Second North-South Defence Minister-Level Talks Close

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- The Second North-South Defence Minister-Level Talks closed Thursday.
    At the talks both sides earnestly discussed military measures to implement the "Declaration for Development of North-South Relations and Peace and Prosperity".
    According to the agreement adopted at the talks, both sides decided to take military measures to put an end to the military hostile relations, ensure detente and peace, prevent a war and sincerely honor their commitments to non-aggression.
    They also agreed to take practical measures to prevent clashes in the West Sea and ensure peace and cooperate with each other in the military field to put an end to the present ceasefire system and build a lasting peace mechanism.
    They decided to take measures to provide a military guarantee for north-south cooperation and exchange.
    Concluding the talks, Kim Il Chol, minister of the People's Armed Forces, said that there are still many issues to be solved in order to thoroughly implement the historic October 4 declaration, adding that these tasks can be successfully fulfilled only when the Koreans boldly buckle down to implementing them with the firm determination and patriotic will to fundamentally settle the issues of the country's peace and military detente strictly in the spirit of "By our nation itself."
    If one sees only a small thing, failing to see something big for the future of the country and nation, one will commit a serious guilt before history, he noted.
    He called on both sides to make positive efforts to bring about greater results conducive to the development of the inter-Korean relations and peace and prosperity, not content with the success made at the talks.


South Side Delegation Leaves

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- The south side's delegation with Defence Minister Kim Jang Su as chief delegate left Pyongyang today after participating in the second inter-Korean defence minister-level talks.


Kim Yang Gon Leaves for Seoul

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- Kim Yang Gon, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, and his party left here today to visit Seoul.


Choe Thae Bok Meets Chinese Party Delegation

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, met and had a talk with the delegation of cadres of the Communist Party of China (CPC) led by Chen Quanguo, deputy secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the CPC, on Thursday.
    Chen Quanguo said that the Sino-Korean friendly relations provided by the revolutionaries of elder generation of the two countries are growing strong as the days go by under the deep care of General Secretary Hu Jintao and General Secretary Kim Jong Il.
    He wished the Korean people greater success in their socialist construction under the leadership of Kim Jong Il.


Gift to Kim Jong Il from Chinese Delegation

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il was presented with a gift by the visiting delegation of cadres of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
    The gift was handed today to Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the C.C., the Workers' Party of Korea, by Chen Quanguo, deputy secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the CPC who is heading the delegation.


North and South Mediapersons Meet

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- A meeting of mediapersons in the north and the south was held in Pyongyang on Nov. 27.
    Present there were members of the media panel of the north side committee for implementing the June 15 joint declaration and members of the media headquarters of the south side committee.
    The participants agreed to promote national reconciliation and unity and conduct more brisk media activities for peace and reunification of the country in the basic spirit of the June 15 joint declaration.
    An agreement was adopted at the meeting. According to it, the north side panel and the south side headquarters agreed to positively conduct the movement for supporting the historic October 4 declaration and stage media activities from the stand of attaching importance to the nation and trusting the fellow countrymen.
    It was also agreed to conduct diverse solidarity activities to give momentum to the nationwide atmosphere for marking June 15 as a commemoration day common to the nation.
    They also agreed to take the lead in removing all legal and institutional mechanisms antagonizing the fellow countrymen and strongly react through media cooperation to the practices of releasing misrepresenting, slandering and biased and false reports as they incite national confrontation and mistrust.
    They agreed to conduct positive solidarity activities and cooperation projects to defend and promote the June 15 era and bring earlier national unity, peace, prosperity and reunification under the banner of "By our nation itself."


Greetings to Prime Minister of Barbados

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Il, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, sent a message of greetings to Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados, on the occasion of the 41st anniversary of independence of his country.
    The message wished friendly Barbados progress and prosperity.


DPRK's Closer Cooperation with FAO Reiterated

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- The DPRK government will as ever boost the cooperation with the FAO and all its member states in the idea of the foreign policy -- independence, peace and friendship -- and make a positive contribution to the international endeavors to implement the action program adopted at the World Food Summit. The head of a DPRK delegation declared this when addressing the 34th conference of the FAO on Nov. 21.
    He referred to the fact that the DPRK is strengthening its interaction and cooperation with the FAO by taking an active part in its activities as a member nation of the organization.
    The FAO and other international bodies are still facing serious challenges in their activities, he noted, and went on: The reality indicates that it still remains a major mission of the FAO and a main item for achieving the millennium development objective of the UN to attain the goal of the World Food Summit.
    He called on the FAO to carry out the action programs including technical cooperation program and the special program for food security at a higher level on the basis of the draft budget reflected in the new-term working plan and take measures for creating the socio-economic conditions and environment favorable for boosting the agricultural productivity in the developing countries.
    He underlined the need for the FAO to more constructively participate in the UN reform process in order to boost its position and role.
    The drive to settle the food problem is now under way in the DPRK amid the support and cooperation from the FAO and various other international bodies, he stressed.


Gift to Kim Jong Il from Vietnamese Delegation

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il was presented with a gift by the visiting delegation of the Vietnam Farmers Union.
    The gift was conveyed to an official concerned by Le Hoang Minh, permanent vice-chairman of the Union Central Committee who is leading the delegation.


National Day of Romania Observed

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- The DPRK-Romania Friendship Association arranged a film show at the Taedonggang Club for the Diplomatic Corps on Thursday to mark the national day of Romania.
    Screened at the show was a Romanian feature film.
    Present there on invitation were Charge d'Affaires ad Interim Iancu Riviu Ovidiu and staff members of the Romanian embassy here.
    On hand were Ryu Sung Rim, vice-chairman of the association, officials concerned and working people in the city.


Korean Nation with Long History and Fine Culture

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- The Korean nation is a resourceful and intelligent nation with a long history and a fine culture.
    The Koreans created Taedonggang Culture, one of the five famous cultures of the world, and have lived with the same blood running through their veins in one and the same land generation after generation from the dawn of the birth of mankind.
    This is proved by many cultural relics and remains of ancient times discovered in the basin of the River Taedong.
    Tangun known as a myth has been ascertained as a real figure. This has proved that the Korean nation is a homogeneous nation which built a powerful state in the East with Tangun as its ancestor more than 5,000 years ago.
    The forefathers of the Koreans have unswervingly carried forward the national lineage down through a long historical period, repelling the ceaseless invasion of foreigners.
    They made and used iron tools and bronze products fairly high in quality and technology in those days far earlier than the European countries.
    Koguryo tomb murals and Korean paintings remain unfaded, though many years have passed.
    Constellations engraved in dolmens of ancient Korea, the constellation in a Koguryo tomb mural, Chomsongdae Astronomical Observatory built in the first half of the 7th century and others show well the high level of the development of astronomy.
    The creation of Hunminjongum (the Korean alphabet) in the 15th century laid the foundation for the development of the country's science and culture. The Korean ancestors also made the world's first metallic type, rain gauge and turtle-shaped iron-clad warship.
    Koryo celadon, silk cloth and paper are widely known to the world.


All Koreans Called upon to Come out in Reunification Movement

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- All Koreans in the north and the south and overseas are turning out in the reunification movement as one with the will to achieve the independent reunification of the country, rebuffing outside forces. Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article.
    The Koreans' movement for national reunification is a nationwide patriotic movement gaining in scope and strength thanks to their ardent patriotism, the article notes, and goes on:
    They are now fully displaying patriotism with the will to settle the reunification issue by their concerted efforts with the Korean nation as a driving force for the reunification movement.
    Their reunification movement is a sacred one to rejoin the severed blood ties of the nation and achieve national unity.
    In south Korea the people's sovereignty and dignity are being violated by outside forces. This is an unbearable shame for the homogeneous Korean nation.
    A dynamic struggle for national reconciliation and unity is now going on wherever Koreans live.
    The cause of achieving the great unity of the Korean nation has entered a higher stage of development under the banner of "By our nation itself." All the fellow countrymen are pooling their will and efforts on the common front for achieving independent reunification holding aloft the banner of the June 15 joint declaration.
    The reunification movement of the Koreans is a patriotic movement conducive to peace.
    The Koreans are a peace-loving nation who loves and desires peace more than anyone else. It is, therefore, a very vital issue related to the reunification of the country and the destiny of the nation to defend peace on the Korean Peninsula. The defence of peace guarantees the destiny of the nation, the reunification of the country and national prosperity.
    The reality goes to clearly prove that both independent reunification and peace are achievable only when all the fellow countrymen pool their efforts and struggle in the idea of "By our nation itself" from a patriotic stand and viewpoint.


Triumphant Advance of Socialist Cause Called for

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- It is a historic lesson that one is sure to win if one takes hold on ideology and one is bound to go to ruin if one ignores it. It is the fundamental demand for the triumphant advance of socialism to take the ideological education as a lifeline. Rodong Sinmun Thursday says this in a signed article.
    It goes on:
    An ideological work precisely means the vitality of socialism and its destiny depends on how to strengthen the ideological work. This is a lesson and truth taught by the world socialist movement.
    The introduction of a capitalist method whereby people are motivated by use of money while the ideological work is neglected in the socialist society would entail such grave consequences as destabilizing and degenerating socialism and bringing it to a collapse.
    It is a more essential requirement to strengthen the ideological work in the socialist society now that the imperialists are becoming all the more undisguised in their ideological and cultural offensive.
    The imperialists are spreading the bourgeois ideology and culture while intensifying all sorts of smear propaganda about socialism. They are pursuing a sinister aim to weaken the people's faith in socialism and instigate them to reject it in a bid to bar them from heading for socialism.
    The imperialists' ideological and cultural poisoning inevitably provides the counter-revolutionaries with an opportunity to raise their heads. The imperialist ideology and culture are nothing but ideological poison as they are aimed at destabilizing and degenerating socialist countries.
    What is taking place on the international arena goes to prove that socialism cannot be defended unless the imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning is not checked.
    The practical experience gained by the Korean revolution while firmly defending socialism from the persistent anti-socialist offensive of the imperialists clearly proves that the ideological work provides a fundamental guarantee for the triumphant advance of socialism.


Repeal of NSL Called for in S. Korea

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- The People's Solidarity for Abolition of the "National Security Law" (NSL) in south Korea reportedly called a press conference in Seoul on Nov. 23 at which it clarified its will to carry on its actions for the repeal of the NSL.
    The speakers at the press conference deplored that the bill on the repeal of the NSL was shelved at the last session of the 17th-term "National Assembly" despite the unanimous demand of the people, declaring that the reality clearly shows that the NSL can be abolished only through the struggle of the people.
    A press release read out at the conference said that the NSL should be repealed without fail to greet the era of genuine democracy and reunification. It declared that the organization would continue its vigorous actions for the repeal of the evil law including mass rallies.
    At the end of the conference, members of the organization staged a demonstration.


Students' Struggle against Conservatism Supported in S. Korea

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- The Solidarity for Implementing the South-North Joint Declaration in south Korea reportedly released a statement on Nov. 23 in support of the students' sit-in strike against the corrupt policy and the conservative Cold War-minded forces.
    The statement said that the organization would stand by the south Korean Federation of University Student Councils (Hanchongryon) in the struggle to wipe out the conservative Cold War-minded forces.
    Praising the sit-in, being staged by students under Hanchongryon, as a patriotic action reflecting the desire of the people, the statement said: It is a misfortune and disgrace of the nation that Ri Hoe Chang, a kingpin of irregularities and corruption and an anti-reunification element who deserves punishment, declared candidacy for "presidency" today when the inter-Korean ties are favorably developing and the desire for peace, prosperity and reunification is growing in the Korean Peninsula.
    The statement called on the youth and students to judge in the "presidential elections" the conservative Cold War-minded forces engrossed in anti-reunification practices and irregularities and corruption and greet a new era of peaceful reunification, inheriting the fighting spirit of the participants in the June Popular Uprising, who courageously fought for democracy against the fascist dictatorship, this year, the 20th anniversary of the uprising.


Anti-U.S., Anti-Conservative Struggle Urged in S. Korea

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- The Youth and Students Solidarity for Implementing the June 15 Joint Declaration in south Korea reportedly made public a statement on Nov. 23 on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of its formation, which called on all the youth and students to take the lead in the struggle against the U.S. and conservatism.
    The statement noted that all members of the organization have devoted themselves to leading the anti-U.S. and anti-conservative struggle over the last five years and their confidence in victory and their will and grit have grown stronger in this course.
    The secret of the victory lies in strengthening the driving forces, it said, declaring that the organization would stand in the van of the struggle for tightening the great alliance against conservatism and strive to successfully ensure the event for the 2nd "Day of All-People Action" to be held on December 1.
    It also said that the organization would conduct brisk information activities among the broad masses of people to keep the anti-June 15 forces from seizing power and thus make the forthcoming "presidential elections" an occasion to inflict a decisive defeat on the pro-American conservative forces.


Kim Jong Il Praised as Most Famous Person of World

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il enjoys highest praises as the great man, political leader and famous person ranking first in the world for his great ideological and theoretical feats and wise leadership, noble personality and virtues.
    In the last century the "Eurasia Joint House" Association in Russia acclaimed Kim Jong Il who was wisely leading humankind toward the victory of the cause of independence as "Man of the Year, 1994" and the Development Supporting Association and the Development Promotion Association in Peru as "Man of the Year, 1997".
    World media are becoming louder in the 2000s in praising him as the most prominent leader.
    The Intellectual Research Group put his name on the top of the list of 10 famous persons in the present-day world.
    "Al Ahram" and "Al Akhbar", Egyptian newspapers, listed him as "Man of the Year, 2006."
    The Iranian paper "Tehran Times" called Kim Jong Il "the most famous person of the world" and the Russian papers "Patriot", "Byvor" and "Poditiya" highly praised him as "a great man", "a consummate politician of the present times" and "the world's brilliant commander of the 21st century".
    The U.S. magazine "Time" praised him as the most outstanding statesman among the world's famous politicians in 2004 and an excellent leader in 2006. And this year it listed him as the leader who has the biggest influence on the change of the world and the best reputed leader in the world.
    In the opinion poll held in the United States for selecting world's famous persons and deciding their ranking, most of the pollees put Kim Jong Il on the top of the list and defined his character as strict principle, superb diplomatic talent and outstanding commanding art.
    An Internet site of China extolled Kim Jong Il, saying his decision and practical ability, humorous sense and talent were beyond the imagination of the West.


Kim Il Sung's Immortal Revolutionary Feats Lauded

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- Foreign figures who visited the DPRK lauded President Kim Il Sung as the "most distinguished great man of the 20th century" and the "eternal sun of Juche."
    Guy Dupre, secretary general of the International Liaison Committee for Reunification and Peace in Korea, after looking round an exhibition of books on the greatness of the three generals of Mt. Paektu, said that President Kim Il Sung is a peerless thinker and theoretician who fathered the immortal Juche idea and ushered in a new historical era, the era of Juche.
    Seeing books of hundreds of kinds dealing with the greatness of the three generals of Mt. Paektu published in the five continents of the world, I keenly felt that the reverence of progressive humankind for Kim Il Sung is boundless, he noted, adding that the revolutionary feats of Kim Il Sung are immortal.
    Rashed Khan Menon, chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Bangladesh, after visiting the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, made an entry into the visitor's book, recollecting the days he was received by the President. Kim Il Sung founded the Juche idea, indicating the road for humankind to follow, he added.
    Zhang Qi, grandson of anti-Japanese revolutionary martyr Zhang Weihua, said after visiting President Kim Il Sung's old home at Mangyongdae that the President is the father of all people with noble sense of obligation and a close friend of the Chinese people. He noted his family would make positive efforts to boost the friendship between China and the DPRK.
    Banou Keita, former director general of Kim Il Sung Institute of Agricultural Science in Guinea, gave his impressions after planting a tree in the arboretum of the Kumsusan Memorial Palace. He said that President Kim Il Sung is a benefactor and savior of the African people and the African people will hand his great loving care down to posterity.


Kim Jong Il's Songun Leadership Exploits Praised

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- The Association for Friendship with the Korean People headquartered in Spain posted an article praising the Songun leadership exploits of Kim Jong Il on its Internet homepage "One Korea Network."
    The homepage said in an article titled "With the might of Songun" that Kim Jong Il has brought about a great change in building the DPRK into a great prosperous powerful nation and carved out a hopeful future, holding aloft the banner of Songun.
    It went on:
    The single-minded unity of the party, the army and the people of the DPRK around the headquarters of the revolution is a symbol of its national power and a powerful engine for achieving the prosperity of the country.
    Kim Jong Il has bolstered the Korean People's Army into invincible military ranks strong in idea and faith and fully prepared politically and ideologically and in military technique, by providing energetic Songun leadership.
    The Korean people will protect their dignity and build a great prosperous powerful nation by advancing along the path of Songun.


Ri Hoe Chang's Ambition for Power Assailed

   Pyongyang, November 29 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Sul, chairman of the United Confederation of Koreans in Ukraine, released a statement on Nov. 22 condemning the foolish scheme of Ri Hoe Chang, an anti-reunification element, to wrest power.
    The statement said that if such human scum and confrontation- and war-maniac as Ri Hoe Chang is allowed to come to power, the Korean nation would no doubt face the war calamity again, far from peace and prosperity.
    When the relations between the north and the south of Korea are developing on good terms after the publication of the June 15 joint declaration, Ri Hoe Chang declared that he would run for the "presidential elections." It is an outrageous insult to the Korean nation's desire for reunification, the statement said, and went on:
    Ri Hoe Chang's run for "presidency" is intended to revive the fascist rule in south Korea and obliterate the June 15 era, the era of peace and prosperity.
    We, Koreans overseas, will invigorate the struggle for the development of the north-south relations, peace on the Korean Peninsula, common prosperity of the nation and national reunification on the basis of the spirit of the "By our nation itself" clarified in the June 15 joint declaration.


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Parte de Pyongyang Kim Yang Gon para visitar Seul

   Pyongyang, 29 de noviembre (ATCC) -- El jefe de departamento del Comite Central del Partido del Trabajo de Corea, Kim Yang Gon, y su comitiva partieron el dia 29 de esta capital para realizar una visita a Seul.


Kim Jong Il recibe presente de delegacion vietnamita

   Pyongyang, 29 de noviembre (ATCC) -- El Dirigente Kim Jong Il recibio presente que le dirigiera la delegacion de la Union de Campesinos Vietnamitas de visita en Corea.
     Le Hoang Minh, vicepresidente permanente del Comite Central de dicha union, quien preside la delegacion, lo entrego a un funcionario coreano.


Corea fortalecera cooperacion con la FAO

   Pyongyang, 29 de noviembre (ATCC) -- El gobierno de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea fortalecera aun mas tambien en el futuro, conforme al ideal de su politica exterior de la independencia, la paz y la amistad, la cooperacion con la Organizacion de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentacion (FAO) y todos los paises miembros y contribuira activamente a los esfuerzos internacionales por la ejecucion del plan de accion aprobado en la cumbre mundial de alimentos.
     Afirmo asi el jefe de la delegacion de la RPDC al intervenir el dia 21 en el XXXIV periodo de sesiones de la asamblea general de la FAO.
     Menciono que como pais miembro de la FAO, la RPDC toma parte activa en las actividades de esta organizacion internacional, de modo que se fortalecen las relaciones y la cooperacion entre si.
     Recalco que dicha organizacion y las otras internacionales afrontan todavia en sus acciones serios desafios.
     Asevero que la realidad demuestra que la ejecucion de la meta presentada en dicha cumbre sigue siendo la mision principal de la FAO y un indice importante para la ejecucion de las metas del desarrollo de la ONU en el nuevo milenio.
     Subrayo que la FAO debe ejecutar en un nivel mas alto el plan de cooperacion tecnica, el programa especial para la seguridad de alimentacion y los otros basandose en el proyecto de presupuesto indicado en el plan de trabajo del nuevo periodo y tomar las medidas para dar las condiciones socio-economicas y el ambiente favorables al aumento de la productividad agricola de los paises en vias de desarrollo.
     Anadio que la FAO debe participar constructivamente en el proceso de reformas de la ONU para mejorar su posicion y papel.
     Finalizo que la lucha en Corea por resolver el problema alimenticio se desarrolla con el apoyo y la cooperacion de varias organizaciones internacionales, en particular la FAO.


Seran inmortales las proezas de Kim Il Sung, elogian extranjeros

   Pyongyang, 29 de noviembre (ATCC) -- Las personalidades extranjeras, de visita en Corea, elogian al Presidente Kim Il Sung como "gran hombre mas distinguido del siglo veinte" y "eterno Sol del Juche".
    Tras participar en la exposicion de libros sobre las nobles personalidades de los Tres Generales del monte Paektu, Guy Dupre, secretario general del Comite Internacional de Enlace por la Reunificacion y la Paz en Corea (CIERECO), dijo que el Presidente Kim Il Sung es el ideologo y teorico sin par quien creo la inmortal idea Juche y abrio una nueva epoca de la historia, la del Juche.
    Al pasar la revista a los libros de cientos de generos alusivos a susodichas nobles personalidades, impresos en los cinco continentes del mundo, confeso que sintio profundamente la infinita adoracion de la humanidad progresista al Presidente y enfatizo que seran inmortales sus hazanas revolucionarias.
    Al concluir la visita al Palacio Memorial Kumsusan, Rashed Khan Menon, presidente del CC del Partido del Trabajo de Bangladesh, evoco con mucha emocion aquel encuentro con el Presidente Kim Il Sung y escribio en el libro de visitas que este creo la idea Juche e ilumino el camino a seguir por la humanidad progresista.
    En la casa natal del Presidente en Mangyongdae Zhang Qi, nieto del martir revolucionario antijapones Zhang Weihua, dijo que el Presidente es el padre de todo el pueblo con la noble obligacion moral e intimo amigo del pueblo chino y destaco que su familia hara ingentes esfuerzos por el fortalecimiento de la amistad China-Corea.
    Despues de plantar un arbol en la arboleda del Palacio Memorial Kumsusan, Banou Keita, ex presidente del Instituto de Ciencia Agricola Kim Il Sung en Guinea, dijo que el Presidente es el benefactor y Salvador de los pueblos de los paises africanos y asevero que estos transmitiran de generacion en generacion sus grandes benevolencias.