Kim Jong Il Inspects KPA Unit 1727 for Training Commissioned Officers
Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA)-- General Secretary Kim Jong Il inspected KPA Unit 1727 for training commissioned officers.
He expressed satisfaction over the fact that the unit has conducted effective training and education to help the trainees get proficient in the military regulation and drill movements.
Noting that the junior commanders including squad leaders have very important roles to play in establishing the military discipline as they are members who directly put into practice a disciplined life and military service and educators of soldiers, he put forward the tasks to be fulfilled in the education at the unit.
Seeing the compound of barracks kept neat and tidy and an outdoor resting place in the forest covered with thick foliage, he praised the unit for assiduously managing it by thoroughly applying the method by which the Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Army did its unit.
He acquainted himself with how the political work is done among soldiers, going round the servicepersons' hall, a library and other entertainment and educational facilities.
He underscored the need for the unit to intensify the revolutionary education and working class education of the trainees so that each of them may live and struggle in a revolutionary manner with a clear-cut working-class viewpoint and a transparent revolutionary principle.
He paid deep attention to the trainees' living, making the rounds of a bedroom, a mess hall, a wash-cum-bath house, a non-staple food store and other supply service facilities.
He stressed that in order to bring up all the trainees as excellent junior commanders it is necessary for the unit to steadily improve the educational work as required by the developing reality and, at the same time, direct great efforts to providing them with good living conditions.
He had a picture taken with the servicepersons of the unit.
Kim Jong Il Inspects Sub-unit of KPA Unit 836
Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il inspected a sub-unit of KPA Unit 836.
He acquainted himself with the sub-unit's performance of duty and training. He expressed satisfaction over the fact that the servicepersons of the sub-unit have grown to be a-match-for-a-hundred fighters whom no formidable enemy dares provoke and set forth the tasks to be fulfilled by the sub-unit to increase its combat capability.
He dropped in at the education room to learn about the ideological education and cultural and emotional life of its servicepersons.
He was greatly satisfied to learn that the sub-unit is conducting its political work in a unique manner to suit the soldiers' sentiments and mentality and all of them fully enjoy a cultural and emotional life by using various cultural means.
All the units of the KPA are preparing the soldiers as fighters strong in faith by paying primary attention to the politico-ideological work, he noted, adding: Attaching importance to ideology is, indeed, a powerful treasured sword in the possession of the KPA only and a Korean style mode of building the army and an invincible banner to be always held aloft.
Seeing the compound of the barracks and the thick woodland around it, he said that the trees planted more than a decade ago formed a thick forest. He appreciated the patriotism displayed by the soldiers of the unit.
Only when the soldiers have the spirit of socialist patriotism can they cherish high pride and deep self-esteem for socialism in the DPRK and ardently love it and staunchly fight to protect the socialist motherland and the revolutionary gains from the enemy's encroachment, he said, stressing the need to wage a more dynamic movement for sprucing up their post better.
Then he took deep care of the soldiers' living, walking round supply service facilities.
He had a photo session with the servicepersons of the sub-unit.
Delegation of Indian Foreign Ministry Here
Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Indian Foreign Ministry led by its Secretary N. Ravi arrived here on Monday.
It was greeted at the airport by officials concerned and the Indian ambassador to the DPRK.
Indonesian Embassy Officials Help Korean Farmers
Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- Bambang Daranindra, Indonesian charge d'affaires ad interim here, and his embassy officials helped members of the DPRK-Indonesia Friendship Yaksu Co-op Farm in Kangso County in farm work on May 26.
After looking round the room devoted to the history of the farm, the guests helped farmers in weeding a maize field.
During break they enjoyed an art performance and conversed with farmers.
Noting that the friendly and cooperative relations between Indonesia and the DPRK are growing stronger, the charge d'affaires wished the members of the farm greater success in the agricultural production this year.
The embassy officials handed farming materials to the farm.
DPRK Haekumgang Patent & Trademark Agency
Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- The Haekumgang Patent & Trademark Agency is one of the law firms specializing in legal services for protecting the intellectual property rights in the DPR of Korea.
Its services cover the protection of patent, trademark, industrial design and other intellectual property rights.
The agency renders creditable services to law firms and clients at home and abroad, on the basis of long-standing legal experience and deep knowledge on science and technology.
Corporate bodies and individuals desirous of their patents and trademarks being protected in the DPR of Korea should contact with the agency through the following fax and e-mail: Fax: 850-2-381-2421/E-mail: kcnap@oak.ocn.ne.jp
Songak Liquor
Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- Songak Liquor is a specialty of Kaegyong (now Kaesong), which was the capital of Koryo (918-1392), the first unified state of Korea.
The liquor is produced at the Kaesong Songdo Foodstuff Factory at the foot of Mt. Songak.
The main raw materials of the liquor are acorn or maize. Used in it is the natural spring water of thickly wooded with pine and rocky Mt. Songak.
The liquor is popular for its fragrance and mild taste. It has won prizes and medals at home several times.
It has been coming into greater favor among foreign tourists and it finds its way to China and other countries.
Rodong Sinmun Warns Japan Not to Eye Tok Islet
Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan recently decided to describe Tok Islet as part of "Japan's territory" in the new teaching guidelines for middle schools. According to it, Tok Islet will be described as part of "Japan's territory" in the middle school textbooks from 2012.
Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary urges Japan not to impudently eye Tok Islet but behave itself, mindful of the warning of the times and history.
It is the wild ambition of Japan to grab other countries' territories and this practice has been an inveterate bad habit from the time of its remote ancestors, the commentary notes, and goes on:
After the "Meiji Restoration" Japan perpetrated brutal acts to grab other countries' territories by force of arms and it is now set to perpetrate such act by way of twisting history and distorting contents of the textbooks. It is the contention of the present Japanese reactionary ruling circles that without twisting history they cannot grab other countries' territories. Such shameless distortion of history and seizure of other's territory can be perpetrated only by those steeped in the Samurai disposition and militarism.
The decision of the above-said ministry of Japan is an open political provocation and wanton violation of the sovereignty of the whole Korean nation.
It is one of the crafty methods employed by Japan for realizing its ambition to grab Tok Islet to internationalize its issue.
It is the goal of the Japanese reactionaries at the next phase to grab Tok Islet through military maneuvers after internationalizing the issue. They are busy claiming that Tok Islet is "part of Japan's territory" and making the younger generation believe in this as truth. This is nothing but a ruse to hurl them into the operations to grab Tok Islet and stage a comeback to Korea.
Japan should bear in mind that robbers can never go scot-free in the present world. No one is allowed to tamper with one's past history and grab other's territory as one pleases. Such act is bound to lead to self-destruction.
Lee Myung Bak Group's Reckless Remarks Blasted
Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- Some days ago the vice-minister of Unification of south Korea blustered that its policy "no nukes, opening and 3,000 dollars" is a "phased-proposal for leading the DPRK to "dismantle its nukes" and a "strategy for settling the issue of the inter-Korean relations". He had the effrontery to describe this as an option for "developing inter-Korean relations for the common prosperity".
Rodong Sinmun today observes in a signed commentary carried in this regard: The south Korean authorities peddled again the policy "no nukes, opening and 3,000 dollars", an anti-reunification declaration through which they sold off the interests of the nation to outside forces, pursued confrontation and war and drove the inter-Korean relations to catastrophe. This is an unpardonable mockery and a provocation to the DPRK.
The above-said policy is a product of the sinister ambition of traitor Lee Myung Bak to break the inter-Korean relations and put an end to the June 15 era of reunification in collusion with outside forces and despicable jargon which fully lays bare his treacherous and anti-reunification nature, the commentary notes, and goes on:
He is seriously mistaken if he thinks the DPRK will overlook such anti-reunification declaration which seeks cooperation with outside forces and distrust and confrontation between the north and the south quite contrary to "By our nation itself", the basic spirit of the June 15 joint declaration.
Lee's above-said policy is a declaration of confrontation and war as it is a hurdle in the way of improving the inter-Korean relations and achieving peace.
His group's description of the above-mentioned policy as a "practical strategy" is an open declaration of their intention to trample down the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration and pursue its "policy toward the north" at any cost and thus break the inter-Korean relations and, furthermore, ignite a war of aggression against the north.
The Lee group would be well advised to bear in mind that such poor conundrum would not help them hype the above-said policy nor conceal their treacherous and anti-reunification motive.
If the traitorous clique continues trumpeting about the policy, ignoring the warning and will of the DPRK, this will spark off stronger resentment of the nation and lead the "pragmatic government" to a ruin, in the long run.
Blackmail of U.S. Ambassador Condemned in S. Korea
Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- Civic and public organizations in south Korea, including the Solidarity of Progress and the People's Measure Council against the Total Opening of south Korean Market to American Beef, called a press conference in Seoul on May 22 to denounce the unjust blackmail of the U.S. ambassador in Seoul.
Speakers at the press conference charged that it is a diplomatic violence and political provocation that the U.S. ambassador gave a threat on the phone to the representative of a south Korean opposition party as he was standing against the import of American beef.
They held that his reckless behavior can never be pardoned as it was not a simple mistake but a vivid example of showing what kind of entity the U.S. is and it was an insult to the south Koreans.
A press release read out at the conference denounced the U.S. persistent refusal to have renegotiations on the import of beef as a hegemonic deed intended to sacrifice the lives and health of the south Korean people for its interests.
The release urged the U.S. ambassador to make an official apology to the south Korean people for his rude behavior and immediately stop pressuring south Korea to open its market to American beef.
Import of American Beef Opposed in S. Korea
Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- Members of the Federation of the Poor in south Korea held a rally in Seoul on May 22 to denounce the Lee Myung Bak group's move to import the American beef.
Charging that the group is seeking to import the American beef at random, disregarding the health and interests of the people, they contended that renegotiations on import of beef with the U.S. should be realized without fail.
That day, members of the Federation of Women Organizations, the Society of Parents for Genuine Education and other women organizations and housewives waged a struggle in Seoul protesting the announcement of traitor Lee Myung Bak's deceptive "talk to the people."
Saying that traitor Lee Myung Bak is trying to import the American beef at any cost, they called upon all the women in towns and the countryside to vigorously turn out in the struggle against the import of American beef.
The women organizations in a joint statement held that the "government" should invalidate the negotiations with the U.S. on import of beef and punish the chief negotiator and those concerned of the negotiations and that Lee Myung Bak himself should express the will to have renegotiations and make a sincere apology to the affected people.
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Kim Jong Il inspecciona una subunidad de Unidad No. 324
Pyongyang, 26 de mayo (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 (EPC) inspecciono una subunidad directamente subordinada a la Unidad No. 324 del EPC.
Despues de enterarse del estado de cumplimiento del deber de la unidad, el Dirigente vio el entrenamiento de los militares en la sala de leccion tecnica.
Todos los choferes de la unidad consideran como su nina del ojo los camiones y aseguran la circulacion sin accidentes al elevar incesantemente la tecnica de la conduccion, lo cual es una cosa muy buena, dijo el Comandante Supremo y evaluo altamente a los conductores por sus exitos logrados en el pasado.
Al recorrer la sala de educacion, el dormitorio, el comedor, el bano, el deposito de alimentos subsidiarios, los conejales, el invernadero y otros lugares de la unidad, presto una profunda atencion a la vida de los militares.
Dijo que estan muy bien ordenados sin defectos e limpios el cuartel, los establecimientos de intendencia y el ambiente del contorno y elogio el estilo de la hacendosa vida economica de la unidad.
En particular, evaluo altamente los meritos del jefe Choe Song Un y los suboficiales de servicio militar de reenganche de esta subunidad quienes realizaron por la patria y el pueblo diciendo que estos hicieron muchos trabajos durante largo tiempo de servicio militar en esta unidad desde el periodo del soldado hasta la fecha, prepararon los equipos de toda clase necesarios a la vida de los soldados y contribuyeron activamente al fortalecimiento de la combatividad de la unidad.
Senalo que esta unidad puede ser un modelo en todos los aspectos de la educacion politico-ideologica, el fortalecimiento de la combatividad y la administracion de la unidad y enfatizo la necesidad de aprender el espiritu revolucionario de autoconfianza y de tenaz lucha de ellos.
El Dirigente se fotografio junto a los militares de la subunidad.
Publicado informe sobre victimas coreanas de ataque aereo de Tokio
Pyongyang, 26 de mayo (ATCC) -- Con motivo de que fue comprobada con datos la matanza masiva de los coreanos, trasladados forzadamente a Tokio por los imperialistas japoneses y sometidos a los trabajos tan duros, durante el bombardeo contra esta metropoli por parte de las tropas norteamericanas, la Asociacion Coreana de Victimas de Arresto Forzoso y Sus Familiares hizo publico el dia 24 el siguiente informe de investigacion:
Se presume que vivian en Tokio mas de cien mil coreanos cuando se aproximaba la derrota de los imperialistas japoneses en la segunda guerra mundial.
En Honjo, Hukagawa, Joto y otras partes de Tokio estaban concentrados las acerias, astilleros, fabricas electricas, etc. donde numerosos coreanos estaban sometidos a los trabajos de esclavitud.
A la 0 y 8 minutos del 10 de marzo de 1945, las tropas norteamericanas iniciaron un gran ataque aereo contra Tokio con 325 bombarderos tipo "B-29".
En esa accion de represalia un gran numero de coreanos resultaron muertos quemados, intoxicados por el monoxido de carbono, asfixiados por la falta repentina del oxigeno y ahogados por el paro cardiaco.
El testigo presencial de esa tragedia, Teiji Egawa, quien habia trabajado en el Astillero de Ishigawajima, declaro asi:
"Cuando yo regresaba a mi casa en cuanto comenzo el bombardeo, me tropece con un grupo de coreanos que se escaparon de su albergue en busca de refugio. Ellos habian llegado el 9 de marzo desde Corea. Sufrieron quemaduras de seriedad en sus caras y manos y estuvieron en vestidos raidos y rotos. Me contaron que de los 900 coreanos inquilinos del albergue, solo sobrevivieron 250 - 260".
El organo del Centro de Materiales de la Responsabilidad de la Guerra de Japon "Estudio de la responsabilidad de la guerra" No. 53 senalo que "entre 97 mil 632 coreanos residentes en Tokio fueron damnificados por ese bombardeo 41 mil 300. Se supone que de estos murieron al menos mas de diez mil".
Bajo el pretexto de facilitar el recorrido del rey japones por la zona afectada despues del fin del ataque aereo, los imperialistas japoneses enterraron a los coreanos y otros muertos en 67 parqueos, templos y patios de las escuelas sin averiguar sus identidades.
Despues, los desenterraron y los sepultaron todos juntos cometiendo el crimen de lesa humanidad de imposibilitar el reconocimiento de los restos de los coreanos muertos tragicamente.
Todos los hechos arriba mencionados demuestran que la muerte masiva de los coreanos por el gran bombardeo de Tokio es causada por la ocupacion militar a Corea por parte del gobierno y el circulo militar japoneses del pasado.
Aunque pasaron mas de 60 anos desde su derrota, el gobierno japones no piensa en buscar y devolver a Corea todos los restos de las victimas coreanas de arresto forzado sino recurre a todas las artimanas para encubrir este asunto y no pedir disculpas ni indemnizar por el respecto.
El problema de los restos mortales de esos coreanos deviene un asunto de derechos humanos que debe ser solucionado sin mas dilacion y el humanitario para satisfacer el rencor anegado en sangre de los coreanos muertos injustamente por los imperialistas japoneses y restar el sufrimiento de sus familiares.
Por lo tanto, el gobierno japones debe tomar cuanto antes las medidas practicas como publicar los verdaderos aspectos de los crimenes de arresto y trabajo forzados impuestos a los coreanos y de los restos mortales de sus victimas, pedir disculpas y recompensar a los danados y sus familiares, en lugar de apelarse a las maniobras contra la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea y la Asociacion General de Coreanos Residentes en Japon cuestionando el "problema del secuestro", el "de restos mortales" y el de "DDHH".
Licor Song-ak tiene popularidad en Corea
Pyongyang, 26 de mayo (ATCC) -- El licor Song-ak es un producto especial de Kaegyong (Kaesong de hoy) que era capital de Coryo (918-1392), primer estado unificado de Corea.
Ahora este aguardiente se produce en la Fabrica de Alimentos Songdo de Kaesong situada al pie del monte Song-ak, que usa el agua de manantial natural de este monte rocoso y pinoso.
Sus materias primas principales son la bellota y el maiz.
El licor Song-ak tiene el sabor fragante y suave, gracias a lo cual recoge la popularidad entre la gente y gano varias veces los premios y medallas en el pais.
Tambien goza de buena reputacion entre los turistas extranjeros y se exporta a China y otros paises.
Rodong Sinmun vuelve a rechazar teoria de Lee Myung Bak
Pyongyang, 26 de mayo (ATCC) -- Recientemente, el viceministro de "Reunificacion" del Sur de Corea dijo que la teoria de "desnuclearizacion, apertura, 3,000 dolares" es "proyecto de ejecucion por etapas" para inducir a la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea en la "cancelacion de armas nucleares" y "estrategia practica de las relaciones Sur-Norte" tratando atrevidamente de pintarla como plan para el "desarrollo de las relaciones intercoreanas por la coprosperidad".
En un comentario individual del dia 26, el diario Rodong Sinmun subraya que las autoridades surcoreanas vuelven a burlar y provocar a la RPDC al insistir otra vez en esa teoria, que resulta manifiesto anti-reunificacion para vender los intereses nacionales a las fuerzas extranjeras, perseguir la confrontacion y guerra y llevar a la ruptura las relaciones Norte-Sur.
La "desnuclearizacion, apertura y 3,000 dolares" son producto de la malsana ambicion del traidor Lee Myung Bak de romper las relaciones Norte-Sur y dar punalada en la epoca de reunificacion iniciada el 15 de junio en contubernio con las fuerzas extranjeras y sucio disparate que demuestra coherentemente su caracter antinacional y anti-reunificacion.
Si piensan que la RPDC admitira esa doctrina que persigue la cooperacion con las fuerzas extranjeras, la desconfianza y la confrontacion entre el Norte y el Sur a contrapelo del ideal de "Entre nosotros, los connacionales", espiritu fundamental de la Declaracion Conjunta del 15 de Junio, se equivocan mucho los compinches de Lee.
Esa declaracion de confrontacion y guerra da negativa total al desarrollo de las relaciones Norte-Sur y a la paz.
Al esgrimir otra vez esa teoria calificandola de "estrategia practica", los compinches de Lee declaran abiertamente que invalidarian la Declaracion Conjunta del 15 de Junio y la Declaracion del 4 de Octubre, llevarian a la ruptura las relaciones Norte-Sur poniendo en practica su "politica sobre el Norte" y provocarian finalmente la guerra de agresion contra este.
Ellos deben darse cuenta de que nunca podran dar tinte positivo a la teoria en cuestion con esa verborrea tan torpe ni ocultar su intencion antinacional y anti-reunificacion.
Si esa banda de traidores habla de esa doctrina despreciando la advertencia y voluntad de la RPDC, eso acrecentara la indignacion nacional y traera finalmente la bancarrota del "gobierno pragmatista".