Japanese government decides to offer rice to DPRK
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- The Japanese government decided to offer 500,000 tons of rice to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from a humanitarian point of view and made an official announcement about it yesterday.
In this connection premier of the DPRK cabinet sent a message of thanks to Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.
The message expressed thanks to the Japanese government for having decided to offer 500,000 tons of rice to the DPRK this time, taking several years of natural calamities in it into humanitarian consideration. It expressed the belief that the good-will step taken by the Japanese government this time would contribute to promoting the understanding between the two peoples of the DPRK and Japan and leading it to the improved relations between the two countries.
Korean stamp exhibition opens
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- An exhibition of Korean stamps opened to mark the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
On display are more than 10,000 stamps of over 4,000 kinds showing the outstanding feats performed by the President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il in party building and their leadership traits and achievements the Korean people have made in all fields of socialist construction under the leadership of the party and their heroic struggle and other stamps celebrating the 55th anniversary of the WPK.
Also exhibited are stamps and photos showing the development of Korean stamps and other stamps that won prizes at the national stamp design contest held to mark the anniversary of the WPK.
An opening ceremony was held at the Pyongyang International House of Culture Friday.
Foreign diplomats visit different places
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- The military attaches' corps and the economic and commercial councilors' corps here visited various places in Pyongyang on the occasion of the 3rd anniversary of the great leader Kim Jong Il's election as General Secretary of the Worker's Party of Korea and the 55th anniversary of the party.
The military attaches' corps visited the monument to the party founding and the Party Founding Museum yesterday.
Vietnamese military attache Vu Dinh Thang who is doyen of the corps made the following entry in the visitor's book:
The WPK founded by President Kim Il Sung has traversed an arduous yet glorious path. We wish the Korean people greater success.
The economic and commercial councilors' corps visited the Korean Revolution Museum on the same day.
Cuban embassy officials help construction of Sonnae youth fish farm
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- Cuban ambassador to Korea Jose Manuel Inclan Embade and embassy officials yesterday did friendship work at the construction site of the Sonnae youth fish farm on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
They helped the builders who were stepping up the fish farm construction at the final stage, talked with them and saw an art performance of an itinerant art propaganda troupe, deepening the feelings of friendship.
Floral basket to Kim Jong Il from Palestinian President
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il received a floral basket from Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
The floral basket was handed yesterday to Kim Yang Gon, department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, by Shaher Mohammed Abdlah, Palestinian Ambassador E.P. to the DPRK.
Floral baskets and congratulatory letters from diplomatic officials
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il received floral baskets and congratulatory letters from the diplomatic corps and officials in charge of cultural and friendly relations of different embassies here on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
The floral baskets and letters were handed yesterday to officials concerned by Shaher Mohammed Abdlah, Palestinian Ambassador E.P., and Taher al Muhdi Arifa, councilor of the people's bureau of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya here.
Meanwhile, Kim Jong Il received a congratulatory letter from the economic and commercial councilors' corps here on the occasion of the anniversary.
The letter was handed yesterday to an official concerned by Evelio Duenas Ponce, commercial councilor of the Cuban embassy here.
Floral basket laid before statue of Kim Il Sung
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- Economic and commercial councilors' corps here laid a floral basket before the statue of the President Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill yesterday on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
They laid the floral basket before the statue and paid homage to him with reverence for the President who devoted his whole life to the human cause of independence.
Written on the ribbon were letters "the great leader his excellency Kim Il Sung will live forever."
Preparatory committees formed abroad
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- Preparatory committees to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea were inaugurated in Cambodia and Ghana on October 1.
Prince Norodom Ranariddh, president of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia and chairman of the Funcinpec party, was elected chairman of the preparatory committee of Cambodia and the secretary of the propaganda department of the National Democratic Congress of Ghana chairman of the preparatory committee in Ghana.
The preparatory committees decided to organize colorful functions to significantly celebrate the 55th anniversary of the WPK and widely introduce the leadership exploits of the President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il through media.
Kim Jong Il's work published in Austria
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- A famous work of General Secretary Kim Jong Il "the Worker's Party of Korea Is the Party of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung" was brought out in booklet by a publishing house in Vienna on October 4.
The work which was published on October 2, Juche 84 (1995) is a great program which indicates overall ways of accomplishing the leader's cause of party building.
1st Pyongyang Flower Exhibition opens
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- The 1st Pyongyang Flower Exhibition was opened on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
On display there are over 3,700 exhibits of 112 species including Kimilsungias, Kimjongilias and flowers the Korean people have distributed and cultivated, local peculiar wild flowers and varieties of flower trees.
An opening ceremony took place at the April 15 Children's Flower Garden on Friday.
Chinese residents in Korea help farmers
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- Chinese residents in South Hwanghae Province of the DPRK gave assistance to a socialist farm on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea and the 51st anniversary of the People's Republic of China.
They went to the Singwang cooperative farm in Haeju and handed the farm aid materials they had prepared and encouraged the farmers by harvesting rice together with them.
Kim Jong Il sends gift to veteran newspaper office of Russia
Moscow, October 5 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il sent a gift to the veteran newspaper office of Russia.
The gift was handed to its editor-in-chief A. Danilov by the military attache of the DPRK embassy in Moscow on Oct. 2.
At a meeting held to convey the gift, the editor-in-chief said that he never expected that brilliant commander Kim Jong Il who is revered by the whole world would send the excellent gift to the newspaper office.
Kim Jong Il is, indeed, a great and beloved father not only of the Korean people and veterans but all the progressives and veterans the world over, he stressed.
Kim Jong Il's unique army-first leadership gives fresh strength and courage to the veterans of Russia, he said, stressing that his leadership is, indeed, an example all the leaders of the world should follow.
A letter to him was adopted at the meeting.
Chinese embassy officials visit Huang Jiguang senior middle school
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- Ambassador Wang Guozhang and officials of the Chinese embassy here visited Huang Jiguang Senior Middle School in Kosong county, Kangwon Province, on Oct. 4.
The school is named after ex-Chinese people's volunteer hero Huang Jiguang who fell in the hard-fought battle on Sanggam ridge in the eastern sector of the front during the Korean War.
At the end of the visit, the ambassador expressed hope that the school would glorify the Sino-DPRK friendship and bring up more pillars of the country who would contribute to the building of Korean style socialism.
The visitors presented educational equipment to the school.
Reception given on Army Day of Egypt
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- The military attache of the Egyptian embassy here gave a reception yesterday on the Army Day of Egypt.
Present on invitation were Ryo Chun Sok, vice-Minister of the People's Armed Forces, generals and officers of the Korean People's Army, officials concerned and diplomatic envoys and military attaches of different embassies here.
Egyptian ambassador to Korea Mahmoud Mohamed Farag Zain and embassy officials were on hand.
Speeches were made at the reception.
S. Korea's arms race flailed
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- The Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland (CPRF) strongly denounces the South Korean authorities' moves to step up arms buildup and increase combat power behind the curtain of reconciliation cooperation and peace as blatant challenge to the north-south joint declaration and intolerable anti-national and anti-reunification criminal acts.
The South Korean authorities are threatening the DPRK, its dialogue partner, and pursuing showdown with it by planning to deploy sophisticated means for a war of aggression and increasing military expenditure in violation of the north-south joint declaration. We can never remain a passive on-looker to these moves.
A spokesman for the CPRF said this in a statement issued Friday as regards reckless arms buildup and war preparations in South Korea.
The statement continued:
The South Korean authorities talk about "sincere implementation" of the June 15 joint declaration and "peace-building" before us but are getting frantic in their moves for arms buildup behind us. This goes to prove that they have no willingness to implement the joint declaration but are still working hard to attack their dialogue partner in collusion with outside forces.
A promise made between the two sides can be kept only when both sides strive for its implementation with good faith.
It is the noble mission and right of the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK to check a war of aggression and defend the security of the country and the lives of its people.
If the South Korean authorities persist in their war moves despite our repeated warnings, the DPRK will have no option but to take a corresponding self-defensive measure.
Kim Il Sung's reminiscences published in Nepal
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- Vol. 7 (continuing edition) of part 1 anti-Japanese revolution of "With the Century", reminiscences of the President Kim Il Sung, was published by the Nepalese National Committee for Remembering the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
The preface of the reminiscences says:
"Under the wise guidance of his excellency Kim Jong Il, the sun of the new 21st century, the WPK is growing stronger and developing and throwing its brilliant rays over the world as a model of the world's progressive political parties struggling to realize the cause of independence".
KCNA blasts Japan's design for reinvasion
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- Japan's "Self-Defense Forces" will start a joint military drill with the U.S. troops stationed in Japan on November 2. To be involved in the drill that will last for about 15 days are tens of thousands of troops, scores of warships and hundreds of planes, reported Sankei Shimbun.
What cannot be overlooked is that it is the first military exercise to be staged after the legislation related to the updated "Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation Guidelines" was put in force.
As already known, the "guidelines" and the legislation related to them, which were concluded and adopted last year, are an adventurous and reckless aggression plan to hurl all human and material resources of Japan as well as its armed forces into war of aggression in emergencies in the areas surrounding Japan, in the event of contingency on the Korean peninsula in particular.
In a nutshell, the projected joint military drill is a field maneuver intended to examine Japan's capabilities of reinvasion of the Korean peninsula and the rest of Asia.
Officials of Japan's Defence Agency are now asserting that this drill of "SDF" is of totally defensive nature as it is aimed at support to the transport of supplies for the U.S. troops and rescue of "Japanese overseas" in emergencies in the areas surrounding Japan. But it is no more than sheer sophism.
Japan has the world second largest military spending. And she is building the most powerful naval and air forces in Asia. This clearly shows that Japan seeks to realize its old design for "Greater East Asia Coprosperity Sphere" through war of aggression.
The Japanese reactionaries are engrossed in brinkmanship for overseas aggression.
The facts evidently tell that it is an undeniable sovereign right for Asian nations to increase their defence capabilities, especially the striking force against Japan's reinvasion.
The Asian people should frustrate Japan's design for reinvasion with heightened vigilance.
U.S. senounced for its anti-DPRK diatribe
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary assails the U.S. Defense Department's recent "report" in which it disclosed the U.S. design to stifle the DPRK under the pretext of its "missile issue."
The commentary says:
The United States is shameless enough to accuse other sovereign countries of increasing defence capabilities, though it rakes up enormous profits through an unlimited production and sale of any mass destruction weapons.
The U.S. takes it as a matter of course to produce, deploy and export missiles as it pleases. Its viewpoint is that it is free to do so, unhindered, but other countries should not do so and they should unconditionally meet its brigandish demand. It is outrageous American way of thinking whereby the U.S. styles itself an "international judge" and an "international gendarme."
It can not work on the DPRK which regards independence as its life and soul.
It is none other than the U.S. that is posing a missile threat to the DPRK.
The U.S. real intention is to disarm the DPRK and stifle it without difficulty under the pretext of missile issue.
The missile issue is a matter entirely pertaining to the DPRK's sovereignty.
The DPRK cannot but direct utmost efforts to increasing self-defensive capabilities to safeguard its sovereignty, security and socialism in view of more vicious and persistent moves of the U.S. to stifle the DPRK.
S. Korean police arrests students
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- The police authorities in Jochiwon, South Chungchong Province, arrested Jang Hui Jae, chairperson of the girl students' council of Sochang branch school of Korea University, and Ri Jong Ryul, chairman of the Tongari Federation, on October 4, according to the South Korean newspaper Choongang Ilbo.
They arrested them on charges of violation of the "Security Law" after accusing them of working as deputies to the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils (Hanchongryon) from early this year and attending several rallies of students including an inaugural meeting of Hanchongryon held in Pusan in May last.
Moves to establish "NMD" system under fire
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- The United States announced that a decision on the deployment of the "National Missile Defense" (NMD) system will be handed over to next President. However, on the contrary, the U.S. Department of Defense made two tests for the "NMD" system on Sept. 28 and, earlier, Cohen said that the work of establishing the "NMD" system would be continued.
Minju Joson today in a signed commentary says the incoherent U.S. deeds concerning the "NMD" system fully show its outrageous and shameless attempt to realise its ambition for domination over the world.
The U.S. moves to establish the "NMD" system aimed at military domination over the world are protested and rejected not only in the world but at home, the commentary notes, adding:
The U.S. should clearly see the trend of the times before making its choice. Belated lamentation avails nothing.
If the U.S. truly wants peace and security, it should immediately stop its anachronistic moves to establish the "NMD" system.
Three-point charter of Korea's reunification supported
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- Japanese trade unions participated in the international signature campaign supporting the three-point charter of Korea's reunification.
The signature paper was signed by Sakae Morimoto, executive chairman of the Okayama prefectural headquarters of the All Japan Confederation of Local Autonomy Government Workers' Unions, on behalf of more than 11,210 unionists and Katsuya Arimoto, secretary general of the Chukoku local headquarters of the General Federation of Private Labour Unions of Japan, on behalf of some 4,770 unionists.
U.S. expresses political will to delist DPRK as "state sponsor of terrorism"
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- A joint statement of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the United States of America was released in Washington on Friday as regards the issue of delisting the DPRK as a "state sponsor of terrorism."
In the statement the DPRK and the USA shared the view that terrorism poses threat to international peace and stability and recognized the importance of the policy of opposing any form of terrorism against any country or individual.
In particular, the U.S. side in the statement expressed its willingness to delist the DPRK as a "state sponsor of terrorism," the leftover of the Cold War era.
This proves that the U.S. policy whereby it has unreasonably linked the DPRK with terrorism does not work any longer.
This position will have a positive impact on terminating the confrontation between the DPRK and the U.S. and building the bilateral relations in the 21st century.
Congratulatory group of Koreans in Japan here
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- A congratulatory group of Koreans in Japan led by Ho Jong Man, chief vice-chairman of the central standing committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, arrived here today to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
It was met at the airport by Kim Yong Sun and officials concerned.
National meeting held
Pyongyang, October 7 (KCNA) -- A national meeting was held at the April 25 House of Culture today to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the election of the great leader Kim Jong Il as General Secretary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
Present at the meeting were Kim Yong Nam, Jo Myong Rok, Hong Song Nam and other party and state leading officials, delegates and party officials to attend the celebrations of the 55th anniversary of the WPK.
A congratulatory group of Koreans in Japan to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the WPK was also present there.
Jo Myong Rok, director of the general political department of the Korean People's Army who is first vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, made a report.
He said:
Kim Jong Il was elected General Secretary of the WPK for leading the party for many years. It was full reflection of the unanimous will and desire of the whole party and army and all the people.
Kim Jong Il has strengthened and developed the WPK to be a revolutionary party of Juche type and an ever-victorious iron-willed party unshaken in any storm and stress.
He has strengthened and developed the party to be a party of the great leader Kim Il Sung. This is the greatest exploit Kim Jong Il has performed for the cause of party building of Juche.
Kim Jong Il has successfully provided army-first revolutionary leadership, a unique political mode of Korean style, thereby firmly defending the socialist cause of Juche and remarkably increasing the overall national power including the country's defence capability.
His immortal leadership exploits are shining more brilliantly because he successfully accomplished the cause of perpetuating the memory of Kim Il Sung even in the most difficult period of the Korean revolution and brought about a decisive turning-point in the building of a powerful nation.
He represents the destiny of our party, the revolution and the country and a banner for all victories and glory. It is the foremost duty and the greatest mission of a revolutionary of Juche type to devotedly defend the leader.
His army-first revolutionary leadership is vital to the Korean revolution and an invincible political mode firmly guaranteeing the final accomplishment of the cause of Juche.
It is a sure guarantee for the victory of the revolution to strengthen the party and increase its leadership role, the reporter stressed.