Annulment of U.S.-S. Korea "Agreement on Mutual Assistance of Munitions" Demanded
Pyongyang, June 8 (KCNA) -- The Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland Saturday issued its information bulletin No. 938 as regards the lapse of 20 years since the U.S. and the south Korean puppet warmongers concluded the criminal "agreement on mutual assistance of munitions" aimed at preparations for a war against the DPRK.
The information bulletin held that the U.S. and south Korean authorities should breach all the military "agreements" intended for invasion of the DPRK, including the above-said "agreement," and immediately stop the reckless reinforcement of ultra-modern forces and war drills, squarely seeing the trend of times and the gravity of the situation.
The U.S. and the south Korean warmongers are nowadays getting evermore pronounced in arms buildup for a war of aggression on the DPRK, it noted, and went on:
The U.S. military warmongers are reinforcing and deploying its means for nuclear war and precision weapons including ultra-modern fighter planes and nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in and around south Korea, while reorganizing the U.S. troops in south Korea into a task force under the signboard of transfer of their military bases and realization of "strategic flexibility".
Meanwhile, the bellicose Lee Myung Bak regime is openly advocating about the "theory of preemptive attack" on the DPRK, following the outsiders. It is now busy purchasing from the U.S. weapons and military technology needed for such attack, including fighter planes of latest types, air-to-ground cruise missiles and latest air-to-air missiles.
Some days ago, Lee visited the U.S. to beg its master to upgrade south Korea's "status in purchasing U.S.-made weapons." And he revealed his intention to import 36 armed helicopters Apache Longbow used by the U.S. army.
The Lee Myung Bak regime is scheming even to join in the PSI and the missile defence system which the former regimes hesitated to do.
Due to the persistent moves of the U.S. and the pro-American bellicose forces of south Korea, the inter-Korean relations favorably developing after the publication of the June 15 joint declaration have been scuttled and the military tension and danger of a nuclear war are growing on the Korean Peninsula day by day.
The reality clearly proves that "dialogue" and "peace" much touted by the U.S. and the Lee Myung Bak group are no more than a veil to mislead the public opinion at home and abroad and cover up their aggressive colors and they seek only confrontation and war by force.
South Korean People's Struggle Supported
Pyongyang, June 8 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Central Committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League released a statement on June 7, fully supporting the youth and students and other people of south Korea in the vigorous mass struggle against the Lee Myung Bak group's anti-national and anti-popular moves.
The struggle against the Lee Myung Bak regime growing fiercer in south Korea day by day is not a mere struggle for vital rights against the American beef imports but a just patriotic struggle to defend the independent dignity and rights of the nation and smash the sycophantic and treacherous group, it said, and went on:
As disclosed, traitor Lee took the lead in totally reviving the humiliating relations with the U.S. and Japan, calling for "priority to south Korea-U.S relations" and "future-oriented south Korea-Japan relations" contrary to the nation's desire for independence, as soon as he came to power.
Under the signboard of "pragmatism" and "advance" the Lee Myung Bak group turned the politics in south Korea into way of fascist dictatorship, the economy into way of civil engineering and construction, the north-south relations into confrontation and external relationship into that of subordination and submission. Its evil policy against the nation and people has driven the politics of south Korea into utter confusion, made a mess of the economy and scuttled the favorably developing north-south relations. And the dignity and sovereignty of the nation are being utterly violated.
As long as Lee Myung Bak, a foul flunkeyist and traitor, a die-hard separatist standing for confrontation, and a fascist tyrant, is left intact, the south Korean people will suffer bitterer misfortune and pain and the whole nation can not avoid tremendous catastrophe.
The south Korean people should never be taken in by the deceptive trick of the Lee group but continue their vigorous all-out resistance until they get the final surrender from it.
The statement expressed belief that the south Korean youth and students would fully display their patriotic spirit and indomitable will in the struggle to reject the Lee Myung Bak regime and bring about independent, new policy and new life.
DPRK Football Team Defeats Its Turkmen Rival
Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- The DPRK Football Team beat its Turkmen rival 1-0 in the second match of Group C of the third phase preliminaries in the Asian region for the 2010 World Football Championship at the Kim Il Sung Stadium on June 7.
The DPRK football team will meet with its Jordanian rival for the second match in Pyongyang on June 14.
Swedish Ambassador Hosts Reception
Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- Mats Foyer, Swedish ambassador to the DPRK, gave a reception at his embassy on June 6 on the occasion of the national day of Sweden.
Present there on invitation were Kung Sok Ung, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Kim Tong Myong, vice-minister of Foreign Trade, Hong Son Ok, chairwoman of the DPRK-Sweden Friendship Association who is vice-chairwoman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, officials concerned, diplomatic envoys of different countries and representatives of international organizations here.
Speeches were made there.
Historical Relics Preserved Well
Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- The historical relics permeated with the soul and wisdom of the nation are kept well as precious treasure in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
It is entirely thanks to the wise leadership of President Kim Il Sung who made every possible effort to hand over the excellent cultural inheritance of the nation to the posterity.
He saw to it that the building site of a university was removed to preserve an earthen wall belonging to the Kingdom of Koguryo under the difficult situation of the country right after the liberation and various measures were taken to save the historic book "The True Records of the Ri Dynasty" during the hard-fought war.
It was none other than President Kim Il Sung who let officials restore to the original state the historical relics and remains which were devastated by the war and discolored with age and find the founder of Tangun's Korea who was buried in the moss of history.
He made public the famous work "On Properly Excavating and Reconstructing Historical Remains and Relics" on June 7, Juche 76 (1987), clarifying in an all-round way the issues of principle to be constantly adhered to in the work and the ways for their fulfillment.
Efforts have been thus doubled to discover and restore historical relics and remains associated with time-honored history and splendid culture of the nation and to convey them to the generations to come.
Thanks to the Workers' Party of Korea's policy of preserving the historical and cultural relics, the precious treasure of the nation is shinning bright in the Songun era.
Busy as he was with Songun leadership, Kim Jong Il with ardent patriotism went round the Jonggwang Temple and Simwon Temple including the Anbul Temple showing the nation's architecture of the middle ages and the Monument to the Great Victory in the Battle in Northern Areas and gave important teachings on improving and strengthening the work of managing the historical and cultural relics.
Noted mountains in the DPRK including Mt. Kuwol and Mt. Chilbo abundant in historical relics and remains were splendidly arranged and a brisk campaign for preserving and managing cultural relics is launched in every spring and autumn.
Lots of historical relics and remains instill the national pride and self-confidence in the minds of the Korean people.
KCNA Denounces U.S. Conservative Hardliners for Their Reckless Remarks
Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- The U.S. conservative hardliners are revealing their ulterior intention, displeased with the progress made in the process to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
Even a spate of such reckless remarks as "U.S. should not have any negotiations with north Korea" are now heard from among them.
This cannot be construed otherwise than an extremely reckless and dangerous attempt as it is aimed to bring back the approach towards the nuclear issue and the relations between the DPRK and the U.S. to the extreme pitch of confrontation in the past.
It is not the first time that the U.S. conservative hardliners moved to stand in the way of the six-party talks.
They used to go off hysteria whenever progress was made at the talks and they were expected to yield any fruit. The same can be said of their recent behavior.
From the outset of the DPRK-U.S. negotiations, they were displeased with them, grumbling that "north Korea is not the one to be trusted." They have become evermore desperate when their injustice was brought to light by the steady progress made in the process to settle the nuclear issue.
Any act of disturbing the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is an unpardonable challenge to the unanimous will of the international community.
To do harm to the six-party talks precisely means damaging the interests of all the countries concerned including the U.S. This would only result in making the position of the U.S. in the Asia-Pacific region and the international community more difficult.
What is obvious is that the progress of the six-party talks and the trend of the international politics are quite contrary to the intention of the U.S. conservative hardliners.
Only a miserable end awaits those who are marginalized by history, insensitive to reality.
KCNA Terms "Pragmatism" Synonym for Anti-Reunification Phraseology
Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- Since a conservative regime appeared in south Korea, the efforts to improve the inter-Korean relations have hit a snag and the nation's ardent desire for reunification has been chilled.
Traitor Lee Myung Bak is wholly to blame for this development as he adopted "pragmatism" as his "ruling philosophy," turning his face away from the nation and the issue of national reunification, after his coming to power.
American-style "pragmatism" touted by the Lee group is nothing but the honeyed words to cover up its true colors as sycophantic and traitorous one opposed to reunification.
The reactionary nature of "pragmatism" on its lips lies in that it negated the June 15 joint declaration, a great programme for national reunification, and the October 4 declaration, a programme for implementing it, in the new century and persistently obstructs the implementation of the declarations.
Even before its seizure of power, the Lee group was reported to have found fault with the declarations, asserting they are "theory-like" and "abstract." The group is now vociferating about "strict reciprocity," raving that it would pull out of the agreements between the north and the south if they fail to meet its calculation.
The group is openly suspending the implementation of the declarations under the pretexts of "economic validity" and "financial burden."
Under the signboard of "pragmatic diplomacy" the group drastically weakened the authority of the "Ministry of Unification" which had handled the issues of the north-south relations.
Lee Myung Bak gave pro-U.S. elements regularly keeping in touch with the U.S. ministerial and higher posts when forming the regime and let foreign businessmen including Americans work as advisory members of the "international advisory panel" directly under the authority of the "president."
The Lee group, while placing outside forces above the nation under the watchword of "pragmatism," dares provoke the DPRK which provided solutions as far as possible to all problems raised by the south side and granted to it such special benefits and privileges as opening the militarily sensitive areas for the sake of national reconciliation, unity and reunification in the past.
This behavior has thrown hurdles in the processes to improve the inter-Korean relations and achieve national reunification which made good progress, guided by the idea of "By our nation itself."
Lee Myung Bak oft-repeated "pragmatism" is no more than a criminal theory of seeking to keep Korea permanently divided into the north and the south in utter disregard of the national ties and blood relations.
It is a bitter lesson drawn from the national history spanning thousands of years that dependence on outside forces is not pragmatic.
"Pragmatism" without taking consideration of the nation is absolutely intolerable.
Higher Vigilance against Imperialists' "Strategy of Peaceful Transition" Called for
Pyongyang, June 8 (KCNA) -- The imperialists' "strategy of peaceful transition" is a cunning and vicious psychological move aimed at disintegrating the socialist, anti-imperialist independent and revolutionary countries on the basis of the policy of strength and thus turning them back to capitalism.
Rodong Sinmun Sunday says this in a signed article.
It is the imperialists' cunning method of "strategy of peaceful transition" to focus the spearhead of their ideological and cultural poisoning on disintegrating the revolutionary countries and bribe and undermine the progressive countries with "aid" and "cooperation" as baits, the article notes, and goes on:
In order to realize the above-said strategy, the imperialists call together the reactionary elements and anti-socialist elements and finance them, persistently instigating them to an anti-government campaign.
They are paying a primary attention to disorganizing and collapsing the leadership in a bid to put into practice their strategy of disintegrating the revolutionary countries.
They also regard it as important in realizing their strategy of disintegrating the revolutionary countries to find out the ideologically poor stratum among population and depend on and incite it.
National division and dispute and religious conflict are the main means employed by the imperialists to realize their strategy.
The imperialists are now using their most cunning method of "strategy of peaceful transition" against the DPRK.
The imperialists and other reactionaries are resorting to all sorts of tricks to realize their ambition for aggression through the "strategy of peaceful transition" together with their criminal military strategy to stifle the DPRK, a fortress of socialism. It is part of such moves to slander the system of the DPRK and put pressure upon it, crying out for "reforms" and "opening."
Any pressure of the imperialists can never work on the DPRK.
The imperialists' persistent "strategy of peaceful transition" is nothing but last-ditch effort of those doomed to death. The "strategy of peaceful transition" will surely come to failure for its aggressive and reactionary nature and purpose.
Great National Unity Called for
Pyongyang, June 8 (KCNA) -- The united might of the Korean nation is very inexhaustible and no force on earth can stop the vigorous struggle of the Koreans who are creating a new history of independent reunification, peace and prosperity by their united efforts.
Rodong Sinmun Sunday says this in a signed article.
The reality proves that there is nothing impossible for the Koreans when they join efforts and unite together and how tremendous the might of their united struggle based on the idea of "By our nation itself" is, the article notes, and goes on:
It is the proud result of the might of national cooperation, the might of national unity that the Koreans have defeated all challenges of the anti-reunification forces at home and abroad and victoriously pushed forward the cause of independent reunification. That is why the anti-reunification forces at home and abroad are very afraid of the unity and cooperation of all Koreans from all walks of life in the north and the south and overseas based on the spirit of "By our nation itself".
The U.S. is now rendering the situation strained through ceaseless military drills and arms buildup, while engendering antagonism and sowing discord among the Korean nation and egging the south Korean conservative ruling quarters on confrontation with the fellow countrymen. The pro-U.S. sycophantic Lee Myung Bak regime of south Korea, actively servile to the outside forces' hostile policy of aggression on the DPRK, put forth "no nukes, opening and 3,000 dollars" as its "policy toward the north" and is getting hell-bent on confrontation with the north while negating the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration.
All the fellow countrymen at home and abroad who love the country and the nation should consolidate the national unity in every way, irrespective of their differences in ideology and ism, and thus thoroughly smash with the concerted efforts of the nation the persistent challenges of the outside forces and their stooges against the trend of the times toward independent reunification, peace and prosperity.
All the Koreans should value the idea of "By our nation itself" and, on this basis, promote the unity and cooperation of the nation.
All Koreans Called upon to Hold High Banner of June 15 Joint Declaration
Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) --It is an irresistible trend of the times for the Korean nation to vigorously advance the new era of independent reunification, peace and prosperity under the uplifted banner of the June 15 joint declaration. Rodong Sinmun Saturday observes this in a signed article.
It goes on:
The June 15 era of reunification is a new era of history in which all Koreans work hard to achieve independence and great unity, guided by the idea of "By our nation itself."
The June 15 era of reunification is mainly characterized by the fact that it is the era guided by the idea of "By our nation itself" in which all Koreans in the north and the south and overseas strive to meet their desire for independence and their interests, settling the issue related to their destiny by their concerted efforts without depending on outside forces.
The Korean nation sets store by the June 15 era of reunification in which the spirit of national independence is running high and big progress is made in the efforts to achieve national reconciliation and unity and is working hard to preserve it.
People from all walks of life in south Korea are now turning out in the massive anti-"government" actions because the sycophantic and treacherous policy of the Lee Myung Bak group kowtowing and submitting to outside forces has brought so unbearable shame and disillusionment to the nation.
The present June 15 era of reunification goes to prove that "By our nation itself" is the best and it is just for the Koreans to pave the way of independent reunification and peace and prosperity by their concerted efforts.
The above-said era is a sacred era of independent reunification whose victory is firmly guaranteed.
Since its seizure of power the Lee group has made desperate efforts to block the advance of the June 15 era of reunification, cooperating with foreign forces.
With nothing can the Lee group save itself from the abyss of ruin or stem the trend of the times in which the whole nation is advancing along the road of independent reunification and peace and prosperity under the uplifted banner of the June 15 joint declaration.
Rodong Sinmun on Kim Il Sung's Immortal Exploit
Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- President Kim Il Sung advanced the original idea on unity of anti-imperialist independent forces and all principles arising in realizing it and wisely led the struggle of people for independence against imperialism to victory. This is an immortal exploit occupying distinguished position in the development of human history.
Rodong Sinmun Saturday observes this in a signed article.
It goes on:
This idea is the most revolutionary idea of independence against imperialism as it is based on scientific analysis of true colors of imperialism, character and contents of struggle of popular masses for independence against imperialism and ideological and theoretical clarification of a law governing the development of social history.
This idea serves as a torch indicating the way for isolating and weakening the reactionary forces by dint of unchallenged upper-hand of the revolutionary forces and victoriously advancing the cause of independence of popular masses.
The idea and strategy on achieving unity of anti-imperialist independent forces with independence as fundamental principle serve as the most just and powerful guidelines for unity as they help all countries and nations of the world desirous of independence closely combine their demands and interests for the successful accomplishment of the human cause of independence.
The President clarified the idea on achieving unity while struggling and vice versa and fundamental ways for doing so. Its practical significance lies in that the idea helps the progressives desirous of independence fully display the might of unity of anti-imperialist independence forces through practical struggle, not in word and dynamically promote the human cause of independence, the course of development of history while frustrating all moves of imperialists.
The struggle to defend socialism and realize independence is being intensified in the international arena and the struggle of people to oppose gangster-like moves of aggression of imperialists against the progressive countries and international solidarity with the struggle have gained in scope and strength. The reality clearly proves the validity and vitality of the idea and strategy for the unity set forth by him.
They serve as a great programme of politics and an eternal banner of struggle the progressives should hold forever to build independent world, concludes the article.
U.S. Ambassador's Reckless Remarks Condemned in S. Korea
Pyongyang, June 8 (KCNA) -- Opposition parties of south Korea on June 4 slashed at the reckless remarks made by the U.S. ambassador in Seoul over the American beef import, according to CBS of south Korea.
Members of the Democratic Labor Party called a press conference outside the U.S. embassy in Seoul. At the conference they charged that the ambassador made such insulting remarks that south Koreans should learn science more, when he expressed regret and apprehension over the fact that the south Korean authorities begged the U.S. to forbid the export of beef aging above 30 months.
Saying that this is nothing but reckless remarks ignoring the south Korean people, they stressed that they cannot tolerate such deed of the U.S. which is behaving arrogantly with logic of domination.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Democratic Party for Unity lamented that the south Korean people had to get such insulting admonition even from an ambassador.
He held that the Lee Myung Bak "government" should get an official apology from the U.S. for this.
S. Korean Workers Protest American Beef Imports
Pyongyang, June 8 (KCNA) -- The south Korean workers rose up in the struggle against the import of American beef, according to MBC of south Korea.
On June 5, the south Korean Confederation of Trade Unions declared that more than 100,000 unionists across south Korea would turn out in the candlelight rally against the import of American beef to be held on June 10.
It also stated that a poll would be conducted from June 10 to wage a general strike demanding the renegotiations on the beef imports with 800,000 unionists attending.
On the same day, the Federation of south Korean Trade Unions handed a written protest demanding the renegotiations over to the U.S. ambassador in Seoul.
The organization sent an official document to the American workers, calling upon them to turn out in the struggle against beef export.
Legal Action against American Beef Import Staged in S. Korea
Pyongyang, June 8 (KCNA) -- The struggle against the import of American beef in south Korea has turned to a legal action, according to CBS of south Korea.
On June 5 the Lawyers Association for Democratic Society filed a legal suit in protest against the "official instructions" made by the minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Foodstuff on the beef import.
In this regard, the organization called a press conference in front of the "Constitution Court" at which it criticized the authorities' enforcement of "official instructions" as an act of doing harm to the people's health.
It also asserted that articles of the "official instructions" are contrary to the law.
At the end of the conference, it submitted a written lawsuit to the "Constitution Court."
Involved in this movement for legal action were over 100,000 citizens.
Lee Myung Bak Regime Accused in S. Korea
Pyongyang, June 8 (KCNA) -- The south Korean Federation of University Student Councils on June 4 made public a statement as regards the lapse of one hundred days since Lee Myung Bak took office.
The statement described this period as days of darkness and sufferings to the south Korean people.
From the very day of his office, traitor Lee Myung Bak has walked away and detained members of progressive organizations on charges of violation of the notorious "National Security Law", revived "Paekgoldan" and intensified the security suppression, talking about "law and principle," the statement charged.
It said that the authorities are seeking to bring the inter-Korean relationship back to that of the Cold War era with such outdated confrontation policy as "no nukes, opening and 3,000 dollars" while being hell-bent on war moves, calling for the tightened "triangular military alliance."
Police Suppression of Candlelight Actions Denounced in S. Korea
Pyongyang, June 8 (KCNA) -- The south Korean Confederation of Trade Unions in a statement on June 3 denounced the indiscriminate police suppression of the participants in the candlelight actions.
The statement charged that peaceful citizens involved in the candlelight actions against the import of American beef had to shed their blood due to the police crackdown and many of them were arrested.
This situation clearly shows that the Lee Myung Bak group is fascists little different from the military dictatorial gentries in the past, it said.
It is mistaken to think that merciless repression helps calm down the resentment of the people, the statement noted, and stressed that they will certainly regain the democratic rights and make the Lee group pay for the blood they shed.
Anti-"Government" Rally Held in S. Korea
Pyongyang, June 8 (KCNA) -- An anti-"government" rally took place at the plaza in front of the Seoul City Office on June 6 as part of the 72 hours-long candlelight struggle against the import of American beef.
Present there were more than 10,000 citizens of different social standings, including Internet users, students of primary, middle and high schools, and women from different parts of south Korea.
Speakers at the rally said that after Lee Myung Bak came to power the gap between the poor and the rich has become wider and the masses are leading a more difficult life. And they expressed their will to check the import of American beef without fail.
The participants chanted such slogans as "Impeach Lee Myung Bak!" and "Repeal the official instructions!" and sang songs sarcastical of the fact that the traitor ordered his aides to find out those who offered money to buy candles.
After the rally, the participants took street march.
Meanwhile, the Democratic Labor Party and civic organizations including the Conference of Human Rights Organizations and the Citizens' Solidarity for Democratic Society conducted a signature campaign for the impeachment of Lee Myung Bak and colorful information activities.
Large-scale Candlelight Struggle against Import of American Beef Staged in S. Korea
Pyongyang, June 8 (KCNA) -- A large-scale candlelight struggle against the import of American beef was staged in Seoul from the evening of June 6 to the dawn of June 7, according to south Korean MBC and CBS.
More than 200,000 people from all walks of life held a rally at the plaza in front of the Seoul City Office in the evening of June 6, the second day of the 72 hours-long candlelight struggle, after participating in the afternoon rallies in different parts of the city including University Street and Chonggye Square.
On display around the rally ground were fine art works reflecting the resentment of the south Korean people against traitor Lee Myung Bak.
Speakers at the rally, likening Lee Myung Bak to a mouse, said that "a mad mouse is doing such mad work as import of American beef infected with mad cow disease, enforcement of mad education, mad great canal project, mad official instructions and mad privatization." They stressed that they should eliminate this mad mouse without fail.
Noting that the U.S. ambassador despising the south Korean people should listen to the great outcry of their candlelight struggle, they stated that the candlelight will never die out in any case.
Read out at the rally was a letter from a girl student of Seoul National University who was mercilessly outraged by the police.
At the end of the rally, the participants took a demonstration toward "Chongwadae", stubbornly resisting the policemen running frantic in oppression.
Lee Myung Bak Group's Fascist Suppression Denounced
Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- The South Headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification issued a statement on June 1 in protest against the fascist suppression by the Lee Myung Bak group.
The statement accused the Lee group of indiscriminately suppressing and arresting citizens opposed to the import of American beef.
Unpardonable is the suppression of the people intensified by the traitorous group, shifting onto them the responsibility for the situation created by their sycophancy towards the U.S. and their incapability, it stressed.
The statement demanded traitor Lee Myung Bak release all detainees, make apology for the violent suppression, retract "official instructions" on the hygienic conditions of the beef imported from the U.S. and abandon the policies contrary to the intention of the people.
If the group of traitors persists in the fascist suppression of people, paying no heed to the above-said demands, the organization would launch a movement for impeaching the "government" in real earnest, it warned.
Moves to Tighten Aggressive "Alliance" between U.S. and S. Korea under Fire
Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- The People for Achieving Peace and Reunification of south Korea called a press conference in Seoul on June 3 at which it denounced the moves to tighten the "alliance" for aggression between south Korean puppets and the U.S.
A press release read out at the conference recalled that the puppet military and the U.S. military authorities held talks in Seoul that day at which they agreed on the military measures to develop the south Korea-U.S. "alliance" into a "strategic alliance in the 21st century".
The press release charged that all the issues taken up at the talks such as tightened "triangular military alliance" and the realization of the "strategic flexibility" of the U.S. forces in south Korea are the dangerous moves to increase south Korea's military dependence upon the U.S. and lay grave obstacles in the way of achieving peace on the Korean Peninsula as they are aimed at serving the U.S. interests and its purpose of carrying out its military strategy.
The reorganization of the U.S. forces in south Korea and their relocation, in particular, precisely presuppose the realization of their "strategic flexibility," it said, urging the Lee Myung Bak group to immediately abolish the "system of sharing the funds for the upkeep of the U.S. forces", a synonym for "drain on resources to serve the U.S."
The press release demanded the puppet authorities pull out of the above-said "alliance," a leftover in the Cold War era, and opt for the withdrawal of the U.S. troops from south Korea.
Slogans for Immediate Actions of Youth and Students Organization Released in S. Korea
Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- The Youth and Students Solidarity for Implementing the June 15 Joint Declaration of south Korea released slogans for immediate actions on June 5.
Slogans called for punishing Lee Myung Bak for talking about the "the wire-pulling of the anti-U.S. and pro-north forces behind the scene" though the people put up such just demands as conducting renegotiations on beef import, instead of postponing the enforcement of "official instructions".
One of the slogans urged the U.S. ambassador to apologize to the south Koreans for making reckless remarks, an open interference in the internal affairs of south Korea, and the U.S. to respond at once to the demand for renegotiations.
A slogan called for judging Lee Myung Bak for his policies of importing American beef, increasing the share of the funds for the upkeep of the U.S. troops and ignoring the people's right to existence.
Urging Lee to stop the war maneuvers at once, a slogan called upon all people to turn out in the struggle for renegotiations on beef import to defend the sovereignty.
72-hour-long Candlelight Actions Begin in S. Korea
Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- The 72-hour-long candlelight actions against the American beef import began simultaneously in more than 40 parts of south Korea Thursday evening.
People from all walks of life including workers, youth and students gathered in front of Deogsu Palace to hold a candlelight rally after waging multifarious actions demanding the nullification of the negotiations on the American beef import in different places of Seoul.
The participants in the rally bitterly condemned traitor Lee Myung Bak for deceiving the people with a deceptive artifice, defying the mind-set of the people demanding renegotiations on the beef import, and staged a demonstration.
The number of demonstrators swelled to at least 100,000 as they were joined by many citizens.
Another candlelight rally was held in front of Kwanghwamun.
The participants in the rally shouted: "Let's emerge victors in the showdown between Lee Myung Bak and the people."
Students of universities in different parts of south Korea including Seoul National University and Yonsei University participated in an all-night struggle after declaring a student strike. They staged dynamic actions, attempting to march towards "Chongwadae."
The people who stayed up all night in front of Kwanghwamun carried on their actions in front of the Seoul City Office at the dawn of Friday.
Pusan, Taegu, Ulsan, Kwangju, Taejon, North Kyongsang Province, North Chungchong Province and south Korean Kangwon Province and other places were swept by the waves of the 72-hour-long candlelight actions Thursday night in demand of the retraction of the "official instruction" on the American beef import and renegotiations on it.
Korean People's Struggle Supported
Pyongyang, June 8 (KCNA) -- The Paektusan Czech-Korean Friendship Association, in a statement released on June 3 to mark the 8th anniversary of the publication of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration, rendered full support to the joint declaration and expressed solidarity with the Korean people in the struggle for the independent and peaceful reunification of the country.
The statement noted that the publication of the declaration brought about a turning point for converting confrontation to reconciliation, cold war to peace and division to reunification in the Korean Peninsula but recently the south Korean "government's" hostile policy towards the DPRK has broken the inter-Korean dialogue and cooperation, extremely aggravating the situation on the peninsula.
The U.S. and the Lee Myung Bak regime of south Korea are fully responsible for this, the statement pointed out, stressing that the world should never allow the process of the inter-Korean reconciliation and cooperation provided under the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration to be interrupted by such anti-reunification forces as the U.S. and the present south Korean regime.
Many Seminars on Songun Politics Held Worldwide
Pyongyang, June 8 (KCNA) -- Seminars have been briskly arranged in the five continents to deeply comprehend the immortal exploits of President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il, study the Juche idea, the Songun idea, and learn from the Songun politics.
In recent one year alone, over 200 seminars on various themes were held in more than 40 countries under the sponsorship of progressive political parties and organizations with the Day of the Sun, the February holiday, the publication anniversaries of the peerlessly great men's works, the birthday of the Korean People's Army and other important days of the DPRK as occasions.
Joint, national and other seminars were held in different countries. Seminars on such themes as "Sun of Juche", "The national liberation and the Songun politics", "The Independent line of the Workers' Party of Korea and its successful realization", "Historical and significant December 24" and "The DPRK-Bulwark of socialism" were held in Mongolia, Nepal, Democratic Congo, Egypt and Romania.
Personages of political parties and organizations, followers of the Juche idea, the Songun idea and members of friendship and solidarity organizations with the DPRK people in Uganda, Mexico and Peru held 10 odd seminars and seminars on exploits each, highly praising the immortal exploits of the three generals of Mt. Paektu and the achievements made by the Korean people in the revolution and construction under the wise leadership of the peerlessly great men.
Over 40 seminars on works of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il were arranged by such organizations as the Russian Youth Association for the Study of the Juche Idea, the Guinea-Korea Friendship Association, the Bulgarian Group for the Study of the Juche Idea, the Finnish National Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea, and the Ethiopian Youth Study Group of the Juche Idea.
Also, international and regional seminars, including the African regional seminar on the Juche idea, the Latin American regional seminar on the Juche idea, the 12th seminar of political parties of the world on building a new society and the Internet seminar of the Korean Friendship Association headquartered in Spain, were held on such themes as "Juche idea and new era and independence, unity, cooperation and self-reliance in Africa" and "Let's build socialism of the 21st century under the banner of independence and peace".
Seminar on Kim Jong Il's Work Held in Mexico
Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- The Mexican Institute for the Study of the Juche Idea held a seminar on General Secretary Kim Jong Il's work "Giving Priority to Ideological Work Is Essential for Accomplishing Socialism" on May 31 on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of his start of work at the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Juan Campos Vega, chairman of the institute, reviewed the main contents of the work, noting that Kim Jong Il has developed the WPK into an ever-victorious party through energetic ideological and theoretical activities and outstanding leadership for more than four decades since he started the work at the C.C., the WPK.
He stressed that Kim Jong Il made public the work at a time when the world socialist movement was undergoing a stern trial and thus instilled confidence into the world revolutionary parties and people aspiring after socialism.
Then speakers explained and proved the validity of the ideas and theories clarified by Kim Jong Il, citing facts about the collapse of socialism in East European countries.
They called on all parties aspiring after socialism to earnestly learn from the experience gained by the WPK in the ideological work so as to strengthen their parties and make contributions to advancing the world socialist movement.
The participants watched the Korean film "Respected Comrade Kim Jong Il is a great thinker and theoretician".
Kim Jong Il's Feats Praised
Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- Roundtable talks and a rally were held in the Czech Republic, on May 26 and 27 on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's start of work at the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Speeches were made there.
The chairman of a county committee of the Communist Party of Czech and Moravia said that Kim Jong Il has wisely led the work for strengthening the organizational and ideological unity and cohesion of the party, attaching great importance to it since he started his work at the C.C., the WPK, thus consolidating the unity and cohesion of the whole party on a new high level.
The present single-minded unity of the DPRK society would be unthinkable without the WPK's solid unity and cohesion, the chairman said, stressing that the WPK would demonstrate its invincible might and steadfastly advance along the road of socialism under the leadership of its General Secretary Kim Jong Il without the slightest vacillation and twists and turns in the future, too.
The chairman of a county committee of the Czech, Moravia and Silesia Trade Union Association noted that the world political history knows no such political elder as Kim Jong Il of the DPRK who has performed distinguished exploits with outstanding political caliber.
The Korean people's struggle for socialism and national reunification is sure to triumph under the leadership of Kim Jong Il, he declared.
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ATCC critica el "pragmatismo" de Lee Myung Bak
Pyongyang, 7 de junio (ATCC) -- El recien aparecido "poder" conservador del Sur de Corea obstaculiza la mejora de las relaciones Norte-Sur y enfria el entusiasmo de la nacion coreana por la reunificacion.
Es que despues de su investidura, el traidor Lee Myung Bak presento como su "filosofia de gobernacion" el "pragmatismo" dando espaldas a la nacion y la reunificacion de la patria.
El "pragmatismo" al estilo norteamericano de la banda de Lee no pasa de ser la doctrina edulcorante para encubrir su caracter vendepatria y servil a grandes potencias y su atributo anti-reunificacion.
El caracter reaccionario de esa doctrina reside en negar la Declaracion Conjunta del 15 de Junio, gran programa de la reunificacion de la patria del nuevo siglo, y la Declaracion del 4 de Octubre, programa para la implementacion de la primera, y en detener a toda costa la ejecucion de estas.
Ya desde antes de su llegada al "poder", la banda de Lee habia censurado esas declaraciones calificandolas de "teoricas" y "abstractas".
Ahora, aboga por la "reciprocidad estricta" diciendo que no implementaria los acuerdos ya contraidos con el Norte si estos no convienen a la cuenta.
Tambien, bajo el pretexto de la "razon economica" y las "cargas financieras", suspende abiertamente la ejecucion de dichas declaraciones.
Bajo el rotulo de la "diplomacia pragmatica", la banda de Lee resto en gran medida la facultad del "Ministerio de Reunificacion" que se encargaba de las relaciones Norte-Sur.
Al refrescar el equipo de su "regimen", Lee Myung Bak nombro a los elementos proyanquis en estrecha relacion con EE.UU. en los cargos de ministro y los puestos mas altos y ubico a los empresarios extranjeros incluso los norteamericanos en la "junta de consulta internacional" adscrita directamente al "presidente".
La banda de Lee, que bajo la consigna del "pragmatismo" pone a las fuerzas foraneas por encima de la nacion, acusa sin ton ni son a la parte Norte que para la reconciliacion y la unidad nacionales y la reunificacion de la patria, soluciono en el pasado al alcance de sus posibilidades todos los problemas presentados por la parte Sur y le ofrecio a esta los privilegios y prerrogativas como la apertura hasta de las zonas delicadas militarmente.
Por consiguiente, se crearon escollos en las relaciones Norte-Sur y la causa de reunificacion de la patria que marchaban por la senda positiva segun el ideal de "Entre nosotros, los connacionales".
En fin de cuentas, el "pragmatismo" de Lee Myung Bak es la criminal "teoria de division eterna" para convertir para siempre las relaciones Norte-Sur en los vinculos entre los ajenos despreciando los lazos nacionales y relaciones consanguineas.
La historia de varios milenios de la nacion coreana dejo las lecciones ensangrentadas de que la dependencia de las fuerzas foraneas nunca fue pragmatica.
No podra haber jamas un "pragmatismo" apartado de la nacion.
Rodong Sinmun califica de prometedora la epoca de 15 de Junio
Pyongyang, 7 de junio (ATCC) -- En un articulo individual difundido este sabado, el diario Rodong Sinmun subraya que nadie podra dar curso inverso a la tendencia actual en que la nacion coreana va abriendo la nueva epoca de reunificacion independiente, paz y prosperidad en virtud de la Declaracion Conjunta del 15 de Junio.
En esta nueva era de la historia todos los coreanos marchan hacia la independencia y la gran unidad basandose en el ideal de "Entre nosotros, los connacionales", asevera el articulista y prosigue:
La caracteristica fundamental de la era de reunificacion del 15 de Junio reside en el ideal "Entre nosotros, los connacionales", segun el cual todos los coreanos del Norte, el Sur y en ultramar satisfacen la demanda y los intereses nacionales forjando su destino por cuenta propia sin dependerse de las fuerzas extranjeras.
Toda la nacion coreana aprecia mucho la epoca del 15 de Junio, en que se pone de pleno manifiesto el espiritu de independencia nacional y se logran la reconciliacion y la unidad nacionales, y lucha por defenderla.
En estos tiempos, los habitantes surcoreanos de diferentes sectores libran la masiva lucha anti-"gubernamental" porque se sintieron avergonzados y decepcionados de la politica vendepatria y servil a grandes potencias de la camarilla de Lee Myung Bak.
La actual epoca del 15 de Junio comprueba que es mejor el ideal de "Entre nosotros, los connacionales" y que es el mas justo el camino que allana la nacion coreana con sus propias fuerzas para la reunificacion independiente, la paz y la prosperidad.
La epoca del 15 de Junio es la sagrada era de reunificacion independiente, cuya victoria esta garantizada.
En la actualidad, la banda de Lee Myung Bak, que tomo el 'poder', maniobra desesperadamente para frenar el avance de la epoca referida en cooperacion con las fuerzas extranjeras.
La horda de Lee no podra salvar de ninguna manera su tragico destino inclinado al arruinamiento ni detener la corriente de la epoca actual en que todos los coreanos marchan hacia la reunificacion independiente, la paz y la prosperidad en virtud de la Declaracion Conjunta del 15 de Junio.
Mexico: simposio sobre obra de Kim Jong Il
Pyongyang, 7 de junio (ATCC) -- Con motivo del 44o aniversario del inicio del trabajo del Dirigente Kim Jong Il en el Comite Central del Partido del Trabajo de Corea el simposio sobre su obra "Priorizar la labor ideologica es requisito indispensable para el cumplimiento de la causa socialista" tuvo lugar el 31 de mayo en el Instituto de la Idea Juche de Mexico.
En el certamen el presidente de este instituto Juan Campos Vega hizo resumen del contenido principal de esta obra y se refirio a que durante mas de 40 anos desde cuando inicio el trabajo en el CC del PTC, el Dirigente, con sus dinamicas actividades ideo-teoricas y destacada direccion, fortalecio el PTC como un partido invencible.
Senalo que cuando el movimiento socialista del mundo sufria severas pruebas, el Dirigente publico la obra mencionada para infundir la conviccion a los partidos revolucionarios y los pueblos del mundo aspirantes al socialismo.
Acto seguido, los oradores explicaron y argumentaron profundamente la justeza de la idea y teoria dilucidadas por el Dirigente combinandola con el derrumbe del socialismo en los paises de Europa oriental.
Subrayaron que todos los partidos aspirantes al socialismo deben aprender activamente las experiencias de la labor ideologica del PTC y hacer contribucion a fortalecer su organizacion politica y llevar adelante el movimiento socialista del mundo.
Los participantes en el acto vieron el documental coreano "El respetado camarada Kim Jong Il es gran ideologo y teorico".
Personalidades checas elogian hazanas de Kim Jong Il
Pyongyang, 7 de junio (ATCC) -- Con motivo del 44o aniversario del inicio del trabajo del Dirigente Kim Jong Il en el Comite Central del Partido del Trabajo de Corea, tuvieron lugar los dias 26 y 27 de mayo charla y mitin en Checo.
En las ocasiones hubo intervenciones.
El presidente del Comitedel Partido Comunista de Cechy-Morava en un distrito dijo que desde los primeros dias de su trabajo en el CC del PTC, el Dirigente Kim Jong Il concedio gran significado al fortalecimiento de la unidad y cohesion ideo-organizativas del partido y al guiar sabiamente esta labor, consolido en la etapa mas alta la cohesion y unidad de todo el partido.
La actual unidad monolitica de la sociedad de Corea es inconcebible al margen de la solida unidad y cohesion del PTC, dijo y subrayo que gracias al Secretario General Kim Jong Il, el PTC avanzara a pasos firmes tambien en lo adelante por el unico camino del socialismo sin la minima vacilacion y desviacion exaltando su invencible poderio.
El presidente de un comite distrital de la Asociacion de los Sindicatos de Cechy, Morava y Silesia elogio que en la historia de la politica mundial no hay otro veterano politico como el Dirigente Kim Jong Il quien acumulo excepcionales hazanas con su destacada capacidad politica.
Por contar con el Dirigente Kim Jong Il, triunfara sin falta la lucha del pueblo coreano por el socialismo y la reunificacion de la patria, asevero.