Rumor about "Secret Nuclear Cooperation" between DPRK and Syria Dismissed
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry gave the following answer to a question put by KCNA today as regards the rumor about "secret nuclear cooperation" between the DPRK and Syria spread by some media of the United States:
Recently, the New York Times and some other media of the United States spread the rumor about the DPRK's secret nuclear cooperation with Syria. This is sheer misinformation.
The DPRK solemnly declared in October 2006 that, being a responsible nuclear weapons state, it would never allow nuclear transfer, and has stood by its words.
The DPRK never makes an empty talk but always tells truth.
The above-said story is nothing but a clumsy plot hatched by the dishonest forces who do not like to see any progress at the six-party talks and in the DPRK-U.S. relations.
Delegation of DPRK Foreign Ministry Leaves for China
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the DPRK Foreign Ministry headed by its Vice-Minister Kim Yong Il left here today to visit China.
Kim Yong Nam Receives Credentials from Indian Ambassador
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, received credentials from Zile Singh, Indian ambassador e.p. to the DPRK, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today.
On hand were Kung Sok Ung, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, and others and staff members of the Indian embassy here.
After receiving the credentials, Kim Yong Nam conversed with the new Indian ambassador.
Greetings to PM of St. Kitts and Nevis
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Il, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, sent a message of greetings to Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of its independence.
In the belief that the bilateral friendly ties would grow stronger, the message wished the prime minister greater success in his work for the prosperity of the country and the well-being of the people.
Art Performance of Workers
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- A performance of art circle members of the Hungnam Fertilizer Complex is going on at the People's Palace of Culture here everyday, starting on last Saturday.
The art circle members gave this art performance full of faith and optimism of the working class in the Songun era to please Kim Jong Il when he visited the complex.
The performance was enjoyed by officials of ministries and national institutions, creators and artistes in the field of culture and arts and working people in the city.
Put on the stage of performance, which began with "Glory to General", a paean the workers in Hungnam present to Kim Jong Il, were such numbers as chorus "Blue Sky over My Country", female solo "Our Yearning for the President", singing with drums "General on a Galloping White Horse" and comic story "Voice of Hungnam".
The performers well represented their unshakable faith and will to share the idea and breathe the same breath with Kim Jong Il and become vanguard and shock brigade in the onward movement for building a socialist economic power along with the march of history which echoed in Hungnam during the period of building a new country.
Amnokgang Sports Group
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- The Amnokgang Sports Group was organized with the sportspersons who pariticpated in the First World Festival of Youth and Students as the main on September 19, Juche 36 (1947) as first one of its kind in the Democratic People's Repulic of Korea. It has grown up as a powerful sports group of the country.
Head of the sports group Hong Sok Yong met with KCNA on the occasion of its 60th birthday.
He said: Athletes of the Amnokgang Sports Group has won over 8,300 gold medals and over 7,000 silver medals at DPRK championships, world championships, Olympic games and many other national and international games over the past decades. They have set new Olympic and world records on scores of occasions.
An athlete of the sports group Sin Kum Dan established two new world records at the First Games of the New-emerging Forces. And she renewed world records eleven times in various international athletic contests, thus earning the fame as "world athlectic queen." A marathoner Jong Song Ok won the gold medal at the 7th World Athletic Championship to become "marathon queen."
Many players have enhanced the prestige of the country at international games. Among them are boxer Ku Yong Jo who KOed the U.S. opponent to bag the gold medal at the 21st Olympic Games and create the "model of modern boxing," wrestler Kim Il, twice gold medallist at the 25th and 26th summer Olympic Games and wrestler Ri Hak Son, Olympic gold medallist.
In particular, Hong Myong Gum, O Kum Hui, Ri Un Hyang and other players were active as the main force of the DPRK women's football teams which proved successful at the Asian Women's Football Championship and the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in the new century. Weight-lifter Ri Song Hui held the World Women's Weight Lifting Championship. They also practiced themselves at the group.
The sports group has produced seven DPRK Heroes and Labour Heroes, some 80 People's Athletes and Merited Athletes and several hundreds of sports masters.
The Amnokgang Sports Group will, in the future, too, do everything it can for achieving successes at the DPRK championships and the international games.
Undok Health Complex in Jonchon
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- The newly built Undok Health Complex in Jonchon County, Jagang Province is crowded with many customers.
The county drew a distinctive design and concentrated forces on its construction project, thus building the health complex to suit the demand of the Songun era in a short span of time.
The complex which was opened early in the year covers 3,500 square meters. It has bathroom, sauna room, barbershop, beauty parlor, swimming-pool, table-tennis room, restaurant and the other welfare facilities.
Swimming matches can be held in the pool with courses and diving tower even in winter.
The pool is visited by a lot of working people and school youth and children these days.
After bath and swimming, they enjoy local special food at the restaurant with a pride of having built the complex with their own efforts.
New Book Off Press
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- The Pyongyang Publishing House has recently brought out the book "Sacred Marks for Attaining Great National Unity".
The book consists of Preface, 1.The Great Juche Idea and Great National Unity, 2. Essence and Basis, Principle and Way for Great National Unity, 3.The History of Great National Unity, 4. The June 15 Era, Brilliant Embodiment of Great National Unity and Epilogue.
It introduces in detail that President Kim Il Sung not only laid down the idea of great national unity to solve the complex and difficult theoretical and practical problems arising in its realization but also wisely led the struggle for the great national unity and thus performed immortal exploits which will shine in the national history forever.
It also introduces in depth the wise leadership and feats of Kim Jong Il who opened up the June 15 reunification era and leads the cause of the great national unity to a brilliant accomplishment for realizing the President's instructions for national reunification.
Rodong Sinmun Debunks Doctrine of "Maritime Defense Line"
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- The doctrine of securing "a maritime defense line" advocated by Abe is essentially aimed at forming a new military bloc of Asian version and, for this purpose, he talked about the establishment of "Asian" partnership, says Rodong Sinmun in an article Tuesday.
The author of the article further says:
Hidden behind this doctrine is the heinous intention of the Japanese reactionaries to gratify their ambition of reinvasion by grabbing the control on marine routes first of all.
Without air and marine routes, the Japanese "Self-Defense Forces" cannot take even a single step outside Japan nor can they launch any military operation against other countries.
While touring Asian countries, Abe sought to create favorable conditions for seizing the control of marine routes, the key to the realization of the reinvasion design, under the pretext of securing "a maritime defense line".
The Japanese reactionaries are craftily trying to grab the control on the region facing the Pacific and Indian Oceans which is of military and strategic importance on the plea of combating "terrorism on the sea" and "ensuring the safe sailing of ships".
Lurking behind Abe's doctrine is the sinister scheme of Japan to stage a large-scale military operation single-handed in disregard of the present constitution banning a war.
The main point in realizing Japanese militarists' reinvasion design may be said to be a naval operation beginning with the massive move and deployment of armed forces through the sea. To this end, Abe spun out the sugar-coated mishmash during his recent Asian junket that Japan would boost economic "aid" and "investment" in Asian countries and endeavor to achieve "co-prosperity". In this way, Japan is seeking to lull the alert of the countries in the region and lay a foothold for launching an aggressive military operation by sending the "SDF" to the sea of the region.
This is why Japan has gone on a rampage by zealously taking part in multi-national joint military drills staged in the Pacific in recent years.
Hidden behind Abe's doctrine of securing "a maritime defense line" is Japan's Machiavellian intention to get harsher in economic domination and plunder in Asian countries.
The Japanese reactionaries think that Japan would be able to gratify its ambition of economic domination over the Asian countries, not to speak of securing a sphere of naval operation for the "SDF", only if Japan seized the control of the vast sea linking the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Herein lies the purpose sought by Abe when he advocated establishment of "Asian" partnership for securing "a maritime defense line" during his Asian junket.
All Koreans Called upon to Struggle for National Independence
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- To stand for national independence or dependence on outside forces is a touchstone that distinguishes reunification from division and patriotism from treachery.
Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article.
It is senseless to talk about national independence, while pursuing flunkeyism and dependence on outside forces, the article notes, and goes on:
Dependence on outside forces is as foolish an act as putting a noose of destruction around one's neck by oneself. If one hesitates to take the road of national independence and cooperation, failing to face up to the reality in which the spirit of "By our nation itself" has become a trend of the times, one will commit such a shameful criminal act as disturbing the peace of the country and security of the nation and blocking the cause of national reunification, thereby leaving an indelible blot in history.
It is stipulated in the historic June 15 joint declaration that the north and the south agreed to independently settle the issue of national reunification by the concerted efforts of the Korean nation. It means that the north and the south made a promise before the whole nation to fully introduce national independence in settling the issue of reunification on the basis of their recognition that national independence is the great principle for national reunification.
National independence is the most just principle for national reunification.
The issue of Korea's reunification is, in its essence, the one of putting an end to the outside forces' domination over south Korea and interference in it and establishing the national sovereignty throughout Korea. The independent character of the cause of national reunification requires the whole nation to firmly maintain the principle and stand of national independence in the movement for reunification with the transparent consciousness of independence.
National independence helps reject outside forces' aggression and interference and guarantees the peace and the victorious progress of the cause of reunification, while flunkeyism and dependence on outside forces only do harm to the movement for national reunification and bring the destiny of the nation to ruin. Dependence on outside forces would bring nothing but continued division and war disasters. The principle of national independence that calls for solving all issues by the concerted efforts of the Koreans, rejecting outside aggressor forces' domination and interference against reunification is the main principle of national reunification which they should neither abandon nor soften up under any circumstances.
DPRK's Birthday Celebrated in Different Countries
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- Seminars and photo exhibitions were held in Russia, Cambodia and Bangladesh from September 5 to 7 on the occasion of the 59th anniversary of the DPRK.
On display at the venues of the functions were photos showing the immortal feats of the peerlessly great persons.
Dmitri Kostenko, chairman of the Russian Youth Association for the Study of the Juche Idea, said in a report at a seminar that the cause of socialism is ensured by the Songun politics of Kim Jong Il who is carrying forward the idea and cause of President Kim Il Sung.
Kong Sam Ol, deputy prime minister in charge of the Royal Palace of Cambodia, said at a seminar that the DPRK founded by the President is winning victory after victory under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il.
M. Jahangir Khan, chairman of the Bangladesh Group for the Study of the Songun Policy, said at a seminar that the Songun politics of the DPRK is a peculiar mode of politics the developing countries, including Bangladesh, should learn at present.
He expressed the belief that the Korean people would achieve greater successes in the cause of national reunification and the building of a great prosperous powerful nation under the Songun policy of Kim Jong Il.
A message of greetings to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the seminar in Russia.
Suppression of Labor Movement Rapped in S. Korea
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- The South Headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification reportedly released a statement on September 12 denouncing the "government" and the security authorities for suppressing the labor movement.
The statement accused the management side and policemen of indiscriminately assaulting women part-time workers who staged an action in defence of their right to live on September 9.
Violence has gone beyond the tolerance limit as evidenced by the police's assault and arrest of unionists including Chairman of the south Korean Confederation of Trade Unions Ri Sok Haeng on Sept. 12, the statement noted, and continued: The South Headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification bitterly condemns the "government" and the security authorities for their brutal crackdown.
The statement called upon the workers to be responsible for their own destiny and stand up against the authorities' suppression.
The statement appealed to the workers, farmers and the poor and others to firmly unite under the slogan of struggling against part-time jobs, neo-liberalism and the U.S.
Repeal of NSL Demanded in S. Korea
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- Civic and public organizations including the South Headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification, the Students' Committee for Measures to Put an End to the Security Authorities' Suppression of the Student Movement and Repeal the "National Security Law" and the People's Solidarity for the Abolition of the "National Security Law" reportedly held a joint news conference in Seoul on September 13 at which they blasted the issuance of a summons against Chairman of the south Korean Federation of University Student Councils Ri Hui Chol in 2000 and the security authorities' suppression of him.
Speakers at the conference accused the security authorities of having issued to Ri Hui Chol a summons to appear before them several times since Aug. 13 on the "charge of disturbing the performance of special duties".
He had already been on the want list for the last 7 years on charges of "joining an enemy-benefiting organization and playing a role in it" in violation of the NSL, they added.
Noting that the security authorities' recent fascist crackdown upon progressive activists is nothing but the death-bed frenzy of the anti-reunification forces to prolong their remaining days in reliance upon the NSL, they strongly demanded the release of the detained, the disbandment of the security mechanism and the abolition of the evil law.
At the end of the conference representatives of various organizations thrust a written protest to the supreme prosecutor's office.
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MINREX desmiente rumor de "cooperacion nuclear" Corea-Siria
Pyongyang, 18 de septiembre (ATCC) -- En declaraciones exclusivas a la Agencia Telegrafica Central de Corea, un portavoz de la cancilleria de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea desmintio este martes el rumor de la supuesta "cooperacion nuclear secreta" entre nuestro pais y Siria, que difunden algunos medios de prensa de Estados Unidos.
Ultimamente, algunos medios de prensa de EE.UU., incluyendo "New York Times", reportan que la RPDC y Siria se colaboran en secreto en el campo nuclear, dijo el portavoz y prosiguio:
Esto es una absurdisima desinformacion.
En octubre de 2006, la RPDC ya habia declarado solemnemente que no permitiria de ninguna manera la transferencia nuclear como responsable pais portador de arma nuclear y actua de esta manera.
La RPDC nunca habla por hablar y es consecuente con sus promesas.
El rumor de la supuesta "cooperacion nuclear secreta" no es mas que otro complot torpe de aquellas fuerzas malvadas que estan disgustadas con el avance de las conversaciones a 6 bandas y las relaciones RPDC-EE.UU.
Kim Yong Nam recibe cartas credenciales del embajador indio
Pyongyang, 18 de septiembre (ATCC) -- El nuevo embajador extraordinario y plenipotenciario de Republica de la India en Corea, Zile Singh, entrego el dia 18 en el Palacio de los Congresos Mansudae sus cartas credenciales al presidente del Presidium de la Asamblea Popular Suprema de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea, Kim Yong Nam.
En la ocasion estuvieron presentes el viceministro coreano de Relaciones Exteriores Kung Sok Ung y los miembros de la embajada india.
Tras recibirlas, Kim departio con el diplomatico.
Kim Yong Il felicita a su homologo de St. Kitts-Nevis
Pyongyang, 18 de septiembre (ATCC) -- El premier del Consejo de Ministros de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea, Kim Yong Il, envio un mensaje de felicitacion a su homologo de San Cristobal y Nevis, Denzil Douglas, con motivo del 24o aniversario de la independencia de este pais.
El remitente expresa conviccion de que las relaciones de amistad entre los dos paises seguiran fortaleciendose y desarrollandose y le desea al destinatario mayores exitos en su labor para la prosperidad del pais y el bienestar del pueblo.
Rodong Sinmun aboga por la independencia nacional
Pyongyang, 18 de septiembre (ATCC) -- La opcion por la independencia nacional o la dependencia de las fuerzas foraneas deviene un cartabon que distingue de la reunificacion a la division y del patriotismo a la traicion.
Asi senala el periodico Rodong Sinmun en un articulo individual del dia 18 y continua:
Es hipocrita predicar la independencia nacional al persistir el servilismo a las grandes potencias y el apoyo en las fuerzas foraneas.
El apoyo en las fuerzas foraneas resulta un absurdo acto de poner a su cuello un lazo.
Si uno se vacila sin decidirse a tomar el camino de la independencia y la cooperacion nacionales dando espaldas a la realidad de hoy que el tema de "entre nosotros, los connacionales" es la corriente de la epoca, cometera un grave crimen perturbando la paz del pais y la seguridad de la nacion y obstaculizando la causa de reunificacion de la patria y asi dejara una mancha ignominiosa a la historia.
La historica Declaracion Conjunta del 15 de Junio estipula que el Norte y el Sur de Corea acordaron solucionar de manera independiente con las fuerzas unidas de la nacion el problema de la reunificacion del pais.
Esto demuestra que ambas partes reconocieron la independencia nacional como el principio supremo de la reunificacion de la patria y se comprometieron a la faz de la nacion a materializarla estrictamente en la solucion del problema de la reunificacion.
La independencia nacional es el principio mas justo de la reintegracion de la patria.
El problema de la reunificacion de Corea es en su esencia el de acabar con la dominacion e intervencion de las fuerzas foraneas en el Sur de Corea y establecer la soberania nacional en la esfera de todo el pais. El caracter independiente de la causa de reunificacion de la patria demanda que todos los coreanos tengan la firme conciencia independiente y mantengan firmemente el principio y la posicion de la independencia nacional en el movimiento por la reunificacion.
La independencia nacional rechaza la agresion y la intervencion de las fuerzas extranjeras y garantiza el avance victorioso de la causa de la paz y la reunificacion. Pero, el servilismo a las grandes potencias y el apoyo en las fuerzas foraneas danan el movimiento por la reunificacion de la patria y echan a pique el destino de la nacion y traeran solo la division duradera y la catastrofe de la guerra.
Por lo tanto, el principio de la independencia nacional para rechazar la dominacion e intervencion de las fuerzas foraneas agresivas y anti-reunificacion y solucionar con las propias fuerzas de la nacion todos los problemas deviene el principio fundamental de la reunificacion de la patria que nunca puede conceder la nacion coreana.