technology ending in 2007 were carried out, and signal achievements were made in culture building.
The reporter stressed that the main tasks in the field of economy for this year is to boost the basic industries, the pilot sectors of the national economy, so as to make a breakthrough in building an economic power and steadily push ahead with the technical modernization of the national economy while decisively solving the food and consumer goods problems to bring a substantial improvement in the standard of people's living.
Deputy Ro Tu Chol, vice-premier of the Cabinet, in his report on the second agenda item said that last year the plan for the state budgetary revenue was carried out at 100.2 per cent, a 6.1 per cent increase in revenue over the previous year and the plan for state budgetary expenditure at 101.7 per cent and 15.7 per cent of the total state budgetary expenditure was disbursed as military spending and a large amount of fund was allocated for the various fields of the national economy.
The state budgetary revenue for this year is planned to grow four per cent over last year, he said, adding: This year the state budgetary expenditure will show an increase of 2.5 per cent over last year and much portion of the state budget be invested in the development of the national economy and the improvement of the standard of people's living and 15.8 per cent of the total state budgetary expenditure allocated for national defence.
Speakers at the session said that the work of the Cabinet and the implementation of the state budget last year were properly reviewed and settled, and expressed full support and approval of the reports made on the two agenda items as clear tasks for this year were proposed and the state budget properly shaped.
At the session, SPA decision "On approving the report on the work of the DPRK Cabinet and the results of the implementation of the state budget for Juche 96 (2007)" and SPA ordinance "On the state budget of the DPRK for Juche 97 (2008)" were adopted with unanimous approval of the deputies.
At the session Deputy Kang Nung Su, vice-chairman of the SPA, was recalled.
Report on DPRK Cabinet's Work Last Year and Its Tasks for This Year
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- Premier of the Cabinet Kim Yong Il, deputy to the Supreme People's Assembly, delivered a report on the work done by the DPRK Cabinet in Juche 96 (2007) and its tasks for Juche 97 (2008) at the 6th session of the 11th SPA held Wednesday.
The report said:
The last year was the year of struggle and advance in which the political and military might of the DPRK was fully demonstrated all over the world and a fresh phase brought about in building an economic power under the unique Songun revolutionary leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Important political events including the grand political festivals commemorating the 95th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung and the 75th anniversary of the Korean People's Army and the election of deputies to the local power bodies helped strikingly demonstrate the solidity of the ideology and traditions of the DPRK, the indomitable will and the militancy of all the servicepersons and people single-mindedly united around the party and consolidate the DPRK government as firm as a rock.
Precious successes were achieved last year to demonstrate the economic potential of the country and the inexhaustible creative ability of our people.
Thousands of major factories and enterprises across the country overfulfilled their national economy plan, taking the country as a whole. The gross industrial output swelled, the foundation of the self-supporting national economy gained in scope and strength and the major projects of the five-year plan for the development of national science and technology ending in 2007 were carried out.
The educational field witnessed progress in modernizing the educational institutions at all levels and improving the quality of education and signal successes in the fields of public health, culture and arts and sports.
The WPK set a grandiose target to open up without fail the gate of a great prosperous powerful nation in 2012, the centenary of birth of the President, by staging a general offensive from this year.
The main tasks before the economic field this year is to bolster the pilot sectors, basic industries of the national economy, giving top priority to the work for ensuring the increase of the country's defence capability true to the Party's line of economic construction in the era of Songun, and thus ensure the advance in the building of an economic power. It is also the main thrust of the field to continue vigorously pushing forward the technological updating of the national economy and, at the same time, decisively solve the problems of food and consumer goods on the people's living-first principle in order to substantially improve the people's living standard.
We will make a fresh leap forward and progress in all fields under the uplifted militant slogan of the Party "Glorify This Year of the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the DPRK as a Year of Historical Turn Which Will Go Down in the History of the Country!", thus significantly boosting the gross industrial output value.
This year the Cabinet will channel all human and material resources of the country into bolstering the fields of power, coal and metal industries and railway transportation, taking a firm hold on the pilot sectors, basic industrial fields of the national economy, as the lifeline of the socialist economic construction.
The Cabinet will rejuvenate the geological prospecting and the production at key industries including mining, machine-building, chemical and building materials industries and forestry and accelerate the technological updating on the basis of the existing foundation.
It is an important task before the Cabinet this year, the 60th anniversary of the DPRK, to abide by the people's living-first principle.
We will comprehensively introduce high-yielding rice and maize seeds on the principle of the right crop on the right soil and the proper crop in the right season, widely disseminate and generalize the advanced agro-technique and farming methods and intensify the self-farming movement, true to the Party's policy of agricultural revolution to make great progress in solving the people's problem of food at any cost this year.
We will vigorously push forward the waterway projects and land development and let all the fields of national economy produce and ensure farming materials in a responsible manner and encourage the whole country to render labor and material assistance to rural areas.
We will boost the production of meat, eggs and aquatic products and substantially operate the existing fish breeding centers to enable the people to fully benefit from them.
We will mass-produce quality consumer goods by operating the light industrial factories in full capacity and continue pushing forward the work to build new production bases.
We will spruce up the hospitals at different levels as required by the new century, improve the production and supply of medicines and medical apparatus and make sure that all the popular policies including the system of social insurance, the system of accommodating working people at sanatoria and rest homes and the system of preferential treatment of disabled soldiers are properly enforced.
We will speed up the construction of monumental edifices of the times, organize and undertake the construction of Pyongyang City in a bold and big way and build more houses in urban and rural areas.
From this year we will start implementing the new five-year plan for the development of national science and technology ending in 2012.
We will systematically increase the state investment in this field and let the scientists and technicians increase their responsibility and role to successfully carry out the assignments under the plan and thus put the country's science and technology on an advanced level in the shortest possible period.
For the present, we will make sure that all the fields of national economy carry out the first-year tasks of the plan without fail this year, establish the production system based on science and technology at the factories and enterprises and, at the same time, exert state efforts for the development of the IT industry.
We will thoroughly establish Juche in external economic relations with other countries, energetically expand the export of goods of the second- and third-stage processing by use of the locally available resources and on the basis of indigenous technology and conduct diversified and multilateral trade.
It is an important task facing the Cabinet to steadily improve the guidance and administration of the socialist economic management and round off it our own way. It is also an issue of key importance as it awaits an urgent solution in building an economic power.
It is necessary to concentrate the economic work on the Cabinet and develop the nation's economy under a long-term plan on the basis of a scientific strategy.
We will continue directing big efforts to building socialist culture to train a large number of able intellectuals capable of doing their shares in building a great prosperous powerful nation this year, too. We will, at the same time, see to it that more literary and art works reflecting the stirring reality in the era of Songun are created and efforts are focused on the preparations for exalting the honor of the country by winning gold medals in the 29th Olympics.
The reporter called upon all officials to stand in the van of the drive for building an economic power and give the fullest play to the mental and creative power of the producer masses and thus work fresh miracles and innovations in production and construction.
He underscored the need for all the people to work hard to greet the 60th anniversary of the DPRK with shining victories and bring earlier the day when a great prosperous powerful socialist nation will appear on this land that remains highly dignified thanks to Songun.
Report on Implementation of State Budget for Last Year and State Budget for 2008
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- Vice-Premier of the DPRK Cabinet Ro Tu Chol, deputy to the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), delivered a report on the results of the implementation of the DPRK state budget for Juche 96 (2007) and its state budget for Juche 97 (2008) at the sixth session of the 11th SPA held on Wednesday.
According to the report, the last year's plan for state budgetary revenue was carried out at 100.2 per cent, a 6.1 per cent increase in revenue over the previous year.
The plan for local budgetary revenue was carried out at 110.9 per cent, thus ensuring the planned disbursement with local income and channeling enormous fund into the national budget.
The last year's plan for state budgetary expenditure was carried out at 101.7 per cent as unexpected happenings required the additional spending of a huge amount of funds in the course of its implementation including the funds for eradicating the aftermath of flood.
The expenditure for agriculture in the state budget for last year showed an 8.5 per cent growth and that for light industry remarkably increased as compared with the previous year.
The DPRK government made a greater allocation of funds than plan for enforcing popular policies under the conditions where the national economy has not yet been reenergized, taking the nation's economy as a whole. This enabled the people to receive ample state benefits such as free medical care, free education, social insurance and social security.
Last year 15.7 per cent of the total state budgetary expenditure was disbursed as military spending.
The state budgetary revenue and expenditure for this year have been shaped on the principle of increasing the budgetary revenue to the maximum and reducing the expenditure for non-productive fields as much as possible by tapping all reserves and potentials in all fields and units of the national economy.
This year's plan for state budgetary revenue is expected to grow 4 per cent over last year.
The revenue from the profits of state enterprises is expected to go up 4.7 per cent over last year, that from the profits of cooperative organizations 0.4 per cent, that from the fixed asset depreciation 2.6 per cent, that from rent of real estate 3.1 per cent and that from social insurance 1.1 per cent.
This year's state budgetary expenditure is expected to show a 2.5 per cent increase over last year and its plan has been shaped in such a way as to decisively bolster the pilot sectors, basic industrial sectors of national economy and bring about a landmark turn in improving the people's living standard, while making sustained efforts to increase the defence capability of the country.
15.8 per cent of the total state budgetary expenditure for this year will be allocated for national defence. 49.8 per cent more than last year will go to the fields of power, coal and metal industries and railway transportation and the expenditure for agriculture is expected to go up 5.5 per cent and that for science and technology 6.1 per cent over last year. A huge financial disbursement will also be made for the light industry, capital construction and land administration and city management.
The state budgetary expenditure for enforcing the popular policies will swell 1.7 per cent over last year. 4.2 per cent more fund than last year will be disbursed for education and financial allocation for public health will increase 5.9 per cent to steadily enforce social policies such as the system of universal compulsory free education, the system of free medical care, the system of social insurance, the system of accommodating working people at sanatoria and rest homes and the system of preferential treatment of disabled soldiers. The DPRK will thus give full play to the popular nature and advantages of its socialist state budget.
It is expected that the government will send a large amount of educational aid fund and stipends to the children of Koreans in Japan this year, too.
The reporter said that it is the most important way for successfully implementing the state budget for this year to improve the economic and financial management in such a way as to gain the greatest possible profits, while strictly adhering to the socialist principle.
The reporter called for successfully carrying out the state budget to glorify this year of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the DPRK as a year of a historical turn which will go down in the history of the country.
Deputies to SPA Enjoy Concert
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- Deputies to the Supreme People's Assembly who are attending the 6th Session of the 11th SPA, appreciated a concert of the Mansudae Art Troupe at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre on Wednesday on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's election as chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission.
Put on the stage of the concert, which began with female vocal solo and chorus "Song Devoted to Comrade Kim Jong Il", were such colorful numbers as male vocal solo "Thunder on Jong Il Peak", female folk solo "Longing for the General", female chorus "Song of Mangyongdae", violin solo "To the Road of Decisive Battle", mixed quintet "My Motherland under the Songun Policy" and chorus "General on a Galloping White Horse".
The performers ardently sang of the undying exploits of leader Kim Jong Il who has put the dignity and the strength of the DPRK on the highest level with his great Songun idea and guidance while ushering in the great heyday of prosperity unprecedented in the history of the nation.
The audience deeply felt again great happiness of being the nation of the sun that has covered the road of victory and glory while being blessed with illustrious leaders generation after generation.
Moves to Reinforce U.S.-S. Korea "Military Alliance" under Fire
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- The U.S. defense secretary and the south Korean "minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade" were reported to have exchanged their views on the orientation of developing the U.S.-south Korea "military alliance" and the pending issues related to the "alliance relations" at their talks. What merits attention here is that the U.S. reiterated its support to the proposal for elevating the position of south Korea to the same level as the NATO's in purchasing U.S.-made weapons, crying out for the "tightened alliance" with south Korea.
Commenting on this, Rodong Sinmun today observes that this is a revelation of the U.S. sinister intention to sharply expand the scope of its delivery of weapons to south Korea and further tighten the U.S.-south Korea military nexus.
The U.S. is keen to build a missile shield in south Korea, while contemplating giving south Korea the same status as the NATO's in the purchase of U.S.-made weapons. Lurking behind this scenario is a criminal intention to knock into shape a NATO-type new military bloc for aggression in Northeast Asia and realize its wild ambition for domination at any cost through that mechanism.
The U.S. is set to further tighten the "military alliance" with south Korea and put into practice its plan for creating a new military bloc by using the fictitious "threat" from the DPRK as a playing card. To this end, the U.S. is becoming vociferous about "threat" from the DPRK and pushing forward the moves to bolster the combat capability of its forces in south Korea and modernize the south Korean forces under the watchword of "security" in south Korea.
The U.S. military moves to knock a new military bloc into shape in Northeast Asia including its plan to plug south Korea into the moves to build a missile shield are anti-peace actions contrary to the trend of the times. They only escalate the military tension and further increase the danger of war on the Korean Peninsula.
If the U.S. truly wants peace and security in Northeast Asia including the peninsula, it should immediately give up the above-mentioned moves.
Anti-DPRK Smear Campaign over "Human Rights" Slammed
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- The Lee Myung Bak group's anti-DPRK smear campaign over "human rights" is an intolerable challenge to the DPRK system and a deliberate political provocation aimed at inciting antagonism and distrust among fellow countrymen and deteriorating the inter-Korean relations.
Rodong Sinmun today observes this in a signed commentary.
It goes on:
There has been no "human rights issue" and it can never exist in the DPRK where the exploitation of man by man was brought to an end long ago and there are no legal and institutional factors of abusing "human rights". The Lee group's talk about "human rights issue" is a revelation of their ignorance of the DPRK.
It is ridiculous and disgusting, indeed, for the group of traitors to say anything about someone's "human rights issue" as it is beset with the worst human rights issues.
There are differing ideologies and systems in the north and the south. Proceeding from the viewpoint of national reconciliation, unity and reunification, the DPRK has maintained the stand to develop the inter-Korean relations on the basis of leaving those ideologies and systems in the north and the south as they are and tolerating them. The three principles -- independence, peaceful reunification and great national unity --agreed upon and published by the north and the south serve as inviolable basic principles for developing the inter-Korean relations under any circumstances. Fully embodied in the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration, a programme for implementing it, the principles serve as a powerful engine for steering the era of independent reunification.
It is the ulterior aim sought by the Lee group through its "human rights" ruckus to defile the dignified system of the DPRK, bring the inter-Korean relations back to those in the era of confrontation and do harm to the DPRK in collusion with foreign forces.
The above-mentioned campaign kicked off by the Lee group in league with outside forces has made it difficult to expect any progress in the inter-Korean relations or any advance in the movement for independent reunification.
Reception Given by Palestinian Ambassador
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- Palestinian Ambassador to the DPRK Mohammad Shahta Zarab hosted a reception at his embassy on Tuesday to commemorate the Day of the Sun and the 15th anniversary of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's election as chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission.
Present there on invitation were Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea Choe Thae Bok, Minister of Public Health Choe Chang Sik, Chairman of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea Kim Pyong Phal and officials concerned.
Mohammad Shahta Zarab said at the reception that the friendly relations between the two countries provided by former President Yasser Arafat and President Kim Il Sung are developing under the deep care of chief Mahmoud Abbas and leader Kim Jong Il.
The Palestinian people are standing by the side of the Korean people in the struggle to get the U.S. troops withdrawn from south Korea and achieve the country's reunification while fully supporting all initiatives of the DPRK for national reunification, he noted.
The ambassador hoped that the friendly Korean people would achieve greater progress and prosperity, overcoming difficulties under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il.
Choe Thae Bok said it is an expression of the Palestinian friends' boundless reverence for Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il that they have joined the Korean people in commemorating the significant holidays including the Day of the Sun.
He stressed that the Korean people, in the future, too, would render full support and solidarity to the Palestine people in their just cause to retake the territory occupied by Israel and regain the legitimate national rights including the right to found an independent state with Kuds as its capital.
Foreigners Visit Revolutionary Site
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- The military attaches corps here visited the Kwanhakgol Revolutionary Site on Wednesday to mark the 15th anniversary of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's election as chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission.
Members of the corps went round the revolutionary relics there, including a historic dwelling house and a study site preserved as they were, being briefed on the fact that the leader had acquired character and qualities as the brilliant commander of Mt. Paektu, staying there during the Fatherland Liberation War.
After the visit they made an entry in the visitor's book.
Military Attache of the Cuban embassy Miguel Angel Gala Valiente wrote that he wishes the leader good health on the occasion of the anniversary.
Chinese Military, Air and Naval Attache Sun Yanfeng said that the Korean people are the happiest people in the world as they are blessed with illustrious leaders.
Russian Military Attache Alexei Bartusov wrote that he wishes the Korean people bigger success in building a great prosperous powerful nation under the leadership of Kim Jong Il.
Papers Editorially Call for Exalting Dignity and Might of DPRK
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- Papers today dedicate editorials to the 15th anniversary of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's election as chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission.
Rodong Sinmun says that the election of Kim Jong Il to the top post of the National Defence Commission helped solve the most important issue of providing a guarantee for the destiny and future of the Workers' Party of Korea and the revolution, the country and the people in the DPRK.
The DPRK is now demonstrating its might as a political and ideological power dynamically advancing along the road of socialism under the uplifted banner of independence despite any storm of the times and an invincible military power which no formidable enemy can dare provoke, the paper says, and goes on:
The absolute trust and reverence for the headquarters of the revolution prevail throughout the country and all the servicepersons and people are confidently advancing toward the high eminence of a great prosperous powerful nation, united close around the leader. This stirring reality of the country is a clear proof of the justice and tremendous vitality of the Songun politics of Kim Jong Il.
The last 15 years during which Kim Jong Il has led the DPRK, shouldering upon himself the heavy responsibility of the chairman of the NDC shine as proud annals in which he has firmly defended the lifeline of the country and the revolution and ushered in a new era of prosperity with his great Songun politics.
It is a miracle to be recorded in the human history of politics that he resolutely smashed the anti-DPRK moves of the imperialist allied forces and brought about a turning phase in the building of a great prosperous powerful nation during the unprecedentedly difficult periods of the "Arduous March," the forced march under the uplifted banner of Songun.
The Songun politics of Kim Jong Il is great politics which helps create a history of invincibility by fully enlisting the mental power of all servicepersons and people, effective politics for powerfully demonstrating the dignity and might of the socialist country with matchless military power and serves as an all-powerful treasured sword for bringing an era of great creation and change to this land.
The cause of building a great prosperous powerful socialist nation is sure to triumph thanks to the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il, the single-minded unity of all servicepersons and people closely rallied around the headquarters of the revolution and the solid foundation that has grown strong despite rigorous trials.
Minju Joson calls for more powerfully demonstrating the dignity and might of the DPRK and bringing about a fresh turn in building the great prosperous powerful socialist nation and accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il.
Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Election as Chairman of NDC of DPRK Celebrated
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- A meeting of members of the Korean Democratic Women's Union was held at the plaza before the Tower of the Juche Idea on Tuesday to celebrate the 15th anniversary of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's election as chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission.
At the meeting Chairwoman of the Central Committee of the KDWU Ro Song Sil delivered a report to be followed by speeches.
The reporter and speakers said that Kim Jong Il's election as chairman of the NDC was a manifestation of all servicepersons and people's absolute support to and trust in the great Songun brilliant commander and marked an event of epochal significance in the destiny of the country and the nation and in the future development of the revolution.
They noted with pride that in the period in which the servicepersons and people of the DPRK have pushed forward the revolution and construction with the peerless illustrious commander born of Heaven at their head the dignity and national power of Songun Korea reached the highest level and this land greeted a heyday of grandeur and prosperity unprecedented in the national history spanning 5,000 years.
The poem devoted to this day "Let's Hold Songun Brilliant Commander of Mt. Paektu in Higher Esteem" was recited at the meeting.
Present there were Secretary of the C.C., the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Jung Rin, officials of the KDWU and members of the KDWU in Pyongyang.
Peerlessly Brilliant Commander of DPRK, Invincible Military Power
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- Today the Korean army and people are significantly celebrating the 15th anniversary of the election of General Secretary Kim Jong Il as chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission.
It is entirely thanks to his wise leadership that the DPRK is bringing about epoch-making changes, displaying its might as a matchlessly powerful nation and unbreakable fortress of socialism.
With deep insight into the changed international situation and the requirement of the Korean revolution in the 1990s, he formulated the Songun politics as the main mode of socialist politics by which the People's Army is taken as the pillar of the revolution and the overall socialist cause is pushed forward in reliance upon it.
He, shouldering the heavy responsibility of the chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission in the unprecedentedly grave period when the destiny of the country and the nation was at stake, thoroughly applied the Songun politics to all the realms of the state construction and activities, thus strengthening the politico-military power of the DPRK and advancing the cause of Korean-style socialist construction along the road of victory.
The greatest exploit performed by him was that he increased the military power of the country incomparably and consolidated the military position of the Korean revolution as firm as rock through brilliant embodiment of the Juche-oriented idea on the construction of national defence and line on the building of revolutionary armed forces.
He defined the military power as the foremost national power and the consolidation of the military position of the revolution as the primary task in the state construction and activities, and expounded the truth of the great Songun that the army is precisely the Party, state and people. And he concentrated all efforts on training the People's Army, the backbone and pillar of the self-reliant national defence power, to be a matchlessly invincible revolutionary army.
He has prepared the whole of the People's Army as units of human bullets and bombs ready to lay down their lives in protecting the leader and a-match-for-a hundred fighters through the vigorous movement to win the title of O Jung Hup-led Seventh Regiment. He has led wisely the work to rapidly renovate the military and technical hardware of the army to effect a great turn in strengthening the revolutionary armed forces.
He showed love for and trust in servicepersons and provided all conditions for perfecting the combat preparation while making a continued inspection to army units. His patriotic long journey for Songun was the greatest motive power which reared the People's Army as the strong revolutionary army of Mt. Paektu, the first death-defying corps for protecting socialism.
He set forth the revolutionary line of giving precedence to the national defence industry and led its thorough implementation so as to develop the national defence industry into powerful one based on the latest achievements of science and technology.
Leader Kim Jong Il has consolidated the military position of the Korean revolution as an impregnable fortress that any formidable enemy can not break and arranged a strong and self-reliant war deterrent power and thus turned the DPRK into an invincible military power. His Songun revolutionary exploits will shine long down through history.
Attraction and Vitality of Juche Idea
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- The Juche idea has been disseminated worldwide century after century.
The immortal idea fathered by President Kim Il Sung and developed and enriched by General Secretary Kim Jong Il is the recognized international trend in the era of independence.
The key point of the idea is that the popular masses are the master of revolution and construction and they have the strength to propel them. In other word, man is the master of his destiny and he has the ability to shape it.
The truth, scientific accuracy and justness of the Juche idea, man-centered world outlook have been irrefutably proven in the course of the development of history and revolutionary practices and the desire of the progressive people around the world to study the Juche idea is growing intense day by day.
In response to the requirement of the times, the international scientific symposium on the Juche idea held in September Juche 65 (1976) in the Capital of Madagascar put forward the study and dissemination of the Juche idea and its application as a common work of the world and stressed the need to found an international academic institution for its further development and specified this in its declaration.
On April 9, 1978, the grand inaugural meeting of the International Institute of the Juche idea took place in Tokyo, Japan, in compliance with the unanimous will and demand of the adherents to the idea.
The founding of the institute brought into being a core base for organized and purposeful activities for the study and propagation of the Juche idea worldwide, making the idea a global theory beyond the boundary of its mother country.
Now, beside the institute, more than 1 100 organizations for the study of the Juche idea are active in 100 odd countries.
It shows that the Juche idea is the source of invincible strength inspiring the progressives with courage and confidence in the victory of the global cause of independence and its attraction and vitality are growing day by day.
Art Troupe and Delegations Here
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- An art troupe and delegations of overseas Koreans arrived here Wednesday to participate in the 1st national art festival for commemorating the Day of the Sun.
They are an art troupe of Koreans in the U.S. led by Ri Jun Mu, chairman of the cultural and arts panel of the Federation of Koreans in the U.S., a delegation of Korean youth in the U.S. led by Yang Jang Gon, vice-director of an institute for Korean studies, a delegation of the cultural and arts institute of Koreans in Yanbian of China led by its Director Ri Im Won and a delegation of the Federation of Literature and the Arts of Koreans in Yanbian of China led by its Secretary General Jo Yong Gyu.
Also arriving was a delegation of the Japanese Kimjongilia Fanciers Society led by Representative Member Tsutomu Minatoyama to participate in the 10th Kimilsungia Festival.
Lee Myung Bak Regime Assailed in S. Korea
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- Permanent co-representatives of the Solidarity for Implementing the South-North Joint Declaration in south Korea released an emergency appeal on April 2, charging that Lee Myung Bak is driving the inter-Korean relations to a dangerous line by taking up the "theory of forcing the DPRK to scrap its nuclear program first" again, the U.S. administration admitted it failed to carry into practice.
The appeal pointed out that since its emergence the present "government" has staged the large-scale war exercises in collaboration with the U.S. military bellicose forces to threaten the north while eyeing its involvement in the PSI and MD in a bid to drive the Korean Peninsula into flames of war.
It also recalled that the Lee Myung Bak gentries are hell-bent on the reckless confrontation moves, calling for "preemptive strike" at the north, while perpetrating military provocations in the West Sea of Korea day after day.
Such confrontation moves aimed to scrap the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration can be allowed no longer, the appeal said, calling upon all the progressive camps to turn out in the struggle to frustrate the present "government's" confrontation moves, the moves to erase the June 15 joint declaration.
Lee Myung Bak Regime Denounced in S. Korea
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- The south Korean Federation of Stall Keepers sponsored a rally in the plaza of the Seoul railway station on April 4 to condemn the Lee Myung Bak "government" for trampling upon people's vital rights.
Attending there were members of civic and social organizations, including the Federation of the Poor, stall keepers and evacuees from across south Korea, more than 4 000 all told.
Speakers at the rally denounced the authorities for anti-democracy violence to violate even elementary freedom of assembly and association, recalling that the "government" is enforcing the terror-ridden policy by creating an atmosphere for neo-security crackdown.
They vented their indignation at the repression policy the Lee Myung Bak regime has intensified against the stall keepers by mobilizing gangs immediately after its emergence.
A resolution was read out at the rally, which stressed that the way to eliminate both extremities of society is to dispel the ultra-right conservative political parties and ensure the popular masses' engagement in politics. The resolution called for punishing the Lee Myung Bak gentries in the upcoming "general election" and realizing the right progressive policy.
After the rally, the participants waged a demonstration march.
Independent Reunification Demanded in S. Korea
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- The Solidarity of Youth and Students for Implementing the June 15 Joint Declaration in south Korea made public a statement titled "Let us drive out the U.S. forces and achieve independent reunification by inheriting the April 3 spirit" on April 3.
The statement held that the April 3 popular resistance was a resistance for independence and democracy of the people in Jeju Island who fought against the moves of the U.S. imperialists and the Syngman Rhee group of pro-American sycophantic elements to establish a "separate government."
The desire of those involved in the resistance has not yet been realized though 60 years have passed and the U.S. imperialists and pro-American sycophantic elements are desperately trying to separate the Korean Peninsula into two for all ages while engaging themselves in domination and plunder in south Korea, it said.
Expressing the will to wage a dynamic struggle to achieve independent reunification by inheriting the April 3 spirit, the statement said: For the present, we will strive to turn the forthcoming "National Assembly election" to a court of judging the pro-American sycophantic forces.
Japanese Criticize Government's Policy toward DPRK
Tokyo, April 7 (KNS-KCNA) -- A meeting was held in Tokyo on April 2 on the theme of "For peace of Northeast Asia, normalization of Japan-DPRK diplomatic ties, and no sanctions but dialogue."
Present at the meeting were representatives of public organizations and personages of different circles in Japan.
Kenji Mizudani, deputy secretary general of the Tokyo-Pyongyang Friendship Interchange Council, made an address which was followed by speeches of several personages.
They noted that the sanctions against the DPRK are bedeviling the bilateral relations and imposing great damage upon Koreans in Japan and stressed the need to urge the government to come out in dialogue for normalization of the relations.
The problem cannot be solved by such state-sponsored violence as sanctions on the DPRK and suppression of its overseas citizens, they said, urging the Japanese government to seek dialogue with it and opt for the normalization of the bilateral relations.
An appeal adopted at the meeting strongly demanded that the Japanese government strive to resume the talks for establishing diplomatic ties with the DPRK, lift embargo on the ship "Mangyongbong-92" and other sanctions against it and stop suppression of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan and Korean residents and work to settle its past.
Day of Sun Commemorated in Laos
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- Functions such as meeting, film show, art performance, book exhibition and photo exhibition were held in Laos on March 31 and April 1 to commemorate the Day of the Sun.
On display in the venues of the functions were works of President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il and photos showing their immortal exploits.
Attending the functions were personages and people from all walks of life including officials of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and its Commission for External Affairs and the Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union, the Laos-Korea Friendship Association and the Laos-Korea Youth Friendship Centre.
Present there on invitation were the DPRK ambassador to Laos and staff members of the DPRK embassy.
Chairman of the Laos-Korea Friendship Association Tong Yeu Tho who is member of the C.C., the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and vice-chairman of the C.C., the National Construction Front of Laos in his speech at the meeting said that Kim Il Sung performed immortal exploits by fathering the Juche idea and wisely leading the socialist construction in the DPRK.
He said: The entire army and all people, fully armed with the socialist idea, absolutely trust their leader and are single-mindedly rallied around him. This represents the politico-ideological might of the DPRK where the Juche idea has been embodied.
The participants of the film show watched the Korean film "Matchless Parades who Have Won One Victory after Another.
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There were an art performance and a remembrance concert. The performers successfully presented Korean songs including "We Always Remember All Sorts of Hardships Undergone by the Leader" and "Our General Is the Best," winning the acclaim of the audience.
Programme for Korea's Reunification Supported in India
Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- The Institute for Foreign Policy Studies, the Institute for Public Management, the Social Science Research Council and the Council for World Issues issued a joint statement on April 3 on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of President Kim Il Sung's work "10-Point Programme of the Great Unity of the Whole Nation for the Reunification of the Country" in which they expressed the belief that the reunification, the cherished desire of the Korean nation, will surely be achieved before long.
The statement noted that the work serves as a patriotic programme reflecting Kim Il Sung's noble intention to defend the peace of the country and achieve the cause of reunification by rallying all Koreans in the north and the south and overseas under the banner of great unity of the nation.
General Secretary Kim Jong Il formulated the 10-point programme of the great unity of the whole nation, the three principles of national reunification and the proposal for founding the Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo as the three charters for national reunification and has wisely led all Koreans to dynamically turn out in the struggle for the country's reunification, holding fast to them as great programme for achieving reunification, the statement said.
Many-sided exchange and cooperation are now under way between the north and the south and a landmark turn has been brought about for Korea's reunification after the adoption of the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration, in particular. This reality today is the great fruition of Kim Jong Il's idea of giving importance to the great unity of the nation and the Songun politics, the statement stressed.
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Kim Jong Il inspecciona comandancia de Unidad No. 152 de fuerzas navales
Pyongyang, 9 de abril (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 comandancia de la Unidad No. 152 de las fuerzas navales del EPC.
Guiado por el jefe de la unidad, el Dirigente recorrio la sala de educacion en las reliquias historicas de la revolucion, la de presentacion del historial y la de conservacion y educacion de lemas inscritos en arboles.
Al ver los materiales y datos historicos recordo con gran emocion los dias que el Presidente Kim Il Sung dedico a la construccion de las fuerzas navales.
Gracias a la sabia direccion y esmerada atencion del Presidente quien hizo ingentes esfuerzos hasta el ultimo momento de su vida por la fundacion y el desarrollo de las fuerzas navales, nuestra marina pudo crecer como invencible ejercito, destaco el Dirigente y senalo que las inmortales hazanas revolucionarias del Presidente acumuladas en la construccion autoctona de las fuerzas navales brillaran eternamente en los anales de la patria.
Las consignas inscritas en arboles en el periodo de la lucha armada antijaponesa son un tesoro precioso de revolucion coreana, asevero y apunto que al librar activamente la labor de educacion a los militares mediante las citadas consignas hay que armarlos con mas firmeza con la idea revolucionaria de nuestro partido.
En la sala de mando operacional hizo conocimiento del estado de cumplimiento del deber de la unidad, expreso satisfaccion de que los militares de la unidad cumplen con responsabilidad la guardia avanzada y presento las tareas que se presentan para fortalecer por todos los medios la combatividad de la unidad.
El Dirigente recorrio la Casa de Militares, la biblioteca y otros establecimientos de educacion cultural para enterarse del estado de la realizacion de la labor politica para los marineros.
Ahora todas las unidades acondicionaron bien las bibliotecas e hicieron mejor las labores organizativas, dijo y agrego que como resultado se elevo considerablemente el entusiasmo de lectura entre los militares. Y destaco que el ambiente de lectura establecido en todo el ejercito deviene un nuevo rasgo orgulloso creado por nuestro ejercito en la epoca del Songun.
Al recorrer la compania Heroe Ri Kwang Su, se refirio a que es cosa muy buena el que los militares de la unidad llevan una vida de gran merito en la juventud tomando el fusil en la mano y enseno que todos los militares deben ser heroes del nuevo siglo heredando el espiritu de los martires revolucionarios.
Al hacer recorrido por el comedor, la cocina, el deposito de alimentos subsidiarios, el lugar de cultivo de hongos y otras instalaciones de intendencia arregladas bien de acuerdo con caracteristicas de los marineros, se mostro muy satisfecho de que los comandantes de la unidad, guardando en lo profundo del corazon las instrucciones del Presidente Kim Il Sung de que la labor de servicio de abastecimiento es justamente la labor politica, prepararon excelentes condiciones de vida para los militares y los elogiaron.
Viendo el interior y exterior del centro de cultura fisica para los soldados nuevamente construido en la unidad, ilumino las tareas y medios para su administracion.
Senalo que puesto que los marineros viven en el mar de vientos y olas furiosos, todos los comandantes de la unidad deben prestarles una atencion especial y anadio que con el ferviente amor por los soldados deben cuidar con el sentimiento paternal a sus inferiores para que estos no se sientan ni minima incomodidad en la vida.
El Dirigente se fotografio junto a los militares de la unidad.
VI periodo de sesiones de XI legislatura de la APS
@Pyongyang, 9 de abril (ATCC) -- Tuvo lugar este miercoles en el capitalino Palacio de los Congresos Mansudae el VI periodo de sesiones de la XI legislatura de la Asamblea Popular Suprema de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea con la participacion de los diputados a este organo legislativo.
Estuvieron presentes tambien en calidad de observador los funcionarios de las instituciones del partido, las fuerzas armadas y el Poder, las entidades sociales, los ministerios, los organos centrales y de los dominios de ciencia, educacion, cultura y arte, salud publica, prensa e informacion.
Hubo debates de dos puntos de la agenda: "1. Sobre las labores del Consejo de Ministros de la RPDC en el 96 (2007) de la Era Juche y las tareas para el 97 (2008) de la Era Juche" y "2. Sobre el balance de la ejecucion del presupuesto estatal de la RPDC para el 96 (2007) de la Era Juche y el presupuesto estatal para el 97 (2008) de la Era Juche".
El diputado Kim Yong Il, premier del Consejo de Ministros, presento el informe sobre el primer punto de la agenda.
El ano pasado, se dio una nueva coyuntura en la construccion de una potencia economica y por consiguiente, se incremento la produccion industrial bruta, dijo el premier y continuo:
Igualmente, se cumplieron las principales tareas del plan quinquenal estatal hasta 2007 para el desarrollo cientifico-tecnico y se lograron grandes exitos en la creacion cultural.
La tarea mas importante de este ano en la esfera economica es abrir la brecha en la construccion de una potencia economica al revitalizar los dominios prioritarios de la economia nacional y las industrias basicas e impulsar de continuo la reconstruccion tecnologica de esta economia.
Ademas, consiste en traer un mejoramiento sustancial en la vida del pueblo al resolver decisivamente en el principio de dar prioridad a esta los problemas de alimentos y articulos de consumo.
El informe sobre el segundo punto de la agenda estuvo a cargo del diputado Ro Tu Chol, vicepremier del Consejo de Ministros.
Segun el, el ingreso del presupuesto estatal del ano pasado marco un aumento de 0.2 % que lo planeado y tuvo un crecimiento de 6.1 % en comparacion con el ano 2006.
Continuo que el egreso del presupuesto estatal del ano pasado se ejecuto con un 1.7 % de exceso y el 15.7 % del monto total de los fondos presupuestarios egresados fue utilizado como gastos militares y fabulosos fondos fueron invertidos en varios sectores de la economia nacional.
El plan del ingreso del presupuesto estatal de este ano crecera a 104 % que el ano pasado y el plan del egreso tambien tendra un incremento de 2.5 % que el ano pasado, senalo.
Destaco que un alto porcentaje del presupuesto estatal sera desembolsado para el desarrollo de la economia nacional y el mejoramiento de las condiciones de vida del pueblo y el 15.8 % de los fondos presupuestarios del egreso sera destinado a la defensa nacional.
Los diputados, que hicieron uso de la palabra, senalaron que fueron balanceados correctamente las labores del Consejo de Ministros y la ejecucion del presupuesto estatal del ano pasado.
Igualmente, dieron su aprobacion total a las tareas de este ano trazadas claramente y el proyecto del presupuesto estatal elaborado correctamente.
En la ocasion quedaron aprobadas por el unanime consenso de todos los diputados la resolucion de la APS "Sobre la aprobacion del informe del trabajo del Consejo de Ministros de la RPDC y del balance de la ejecucion del presupuesto estatal del 96 (2007) de la Era Juche" y la ley de la APS "Sobre el presupuesto estatal de la RPDC para el 97 (2008) de la Era Juche".
En la reunion el diputado Kang Nung Su fue removido de su cargo de vicepresidente de la APS.
Sobre labores del CM del ano pasado y tareas para este ano
@Pyongyang, 9 de abril (ATCC) -- En el VI periodo de sesiones de la XI legislatura de la Asamblea Popular Suprema de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea, que tuvo lugar este miercoles, el diputado Kim Yong Il, primer ministro del Consejo de Ministros, presento el informe sobre las labores del CM del 96 (2007) de la Era Juche y las tareas para el 97 (2008) de la Era Juche.
El ano pasado fue un ano de lucha y avance en que gracias a la original direccion del Partido del Trabajo de Corea sobre la revolucion mediante el Songun (priorizacion militar), se manifesto a la vista del mundo el poderio politico y militar de la RPDC y se abrio una nueva coyuntura en la construccion de una potencia economica, comenzo el informante y continuo:
A traves de los importantes eventos politicos, entre otros, los grandes festivales politicos por el 95o aniversario del nacimiento del Presidente Kim Il Sung y el 75o aniversario de la fundacion del Ejercito Popular de Corea y las elecciones de diputados a los organos locales del Poder, se mostraron sin reservas el caracter inconmovible de nuestra idea y tradiciones, la indoblegable voluntad y la combatividad del ejercito y el pueblo unidos monoliticamente en torno al partido y se consolido mas el Poder de la RPDC.
En ano pasado, fueron logrados valiosos exitos que dan constancia de la potencialidad economica del pais y de la inagotable capacidad creativa de nuestro pueblo.
Miles de fabricas y empresas importantes de todo el pais cumplieron con exceso sus planes de economia nacional y se incremento la produccion industrial bruta.
Ademas, se amplio y se consolido la base de la economia nacional independiente de nuestro pais y se cumplieron las tareas importantes del plan quinquenal estatal hasta 2007 para el desarrollo cientifico y tecnico.
En el dominio educacional se lograron progresos en las labores para modernizar las instituciones docentes a todos los niveles y elevar la calidad de la pedagogia. Tambien, hubo grandes exitos en los dominios de salud publica, cultura, arte y deporte.
El PTC trazo la gran meta de lanzar a partir de este ano una ofensiva general para abrir a toda costa la puerta de la gran potencia prospera en 2012 cuando se acogera el centenario del Presidente Kim Il Sung.
La tarea mas importante de este ano del dominio economico es abrir la brecha en la construccion de una potencia economica al revitalizar los dominios prioritarios y las industrias basicas de la economia nacional dando preferencia al abastecimiento para elevar la capacidad defensiva del pais en pleno acato a la linea de construccion economica del partido en la epoca del Songun. Tambien, consiste en seguir impulsando la reestructuracion tecnica de la economia nacional y producir un mejoramiento sustancial en la vida del pueblo al solucionar decididamente los problemas de alimentos, viveres y articulos de consumo popular en el principio de dar prioridad a la vida del pueblo.
Bajo la consigna combativa del partido "!Hagamos brillar este ano del 60 aniversario de la fundacion de la Republica como un ano de cambios historicos que se registre indeleble en los anales de la Patria!", produciremos un nuevo salto y avance en todos los dominios con el proposito de aumentar considerablemente el valor de produccion industrial bruta.
Este ano, el Consejo de Ministros concentrara todos los recursos humanos y materiales del pais en los trabajos para revitalizar las industrias electrica, carbonifera y metalurgica y el transporte ferroviario tomando como lo vital de la construccion de la economia socialista los dominios prioritarios y las industrias basicas de la economia nacional.
Apoyandose en las bases ya preparadas dinamizara la prospeccion geologica y la produccion en las industrias claves como la extractiva, la maquinaria, la quimica, la de materiales de construccion y la silvicultura y acelerara la reconstruccion tecnica.
Mantener firmemente el principio de dar prioridad a la vida del pueblo es la tarea importante del Consejo de Ministros para este ano en que se celebrara el 60o aniversario de la fundacion de la RPDC.
En pleno acato a la orientacion del partido sobre la revolucion agricola, debemos introducir generalmente las variedades de alto rendimiento de arroz y maiz en el principio del cultivo adecuado en el terreno apropiado y en el tiempo, divulgar y generalizar ampliamente las tecnicas y metodos avanzados de cultivo.
Igualmente, es preciso desplegar energicamente el movimiento por labrar la tierra sin la mano de obra de apoyo y lograr un gran avance en la solucion del problema de alimentos y viveres del pueblo.
Hace falta impulsar con dinamismo la construccion de canales y el arreglo de la tierra.
Todos los dominios de la economia nacional deben producir y abastecer con responsabilidad los materiales para la produccion agricola y todo el pais tiene que apoyar activamente al campo en lo laboral y material.
Hay que incrementar la produccion de carne, huevos y productos maritimos y administrar con eficacia las ya preparadas bases de piscicultura para aportar beneficios reales al pueblo.
Es necesario poner en pleno funcionamiento las fabricas de industria ligera para producir en gran medida los articulos de consumo popular de buena calidad y seguir impulsando energicamente la construccion de nuevas bases productivas.
Es importante acondicionar bien los hospitales a todos los niveles a la altura del nuevo siglo, mejorar la produccion y suministro de los medicamentos y aparatos medicos y ejecutar correctamente todas las medidas populares como el sistema de seguro social, el de descanso y el de atender con preferencia a los ex militares heridos.
Es necesario acelerar la construccion de las creaciones monumentales de la epoca, impulsar con magnanimidad la construccion de la ciudad de Pyongyang y edificar muchas viviendas en las zonas urbanas y rurales.
Desde este ano, entramos en el cumplimiento del nuevo plan quinquenal estatal hasta 2012 para el desarrollo de ciencias y tecnicas.
Cumpliremos con exito las tareas de este plan incrementando de manera sistematica la inversion estatal en este dominio y elevando la responsabilidad y papel de los cientificos y tecnicos para llevar a un nivel desarrollado en un corto plazo las ciencias y tecnicas del pais.
Por inmediato, cumpliremos sin falta este ano en todos los sectores de la economia nacional las tareas para el primer ano del citado plan quinquenal e implantaremos en las fabricas y empresas el sistema productivo basado en las ciencias y tecnologias.
Ademas, enfocaremos la atencion estatal al desarrollo de la industria de informatica.
Mantendremos estrictamente el Juche en las relaciones economicas con otros paises, ampliaremos activamente la exportacion de los productos de segunda y tercera elaboracion basada en los recursos y tecnicas domesticos y realizaremos la diversificacion del comercio exterior.
Mejorar constantemente y perfeccionar a nuestra manera la direccion y la administracion de la economia socialista es una tarea importante del Consejo de Ministros y un problema clave que debe ser solucionado con urgencia en la construccion de una potencia economica.
Hay que concentrar las labores economicas al Consejo de Ministros y desarrollar con perspectivas la economia del pais segun una estrategia cientifica.
Al seguir prestando este ano tambien una profunda atencion a la creacion de la cultura socialista, debemos formar muchos talentosos capaces de desempenar un buen papel en la construccion de una gran potencia prospera.
Igualmente, es preciso crear mucho mas obras literarias y artisticas que reflejen la realidad conmovedora de la epoca del Songun y concentrar las fuerzas a los preparativos para exaltar con medallas de oro el honor de la patria en la 29a olimpiada.
Todos los funcionarios deben ponerse al frente de la construccion de una potencia economica y utilizar al maximo la capacidad espiritual y creativa de las masas productoras a fin de crear un nuevo prodigio e innovacion en la produccion y la construccion.
Todos nosotros debemos luchar con dinamismo por coronar con relevantes victorias el 60o aniversario de la fundacion de la RPDC y adelantar el dia del cumplimiento de la causa de construir una gran potencia prospera socialista en la patria altamente dignificada por el Songun.
APS balancea el presupuesto estatal del ano pasado
@Pyongyang, 9 de abril (ATCC) -- En el VI periodo de sesiones de la XI legislatura de la Asamblea Popular Suprema de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea, celebrado este miercoles, el diputado Ro Tu Chol, vicepremier del Consejo de Ministros, presento el informe sobre el balance de la ejecucion del presupuesto estatal de la RPDC del 96 (2007) de la Era Juche y sobre el presupuesto estatal para el 97 (2008) de la Era Juche.
El ingreso del presupuesto estatal del ano pasado marco un aumento de 0.2 % que lo planeado y tuvo un crecimiento de 6.1 % en comparacion con 2006, comenzo el informante y prosiguio:
El ingreso del presupuesto local llego a 110. 9 % de lo planeado y las localidades cubrieron los fondos de egreso con sus propios ingresos y aportaron mucho dinero al presupuesto central.
La ejecucion del egreso del presupuesto estatal del ano pasado tuvo un exceso de 1.7 % que lo planeado porque fueron desembolsados inesperadamente muchos fondos como los gastos para la recuperacion de las perdidas causadas por inundaciones.
En comparacion con 2006, los fondos presupuestarios asignados el ano pasado al sector agricola crecieron a 108.5 % y hubo un crecimiento considerable en el dinero desembolsado para la industria ligera.
Dado que la economia nacional no se ha revitalizado todavia en todos los sectores, el gobierno de la RPDC desembolso mucho mas dinero que lo planeado en la ejecucion de las politicas populares para asegurar en lo suficiente al pueblo los beneficios estatales como la asistencia medica gratuita, la educacion gratuita, el seguro social y la jubilacion.
El 15.7 % del monto total del presupuesto estatal del ano pasado se utilizo como gastos militares.
La dimension del ingreso y egreso del presupuesto estatal del presente ano fue determinada en el principio de aumentar al maximo el ingreso buscando y utilizando en todos los sectores y unidades todas las reservas y posibilidades y de disminuir en la medida posible los gastos en areas no productivas.
El plan de ingreso presupuestario estatal para este ano se aumentara al 104 % en comparacion con el ano pasado.
Se preven un incremento de 4.7% el ingreso por ganancias de las empresas estatales y un crecimiento de 0.4% el ingreso por ganancias de las entidades cooperativas.
Igualmente, se esperan incrementos de 2.6%, 3.1%, 1.1% los ingresos provenientes de los fondos de amortizacion de bienes fijos, de los pagos por el uso de propiedades inmuebles y de las contribuciones para el seguro social, respectivamente.
Habra un aumento de 2.5 % en comparacion con el ano pasado en el egreso del presupuesto estatal de este ano para revitalizar decisivamente los dominios prioritarios y las industrias basicas de la economia nacional y traer un viraje trascendental en la mejora de la vida del pueblo encauzando de continuo grandes fuerzas al fortalecimiento de la capacidad defensiva del pais.
Este ano, sera destinado a la defensa nacional el 15.8% del monto total del egreso presupuestario.
En comparacion del ano pasado, crecera a 149.8 % el desembolso para la industria electrica, la carbonifera, la metalurgica y el transporte ferroviario y llegaran a 105.5% y a 106.1% los egresos para la agricultura, la ciencia y tecnica, respectivamente.
Ademas,?se asignaran muchos fondos a la industria ligera, la construccion basica, la administracion territorial y urbana.
Se aumentara a 101.7%, en comparacion con el ano pasado, los gastos para la ejecucion de las politicas populares.
Los recursos financieros, que forman parte de esos gastos, para la educacion y la salud publica se incrementaran a 104.2 % y 105.9%, respectivamente.
De esta manera, seran ejecutadas invariablemente las medidas sociales como el sistema de ensenanza obligatoria gratuita general, el de asistencia medica gratuita, el de seguro social, el de reposo y el de tratamiento privilegiado a los ex militares heridos, lo cual pondra de pleno manifiesto el caracter popular y la superioridad del presupuesto estatal del socialismo coreano.
Este ano tambien se remitira mucho dinero como subsidios escolares y becas a los hijos de los coreanos residentes en Japon.
Mejorar la administracion economica y la financiera con el fin de lograr la mayor renta manteniendo firmemente los principios socialistas es un remedio importante para cumplir con satisfaccion el presupuesto estatal del ano en curso.
Por ultimo, el informante exhorto a cumplir exitosamente el presupuesto estatal y glorificar este ano del 60o aniversario de la fundacion de la RPDC como un ano de cambios historicos que se registre indeleble en los anales de la patria.
Rodong Sinmun condena la "alianza militar" entre EE.UU. y Sur de Corea
@Pyongyang, 9 de abril (ATCC) -- Hace unos dias, el secretario de Defensa norteamericano y el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores y Comercio del Sur de Corea sostuvieron conversaciones en las cuales intercambiaron opiniones sobre el rumbo del desarrollo de la "alianza militar" y los problemas pendientes en las "relaciones aliadas". Lo que llama atencion es que bajo el pretexto del "fortalecimiento de la alianza" con el Sur de Corea, el imperio reafirmo su apoyo al proyecto de elevar la posicion de esta parte al nivel igual a la de OTAN en cuanto a la compra de las armas de fabricacion norteamericana.
Esto deviene una revelacion de la ambicion del imperio de ampliar en gran medida la venta de armas al Sur de Corea y fortalecer mas la confabulacion militar con este.
Asi senala el periodico Rodong Sinmun en un comentario individual del dia 9 y continua:
Por otra parte, EE.UU. trata de incorporar al Sur de Corea en el establecimiento del sistema antimisiles.
En la trasera de estas maniobras yace el designio criminal del imperio americano de crear un nuevo bloque militar agresivo de tipo OTAN en el Nordeste Asiatico y realizar, cueste lo que cueste, a base de eso, la ambicion dominacionista.
So pretexto de la supuesta "amenaza" de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea, EE.UU. pretende fortalecer mas la "alianza militar" con el Sur de Corea y organizar el nuevo bloque militar.
Para realizar esta ambicion, el imperio habla mucho de la "amenaza" de la RPDC, por una parte, y por la otra, promueve el aumento armamentista de las tropas norteamericanas ocupantes del Sur de Corea y la modernizacion del ejercito surcoreano bajo el rotulo de la "seguridad" de esta parte.
Tales movimientos de EE.UU. son los actos antipacificos que contravienen a la corriente de la epoca, agravan la tension militar y aumentan el peligro de la guerra en la Peninsula Coreana.
Si EE.UU. desea de veras la paz y la seguridad de la Peninsula Coreana y el resto del Nordeste Asiatico, debe poner de inmediato fin a sus maniobras para el establecimiento del sistema antimisiles y la fabricacion de nuevo bloque militar agresivo en esa region.