DPRK NDC Policy
Department Issues Statement
Pyongyang, April 18
(KCNA) -- The Policy Department of the National Defence Commission (NDC) of the
DPRK released the following statement Thursday:
An acute situation that has persisted on the Korean Peninsula
since the end of last year is now putting the peninsula on the verge of war.
Much upset by the development, U.S. President Obama on
April 11 reportedly stated in public of his intention to seek a negotiated and
diplomatic settlement of the situation, saying that he does not want a war on
the Korean Peninsula.
The chief of Chongwadae of south Korea, who is
accustomed to currying favor with her master, let the "minister of
Unification" make public a "statement". She even loudly spoke of
"the authorities' proposal for dialogue to tide over the situation",
a U-turn from her previous attitude of stoking confrontation. She used to say
that there can be neither dialogue nor dispatch of a special envoy at present.
The rhetoric about dialogue raised by the master and
the stooge almost at the same time is a political decision made by them out of
their calculation that they can never bring the DPRK into submission with
military threats and "sanctions".
It will be very much gratifying if they took a proper
political decision to bring under control the grave situation prevailing on the
Korean Peninsula with true interest in dialogue and negotiations.
But matter is that the U.S. and the south Korean puppet
regime cried out for starting dialogue in an appropriate environment, in an
appropriate time and under appropriate condition despite their loud claim that
the U.S. and south Korea made a U-turn toward dialogue and negotiations. The
preconditions for dialogue raised by them include a stop to "provocative"
remarks which the DPRK has so far been engaged in and demonstration of its
intention to realize denuclearization and suspend missile launch. These are
absurd ones.
The U.S. and south Korea are opt-repeating
"provocation" and "threats" from the DPRK, describing them
as a stumbling block in the way of dialogue hoped for by them, while making the
story of "north-south dialogue first and north Korea-U.S. dialogue
next" an established fact as if the north had agreed to it.
In this regard, the Policy Department of the National
Defence Commission (NDC) of the DPRK brings to light the nature of the
prevailing situation and clarifies once again the principled stand of the DPRK.
There is a Korean saying which goes "Thief calls
stop thief".
The U.S. and all kinds of hostile forces following it
are the very ones who pushed the situation on the Korean Peninsula to such a
grave phase as now.
But the masterminds of the tense situation are
portraying the DPRK as "provoker", while describing them as victims.
It appears that they are not afraid of divine punishment.
The "provocation" charge brought against the
DPRK by the U.S. has become undisguised since they called the DPRK's legitimate
and peaceful satellite launch as a "missile launch".
The DPRK's working satellite Kwangmyongsong 3-2 was
confirmed to be going around its orbit by the North American Aero-space Defense
Command. Russia and several other countries also admitted this and shortly ago
a scientific and research institute of south Korea photographed the DPRK's
satellite and made it public. But with their eyes shut to this stark fact, the
U.S. and the south Korean puppet regime are stepping up provocations against
the DPRK.
No wonder, the world public has now become increasingly
vocal, condemning the U.S. and its allies' vicious provocation of getting the
UN Security Council pass the "resolution on sanctions" and calling
the satellite launch a "missile launch" as a "deception that
disgraced justice and conscience" and an "act of blind men unable to
discern skirt from trousers".
The UNSC's "resolution on sanctions"
following the DPRK's legitimate satellite launch was a prelude to an open
provocation by the U.S. and the south Korean puppet regime to inveigle all the
forces following it to the worldwide campaign for isolating and stifling the
DPRK. The nuclear war exercises being staged against the DPRK for nearly two
months is a vicious, all-out military provocation.
The U.S. even brought to south Korea and to waters off
it super-large nuclear-powered carrier task force equipped with nuclear
warheads, B-52, B-2 and other nuclear strategic bombers, nuclear-powered
submarines capable of launching cruise guided shells and guided shell
destroyers and even F-22 Stealth fighter formation to be used for making maiden
strikes at the targets of the DPRK's army in the early days of war. They have
stepped up the military provocation in an all-round way which now has reached
the most dangerous phase of nuclear blackmail.
The DPRK has never termed the U.S. satellite launches
missile launches and attempted to urge the UN to adopt resolutions on sanctions
under that pretext. It has never threatened and blackmailed the U.S. by
deploying its elite armed forces in waters off the U.S.
If the U.S. and south Korean puppet forces are not
wolves in human form, they should properly understand the word provocation and
feel ashamed of their brigandish behaviors.
It is another provocation against the DPRK that the
U.S. urged the former to show the "will for denuclearization" as a
precondition for dialogue.
Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula remains the
unshakable will of the army and people of the DPRK.
The joint declaration on denuclearization adopted by
the north and the south early in the 1990s was a gain common to the nation as
it was initiated by the DPRK with such will.
The U.S., however, introduced nuclear weapons into
south Korea and its vicinity in league with puppet forces and began to
escalating threat and blackmail against the DPRK, bringing this precious gain
to naught.
In order to cope with the U.S. escalating hostile
policy and nuclear blackmail against the DPRK, it was compelled to have access
to just nuclear force for self-defence.
Accordingly, nothing is more foolish and brigandish
than pressurizing the DPRK to show its "will for denuclearization"
first.
The nuclear force of the DPRK will always remain in the
hands of its army and people as the most powerful means to protect the
sovereignty of the country and its supreme interests and deal a retaliatory
blow at the strongholds of aggression against it till the world including the
U.S. is denuclearized.
Not content with terming the DPRK's toughest
countermeasures "provocations", the U.S. and south Korean puppet
regime went the lengths of ceaselessly hurting the dignity of the supreme
leadership of the DPRK and its social system.
The army and people of the DPRK are demonstrating their
just will to stand up against the enemies' moves to isolate and stifle it and
nuclear war moves against it. They are, however, describing this will as one
for "consolidating the heir's system", "enhancing image"
and "rallying unstable ranks". This is the thrice-cursed
politically-motivated provocation.
This is nothing but rigmarole let loose by the
imbeciles who know nothing about the DPRK.
The bad-tempered U.S. and south Korean puppet regime
can never imagine the tears of emotion shed by artillery women when the Supreme
Commander took them to his arms and the warm feelings of service personnel and
people shouting "hurrah" after jumping into cold sea waters.
As long as they persist in all sorts of provocations
against the DPRK, its army and the people will steadily escalate the tough
political and military counteractions as the days go by.
The U.S. and the south Korean puppet regime should make
a bold decision to take the following practical measures if they want to shirk
off the historical responsibility for the prevailing grave situation on the
Korean Peninsula, escape sledge-hammer retaliatory blows of the army and people
of the DPRK and if they truly stand for dialogue and negotiations:
First, they should immediately stop all their
provocative acts against the DPRK and apologize for all of them.
As the first phase, they should take the measure of
retracting the UNSC's "resolutions on sanctions" cooked up under
absurd pretexts.
They should bear in mind that doing so would be a token
of good will towards the DPRK.
The south Korean puppet forces should promptly halt all
their anti-DPRK rackets, not linking their own mishaps such as Cheonan warship
sinking incident and the "March 20 hacking case" to the north.
Second, they should give formal assurances before the
world that they would not stage again such nuclear war drills to threaten or
blackmail the DPRK.
Dialogue can never go with war actions.
Frequent nuclear war maneuvers will only strain the
situation and totally block the way of dialogue.
The army and people of the DPRK will not be taken in by
sophism that the nuclear war drills being staged under its very nose are annual
and defensive military actions for defending the U.S. and guaranteeing the
security of south Korea.
Third, they should make a decision to withdraw all
nuclear war means from south Korea and its vicinity and give up their attempt
to reintroduce them as their immediate duty.
They should bear in mind that the denuclearization of
the Korean Peninsula can begin with the pullout of the nuclear war means
introduced by the U.S. and this may lead to the global denuclearization.
The chief of Chongwadae should not forget that the
prospect of south Korea may be rosy when the north's nukes are considered as a
property common to the nation but south Korea is bound to go to ruin when it
remains under the U.S. nuclear umbrella.
The situation on the peninsula is directly linked with
peace and security in Northeast Asia and the rest of the world.
The army and people of the DPRK together with the world
peace-loving people who sympathize with justice and value conscience will
closely follow the future behavior of the U.S. and its followers. -0-
Doctorate
of Socio-Political Science Awarded to Kim Jong Un
Pyongyang, April 13
(KCNA) -- Doctorate of socio-political science was awarded to the dear
respected Kim Jong Un by the International Institute of Social Scientists on
the occasion of the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.
A ceremony of conveying the title took place at the
Mansudae Assembly Hall on Saturday.
Present there were Kim Yong Nam, president of the
Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Ri Yong Sik and Ri Yong Chol,
vice department directors of the C.C., the Workers' Party of Korea, Ri Hye
Jong, director of the Academy of Social Sciences, Kim Jin Bom, vice-chairman of
the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, Ji Sung
Chol, vice-director of the Academy of Social Sciences, and officials concerned.
Also present there were Director General of the
International Institute of the Juche Idea Vishwanath and Director General of
the Asian Regional Institute of the Juche Idea Harish Gupta who are directors
of the International Institute of Social Scientists, Chairman of the Latin
American Institute of the Juche Idea Ramon Jimenez Lopez and Secretary General
Eleazar Rubio Aldaran, Chairman of the National Committee for the Study of the
Juche Idea of Democratic Congo Lohekele Kalonda Andre, Chairwoman of the Kim
Jong Suk Women’s Union of Russia Elena Bavichi, delegations and delegates of
Juche idea study organizations.
Vishwanath made a speech.
He said Kim Jong Un is devoting himself to building a
thriving socialist nation with his extraordinary political ability,
distinguished leadership and noble traits true to the idea and intention of Kim
Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il, . He added:
The Council of the International Institute of Social
Scientists decided to award title No. 1 of doctor of socio-political science to
Kim Jong Un.
A decision of the council and certificate of doctor
were read out at the ceremony.
Vishwanath handed over to President Kim Yong Nam the
certificate, gold medal, cup and the decision of the council awarded to Kim
Jong Un.
Ramon Jimenez Lopez made a congratulatory speech on
behalf of the followers of the Juche idea in Latin America, Lohekele Kalonda
Andre on behalf of the followers of the Juche idea in Africa and Elena Bavichi
on behalf of the followers of the Juche idea in the eastern European region.
Ramon Jimenez Lopez said that Kim Jong Un has
vigorously encouraged the world progressive people in their struggle for
realizing independence.
Lohekele Kalonda Andre said that Kim Jong Un is wisely
guiding the work of all fields with his veteran and seasoned leadership.
Elena Bavichi expressed belief that the Korean people
would foil the U.S. imperialists and their allies' moves for aggression and
successfully build a reunified thriving nation under the leadership of Kim Jong
Un.
Kim Yong Nam noted that the awarding of the title to
Kim Jong Un is an expression of progressive mankind's profound reverence for
him. -0-
KPA
Supreme Command Sends Ultimatum to S. Korean Puppet Forces
Pyongyang,
April 16 (KCNA) -- The supreme command of the Korean People's Army issued the
following ultimatum to the south Korean puppet forces on Tuesday:
The world is in a festive mood on the auspicious Day of
the Sun.
Even though an acute situation is prevailing in the
DPRK, all the people are celebrating the Day of the Sun as the greatest
national holiday.
It is only the south Korean puppet forces who hurled a
group of anti-communist gangsters into a rally against the DPRK in the heart of
Seoul in broad daylight at which they set fire to the portraits, the symbols of
its supreme dignity, the thrice-cursed crime.
All the service personnel and people of the DPRK are
simmering with towering resentment at this monstrous criminal act.
In view of this situation the Supreme Command of the
KPA sends the following ultimatum to the south Korean puppet forces:
Our retaliatory action will start without any notice
from now as such thrice-cursed criminal act of hurting the dignity of the
supreme leadership of the DPRK is being openly committed in the heart of Seoul
under the patronage of the puppet authorities.
To be included in the targets of retaliation are those
directly or indirectly involved in the operation to hurt the dignity of the
supreme leadership of the DPRK and those who instigated the perpetrators and
connived their crime and the relevant organs and departments of the authorities
involved.
The DPRK's revolutionary armed forces will start
immediately their just military actions to show how the service personnel and
people of the DPRK value and protect the dignity of the supreme leadership.
The military demonstration of the DPRK's revolutionary
armed forces will be powerful sledge-hammer blows at all hostile forces hurting
the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK.
If the puppet authorities truly want dialogue and
negotiations, they should apologize for all anti-DPRK hostile acts, big and
small, and show the compatriots their will to stop all these acts in practice.
-0-
Kim
Jong Un Enjoys Unhasu Concert
Pyongyang, April 15 (KCNA) -- The Unhasu concert was
given at the People's Theatre here with splendor on Monday, the birth
anniversary of President Kim Il Sung (the Day of the Sun).
Kim Jong Un, first
secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, first chairman of the National
Defence Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's
Army, appeared in the auditorium.
Among the audience
were Choe Ryong Hae, Jang Song Thaek, Kim Kyong Hui, Choe Thae Bok, Yang Hyong
Sop, Kang Sok Ju, Kwak Pom Gi and Pyongyangites.
The concert began with
the playing of the National Anthem. Put on the stage were mixed sextet
"Let's Sing of the Day of the Sun", male solo and pangchang
"Long Live Generalissimo Kim Il Sung", female quintet "We Sing
of Our Country Holding the Leader in High Esteem" and other numbers.
The performers sang
high praises of the undying feats Kim Il Sung performed by leading to victory
the cause of independence against imperialism and the socialist cause with his
outstanding idea, rare leadership and noble traits under the uplifted banner of
Songun all his life.
Whenever the image of
Kim Il Sung was projected on the background of the stage, the audience was
overcome with deep emotion.
National music
instrument duet "Three Thousand-ri of Vinalon", mixed chorus
"Push back Frontiers of Latest Science and Technology" and other
numbers impressively represented the fact that the dignity and spirit of the
sun's nation were demonstrated before the whole world and the solid foundation
was laid for the eternal prosperity of Juche Korea thanks to the undying
leadership of the great Generalissimo Kim Jong Il who remained loyal to the
idea and cause of Kim Il Sung.
The concert reached
its climax when female solo and male pangchang "Honor for Human
Life," female solo and pangchang "Let Korea Forge Ahead to Implement
the Line on Simultaneously Pushing forward Economic Construction and Building
of Nuclear Force" were staged
The concert came to an
end with mixed grand chorus "The Man to Whom Both Destiny and Future Are
Entrusted." It made a truthful artistic representation of the will of all
the service personnel and people of the DPRK to win a final victory in the
all-out action against the U.S. and the drive for building a thriving nation,
rallied close around Marshal Kim Jong Un, holding the great Generalissimos Kim
Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in high esteem as the sun of Juche for all ages.
Kim Jong Un warmly
acknowledged the enthusiastic cheers of the performers and audience and
congratulated them on their successful presentation. -0-
Kim
Jong Un Enjoys Sports Contest of Military Academies
Pyongyang, April 15 (KCNA) -- There took place a
sports contest of teachers and cadets of military academies on Monday in
celebration of the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.
Kim Jong Un, first
secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, first chairman of the National
Defence Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's
Army, appeared on the grandstand.
Among the spectators
were Choe Ryong Hae, Jang Song Thaek, Hyon Yong Chol, Kim Kyok Sik, Kim Kyong
Hui, Kim Kyong Ok, Hwang Pyong So, and generals and officers of the Ministry of
the People's Armed Forces, and teachers and cadets of military academies, and
officials, journalists, editors, creators and artistes in the fields of media
and literature and arts of the KPA.
There took place a
volleyball game between Kim Il Sung Military University and Kim Il Sung
University of Politics.
Both teams lost no
time to grasp their rivals' tactical ideas and modes of playing and dexterously
applied counter-tactics to gain points through surprise attacks and strong
smashes.
The military
university won the game.
Then followed a
basketball game between the two universities.
The players of both
teams applyed combined tactics with main emphasis on rapid attack. They also
applied closed up shot and middle and long distance shots to gain points.
The players of the two
teams skillfully applied a variety of tactics to break their rivals' defense
through agile and rapid playing. They penetrated into the rivals' courts,
increasing the rate of closed up shot.
He clapped his hands
to encourage the players whenever they displayed good skills.
Kim Il Sung Military
University won the hot basketball match.
Korean chess contest
and tug of war also took place that day.
Kim Il Sung Military
University emerged a winner in the Korean chess and Kim Il Sung University of
Politics in the tug of war.
He was greatly
satisfied with the successful sports contest of teachers and cadets of military
academies and sent a warm salute to the players who showed the spirit of
collectivism and played fair matches. -0-
DPRK FM Spokesman Dismisses U.S. Talk about
Dialogue as Rhetoric Misleading World Opinion
Pyongyang, April 16 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for
the DPRK Foreign Ministry issued the following statement on Tuesday:
Recently U.S. high-ranking officials are vying with
each other to talk about dialogue. This is nothing but a crafty ploy to evade
the blame for the tension on the eve of a war by pretending to refrain from
military actions and stand for dialogue.
It is none other than the U.S which sparked off a
vicious cycle of tension, pursuant to its hostile policy to stifle the DPRK by
force of arms, and pushed the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the worst
phase. The tension began escalating there due to the U.S. wanton violation of
the DPRK's right to satellite launch for peaceful purposes.
There is no country in the world which does not react
to the encroachment upon the legitimate right of a sovereign state to develop
space and its sovereignty. The nuclear war maneuvers staged by the U.S. against
the DPRK in the wake of its prodding of the UN Security Council into the
cooking up of brigandish "resolutions on sanctions" one after another
compelled the latter to clarify its stand to take military countermeasures for
self-defence.
One may know well who is to blame for the tension when
looking into who benefits from this.
The U.S. benefited from drastically increasing its
military deployment pursuant to its Asia-Pacific-pivot strategy by massively
introducing all latest weaponry while inciting military confrontation with the
DPRK.
The U.S., which regards the DPRK as the primary target
of its attack in the Asia-Pacific region, not only deployed all its operational
nuclear strike means but also posed the threat of the largest-ever physical
nuclear strike to the DPRK in recent months.
It openly introduced strategic nuclear subs out of its
three major strategic nuclear strike means into the waters off the Korean
Peninsula, and let its strategic bombers openly make sorties into the sky of
the peninsula for drills of dropping nukes.
The third strategic nuclear strike means, the
inter-continental ballistic missile launch, was reportedly postponed for the
time being, but it is scheduled for May.
Even now the U.S. is letting its nuclear-powered
carrier strike groups operate in waters off the peninsula, staging ceaseless
DPRK-targeted nuclear war drills.
It is the height of rhetoric intended to mislead the
world opinion to talk about dialogue for dismantling the DPRK's nuclear
deterrent under this situation.
The U.S. is sadly mistaken if it calculates the DPRK
will pay slightest heed to such talk about dialogue as a robber's calling for a
negotiated solution while brandishing his gun.
Worse still, the U.S. claim that it will opt for
dialogue when the DPRK shows its will for denuclearization first is a very
impudent hostile act of disregarding the line of the Workers' Party of Korea
and the law of the DPRK.
The DPRK is not opposed to dialogue but has no idea of
sitting at the humiliating negotiating table with the party brandishing a
nuclear stick.
Dialogue should be based on the principle of respecting
sovereignty and equality--this is the DPRK's consistent stand.
Genuine dialogue is possible only at the phase where
the DPRK has acquired nuclear deterrent enough to defuse the U.S. threat of
nuclear war unless the U.S. rolls back its hostile policy and nuclear threat
and blackmail against the former.
This time when the DPRK has been exposed to the U.S.
direct and substantial threat of nuclear attack, it keenly felt the need to
bolster up its nuclear deterrence both in quality and quantity.
It is quite natural for the DPRK to take counteractions
for self-defence by beefing up nuclear force now that the U.S., world's biggest
nuclear weapons state, threatens and blackmails the former with a nuclear
stick.
The nuclear strike drills staged by the U.S. against
the DPRK leave the latter with no option but to conduct drills to cope with
them.
There is no guarantee that these drills will not go
over to a real war and the U.S. will be held wholly accountable for all the
ensuing consequences.
The DPRK will escalate its military countermeasures for
self-defence unless the U.S. ceases its nuclear war drills and withdraws all
its war hardware for aggression. -0-