Kim Jong Il Inspects KPA Sub-Unit
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il inspected a sub-unit of KPA Unit 756.
He was accompanied by KPA Generals Hyon Chol Hae and Ri Myong Su.
After acquainting himself with the sub-unit's performance of duty, he took deep care of the service and living of its soldiers, making the rounds of an education room, a bedroom, a mess hall, a wash-cum-bath house, a subsidiary food store, a rabbit house and cultural, educational and supply service facilities.
He took profound care of the soldiers' living as their real parents would do, learning in detail about all aspects of their life ranging from the use of instruments to accompany singing and the thickness of blankets for them to the quality of water in the wash-cum-bath house.
He said that the commanding officers of the sub-unit should make tenacious efforts to provide the soldiers with good living conditions, always bearing in mind the teachings given by President Kim Il Sung that the supply work precisely means a political work, and indicated ways to do so.
He had a photo session with the servicepersons of the sub-unit.
Greetings to President of Philippines
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of greetings to Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on June 3 on the occasion of the 110th independence anniversary of the country.
Kim in the message sincerely wished the president greater success in her work for political stability and economic progress of the country.
Saying that it is the consistent stand of the DPRK government to give importance and positively develop the relations with Philippines and other Asian countries which are geographically close to the DPRK, he expressed belief that the DPRK-Philippine friendly and cooperative relations developing on good terms at present would grow stronger by their joint efforts.
Overseas Compatriots Arrive
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- Kwak Tong Ui, co-chairman of the Overseas Side Committee for Implementing the June 15 Joint Declaration, and delegates of the Japanese and U.S. regional committees of the Overseas Side Committee arrived here Wednesday to participate in the meeting for national reunification commemorating the 8th publication anniversary of the June 15 joint declaration.
Noted Grass Goods in DPRK
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- Grass goods become popular these days when summer is ushered in.
The grass goods have been developed in their kinds and forms, closely related to the life of the Koreans from olden times.
Excellent processing makes it possible to preserve the peculiar features and colors of vegetable materials almost as they are.
With vegetable materials the Korean people have made and used varied goods including mat, cushion and straw mat, various kinds of bags including wicker basket and mesh bag, favorite goods including cap and fan and furniture including chair, blind and hamper.
Their materials are sedge, rush, bark of basswood and elm, willow, bush-clover, reed, cornhusk and others.
In particular, the fancy mat made of sedge is widely used for practical and ornamental purposes.
The grass goods strong in natural colors are used in building cultured way of life to suit the taste and emotion of the Korean people.
Koryo History Museum in Kaesong
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- The Koryo History Museum is in Kaesong City, the DPRK.
The museum consists of 18 buildings of Songgyungwan including Myongryun lecture hall, Taesong hall, studying and lodging rooms in the east and the west, shrines in the east and the west and Kyesong Temple, which show architecture of Koryo (918-1392) and the historical relics around the buildings which are preserved as they were.
On display in the museum are more than 1,000 pieces of relics showing the history of Koryo and the development of its economy, science and culture.
The museum has four main showrooms.
Exhibited in Showroom No. One in the shrine in the east are relics and data related with the foundation of Koryo, the first unified state in Korea, and the history of its development.
Showroom No. Two in Taesong hall preserves relics on the development of science and culture such as Koryo porcelain.
Showroom No. Three in Kyesong Temple houses the Iron Buddha which was moved from the site of Jokjo Temple in Pakyon-ri, Kaesong city and others and Showroom No. Four in the shrine in the west relics showing the development of metal crafts, architecture, sculpture and drawings.
Seen in the outdoor exhibition district are pagodas including the five-storied pagoda of Pulil Temple and tombstones. Facilities including archery and swinging grounds for national sports contests and folk amusement games have been arranged in the district.
The museum is a centre for studying and a treasure house showing the developed culture of Koryo.
Korean People's Struggle Supported in Greece
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- Aleka Papariga, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece, on June 5 met and had a talk with a delegation of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) on a visit to his country.
The general secretary said that the Communist Party of Greece would fully support the struggle of the WPK and the people of the DPRK in the future, too.
The most important task facing the international socialist movement at present is for communist and workers parties of different countries to learn from the experience of the WPK firmly defending socialism at the outpost of the anti-imperialist struggle and take joint steps in supporting the Korean people's just cause, she added.
All Ministers of S. Korean Puppet Cabinet Resign
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- All ministers of south Korea left their offices on Tuesday.
That day Prime Minister Han Sung Su, Presidential Chief of Staff Ryu U Ik, the minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Foodstuff, the minister of Health, Welfare and Families, the minister of Education, Science and Technology, the minister of Planning and Finance and all other ministers officially clarified their will to resign and tendered wholesale resignation to Lee Myung Bak.
They had no other choice but to step down after all the senior presidential secretaries and the spokesman of "Chongwadae" tendered their resignations on June 6 over the issue of the American beef import.
This happened 107 days after Lee came to power, something unprecedented in the history of south Korea.
KCNA Terms Lee Myung Bak Political Charlatan Swimming against June 15 Era of Reunification
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- The Lee Myung Bak regime of south Korea has driven the inter-Korean relations to the lowest ebb since the publication of the June 15 joint declaration.
After traitor Lee took office all dialogues between the authorities of the north and the south have been deadlocked and cooperation projects been put in the danger of overall suspension although they continued despite turns and twists. This has bedeviled the inter-Korean relations that have so far favorably developed.
The traitorous group is working hard to bring back the old confrontational era while negating the June 15 joint declaration under the watchword of "no nukes, opening and 3,000 dollars" based on "pragmatism."
They raved that reunification based on June 15 joint declaration should never be allowed while terming the idea of "By our nation itself" "narrow-minded nationalism" and "exclusionist nationalism."
The Lee group made public a "2008 basic plan for education in the issue of unification" and decided to use anti-reunification teaching materials, saying that "education in the issue of unification" in the past embellished the north and weakened the concept of principal enemy because it was based on the joint declaration. They even arrested progressive pro-reunification educationists on charges of giving the "June 15 joint lecture" and illegally searched their houses and school.
In early May they pressurized the Press Headquarters of the South Side Committee for Implementing the June 15 Joint Declaration to sign a "paper" giving assurances that it "would not make any speech or conduct any act of favoring the north's political agitation and assertions" before attending the conference of representatives of mediapersons from the north and the south, thus sparking off big public furor.
The Lee group has harshly suppressed the south Koreans from all walks of life in their struggle for reunification.
They invoked the "National Security Law" to prevent the representatives of youth organizations of south Korea from participating in the conference of representatives of youth and students organizations in the north and the south held in Mt. Kumgang resort, thus scuttling the inter-Korean joint event for reunification.
This is the true colors of the Lee group of traitors keen on inciting confrontation, not seeking national reconciliation and unity, displeased with the June 15 era of reunification.
It is the true intention of the traitor to scrap the June 15 joint declaration and bedevil the north-south relations.
The negation of the June 15 joint declaration which replaced the north-south confrontational era that lasted for more than half a century after the national division by the era of national reconciliation and unity and independent reunification is little short of a treacherous and anti-reunification act of bringing a new confrontational era.
The uniform development of the nation can never be expected as long as such traitor as Lee remains in office.
Anniversary of Massive Struggle against Japanese Imperialists Observed
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- The June 10 Independence Movement was an eruption of the pent-up grudge and resentment of the Korean people against the colonial rule of the Japanese imperialists and an anti-Japanese massive patriotic struggle to regain the country usurped by the Japanese imperialists and establish the sovereignty of the Korean nation.
Rodong Sinmun Wednesday says this in a signed article dedicated to the 82nd anniversary of the above-said movement.
Through the movement, the Korean people powerfully demonstrated their ardent desire for independence and sovereignty and shook the Japanese imperialists' system of colonial rule to its foundation, the article notes, and goes on:
It is the tradition of the Korean nation to wage an indomitable struggle against the outside aggressors who encroach upon the sovereignty of the nation, cherishing strong national self-respect and ardent patriotism.
Unpardonable is Japan's past history in which it committed indelible crimes against the Korean nation through its 40 odd year-long colonial fascist rule over Korea after occupying it by force of arms. It is a legal and moral commitment Japan should fulfill before the times and history to redress its crime-woven past, as it inflicted immeasurable misfortune and pain upon the Korean people.
Japan's crime-woven past history should be settled and the Korean nation should force Japan to pay for its past crimes at any cost with towering hatred against it.
The struggle of the Korean nation to force Japan to settle its past crimes is a just patriotic struggle to defend the national dignity and sovereignty and disallow the shameful history to repeat itself.
The Korean nation will neither allow the Japanese reactionaries to realize their anachronistic ambition for reinvasion nor tolerate any move of the Lee Myung Bak group subservient to them but surely usher in the new era of independent reunification, peace and prosperity through the nationwide struggle for independence against outsiders.
People of Developing Countries Called upon to Protect Natural Resources
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- For the people of the developing countries to protect their natural resources is an important requirement for opposing the imperialists' aggression and plunder and consolidating the independence of the countries.
Rodong Sinmun Wednesday observes this in a signed article.
In order to defend their sovereignty and achieve national prosperity and development it is necessary for the developing countries to stand up against the imperialists' plunder, protect their natural resources and develop and use the resources to meet their national interests.
The efforts of the people of the developing countries to protect their resources are a link in the chain efforts to consolidate the national independence already won and create a new life and provide a sure guarantee for achieving self-reliance in the economy.
The drive of the above-said people to develop and use their resources cannot make smooth progress as long as imperialism remains. An intensified anti-imperialist struggle would help protect the resources, develop the economy and defend the sovereignty of each country and nation.
Only when they have powerful armed forces for self-defence can they frustrate the imperialists' any moves for aggression and war and protect their resources, concludes the article.
S. Korean People Called upon to Bring Lee Myung Bak to Final Ruin
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- The Central Committee of the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front issued a declaration on the situation on June 10, according to the Kuguk Jonson (Internet).
The declaration said:
The Lee Myung Bak group is now mobilizing huge riot police forces to suppress the massive candlelight demonstrations being staged by south Korean people everyday against the import of American beef. This fascist crackdown is reminiscent of the period of military dictatorship.
The wave of mammoth candlelight demonstrations that sweep all parts of south Korea is an eruption of unbearable resentment and indignation of south Korean people at the Lee Myung Bak's regime as it has only pursued its wild political ambition and persisted in flunkeyism and treachery, remaining utterly indifferent to the dignity and interests of the nation. It is, at the same time, a manifestation of their strong will to regain the sovereignty and the right to existence usurped by foreign forces by the efforts of the people at any cost.
The declaration called on the people to intensify the candlelight actions till the regime yields to them and thus trigger off the second June popular resistance and bring traitor Lee Myung Bak to final ruin.
Unless an end is put to the U.S. domination and interference in south Korean affairs it is impossible for the people to get rid of the tragic reality in which such pro-U.S. traitors as the Lee Myung Bak group are strutting about and selling off the interests of the nation and the people, the declaration said, calling on the people in various parts of south Korea to raise angry voices condemning the U.S. reckless war exercises for invasion of the north and demanding the withdrawal of the U.S. forces from south Korea and removal of the U.S. military bases.
It also appealed to the people to vehemently condemn the Lee group for their dastardly perfidious act of negating the historic June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration and usher in a new era of independent reunification, peace and prosperity by the concerted efforts of the Korean nation.
Lee Myung Bak Group Try to Block Candlelight Demo in S. Korea
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- The police authorities issued "A-class emergency order" across south Korea in a bid to block the one million-people candlelight demonstration to be staged on the occasion of the anniversary of the June Popular Resistance, south Korean MBC reported on June 9.
According to the order, the security authorities ordered all the policemen to be ready to go into action and, at the same time, decided to deploy across south Korea 254 companies of riot police and 163 companies temporarily formed with police officers.
Meanwhile, on June 10 the police built barricades with containers around Kwanghwamun in Seoul, totally sealing off the roads leading to "Chongwadae".
Renegotiations on Beef Import Urged in S. Korea
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- Opposition parties of south Korea on June 6 denounced the traitorous Lee Myung Bak group for employing a deceptive artifice in a bid to evade its responsibility for the issue of the U.S. beef import.
That day the Democratic Labor Party referred to the fact that all senior secretaries of "Chongwadae" tendered their resignations, claiming that they would own responsibility for the negotiations on the U.S. beef import. This, however, would never help settle the situation, the party stressed.
Urging Lee Myung Bak to personally retract the "official instructions" on beef import and declare renegotiations, the party demanded the present Cabinet apologize for bringing misfortune to the people and all its ministers step down.
The Democratic Party for Unity called a press conference at which it termed the submission of resignations as a cynical ploy to deceive the people, stressing that the "only way out is for the president to immediately declare renegotiations."
Candlelight Protests Gain in Scope in S. Korea
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- Candlelight protests against American beef import are gaining in scope in south Korea.
An "event on the eve of the one million people candlelight demonstration" was staged in Seoul on June 9 with more than 10,000 people from all walks of life involved.
A candlelight rally was held in the plaza of the City Office on the theme "Let us punish the Lee Myung Bak regime through the one million people candlelight demonstration on June 10!"
The participants in the rally held a memorial service for Ri Pyong Ryol, a member of the Solidarity with the Struggle for Impeachment of Lee Myung Bak, who committed self-immolation in protest against traitor Lee's opening of market to American beef.
At the end of the rally its participants staged a demonstration. Then they gathered again in the plaza of the City Office to hold colorful events including the people's grand forum.
That day the Solidarity for Implementing the South-North Joint Declaration, the Confederation of Trade Unions, the Federation of Trade Unions and the Democratic Labor Party in south Korea separately issued statements clarifying their will to actively join in the one million people candlelight demonstration.
The Federation of Peasants' Associations called a press conference at which it declared it would take part in the above-said candlelight action on June 10 and, at the same time, hold candlelight rallies in 63 regions of south Korea including Seoul all at once.
Elder Christians of south Korea, too, called a press conference and issued an emergency declaration to express the will to participate in the above-mentioned candlelight demonstration.
Ri Sung Ho, chairman of the south Korean Council of Youth Organizations, made public an "appeal on the occasion of the one million people candlelight demonstration on June 10."
Meanwhile, on June 10 the Teachers Union of south Korea held a meeting and issued a declaration, stating that 90,000 unionists and 400,000 teachers would join in the one million candlelight demonstration.
On the same day, the Federation of Government Employees' Unions, the Court Employees' Union, the Solidarity of Employees of Autonomous Organizations of Large Cities, the Teachers Union, the Trade Union of Government Employees for Democracy in south Korea jointly made public a declaration of government employees and teachers on the situation to restore the right to quarantine and defend people's sovereignty.
Anniversary of June Popular Resistance Observed in S. Korea
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- An event took place in Seoul Tuesday to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the June Popular Resistance.
Read out at the event was a declaration issued on behalf of 669 figures of various civic and social organizations including the Solidarity for Progress of south Korea, the Solidarity of the Civic and Social Organizations and the Council for Inheriting the June Popular Resistance for Democracy.
The declaration asserted that the all-people candlelight struggle against the import of American beef calls for the second June Popular Resistance.
Today the people find themselves in a serious crisis due to the unpopular policies of the Lee Myung Bak "government" including the import of American beef and the privatization of public sectors, it pointed out.
Noting that the trend towards peace and reunification on the Korean Peninsula has hit a big snag due to the traitorous group's involvement in the "PSI" and the missile defence system and such its "policy towards the north" as "no nukes, opening and 3,000 dollars," the declaration called on the people to turn out in the second June Popular Resistance to build a new society.
The spirit of the June Popular Resistance is being inherited through the on-going candlelight actions, not merely remembering what happened 21 years back, it said.
This event commemorating the day of the resistance is not a simple function but a meeting for proclaiming all-people resistance, the declaration noted, stressing that the one million people candlelight demonstration would prove to be a massive resistance of all the people against the Lee regime and resistance to protect sovereignty.
Kim Jong Il's Feats Praised in Different Countries
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- Romanian and Guinean figures made public statements 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.
Niculae Pavelescu, vice-chairman of the Romanian Socialist Union Party (Leftist) in a statement on June 4 praised Kim Jong Il for having developed the WPK into the party of President Kim Il Sung which regards the Juche idea as its guiding principle, an invincible party which achieved the steel-like unity and cohesion and is deeply rooted among broad sections of masses and a popular party which the world progressive parties should learn from.
Banou Keita, chairman of the Guinea-Korea Friendship Association, noted in a statement on June 3 that Kim Jong Il has built the WPK into the party which regards the Juche idea founded by the President as the only guiding principle and a party firmly based on the leadership system of the President since the very day he started his work at the C.C., the WPK.
Kim Jong Il set it as the main task for the party building to defend the unity and cohesion of the party, rallied behind the President on the basis of his idea and steadily strengthen and develop them generation after generation, thus consolidating the unity and cohesion of the whole party at a new high level, he added.
Anniversary of June 15 Joint Declaration Marked by Koreans in Russia
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- The United Confederation of Koreans in Russia held a meeting in Moscow on June 5 on the occasion of the 8th anniversary of the publication of the June 15 joint declaration.
Present there were Sok Song, first vice-chairman of the International United Confederation of Koreans, officials of the United Confederation of Koreans in Russia, compatriots and officials of the DPRK embassy in Moscow.
Choe Pong Gil, chairman of the United Confederation of Koreans in Russia, in a speech at the meeting praised General Secretary Kim Jong Il for bringing about the historic north-south summit and adopting the June 15 joint declaration and thus providing a landmark for reunification eight years ago.
The joint declaration based on the idea of "By our nation itself" has commanded undisputed support from all Koreans in the north and the south and abroad and peoples of many countries of the world for its validity and vitality, he noted.
He said that thanks to the will of Kim Jong Il for reunification the October 4 declaration, a programme for implementing the joint declaration, was published last year to open a new prospect of developing the inter-Korean relations and achieving national reunification.
Speakers at the meeting said that the June 15 joint declaration which was provided thanks to Kim Jong Il's iron will and courageous decision is a great programme for reunification to be held fast to by the Korean nation.
In order to reunify the country the whole nation should get united under the banner of "By our nation itself", they said, declaring that they would make a positive contribution to the patriotic work to achieve the independent and peaceful reunification of the country.
Koreans in Russia Vow to Struggle for National Reunification
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- We overseas Koreans fully support the people in the homeland in the struggle to achieve the independent and peaceful reunification of the country and will in the future, too, wage a dynamic struggle for national reunification under the uplifted banner of the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration.
Choe Pong Gil, chairman of the United Confederation of Koreans in Russia, said this in a statement issued on June 5 to mark the 8th anniversary of the publication of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration.
The statement noted that the north-south summit and the publication of the June 15 joint declaration, the first of their kind in the history of the national division, are of weighty significance for the Korean people who have covered the road of the hard-fought struggle for the independent and peaceful reunification of the country.
October last year witnessed another north-south summit and the adoption of the October 4 declaration in Pyongyang, the statement said, adding this is another event to be specially recorded in the history.
The October 4 declaration has received the unanimous support and sympathy at home and abroad as an inspiring banner promoting the independent development and reunification of the Korean nation and a programme to implement the June 15 joint declaration in all fields, it said, and went on:
The Lee Myung Bak regime in south Korea, however, is now becoming so foolish as to block the advance of the Korean nation for reunification.
The group of traitors should face up to the trend of the times as it is pursuing the policy for confrontation with the DPRK while totally negating the spectacular successes made in the inter-Korean relations.
Koreans in U.S. Hold Candlelight Meeting
Pyongyang, June 11 (KCNA) -- Koreans in the southern part of California State of the U.S. held a candlelight meeting in Los Angeles on June 7 in demand of the renegotiations on the import of American beef.
They strongly urged the Lee Myung Bak group to renegotiate on the beef imports after displaying in the venue of the meeting photos showing the police's brutal crackdown on the struggles against the beef imports in south Korea and the gruesome looks of victims.
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Kim Jong Il presencia funcion de esposas de oficiales del EPC
Pyongyang, 11 de junio (ATCC) -- El Dirigente Kim Jong Il, Secretario General del Partido del Trabajo de Corea, Presidente del Comite de Defensa Nacional de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea y Comandante Supremo del Ejercito Popular de Corea, presencio una funcion de los grupos artisticos de las esposas de oficiales de varias unidades del EPC quienes participan en el primer concurso del segundo periodo de los mismos grupos.
En el repertorio de este dia figuraron la cancion y narracion "Es eterno ese amor", el drama corto "El camino de acogida", la cancion con acompanamiento de Janggo (instrumento nacional) y relato "Es mejor nuestra nacion", la pieza corta teatral "Hagamoslo con modestia", la narracion y cancion "Viviremos como los combatientes antijaponeses" y otras piezas del habla de diversos generos.
Las ejecutantes cantaron en tono patetico del gran orgullo y digna vida de si mismas que crecen y luchan tenazmente como dignas revolucionarias y segundas trompeteras del Songun (priorizacion militar) en el regazo paternal del Dirigente Kim Jong Il.
Igualmente, mostraron con vigor la ferrea conviccion y voluntad, el impetu revolucionario e indoblegable espiritu de las familiares de los oficiales de apoyar y defender firmemente a la Direccion de la Revolucion formando el bastion de la defensa a ultranza al lider junto con sus esposos militares y de acatar con fidelidad la sagrada causa del Songun (priorizacion militar).
Muy satisfecho de que las miembros de grupos artisticos ofrecieron esta magnifica funcion de alto valor ideo-artistico, evaluo altamente sus exitos del espectaculo.
Elogio que las familiares de oficiales crearon muchas particulares obras del arte de hablar de gran valor cognoscitivo y educacional y senalo que dar la autentica idea, moralidad y cultura necesarias para vivir como hombre independiente es la mision principal del arte moderno.
Agrego que el primer concurso del segundo periodo de los grupos artisticos de las esposas de oficiales mostro una vez mas la justeza y la vitalidad de la orientacion del partido de popularizar el arte y la orgullosa fisonomia de la nueva cultura creada en la epoca del Songun y envio cordial saludo a todas las integrantes de grupos artisticos y a sus familiares que las ayudaron activamente.
Presento las tareas programaticas que serviran de guia para desarrollar aun mas las actividades artisticas populares y masivas destacando que la gran vitalidad del concurso referido iniciado en la epoca del Songun deviene uno de los potentes motores que estimulan energicamente a nuestro pueblo a la lucha por el cumplimiento de la causa de construccion de una gran potencia prospera.
Acompanaron al Dirigente en disfrutar la funcion el jefe del Estado Mayor General del EPC, Kim Kyok Sik, el primer subjefe de la Direccion Politica General del EPC, Kim Jong Gak, y otros miembros directivos del ejercito, los secretarios del CC del PTC Kim Jung Rin y Kim Ki Nam, los jefes y primeros subjefes de departamento y otros cuadros responsables del CC del partido.
Kim Jong Il inspecciona la Unidad No. 958 del EPC
Pyongyang, 11 de junio (ATCC) -- El Dirigente Kim Jong Il, Secretario General del Partido del Trabajo de Corea, Presidente del Comite de Defensa Nacional de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea y Comandante Supremo del Ejercito Popular de Corea, inspecciono la Unidad No. 958 del EPC.
Guiado por el jefe de la Unidad, el Dirigente recorrio la sala de presentacion del historial.
Dijo que en las gloriosas hazanas de combates del EPC estan impregnadas tambien las proezas heroicas de esta unidad y evaluo altamente el espiritu de lucha de los militares de la unidad que cumplieron sin falta todos los deberes tan dificiles dados por el Partido.
En la sala de mando operacional se entero del estado de cumplimiento de la guardia avanzada y de entrenamiento.
Expreso satisfaccion de que todos los oficiales y soldados cumplen bien con alta vigilancia revolucionaria sus deberes combativos y se han preparado como soldados capaces de pelear uno contra cien enemigos en el proceso de concentrar las fuerzas a los ejercicios y dio las tareas que se presentan para fortalecer por todos los medios la combatividad de la unidad.
Al recorrer la Casa de Militares, la biblioteca y otros establecimientos de cultura y educacion, se cercioro del estado de la realizacion de la labor politica para los militares.
Elogio el hecho de que la unidad educa con eficacia a los militares mediante los establecimientos de cultura y educacion bien acondicionados y los forma como bombas al igual que los heroes Ri Su Bok y Kil Yong Jo.
La maxima dignidad y el honor, el invencible impetu y poderio, las inmortales hazanas y meritos militares que el ejercito popular exalta altamente a todo el mundo se basan en la especial idea y la fuerza espiritual de nuestros militares, senalo y continuo que anteponer con firmeza la labor ideologica deviene la garantia fundamental del poderio invencible.
Al recorrer las instalaciones de intendencia bien acondicionadas, dijo que todas estas se ven limpias y ordenadas y elogio el esmerado modo de vida economica de la unidad.
Despues de inspeccionar la comandancia, el Comandante Supremo subio al puesto avanzado de mando de la unidad donde se entero del estado de la topografia, objetos terrestres y ubicacion de fuerzas, recibio el informe de la situacion por parte del jefe de la unidad y enfatizo la necesidad de salvaguardar con las armas las conquistas de la revolucion adquiridas con la sangre por nuestro pueblo.
Acto seguido, inspecciono una compania adscrita a la unidad.
Tras ver el ejercicio de manejo de canones de los militares, recorrio la sala de educacion, el dormitorio, el comedor, el bano y otros establecimientos de cultura e intendencia prestando una profunda atencion a la vida de los soldados.
El Dirigente se fotografio junto a los militares de la unidad.
Le acompanaron los generales de ejercito del EPC Hyon Chol Hae y Ri Myong Su.
CC de PTC prepara encuentro de amistad con diplomaticos chinos
Pyongyang, 11 de junio (ATCC) -- Con motivo del 25o aniversario de la primera visita historica del Dirigente Kim Jong Il a la Republica Popular China, el Comite Central del Partido del Trabajo de Corea ofrecio el dia 10 un encuentro de amistad con los miembros de la embajada china en Corea.
A la ocasion fueron invitados el embajador Liu Xiaoming y otros miembros de la sede diplomatica china.
Tambien participaron el secretario Choe Thae Bok, los subjefes de departamento Pak Kyong Son y Kim Thae Jong, del CC del PTC, y otros funcionarios.
Los participantes vieron el documental coreano "La visita a China del camarada Kim Jong Il, miembro del Comite Permanente del Buro Politico del Comite Central del Partido del Trabajo de Corea y secretario del CC del partido".
Choe Thae Bok, en su discurso, senalo que la primera visita a China realizada en junio de 1983 por el Dirigente Kim Jong Il ha sido un evento trascendental para consolidar de generacion en generacion la tradicional amistad Corea-China.
Subrayo que la amistad bilateral preparada por el Presidente Kim Il Sung junto con los revolucionarios chinos de la anterior generacion se desarrolla cada dia mas bajo profunda atencion de los maximos dirigentes de los dos partidos.
Liu Xiaoming, en su discurso, destaco que durante su primera visita a China, el camarada Secretario General Kim Jong Il hizo encuentro historico con el camarada Deng Xiaoping y otros dirigentes chinos, profundizo aun mas la tradicional amistad China-Corea y echo un solido cimiento para las relaciones bilaterales de amistad y cooperacion en el nuevo siglo.
Subrayo que en la actualidad las relaciones de amistad entre China y Corea se desarrollan favorablemente bajo gran atencion del Secretario General Hu Jintao y el Secretario General Kim Jong Il.
Los participantes profundizaron la amistad hablando de como lograr el mayor desarrollo de las relaciones de amistad y cooperacion entre los dos paises.
Rodong Sinmun subraya necesidad de proteger recursos naturales
Pyongyang, 11 de junio (ATCC) -- Defender los recursos naturales es una importante demanda de los pueblos de los paises en vias de desarrollo para consolidar la independencia del pais rechazando la agresion y saqueo de los imperialistas.
Asi senala el diario Rodong Sinmun en un articulo individual del dia 11 y continua:
Para defender la soberania y lograr la prosperidad y el desarrollo de la nacion, los paises en vias de desarrollo deben salvaguardar sus recursos naturales frente a los imperialistas que quieren saquearlos y utilizarlos conforme a los intereses nacionales.
Esta tarea resulta un eslabon de la lucha de esos pueblos por consolidar su ya conquistada independencia nacional y crear una nueva vida y les garantiza lograr la independencia economica.
Mientras existe el imperialismo, es imposible que marche sin problemas la lucha de los paises en vias de desarrollo por explotar y utilizar los recursos naturales.
Por esta razon, solo cuando intensifiquen la lucha antiimperialista, ellos podran defender sus riquezas naturales, desarrollar la economia y salvaguardar la soberania del pais y la nacion.
Ademas, es imperioso contar con las poderosas fuerzas armadas de autodefensa para salvaguardar sus bienes naturales rechazando cualquier agresion y guerra que desaten los imperialistas.