Kim Jong Il inspects KPA unit nos. 179 and 779
Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il Saturday inspected KPA units nos. 179 and 779.
He arrived at KPA unit no. 179.
He was accompanied by KPA generals Ri Myong Su, Hyon Chol Hae and Pak Jae Gyong and Ri Yong Chol, member of the central military commission of the WPK and first vice department director of the central committee of the WPK.
He visited the servicemen's hall to acquaint himself in detail with the political and ideological education and cultural work now brisk among them.
He learned in detail about supply service and took warm care of the living of the soldiers, looking round an education room, bedroom, mess, kitchen and other places of the unit.
At the kitchen, he met with cooks on duty and taught them in detail how to prepare well side dishes palatable to the taste of soldiers and appreciated all their sincere services made for them.
He proposed tasks of improving the supply service including the better organization of sideline work.
He gave soldiers of the unit an automatic rifle as a gift and had a photograph taken with them.
The next leg of his inspection was KPA unit no. 779.
Guided by the commander of the unit, he visited the servicemen's hall and saw records of victories showing the proud path covered by the unit and heard its history.
Then he looked round a bedroom, mess, daily provision store, library and other entertainment and supply service facilities.
After learning in detail about the use of publications at the unit, he said that all soldiers should be provided with ample conditions to watch television and read newspapers and books everyday.
He instructed that all the commanding officers should always pay deep attention to the supply service, bearing its importance deep in mind, and thus provide best living conditions to the soldiers who are defending the forefront posts as firmly as an iron wall, guided by the noble idea that defending the motherland means best patriotism.
He spared time to see an art performance given by soldiers of a company under the unit.
After seeing the performance vibrant with militancy and the spirit of revolutionary soldiers, he congratulated them on their successful presentation.
He gave the unit an automatic rifle as a gift and had a photograph taken with its servicemen.
Kim Jong Il's work published in Armenia
Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) -- The Armenian Foreign Languages Publishing House brought out in booklet leader Kim Jong Il's famous work "On Preserving The Juche Character And National Character Of The Revolution And Construction" on the occasion of his birthday.
The work published on June 19, Juche 86 (1997) clarifies the reason why the preservation of the Juche character and national character of the revolution and construction is a fundamental principle to be adhered to in accomplishing the cause of socialism and the tasks and ways to do so.
Belarussian honorary titles of academician and doctor to Kim Il Sung
Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) -- Honorary titles of academician and doctor of the Belarussian international it academy were awarded to President Kim Il Sung.
On Jan. 23 the standing committee of the academy decided to award those titles to Kim Il Sung, founder of the Juche idea and the great leader of the Korean people, in recognition of his great scientific and practical contribution to the development of the state administration system, state-to-state cooperation and the development of the friendly ties among peoples, on the basis of the fundamental principles of the Juche idea.
Belarussian honorary titles of academician and doctor to Kim Jong Il
Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) -- Honorary titles of academician and doctor of the Belarussian international it academy were awarded to leader Kim Jong Il.
On Jan. 23 the standing committee of the academy decided to award them to Kim Jong Il, General Secretary of theWworkers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, in recognition of his scientific and practical contribution to the development of the state administration system, cooperation between states and the development of the friendly relations among peoples, on the basis of the fundamental principles of the Juche idea, and profound scientific and theoretical proof of the Juche idea and its successful application in all fields of modern Korea.
Misbehavior of S. Korean authorities protested
Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) -- Six public business trade unions in Seoul, including those of the subway and city railway companies, held a rally in Seoul on January 30 with the attendance of over 5,000 unionists to lodge a protest with the authorities against their misbehavior, radio no. 1 from Seoul said.
At the rally the organizations criticized the authorities for the misbehavior related to the wage hike of workers and demanded immediate repeal of this unreasonable measure.
They threatened to go on a solidarity strike if their demand is not met.
Anti-national remarks of Ri Hoe Chang condemned
Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) -- The Federation of South Koreans in Japan for Democracy and Unification (Hanthongryon) reportedly issued a statement on January 30 denouncing the anti-national remarks of Ri Hoe Chang, president of the "Grand National Party" of South Korea.
The statement charged that during his visit to the U.S. Ri made shameless and anti-national remarks such as full support to the bush administration's hardline policy towards the DPRK to prove himself a servant of the Bush regime and ask the U.S. to admit himself as the would-be president.
It went on:
His remarks are anti-national utterances that cannot be pardoned by all the fellow countrymen as they were aimed to perpetuate the national division in the interests of the U.S., clean indifferent to the national priority, national reconciliation and peace on the Korean peninsula, and bring about holocaust of war.
Ri should immediately eat his anti-national words and apologize to the nation.
Japanese imperialists deprive Korea of 100,000 pieces of cultural assets
Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) -- The Japanese imperialists deprived Korea of at least 100,000 pieces of cultural assets in the period from their military occupation of Korea to their defeat, Seoul-based CBS said.
Right after the Second World War Macarthur, the then commander of the U.S. forces in Japan, opposed the return of the cultural assets to Korea, it said.
The fact was disclosed in a record of the U.S. national archives, it added.
Rodong Sinmun on "emergency legislation"
Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) -- The "basic policy related to emergency legislation" announced by the Japanese government recently is an expression of the intention to get rid of the "exclusively defensive policy" stipulated in the present constitution on the plea of "international peace" and take the road of reconquest just as it sent the armed forces abroad under the pretext of "logistic support" to the U.S. "combating terrorism," says Rodong Sinmun today in a by-lined commentary.
The news analyst says:
The Japanese reactionaries enacted an "anti-terrorism special law" to legalise the overseas dispatch of the "self-defense forces." Japan's military strategy has turned into a preemptive attack strategy from the "exclusively defensive strategy" the main purpose of which was to make preparations in Japan proper to prevent "aggression" from outside. The heavily armed "SDF" is allowed by law to participate in all military actions without restraints as the armies of other countries do. Through the "emergency legislation" Japan seeks to expand the theatre of military operations to any part of the world, play the role of "international gendarme" together with the U.S. in strife-torn areas of the world and expand the sphere of domination and markets.
The adjustment of the "emergency legislation" stepped up by Japan is, in the final analysis, aimed to carry out a war for the reconquest of Korea. It is evidenced by the fact that the Japanese reactionaries are pushing ahead with the adjustment of the "emergency legislation," pulling up the DPRK over the "missile threat from North Korea" and "mysterious boats."
The Japanese reactionaries should be mindful that their efforts for overseas aggression lead themselves to helpless ruins.