Choe Thae Bok Meets Portuguese Delegation
Pyongyang, May 16 (KCNA) -- Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, today met and had a conversation with a delegation of the Communist Party of Portugal headed by Albano Nunes, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the CPP, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall.
Credentials to Kim Yong Nam from Hungarian Ambassador
Pyongyang, May 16 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, received credentials from Hungarian Ambassador Sandor Kusai at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today.
After receiving the credentials, Kim had a conversation with the ambassador.
Representatives of Women in North and South Meet
Mt. Kumgang Resort, May 16 (KCNA) -- A meeting of representatives of women in the north and the south to implement the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration took place at Mt. Kumgang Resort on May 15 and 16.
The meeting heard the speeches under the title "Role of women in the north and the south to implement the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration".
Speakers said that women in the north and the south have contributed to promoting the national reconciliation and unity and boosting the desire for reunification, keenly aware of their mission and duty before the times.
The task facing the women in the north and the south in the movement for national reunification at present is to uphold and implement the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration, a landmark of reunification common to the nation and a programme for achieving the reunification, they stressed.
They underscored the need for all the women in the north and the south to resolutely oppose and reject the outsiders' interference in the affairs of the nation and the moves of the forces subservient to them and join hands with women organizations and personages of different social standings at home and abroad desirous of the peace and reunification of the country.
A joint press release was released at the meeting.
Regular Meeting of International Association of Technical Survey and Classification Institutions Held
Pyongyang, May 16 (KCNA) -- The regular meeting of the International Association of Technical Survey and Classification Institutions took place here from May 13 to 16.
Present there were a DPRK delegation headed by Ko Nung Du, director of the National Maritime Inspection Department who is general director of the DPRK Classification Institution, a delegation of the Register of Ukraine led by its Director-General Sevriukov Volodymir, Valery Ogarkov, head of the Secretariat of the International Association of Technical Survey and Classification Institutions, a delegation of the Register of Cuba led by its General Director Miguel Pineda Lopez, Director of the Polish Register of Shipping Jerzy Wyrzykowski, a delegation of the Vietnam Register led by Assistant General Director Nguyen Hoai Anh, Victoria Ivanova, representative of the Russian River Register and a delegation of the China Classification Society led by President Li Kejun.
The meeting reviewed the work done by the Secretariat of the International Association of Technical Survey and Classification Institutions and the working group over the last one year and discussed a working plan for the member states of the association for the next year. A protocol on the items on the agenda was signed at the meeting.
DPRK Degree of Medical Doctor Awarded to Korean in China
Pyongyang, May 16 (KCNA) -- Kim Ryong Su, Korean chief doctor of People's Hospital No. 1 in Yuhong District, Shenyang, China, was awarded DPRK Degree of Medical Doctor.
He advanced new methods of curing diseases including tonsillitis by combining Koryo medicine with modern medicine, thus making a contribution to the development of medical science and technology.
An awarding ceremony took place at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today.
Thosong-ri Remains from Neolith to Early Koguryo
Pyongyang, May 16 (KCNA) -- There are Thosong-ri remains belonging to the period from the Neolithic era to the early years of Koguryo (277 B.C.- 668 A.D.) in Thosong-ri, Junggang County, Jagang Province of Korea.
Thosong-ri is located in a valley near the upper reaches of the River Amnok. Discovered there were house sites and remains belonging to the Neolith, ancient times and the early years of Koguryo.
A house site found in the layer of the Neolithic era is a rectangular plane 6.8 meters long, 5 meters wide and 25 centimeters deep from the ground.
Excavated in the layer were a stone ax, a stone arrowhead, a net sinker and other stone implements and an ancient spinning-wheel and earthenwares made of clay.
All the earthenware has carving patterns. Among them are many deep jars with bulged bottom.
They were made mainly with clay mixed with large sand or agalmatolite powder.
The house site found in the layer of the ancient times is that of a dugout mud hut with square-shaped flat. The length of each wall is seven meters. A dugout mud cellar is attached to a wall.
The claywares unearthed in the site are small jar with ears on both sides and big jar, large and small bowls and others.
An ax, arrowhead, adz, net sinker and other stone implements were also discovered in the site.
Hypocaust remains were excavated in the layer of the early period of Koguryo.
There are four hypocausts with single flue and one hypocaust with three flues.
The remains include a bronze bracelet, arrowhead, knife and many other iron pieces.
The relics of house sites belonging to the primitive age reflect the then cultural features of the western and eastern parts of Korea.
They show well the homogeneous and time-honored national culture of Korea.
The relics in the layer of the early period of Koguryo vividly show the development of the then culture.
The Thosong-ri remains are of significance in studying the life and culture of the Korean people in the period from the Neolithic era to the early years of Koguryo.
Rainbow Trout Is Bred in Sea
Pyongyang, May 16 (KCNA) -- The East Sea Fishery Institute under the State Academy of Sciences has recently succeeded in the research of a method of breeding limnetic rainbow trout in the sea, thus making it possible to raise its survival rate and production more than in the fresh water.
The sea abounds in nutritive salts and plankton compared with fresh water and the breeding of rainbow trout is not restricted by water resources.
When the fry is bred in the water of 10-20 degrees centigrade for a certain period from March and from September, it weighs 250g-300g on an average.
Its feed unit is far less than that in the fresh water and its growth rate is two or three times.
The survival rate is more than 80% in the incipient condition and thus ensures the economic profitability.
Rodong Sinmun on WPK's Line of Building Rich and Powerful Country
Pyongyang, May 16 (KCNA) -- The line of the Workers' Party of Korea on building a great prosperous powerful nation is the Korean-style line on building a rich and powerful country, an embodiment of the Juche idea, Songun idea of President Kim Il Sung, and a scientific and revolutionary line which fully reflects the practical experience gained in socialist construction in the DPRK and the requirements of the developing reality.
Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article. It goes on:
The scientific accuracy and revolutionary spirit of the above-said line lie in that it is an independent line which makes it possible for the Korean people to achieve the prosperity of their country by their own efforts and in their own way and most vividly shows the characteristics and criteria of a great prosperous powerful nation in the present times.
The line also clarifies overall principled issues and ways to achieve the country's prosperity.
It is the basic spirit which runs through the WPK's line on building a great prosperous powerful nation to build economy serving the Korean people on this land and make the country richer and more powerful by their own efforts and with indigenous technology and resources under any circumstances.
The above-mentioned line explains that a great prosperous powerful nation required by our era is a great prosperous powerful socialist nation and a country in which national power is strong, everything thrives and people lead a happy life with nothing to desire more in the world.
Elucidated in the line are all issues ranging from the issue to be settled as a main thing in achieving the country's prosperity to the fighting spirit and work style to be displayed by all the people.
Implementation of June 15 Joint Declaration and October 4 Declaration Called for
Pyongyang, May 16 (KCNA) -- The October 4 declaration serves as a programme for implementing the historic June 15 joint declaration in all fields and the independent reunification and peace and prosperity of the Korean nation can be guaranteed only when the Koreans firmly defend and implement the October 4 declaration, says Rodong Sinmun Friday in a signed article.
The October 4 declaration serves as a banner inspiring the Korean nation to work for independent development and reunification, the article says, and goes on:
The October 4 declaration is based on the principle of national independence, the cornerstone for national reunification, and it fully embodies "By our nation itself", the idea representing the June 15 era of reunification.
The idea of "By our nation itself" serves as an ideological and moral engine encouraging the members of the nation to independently settle the national issue, the reunification issue, by the concerted efforts of the nation, while rejecting the outsiders in the strong spirit of national independence.
The October 4 declaration also serves as an action program for solving all problems arising in developing the inter-Korean relations and achieving peace on the Korean Peninsula and prosperity common to the nation and its reunification.
Clarified in the declaration are specific orientation for developing the inter-Korean relations and peace and prosperity based on the spirit of "By our nation itself" and ways to do so.
It is a bounden duty of all members of the Korean nation to hold fast to the October 4 declaration as guidelines in the June 15 era of reunification and work hard for its implementation.
Intolerable are such rash acts of the Lee Myung Bak group as denying and downplaying the significance of the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration in the history of the nation, while pursuing an anti-reunification "policy toward the north," policy characterized by sycophancy toward the U.S.
The Korean nation will have a rosy future only when it implements the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration, a programme for materializing the June 15 joint declaration.
Import of American Beef Opposed by S. Korean Organizations
Pyongyang, May 16 (KCNA) -- Members of the People's Council of Measures against the Total Opening of south Korean Market to American Beef and other civic and public and student organizations of south Korea held a candlelight rally in Seoul on May 13 in protest against the total opening of south Korean market to American beef, south Korean CBS reported.
At the rally speakers accused the "government" of trying to import even more than 30 months-old cattle infected with "mad cow disease" though the security of the American beef has not been proved.
They demanded the "government" totally nullify the negotiations on the import of American beef.
Meanwhile, university professors under the south Korean Professors Council for Democracy, the south Korean Professors' Union and the consultative council of academic organizations called a press conference in Seoul on the same day to demand renegotiations with the U.S. on the import of American beef, south Korean KBS reported.
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Kim Yong Nam recibe cartas credenciales de embajador hungaro
Pyongyang, 16 de mayo (ATCC) -- Sandor Kusai presento este viernes en el Palacio de los Congresos Mansudae ante el presidente del Presidium de la Asamblea Popular Suprema de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea, Kim Yong Nam, sus cartas credenciales que le acreditan como nuevo embajador extraordinario y plenipotenciario de la Republica de Hungria en Corea.
Tras recibirlas, Kim sostuvo conversaciones con el diplomatico.
Mujeres del Norte y Sur de Corea se reunen en monte Kumgang
Monte Kumgang, 16 de mayo (ATCC) -- Tuvo lugar los dias 15 y 16 en este famoso monte la reunion de las representantes femeninas del Norte y el Sur de Corea por la implementacion de la Declaracion Conjunta N-S del 15 de Junio y la Declaracion del 4 de Octubre.
En esta ocasion hubo discursos y debates en torno a la agenda "Papel que desempenan las mujeres del Norte y el Sur en la ejecucion de la Declaracion Conjunta del 15 de Junio y la Declaracion del 4 de Octubre".
Las oradoras apuntaron que en los tiempos anteriores, las mujeres de ambas partes de Corea, bien conscientes de su mision y deber asumidos ante la epoca, contribuyeron a acentuar el clima pro-reunificacion fomentando la reconciliacion y la unidad de la nacion.
La tarea que tienen actualmente las coreanas del Norte y el Sur en el movimiento por la reunificacion de la patria es defender e implementar dichas declaraciones que resultan la hoja de ruta comun de la nacion y el programa practico para cumplir la causa de reunificacion, subrayaron.
Exhortaron a las mujeres del Norte y el Sur rechazar tajantemente la intervencion de las fuerzas extranjeras en los asuntos internos y las maniobras de sus satelites y marchar mano a mano con las entidades femeninas y las personalidades de distintos sectores dentro y fuera del pais que desean la paz y la reunificacion de Corea.
En el foro fue aprobado el comunicado conjunto.
Ruinas de la comuna de Thosong
Pyongyang, 16 de mayo (ATCC) -- En la comuna de Thosong del distrito de Junggang de la provincia de Jagang de Corea hay las ruinas del periodo desde la epoca neolitica hasta principios de Coguryo (277 a.n.e.-668 n.e.).
En esas ruinas situadas en un valle de la zona arriba del rio Aprok fueron hallados los solares de casa y otros vestigios pertenecientes a la epoca neolitica, a la edad antigua y al periodo inicial de Coguryo.
El solar de casa descubierto en el estrato de la era neolitica es el plano rectangular con 6.8 m de largo, 5 m de ancho y 25 cm de profundo.
Aqui fueron desenterrados el hacha, el casquillo de flecha, las plomadas y otros articulos de piedra, la rueca antigua y las vasijas de barro con dibujos en relieve.
Muchas de estas ultimas son jarros altos con base empinada.
Fueron elaboradas principalmente con la arcilla, la arena y la agalmatolita en polvo.
El solar revelado en el estrato de la Edad Antigua se trata de una cueva en forma cuadrada con 7 m de un lado que tiene un deposito en la pared.
Entre las vasijas de barro halladas aqui figuran el jarro con mangos en ambos lados, el pote, la escudilla, el cuenco pequeno, etc.
Tambien fueron desenterrados en el suelo el hacha, el casquillo de flecha, la azuela, las plomadas y otros utensilios de piedra.
En el estrato del periodo inicial de Coguryo se descubrieron 4 instalaciones de hipocausto de un canal de conduccion termica y la otra de 3 canales.
Tambien fueron encontrados los pedazos de articulos de hierro como la pulsera de bronce, el casquillo de flecha, la espada, etc.
Los vestigios descubiertos en el solar de la epoca primitiva muestran las caracteristicas culturales de las partes occidental y oriental de Corea de aquel entonces.
Esto demuestra bien la homogeneidad y la largueza de la cultura de la nacion coreana.
Las reliquias del estrato de la epoca inicial de Coguryo permiten conocer bien los aspectos del desarrollo cultural de esos tiempos.
Las ruinas de la comuna de Thosong tienen mucho valor academico para investigar la vida y la cultura de Corea desde la era neolitica hasta principios de Coguryo.
Entidades surcoreanas rechazan importacion de carne de res de EE.UU.
Pyongyang, 16 de mayo (ATCC) -- Segun la radio "CBS" del Sur de Corea, los miembros de las entidades civiles, sociales y estudiantiles como el Consejo del Pueblo de Medidas contra la importacion total de la carne de res de Estados Unidos realizaron el dia 13 en Seul un mitin con velas encendidas protestando esta medida comercial que favorece unicamente al imperio.
Aunque no esta comprobada la seguridad de ese producto pecuario norteamericano, el "gobierno" intenta importar hasta las vacas de mas de 30 meses contagiadas con la enfermedad de vacas locas, reprocharon los oradores en el mitin.
Exigieron al "gobierno" que invalide totalmente las negociaciones sostenidas con EE.UU. sobre el particular.
Por otra parte, la cadena "KBS" reporto que los profesores universitarios gremiales del "Consejo Nacional de Profesores por la Democratizacion", el "Sindicato Nacional de los Profesores" y el Consejo de Organizaciones Academicas reclamaron renegociar con EE.UU. la importacion de la carne de res de este pais en una conferencia de prensa concedida ese dia en Seul.