DPRK, Russia Cooperate in Railways
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- An agreement on cooperation between the DPRK Ministry of Railways and the Russian Railway Company and a contract on setting up a joint venture enterprise between Rajin Port and the Russian Railway Trading Co., Ltd. were signed in Moscow on April 24.
Present at the signing ceremony were members of the delegation of the Ministry of Railways headed by Minister Kim Yong Sam, Kim Yong Jae, DPRK ambassador to Russia, and staff members of his embassy from the DPRK side and V. I. Yakunin, president of the Russian Railway Company, Anatoli Volojin, president of the Russian Railway Trading Co., Ltd., and personages concerned from the Russian side.
DPRK Foreign Minister Leaves for China
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- Pak Ui Chun, minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK, and his party left here Saturday to visit China.
They were sent off at the airport by Kim Yong Il, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, officials concerned and Liu Xiaoming, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK.
Agreements Signed between DPRK and Ecuador
Pyongyang, April 27 (KCNA) -- Agreements on establishing the sister-city relations between Haeju City of South Hwanghae Province of the DPRK and Guaranda City of Bolivar Province of Ecuador and between Sunchon City of South Phyongan Province of the DPRK and Atuntaqui City of Imbabura Province of Ecuador were separately signed in Ecuador on April 21 and 23 on the occasion of the Day of the Sun.
Present at the signing ceremonies were members of a delegation of the Korean Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries headed by its acting Chairman Mun Jae Chol, the mayor of Guaranda, the mayor of Atuntaqui and other officials concerned.
Greetings to President of Sierra Leone
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, on April 26 sent a message of greetings to Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone, on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of its independence.
Kim in the message wished the president greater success in his work to consolidate peace and stability of the country and national unity and achieve socio-economic development.
Greetings to South African President
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of greetings to Thabo Mbuyelwa Mbeki, President of South Africa, Friday on the occasion of its national day.
Expressing the belief that the relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would grow stronger in various fields in mutual interests, Kim in the message wished the South African president success in his responsible work for stability and prosperity of the country.
Greetings to Togolese President
Pyongyang, April 27 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of greetings to Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, President of Togo, on Saturday on the occasion of the 48th anniversary of its independence.
Expressing the belief that the long-standing friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries would grow stronger in the future, Kim in his message wished the friendly Togolese people new progress and prosperity.
Delegation of Foreign Ministry Leaves for Czech Republic and Poland
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the DPRK Foreign Ministry led by Vice-Minister Kung Sok Ung left here Saturday to visit European countries including the Czech Republic and Poland.
On the same day a delegation of the Bulgarian Socialist Party led by Dimitar Dabov, chief secretary of its Supreme Council, arrived here.
National Memorial Service for Rim Chun Chu Held
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- A national memorial service was held at the Central Youth Hall Saturday on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of death of revolutionary fighter Rim Chun Chu.
Born in a poor peasant family in Yanji County, Jilin Province of China in March Juche 1 (1912), Rim took part in the revolutionary struggle in his early years. He participated in the anti-Japanese armed struggle, upholding the Juche-oriented revolutionary line put forward by President Kim Il Sung, making a positive contribution to the historic victory of the great anti-Japanese war. Right after the liberation of the country and in the periods of the Fatherland Liberation War and the socialist construction he was active at important posts of national and local institutions.
He performed great feats in strengthening the Workers' Party of Korea and the DPRK government, promoting the reunification of the country and exalting the international prestige of the country, holding such responsible posts of the party and the state as member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the WPK Central Committee and vice-president of the DPRK. He died of prolonged illness at the age of 76 on April 27, 1988 to our sorrow.
Present at the memorial service were Kim Yong Nam and other senior party, army and state officials, officials of party, armed forces and power organs, public organizations, ministries and national institutions, servicepersons of the Korean People's Army, families of revolutionary martyrs and working people in the city.
Yang Hyong Sop, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and vice-president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, made a memorial address. He noted that the whole life of Rim was a brilliant life of the staunch revolutionary who devotedly struggled for the party, the leader, the country and people and his noble revolutionary traits serve all the people as a good example showing how they should uphold President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il and how faithful they should remain to the party and the revolution.
Rim was a faithful revolutionary soldier of the WPK as he held in high esteem Kim Jong Il, who has successfully carried forward the revolutionary cause of Juche started in Mt. Paektu, with his pure conscience and sense of obligation and a historian and revolutionary writer as he performed distinguished feats with pen for the revolution in the work for systematizing the history of the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle in an integral whole and providing a source book for the education in the revolutionary traditions of the WPK, Yang Hyong Sop said, and went on:
Upon hearing the sad news of his death, Kim Il Sung said that a veteran revolutionary passed away to his regret, but he did not think Rim Chun Chu ended his life as he performed distinguished feats to be recorded in the long history of the Korean revolution with his ardent loyalty and the noble sense of obligation. He thus made sure that Rim was always remembered by the people.
Kim Jong Il put forward Rim as the top predecessor of the revolution who made a historic contribution to the work for preserving the revolutionary traditions of Juche. When Rim passed away, Kim Jong Il said with emotion that the people would always remember Rim who was a career revolutionary that remained loyal to the President from the dawn of the Korean revolution to the last moments of his life and a precious treasure of the WPK and the revolutionary who impressed all of them so much.
Kim Jong Il recently made sure that the full-length novel "Youth Vanguard" written by Rim was reprinted and redistributed to further glorify the immortality of the veteran revolutionary.
Yang Hyong Sop called upon all the party members, servicepersons and people to follow the good example of loyalty shown by the anti-Japanese revolutionary forerunners to the President and become genuine revolutionary soldiers who hold Kim Jong Il in high esteem and devotedly defend him and human beings with pure conscience who will invariably make a long journey of the Songun revolution with revolutionary comradeship and sense of obligation despite rain or snow.
Wreaths Laid before Bust of Rim Chun Chu
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- Wreaths were laid before the bust of Rim Chun Chu, a revolutionary martyr, at the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt. Taesong on April 26 on the occasion of his 20th death anniversary.
Seen standing there was a wreath from General Secretary Kim Jong Il.
Present at the wreath-laying ceremony were Yang Hyong Sop, Kim Ki Nam and Vice-Premier Kwak Pom Gi, officials of power bodies, ministries and national institutions and members of the bereaved family.
Wreaths as well as bouquets and flowers were laid before the bust in the name of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, ministries, national institutions, media organs and party and power bodies in Pyongyang.
The participants paid a silent tribute to him.
April Holidays Observed at DPRK Missions Abroad
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- Receptions, friendship meetings, book and photo exhibitions and film shows took place at DPRK missions in Vietnam, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Kuwait, Thailand, Uzbekistan, the Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Egypt, Mexico and Brazil and the DPRK permanent mission at the UN Office and international organizations in Geneva between April 8 and 15 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.
Displayed in the venues of the functions were famous works of the great persons of Mt. Paektu and photos showing their undying feats and those introducing the invincible might of Songun Korea.
Present there on invitation were figures of different social standings, chiefs of Juche idea study organizations and organizations for friendship and solidarity with the Korean people, diplomatic envoys of various countries to respective countries, the director general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea, the director general of the UN Office at Geneva, the deputy director general of the World Health Organization, the deputy secretary general of the World Meteorological Organization, and representatives of international organizations and non-governmental organizations.
Speeches were made at the functions.
The participants in the film shows watched Korean films including "The Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung Meets with Heads and Prominent Figures of Foreign Countries" and "They Were Always Together on the Road to Bring About the People's Well-being".
Art Performances Given in Pyongyang and Local Areas
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- Art performances were given at the theatres in Pyongyang and local areas on April 25, the 76th anniversary of the foundation of the heroic Korean People's Army.
A concert of the Mansudae Art Troupe was given at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre.
Put on the stage were mixed duet and chorus "Song Devoted to Marshal Kim Il Sung", male solo "Pochonbo, a Land of Glory", violin solo "To the Road of Decisive Battle", female solo "General, Here is the Forefront" and other numbers.
The performers highly praised President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il for their undying feats performed in founding and strengthening the revolutionary armed forces.
At the State Drama Theatre the artistes of the State Theatrical Company performed the revolutionary drama "Woman Comrade of Mt. Paektu" which depicts the revolutionary feats of Kim Jong Suk, anti-Japanese war hero, who defended the headquarters of the revolution politically and ideologically at the risk of her life.
Put on the stage of the Pyongyang Circus Theatre were acrobatic numbers representing the happy and optimistic life of the Korean people which has been protected and brought into bloom thanks to the army.
Artistes of provincial art organizations also performed in Jagang, South Hwanghae, North Phyongan and South Hamgyong provinces and other local areas on the same day.
Dancing Parties of Youth and Students Held
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- Dancing parties of youth and students were held in different parts of the country on April 25 in celebration of the 76th birthday of the heroic Korean People's Army.
Youth and students danced to the tune of such songs as "Long Live Generalissimo Kim Il Sung" and "May Korea Sing of This Pride" in the plazas of the Tower of the Juche Idea, the Monument to Party Foundation, the April 25 House of Culture and other places in Pyongyang, turning the venues into veritable seas of dancers.
One could read on the faces of the dancers the profound reverence for President Kim Il Sung who founded and developed the Juche-based revolutionary armed forces with his outstanding Songun revolutionary idea and leadership.
They also danced with deep reverence for General Secretary Kim Jong Il who has trained the People's Army into an invincible army and defended the country, the revolution and socialism with his unique Songun politics.
Similar dancing parties took place in various provinces, cities and county seats on the same day.
Acrobatic Performance Given
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- An acrobatic performance titled "We will emerge ever-victorious with might of Songun" was given by the Pyongyang Moranbong Circus on April 25, the 76th anniversary of the foundation of the heroic Korean People's Army.
Appreciating the performance were senior party, army and state officials, the chairman of a friendly party, officials of armed forces and power bodies, working people's organizations, ministries and national institutions, servicepersons of the KPA and working people in Pyongyang.
Among the spectators were overseas compatriots visiting the socialist homeland, the chief of the Pyongyang mission of the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front, diplomatic envoys of foreign countries, representatives of international organizations and members of the military attaches corps here and foreign guests.
The performers put on the stage a series of acrobatic numbers "Stalwart Fighters", hand stunt "Joy of Marksmen", physical acrobatics "Floating Trapeze", "Pole Turning Stunt" and "Duet Circling Plastic Etude" and other colorful numbers representing the profound reverence for President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il who set a brilliant example in building the army of Juche and provided a military guarantee for the victory of the revolutionary cause of Songun.
The performance was acclaimed by the spectators for its high ideological and artistic value.
Gift to Kim Jong Il from Myanmar
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il was presented with a gift by the mayor of Yangon, Myanmar.
Mayor Aung Thein Lynn conveyed the gift to the head of a delegation of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries on a visit to Myanmar on April 10.
Reception Given for Bulgarian Delegation
Pyongyang, April 27 (KCNA) -- The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea hosted a reception on Saturday in honor of the delegation of the Bulgarian Socialist Party on a visit to the DPRK.
Present there on invitation were the members of the delegation led by Dimitar Dabov, chief secretary of its Supreme Council, and Yordan Pamukov, Bulgarian charge d'affaires ad interim here.
On hand were Secretary Choe Thae Bok and officials of the WPK Central Committee.
Choe Thae Bok in a speech at the reception expressed hope that the Bulgarian Socialist Party fully backed by its people would achieve greater success in the struggle for the independent development of the country and peace and stability of the Balkan Peninsula.
He referred to the fact that the party has positively supported the Workers' Party and people of the DPRK in their drive for building a great prosperous powerful socialist nation and achieving the independent reunification of the country.
Dimitar Dabov in a speech recollected with deep emotion President Kim Il Sung's visit to Bulgaria.
Noting that the relations of friendship between the BSP and the WPK have a long history, he declared that he would make positive efforts to boost the friendly relations between the two parties.
Japan's Moves to Infuse Militarism into Young Japanese under Fire
Pyongyang, April 27 (KCNA) -- Of late the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology issued the revised guidelines for schools. They called for regarding it as one of the important contents of education to encourage the pupils of the primary schools to sing "Kimigayo" and teaching the middle school students the validity of the overseas activities of the "Self-Defence Forces" including school activities to help them understand "security and defence of Japan" and its "international contribution".
Rodong Sinmun Sunday observes in a signed article carried in this regard: This is a very dangerous move to force all the generations to come in Japan to widely sing "Kimigayo" dating back to the "imperial" era in a bid to equip them with the militaristic idea and hurl them into overseas aggression when an appropriate time comes.
"Kimigayo" was a symbol of Japanese militarism whose intrinsic nature is aggression, plunder and man-killing.
After war Japan frantically stepped up its moves for rearmament under the backing and patronage of the U.S. imperialists and, at the same time, worked hard to infuse the militaristic idea into young Japanese, in particular. As a result, dangerous militarism began to raise its head and go beyond its tolerance limit gradually. By instituting "Kimigayo" as the national anthem it sought to restore its image used to be in the past and boost its prestige and showed the world that it is the "empire" capable of launching a war again any time.
Due to the persistent moves of the Japanese reactionaries, "Hinomaru" was instituted as the national flag and "Kimigayo" as the national anthem in Japan in 1999. This meant that Japan has revived the era of "Empire". Herein lies the dangerous and reactionary nature of the Japanese reactionaries' moves to implant "Kimigayo" into the minds of the rising generation. Should they make desperate efforts to infuse the militarist idea of aggression into the younger generation and bring back the past, they will get nothing but disgrace and self-destruction. The Japanese imperialists suffered a defeat while perpetrating aggression and war in the past. The "Kimigayo" sung by them turned out to be a funeral march.
The world has changed and "Kimigayo" will not be heard again anywhere in Asia.
Lee Myung Bak Group's Rash Acts Assailed
Pyongyang, April 27 (KCNA) -- The conservative ruling forces of south Korea are now persistently crying out for putting into practice their watchword "no nukes, opening and 3 000 dollars", hiding its treacherous and anti-reunification nature despite the mounting criticism of them. They have gone the lengths of pulling up the north in a bid to shift the responsibility for the deteriorated inter-Korean relations onto it.
Commenting on this, Minju Joson Sunday observes;
The group of traitor Lee Myung Bak is echoing foreign forces' anti-DPRK ruckus, impudently crying out for somebody's "dismantlement of nukes" and "opening." This disgusting behavior is nothing but a shameful deed which could be done only by those who do not have even an iota of sense of the times and awareness of the nation.
The news analyst goes on:
The nuclear issue was spawned on the Korean Peninsula and the Koreans have been exposed to the danger of a nuclear war for the last more than half a century entirely because the U.S. has massively stockpiled nuclear weapons in south Korea, pursuant to its hostile policy toward the DPRK.
Nevertheless, the Lee group remains utterly indifferent to the issue of making the U.S. withdraw its huge nuclear weapons from south Korea. On the contrary, it is pulling up the fellow countrymen who have protected the security of the nation from the danger of aggression by foreign forces, blatantly challenging the trend of the times.
The nation should never pardon such traitors who fail to fulfill the elementary sense of obligation as human beings but seek to do harm to the fellow countrymen in collusion with outsiders.
The traitors serving foreign forces, their backs turned against the nation, are fated to meet disgrace and self-destruction only. The Lee group would be well advised to bear this in mind and stop its rash acts.
World IP Day Observed
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- Minju Joson today dedicates a signed article to World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day).
The article says:
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) was founded to boost international cooperation in the field of intellectual property. In view of increasing concern over the intellectual property the 35th meeting of the WIPO held in 2000 set April 26 as World IP Day. To mark this day every year a theme is chosen to hold colorful events.
In August 1974, the DPRK became a member state of the WIPO which groups at least 180 countries.
Now intellectual property is gaining in scope as science and technology make progress worldwide and researches are being intensified to protect and develop it.
The Socialist Constitution in the DPRK clearly stipulates the legal protection of copy and patent rights. On this basis state laws and regulations specifically provide for the legal protection of intellectual property.
The well-regulated system for the protection of intellectual property in the DPRK serves the purpose of strictly protecting by law the intellectual gains made by all working people and helps them make a positive contribution to the building of a great prosperous powerful nation.
The DPRK government will as ever increase its efforts to protect the intellectual property, keeping in touch with the WIPO, concludes the article.
Rodong Sinmun Brands Lee Myung Bak as Imbecile
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- Lee Myung Bak during his recent junket to the United States threw the public opinion in confusion by raising the issue of establishing a "liaison office."
In this regard Rodong Sinmun Saturday observes: What he uttered was nothing but a shameful deed which could be done only by an imbecile and political somnambulist as he knows nothing about how the north-south relations have developed and how things are going in the world.
Lee must be an imbecile as he neither knows the history of the development of the north-south relations in which they have advanced in the idea of national independence and unity nor understands the trend of the present times towards peace and reunification, the signed article notes, and goes on:
By touting the issue of setting up the "liaison office" between the north and the south which he does not know properly he fully revealed his uneasiness and anxiety.
As known well, no sooner had the Lee Myung Bak group came to power than it adopted confrontation with the DPRK as a policy and worked hard to overturn everything achieved between the north and the south after the publication of the June 15 joint declaration, backed by the U.S.
As a result, the situation grew tense on the Korean Peninsula all of a sudden and the north-south relations were put in the danger of a collapse, triggering off the public criticism and condemnation of the Lee regime. Even heavyweights of the political camp accused the authorities of deliberately deteriorating the north-south relations to spark a "security crisis".
Much upset by this, the traitor proposed the above-said issue as the last resort.
No matter how noisily the Lee group may tout it, it is nothing but a poor trick to escape mounting criticism at home and abroad, evade the responsibility for the strained north-south relations and mislead the public attention.
Lee Myung Bak would be well advised to stop employing sleight of hand which can work on nobody and take a proper approach towards the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration to begin with.
Actions against Present Ruling Forces Called for in S. Korea
Pyongyang, April 27 (KCNA) -- The Solidarity for Implementing the South-North Joint Declaration in south Korea made public an appeal on April 22 in which it called for foiling rash acts of the present ruling forces through an all-people struggle.
The appeal said that Lee Myung Bak's junkets to the U.S. and Japan were an epitome of the treacherous and unpopular policy.
It accused Lee Myung Bak of more undisguisedly pursuing confrontation with compatriots while talking about the "strategic alliance with the U.S. in the 21st century" and shutting his eyes to the crimes committed by the Japanese imperialists in the past under the pretext of "pragmatism," stressing that such sycophancy has reached an intolerable phase.
As soon as he came to power, he only kicked up a whirlwind of suppression of progressive forces, swimming against the trend of the times towards independent reunification, peace and prosperity and totally denying the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration, it charged.
The appeal called for bringing down the Lee Myung Bak "regime" blatantly challenging the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration by the concerted efforts of all people. It also called for putting an end to his treacherous policy and bringing about a new era, new politics desired by the people.
S. Korean Military Authorities' Moves to Expand War Exercise Ground under Fire
Pyongyang, April 27 (KCNA) -- Members of the People for Achieving Peace and Reunification and the Inhabitants Committee for Measures against the Expansion of the Drill Ground in Mugon-ri in south Korea held a rally in Kyonggi Province on April 22 in protest against the military authorities' moves to expand the military drill ground.
At the rally speakers accused the military authorities of pushing forward the project to expand the drill ground in Mugon-ri in such a coercive method as threatening its inhabitants and forcibly evacuating them.
A resolution read out at the rally held that the training ground in Mugon-ri is a ground for war exercises aimed at making preparations for fighting a real war, ie to mount a preemptive attack on the north, and a drill ground for the exclusive use by the U.S. forces.
To further expand the training ground very close to the Military Demarcation Line is a treacherous and anti-reunification act of going against the trend of the times, it noted.
The appeal urged the people from all walks of life to wage a dynamic struggle to check the expansion of the training ground in Mugon-ri in order to protect the vital rights of the inhabitants there and achieve peace and reunification of the nation.
South Headquarters of Pomminryon Meets
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- The South Headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification (Pomminryon) held the second general meeting of its 10th-term Central Committee on April 20.
A resolution read out at the meeting dealt with the dynamic nationwide struggle to get the U.S. forces withdrawn from south Korea and achieve the peace and reunification of the Korean Peninsula.
The Lee Myung Bak group, in league with the U.S. imperialists, is becoming all the more undisguised in the moves for confrontation with compatriots, defying the unanimous desire of the fellow countrymen for reunification and, at the same time, intensifying the suppression of the progressive forces, it charged.
The South Headquarters of Pomminryon will more firmly uphold the June 15 joint declaration and more thoroughly implement it and make voices of "By our nation itself" ring louder on this land as the conservative ruling forces become undisguised in their moves against reunification, it said, stressing the need to set June 15 as the day of "By our nation itself" and powerfully demonstrate the nation's will for reunification.
It underscored the need to struggle to check the moves of the U.S. and the Lee Myung Bak group keen on tightening the "military alliance," strengthen the solidarity among Koreans in the south and the north and abroad and consolidate the solidarity and alliance of patriotic people from all walks of life in this land as firm as a rock.
April Holidays of DPRK Observed in Foreign Countries
Pyongyang, April 27 (KCNA) -- Meetings were held in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Britain on April 12 and 14 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.
Speeches were made at the meetings.
Hasanul Huq Inu, chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Bangladesh National Socialist Party, and Garib Newaz, president of the Bangladesh People's League, referred to the great exploits performed by President Kim Il Sung for the Korean revolution and the cause of global independence.
They said that thanks to Kim Jong Il the DPRK has turned into a politically and ideologically strong country and a military power and the victory of the cause of global independence is firmly guaranteed.
Harpal Brar, chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist), and Andy Brooks, general secretary of the Central Committee of the New Communist Party of Britain, noted that the august name of Kim Il Sung who founded the Juche idea and turned the DPRK into a socialist fortress would always shine along with the history of human thought.
They said that Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il smashed the imperialists' theory of strength with their practical actions and rendered material and moral support to the world revolutionary people in the struggle against imperialism.
Remembrance meetings, reading sessions, photo exhibitions and film shows were held in Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Slovakia, Iran, Poland, Uganda and Indonesia from April 8 to 15 on the occasion of April holidays of the DPRK.
Congratulatory letters and messages to Kim Jong Il were adopted at the events held in Bangladesh, Britain and Poland.
Information Bulletins Published in Different Countries
Pyongyang, April 27 (KCNA) -- Information bulletins were published by organizations of the Czech Republic and Mexico on the occasions of the Day of the Sun and the 76th anniversary of the foundation of the heroic Korean People's Army.
The Paektusan Czech-Korean Friendship Association carried articles headlined "Strength of DPRK" and "June 15 Era of Reunification" in a special information bulletin on April 12.
The bulletin in the articles said that the DPRK launched a satellite late in the 20th century and built powerful war deterrent, thus arousing worldwide admiration and astonishment. This is the fruition of the wise leadership of President Kim Il Sung, the distinguished leader, outstanding thinker and great man, and General Secretary Kim Jong Il who has creditably carried forward the idea and cause of the President, it added.
The Mexican Institute for the Study of the Juche Idea in an article carried in its information bulletin No. 17 said that the affection between the servicepersons and the people is growing stronger in the DPRK and the bonds of kinship between them are getting closer as they value, love and help each other. The people's traits of assisting the army and its traits of helping the people have become an important source of winning victories in the struggle to defend socialism and in the building of a great prosperous powerful nation in the DPRK, it stressed.
Day of Sun Observed in Nordic Countries
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- A meeting of progressive political parties and friendship organizations of Nordic countries was held in Stockholm on April 11 to commemorate the Day of the Sun.
Present there were representatives of the Communist Party of Sweden, the Communist Party in Sweden, the Communist Workers' Party of Finland for the Peace and Socialism, the Communist Party in Denmark, the Denmark-DPRK Friendship Association, the Finland-Korea Society, the Sweden-Korea Friendship Association, and other progressive political parties and friendship organizations of Nordic countries.
The participants laid bouquets before the portraits of President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il.
The chairman of the Sweden-Korea Friendship Association said at the meeting that Kim Il Sung is boundlessly revered by humankind for his feats for global independence.
The chairman of the Finland-Korea Society noted that the Finnish people deeply revere Kim Il Sung still now. He stressed that they would extend full support and solidarity to the Korean people in their energetic efforts to build a great prosperous powerful nation under the leadership of Kim Jong Il in the future, too.
The international secretary of the Communist Party of Sweden stressed that the U.S.-led imperialists are becoming all the more undisguised in their arbitrary practices, but the party is fully confident of victory when seeing the DPRK firmly defending socialism under the uplifted banner of Songun under the leadership of Kim Jong Il.
A message to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the meeting.
April Holidays of DPRK Observed in India
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- Round-table talks on the subject of "Cause of Global Independence and President Kim Il Sung", a photo exhibition and film shows were held in India from April 5 to 9 on the occasions of 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.
Displayed in the venues of the functions were famous works of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and photos introducing their undying feats and those dealing with the advantages of the Korean-style socialist system.
The participants of the film shows watched Korean films including "The Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il Gives On-the-Spot Guidance to Work in Different Fields" and "The 75th Founding Anniversary of the Heroic Korean People's Army".
Speeches were made at the functions.
Magazine "Korean Information" Published in Sweden
Pyongyang, April 26 (KCNA) -- The Sweden-Korea Friendship Association published its magazine "Korean Information" on the occasion of the Day of the Sun.
The magazine carried an article titled "We Should Strengthen Movement for Solidarity with DPRK" written by Christer Lundgren, chairman of the association.
The author in the article said that President Kim Il Sung led the anti-Japanese armed struggle to victory to liberate the country.
The DPRK has always covered the path of independence under the leadership of Kim Il Sung, the article noted, stressing: It was only the DPRK that could defend socialism at a time when socialism collapsed in the former Soviet Union and east European countries. This is the fruition of the independent policy.
Basing himself on a scientific insight into the essence of the present international situation, General Secretary Kim Jong Il unrolled the Songun politics, the unique and just political mode, the article said, adding that the DPRK built powerful war deterrent under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il, making great contributions to shattering the U.S. imperialists' ambition for world supremacy and ensuring peace and security in not only Northeast Asia but the rest of the world.
The magazine also carried an article exposing and denouncing Japan's moves against the DPRK and the U.S.-south Korea joint military exercises and an article introducing the successes made by the Korean people in socialist construction, etc.
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Rubricados acuerdo y contrato entre Corea y Rusia
Pyongyang, 26 de abril (ATCC) -- Quedaron suscritos el dia 24 en Moscu el acuerdo sobre la cooperacion entre el Ministerio de Ferrocarril de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea y la compania "Ferrocarril de Rusia" y el contrato sobre la fundacion de una empresa asociada entre el puerto coreano de Rajin y la compania Ltd. "Comercio ferroviario de Rusia".
En las ceremonias de firma participaron por la parte coreana los miembros de la delegacion del Ministerio del Ferrocarril presidida por el ministro Kim Yong Sam, el embajador coreano en Rusia Kim Yong Jae y otros miembros de esta sede diplomatica, y por la rusa, el director general de la compania "Ferrocarril de Rusia" V. I. Yakunin, el presidente de la compania Ltd. "Comercio ferroviario de Rusia" Anatoli Volojin, y otros relacionados.
Rinden homenaje a Rim Chun Chu por 20 aniversario de su fallecimiento
Pyongyang, 26 de abril (ATCC) -- En ocasion del vigesimo aniversario del fallecimiento del martir revolucionario Rim Chun Chu, fueron depositadas este sabado ofrendas florales ante su busto en el Cementerio de Martires Revolucionarios en el Monte Taesong.
Al pie del busto estaba colocada la ofrenda floral enviada por 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.
En la ceremonia de homenaje estuvieron presentes Yang Hyong Sop, Kim Ki Nam, el vicepremier del Consejo de Ministros Kwak Pom Gi, los funcionarios de los organismos del Poder, ministerios e instituciones centrales asi como los familiares de Rim.
En la ocasion fueron depositados ofrendas, ramos y ramitas de flores a nombre del Presidium de la Asamblea Popular Suprema de la RPDC, los ministerios, los organos centrales y las entidades de prensa e informacion y de las instituciones del partido y el Poder de esta capital.
Los participantes guardaron un momento de silencio en memoria de Rim.
Acto central de recordacion a Rim Chun Chu
Pyongyang, 26 de abril (ATCC) -- Tuvo lugar el dia 26 en la Casa Central de la Juventud el acto central de recordacion al combatiente revolucionario Rim Chun Chu en ocasion del 20 aniversario de su fallecimiento.
Nacido en marzo del 1 (1912) de la Era Juche en una familia campesina pobre del distrito de Yanji de la provincia de Jilin de China, Rim se incorporo temprano a la lucha armada antijaponesa en pleno acato a la autoctona linea revolucionaria presentada por el Presidente Kim Il Sung y contribuyo activamente al historico triunfo de la guerra antijaponesa.
En los tiempos inmediatamente despues de la liberacion de Corea y en los periodos de la Guerra de Liberacion de la Patria y la construccion socialista trabajo de importantes cargos del centro y localidades.
Ocupando sucesivamente los puestos responsables del partido y el Estado, entre otros, miembro del Buro Politico y secretario del Comite Central del Partido del Trabajo de Corea y vicepresidente de la RPDC, realizo grandes meritos en fortalecer y desarrollar el PTC y el regimen de la RPDC, adelantar la reunificacion de la patria y elevar el prestigio exterior del pais.
A causa de la enfermedad que padecia durante largos tiempos, fallecio lamentablemente el 27 de abril de 1988 a los 76 anos de edad.
En el acto en memoria de Rim, participaron Kim Yong Nam y otros cuadros del partido, el ejercito y el Estado, los funcionarios de los organos del partido, las fuerzas armadas y el Poder, entidades sociales, ministerios y organos centrales, oficiales y soldados del EPC, familiares de martires revolucionarios y trabajadores capitalinos.
Al pronunciar las palabras de la ocasion, Yang Hyong Sop, miembro suplente del Buro Politico del CC del PTC y vicepresidente del Presidium de la Asamblea Popular Suprema, subrayo que Rim Chun Chu vivio toda su brillante vida como revolucionario resuelto luchando abnegadamente por el partido, el Lider, la patria y el pueblo.
Sus nobles rasgos de revolucionario nos sirven de ejemplo de la actitud y posicion con que debe enaltecer y apoyar al Lider y al Dirigente y de la fidelidad al partido y la revolucion, apunto y prosiguio:
Ese soldado revolucionario fiel al PTC apoyo con su conciencia inmaculada y deber moral al Dirigente Kim Jong Il quien da firme continuidad a la causa revolucionaria del Juche iniciada en el monte Paektu.
Rim tambien fue historiador y escritor revolucionario que acumulo meritos excepcionales con su pluma revolucionaria en las labores para sistematizar generalmente la historia de la lucha revolucionaria antijaponesa y preparar el libro original de la educacion de las tradiciones revolucionarias de nuestro partido.
Informado de la triste noticia de su fallecimiento, el Presidente Kim Il Sung eternizo la vida de Rim diciendo que aunque este revolucionario veterano fallecio, el sigue presente para todos nosotros con sus claras huellas que dejo en la larga historia de nuestra revolucion con su enorme fidelidad y noble deber moral.
El Dirigente Kim Jong Il califico a Rim Chun Chu de precursor revolucionario no. 1 que hizo contribucion historica a la preparacion de las tradiciones revolucionarias del Juche.
Cuando el fallecio, dijo que nunca olvidara a este revolucionario profesional, que quedo siempre fiel al Presidente desde la etapa inicial de la revolucion coreana hasta el ultimo momento de su vida, y lo evaluo de persona de mucho valor para nuestro partido y de revolucionario que dejo profundos recuerdos.
Recientemente, el Dirigente Kim Jong Il instruyo la reedicion y la divulgacion de la novela larga "Vanguardia juvenil" escrita por Rim para eternizar la presencia de este revolucionario veterano.
Todos los militantes del partido, los oficiales y soldados del EPC y los habitantes deben seguir el ejemplo de fidelidad al Lider de los martires revolucionarios antijaponeses para convertirse en autenticos soldados revolucionarios, que enaltecen al Dirigente y lo defienden a costa de la vida, y en humanos sinceros que recorren el largo camino de la revolucion del Songun con la invariable actitud bajo cualesquier circunstancias dando pruebas de la camaraderia y obligacion moral revolucionarias.
Minju Joson conmemora el "Dia Mundial de Propiedad Intelectual"
Pyongyang, 26 de abril (ATCC) -- En un articulo individual divulgado este sabado, el periodico Minju Joson conmemoro el "Dia Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual".
Para la cooperacion internacional en el dominio de la propiedad intelectual se fundo la Organizacion Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI), indica el articulista y prosigue:
@Dado que crece cada dia mas la atencion a ese asunto, la 35a asamblea general de la OMPI efectuada en 2000 instituyo el 26 de abril como "Dia Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual".
En ocasion de esta efemeride, se realiza cada ano una serie de actividades bajo temas conmemorativos.
Actualmente, la OMPI esta integrada por mas de 180 paises y la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea ingreso en ella en agosto de 1974.
Al paralelo del desarrollo de las ciencias y tecnicas, se amplia hoy la esfera de la propiedad intelectual a escala mundial y se intensifica el estudio para protegerla y desarrollarla.
La RPDC estipulo claramente en la Constitucion Socialista los articulos sobre la proteccion juridica de los derechos de autor, invenciones y patentes. Basandose en esto, estan indicados en las leyes y reglamentos estatales los detalles de proteccion legal de la propiedad intelectual.
Gracias a ese ordenado sistema juridico, todas las creaciones intelectuales de los trabajadores coreanos se protegen estrictamente por la ley y contribuyen activamente a la construccion de una gran potencia prospera en el pais.
En el futuro tambien, el Gobierno de la RPDC tomara parte activa en los esfuerzos internacionales por proteger la propiedad intelectual en estrecha cooperacion con la OMPI.