April Issue of "Juche Idea" Published in Japan

     Pyongyang, May 4 (KCNA) -- The April issue of "Juche Idea", the organ of the National Liaison Council of the Japan Society for Study of Kim Jong Il's Works, was published. It carried an article introducing the activities of the academic circle of Japan for the study of the Juche idea and book "Kim Jong Il Biography" published by the International Institute of Juche Idea and the gist of a report titled "On the significance of activities of the society for study of the Juche idea and its role" delivered by the secretary general of the Japan Society for Study of Kimilsungism at a seminar held in Osaka, etc.
    Edited there is a photo-accompanied report on the DPRK visit by the Japanese delegation for the study of the Juche Idea headed by the secretary general of the Kanagawa, Japan, Society for Study of Kim Jong Il's Works.
    In the report the members of the delegation expressed their will to strive for the normalization of the Japan-DPRK relations, noting that quite contrary to what media of Japan reported, the DPRK is the country where all servicepersons and people are single-mindedly united around their leader and replete with national pride. They also pointed out that the DPRK is the country where people help and lead each other forward with loving care, a country which is attaching importance to education and defending peace by standing up firm against the U.S. pressure with the Songun politics.

Army Day of DPRK Marked in Vietnam

     Pyongyang, May 4 (KCNA) -- The Ministry of Defence of Vietnam, the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam and the Vietnam-Korea Friendship Club sent floral baskets to the DPRK embassy in Hanoi on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the foundation of the heroic Korean People's Army.

Radical Improvement of Inter-Korean Relations Called for

     Pyongyang, May 4 (KCNA) -- There is a growing danger of a nuclear war against the north by foreign forces in Korea. This makes it incumbent upon the north and the south of Korea to boldly dispel the outdated idea of confrontation and earnestly promote the improvement of the relations through practical measures in order to defend the destiny of the nation and achieve common prosperity. Rodong Sinmun Thursday says this in its signed article.
    It goes on:
    It is the realistic way for the radical improvement and development of the inter-Korean relations for the north and the south to recognize and respect each other's ideology and system in the spirit of the June 15 joint declaration and take practical measures to this end.
    There have been different ideologies and systems in the north and the south for decades.
    It is the ignorance of the essence of the matter to argue that mutual exchange will lead to confidence building. One of the factors standing in the way of the development of the inter-Korean relations is the pattern of thinking originating from different ideologies and systems and legal and institutional problems resulting from them. Under this condition it is the best cure for the development of the inter-Korean relations to recognize the reality and respect each other's ideology and system. For a dramatic turn in the inter-Korean relations through the recognition and respect of each other's ideology and system, the ideas and practices of the old era of confrontation must be abandoned and all the anti-reunification institutional barriers such as the "National Security Law" repressing the desire for national reconciliation, unity and reunification through alliance with the north be pulled down in south Korea. Recognition and respect of each other's ideology and system and reconciliation based on it are, indeed, the bed-rock point of principle of practical significance in the development of the inter-Korean relations. The earliest possible solution to this matter is an urgent task that brooks no further delay for the implementation of the June 15 joint declaration and the accomplishment of the cause of independent reunification. Depending on it is whether the inter-Korean relations enter the stage of fundamental development, braving the challenges and obstructions of the foreign forces, or fall into the crisis of severance.
    It is a bold decision for the country and the nation to take practical measures to recognize and respect each other's ideology and system. The south Korean authorities should respond to the call of the times and history by taking practical measures for the radical improvement of the inter-Korean relations as early as possible.

Film Show on Constitution Day of Poland

     Pyongyang, May 4 (KCNA) -- The Korea-Poland Friendship Association hosted a film show at the Chollima House of Culture on May 3 on the occasion of the Constitution Day of Poland. Present on invitation were Polish Ambassador to the DPRK Roman Iwaszkiewicz and embassy officials.
    Hong Son Ok, vice-chairperson of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, members of the friendship association and others were on hand. The participants watched a Polish feature film.

National Sports Contests of Workers

     Pyongyang, May 4 (KCNA) -- The 6th National Sports Contests of Workers took place in Pyongyang from April 26 to May 3. They involved football and defense sports games.
    The workers competing in the games well displayed their sports technique, collectivist spirit and noble mental and moral traits they had cultivated in the fruitful efforts to build an economic power under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il. The closing ceremony was held at the Badminton Gymnasium in Chongchun Street on May 3.
    Prize banners, citations and medals were awarded to units that distinguished themselves in the games.
    Ryom Sun Gil, chairman of the Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, in his closing address called upon all the sectors and units to intensify mass sports activities in the future, thus contributing to the all-round preparations of all the people for labor and national defense and enrichment of the cultural and emotional life of working people as required by the Songun era.

S. Korean Military Authorities' Spread of Sheer Misinformation about North Denounced

     Pyongyang, May 4 (KCNA) -- The south Korean "government information sources" were recently reported to have provided media with sheer misinformation that the warships of the navy of the north side engaged in maneuvers have pledged themselves to "retaliate against the naval force of the south side" on its guard duty "when an appropriate opportunity presents itself." A spokesman for the Navy Command of the Korean People's Army, answering a question raised by KCNA on May 3 as regards the south Korean military authorities' smear campaign against the north, termed such invectives an intolerable insult and a blatant provocation against it.
    The north side faithful to the noble idea of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration has always remained true to the agreement reached at the inter-Korean general-level talks to prevent any accidental clash on the West Sea. It is now directing special efforts to preventing the occurrence of undesirable incidents in the current blue crab catching season in particular.
    The fiction of the north's "retaliation" floated by the south Korean military despite this hard fact only betrays its sinister intention to do harm to the north. The north side is greatly angered by the south Korean military's false propaganda as it echoed just what the U.S. imperialist warhawks uttered, dancing to their tune. Through such smear campaign the south Korean military authorities disclosed the undeniable fact that they are following the road of treachery at the instigation of the U.S. imperialists, not the road indicated by the joint declaration. The north considers the south Korean military's spread of such misinformation as a prelude to a fresh West Sea skirmish.

Rodong Sinmun Observes Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Work

     Pyongyang, May 4 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Thursday dedicates an article to the 15th anniversary of the publication of leader Kim Jong Il's work "Our Socialism Centered on the Masses Shall Not Perish". The work, published on May 5, Juche 80 (1991), is a highly important work as it comprehensively clarifies the essential nature, advantages and invincibility of Korean-style socialism, the article says.
    Kim Jong Il authored this work at a time when such tragedy as the frustration of the socialist cause took place in various Eastern European countries due to the persistent anti-socialist moves of the imperialists and opportunists. Through this he scientifically proved that socialism is sure to triumph and instilled firm conviction of sure victory in socialism into the revolutionary people.
    The work serves as important guidelines to be always held fast to in accomplishing the socialist cause in our times as it clarifies the solidity and invincibility of socialism centred on the masses which puts the people forward as a genuine master of society and makes everything serve them, it says, and goes on:
    The work, among other things, serves as precious guidelines indicating the way of consolidating the ideological foundation of socialism and victoriously advancing the people's cause of independence.
    Kim Jong Il in the work taught that Korean-style socialism was built and has grown stronger, guided by the Juche idea. He scientifically proved that the above-said socialism remains solid and invincible as it makes it possible to protect and fully meet the wishes and interests of the people as required by the Juche idea. The work serves as an ever-lasting banner for remarkably bolstering the driving force of socialism to advance the socialist cause.
    Kim Jong Il in the work teaches that the people are the driving force advancing the socialist society but they can creditably fulfill their role as an independent driving force of the revolution and successfully build socialism only when they are united around the Party and the leader as firm as a rock.
    The singled-minded unity in the DPRK with the headquarters of the revolution at its core provides a sure guarantee for all victories of Songun Korea.

Struggle for Withdrawal of U.S. Forces Declared

     Pyongyang, May 4 (KCNA) -- The south Korean Federation of University Student Councils reportedly released a statement on April 27 to denounce the U.S ambassador in Seoul for his visit to the cemetery of martyrs of the May 18 Resistance in Mangwoldong. It declared a struggle to expel the U.S. ambassador, who has trampled upon the souls of the martyrs of Kwangju and perpetrated economic plunder in the Korean Peninsula, and force the U.S. troops to totally pull out of south Korea. Recalling that the U.S. ambassador visited the cemetery without a notice on April 25, the statement said the visit was intended to lull the anti-U.S. sentiments growing among the south Korean people, not to sincerely honor the memory of the martyrs. Noting that the U.S. ambassador was resorting to every possible means to reduce south Korea to "the second Kwangju of 1980", the statement bitterly denounced his visit to the cemetery.

Edible Pigments Good for Health Made

     Pyongyang, May 4 (KCNA) -- Scientists of the Food and Fermentation Institutes of the Branch Academy of Light Industry Science under the State Academy of Sciences of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have recently made edible pigments beneficial to health. They made edible natural red pigments by treating Beta Vulgaris var. rubra and red rice by the microorganism culture method.
    The edible pigments can be used to give red color to foodstuffs including confectionery, soft drinks, processed meats and peppered bean paste and medicines. And they are harmless and antibiotic in the human body.
    Beta Vulgaris var. rubra is effective for the treatment and prevention of digestive diseases including gastritis.
    Red rice helps digestion in the human body, reduces cholesterol in blood and prevents cancer. And it makes complexion smooth.

Brilliant Tradition of Great National Unity

     Pyongyang, May 4 (KCNA) -- The entire Korean people are making energetic efforts to achieve the reunification of the country through the great national unity under the idea of "By our nation itself". The great national unity is based on the tradition of the Association for the Restoration of Fatherland (ARF).
    President Kim Il Sung conducted the work of establishing the anti-Japanese national united front body which would bring together all Koreans during the anti-Japanese armed struggle. He, therefore, founded the ARF on May 5, Juche 25 (1936) by embodying the idea of the great national unity in a comprehensive way. The formation of the ARF, the first anti-Japanese national united front body in the country, made all the classes and strata put the demand and interest common to the nation above other things and firmly unite them around it under the banner of the "The Ten-point Programme of the Association for the Restoration of the Fatherland", irrespective of the difference in idea, ism, political view, religious faith, property status and social positions. The Korean people fought against the Japanese imperialists with arms in their hands and thus achieved the liberation of the country. After the liberation, the President, basing himself on the rich experience in closely rallying the anti-Japanese patriotic forces around the ARF, put forward the three principles of national reunification, the proposal for founding the Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo and the ten-point programme of the great unity of the whole nation for reunifying the divided country and nation.
    Leader Kim Jong Il has formulated the three principles of national reunification, the proposal for founding the Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo and the ten-point programme of the great unity of the whole nation as the three charters for national reunification and is successfully carrying forward the brilliant tradition of great national unity provided by the President, with the result that a new phase for the reunification of the country has been opened up and successes unprecedented in the north-south relations made in recent years.

Anniversary of Association for Restoration of Fatherland Marked

     Pyongyang, May 4 (KCNA) -- A national meeting to mark the 70th anniversary of the Association for the Restoration of the Fatherland (ARF) was held at the People's Palace of Culture Thursday. Attending the meeting were Kim Yong Nam, Pak Pong Ju, Kim Yong Chun, Ri Yong Mu, Jon Pyong Ho, Yang Hyong Sop, Choe Yong Rim, Kim Kuk Thae, Kim Ki Nam, Kim Jung Rin, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Korean Social Democratic Party Kim Yong Dae, Chairwoman of the Central Committee of the Chondoist Chongu Party Ryu Mi Yong, Cabinet members, officials of the party, armed forces and power organs, public organizations, ministries and national institutions, officers and men of the Korean People's Army, officials in the field of science, education, culture and arts, public health and the press, persons of merit and working people in the city. Choe Thae Bok, alternate member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, in a report delivered there said that the ARF, the first anti-Japanese national united front body in Korea founded by President Kim Il Sung at the historic Donggang meeting on May 5, Juche 25 (1936), was a brilliant embodiment of his Juche-based idea of the national united front and a result of the outstanding leadership he provided for rallying broad masses of all social standings as organized forces for the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle in the idea of national independence and the great national unity. The foundation of the ARF made it possible to closely combine the anti-Japanese national united front movement with the anti-Japanese armed struggle in Korea, rapidly develop it in an organized and systematic way on a nationwide scale and closely rally all anti-Japanese patriotic forces around the President and secure reliable driving revolutionary forces for the liberation of the country, the reporter said, and continued: The noble revolutionary exploits the President performed and the traditions he established by leading the struggle of the Korean people for independence and socialism along the road of a sure victory in reliance upon the united strength of broad patriotic forces have been carried forward by leader Kim Jong Il at a new higher level, recording a brilliant chapter in the proud history of the Korean revolution. Thanks to Kim Jong Il's history of great Songun leadership the unity and cohesion of our revolutionary ranks have been put on a higher stage and its might has grown stronger than ever before and the DPRK has become a country based on the single-minded unity where the headquarters of the revolution and all the servicepersons and people have formed a community linked with the same destiny. The Koreans in the north and the south and abroad have turned out in a nationwide movement to materialize the idea of "By our nation itself," thereby bringing about a new phase of the movement for national reunification as Kim Jong Il took a bold patriotic decision and provided the historic June 15 joint declaration based on the Juche-based view on the nation and wisely led the Koreans to pool their efforts on the principle of national independence to reunify the country.
    Underscoring the need to build a great prosperous powerful socialist nation, reunify the country and win the final victory of the revolutionary cause of Juche through a dynamic struggle under the uplifted banner of Songun, the reporter said: We should uphold and follow Kim Jong Il with transparent idea and faith and the noble sense of comradely obligation and defend him politically and ideologically and at the cost of our lives in any adversity just as the anti-Japanese revolutionary forerunners and ARF members remained intensely loyal to the President in the past. It is necessary to put spurs to the general march for Songun revolution while directing primary efforts to bolstering the People's Army and thus effect a fresh surge on all fronts of building socialism so as to make a leap forward in the drive to reach the eminence of a great prosperous powerful nation and bring about the greatest prosperity under Korean-style socialism. We should conduct a dynamic patriotic movement for national reunification, peace against war and the great national unity under the banner of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration and bring about a turning phase in the movement to accomplish the cause of national reunification without fail, bearing deep in mind the precious historical truth of our revolution that independence and unity serve as a treasured sword for winning a victory in the struggle to carve out the destiny of the nation, he stressed.

Credentials of Italian Ambassador to DPRK Presented

     Pyongyang, May 4 (KCNA) -- Italian Ambassador E.P. to the DPRK Francesco Rausi presented his credentials to Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on Thursday. On hand were Kung Sok Ung, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, and a staff member of the Italian embassy.
    After receiving the credentials the president had a conversation with the ambassador.

Press Conference Held at Russian Embassy

     Pyongyang, May 4 (KCNA) -- A press conference took place at the Russian embassy in Pyongyang on May 4 on the occasion of the 61st anniversary of Russia's victory in the Great Patriotic War. Present there were media persons here. Staff members of the Russian embassy were also on hand.
    Andrei Karlov, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, made a speech there. He pointed to the factors and significance of the victory in the war, recalling that the Soviet army and people dealt a heavy blow at the fascist German aggressors and honorably defended their country by displaying mass heroism, matchless self-sacrificing spirit and patriotism in the war.
    Prior to the press conference, the participants looked round photos showing the struggle of the Soviet army and people against the aggressors and photos on the present life of war veterans and Russian servicepersons.

Indonesian Embassy Officials Help Korean Peasants

     Pyongyang, May 4 (KCNA) -- Charge d'Affaires ad Interim Bambang Irawan K. and staff members of the Indonesian embassy here visited the DPRK-Indonesia Friendship Yaksu Co-op Farm on Thursday to help its peasants in farming. After going round the room dedicated to the introduction of the farm history, the visitors transplanted humus-potted maize seedlings together with farmers. During a break they sang songs of the two countries and talked with the farmers, deepening friendship.
    The charge d'affaires said that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries are growing stronger and wished the farmers greater success in the agricultural production.
    The staff members of the embassy conveyed aid materials to the farm.

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Portavoz de fuerzas navales desmiente nueva version intrigante

    　Pyongyang, 4 de mayo (ATCC) -- Hace unos dias, una "fuente gubernamental" del Sur de Corea entrego a la prensa una absurda "informacion" de que los buques de las fuerzas navales de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea "juran tomar represalias cuando se de una oportunidad" sobre las fuerzas marinas surcoreanas que cumplen la mision de guardia realizando ejercicios de movilidad. Con respecto a tal intrigante rumor difundido por las autoridades militares surcoreanas, un reportero de la Agencia Telegrafica Central de Corea hizo una pregunta al portavoz de la comandancia de las fuerzas navales del Ejercito Popular de Corea, quien le dio el dia 3 la siguiente respuesta:
    Ante todo, denunciamos categoricamente esa desinformacion plagada de hostilidad calificandola de un insulto insoportable y una abierta provocacion contra la RPDC. A fin de prevenir eventuales conflictos en el Mar Oeste, nuestras fuerzas navales, que aprecian el noble ideal de la Declaracion Conjunta Norte-Sur del 15 de Junio, siempre quedaron fieles a los articulos del acuerdo aprobado en las conversaciones N-S a nivel de general y, en particular, realizan esfuerzos cuidadosos por conjurar lamentables sucesos en esta temporada de la "pesca de Portunus trituberculatus". Sin embargo, la capa militar surcoreana circula malintencionadamente esa version de las supuestas "represalias" de alguien exteriorizando asi su siniestra intencion de atentar de alguna manera a la RPDC.
    Nos ponemos mas indignados porque la nueva jugada es identica en su contenido y metodologia a los tejemanejes de los belicistas norteamericanos contra la RPDC. Con ese sucio complot, las autoridades castrenses surcoreanas pusieron a flote la vergonzosa faz de si mismas que emprendieron el camino vendepatria y entreguista a instigacion de los imperialistas gringos en lugar de la senda que indica la Declaracion Conjunta arriba mencionada.
    En fin, valoramos la nueva desinformacion como un preludio que vaticina nuevos conflictos en el mar Oeste.

Rodong Sinmun aboga por mejorar radicalmente las relaciones N-S

    　Pyongyang, 4 de mayo (ATCC) -- Dado que nuestra tierra patria corre el peligro de una guerra nuclear contra la RPDC por las fuerzas foraneas, el Norte y el Sur de Corea deben abandonar audazmente la vieja concepcion de confrontacion y fomentar activamente con medidas practicas las relaciones bilaterales para defender el destino de la nacion y lograr la prosperidad comun. 　Asi senala el diario Rodong Sinmun en un articulo individual insertado en su numero del dia 4 y prosigue:
    　El que el Norte y el Sur reconozcan y respeten la ideologia y el sistema de su contraparte y apliquen medidas practicas para este fin segun el espiritu de la Declaracion Conjunta del 15 de Junio constituye un medio racional para mejorar radicalmente las relaciones bilaterales.
    　Ambas partes viven varios decenios con ideologias y sistemas diferentes. 　En tal circunstancia, seria una valoracion superficial si alguien piensa que los intercambios podran crear la confianza. Uno de los escollos en el desarrollo de relaciones N-S estriba en los diferenciados modos de pensar como productos de ideologias y sistemas diferentes y en los sistemas juridico e institucional originados en ello. Por eso, reconocer la realidad y respetar reciprocamente la ideologia y el sistema de su contraparte devienen mejor receta para el desarrollo de las relaciones N-S. 　Para este fin, el Sur de Corea debe abandonar la concepcion y vicios de la caduca epoca de confrontacion y eliminar los aparatos institucionales anti-reunificacion de toda indole como la "ley de seguridad" que frena la reconciliacion y la unidad de la nacion y enrarece el clima de reunificacion en alianza con el Norte.
    　El reconocimiento y el respeto de la ideologia y el sistema de la contraparte y la reconciliacion basada en ello constituyen el problema mas fundamental y de significado practico para el desarrollo de las relaciones N-S. Resolverlo cuanto antes deviene un deber apremiante para la ejecucion de la Declaracion Conjunta del 15 de Junio y cumplir la causa de reunificacion independiente del pais. De aqui depende el porvenir de las relaciones N-S; se situaran en una etapa del desarrollo radical frustrando el desafio y las maniobras obstructoras de las fuerzas extranjeras o caeran en la crisis de ruptura.
    　Pues tomar medidas practicas para el particular significa una decision valiente para salvar el pais y la nacion. Por lo tanto, las autoridades surcoreanas deben adoptarlas lo mas pronto posible para responder al llamamiento de la epoca y la historia.

Tradicion de la gran unidad nacional se origina en la ARP

    　Pyongyang, 4 de mayo (ATCC) -- Hoy dia, bajo el ideal de "Entre nosotros, los connacionales", toda la nacion coreana despliega con dinamismo la lucha por lograr la reunificacion de la patria mediante la gran unidad nacional que tiene su genesis en las tradiciones de la Asociacion para la Restauracion de la Patria (ARP). El Presidente Kim Il Sung llego a fundarla el 5 de mayo del 25 (1936) de la Era Juche en el curso de su trabajo para constituir durante la lucha armada antijaponesa una organizacion del frente unido nacional antijapones abarcando a todos los integrantes de la nacion coreana.
    Gracias a la fundacion de esta primera entidad del frente unido nacional antijapones, los coreanos de todas las clases y capas pudieron anteponer la demanda y los intereses comunes de la nacion superando las diferencias de ideologias, ideales, criterios politicos, creencias religiosas, cantidades de bienes y posiciones sociales y unidos firmemente bajo la bandera del "Programa de 10 puntos de la ARP", se alzaron con las armas en la lucha antijaponesa, que termino con la liberacion de la patria. Una vez liberada la patria, a base de ricas experiencias de haber aglutinado a todas las fuerzas patrioticas antijaponesas con la fundacion de la ARP, el Presidente presento los tres principios de la reunificacion de la patria, el proyecto de la fundacion de la Republica Federal Democratica de Koryo y el programa de diez puntos para la gran unidad pannacional.
    El Dirigente Kim Jong Il los concreto como Tres Cartas para la Reunificacion de la Patria y da seguimiento a esa tradicion de la gran unidad nacional preparada por el Presidente, gracias a lo cual se dan nuevas coyunturas en el movimiento por la reintegracion territorial del pais y se logran en los ultimos anos exitos nunca vistos en las relaciones Norte-Sur de Corea.