Japan's Participation in Six-Party Talks Would Create Only Instability in Their Work : KCNA

   Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Japan is now becoming so impertinent as to be unusually fretful over the issue of the DPRK's implementation of the February 13 agreement.
    This is evidenced by a string of outbursts let loose by high-ranking politicians including Prime Minister Abe. They blustered that "north Korea should conduct prompt specific actions to implement the steps to be taken at the preliminary phase," "in case it does not honor the agreement, the international community should take strict measures", "Japan would closely follow deeds, not words, as regards the implementation of the Feb. 13 agreement" and "it would strongly push for progress in the efforts to settle the 'abduction issue'".
    This is a clear indication that Japan is swimming against the trend of the times, not knowing where it stands. This imprudent behavior of Japan is only inviting the derision of the international community.
    As a matter of fact, Japan is not in a position to say anything to others over such sensitive issues as the Korean issue.
    Japan's self-righteous and narrow-minded approach towards issues related to its foreign policy has caused a lot of troubles to the countries concerned. It is also despised by the international community for disturbing the work at the six-party talks.
    Japan has done nothing but insisting on its far-fetched assertions to incur the displeasure of the countries concerned and lay hurdles in the way of any work presumed to be successful. In the past, too, Japan was so preposterous as to raise the "abduction issue", putting a brake on the implementation of the September 19 joint statement and the Feb. 13 agreement and deliberately creating difficulties in the way of the talks.
    There took place the talks between the working delegations for the normalization of DPRK-Japan relations according to the Feb. 13 agreement but the irresponsible and unreasonable attitude of Japan brought them to a rupture from the very outset.
    Japan's behavior is vitiating the atmosphere of dialogue at a time when the issue of holding talks among heads of the delegations to the six-party talks and a meeting of the foreign ministers of the participating countries is high on agenda. Such behavior of Japan can not be construed otherwise than part of the premeditated obstructions on the part of Japan, which is not pleased to see the success of the talks.
    The right-wing conservative forces of Japan are using the six-party talks as leverage to win their political clout in the run-up to the election to the House of Councilors.
    Japan has refused to fulfil its commitment called for by the Feb. 13 agreement as it does not wish to see any progress at the talks. Japan's participation in the six-party talks is, therefore, cannot but be a factor of creating instability in their work in every sense.


Chinese FM Winds Up His Visit to DPRK

   Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his party left here on July 4 after wrapping up their visit to the DPRK.
    During their stay here they visited Mangyongdae.


Kim Il Sung Remembered in Czech Republic

   Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- A seminar and a meeting were held in Kromeriz City and a remembrance meeting in Jicin County in the Czech Republic on June 23 and 25 on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of demise of President Kim Il Sung.
    Present at the functions were figures of the Czech, Moravian, Silesian Trade Unions' Association, the Kromeriz City Committee and the Jicin County Committee of the Communist Party of Czech and Moravia and the Paektusan Czech-Korean Friendship Association and masses.
    Speeches were made there.
    The executive secretary of the Central Committee of the association gave a detailed account of the fact that Kim Il Sung fathered the Juche idea and honorably defended the independence of the country and the sovereignty of the nation by defeating the U.S. and Japanese imperialists, the two formidable enemies, built a socialist power independent in politics, self-supporting in economy and self-reliant in national defence on the land of Korea and devoted his all to the reunification of the country to the last moments of his great life.
    The chairman of the Jicin County Committee of the party referred to the undying feats of the President performed for the Korean revolution and the human cause of independence.
    The revolutionary cause started by Kim Il Sung has been successfully carried forward by Kim Jong Il, the supreme leader of the Korean people, he noted, adding that Korea would be sure to be reunified as one under the leadership of Kim Jong Il and Korean-style socialism would steadily advance along its orbit.


Information Bulletin Issued in Mexico

   Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- The Mexican Committee for the Study of Kimilsungism issued information bulletin No. 3.
    The bulletin carried the photograph of smiling President Kim Il Sung and an article praising his revolutionary history.
    Noting that 13 years have passed since the demise of the President, the bulletin said that his whole life was a brilliant one of the prominent thinker and theoretician, extraordinary strategist and great statesman.
    The history of the President serves as strong roots and an eternal cornerstone guaranteeing the shining victory of the cause of independence, the bulletin noted, adding that he founded the Juche idea, carved out the destiny of the country and the nation and wisely led the struggle for accomplishing the human cause of independence and the socialist construction to victory.
    The bulletin stressed that the history of the President would shine more brightly as the eternal treasure of socialist Korea and the human cause of independence thanks to Kim Jong Il.


Implementation of June 15 Joint Declaration Called for

   Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front issued a statement on July 3 on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the July 4 joint statement, according to the Internet site Kuguk Jonson.
    The statement noted that the publication of the July 4 joint statement the keynote of which are independence, peaceful reunification and great national unity provided all the Koreans with a reunification programme common to the nation which should be consistently held fast to in the efforts to accomplish the cause of reunification and the reunification movement of the Korean nation greeted a new turning phase in which it has advanced thanks to the concerted efforts of the Koreans, rejecting foreign domination and interference.
    Thanks to the three principles of national reunification laid down by President Kim Il Sung the Korean nation could have waged a dynamic struggle for the country's reunification along the road of independence despite the ceaseless challenges and obstructions of the anti-reunification forces at home and abroad, the statement noted. It went on:
    Kim Jong Il formulated the three principles of national reunification, the 10-point programme of the great unity of the whole nation and the proposal for founding the Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo put forward by the President as the three charters for national reunification, providing all the Koreans with an ever-victorious banner, and provided the historic Pyongyang meeting and the June 15 joint declaration with his far-sighted wisdom and patriotic bold decision, bringing the stirring era of "By our nation itself" to this land.
    The June 15 joint declaration, a milestone for reunification in the 21st century, is the precious fruition of the firm will of Kim Jong Il to achieve reunification and his wise leadership as he has determinedly defended and glorified the President's idea of national reunification and exploits performed by him and the brilliant embodiment of the three principles of national reunification.
    To thoroughly implement the June 15 joint declaration is the way of bringing earlier the country's reunification in accordance with the will of the Korean nation and its interests on the basis of the three principles of national reunification.


Sports Contest for Pochonbo Torch Cup Closed

   Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- The Sports Contest for Pochonbo Torch Cup, which was opened on June 4 on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the victory in the historic Pochonbo battle commanded by President Kim Il Sung, came to an end.
    Its participants competed in at least 10 events including football, swimming, archery, wrestling in Pyongyang, Hyesan, Phyongsong, Wonsan and other parts of the country. Its closing ceremony was held at the Weightlifting Gymnasium in Chongchun Street on July 3.
    It was attended by Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Jung Rin, officials concerned and sportspersons.
    Cups and gold medals went to the men players of the Kigwancha Sports Group and the women players of the Rimyongsu Sports Group who placed first in football matches.
    Mun Jae Dok, chairman of the Physical Culture and Sports Guidance Commission, made a closing address at the ceremony.


Dismantlement of "UN Command" Demanded

   Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- The south Korean Youth and Students Solidarity for Implementing the June 15 South-North Joint Declaration reportedly waged a struggle in demand of the dismantlement of the "UN Command" in Seoul on July 1.
    Noting that 50 years have passed since the United States brought the "UN Command" in south Korea, the organization said that there is no reason for the aggressive military body to remain on this land and it should be immediately dismantled.
    The organization demanded the U.S. stop the moves to reinforce the "UN Command" and withdraw its forces from south Korea.


Rodong Sinmun Slams U.S. Arms Build-up behind Scene of Dialogue

   Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Recently the U.S. was reported to have introduced F-16s and hundreds of air force personnel into south Korea from its airbase in Aviano, Italy under the pretext of "contributing to the stability in the Asia-Pacific."
    Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary observes that the above-mentioned military moves are a clear indication of the U.S. sinister intention to further step up its preparations for a new war behind the scene of dialogue.
    The U.S. reckless military actions make the DPRK skeptical about whether the U.S. is truly willing to seek a negotiated settlement of the nuclear issue and improve the DPRK-U.S. relations.
    The U.S. administration clarified more than once that it would not invade the DPRK by force of arms, while talking about the resumption of the six-way talks.
    If this is true, the U.S. should stop the military actions threatening the DPRK.
    What the U.S. is now going, however, suggests that it is persistently pursuing an aim to bring down the DPRK by force of arms.
    The above-said U.S. moves go to prove that it is not standing for dialogue but for war and its call for dialogue is not to seek any solution but just to gain time to round up the war preparations.


Vigorous Struggle for Independent Reunification Called for

   Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- We will as ever make all possible efforts to bring earlier the glorious day when a reunified great prosperous powerful Korea has been built by the concerted efforts of the Korean nation under the banner of the June 15 joint declaration, remaining true to the great Songun politics. A spokesman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland said this in a statement released on July 3 to mark the 35th publication anniversary of the July 4 joint statement.
    The three principles of national reunification--independence, peaceful reunification and great national unity--clarified in the July 4 joint statement take the highest and most brilliant position in the exploits performed by President Kim Il Sung in leading the cause of national reunification, the statement said, and continued:
    With the publication of the joint statement, the Koreans came to have a common milestone whereby to join their hands in the way of national reconciliation, unity and reunification and actively turn out in the nationwide movement for reunification.
    The President's last instructions for national reunification have been successfully put into practice by Kim Jong Il.
    Kim Jong Il provided the historic Pyongyang summit and the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration in June 2000, 55 years after the division of the nation, thus opening up a new era of independent reunification. It is a great event of epoch-making significance in the Korean nation's history of reunification movement.
    The June 15 joint declaration, the core of which is the idea of "By our nation itself", is a declaration of independence, peaceful reunification and great national unity fully reflecting the three principles of national reunification set forth by the President, and it is the milestone for national reunification in the new century.
    All Koreans should positively defend and support the historic June 15 joint declaration, a charter for national reconciliation and unity and a great platform for independent reunification, and more vigorously turn out in the struggle to implement it to the letter. The entire Korean nation, including the authorities, political parties, organizations and people from all walks of life in the north and the south of Korea, should fulfill its mission and responsibility to meet the sacred call of the times.
    The great Songun politics serves as the lifeline for shaping out the destiny of the Korean nation and as a treasured sword for national reunification. The independent reunification, peace and prosperity of the country are guaranteed by the great Songun politics.
    All Koreans should more actively support and uphold the great Songun politics, pride and glory of the nation, whose validity and vitality have been clearly proven in practice. We express the belief and expectation that our fellow countrymen in the south and overseas will turn out in the sacred struggle to bravely smash the moves of outside forces and their followers against the June 15 joint declaration and reunification, fully display the spirit of the July 4 joint statement and glorify the June 15 era of independent reunification.


Japanese Defence Minister's Ballyhoo Blasted

   Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Japanese Defence Minister Kyuma in a recent lecture in Okinawa Prefecture blustered that the Missile Defence System (MD) was indispensable to curb nuclear-tipped missile attacks from north Korea and terrorists.
    Commenting on this, Minju Joson Wednesday says Japan is putting up the ridiculous pretext of "coping with the nuclear missile threat from north Korea" to build a military giant and seize at any cost the position of the "leader" in Asia by zealously participating and cooperating in the U.S. MD.
    The analyst goes on:
    The Japanese reactionaries are raising terrific outcries, distorting and misinforming the steps taken by the DPRK to defend its security as something posing a military threat to them. Lurking behind this is their intention to tarnish the image of the DPRK on the international scene and realize their hideous scheme which they pursue through their hostile policy toward it. Their another aim is to invent a pretext to turn Japan into a military power and lay military foundations for militarist overseas expansion by slinging mud at the DPRK.
    Japan is now showing the sign of inveigling even civilian companies into the MD development. Now Japan is getting fidgety over this issue. It is not because Japan is exposed to an immediate threat of someone's ballistic missile.
    What Japan is now seeking is something bigger. It wants to overwhelm its rivals and grab the position of the "leader" and dominator of Asia at an early date.
    Malicious is the intention of the Japanese reactionaries who, while harboring such sinister design, are turning their full vocabulary on the DPRK.


Rodong Sinmun on Revolutionary Morality and Sense of Obligation

   Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il is a peerlessly great man possessed of the morality and sense of obligation at the noblest height as a leader of the revolution, says Rodong Sinmun Wednesday in a signed article.
    Recalling that the loftiness of his revolutionary morality and sense of obligation has been fully manifested in the course of the last one decade or more in which he has carried forward the idea and cause of President Kim Il Sung on an overall scale, the author of the article continues:
    Kim Jong Il is the great leader enjoying deepest respect and trust of the Korean people and the progressives as he has successfully carried forward the idea and the cause of the leader on the highest level in a unique way in history.
    He is the first in history to accomplish with credit the cause of perpetuating the memory of the President and give a steady continuity to the glorious revolutionary history of the President. Herein lie the greatness of the revolutionary morality and sense of obligation possessed by Kim Jong Il which no other leader can match and the most brilliant feasts ever known.
    The loftiness of such revolutionary morality and sense of obligation of Kim Jong Il in successfully accomplishing the cause of the eternity of the President finds manifestation in that he saw to it that the President lies in state and instilled into the hearts of the people the invariable faith that the President is always with them and in that he staunchly defends and glorifies the revolutionary idea and exploits of the President endlessly.
    It is also found in the fact that Kim Jong Il is orienting everything to the realization of the plan and desire of the President, remaining true to his behests.
    The history of the Songun revolution advancing with Kim Jong Il at the head of the Party, the army and the state will in the future, too, be decorated as a history of the purest and ardent revolutionary morality and sense of obligation to the leader.


Weightlifter Jang Song Wol

   Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Jang Song Wol, weightlifter of the Amrokgang Sports Group of the DPRK, broke the old national record in snatch at the weightlifting contest of the National Sports Festival held in commemoration of the Day of the Sun (birthday of President Kim Il Sung) this year. This was her fourth time renewal of the record.
    She established her first record at the 4th Asian Juvenile Weightlifting Championships held in Thailand in 2002.
    At the 63kg category, she lifted five kilograms in snatch and jerk respectively and 10 kilograms in total more than the previous records.
    She was selected as the best weightlifter among Asian juvenile players for the year of 2002 at the meeting of the Asian Weightlifting Federation held at the end of the year.
    Since then, she has stepped up the training, thus renewing her records continuously.
    She made her second record in snatch of the weightlifting contest at the 2004 DPRK Championships.
    Her third record was set at the Sports Contest for Mangyongdae Cup held in April next year. She lifted 2.5 kilograms in snatch and total respectively more than the previous ones.


Ryonmot Restaurant

   Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- The Ryonmot (lotus pond) Restaurant at the foot of Mt. Jang has been recently reconstructed. Now it is crowded every day.
    Its predecessor was the Janggyong Restaurant. The restaurant, once a small one, has changed its looks completely to be a public catering center. It tells about the warm love shown by Kim Jong Il for the people.
    Over 40 years ago, he took part in the project for expanding the road between Wasan-dong and Ryongsong along with students of Kim Il Sung University. The project was launched according to the plan of President Kim Il Sung for the capital construction.
    One day in May, he called at the Janggyong Restaurant which was common in the city at that time. He said with apprehensions that the door-sill of the restaurant was too high.
    The manager was deeply moved by his kind words. In fact, the employees of the restaurant and many customers went in and out through the door since its opening but they did not feel that.
    He praised its cooks, saying that the restaurant was a good hand at cookery as he had heard. The delicious dishes depend on the raw materials but should be associated with the sincerity and skill of the cook.
    After looking round the restaurant building, he told the manager that some time ago the President had instructed officials to build a big restaurant of Korean-style in Janggyong-dong after the completion of the project for expanding the Wasan-dong-Ryongsong road. A big restaurant specializing in Chinese dishes should be built at the foot of Mt. Jang to serve delicious food to the citizens, he added.
    Several days after that, he visited the restaurant again to give some instructions that would serve as guidelines in the public catering service.
    He saw to it that a splendid restaurant was constructed at the foot of Mt. Jang as the President wished, and named it Ryonmot Restaurant.
    The restaurant has been widely known for its Chinese dishes.
    Kim Song Ok, manager of the restaurant, told KCNA that all the officials and employees would make every possible effort to improve their service and the quality of dishes.


Three Principles of National Reunification

   Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Thirty-five years have passed since the publication of the July 4 joint statement the keynote of which is the three principles of national reunification--independence, peaceful reunification and great national unity.
    With a deep penetration into the internal and external situation in the early 1970s, President Kim Il Sung set forth a new and broad north-south negotiation policy that the DPRK was ready to contact with all the political parties, social organizations and individual figures of south Korea any time. It was an epoch-making measure to accelerate the independent and peaceful reunification of the country.
    The President clarified the three principles of national reunification, the cornerstone for the solution of the reunification issue, conversing with the representatives of the south side on a visit to Pyongyang, and had put his heart and soul in the efforts for its realization.
    As the first step to materialize the three principles of national reunification, he proposed for the north and the south to make public the joint statement with the principles as its main content, and elaborated the system and articles of the statement.
    True to the intention of the President, Kim Jong Il energetically led the efforts to make the joint statement thoroughly embody the three principles and become the reunification programme common to the nation for achieving the independent reunification in accordance with the will and demand of the nation.
    As a result, the north and the south issued the historic joint statement on July 4, Juche 61 (1972).
    The joint statement enabled the entire Korean people to push ahead with the reunification movement more vigorously with a common milestone to take hands with each other on the road of national reconciliation, unity and reunification.
    The internal forces of reunification have strengthened and prevailed over the separatist forces over the last years though the foreign forces have intensified the anti-reunification challenge. It is entirely thanks to the efforts of Kim Jong Il who has invariably implemented the three principles as the weapon for sure victory.
    Today the Korean people are recording a new chapter of history in which they are striving to achieve the reconciliation and reunification by our nation itself under the banner of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration.
    The joint declaration, the milestone for national reunification in the new century, is the banner of the independent reunification era. This reality fully demonstrates the tremendous vitality of the three principles.


Greetings to Venezuelan President

   Pyongyang, July 4 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, sent a message of greetings to Hugo Chavez Frias, president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, on July 3 on the occasion of the independence day of Venezuela.
    The message reaffirmed the DPRK's steadfast support and solidarity to the efforts of the president and people of Venezuela to defend the dignity and sovereignty of the country and build a society in which the idea of the Bolivarian revolution is applied.
    Expressing belief that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries will grow stronger in the accomplishment of the common cause for independence against imperialism, the message sincerely wished the Venezuelan president greater success in his responsible work.


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CRPP se compromete a edificar una potencia reunificada

   Pyongyang, 4 de julio (ATCC) -- Al igual que en el pasado, en lo adelante tambien seguiremos haciendo todo lo posible por adelantar ese glorioso dia de la llegada de la gran potencia prospera reunificada aunando las fuerzas entre los coterraneos en pleno acato a la magna politica de Songun (priorizacion militar) y bajo la bandera de la Declaracion Conjunta Norte-Sur del 15 de Junio.
    Comienza asi una declaracion publicada la vispera por un portavoz del Comite por la Reunificacion Pacifica de la Patria (CRPP) en homenaje al 35 aniversario de la aprobacion de la Declaracion Conjunta del 4 de Julio entre ambas partes coreanas.
    Los tres principios para la reunificacion de la patria planteados en ese documento, o sea, la independencia, la reunificacion pacifica y la gran unidad nacional resultan la hazana mas grande y brillante lograda por el Presidente Kim Il Sung al dirigir esta causa, recuerda la nota y prosigue:
    La publicacion de esa declaracion dio a la nacion coreana un jalon comun que le permitiera alcanzar la reconciliacion y la unidad entre si y desplegar juntos el movimiento pannacional por la reintegracion territorial.
    El legado del Presidente en esta materia se materializa magnificamente hoy por el Dirigente Kim Jong Il.
    En junio de 2000, cuando faltaban unos meses para el inicio del nuevo siglo, el Dirigente preparo por primera vez en la historia de 55 anos de division nacional ese historico encuentro de Pyongyang entre los maximos dirigentes del Norte y el Sur de Corea y facilito la aprobacion de la Declaracion Conjunta N-S del 15 de Junio dando inicio a la nueva era de reunificacion independiente, lo cual deviene un suceso de trascendental importancia en la historia del movimiento nacional por la reunificacion.
    Este documento fundamentado en el ideal de "entre nosotros, los connacionales" constituye el manifiesto de independencia, reunificacion pacifica y gran unidad nacional y la hoja de ruta de reunificacion de la patria en el nuevo siglo, que encarnan plenamente los referidos tres principios del Presidente.
    Toda la nacion coreana debe defender y apoyar activamente ese documento historico, que resulta la carta de reconciliacion y unidad nacionales y el gran programa de reunificacion independiente, y luchar con mas fuerza por mantenerlo con firmeza y ejecutarlo consecuentemente.
    Toda la nacion coreana, incluso las autoridades, partidos politicos, entidades y habitantes de diferentes sectores de ambas partes, debe cumplir con su mision y responsabilidad como lo llama esta sagrada epoca.
    La grandiosa politica de Songun constituye la linea vital en la forja del destino nacional y el medio omnipotente para la reunificacion de la patria, porque garantiza la reintegracion independiente, la paz y la prosperidad.
    Toda la nacion coreana debe respaldar y apoyar con mas dinamismo este modo politico, orgullo y gloria de la nacion coreana, cuya justeza y vitalidad fueron probadas patentemente en la realidad.
    Aprovechando esta ocasion, expresamos nuestra seguridad y esperanza de que todos los coterraneos del Sur de Corea y en ultramar se alzaran activamente en la sagrada lucha por materializar el fundamento de la Declaracion Conjunta del 4 de Julio y glorificar la epoca de reunificacion independiente del 15 de Junio frustrando valientemente las maniobras de las fuerzas extranjeras y sus satelites en contra del 15 de Junio y la reunificacion.


Rodong Sinmun alerta preparativos belicos de EE.UU.

   Pyongyang, 4 de julio (ATCC) -- Segun trascendidos, Estados Unidos traslado recientemente de su base aerea en Aviano, Italia, al Sur de Corea los cazas "F-16" y a centenares de efectivos de sus fuerzas aereas pretextando "hacer contribucion a la estabilidad regional de Asia y el Pacifico".
    Tales movimientos militares de EE.UU. revelan su maligna intencion de acicatear los preparativos para una nueva guerra detras de la cortina del dialogo.
    Alerta el diario Rodong Sinmun en un comentario individual difundido este miercoles y prosigue:
    Las imprudentes acciones militares de EE.UU. hacen dudar de su voluntad de solucionar el problema nuclear por via negociada y de mejorar las relaciones con la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea.
    La administracion estadounidense ratifico en reiteradas ocasiones su posicion de no incurrir en la agresion armada a Corea, al hablar de la "reanudacion de la cita a 6 bandas". Si esto es verdad, debera parar sobre todo sus acciones militares que amenazan a la RPDC.
    @Pero, la conducta de EE.UU. muestra que sigue invariable su intencion de atacar a la RPDC con las fuerzas armadas.
    Tal proceder del imperio evidencia que el persigue la guerra en vez de negociaciones y que aboga por el "dialogo" para ganar el tiempo necesario a la perfeccion de sus preparativos belicos, lejos de solucionar el problema.


Minju Joson denuncia al ministro de defensa de Japon

   Pyongyang, 4 de julio (ATCC) -- Recientemente, en una conferencia ofrecida en el departamento de Okinawa, el ministro de defensa de Japon, Kyuma hablo de que "para impedir el ataque de misil nuclear por el Norte de Corea y los terroristas es imprescindible el sistema antimisiles."
    El pais isleno, al brindar activa cooperacion a EE.UU. en el establecimiento del sistema antimisiles, se propone realizar la potencia militar y ocupar a toda costa la posicion de "amo" de esta region. Por eso, esgrime el pretexto de "hacer frente a la amenaza de misil nuclear del Norte de Corea".
    Asi senala el periodico Minju Joson en un comentario individual de este miercoles y continua:
    Los reaccionarios japoneses arman bulla al calificar de las medidas de amenaza militar a si mismos las de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea tomadas para defenderse. Lo hacen para realizar su malsano proposito que persiguen mediante la politica de hostilidad a la RPDC denigrando la imagen de esta en el plano internacional, por una parte y por la otra, preparar un pretexto para llevar a cabo la potencia militar y asentar la base militar necesaria para la expansion militarista a ultramar acusando a la RPDC.
    En estos momentos Japon muestra la intencion de incorporar a las companias civiles al desarrollo del sistema antimisiles.
    Esto demuestra que Japon se apresura en el establecimiento de tal sistema no por la inminente amenaza de misil balistico de alguien.
    El pais isleno persigue otro objetivo mas grande de aventajarse a sus rivales y ocupar la posicion dominante de "amo" de Asia.
    Son viles los reaccionarios japoneses que con tal malsano proposito acusan a la RPDC.


Clausurada Competencia Deportiva por "Premio de Antorcha Pochombo"

   Pyongyang, 4 de julio (ATCC) -- Quedo clausurada la Competencia Deportiva por el "Premio de Antorcha Pochombo", inaugurada el 4 de junio en homenaje al 70o aniversario de la victoria en la historica batalla de Pochombo organizada por el Presidente Kim Il Sung.
    @En el marco del festival deportivo se entablaron en Pyongyang, Hyesan, Phyongsong, Wonsan y otros lugares los partidos de mas de 10 disciplinas como futbol, natacion, tiro al arco y lucha.
    @En la ceremonia de clausura, que tuvo lugar la vispera en el Centro de Levantamiento de Pesas en el Reparto Chongchun, participaron el secretario del Comite Central del Partido del Trabajo de Corea, Kim Jung Rin, y otros funcionarios asi como deportistas.
    @En la ocasion, los futbolistas del Equipo Deportivo Kigwancha y las muchachas del Rimyongsu, que ocuparon primeros lugares en el futbol de sus respectivos sexos, fueron condecorados con copas y medallas de oro.
    El presidente del Comite de Direccion de Deportes de Corea, Mun Jae Dok, pronuncio un discurso de clausura.