Kim Jong Un Visits Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery

Pyongyang, July 28 (KCNA) -- 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, visited the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery to pay tribute to the fallen fighters of the KPA at 10 a.m. on Sunday on the occasion of the 61st anniversary of the victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War.

After he arrived at the cemetery, the chief of a guard of honor of the Ground, Naval, Air and Anti-Air Forces of the KPA and the Worker-Peasant Red Guards shouted "Present arms!" in the memory of the fallen fighters.

A floral basket in the name of Kim Jong Un was placed before the cemetery.

Also laid before it were floral baskets in the name of the General Staff, General Political Bureau, Ministry of the People's Armed Forces, the services and corps-level units of the KPA and bunches of flowers.

He together with other visitors paid silent tribute to the fallen fighters.

He went round the cemetery.

He said that the victory in the past Fatherland Liberation War is associated with the heroic exploits performed by the known and unknown martyrs who courageously turned out in the battles to defend the country in hearty response to the order of President Kim Il Sung, underscoring the need to respect the participants in the war as revolutionary forerunners and glorify their revolutionary spirit and feats generation after generation.

He noted that the spirit of defending the country displayed in the period of the great Fatherland Liberation War serves as a valuable mental legacy of the Korean revolution, underlining the need to deeply instill the popular heroism and patriotic spirit displayed by the army and people of the DPRK in the war into the youth and children and people.

He was accompanied by Hwang Pyong So, Ri Yong Gil, Hyon Yong Chol and other commanding officers of the KPA, executive members of the KPA Committee of the WPK and commanding officers of the services and corps-level units of the KPA.

Kim Jong Un Enjoys Performance Given by State Merited Chorus

Pyongyang, July 28 (KCNA) -- Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, together with KPA service personnel, enjoyed a performance given by the State Merited Chorus at the People's Theatre to celebrate the anniversary of the war victory.

He appeared in the auditorium of the theatre.

He warmly waved back to the cheers of the audience and congratulated them significantly celebrating the day of war victory.

Put on the stage were male choruses "July 27 March" and "Long Live Generalissimo Kim Il Sung", orchestra and serial songs "Respects to Victors of Great Years", male duet and male chorus "The General Is Great Defender", male choruses "I Will Remain Your Son Forever" and "Revolutionary Armed Forces Uphold Leadership of Marshal Only".

The performers truthfully represented the fact that the undying feats performed by President Kim Il Sung in winning the victory in the war will shine long in the history of the country.

They also sang high praises of leader Kim Jong Il, stressing that under his leadership the DPRK won one victory after another in the fierce confrontation with the U.S. imperialists without gun report.

They made a truthful artistic presentation replete with high militant spirit of the fact that the army and people of the DPRK are firmly defending the sovereignty of the country and eternally glorifying the history of war victory which started in Mt. Paektu thanks to the gifted wisdom, matchless grit and outstanding leadership of Kim Jong Un.

Kim Jong Un congratulated the State Merited Chorus on its successful performance.

He expressed expectation and conviction that the creators and artistes of the chorus would as ever dynamically conduct revolutionary and militant performing activities and thus more powerfully encourage the army and people of the DPRK in their efforts to bring earlier the final victory in the confrontation with the U.S. and build a thriving nation by dint of the unbreakable great army-people unity.

Among the audience were Hwang Pyong So, Ri Yong Gil, Hyon Yong Chol, Pyon In Son, So Hong Chan, Pak Yong Sik, Ryom Chol Song, Jo Kyong Chol and other commanding officers of the KPA, executive members of the KPA Committee of the WPK and commanding officers of the services and corps-level units of the KPA

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Accuses U.S. of Deliberately Linking DPRK to Mideast Disputes

Pyongyang, July 28 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry Monday gave the following answer to the question put by KCNA as regards the fact that the U.S. and its followers are working hard to create anti-DPRK atmosphere by deliberately linking the DPRK to disputes in the Mideast:

A local court of the U.S. recently made a ruling that the DPRK was also to blame for the killing of Israelis by Hezbollah in Lebanon as it allegedly provided the organization with missiles and military assistance.

Meanwhile, Western media are floating a report that a contract on the purchase of missiles and communication equipment worth hundreds of thousands of U.S. dollars is being pushed forward between the DPRK and Hamas of Palestine.

This is utterly baseless sophism and sheer fiction let loose by the U.S. to isolate the DPRK internationally.

Lurking behind this propaganda is a sinister intention of the U.S. to justify its criminal acts of backing Israel driven into a tight corner by its recent unethical killings in the Gaza Strip of Palestine.

At the 21st extraordinary meeting of the UN Human Rights Council the U.S. was the only country that voted against a resolution on the situation in the Gaza Strip in favor of Israel when it was put on voting, becoming a target of international accusation.

Much upset by this, the U.S. is working hard to deliberately link the DPRK to the so-called "terrorist organizations" defined by it in a bid to divert the focus of international criticism to Pyongyang.

The U.S. is pulling up others under the pretexts of "terrorism", "killing of civilians" and the like, a gangster-like logic reminiscent of a thief crying "Stop the thief!"

The U.S. is a wrecker of global peace and security, kingdom of terrorism and chief culprit of international terrorism as it has supplied war hardware of various types to the south Korean puppet forces and is prodding them to ignite a war against the DPRK.

With neither lies nor fabrications can the U.S. cover up or falsify truth.