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Report on Jimmy Carter's Visit to DPRK
Pyongyang, August 27 (KCNA) -- Jimmy Carter, ex-president of the United States, and his party visited the DPRK from Aug. 25 to 27.
Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, met and had a talk with them.
He discussed with Carter the pending issues of mutual concern between the DPRK and the U.S.
Kim Yong Nam expressed the will of the DPRK government for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the resumption of the six-party talks.
In particular, he emphasized that it is the behest of President Kim Il Sung to denuclearize the peninsula.
Jimmy Carter made an apology to Kim Yong Nam for American Gomes' illegal entry into the DPRK and gave him the assurance that such case will never happen again on behalf of the government and the ex-president of the U.S. He asked Kim Yong Nam to convey to General Secretary Kim Jong Il a message courteously requesting him to grant special pardon to Gomes to leniently forgive him and let him go home.
After receiving a report on the request made by the U.S. government and Carter, Kim Jong Il issued an order of the chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission on granting amnesty to Gomes, an illegal entrant, pursuant to Article 103 of the Socialist Constitution of the DPRK.
Carter expressed deep thanks for this.
Earlier, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of State for Consular Affairs and his party visited Pyongyang from August 9 to 11 in connection with the case of Gomes and met officials of the Foreign Ministry and a relevant legal body of the DPRK.
The DPRK side took measures as an exception to ensure that they met Gomes three times and confirmed his condition. The U.S. side offered gratitude for these humanitarian measures.
The measure taken by the DPRK to set free the illegal entrant is a manifestation of its humanitarianism and peace-loving policy.
During the visit Carter and his party met and had an open-hearted discussion with the DPRK's foreign minister and vice foreign minister for U.S. affairs on the DPRK-U.S. relations, the resumption of the six-party talks, the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and other issues of mutual concern.
They also enjoyed a performance given by the State Symphony Orchestra.
The Pyongyang visit paid by Jimmy Carter, ex-president of the U.S., provided a favorable occasion of deepening the understanding and building confidence between the two countries.
Grand Gymnastic and Artistic Performance "Arirang" Starts
Pyongyang, August 2 (KCNA) -- Grand gymnastic and artistic performance "Arirang", winner of Kim Il Sung Prize, began at the May Day Stadium here on Monday.
It was originally produced on the occasion of the 90th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung and the 70th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army.
This time the creating staff has successfully re-portrayed it including the production of Chapter 5 "Arirang for friendship."
Appreciating the opening performance were Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, Kang Nung Su, vice-premier, leading officials of working people's organizations and ministries, servicepersons, working people in Pyongyang, overseas compatriots and foreign guests.
The performers made a great epic representation of the undying revolutionary exploits Kim Il Sung performed by achieving the historic cause of the country's liberation through the hard-fought war against the Japanese imperialists and building a dignified socialist power independent in politics, self-supporting in economy and self-reliant in national defence in this land and the heroic struggle of servicepersons and people of the DPRK who are bringing about the great innovations and making leap forward in building a thriving nation while pushing back the frontiers of latest science under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il.
The performers presented dynamic gymnastic movements, beautiful music, elegant dances, ever-changing background scenes and gorgeous electronic displays, mesmerizing the spectators.
DPRK's Efforts to Bolster up Its Nuclear Deterrent
Pyongyang, July 5 (KCNA) -- The recently declassified U.S. state documents revealed the fact that it planned a nuclear attack on the DPRK in 1969 when the EC-121 large spy plane incident occurred.
This proves that the U.S. imperialists have steadily renewed and developed their scenario for a nuclear attack on the DPRK.
Rodong Sinmun Monday says this in a signed commentary.
Citing facts to prove that the U.S. imperialists have so far worked hard to realize their variety of scenarios for igniting a new war in Korea, it says:
The historical facts and the present reality testify to the fact that the DPRK was entirely right when it came to the conclusion that it was the only way to cope with nukes in kind.
It was the exercise of the DPRK's legitimate right to self-defence that it had access to nuclear deterrent to cope with the U.S. increasing nuclear threat.
The DPRK's access to nuclear deterrence was required by the prevailing situation in which the danger of a nuclear war to be provoked by the U.S. on the Korean Peninsula is becoming real and a step taken by it to firmly defend its sovereignty and Korean-style socialist system.
No one can guess when the DPRK will come under the nuclear attack of the U.S. imperialists as these trigger-happy forces are further stepping up their moves to stifle the DPRK than ever before over the "Cheonan" case. That is why the DPRK has paid a special attention to bolstering up its nuclear deterrent.
The serious situation prevailing on the peninsula requires the DPRK to bolster up its nuclear deterrent in a new developed manner.
DPRK Releases Joint Statement on Anniversary of 6.15
Pyongyang, June 15 (KCNA) -- The political parties and organizations of the DPRK released a joint statement Tuesday on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the publication of the June 15 joint declaration.
The statement said that the June 15 joint declaration the keynote of which is the idea of "By our nation itself" is a programme for reunification in the new century as it clarified the most correct principle, orientation and ways for settling the reunification issue and a supreme banner of reunification as it comprehensively represents the general will of the nation and all the agreements reached between the north and the south in the past.
The statement denounced the present conservative regime of south Korea for having trampled underfoot the June 15 joint declaration and persistently blocked its implementation while desperately pursuing sycophancy and treachery and confrontation with fellow countrymen, thereby driving the inter-Korean relations to a catastrophe.
The puppet group's frantic moves for confrontation and war are aimed at effacing the June 15 joint declaration from the minds of the south Korean people and leaving it forgotten for good, it noted.
The political parties and organizations of the DPRK in their statement clarify the following principled stand to tide over the prevailing situation:
Firstly, it is of the utmost necessity to respect and thoroughly implement the north-south joint declaration, the nation's supreme programme for reunification.
Secondly, we will join hands with whoever upholds and supports the north-south joint declaration, not questioning about his or her party affiliation, political view and past doings but never pardon those who negate, defile and violate it.
Thirdly, the United States should neither obstruct the implementation of the joint declaration nor interfere in the issue of the Korean nation and the inter-Korean relations.
When all the Koreans turn out as one in a nationwide great and sacred struggle for reunification, valiantly meeting the challenges of the anti-reunification forces by their concerted efforts under the banner of the June 15 joint declaration, the gate to national reunification, their cherished desire, will be flung open, the statement said, and went on:
The June 15 cause of justice is sure to triumph despite ordeals, difficulties, turns and twists and the Korean nation will surely realize the centuries-old desire for national reunification before long under the sunrays of great Songun.
The political parties and organizations of the DPRK will as ever discharge to the last the historical mission and honorable duty they assumed before the era and the nation.
Availing ourselves of this opportunity, we express expectation and conviction that international organizations and governments, political parties and organizations of all countries desirous of peace and reunification of the Korean Peninsula would extend positive support and encouragement to the will and efforts of the Korean nation to check and frustrate the U.S. and the south Korean puppet group's moves for confrontation and war, uphold and implement the June 15 joint declaration and achieve the reunification of the country as early as possible.
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All-Korean Committee Issues Joint Statement
Pyongyang, June 14 (KCNA) -- The north side committee, the south side committee and the overseas side committee of All-Korean Committee for Implementation of June 15 Joint Declaration released a joint statement Monday on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the declaration.
The statement says:
The joint declaration is a supreme reunification declaration of the nation which opened up a bright prospect of achieving peace and reunification for the countrymen in their efforts to wipe out the distrust and antagonism that have lasted generation after generation.
After the publication of the declaration the Korean nation witnessed signal events unimaginable in the era of confrontation, which are the product of their protracted and strenuous efforts for its implementation.
The statement noted with concern that these precious fruits yielded in the course of implementing the June 15 joint declaration were brought to naught, creating such grave situation that military tension and the danger of war are escalating on the Korean Peninsula. For the Korean nation to thoroughly implement the joint declaration is the only way for it to settle the prevailing serious situation, preserve peace and achieve reunification, the statement says, and goes on:
No matter how hard and complicated the situation may become, we Koreans will tolerate neither foreign forces' interference in the reunification issue, the internal issue of the nation, nor their arbitrary practices against us but more dynamically advance toward independent reunification by our concerted efforts.
The nation's destiny and future, reunification and co-prosperity of the nation are thinkable only when there is peace.
We will decisively foil all sorts of moves to escalate the military tension and the confrontation between fellow countrymen going against the implementation of the June 15 joint declaration.
An event common to the nation could not be held to mark the 10th anniversary of the historic June 15 joint declaration because of the hostile policy towards fellow countrymen being enforced by the anti-reunification forces negating the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration and pushing back the inter-Korean ties to those in the past era of confrontation.
The all-Korean committee will grandly hold events commemorating the anniversary in different parts in the north and the south and abroad and defend the June 15 era and develop it on a higher level.
The committee will give stronger impetus to the patriotic movement of the fellow countrymen for independent reunification and the great national unity with the unshakable will and faith in reunification, fully aware of noble mission it assumed before the era and the nation.
No force on earth can stop our advance towards national reconciliation and unity, peace and reunification along the road indicated by the joint declaration.
We ardently call upon all the fellow countrymen to dynamically turn out in the patriotic movement for peace and reunification in the basic spirit of the historic June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration.
CPRK Declares Resolute Actions against S. Korea
Pyongyang, May 25 (KCNA) -- A spokesman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea Tuesday issued the following statement:
Traitor Lee Myung Bak of south Korea on Monday made public a "statement to the people" over the case of the sinking of a warship of its puppet army, in which he viciously slandered the DPRK again. He formally announced a ban on the passage of DPRK's ships through waters of the south side, "stop to trade and exchange between the south and the north", the exercise of "the right to self-defense" and the reference of the case to the UNSC, daring vociferate about "responsibility" and "apology".
Then the chiefs of the puppet ministries of defense, foreign affairs and trade and unification called a joint press conference at which they ballyhooed about follow-up measures.
This is little short of formally declaring that they would not rule out a war by standing in confrontation with the DPRK to the last.
It is traitor Lee Myung Bak and his puppet conservative group that should be responsible for the said case, apologize for it and face a punishment as it is a tragic product of their despicable sycophantic and treacherous moves and reckless actions for escalating confrontation with fellow countrymen.
As far as the "results of investigation" announced by the puppet group are concerned, their conspiratorial nature is brought into bolder relief as the days go by to be ridiculed by the world, as they are peppered with contradictions and doubts.
Now that traitor Lee Myung Bak is taking the lead in shifting the blame for the case on to the DPRK and formally challenging it with reckless provocations despite the above-said hard reality, the DPRK is compelled to opt for taking resolute punitive measures as it had already declared internally and externally.
The DPRK had already solemnly declared that it would regard the puppet group's anti-DPRK smear campaign over the sinking of the warship as a declaration of a war against the DPRK and mete out a merciless and strong punishment if the group dare defile its dignity.
The Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, accordingly, formally declares that from now on it will put into force the resolute measures to totally freeze the inter-Korean relations, totally abrogate the agreement on non-aggression between the north and the south and completely halt the inter-Korean cooperation.
In this connection, the following measures will be taken at the first phase:
1. All relations with the puppet authorities will be severed.
2. There will be neither dialogue nor contact between the authorities during Lee Myung Bak's tenure of office.
3. The work of the Panmunjom Red Cross liaison representatives will be completely suspended.
4. All communication links between the north and the south will be cut off.
5. The Consultative Office for North-South Economic Cooperation in the Kaesong Industrial Zone will be frozen and dismantled and all the personnel concerned of the south side will be expelled without delay.
6. We will start all-out counterattack against the puppet group's "psychological warfare against the north."
7. The passage of south Korean ships and airliners through the territorial waters and air of our side will be totally banned.
8. All the issues arising in the inter-Korean relations will be handled under a wartime law.
There is no need to show any mercy or patience for such confrontation maniacs, sycophants and traitors and wicked warmongers as the Lee Myung Bak group.
The Lee group's call for "resolute measure" is as a foolish and ridiculous suicidal act as jumping into fire with faggots on its back.
The group is making a last-ditch effort in league with outsiders but will get nothing but its self-destruction.
The army and the people of the DPRK and all other Koreans will never pardon the group of traitors as it is finally bringing the dark clouds of war to hang over the Korean Peninsula, wantonly violating the historic June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration and bringing the inter-Korean relations to a total collapse.
Kim Jong Il Makes Unofficial Visit to China
Pyongyang, May 8 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il paid an unofficial visit to the People's Republic of China from May 3 to 7 at the invitation of Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the PRC.
He was accompanied by Minister of the People's Armed Forces Kim Yong Chun who is vice-chairman of the NDC of the DPRK, Secretaries of the WPK Central Committee Choe Thae Bok and Kim Ki Nam, First Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Sok Ju, Department Directors Jang Song Thaek, Kim Yong Il and Kim Yang Gon and First Vice Department Director Ju Kyu Chang of the WPK Central Committee, Department Directors of the NDC of the DPRK Hyon Chol Hae and Ri Myong Su, Chief Secretary of the South Hamgyong Provincial Committee of the WPK Thae Jong Su and Chief Secretary of the North Phyongan Provincial Committee of the WPK Kim Phyong Hae.
The Chinese party and state leaders warmly welcomed Kim Jong Il who visited China again carrying with him deep friendship towards the fraternal Chinese people and accorded him cordial hospitality with utmost sincerity.
Upon his arrival in Beijing Kim Jong Il was greeted by Jia Qinglin, standing member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Liu Qi, member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., CPC and secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the CPC, and Dai Bingguo, state councilor.
Meeting and talks between Kim Jong Il and Hu Jintao took place on May 5 and 6.
Present there from the Chinese side were Xi Jinping, standing member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice-president of the PRC, Ling Jihua, member of the Secretariat and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, Dai Bingguo, state councilor, Wang Jiarui, head of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, Yang Jiechi, foreign minister, and Liu Hongcai, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK.
At the talks Kim Jong Il gave the impression of his visit to the northeastern part of China.
The top leaders of the two parties and two countries informed each other of the situation in their countries and had a frank exchange of views on the issue of boosting the relations between the two parties and two countries and important international and regional matters of mutual concern and reached a consensus of views.
Hu Jintao said that the traditional China-DPRK friendship is a precious asset of the two parties and two peoples and it is, therefore, historic responsibility common to the two sides to boost it along with the passage of time and convey it down through generations, adding that it is the steadfast policy of the Chinese party and government to boost the bilateral relations of friendship and cooperation.
He proposed a series of matters concerning measures for boosting the China-DPRK cooperation, saying that to do so is favorable for successfully stepping up socialist construction in the two countries and defending and promoting the common interests of the two sides and the regional peace, stability and prosperity.
He clarified the intention of the Chinese side to make joint efforts with the DPRK side to inject fresh vigor and vitality into the traditional China-DPRK friendship, give momentum to the bilateral relations of good neighborly friendship and cooperation and develop them in depth and thus bring greater happiness to the two countries and the two peoples and make a greater contribution to ensuring peace, stability and prosperity in Northeast Asia and, furthermore, in the rest of the world.
Kim Jong Il expressed gratitude to Hu Jintao for his kind invitation and cordial hospitality and his pleasure to meet Hu in Beijing again.
The long-standing DPRK-China friendship will remain unchanged despite the passage of time and the replacement of one generation by a new one as it stood tempest and test of history, he said, re-clarifying the invariable will and determination of the Korean party and government to further strengthen the bilateral friendly and cooperative relations in the noble internationalist spirit shown by the leaders of the elder generation of the two countries.
Appreciating the fresh achievements made by the Chinese people in carrying out the cause of socialist construction with the Chinese characteristics, he said that the successful opening of the Shanghai World Expo is a demonstration of the national power of China.
The talks estimated the fact that the good neighborly friendship and cooperation between the two countries have developed since the several historic meetings between their top leaders in recent years and expressed mutual support and solidarity with the struggle of the two parties and two peoples for socialist construction and the country's reunification.
Hu Jintao highly appreciated positive measures taken by the DPRK to defend stability, develop economy and improve the people's standard of living and wished the Korean people greater successes in their cause of nation-building under the leadership of the WPK led by General Secretary Kim Jong Il.
Kim Jong Il expressed his belief that the Chinese people would register steady fresh and great victory in the historic course of stepping up the building of the party's ruling ability, establishing a scientific outlook on development and building a harmonious society under the leadership of the CPC with Hu Jintao as its general secretary.
Recognizing that peace, stability and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula are in line with the common interests of the DPRK and China and, furthermore, all other countries in Northeast Asia, both sides decided to make joint efforts to attain the objective of denuclearizing the peninsula in accordance with the stand clarified in the September 19 Joint Statement.
The two sides shared the view that it is important, above all, for the parties concerned of the six-party talks to make sincere efforts to implement the said statement if the peninsula is to be denuclearized.
Kim Jong Il expressed the DPRK's willingness to provide favorable conditions for the resumption of the six-party talks together with other parties to the talks, declaring that the DPRK remains unchanged in its basic stand to preserve the aim of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, implement the joint statement adopted at the six-party talks and pursue a peaceful solution through dialogue.
Hu Jintao said that China is ready to promote the steady progress of the process of the six-party talks through joint efforts with the DPRK and all other parties concerned as in the past in the future, too.
Kim Jong Il invited Hu Jintao to visit again the DPRK at a convenient time and Hu Jintao expressed thanks for this and accepted the invitation with pleasure.
Hu Jintao gave a grand banquet at the Great Hall of the People on Wednesday evening in honor of Kim Jong Il on a visit to China.
Speeches were made by Hu Jintao and Kim Jong Il at the banquet.
A conspicuous art performance, specially prepared by Chinese artistes, was given there in welcome of Kim Jong Il's visit to China.
Kim Jong Il had a cordial talk with Hu Jintao on May 6 when the latter visited his lodging quarters. On the same day he visited the Boao Biological Co., Ltd. on the outskirts of Beijing, accompanied by Hu.
After looking round the company, he highly praised its scientists and technicians for having achieved many successes in the latest science researches into promoting the welfare of mankind including the work to promote people's health. He left there an autograph.
He separately met and had cordial conversations with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People's Congress Wu Bangguo and Premier of the State Council of China Wen Jiabao who are standing members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
On May 6, Wu Bangguo visited Kim Jong Il at his lodging quarters and warmly welcomed him on renewed visit to China. He congratulated Kim Jong Il on his success made in the visit.
He said it is the invariable will and resolution of the Chinese party to carry forward generation after generation the Sino-Korean friendship provided by the leaders of the elder generation of the two countries and developed by the revolutionaries and peoples of the two countries at the cost of blood.
He also said that China is ready to fully propel the development of the relationship between the two parties and the two countries to put it on a higher level by continuously carrying into practice the common understanding reached by the general secretaries of the two parties and steadily enriching the contents of the good neighborly relations and cooperation between China and the DPRK in line with the policy of inheriting the tradition, facing up to the future, building good-neighborly friendship and strengthening cooperation.
Kim Jong Il voiced the willingness of the Korean party and government to continue boosting high-ranking visits and cooperation between the two countries.
He met with Wen Jiabao and shared cordial and friendly feelings with him.
Wen Jiabao warmly welcomed Kim Jong Il on a visit to China and praised the devoted efforts and important contributions he has made to the consolidation of the friendly and cooperative relations between the two parties and the two countries and to the prosperity of the DPRK.
The Chinese people are rejoiced as over their own over the tremendous achievements made by the DPRK in all fields including socialist economic construction, he said, adding that the DPRK owes them to the correct strategy, resolute decision and dynamic leadership of Kim Jong Il.
He said he is very pleased that the traditional friendship between China and the DPRK provided and cultivated by the leaders of the elder generation of the two countries has been carried forward successfully thanks to the joint efforts of both sides.
He exchanged with Kim Jong Il views on further developing the bilateral friendship and cooperation, particularly economic and trade cooperation, and briefed the latter on the present situation of the Chinese economic growth.
Kim Jong Il said he is grateful to Wen Jiabao for sparing time to accord him cordial hospitality though he is busy with his work of looking after the whole economy of the country and the people's living and expressed deep thanks to him.
He said that he was deeply impressed by the development of China while touring the northeastern region which has taken on a new look and that being a comrade and friend of the Chinese people, he was very pleased that everything is going well in China.
Noting that the DPRK and China should learn from each other in many aspects, exchanging experience, he wholeheartedly wished China a fresh, greater success in carrying out the cause of building a comprehensively well-off society in the spirit of the 17th Congress of the CPC.
Wen entertained the Korean leader to a grand banquet.
Hu Jintao said farewell to Kim Jong Il leaving Beijing after winding up his visit to China.
Kim Jong Il was seen off at Beijing Railway Station by Jia Qinglin, Liu Qi, Dai Bingguo and other leading cadres of China.
He visited Shenyang City, the capital of Liaoning Province, on his way home.
He was greeted at Shenyang Railway Station by Wang Min, secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the CPC, Chen Zhenggao, governor of the province, Zeng Wei, secretary of the Shenyang City Committee of the CPC, Chen Haibo, mayor of the city, and other leading officials of the province and city.
Wang Min congratulated Kim Jong Il on his successful historic visit to China and warmly welcomed him to the city.
Conducted by Wang Min and other leading officials of the province and city, Kim Jong Il visited the Shenyang Blower Co., Ltd., the Shenyang Machine-tool Plant No. 1 and Beiling Park, an ancient historic site.
He highly praised the workers of the city for having updated the industrial establishments by introducing cutting-edge technology and steadily boosted the production.
The Liaoning Provincial Committee and the Shenyang City Committee of the CPC gave a grand banquet in honor of Kim Jong Il visiting the city and presented him with gifts carrying the best wishes.
Kim Jong Il expressed profound thanks to the leading officials and all the working people of the province and the city, saying that he felt very grateful to them for having accorded cordial hospitality to him with particularly warm friendship.
He returned home, after passing through Dandong, a border city, warmly seen off by Wang Jiarui and other senior party and government officials of China who conducted him with all sincerity, accompanying him in the whole period of his China visit.
His latest visit to China was successfully conducted thanks to the particular care and cordial hospitality shown by Hu Jintao and the Chinese party and government.
Kim Jong Il expressed satisfaction over the results of his visit and extended heartfelt thanks to the leading cadres of the Chinese party and government for their cordial hospitality.
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Speech of Kim Jong Il at Banquet
Pyongyang, May 8 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il made the following speech at a banquet:
I am very pleased to visit China again at warm invitation of Comrade General Secretary Hu Jintao and have meaningful meetings with you and other Chinese comrades.
Allow me to express, first of all, my profound thanks to you for having arranged this grand banquet for us and made such excellent speech despite your very tight schedule.
I would like to express, at the same time, gratitude to you for having organized detailed and meticulous itineraries for our visits to Dalian and Tianjin. My thanks also go to comrades in Beijing and local areas for having warmly greeted and accorded cordial hospitality to us.
We came to your country in this beautiful season when it greeted spring after standing heaviest snowfall and bitterest cold in several decades. We toured northeastern China which we had long wished to see, keenly feeling the friendship of the fraternal Chinese people warmer than spring sunshine, the gift of nature.
During our visit we saw for ourselves fresh world-startling changes brought about by the people in northeastern China in political, economic, cultural and all other fields, pursuant to the strategy to develop the northeastern region, an old industrial base, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China with you as its general secretary.
We were deeply impressed particularly by the new appearance of Dalian and Tianjin which have undergone a remarkable change after doing away with the centuries-old backwardness; these cities were once harshly exploited and trampled down after being reduced to settlements of the imperialist powers and theatres of scrambles for expanding the sphere of their influence in the 19th century.
Witnessing the stirring reality in which hundreds of millions of Chinese people, who had been subject to all sorts of contempt and insult in the past, are now building a rich and powerful socialist country in the vast land of China full of energy, we came to know well that the policies of the Communist Party of China are very just ones suited to the actual conditions of China and they are fully displaying their vitalities wherever one goes in China.
These eye-opening events taking place in socialist China at present once again prove the truth that "There Is No New China without the Communist Party" just as one can know from the song of the same title.
The fact that everything goes well in China, our fraternal neighbor, hardens the faith that socialism chosen and defended by us is sure to triumph.
It is our firm belief that the fraternal Chinese people will unite closer around the CPC Central Committee with you Comrade Hu Jintao as its general secretary and thoroughly embody the spirit of the 17th Congress of the CPC, guided by the Deng Xiaoping's theory, the important thought of "three represents" and the scientific outlook on development under the uplifted great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics and thus build a harmoniously developed socialist society and certainly achieve the complete reunification of the whole country.
We sincerely hope that they will thoroughly implement the tasks set forth at the 3rd Session of the 11th National People's Congress for the present to fully attain this year the goal of economic and social development envisaged in the period of the 11th Five-Year Plan, maintain stable and sustained economic development, and successfully host the Shanghai World Expo that opened with splendor and the forthcoming Guangzhou Asian Games and thus demonstrate once again the national power of prospering China before the whole world.
Touring this time northeastern China, which bears historic witness to the DPRK-China friendship, we could realize once again the value of DPRK-China friendship, the common wealth of the two countries which President Kim Il Sung provided while waging the hard-fought anti-Japanese struggle together with Chinese revolutionaries of the elder generation in his early years and bequeathed to us.
We are very grateful to the collective leadership of the Chinese party for having paid deep attention to boosting the friendly relations with the DPRK while consistently attaching importance to the bilateral relations from a strategic point of view and rendered sincere support and encouragement to the socialist cause of the Korean people.
The traditional DPRK-China relations of friendship that stood all tests of history century after century have powerfully encouraged the peoples of the two countries in their efforts to accomplish the socialist cause and made great contributions to protecting peace and stability in Northeast Asia including the Korean Peninsula and, furthermore, in the rest of the world.
Our two countries fixed last year as "year of DPRK-China friendship", the first of its kind in history, and successfully organized visits of high-level delegations and significant events, powerfully demonstrating the unbreakable DPRK-China friendship internally and externally.
I am pleased that the DPRK-China friendship deeply enshrined by the two peoples has steadily grown stronger. I am very satisfied with the fact that my visit to China, in particular, provided a good occasion in further deepening the trust between the two countries and boosting the mutual understanding.
Our Party and government will as ever make every possible effort to inject fresh vitality into boosting the DPRK-China friendship, the common treasure, in all fields.
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Speech of Chinese President at Banquet
Pyongyang, May 8 (KCNA) -- Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the People's Republic of China, made the following speech at a banquet:
You, Comrade Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, have visited China with the friendly feelings of the Korean party, government and people toward their Chinese counterparts in this beautiful spring season.
I, on behalf of the party, government and all the people of China, warmly welcome your visit to China.
It is my belief that your current visit to China would be recorded in the history of the development of the bilateral relations as an important occasion in boosting the traditional friendship.
Last year our two countries grandly celebrated the 60th anniversary of the establishment of China-DPRK diplomatic relations and held successful events to mark the "year of China-DPRK friendship," the first of its kind in history, demonstrating the vibrant bilateral ties.
The six-decade-long history has proved that the bilateral relations can certainly make steady progress, weathering difficulties caused by the complicated international situation, if the two countries adhere to the correct orientation of the development of the bilateral relations in the spirit of "inheriting tradition, facing up to the future, building good neighborly friendship and strengthening cooperation", help and cooperate with each other for mutual benefits and common prosperity from a broad perspective and in a far-sighted way, jointly push forward the socialist cause through an active exchange of views and close collaboration and pool efforts to defend interests common to the two countries and the two peoples.
The traditional China-DPRK friendship is a valuable asset of the two parties, the two countries and the two peoples and it is, therefore, our historic responsibility to advance the friendship with the passage of time and convey it down through generations.
The Chinese party and government have consistently defended and developed the relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries on a strategic level, attaching utmost importance to them.
It is an unshakable policy of the party and government of China to steadily boost the bilateral friendship and cooperation.
They will exert joint efforts with their Korean counterparts to make a greater contribution to putting the relations between the two countries on a new, higher level, bringing bigger happiness to the two peoples and achieving a lasting peace and common prosperity in the region.
The diligent and resourceful Korean people are now working hard to greet the 65th anniversary of the WPK with fresh achievements.
We, as your friendly neighbor, dear comrade and true friend, sincerely hope that the DPRK would enjoy political stability, make economic growth and bring a happy life to its people.
I believe that the Korean people, under the resolute leadership of the WPK headed by you, would explore a road of development suited to the actual conditions of the country and certainly register fresh and greater achievements in their cause of building a great prosperous and powerful nation.
People's Art Festival to Be Held
Pyongyang, April 8 (KCNA) -- Preparations for the 2nd April Spring People's Art Festival have been made in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to commemorate the Day of the Sun, the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung (April 15).
The organizing committee of the festival has directed great efforts to facelifting the venues -- theaters, music halls, cultural houses, squares, parks and pleasure grounds.
Diplomas, cups, medals and posters for the festival have come into being.
Art troupes, art squads, itinerant art squads and people of different social strata in the capital and local areas and overseas Korean artistes have prepared fine works reflecting the greatness and noble traits of President Kim Il Sung and the development of the country under the Songun politics of General Secretary Kim Jong Il.
The festival will be held from April 11 to 19. It will be participated in by more than 3,000 people from some 60 units, divided into groups of experts, art squads, itinerant art squads and working people.
The festival is held every other year.
KAPPC Resumption of Tour Depends on S. Side's Attitude
Pyongyang, March 4 (KCNA) -- The south Korean authorities are now becoming evermore vicious in their anti-DPRK nuclear row and "sanctions" against it, while openly disclosing their sinister intention to make the issue of resuming the tour of Mt. Kumgang and Kaesong area serve their purposes.
A spokesman for the Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee issued a statement Thursday in this regard.
There is no need for our side to sit at the negotiating table with the authorities of the south side any longer now that it has done all it can guarantee the tour of Mt. Kumgang and Kaesong area at the level of its authorities, the statement said, and went on:
By nature the above-said tour started according to the contract between the said committee and Hyundai. Therefore, there is no ground whatsoever for the authorities of the south side to meddle in the issue and say this or that over it.
The south Korean tourists should be allowed to visit famous beauty spots of the nation no matter how the anti-reunification conservative group may try to block it.
We cannot leave the world famous beauty spots unvisited any longer now that there is an increasing request in south Korea and overseas for the tour of them.
Hence, we solemnly declare, as we had already clarified, that we would open the door to the tour of Kaesong area from March and that of Mt. Kumgang from April.
Conveniences and safety will be fully provided for the compatriots entering the area of our side from the south to tour Mt. Kumgang and the area of Kaesong.
The south Korean authorities' persistent blocking of the tour under far-fetched pretexts would compel our side to take decisive measures.
These measures may include the abrogation of all agreements and contracts on the tour provided by our side to the south side as special benefits, the freezing of real estates of the south side in the tourist areas and other matters.
Wether the road of the above-said tour is opened to the compatriots in the south or not will depend on the attitude of the authorities of the south side.
They will be held wholly accountable for all the consequences to be entailed by the failure to resume the tour.
DPRK Decides to Release American Trespasser
Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- As already reported, the relevant organ of the DPRK conducted an investigation into Robert Park, an American national who was caught for trespassing on the northern border of the DPRK.
According to the results of the investigation, he trespassed on the border due to his wrong understanding of the DPRK.
The relevant organ of the DPRK decided to leniently forgive and release him, taking his admission and sincere repentance of his wrong doings into consideration.
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American Trespasser Interviewed
Pyongyang, February 5 (KCNA) -- As already reported, American national Robert Park was detained for trespassing on the northern border of the DPRK in December last year.
He was interviewed by KCNA at his proposal while he was under investigation by the relevant organ of the DPRK.
At the interview, he said that he was taken in by the false rumor spread by the West and committed a criminal act in the end.
He went on to say:
I trespassed on the border due to my wrong understanding of the DPRK caused by the false propaganda made by the West to tarnish its image.
The West is massively feeding "Children of Secret State", "Seoul Train" and other documentary videos with stories about non-existent "human rights abuses" and "mass killings" in the DPRK and "unbearable sufferings" of its Christians and the like.
This false propaganda prompted me, a Christian, to entertain a biased view on the DPRK.
So I didn't know what to do at that time. I just prayed and fasted and that was my initial response, but year by year more news reports, international media reports came and there were more videos saying the same thing, in fact, saying that it was getting worse, and so that's why I started to become more and more distraught. If there are people in concentration camps, if Christians are dying like this, if there is starvation I have to die with them. If I help them I would go to Heaven but if I don't help them I would go to Hell.
At last I made up my mind to go to the DPRK.
Upon trespassing on the border, I thought I would be either shot to death by soldiers or thrown behind bars, prompted by Americans' false propaganda about the DPRK.
However, the moment I trespassed on the border, the attitude of soldiers toward the trespasser made me change my mind.
Not only service personnel but all those I met in the DPRK treated me in a kind and gentlemanly manner and protected my rights.
I have never seen such kind and generous people.
People have been incredibly kind and generous here to me, very concerned for my physical health as never before in my life. I mean, my family, of course, is concerned about my physical health but people here have been constantly concerned and I'm very thankful for their love.
Another shocking fact I experienced during my stay in the DPRK is that the religious freedom is fully ensured in the DPRK, a reality different from what is claimed by the West.
Being a devout Christian, I thought such things as praying are unimaginable in the DPRK due to the suppression of religion.
I, however, gradually became aware that I was wrong.
Everybody neither regarded praying as something unusual nor disturbed it. I was provided with conditions for praying everyday as I wished.
What astonished me more was that a bible was returned to me.
This fact alone convinced me that the religious freedom is fully ensured in the DPRK.
I came to have stronger belief as I had an opportunity to attend the service in the Pongsu Church in Pyongyang.
I worshipped and there, there was the Jondosa, there, there was a pastor, there was a choir, they knew the hymns, they knew the word of God. That's why I was completely amazed. But I began to weep and weep in the Christian service because I learned that there are churches and Christians such as Pongsu Kyohoe (Church) in different cities and regions all throughout the DPRK. They worship, pray and preach freely the word of the Bible and Christ word. I've learned that in the DPRK people can read and believe whatever they want, whenever they want, wherever they want, that there's complete religious freedom for all people everywhere throughout the DPRK.
What I have seen and heard in the DPRK convinced me that I misunderstood it. So I seriously repented of the wrong I committed, taken in by the West's false propaganda.
I would not have committed such crime if I had known that the DPRK respects the rights of all the people and guarantees their freedom and they enjoy a happy and stable life.
I have felt shock, embarrassment, shame. Here I'm in the lands where people respect human rights and, not just respecting human rights, they have actually loved me and showed me more than just human rights. They have shown me grace. I repent and ask for forgiveness to the DPRK for my misunderstanding totally DPRK's reality and my criminal illegal behavior. Had I known the reality of the DPRK, what I've learned here, what I have been shown here, what I've been taught here, what I've been informed here by all the kind people here about the DPRK, I would have never done what I did on the December 25th and I repent and I'm very sorry.
Prompted by my desire to redeem the crime I committed against the government of the DPRK, I would make every effort to let those who misunderstand the DPRK properly know what I experienced here so they may have a correct understanding of it.
He, as a Christian, expressed his will to earnestly pray so reunification may be achieved and peace settle on the Korean Peninsula as early as possible.
DPRK Proposes to Start of Peace Talks
Pyongyang, January 11 (KCNA) -- The Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea issued Monday the following statement:
A year has gone by while the process for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is standing at the crossroads due to serious challenges to it.
The denuclearization of the Peninsula is the goal of the policy consistently pursued by the Government of the Republic with a view to contributing to peace and security in Northeast Asia and the denuclearization of the world.
It was thanks to the sincere and exhaustive efforts of the Government of the Republic that dialogues had taken place for the denuclearization of the Peninsula since the 1990s and, in this course, such important bilateral and multilateral agreements as the "DPRK-US Agreed Framework" and the September 19 Joint Statement were adopted.
The implementation of all the agreements, however, stopped half way or was overturned. Since then the nuclear threat on the Korean Peninsula has not been decreased, but on the contrary it has further increased and, consequently, even nuclear deterrent came into being.
The course of the six-party talks which witnessed repeated frustrations and failures proves that the issue can never be settled without confidence among the parties concerned. Still today the talks remain blocked by the barrier of distrust called sanctions against the DPRK.
It is our conclusion that it is necessary to pay primary attention to building confidence between the DPRK and the United States, the parties chiefly responsible for the nuclear issue, in order to bring back the process for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula on track.
If confidence is to be built between the DPRK and the US, it is essential to conclude a peace treaty for terminating the state of war, a root cause of the hostile relations, to begin with.
When the parties are in the state of war where they level guns at each other, distrust in the other party can never be wiped out and the talks themselves can never make smooth progress, much less realizing the denuclearization. Without settling such essential and fundamental issue as war and peace no agreement can escape from frustration and failure as now.
The peace treaty by nature should have been already concluded in the light of its intrinsic necessity, regardless of the nuclear issue. Had durable peace regime been established on the Korean Peninsula long ago, the nuclear issue would have not surfaced.
Now that the issue of concluding the peace treaty is mentioned in the September 19 Joint Statement, too, it is good to move up the order of action as required by practice in the light of the lesson drawn from the failure of the six-party talks.
The conclusion of the peace treaty will help terminate the hostile relations between the DPRK and the US and positively promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula at a rapid tempo.
Upon authorization, the DPRK Foreign Ministry courteously proposes to the parties to the Armistice Agreement an early start of the talks for replacing the AA by the peace treaty this year which marks the lapse of 60 years since the outbreak of the Korean War.
The above-said talks may be held either at a separate forum as laid down in the September 19 Joint Statement or in the framework of the six-party talks for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula like the DPRK-US talks now under way in view of their nature and significance.
The removal of the barrier of such discrimination and distrust as sanctions may soon lead to the opening of the six-party talks.
If the parties to the AA sincerely hope for peace and security and the denuclearization of the Peninsula, they should no longer prioritize their interests but make a bold decision to deal with the fundamental issue without delay.
DPRK on US Envoy's Pyongyang Visit
Pyongyang, December 11 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry Friday gave the following answer to a question put by KCNA as regards the DPRK visit by the U.S. special representative for DPRK policy and his party:
Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special representative for DPRK policy, and his party visited Pyongyang from Dec. 8 to 10. During their stay they had talks with the vice-minister for U.S. affairs of the DPRK Foreign Ministry and its first vice-minister met with them.
At the meeting and talks both sides had a long exhaustive and candid discussion on wide-ranging issues including the conclusion of a peace agreement, the normalization of the bilateral relations, economic and energy assistance and the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
Through working and frank discussion the two sides deepened the mutual understanding, narrowed their differences and found not a few common points. They also reached a series of common understandings of the need to resume the six-party talks and the importance of implementing the September 19 Joint Statement.
Both sides agreed to continue to cooperate with each other in the future to narrow down the remaining differences.
Every Korean Urged to Swim with Trend of Times in National Interests
Pyongyang, November 5 (KCNA) -- It is most important for the Koreans to place the interests common to the nation above anything else in solving the national issue and the issue of the inter-Korean relations.
Rodong Sinmun Thursday says this in a signed article.ĦĦIt goes on:
For the Koreans nothing is more vital requirements and interests common to them than to achieve national reunification.
The historic June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration are the patriotic reunification programmes for meeting the requirements and interests common to the nation.
The June 15 joint declaration deals with issues of achieving national reunification independently in the spirit of "By our nation itself."
The October 4 declaration clarifies the practical ways of definitely turning the inter-Korean relations into those of respect and confidence, putting an end to the military confrontation and building a lasting peace-keeping mechanism on the Korean Peninsula on the basis of the reconfirmation of the spirit of the June 15 joint declaration.
The implementation of the inter-Korean declarations is an unavoidable task of the times that should be implemented to meet the requirements and interests of the Korean nation in all fields.
The validity and vitality of the said declarations have been proved in reality.
The major projects for economic cooperation between the north and the south have got up steam again thanks to the north's magnanimity and they are supported and hailed by different circles of the south Korean society.
It has become an irresistible trend of the times to dynamically turn out to implement the inter-Korean declarations for the reconciliation and unity of the north and the south and national reunification.
It is a behavior guided by national conscience to put the interests common to the nation before those of an individual or a grouping and it is a wise attitude of any person in authority or a politician to know how to subordinate a trifle to something big, aware of the trend of the times.
Wen Jiabao's Visit to DPRK Welcomed
Pyongyang, October 4 (KCNA) -- Leading newspapers Sunday warmly welcome the visit to the DPRK by Wen Jiabao, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China.
His visit to the DPRK is of weighty significance in view of historical period and political importance, Rodong Sinmun in an editorial notes, and says:
His visit goes to clearly prove that the Chinese party and government attach great importance to the Sino-DPRK friendship.
This visit by a goodwill mission of the Chinese people strikingly demonstrates the steadily-developing DPRK-China friendship and gives great encouragement to the Korean people working hard to build a great prosperous and powerful socialist nation.
Today the DPRK-China friendship is developing with each passing day under the deep care of the leaders of the two countries.
The Chinese party and government set store by the Sino-DPRK friendship and pay deep attention to consolidating and developing it.
The Korean people are rejoiced as over their own over the fact that everything is going well in China, and extend firm solidarity to the Chinese people in the efforts to build a harmonious society with Chinese characteristics and reunify the country.
It is the consistent stand of the Workers' Party of Korea and the DPRK government to set store by the traditional DPRK-China friendship and develop it generation after generation. We are convinced that the bilateral friendship will grow stronger by the joint efforts of both sides.
Wen Jiabao's visit to the DPRK will register a new chapter in the history of the DPRK-China friendship and contribute to promoting the revolution and construction in the two countries.
Minju Joson editorially stresses that his visit will undoubtedly mark a valuable foundation for the development of the DPRK-China friendly relations.
Kim Jong Il Meets Chinese Envoy
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il today met with State Councillor of the People's Republic of China Dai Bingguo who is special envoy of Hu Jintao, President of the PRC, and his party on a visit to the DPRK.
Present there was Kang Sok Ju, first vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK.
On the occasion, the special envoy courteously conveyed to Kim Jong Il a personal letter from Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of the PRC. And he presented his own gift to Kim Jong Il.
Kim Jong Il expressed thanks for this and asked the special envoy to convey his regards to Hu Jintao. Then he conversed with the special envoy in an amicable atmosphere on the matter of invariably developing the friendly relations between the two countries and a series of issues of mutual concern.
Report on Bill Clinton's Visit to DPRK Made Public
Pyongyang, August 5 (KCNA) --A report on Former U.S. President Bill Clinton's visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is as follows:
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and his party visited the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from August 4 to 5.
Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, met with Bill Clinton and his party.
During their stay Clinton and his party paid a courtesy call on Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly.
Clinton expressed words of sincere apology to Kim Jong Il for the hostile acts committed by the two American journalists against the DPRK after illegally intruding into it. Clinton courteously conveyed to Kim Jong Il an earnest request of the U.S. government to leniently pardon them and send them back home from a humanitarian point of view.
The meetings had candid and in-depth discussions on the pending issues between the DPRK and the U.S. in a sincere atmosphere and reached a consensus of views on seeking a negotiated settlement of them.
Kim Jong Il issued an order of the Chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission on granting a special pardon to the two American journalists who had been sentenced to hard labor in accordance with Article 103 of the Socialist Constitution and releasing them.
Clinton courteously conveyed a verbal message of U.S. President Barack Obama expressing profound thanks for this and reflecting views on ways of improving the relations between the two countries.
The measure taken to release the American journalists is a manifestation of the DPRK's humanitarian and peaceloving policy.
The DPRK visit of Clinton and his party will contribute to deepening the understanding between the DPRK and the U.S. and building the bilateral confidence.
Inter-Korean Working Contact for Revision of Contracts on KIZ Made
Pyongyang, July 2 (KCNA) -- A north-south working contact for the revision of the contracts on the Kaesong Industrial Zone (KIZ) was made on the spot on Thursday.
At the contact, the north side expressed regret over the fact that no progress has been made in the working contact though it made sincere efforts as evidenced by its advancement at the previous contacts of the constructive proposals for reexamining and renegotiating the work in the KIZ as required by the changed north-south relations and the present reality, etc.
It is necessary, above all, to refrain from doing anything to create difficulties in the way of the working contact, the north side held, recalling that unpleasant things contrary to the contact are taking place in south Korea without let-up and the campaign for "sanctions" and reckless remarks calling for confrontation in the systems are getting undisguised there.
Noting that even the "basic plan for defence reforms" simulating a "preemptive attack" and "contingency" is made public, the north side continued:
What should not be overlooked is that the authorities of the "Ministry of Unification" of the south side themselves are vociferating about "no nukes, opening and 3,000 dollars" and "resolute counteraction," spoiling the atmosphere of the contact.
When sitting face to face with the north side, the south side talks about "dialogue" and "sincerity" but incites confrontation behind the scene. Such behavior compels the north side to question whether the south side is willing to have the working contact or not.
Urging the south side to take honest attitude and stand toward the discussion on the revision of the said contracts, the north side went on to say:
Taking an insincere attitude toward the working contact from its start, the south side has groundlessly turned down our proposals without any deep study of them and raised issues irrelevant to the contact, creating complexity.
It went the lengths of floating even the story about the "closure" of the KIZ and some authorities are making very inappropriate remarks that "they would not negotiate in the same way as was done in the past."
The north side said the south side's assertion that it would not have the same dialogue as conducted in the past means it wants to have a contact for confrontation, questioning the south side what is the use of having a working contact if it is its stance. The north side urged the south side to refrain from doing such things quite contrary to the desire and expectation of the nation.
The north side proposed the south side to begin with discussing the issue of land use tax, the top priority and essential matter, at this contact as it put forward comprehensive proposals at the last contacts as regards the issue of the revision of the contracts on the KIZ. The north side referred in detail to the purport and propriety of its proposal.
Saying that the level of the land use tax proposed by the north is by no means high in view of the universally accepted practice in the special zones of south Korea and other countries and the peculiarity and value of the KIZ and its prospect, the north side urged the south side to carefully study its proposal and honestly accept it.
Expressing once again its readiness to settle the difficulties which the enterprises of the south side are facing in the management, depending on the settlement of the issue of the land use tax, in particular, the north side stressed that the south side would reciprocate good faith and magnanimity in kind.
The south side, however, doggedly asserted that it cannot accept the just claim of the north side, not only avoiding the discussion of the basic issue but letting loose sheer sophism.
The south side did not hesitate to talk nonsense that it has not received any special treatment in the KIZ so far.
The north side strongly chided the rude and insincere attitude of the south side as a deliberate and premeditated provocation to scuttle the working contact and took serious note of this.
It declared that the fate of the working contact and the prospect of the KIZ will entirely depend on the future attitude of the south side.
DPRK Foreign Ministry Spokesman Clarifies Its Stand on UNSC's Increasing Threat
Pyongyang, May 29 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Friday as regards the UNSC's threat to put additional sanctions against the DPRK, terming its successful nuclear test a violation of the UNSC Resolution 1718.
Over the past several decades, the DPRK has made every possible effort for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, but the U.S., instead of seeking a substantial removal of nuclear threats, has steadily increased the level of pressure upon the DPRK and it has eventually brought even the six-party talks to collapse in wanton violation of the principles of respect for the sovereignty and sovereign equality, the underlying spirits of the September 19 Joint Statement, over the DPRK's launch of satellite, the universally recognized right of each state, the statement noted, and said:
At present, some countries were shocked at the news of the DPRK's second nuclear test. But an exceptional act has its exceptional reason.
The recent nuclear test conducted by the DPRK is the 2054th one on the earth.
The five permanent members of the UNSC have conducted 99.99 percent of all the nuclear tests.
Those countries have posed the biggest nuclear threats to the world. But they took issue with our first nuclear test, which was conducted in October 2006 as a self-defensive measure to cope with increased nuclear threats by the U.S., terming it a "threat to the international peace" and adopted the sanctions resolution against the DPRK. This is exactly the UNSC Resolution 1718.
This resolution fabricated by the hypocrites has immediately invited a total rejection by the DPRK and we still do not recognize such resolution.
The UNSC with such a record produced the "presidential statement" on April 14 putting in question only the satellite launched by the DPRK for the peaceful purpose and put into force the sanctions under its Resolution 1718 on April 24 only to cause an unbearable insult to the dignity of our people and gravely infringe upon the sovereignty of the DPRK.
The DPRK is neither a signatory to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty nor to the Missile Technology Control Regime or MTCR. Such being the case, it has a right to conduct as many nuclear tests or missile launches as it wants in the event that the supreme interests of the state are infringed upon. Such self-defensive measures do not run counter to any other international law.
The UNSC has committed such unprecedented crime as the wanton infringement upon the right of a sovereign state to explore outer space for peaceful purposes and, instead of repenting of it, it is proactive in its outcry to cover up its crime. Under these circumstances, the DPRK, at this point, would like to draw a clear line of confrontation which will help clearly state who is to blame for the future unpredictable development of the situation.
First, the UNSC is involved in its high-handed act which will never be tolerated and it is the part of the self-defensive measures of the DPRK to respond to this with its own nuclear test which we had already made public to the world. There is a limit to our patience.
It is none other than the U.S. and other forces courting the U.S. favor who should be held entirely responsible for driving the situation to such a pass as they took the DPRK's peaceful satellite launch to the UN to launch a condemnation campaign.
It is what they said to the DPRK that a satellite launch belongs to an independent right of a sovereign state. But, after our actual satellite launch, they took sides with the U.S. in its move to condemn the DPRK.
Those countries remained silent when the large scale nuclear war exercises such as Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military exercises took place in the depth of the Korean peninsula. But, When the DPRK was compelled to conduct a nuclear test as a self-defensive measure, they are united in their voice, condemning it as "a threat to the regional peace and stability".
It means that they do not like the DPRK to possess what they had already put in place. In the final analysis, they mean small countries should obey big countries. The DPRK, though small in its territory and population, has self-confidence and grit that it is a politically and militarily strong country.
Second, we solemnly demanded that the UNSC make an apology for its crime of having seriously encroached upon the sovereignty of a sovereign state in gross violation of the Space Treaty and that it withdraw all its previously-crafted, unfair resolutions and decisions. Such a demand still remains in force.
As long as the Permanent Five alone invested with veto power and nuclear weapons have the mandate to identify what constitutes a "threat to international peace and security", the UNSC is not supposed to bring their own acts of intimidation into question indefinitely.
As long as the UNSC fails to respond to the DPRK's just demand, the DPRK will not recognize any resolution and decision of the UNSC in the future, too.
Third, if the UNSC will make further provocative actions, this will inevitably lead to the DPRK's approach towards adopting stronger self-defensive counter-measures.
The end of the Cold War worldwide works only between big powers, but a Cold War still persists on the Korean Peninsula.
The UNSC-crafted UN Command itself is a signatory to the Korean Armistice Agreement.
Any hostile act by the UNSC immediately means the abrogation of the Armistice Agreement.
The world will soon find out how the army and people of the DPRK will stand up against the high-handed and get-it-alone approach of the UNSC in defending its dignity and sovereignty.
The U.S. is keen on using a catchphrase "Carrot and stick."
It would be better for the "Donkey" of the U.S. Democratic Party to lick the carrot.