Greetings to Hu Jintao

   Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il sent a congratulatory message to Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China and General Secretary of the C.C., the Communist Party of China, on Dec. 24 on the occasion of his 65th birthday.
    The message said:
    I extend warm congratulations to you on your 65th birthday.
    I am rejoiced over the signal achievements made by the Chinese people in their efforts to build a harmonious socialist society based on the scientific view on development under the leadership of the Communist Party of China with you as its general secretary.
    Expressing belief that the traditional DPRK-China friendship will continue to develop by joint efforts, I heartily wish you fresh successes in your responsible work to carry out the tasks laid down at the 17th Party Congress as well as good health.


90th Birth Anniversary of Kim Jong Suk Marked

   Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) -- A national meeting was held at the April 25 House of Culture Monday to commemorate the 90th birth anniversary of anti-Japanese war hero Kim Jong Suk.
    Present there were senior officials of the Party, the army and the state, chairpersons of the friendly parties and officials of the party, armed forces and power organs, public organizations, ministries and national institutions, servicepersons of the Korean People's Army, officials in the fields of science, education, culture and arts, public health and media, anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters, labor innovators and working people in Pyongyang, the chief of the Pyongyang Mission of the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front and overseas Koreans.
    Present there on invitation were diplomatic envoys of various countries, representatives of international organizations and members of military attaches corps here and foreign guests.
    Kim Yong Nam, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK and president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, in a report delivered at the meeting said that Kim Jong Suk, born into an extremely poor peasant family in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province on Dec. 24, Juche 6 (1917), embarked on the road of struggle in her teens with rare anti-Japanese and patriotic intention and strong revolutionary consciousness.
    The revolutionary career of Kim Jong Suk was a brilliant life of the revolutionary most loyal to President Kim Il Sung as she single-mindedly and devotedly defended him and firmly upheld his idea and cause, a great life of the woman commander of Mt. Paektu as she performed distinguished exploits by taking the lead in carrying out the Songun revolutionary cause of Juche and a noble life of the most outstanding woman revolutionary produced by the Korean nation as she was possessed of lofty personality, the reporter said, and continued:
    Kim Jong Suk was the supreme incarnation in defending the leader as she single-mindedly upheld Kim Il Sung with transparent revolutionary outlook on the leader and the most loyal lifeguard of the President.
    Noting that she was the woman commander of Mt. Paektu as she performed undying feats totally dedicating her life to the accomplishment of the Songun revolutionary cause of Juche, he stressed that brilliantly recorded in history are the heroic feats she performed in many battles including Laoling, Xinancha and Hongtoushan battles where she courageously wiped out Japanese imperialist aggressors.
    She was a model of genuine revolutionary fighters as she glorified her life with her staunch and noble revolutionary traits and popular character, the reporter said, and went on to say:
    It was against the background of the anti-Japanese revolution and the stirring reality of building a new country that she worked heart and soul to bring up leader Kim Jong Il to be successor to the revolution possessed of intense loyalty to the President's idea and cause, ardent patriotism and strong faith in the army and bold pluck as befitting the general of Mt. Paektu.
    The reporter called on all the party members, servicepersons and other people to cherish deep in their mind the great feats performed by Kim Jong Suk in laying an eternal foundation for the revolutionary cause of Juche, consolidate the single-minded unity of the revolutionary ranks around Kim Jong Il and become ardent fighters and genuine Songun revolutionary comrades who would share their idea, intention and destiny with their leader.
    Similar meetings also took place in provincial capitals, cities and counties.


High Tribute to Kim Jong Suk Paid

   Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) -- Wreaths were laid before the bust of Kim Jong Suk, an anti-Japanese war hero, in the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt. Taesong today, on the occasion of her 90th birth anniversary.
    Seen there was a wreath from General Secretary Kim Jong Il.
    Present at the wreath-laying ceremony were senior party, army and state officials, the chairperson of a friendly party, officials of party, armed forces and power organs, working people's organizations, ministries and national institutions and servicepersons and working people in Pyongyang.
    Placed before the bust were wreaths in the name of the Central Committee of the WPK, the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly and the DPRK Cabinet.
    Also laid were wreaths in the name of the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces, working people's organizations, ministries, national institutions, KPA units and educational, public health, cultural and art, media organs and party and power organs, factories and farms in Pyongyang.
    Meanwhile, baskets and bunches of flowers were laid before her statues in Kim Jong Suk County, Ryanggang Province and Hoeryong City, North Hamgyong Province and at Kim Jong Suk Naval Academy and Kim Jong Suk General Military School.
    On the same day, the military attaches corps here placed a wreath before the bust of Kim Jong Suk in the cemetery and paid a silent tribute to her.
    Also floral baskets and bouquets were laid before her statue in Hoeryong by members of the Chinese and Russian consulates-general in Chongjin and Chinese delegations, Korean residents in China and Chinese residents in North Hamgyong Province.


Ceremony of Accession to KCU Held

   Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) -- A ceremony of accession to the Korean Children's Union (KCU) was held at the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt. Taesong on Monday on the occasion of the 90th birth anniversary of anti-Japanese war hero Kim Jong Suk.
    Present there were members of the KCU and pupils joining the union in Pyongyang.
    Present there on invitation were Kim Jung Rin, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, and others.
    The participants laid a wreath before the bust of Kim Jong Suk on Jujak Hill in deep reverence of all the members of the KCU for her and paid a silent tribute to her.
    Ri Yong Chol, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League, in a report said that the glorious path of victory covered by the Korean children's movement is brilliantly shining with the immortal exploits performed by Kim Jong Suk who dedicated herself to the future of the revolution throughout her life after embarking upon the road of the revolution in her early years.
    He underlined the need for all the KCU members to firmly prepare themselves to be genuine child guards who would devotedly defend Kim Jong Il and dependable successors to the Songun cause and thus translate the desire of Kim Jong Suk into reality.
    Children joining the union took an oath before the KCU flag.
    Officials of the party and the youth league, anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters, war veterans and persons of merits tied red neckties around the necks of pupils and pinned union badges on their chests.
    War veteran Kim Song Man and Dr. and Associate Prof. Ri Kwan Ho of Kim Il Sung University made congratulatory speeches.


Revolutionary Drama Staged to Commemorate Kim Jong Suk's Birth Anniversary

   Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) -- The revolutionary drama "Woman Comrade of Mt. Paektu" was staged by artistes of the State Theatrical Company at the State Theatrical Theater Monday on the occasion of the 90th birth anniversary of anti-Japanese war hero Kim Jong Suk.
    It impressively represents the undying feats she performed by defending the headquarters of the revolution politically and ideologically and at the cost of her life and helping whoever loved the country join the revolution in the period of the anti-Japanese armed struggle when President Kim Il Sung led to victory the large unit circuit operations in the area northeast of Mt. Paektu.
    The drama successfully presents the scenes dealing with the heroic struggle she waged against a renegade of the revolution in defence of the idea and line of the President and for protecting his safety at the risk of her life in a critical moment. It thus truthfully represents the noble personality of the woman commander of Mt. Paektu shining as a supreme incarnation in devotedly defending the leader.
    The drama was appreciated by senior officials of the Party, the army and the state, the chairman of a friendly party, officials of armed forces organs and working people's organizations, ministries and national institutions, servicepersons of the Korean People's Army, labour innovators and working people in Pyongyang.


Acrobatic Performance Given for Military Attaches

   Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) -- Members of the military attaches corps here enjoyed an acrobatic performance at the Circus Theatre of the Korean People's Army on Monday on the occasions of the 16th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's assumption of office as supreme commander of the KPA and the 90th birth anniversary of anti-Japanese war hero Kim Jong Suk.
    Put on the stage were physical acrobatic "Riding Bicycle on Rope," aerial acrobatic "Rubber String Stunt," folk acrobatic "Seesawing," acrobatic interlude "Head of Cheering Group" and other colorful numbers.
    The performance was acclaimed by the spectators for its rich ideological content and high artistry.


Paternal Love of Supreme Commander for Soldiers

   Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) -- Today, the soldiers of the Korean People's Army revere and follow Kim Jong Il rather as their father than as the Supreme Commander.
    It is his view on comradeship that the soldiers are his precious revolutionary comrades who share the same idea and aim in the Songun revolution.
    And no wonder he has visited so many heights and posts including Mt. Osong with over 150 turns on the road, and Panmunjom on the forefront, saying he should go wherever soldiers are. He crossed the long and stiff Chol Pass more than ten times and sailed to Cho Islet through roaring waves.
    When he finds himself among soldiers, he takes a scrupulous care of their life from cultural and emotional activities to meals, showing them warmer affection than their own parents would.
    He took measures to let the soldiers have many photos taken so that they would be able to keep them long as mementos of their military service. When he visited a women's company in a deep valley, he took care that all conditions were taken so they could watch clear and clean TV scenes.
    After listening to ordinary soldiers singing, he saw to it that their talent was brought into bloom. And, when he saw twelve pieces of pencil sketch "Soldier's Life" drawn by a private, he set off a new wave of cultural and emotional activities, "a sketch storm," all over the country.
    Concerned even over the cold wind filtering through needle holes of soldiers' winter clothes, he took care that they were replaced with better ones. He acquaints himself with the room temperature and water quality while making a round of bedrooms, wash-cum-bath houses, kitchens, non-staple food stores and other supply facilities and teaches them food processing methods, too.
    Immeasurable is the warmth of his parental love for the soldiers.
    So the hearts of the KPA soldiers are aflame with the fervor to perform brilliant feats in the days of their military service under Kim Jong Il's Songun leadership on the 16th anniversary of the day when he was acclaimed as the supreme commander of the KPA (Dec. 24, 1991).


16th Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Assumption of KPA Supreme Commandership Marked

   Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) -- Papers here Monday editorially observe the 16th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's assumption of supreme commandership of the Korean People's Army.
    Rodong Sinmun says: The Korean revolution has won victory after victory despite unprecedented ordeals and difficulties in history and the DPRK is now displaying its might as an invincible politico-ideological and military power because it has held the great brilliant commanders of Songun as supreme commander of the revolutionary armed forces generation after generation.
    Kim Jong Il is a great statesman and a peerlessly brilliant commander of Songun as he has led the revolutionary cause of Juche to victory while giving priority to armed forces, the daily notes, and goes on:
    It is Kim Jong Il who enunciated the idea and theory on building the revolutionary army into the army of the leader and the party for the first time in history and successfully materialized them and created the great Songun political mode, the basic socialist political mode in our era, ushering in a new brilliant era of building the army and a socialist power.
    It is thanks to the energetic leadership of Kim Jong Il who has trained the People's Army as the army of the party and the leader steadfastly carrying forward the tradition of Mt. Paektu that the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK have firmly defended the idea and exploits of President Kim Il Sung with arms and displayed their might as a powerful main force of the Songun revolution.
    The Songun idea, the Juche idea of the President, is shedding its eternal rays as the only guiding idea in the DPRK today and all work related to the revolution and construction is being conducted the way the President did under any circumstances.
    The DPRK has steadily pushed forward the drive to implement the behest of the President, always holding him in high esteem as he explored the road of the revolution. This is a stirring reality which can be seen in the DPRK which holds Kim Jong Il as supreme commander of the revolutionary armed forces.
    It is the immortal historic exploits performed by him that he has remarkably augmented the political and military might of the country, demonstrating its dignity and honor as a sovereign country.
    Minju Joson calls upon all the people to make more vigorous endeavors to victoriously advance the building of a great prosperous powerful socialist nation and finally accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche under the leadership of Kim Jong Il.


Congratulations to Kim Jong Il from Foreign Military Attaches

   Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il received a floral basket and a congratulatory letter from the military attaches corps here on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of his assumption of office as supreme commander of the Korean People's Army.
    The basket and the letter were conveyed to an official concerned on Monday by Military Attache of the Vietnamese embassy Dau Xuan Long who is doyen of the corps.


Congratulatory Message to Kim Jong Il from C.C., AINDF

   Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il was presented with a congratulatory message by the Central Committee of the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front on Monday on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of his assumption of office as supreme commander of the Korean People's Army and the 90th birth anniversary of anti-Japanese war hero Kim Jong Suk.
    The message said:
    The revolutionary history of Kim Jong Suk is shining as the noblest model of life-guards who loyally upheld the Songun revolutionary cause started by President Kim Il Sung with arms and a great life of an indomitable woman revolutionary.
    It was the brilliant exploit of special mention performed by her for the country and the nation, the times and history that she gave birth to and brought up you as a bright future of the Korean nation, giving a steady continuity to the Songun revolution, the message noted, adding that the Songun revolutionary cause is greeting a heyday in its development as Kim Jong Il is held in high esteem as the supreme commander of the revolutionary armed forces.
    You are the peerless patriot and the greatest man as you have led the building of a great prosperous powerful socialist nation and the cause of national reunification to victory, meeting all challenges of history with your brilliant wisdom and distinguished political caliber, matchless pluck and invincible stamina, the message noted, renewing the resolution to step up the movement to make the people from all walks of life conscious and organized and get the atmosphere of supporting and defending Songun prevail throughout south Korea as required by the prevailing situation and the development of the revolutionary movement and thus wage a more dynamic struggle to put an end to the U.S. imperialists' colonial domination and their military presence under the banner of anti-U.S. and independence.


Letter to Kim Jong Il from Chongryon

   Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il received a letter from the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) on Monday on the occasion of the 90th birth anniversary of anti-Japanese war hero Kim Jong Suk.
    The letter noted that the whole life of Kim Jong Suk was a heroic life of the woman commander of Mt. Paektu who performed enormous feats in the protracted bloody journey for the liberation of the country. It was also a sacred life of the noblest loyal subject, the prominent woman revolutionary and the great mother as she established the great tradition of devotedly defending the leader and provided the rosy future of Juche Korea, the letter added.
    The letter said that her noble outlook on the leader has been successfully inherited and developed by Kim Jong Il and her transparent revolutionary spirit is invariably being carried forward along the road of victory in the Songun revolution led by him.
    Kim Jong Suk will always live in the hearts of the people in the homeland and Korean residents in Japan as the woman commander of Mt. Paektu and the great mother of Korea as she provided the great tradition of devotedly defending the leader, which will shine as a treasure of eternal value for the Korean revolution, and the foundations for carrying forward the Juche cause generation after generation, it stressed.
    The letter expressed the will of Chongryon and Koreans in Japan to significantly decorate the birthday of the DPRK, the homeland of Juche, as their great festival by achieving proud successes in the implementation of the decision of the 21st Chongryon Congress in the historic new year which falls on its 60th anniversary.


Japan's Missile Test under Fire in S. Korea

   Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) -- The press headquarters of the South Side Committee for Implementing the June 15 Joint Declaration reportedly made public a statement on Dec. 18 denouncing the missile test conducted by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
    Referring to the fact that some time ago, a MSDF destroyer shot down a ballistic missile with SM-3 in a test conducted off Hawaii backed by the U.S. Naval Force, the statement said: The missile test indicates that Japan and the U.S. have entered a full-scale stage of jointly building up the missile shield. So, it is an action of wrecking peace as it goes against the trend of the times toward the establishment of a peace-keeping mechanism on the Korean Peninsula.
    Japan has long poured a huge amount of funds in the program to build up missile shield while scheming to deploy Aegis ships loaded with SM-3s in around the East Sea of Korea and equip its Self-Defense Forces with Patriot missiles, in the future, the statement pointed out, adding:
    Such moves of Japan have increased the possibility that arms race will be sped up in Northeast Asia.


DPRK's Important Days Marked

   Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) -- Reading sessions on the Vol. 2 of the "Biography of Comrade Kim Jong Il" took place at the Secretariat of the Pan-African Movement and in Uganda, a round table talk in Uganda, a lecture and a photo exhibition in Guinea and a film show in Thailand from December 14 to 19 to commemorate the 16th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's assumption of office as supreme commander of the Korean People's Army and the 90th birth anniversary of anti-Japanese war hero Kim Jong Suk.
    On display at the venues of the functions were photos showing the exploits performed by Kim Jong Il in leading the Songun revolution and photos introducing the invincible might of the heroic KPA.
    Speeches were made there.
    The director for Political Affairs and International Relations of the Pan-African Movement said that the army and the people of the DPRK are dynamically advancing along the road of independence without vacillation in the face of the threat and blackmail by any foreign forces as they hold Kim Jong Il, possessed of the matchless grit and gifted wisdom, at the head of the party, the army and the state.
    The acting executive secretary of the Ugandan National Women's Council said that the high national pride and dignity of the Korean people are associated with the immortal exploits of Kim Jong Suk and her great feats for history and humankind will be handed down through generations.
    The director general of the Kim Il Sung Institute of Agricultural Science in Guinea said that the greatest exploit of Kim Jong Suk was that she brought up the shining future of Korea in the flames of the anti-Japanese war.
    The DPRK films were screened at the film show.


Dismantlement of Concrete Wall Demanded by Syrian

   Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) -- Saber Ballul, head of a department of the Political Faculty of University of Damascus in Syria, made public a statement titled "Barrier separating Korean nation should be pulled down" on December 19.
    Noting that the south Korean authorities built the concrete wall, dividing one nation and one territory into two, the statement said:
    This is an unethical crime against the Korean nation and it is quite contrary to the international laws and humanitarianism.
    The south Korean authorities have refused to pull down the barrier of division as they are fearful of the desire for national reunification of all the Korean people in the north and the south and overseas, it pointed out, and said:
    Today when the Cold War came to an end, there is no justification for the concrete wall, a symbol of national division, to be left intact in the Korean Peninsula. The south Korean authorities should not turn aside from the trend of the times and the desire of the nation but make a bold decision to pull down the wall.


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Kim Jong Il felicita a Hu Jintao

   Pyongyang, 24 de diciembre (ATCC) -- El Dirigente Kim Jong Il, Secretario General del Partido del Trabajo de Corea y Presidente del Comite de Defensa Nacional de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea envio este lunes un mensaje de felicitacion a Hu Jintao, Secretario General del Comite Central del Partido Comunista de China y Presidente de la Republica Popular China en ocasion del 65o aniversario de su nacimiento.
     La misiva senala:
     Con motivo del 65 cumpleanos, hago llegar a usted mi mas calurosa felicitacion.
     Me alegro de que bajo la direccion del PCCh que le tiene como secretario general, el pueblo chino logra grandes exitos en la labor para construir una sociedad socialista armoniosa basada en la concepcion del desarrollo cientifico.
     Convencido de que la tradicional amistad Corea-China continuara fortaleciendose y desarrollandose por los esfuerzos comunes, deseo de todo corazon a usted nuevos exitos en su labor responsable para ejecutar las tareas presentadas por el XVII congreso del partido y buena salud.


Acto por XVI aniversario del nombramiento de Kim Jong Il

   Pyongyang, 24 de diciembre (ATCC) -- Tuvo lugar el dia 23 en la Casa Cultural 25 de Abril el acto central por el XVI aniversario del nombramiento del Dirigente Kim Jong Il como Comandante Supremo del Ejercito Popular de Corea (EPC).
    Al acto asistieron los cuadros del partido, el ejercito y el Estado, los presidentes de los partidos amigos, funcionarios de los organos del partido, las fuerzas armadas y el Poder, organizaciones de masas, ministerios e instituciones centrales, oficiales y soldados del EPC, funcionarios de las ramas de ciencia, educacion, cultura y arte, salud publica, prensa e informacion, benemeritos y trabajadores capitalinos.
    El informe de la ocasion estuvo a cargo del general de ejercito del EPC Kim Kyok Sik, jefe del Estado Mayor General del EPC.
    El nombramiento del Dirigente Kim Jong Il como Comandante Supremo del EPC fue un evento trascendental que garantizo con firmeza el desarrollo ulterior de las fuerzas armadas revolucionarias de Corea y el avance victorioso de la causa revolucionaria del Juche y un gran jubilo nacional de gran significado para el destino y el futuro de la patria, senalo el informante y prosiguio:
    Gracias a la ascension del Dirigente al cargo supremo de las fuerzas armadas revolucionarias, el ejercito popular pudo defender invariablemente el caracter revolucionario de ejercito del partido y del lider y llevar adelante de generacion en generacion la causa de construccion militar allanada y conducida brillantemente por el Presidente Kim Il Sung, y el ejercito y el pueblo de Corea pudieron continuar fielmente la historia y la tradicion del Songun de la revolucion coreana para llevar a feliz termino la causa revolucionaria del Juche.
    El periodo desde la decada de 1990 hasta la fecha ocupa suma importancia en la historia de mando militar del Dirigente Kim Jong Il quien durante varios decenios al frente de nuestras fuerzas armadas condujo a la victoria la causa de construccion militar del Juche.
    En el periodo mas severo de nuestra revolucion el EPC se fortalecio como poderoso ejercito revolucionario selecto.
    Corea, que hace un siglo se vio obligada a sufrir la verguenza de la nacion arruinada por falta de poderoso ejercito nacional, llego hoy a su fisonomia de potencia militar inquebrantable a la que no pueden atreverse a atacar los cualesquier potentes enemigos imperialistas. Todo esto es un milagro secular logrado por haber gozado de la direccion del Comandante Supremo Kim Jong Il, genio en los asuntos militares.
    La politica de Songun (priorizacion militar) del Dirigente, verdaderamente independiente y patriotica, dio a luz la Declaracion Conjunta del 15 de Junio que encarna el noble ideal de "entre nosotros, los connacionales" y luego la "Declaracion para el Desarrollo de las Relaciones Norte-Sur, la Paz y la Prosperidad". De esta manera, abrio una brillante perspectiva ante el camino de la nacion coreana enrumbada a la patria prospera reunificada, elevo incomparablemente la dignidad y la posicion de Corea del Songun en la escena mundial y fortalecio extraordinariamente la solidaridad internacional con la revolucion coreana.
    Con la gran idea y la dinamica orientacion del Songun el Dirigente formo al EPC como abanderado y grueso numero uno de la revolucion jucheana y logro victorias milagrosas en la batalla de defensa al socialismo y la construccion de una gran potencia prospera y asentar una solida base para la prosperidad eterna de Corea de Kim Il Sung. Estas hazanas del Comandante Supremo luciran eternamente en la historia de construccion militar del Partido del Trabajo de Corea y los anales de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea.
    Debemos desplegar una energica lucha de todo el pueblo por abrir a toda costa la gran puerta de gran potencia prospera en 2012 en que se cumplira el centenario del nacimiento del Presidente Kim Il Sung, y de esta manera tenemos que revitalizar todas las ramas de la economia nacional, en particular los dominios que juegan el papel de vanguardia en la economia y la industria basica y avivar las llamas de la revolucion en la agricultura y la industrial ligera para asi producir un viraje decisivo en la mejora de la vida del pueblo.


Acto central por el 90o aniversario del nacimiento de Kim Jong Suk

   Pyongyang, 24 de diciembre (ATCC) -- Tuvo lugar el dia 24 en la Casa Cultural 25 de Abril el acto central por el 90o aniversario del nacimiento de la heroina de lucha antijaponesa Kim Jong Suk
     Al acto asistieron los cuadros del partido, el ejercito y el Estado, los presidentes de los partidos amigos, los funcionarios de instituciones del partido, las fuerzas armadas y el Poder, organizaciones sociales, ministerios y organos centrales, oficiales y soldados del Ejercito Popular de Corea, funcionarios de las ramas de ciencia, educacion, cultura y arte, salud publica, prensa e informacion, ex combatientes revolucionarios antijaponeses, innovadores laborales, trabajadores capitalinos, el representante de la sucursal del Frente Democratico Nacional Antiimperialista en Pyongyang y coreanos residentes en ultramar.
      Entre los invitados se distinguian los representantes diplomaticos de varios paises, los delegados de organizaciones internacionales, los miembros del Cuerpo de Agregados Militares, acreditados en Corea y los huespedes extranjeros.
     El informe de la ocasion estuvo a cargo de Kim Yong Nam, miembro del Buro Politico del CC del Partido del Trabajo de Corea y presidente del Presidium de la Asamblea Popular Suprema.
     La camarada Kim Jong Suk, nacida el 24 de diciembre del 6 (1917) de la Era Juche en una familia campesina muy pobre de Hoeryong de la provincia de Hamgyong del Norte, tuvo una extraordinaria disposicion patriotica antijaponesa y conciencia revolucionaria y emprendio a la edad de 10 anos y pico el camino de la revolucion, dijo Kim y prosiguio:
     La vida revolucionaria de Kim Jong Suk es la de soldado mas fiel quien defendio siempre a costa de la vida al lider y materializo consecuentemente la idea y la causa de este, la noble vida de la generala del monte Paektu quien hizo un especial merito poniendose al frente del cumplimiento de la autoctona causa revolucionaria del Songun y vivio mostrando las nobles virtudes de la revolucionaria mas destacada de la nacion coreana.
     Kim Jong Suk es la maxima encarnacion de la defensa al lider y guardia corps mas fiel quien desde su inconmovible concepcion revolucionaria del lider apoyo con todas sus fuerzas espirituales y fisicas al Presidente Kim Il Sung.
     Los inmortales y heroicos meritos, que realizo la generala dedicando toda su vida al cumplimiento de la causa del Songun, estan grabados en los combates de Laoling, Xinancha, Hongtoushan y otros lugares donde aniquilo en manadas a los agresores japoneses.
     La heroina es el modelo de la verdadera combatiente revolucionaria quien paso toda su vida con firmes y nobles rasgos revolucionarios y populares.
     En el periodo de la revolucion antijaponesa y de la construccion de una nueva patria, presto mucha atencion y realizo ingentes esfuerzos por formar a Kim Jong Il como sucesor de la revolucion que posee la infinita fidelidad a la idea y causa del Presidente, el calido amor a la patria y a la nacion, la fe en las fuerzas armadas, la audacia y coraje propios del general del monte Paektu.
     Todos los militantes del partido, oficiales y soldados del ejercito popular y los habitantes deben guardar en lo profundo del corazon las nobles hazanas de Kim Jong Suk acumuladas en la consolidacion de la base eterna de la causa revolucionaria del Juche y fortalecer mas la unidad monolitica de las filas revolucionarias en torno al Dirigente Kim Jong Il.
     Tambien tienen que convertirse en fervientes combatientes y verdaderos camaradas de la revolucion del Songun que comparten la misma idea, la misma voluntad y el mismo destino con su dirigente.
     Por otra parte, tuvieron lugar actos similares en todas las provincias, ciudades y distritos.


Kim Jong Il recibe carta del Cuerpo de Agregados Militares

   Pyongyang, 24 de diciembre (ATCC) -- El Dirigente Kim Jong Il recibio un cesto de flores y una carta de felicitacion que con motivo del 16o aniversario de su nombramiento como Comandante Supremo del Ejercito Popular de Corea le dirigiera el Cuerpo de Agregados Militares acreditado en Corea.
    El agregado militar de la Embajada de la Republica Socialista de Vietnam quien preside al cuerpo, Dau Xuan Long, los entrego el dia 24 a un funcionario coreano.