Gift to Kim Jong Il from Lao PM
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il received a gift from Bouasone Bouphavanh, Prime Minister of the Lao government, on an official goodwill visit to the DPRK.
The gift was conveyed to Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, by the Lao prime minister today.
Kim Yong Nam Meets Lao PM
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, had a friendly talk with Bouasone Bouphavanh, Prime Minister of the Lao government, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today when the latter paid a courtesy call on him.
On the occasion Kim Yong Nam noted that the friendly relations between the DPRK and Laos are developing on good terms with each passing day under the deep care of General Secretary Kim Jong Il and President Choummaly Saynasone.
It is the firm stand of the Workers' Party of Korea and the government and the people of the DPRK to consolidate and develop the bilateral ties of friendship and cooperation, he said, adding that the Korean people would always stand by the side of the Lao people in the joint struggle for socialism.
Bouasone Bouphavanh expressed the will to strive to expand and develop the traditional relationship of friendship and cooperation between the two countries provided by President Kaysone Phomvihane and President Kim Il Sung.
He said that Laos has consistently supported the policies advanced by Kim Il Sung for the independent and peaceful reunification of Korea and is convinced that the Korean people will certainly build a great prosperous powerful nation under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il.
Present there were Lao Minister of the Prime Minister's Office and Director of the Secretariat of the Government Cheuang Sombounkhanh, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sitaheng Rasphone, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Phongsavath Boupha, Vice-Minister of Planning and Investment Bounthavy Sisouphanthong, Vice-Minister of Industry and Commerce Khemmani Pholsena and Lao Ambassador to the DPRK Chaleune Warinthrasak.
On hand were DPRK Minister of Foreign Trade Ri Ryong Nam and Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Yong Il.
Inter-section Talks Held between DPRK and Laos
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- Inter-section talks between the DPRK and Laos were held here on Monday.
The talks took place between Minister of Agriculture Ri Kyong Sik and Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade Ri Myong San from the DPRK side and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sitaheng Rasphone and Vice-Minister of Industry and Commerce Khemmani Pholsena from the Lao side.
At the talks both sides exchanged their views on further developing the cooperative relations in various fields.
Kim Yong Nam Greets Vietnamese President
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of greetings to Nguyen Minh Triet, president of Vietnam, today on the occasion of the 63rd national day.
Expressing the belief that the friendly and cooperative relations between the DPRK and Vietnam would grow stronger in line with the interests and desire of the peoples of the two countries, Kim in the message sincerely wished him and the Vietnamese people greater successes in their work for building a prosperous socialist state under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Kim Yong Nam Greets Slovak President
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of greetings to Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic on September 1 on the occasion of the constitutional day of the country.
Kim Yong Nam, in the message, expressed belief that the bilateral ties of cooperation would grow stronger in the mutual interests and wished the Slovak people prosperity and happiness.
Greetings to Uzbek President
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of greetings to Islam Karimov, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, on September 1 on the occasion of the national day of the country.
Kim Yong Nam in the message wished the Uzbek president greater success in his work for the prosperity of the country and the well-being of the people and expressed belief that the bilateral relations of friendship and cooperation would develop in the mutual interests in the future, too.
Greetings to Slovak PM
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Il, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, sent a message of greetings to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Monday on the occasion of the constitutional day of the country.
Expressing the belief that the relations between the two countries would strengthen and develop in the interests of the two peoples, the message wished the Slovak people prosperity and happiness.
Greetings to Vietnamese PM
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Il, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, sent a message of greetings to Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Monday on the occasion of the 63rd birthday of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Expressing the belief that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries now on a new high stage would continue to develop in various fields, the message sincerely wished the prime minister and the government of Vietnam greater success in their efforts to realize the industrialization and modernization of the country.
German Lawmaker Arrives
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- Hartmut Koschyk, chairman of the German-Korean Parliamentary Friendship Group who is member of Bundestag (Federal Assembly) of Germany, and his party arrived here today.
Japan's Massacre of Koreans during Great Kanto Quake Indicted
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- The History Society of the DPRK issued a memorandum on August 31 to indict the Japanese government for massacring Koreans in a premeditated and cruel manner during the great Kanto quake.
According to the memorandum, the Japanese government, taking the great quake that hit the area of Kanto, Japan in September 1923 as a golden opportunity for suppressing Koreans, mobilized the Interior Ministry, the army and the police and even ultra-right organizations including the "vigilant committee", thus killing more than 23,000 innocent Koreans in cold blood in little more than 10 days.
The Japanese government spread the fiction of "uprising of Koreans" in a bid to divert the Japanese people's criticism of government sparked off by the quake to killing Koreans. It then declared a "wartime martial law" and made "combat" preparations to kill defenseless Koreans in Japan, regarding them as "enemies".
The Kanto Martial Law Command ordered the army, the police and the "vigilant committee", etc. to commence the "operation for exterminating Koreans" after defining Koreans in Japan as "enemies and insurgents" according to the "wartime martial law".
The command bolstered the ground and naval forces including Konoe division and the first division stationed in the area of Kanto in Tokyo and Yokohama.
The number of the troops present in the area under martial law reached more than 35,000 as of September 8 and more than 52,000 on September 10.
The Japanese government saw to it that organizations including the "vigilant committee" and "youth group" specializing in killing Koreans were organized with ultra-right elements and ordered them to cooperate with the army and the police.
The "vigilant committees" thus totaled 3,688 - 1,595 in Tokyo metropolis, 603 in Kanagawa Prefecture, 300 in Saitama Prefecture, 366 in Chiba Prefecture, 336 in Ibaraki Prefecture, 469 in Gunma Prefecture and 19 in Tochigi Prefecture.
Under the direction of the command more than 70 army checkpoints were set up in the areas of Tokyo and Yokohama alone and hundreds of police boxes and police substations were ordered to operate as second checkpoints and Koreans among those passing through them were strictly screened and dealt with.
The Japanese man-killers left no means untried to ferret out Koreans. Typical of them were forcing the passers-by to pronounce five yen and 55 sen in Japanese, those confirmed to be Koreans to tie scarves around their foreheads, passers-by to speak about their birthdays in Japanese and beating them hard till they make screams for the purpose of screening them.
These man-killers went rampant with "hunting Koreans," scouring even mountains, riversides and meadows, to say nothing of streets, villages and houses, holding rifles, Japanese swords, daggers, bladed spears, bamboo spears, clubs and iron hooks and all other lethal weapons. When they caught Koreans, they cruelly killed them on the spot.
The number of the Koreans in Japan killed due to the Japanese government's cruel man-killing operations reached more than 23,000, according to the information released by the "Government-General in Korea".
The Japanese imperialist man-killers did not hesitate to commit such double crimes as burying a great number of dead bodies or burning them after spraying petroleum over them in order to keep the massacre of Koreans from being known to the world in the future.
After massacring Koreans, the Japanese government shamelessly tried to conceal or distort the truth about it in a bid to evade the criticism of it by the unbiased public and the responsibility for the crimes.
After proclaiming the "wartime martial law" the Japanese government organized the "temporary secretariat for rescuing quake victims" to eradicate the aftermath of the quake and set up in it a guard department working as a general command in charge of public security.
The guard department conducted false propaganda about "violence" and "crimes" of Koreans in Japan in a bid to hide the government's responsibility for crimes and decided to spread the story that their "violence" was masterminded by the "Reds", communists, behind the scene.
A typical decision was the September 5 top secret document "An agreement on the issue of Koreans."
The massacre and suppression of Koreans by the Japanese government and its henchmen were crimes against humanity unprecedented in history for their scale and the crafty and cruel nature of methods used by them.
Japan brought so unspeakable misfortune to the Koreans as an aggressor and plunderer and committed so hideous crimes against the Koreans in political, economic, military, cultural, moral and all other fields.
The Japanese government, however, is totally denying the crimes it committed in the past while dreaming of realizing the "Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere", far from repenting of and apologizing for its crime-woven past.
The Japanese government should bear in mind that if it runs reckless, oblivious of this, it will never be able to evade a thousand-fold revenge of Koreans but remain a sworn enemy of the Koreans as long as it does not sincerely repent of its past crimes.
Press Conference Held at Russian Embassy
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- A press conference was held at the Russian embassy here Monday in connection with Russia's recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Present there were media persons in Pyongyang.
On hand were staff members of the Russian embassy.
At the press conference Russian Ambassador Valery Sukhinin referred to the historic background against which the recent incident took place in South Ossetia and the circumstances that prompted Russia to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Then he answered questions put by reporters.
International Invitational Table-Tennis Tournament Held
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- The 22nd Pyongyang International Invitational Table-Tennis Tournament was held at the Table-Tennis Gymnasium in Chongchun Street from Aug. 28 to Sept. 1.
Chinese team, Teams A and B of India, Mongolian team and Teams A and B of the DPRK competed in men's and women's team events, men's and women's singles and men's and women's doubles.
Team A of the DPRK took the first place, the Chinese team second and team B of the DPRK third in men's and women's team standing.
Yan An from China placed first in men's singles, Kim Jong of the DPRK in women's singles, Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Chol Jin of the DPRK in men's doubles and Kim Jong and Kim Hye Song of the DPRK in women's doubles.
Scientific and Technological Presentation and Exhibition to Be Held
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- The 5th National Nano Scientific and Technological Presentation and Nano Product Exhibition and a national scientific and technological presentation in the biological field will be opened under the sponsorship of the Central Committee of the Korean General Federation of Science and Technology.
The Nano presentation and exhibition to be held at Kim Chaek University of Technology on October 22 and 23 is aimed to disseminate and popularize the achievements and experience gained in developing the nation's Nano science and technology.
Papers will be presented there on the successes made in the study of basic theory related to Nano science and technology, successes made in researches into the processes of composing and manufacturing Nano materials and the method of measuring and analyzing them and in designing and production of Nano machines and Nano electronic elements and the achievements made in Nano medical science and Nano biology, the introduction of Nano technology and in manufacturing Nano technology-based products and expanding their items. And relevant products will be displayed.
Presented at the biological science and technology presentation to be held at the Biology Branch under the State Academy of Sciences on October 20 and 21 will be papers on the successes made in preservation and sustained use of the nation's biological resources, in classifying and systematizing living things and using them, in the study of biological, cell and gene engineering helpful to the development of agriculture and stockbreeding, in researches into such advanced scientific and technological fields as the biological information science, the biological Nano technology and the biological engineering and introduction of their results and in research into biology related to such adjacent domains as the light industry and the medical science.
Lots of Main Construction Objects Completed
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- At least 60,000 main construction objects have been completed in the DPRK over the last more than decade.
The completion of Thaechon Power Station No.4 in Juche 96 (2007) was followed by that of Thaechon Power Stations No. 1, 2, 3 and 5 built on tiers in the River Taeryong. This has turned the area of Thaechon into a power-producing centre with a generating capacity of hundreds of thousands of kw of electricity. There also sprang up Orangchon Power Station No. 1, the Samsu Power Station and other large hydro-power stations as structures in the era of the Workers' Party.
This period also witnessed the appearance of minor power stations in various parts of the country such as Naephyong Army-People Power Station No. 2 and the Kumjingang Hungbong Youth Power Station which helped more than double the nation's generating capacity.
In this period new Phunggok, Samchon, Ryongban and Pit No. 8 of Namyang Coal Mine and Pit No. 3 of the Namdok Coal Mine and others went operational and long-distance belt-conveyers have been completed in pits of the February 8 Jikdong Youth Coal Mine and the Ryongdung Coal Mine.
A 100 ton electric furnace went operational at the Steel Shop of the Hwanghae Iron and Steel Complex in October, 2005.
The workers of the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex completed the construction of Coke Oven No. 4 and the reconstruction of Sintering Furnace No. 1 in a brief span of time by displaying the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance and fortitude.
This period also witnessed the opening of railways between Wonsan and Mt. Kumgang to traffic and their switch to electric traction and the appearance of the Branch for Manufacturing Wheels through Steel-rolling of the Rahung Railway Factory.
The land-realignment in Kangwon Province resulted in cutting by half the total length of ridges between rice fields, ie, from over 12,000 km to more than 5,600 km and converting at least 233,800 patches of fields into more than 65,500 fields of standardized shapes and bringing over 1,760 hectares of new land under cultivation.
More than 53,000 hectares of land were realigned in North Phyongan Province, at least 100,000 hectares of land in South Hwanghae Province and over 94,400 hectares of land in South Phyongan Province and Pyongyang.
The construction of the Kaechon-Lake Thaesong Waterway extending about 160 km from Taegak-ri of Kaechon City to Lake Thaesong was completed in October 2002 and the construction of the nearly 280 km Paekma-Cholsan Waterway wound up three years later. The construction of a waterway is now making brisk headway in the Miru Plain.
Many light industrial factories such as the Sinuiju Cosmetics Factory, the Taedonggang Beer Factory and the Kangso Mineral Water Processing Factory went operational.
A lot of big modern stock-breeding bases have appeared in different parts of the country. Among them are the Hamhung City Youth Goat Farm, the Hamju Phyongphungdok Goat Farm, the Kyenam Stock-Farm, Wonsan Stock-Farm, the Songam Myonggi Cattle Farm, the Ostrich Farm, the Kusong Chicken Farm, the Kanggye Duck Farm, the Sariwon Pig Farm and the Phyongbuk Pig Farm.
There also sprang up fish-breeding farms including the Pyongyang Catfish Farm, the Pukchang Catfish Farm and the Poman Fish Breeding Station.
Hundreds of hectares of salt fields were constructed on the East Coast. Among them are the Kwangmyongsong Saltern, the Wonsan Bay Saltern and the Odaejin Youth Saltern.
At least 600,000 dwelling houses were built in urban and rural areas.
Electricity and methane gas are used for heating and cooking in about 200,000 new dwelling houses built in rural areas.
The Pyongyang-Hyangsan Tourist Road and the Youth Hero Motorway were built and ring roads constructed in scenic spots.
Mt. Chilbo, a beauty spot on the East Coast, and Mt. Kuwol, a beauty spot on the West Coast, Mt. Jangsu, a famous mountain in South Hwanghae Province, and Mt. Jongbang, Mt. Paekun and Mt. Ryongak turned into attractive recreation grounds for people.
The Ullim Falls, the Kusul Falls and the Pidan Falls and six ponds once hidden in deep forests and Songam Cavern and Ryongmun Grand Cavern, the famous underground beauty spots, became tourist destinations.
Pyongyang Kim Won Gyun Conservatory sprang up to be a grand centre for musical education and the Moranbong Theatre, the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre and the Taedongmun Cinema House were renovated as required by the new century.
Okryu and Chongryu restaurants were face-lifted as popular comprehensive catering centers which serve national food.
These stirring realties are the precious fruition of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's outstanding leadership art and iron will and his total dedication to the country and the people.
Health Foods Attracting Attention
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- The DPRK is concentrating its efforts on developing health foods.
Public health and biological science research institutions have developed various kinds of specially efficacious health foods.
They are made with natural medicines including Panax schinseng and Ganoderma growing in the northern highland of the country. Among them are anti-radiation honey and eye strain relieving honey. Their everyday administration helps people swiftly relieve from mental and physical fatigue and prevent heart diseases and thrombosis.
Yanggeron manufactured by a folk method with a long history is a sort of tonic which gives youthful vitality to the user.
The nutritive pine flower pills contain materials needed for the human body such as various vitamins, microelements, essential amino acid and polysaccharide which are good for health promotion.
Besides, active nutrient pills, functional health food, and nutritive powder and nutrient jelly, health food complexes, are also popular among the people.
Kumsamsu, Chongjiryong, Chongsinjong, Chonghyolsodangjong, Poganjong, Unicolon and others which are potent for health protection find their way to foreign markets.
Day of Non-Aligned Movement Observed
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has made a dynamic advance under the banner of independence against imperialism and peace against war since it proclaimed its birth to the whole world.
Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article dedicated to the Day of the Non-Alignment.
It goes on:
President Kim Il Sung set forth the idea and strategy and tactics which calls on the NAM to firmly maintain its idea and the principle to govern its activities, develop the unity and cooperation among the countries on the basis of independence and stand up against the imperialists' moves for aggression and war, division and alienation, etc. with a strategy of unity under the uplifted banner of peace against war. These serve as an immortal banner for strengthening and developing the NAM.
The NAM has advanced along the path of victory under the tested leadership of Kim Jong Il who has creditably carried forward the idea and leadership of the President.
The imperialists are becoming all the more sinister and craftier in their moves to split and destabilize the NAM in a bid to drastically weaken or destroy it.
The reality requires the non-aligned countries to reinforce the movement and dynamically advance the times, heightening their vigilance against the imperialists' moves and holding higher the banner of independence against imperialism and peace against war.
The NAM should decisively increase the capability for its actions in order to remain true to its fundamental idea, goal and principle and actively promote the interests of the non-aligned countries and other developing countries in the arena of the United Nations.
The non-aligned countries should develop South-South cooperation so as to achieve socio-economic development and the common prosperity as required by the new century.
They should never allow the high-handed and arbitrary practices and unilateralism of the imperialists but go united in the struggle against them. In handling international issues, they should become unanimous in speaking for independence, impartiality and justice and steer the era in the direction of materializing their noble idea and achieving their purpose.
They should strive hard to boost the unity and solidarity on the basis of independence.
The DPRK as a dignified member state of the NAM will firmly preserve its fundamental principle, idea and purity and fulfill its responsibility and role to steadily strengthen and develop it.
Intensive Struggle against "Gov't" Declared in S. Korea
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- The Preparatory Committee for All-Buddhists Meeting in south Korea called its congress on August 28 to declare an intensive struggle against the "government".
At the congress, the preparatory committee reviewed the all-Buddhists meeting, which was held in Seoul on August 27 with the attendance of over 10,000 Buddhists and more than 200,000 citizens from all walks of life to denounce the Lee Myung Bak "government" for its breach of the constitution and religious discrimination.
Recalling that the meeting urged the "government" to stop the religious discrimination and so forth, the committee declared that it would hold all-Buddhists meetings against the "government" in North and South Kyongsang and Jolla provinces, Chungchong, Jeju and other areas after Sept. 14 unless the authorities meet such demands.
The committee also said that it would set up its permanent secretariat so as to watch and cope with practices of religious discrimination by the "government" and conduct its brisk activities.
Abolition of NSL and Stop to Suppression of People Urged in S. Korea
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- The South Headquarters of the National Alliance for the Country's Reunification issued a statement on August 28 denouncing the Lee Myung Bak group's fascist suppression.
The statement accused the Seoul Central District Court of sentencing Yun Ki Jin, vice-chairman of the headquarters, to three years in prison and three years of suspension of civil rights at a trial held on August 27.
The statement said the people could not repress bitter resentment at the authorities who inflicted a heavy penalty upon the patriotic young man by invoking the "National Security Law (NSL)" which was censured by the international community as an anti-human rights law.
Such tyrannical action taken by the authorities against Yun for conducting patriotic activities, thus blatantly challenging the desire of the nation for reunification, is nothing but the desperate efforts of the group of anti-reunification elements to hamstring the implementation of the June 15 joint declaration at any cost, the statement noted, and continued:
The headquarters will intensify the struggle for the abolition of the NSL and thus break the chains of fascism and anti-reunification moves.
Meanwhile, the Media Headquarters of the South Committee for Implementing June 15 Joint Declaration of south Korea issued a statement titled "Stop security forces' suppression through the invocation of NSL" on August 27 in which it condemned the police for taking such tyrannical actions as suddenly arresting seven members of the "Socialist Workers' Federation" including O Se Chol, chairman of its Steering Committee, who is honorary professor at Yonsei University, searching its office and seizing social science books, etc. on August 26.
Branding the recent investigation as the Lee Myung Bak regime's premeditated repressive move to destroy the organizations which participated in the candlelight rallies, the statement demanded the regime immediately repeal the NSL and stop at once the suppression of the above-said organization.
Important Days of DPRK Marked in Different Countries
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- A seminar on General Secretary Kim Jong Il's famous work and his Songun leadership exploits was held in Mexico and round-table talks in Brazil and Mongolia on August 21 and 22 to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the start of his Songun revolutionary leadership and the 60th birthday of the DPRK.
Ramon Jimenez Lopez, president of the Mexican Committee for the Study of Kimilsungism, at the seminar explained the main contents of Kim Jong Il's celebrated work "Songun Revolutionary Line Is a Great Revolutionary Line of Our Era and an Ever-Victorious Banner for Our Revolution".
He said:
In the first days of his Songun leadership Kim Jong Il put forward the programme of modeling the whole army on the Juche idea and devoted great efforts to cementing the foundation of the Songun politics, undertaking the military affairs as well as the party work.
The Korean People's Army has been prepared as an invincible army equipped with strong war deterrent thanks to his idea of attaching importance to the military affairs.
The chairman of the Brasilia City Committee of the Brazilian Workers' Party said at the round-table talks that the Songun politics is an invincible treasured sword which makes it possible to highly demonstrate the dignity of the DPRK. It is entirely thanks to the Songun politics that Korean-style socialism is wining victory after victory despite innumerable hardships and trials, he added.
Ch. Surenjav, chairman of the Mongolia-Korea Friendship Association, noted at the round-table talks that under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il the DPRK has turned into a powerful socialist country which steadfastly embodies the principles of independence in politics, self-support in the economy and self-reliance in national defence and advances without vacillation at any economic sanctions and pressure and natural disasters. The Korean people will certainly build a great prosperous powerful nation as they are led by Kim Jong Il, he said.
A message of greetings to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the event held in Mongolia.
Anniversary of DPRK Celebrated in Pakistan
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- The Pakistan Society for the Study of Independence issued a bulletin on August 26 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the DPRK.
The bulletin noted in an article titled "The Juche idea and Songun politics" that the Songun politics pursued in socialist Korea is widely known as the most powerful and successful political mode in the present era and its scientific accuracy, originality, great vitality and invincible might are unthinkable without the Juche idea publicly recognized as the guiding idea for the human cause of independence.
It further said: Arms guarantee the victory of the socialist cause, the cause of independence of the popular masses and prosperity of each country and nation. This is the principle and law of the revolution, which was clarified by the Juche idea and whose truth was proved by history. It is the Songun idea, the Songun politics that has embodied this principle.
The bulletin in an article titled "The 60th birthday of the DPRK" introduced the victorious and glorious history of the DPRK which has dynamically advanced along the road of socialism since its foundation.
It said:
The DPRK founded by President Kim Il Sung is now strengthening and developing into a great prosperous powerful socialist country under the leadership of Kim Jong Il.
It is the goal and will of the DPRK government to widely open the gate of a great prosperous powerful nation without fail in 2012, the year marking the 100th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung.
The DPRK will surely attain the grand goal of building a great prosperous powerful nation.
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Kim Jong Il recibe presente del premier lao
Pyongyang, 1 de septiembre (ATCC) -- El Dirigente Kim Jong Il recibio presente que le dirigiera el primer ministro del gobierno de la Republica Democratica Popular Lao, Bouasone Bouphavanh, de visita oficial y de amistad en Corea.
El visitante lo entrego este lunes al presidente del Presidium de la Asamblea Popular Suprema de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea, Kim Yong Nam.
Conversaciones por sectores entre Corea y Laos
Pyongyang, 1 de septiembre (ATCC) -- Tuvieron lugar este lunes en esta capital las conversaciones por sectores entre la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea y la Republica Democratica Popular Lao.
Las platicas se realizaron entre el ministro coreano de Agricultura Ri Kyong Sik y el ministro lao de Agricultura y Silvicultura Sitaheng Rasphone; entre el viceministro coreano de Comercio Exterior Ri Myong San y el viceministro lao de Industria y Comercio Khemmani Pholsena, respectivamente.
Ambas partes intercambiaron las opiniones sobre el mayor desarrollo de las relaciones de cooperacion en varias ramas.
AHC acusa matanza de coreanos del gobierno japones
Pyongyang, 1 de septiembre (ATCC) -- La Asociacion de Historiadores de la Republica Popular Democratica de Corea (AHC) publico el 31 de agosto el memorandum para dar a conocer al mundo como el gobierno de Japon planeo y perpetro la atrocidad de matanza de coreanos durante el terremoto de Kanto.
Segun el documento, el gobierno japones utilizo el gran terremoto ocurrido en la zona de Kanto de Japon en septiembre de 1923 como una buena oportunidad para reprimir a los coreanos y puso en accion al ministerio del interior, el ejercito y la policia, y hasta las entidades ultraderechistas, entre otras, la "comision de vigilantes" para matar despiadadamente a mas de 23 mil coreanos inocentes en diez dias y pico.
El gobierno japones difundio el rumor infundado de la "sublevacion de los coreanos" para inducir la salida antigubernamental del pueblo japones por tal gran desastre a la matanza de los coreanos, dicto la "ley marcial de tiempo de guerra" e hizo preparativos del "combate" para asesinar a los coreanos residentes en Japon desarmados considerandolos como "enemigos".
El cuartel general de la ley marcial de Kanto definio a los coreanos residentes en Japon como "enemigos" e "insurgentes" segun la "ley marcial de tiempo de guerra" y dio al ejercito, la policia y la "comision de vigilantes" la orden de iniciar el "combate" para "exterminar a los coreanos".
El cuartel general de la ley marcial traslado a Tokio y la zona de Yokohama las fuerzas terrestres y navales de la zona de Kanto incluidas la division de Konoe y la division no. 1.
Hasta el 8 de septiembre el numero de los uniformados emplazados en la zona de vigilancia rigurosa llego a mas de 35 mil y dos dias despues, a mas de 52 mil.
El gobierno japones organizo las entidades homicidas, entre otras, la "comision de vigilantes" y "grupo de jovenes" con los elementos ultraderechistas y les dio la orden de entablar la cooperacion con el ejercito y la policia.
El numero de "comisiones de vigilantes" llego a mil 595 en la prefectura de Tokio, a 603 en el departamento de Kanagawa, a 300 en el departamento de Saitama, a 366 en el departamento de Chiba, a 336 en el departamento de Ibaraki, a 469 en el departamento de Gumma y a 19 en el departamento de Tochigi, a 3 mil 688 en total.
Bajo el mando del cuartel general de ley marcial se instalaron mas de 70 puestos de interrogatorios militares en Tokio y la zona de Yokohama y centenares de puestos de policia sirvieron de puestos de interrogatorio de segunda categoria para controlar rigurosamente a los transeuntes coreanos.
Los asesinos se valieron de metodos variados para detectar a los coreanos: el de hacer pronunciar en japones 5 wones y 55 jones (centavo), el de atar con toalla la frente, el de hacer pronunciar en japones la fecha de nacimiento y el de distinguir a traves de los gemidos al dar golpetazo sin ton ni son.
Ellos se ocuparon de "cazar a los coreanos" registrando las calles, aldeas, dentro y fuera de las casas y hasta montes, rios y prados con toda clase de armas mortiferas tales como rifles, cuchillo nipon, la daga, bayoneta, lanza de bambu, porra, enganche de hierro y cuando atrapaban a un coreano, lo mataban en el mismo lugar.
Llegan a mas de 23 mil los coreanos residentes en Japon muertos por las crueles atrocidades del gobierno japones segun los datos publicados por el "gobierno general de Corea".
Las bestias imperialistas japonesas, para impedir que en lo adelante se diera a conocer al mundo la matanza de los coreanos, perpetraron sin titubeo el doble acto criminal de enterrar colectivamente numerosos cadaveres o quemarlos con el querosen.
El gobierno japones, a la par de la barbara atrocidad de matanza a los coreanos, perpetro descarados actos destinados a ocultar y tergiversar la realidad a fin de eludir la denuncia de la opinion publica y liberarse de la responsabilidad criminal.
Despues de dictar la "ley marcial para el tiempo de guerra" el gobierno japones organizo el "Secretariado provisional del socorro" para resarcir danos del terremoto e instalo dentro de este la seccion de guardia como cuartel general de seguridad.
Con el fin de ocultar la responsabilidad criminal del gobierno la seccion de guardia invento las "violencias" y "actos criminales" de los coreanos y decidio difundirlos tergiversando que las "violencias" de los coreanos residentes en Japon fueron manipuladas entre bastidores por los "elementos enrojecidos", o sea los comunistas.
El plan de resolucion representativo es el "convenio sobre el problema de los coreanos", documento de secreto absoluto del 5 de septiembre.
La matanza y el maltrato a los coreanos del gobierno japones y sus lacayos fueron crimenes anti eticos sin precedentes en la historia tanto por su tamano y metodo como por su astucia y crueldad.
Es tremenda la desgracia que Japon, agresor y saqueador, causo a la nacion coreana y es incontablemente enorme la deuda que el pais isleno debe en todos sectores politico, economico, militar, cultural y moral.
Pero, el gobierno japones, en vez de reflexionar y pedir disculpa de su pasado criminal, abriga el sueno de la "esfera de coprosperidad de gran Asia Oriental" y niega totalmente los crimenes cometidos en el pasado.
Si el gobierno japones olvidadizo de ello actua freneticamente, no podra evitar jamas la represalia mil veces mayor y debe tener presente de que mientras no reflexiona sinceramente de su crimen del pasado, quedara como enemigo jurado de la nacion coreana.
Terminadas mas de 60 mil obras de construccion en ultimos anos
Pyongyang, 1 de septiembre (ATCC) -- Durante mas de 10 anos ultimos en Corea se irguieron mas de 60 mil obras de construccion basica.
En el 96 (2007) de la Era Juche se inauguro la Central Hidroelectrica No. 4 de Thaechon y las centrales no.1, 2, 3 y 5 fueron construidas ya escalonadamente a lo largo del rio Taeryong, gracias a lo cual la zona de Thaechon se convirtio en una gran base energetica con capacidad de produccion de electricidad de cientos de miles KW.
Ademas, se levantaron como creaciones de la epoca del Partido del Trabajo varias plantas hidroelectricas de gran tamano, entre otras, la Central Hidroelectrica No. 1 de Orangchon y la Planta Hidroelectrica de Samsu.
Las centrales de mediano y pequeno tamanos construidas por todas las partes del pais como la Central Kunmin No. 2 de Naephyong y la Central Juventud Hungbong de Kumjingang aumentaron en mas de dos veces la capacidad de generacion de electricidad.
Se pusieron en funcionamiento las minas de carbon de Phunggok, Samchon y Ryongban, la 8a galeria de la mina de carbon de Namyang y la 3a galeria de la de Namdok.
La Mina de Carbon Juventud de Jikdong 8 de Febrero y la Mina de Carbon de Ryongdung construyeron en sus galerias la correa de transporte de larga distancia.
En octubre de 2005 se inauguro el horno electrico de 100 toneladas en el taller de acero del Complejo Siderurgico de Hwanghae.
Los obreros del Complejo Siderurgico de Kimchaek con el espiritu revolucionario de autoconfianza y de tenaz lucha terminaron en un corto espacio de tiempo la construccion del horno de coque no.4 y la obra de reconstruccion del horno de sinterizar no. 1.
Se abrio las vias ferreas Wonsan-Kumgangsan, se perfecciono la obra de su electrificacion y se dio toque final a la construccion de la filial de ruedas de acero laminado de la Fabrica Ferroviaria de Rahung.
Gracias al acondicionamiento de tierra, en la provincia de Kangwon la linea extendida de mas de 12 mil kilometros de lindes arrozales se disminuyo en mas de 5 mil 600 kilometros, se convirtieron mas de 233 mil 800 parcelas arrozales en mas de 65 mil 500 arrozales estandarizados y aparecieron mas de mil 760 hectareas de nuevas tierras cultivables.
En la provincia de Phyong-an del Norte se arreglaron mas de 53 mil hectareas de tierra cultivable; en la provincia de Hwanghae del Sur, mas de 100 mil hectareas; y en la provincia de Phyong-an del Sur y en la ciudad de Pyongyang, mas de 94 mil 400 hectareas.
En octubre de 2002 se inauguro el canal Kaechon-Lago Thaesong, que se extiende en el tramo de mas o menos de 400 ries (10 ries equivalen a 4 kilometros) desde la comuna Taegak de la ciudad de Kaechon hasta el lago Thaesong. 3 anos despues termino la obra del canal Paekma-Cholsan con distancia de cerca de 700 ries. Y ahora se impulsa la construccion del canal de la llanura Miru.
Se acondicionaron numerosas fabricas de industria ligera como la Fabrica de Cosmeticos de Sinuiju, la Fabrica de Cerveza Taedonggang y la Fabrica de Elaboracion de Agua Mineral de Kangso.
Se construyeron la Granja de Cabra Juventud de la ciudad de Hamhung y la Granja de Cabra Phyongphungdok de Hamju y se levantaron en varias localidades del pais las granjas ganaderas de gran dimension como la de Kyenam y la de Wonsan.
En tanto, se echaron modernas bases ganaderas como la Granja de Reses Myonggi de Song-am, la Granja de Avestruz, la Planta Avicola de Kusong, la Planta de Patos de Kanggye, la Planta de Cerdos de Sariwon y la de Phyongbuk.
Ademas, se levantaron muchas bases de piscicultura inclusive la Fabrica de Siluros de Pyongyang, la de Pukchang y la Empresa de Cria de Peces de Pom-an.
En el litoral del Mar Este se extendieron centenares de hectareas de salinas, entre otras, la Salina Kwangmyongsong, la del Golfo Wonsan, la Juventud de Odaejin, etc.
Se construyeron las viviendas modernas para mas de 600 mil familias en las ciudades y los campos rurales.
Se levantaron cerca de 200 mil viviendas rurales electrificadas y gasificadas de metano.
Se construyeron la autopista de turismo Pyongyang-Hyangsan, la carretera Chongnyonyongung y las carreteras de circunvalacion de los lugares pintorescos.
Los montes famosos Chilbo y Kuwol, situados a las orillas del Mar Este y el Oeste, respectivamente, el monte Jangsu conocido como "monte Kumgang de Hwanghae", el monte Jongbang, el Paek-un y el Ryong-ak se arreglaron mas comodamente como lugares de recreo para el pueblo.
Se acondicionaron magnificamente los 6 lagos y las cascadas Ullim, Kusul y Pidan, desconocidos en las selvas primitivas, y las cuevas Song-am y Ryongmun aspectos fascinantes subterraneos.
El Conservatorio Kim Won Gyun de Pyongyang se construyo como gran centro de educacion musical y artistica y se reconstruyeron conforme a la demanda del nuevo siglo el Teatro Morambong, el Gran Teatro de Pyongyang Este y el Cine Taedongmun.
El Restaurante Okryu y el Chongryu se convirtieron en los centros de servicio gastronomico publico y de servicio de platos nacionales.
Tales hechos orgullosos son nobles frutos de la destacada direccion, la ferrea voluntad de acero y la infinita abnegacion del Dirigente Kim Jong Il por la patria y el pueblo.