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Monday, February 18, 2019

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Visits Kumsusan Palace of Sun


Pyongyang, February 16 (KCNA)  -- Kim Jong Un, chairman of  the Workers' Party of  Korea,  chairman  of  the  State  Affairs   Commission  of  the  Democratic  People's Republic of Korea  and supreme commander  of the Korean People's  Army, visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun to pay homage to  Chairman Kim Jong Il on the occasion of the significant Day of the Shining Star, his birth anniversary.
Kim  Jong  Un entered  the  hall where  the  statues  of  President Kim  Il  Sung  and Chairman Kim Jong Il  stand. Placed at the  statues were a  floral basket in the  name of the Supreme  Leader and a floral basket in the name of the C.C., WPK.
The  Supreme Leader,  together  with the  participants,  paid  a tribute  to  the statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
Then he entered the hall where Kim Jong Il lies in state. Kim Jong  Un made  a bow  to Kim Jong  Il, who  dedicated his  whole life  for the prosperity   of   the    country,   happiness   of   people    and   accomplishment   of   the revolutionary  cause of  Juche,  in  token  of his  high  respect  and best  wishes  for  the immortality of Kim Jong Il.
He was accompanied by Choe Ryong  Hae, Ri Man Gon, Kim Yo Jong, Ri Yong Sik and other  officials of  the Organizational Leadership  Department and  the Information and Publicity Department of the C.C., WPK.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Orders to Promote Military Ranks of KPA Commanding Officers


Pyongyang,  February  16   (KCNA)  -- Kim  Jong   Un,  chairman  of   the  Central
Military Commission of  the Workers' Party of  Korea, ordered to  promote the military ranks  of  commanding  officers  of  the  Korean   People's  Army  on  Saturday  on  the occasion of the birth anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il.
According to  the order, Yang  Tong Won, Choe  Kwang Jun  and Jon Thae  Ho were promoted to  lieutenant general  and 27 others  including Choe  Tong Ju  and Pak Yong Ho to major general.

S. KOREAN GROUP OF TRAITORS UNDER FIRE: KCNA COMMENTARY


Pyongyang, February 8 (KCNA)  -- The group of south Korean  conservative traitors are  keen on  barring  inter-Korean  relations from  developing  onto  the new  stage  by inflaming confrontation with the fellow countrymen from the outset of this year.
The conservative forces  including the "Liberal  Korea Party" dismissed  the DPRK's sincere  efforts as  a  "bogus  peace offensive",  voicing  that  "the work  for  improving inter-Korean relations and cooperating in economy advances too fast".
Meanwhile, they  are whipping  up  confrontation hysterics,  saying that  "the north's action is part of a high strategy to rock the south Korea-U.S. alliance and cause discord in the  south, the north's  denuclearization is never  credible and that  they should focus efforts on substantially tackling the nuclear issue of the north".
The confrontation  moves by  the conservative  forces that come  as a  setback to  the development of inter-Korean  relations against the trend  of the times are  nothing but a hysteric tantrum  thrown by  the most  heinous traitors  who are  doomed, marginalized from the strong trend of national reconciliation, unity, peace and prosperity.
As acknowledged by the international community, last year the north-south  relations underwent  a   dramatic  change   unprecedented  in  the   history  of   national  division spanning over 70 years.
The  adoption  of  the  historic  north-south  declarations  has  reversed  the  relations between them in the utmost extremes of distrust and confrontation to  those of trust and reconciliation and brought a peaceful climate to the 3 000-ri land of Korea.
Just at the time when all the Korean nationals are pooling  their minds and efforts for the better  future of  the nation,  only conservative  forces are unhappy  with the  reality and  go off  into  confrontation  hysterics taking  issue  with  all  the issues  as  to  inter-Korean relations.
Even though  the work  for  cooperation  and exchange  between  the  north  and the south is a patriotic  project for the unified development and  co-prosperity of the nation and,  at the  same  time,  hugely benefits  the  south  Korean economy  and  its  people's living, they dismiss the work as a "drain on resources".
Not content with denying the valuable successes of last year, they viciously belittled them,  remarking that  "last year  was  a miserable  year in  which  10 years  of security posture was  severely hindered at the  cost of enjoying  a brief peacetime  spanning one year".
What's  more,  they  shamelessly uttered  that  "south  Korea  needs  its  own nuclear arms", in spite  of the fact that they  had turned the whole  south Korea into the nuclear arsenal of outside forces.
How  can today's  climate  of  national  concord and  trend  of  peace  on the  Korean peninsula, which  commands admiration from all  the Koreans and  warm support from the international community, be understood as "serious security crisis".
After all, the conservative group’s oft-repeated “peace” means   none other than confrontation and war.
The  conservatives' mad  acts  just  lay  bare their  nature  as  a trouble-maker  of  the nation, cancer-like entity, which  has no desire for national reconciliation,  unity, peace, prosperity and reunification.
No Koreans tolerate the group of  traitors who attempt to revive conservatism and  to retake power by keeping national division permanent.
So the south Koreans  spit at the behavior of the  group of traitors who got mad  over their greed  for power, saying that  "their move was  a political bait  to win the favor  of the voters by gathering the supporters for the conservatives".
As long  as  the traitors  including the  LKP which  indulge in  things harmful  to  the compatriots, not for  the good of them,  live and breathe,  our nation's misfortune, pain, damage and disaster will get worse and last long.
The group of  conservative traitors must  be taken to  the grave of  history as soon as possible as they block our nation's efforts for reconciliation, unity and reunification.

KCNA COMMENTARY ON DOUBLE-DEALING OF S. KOREAN MILITARY


Pyongyang, February  8 (KCNA) --  The south  Korean military runs  reckless in the arms buildup to mar the atmosphere of peace and stability.
After  making public  a  "mid-term defense  program"  under the  pretext  of  "coping with military  threat and security  change at  present and those  potential in  the future," the south Korean military authorities  are planning to spend more than 250  billion U.S.
dollars for  military spending  - an  increase of  13.6 per  cent over  the previous  time  -under the program. It constitutes an extremely dangerous act to swim against the desire of all the fellow countrymen for a durable and lasting peace and stability in the Korean peninsula, and an undisguised provocation against the DPRK.
The reckless act is a challenge to the historic north-south declarations that have won full support and welcome from the public at home and abroad and, at the same time, a flagrant violation of those declarations.
Last year, the  north and the  south committed themselves to  leading the termination of military hostility  in the confrontation  area to the removal  of the danger of  war and hostility in  the whole  Korean peninsula  and, in  particular, to  reducing armaments  in proportion to the building of military confidence.
The south Korean authorities are obliged to ban all the acts running counter to the detente as specified in the declarations.
The military, which turned the whole of south Korea into the largest ammunition dump in the Far East under the pretext of non-existent "threat from the north", should have reduced without delay all of the lethal hardware  against the fellow countrymen in the north in the present situation.
However,  while trying  to  give  a  good impression  that  they  are interested  in  the military detente, the south Korean military is seeking  to spend huge military spending than  that  of the  period  of  the  tensions for  arms  buildup  and  the modernization  of military hardware.  They are even planning to purchase many F-35A,  Global Hawk, SM-3 and other foreign military hardware.
The acts make the DPRK doubt the attitude of the south Korean military to value the trend of the  present situation and  to make the  Korean peninsula a durable  and lasting peace zone.
The military forces  are describing their  measures as an  "act to lay  a foundation for the increased self-defense capabilities", but it is nothing but double-dealing.
The military  authorities never cover  up the fact  that their arms  buildup is aimed  at rounding off  the  system of  attack on  the  north called  "triad strike  system" renamed "system of countering nuclear and weapons of mass destruction".
The reality  clearly shows  that the  south Korean  military is  going to  persist in  the confrontation with fellow countrymen by force of arms.
Their reckless military act  after the north-south agreement to  end the fratricidal war incites our vigilance and causes serious concern among the public  at home and abroad, and it adversely affects the development of the present situation.
Such  double-dealing can  never  be pardoned  as they  are  smiling a  "reconciliation smile" before the DPRK but at the same  time sharpening the sword of confrontation to prevent the peace from being ensured in the Korean peninsula and the region.
The south Korean military would be well advised to ponder over their acts as they may result in an undesirable thing beyond expectation.

C.C., AINDF Calls for Ostracizing LKP


Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA)  -- The Central Committee of  the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic  Front (AINDF) issued  an "Appeal to  all the people"  on Feb. 13 through which  it called for  decisively ostracizing the  "Liberal Korea  Party" (LKP), a cesspit of deep-seated conservative evils.
The appeal  cited facts  that LKP  - the group  of traitors  - is  challenging the  people who  turned  out  in  the   candlelight  struggle  to  a  fight,  reviving   like  a  poisonous mushroom in  a dump though  they got the  impartial public punishment  to rename  the ugly "Saenuri Party" "Liberal Korea Party" and to be discouraged.
The LKP reckless  act enraging all  the people constitutes  an open challenge against the  above-said  people  who  decisively  tried  the  conservative  regime  for  the  worst crimes in  the name  of the  people and  meted  out punishment  to Park  Geun Hye  and other chief criminals who held the monopoly of the administration, the appeal said.
The appeal also said that it is the demand of the public and the intention of  the times to prevent the conservatives from getting united again  and frustrate the reckless acts of LKP.
The situation urges the  people of different social standings  valuing justice and truth to turn out in the nation-wide struggle to eliminate  LKP - a cesspool of injustice, deep-seated evils and traitorous acts, the appeal said.
So long  as the LKP remains  existent, no one  can expect peace  in this land  and the improvement of the south-north relations, the appeal said.
It is  our people who  are in  charge of uprooting  deep-seated conservative evils  and should play the main role in eliminating the LKP, it noted.
The  appeal called  upon  all the  people  to  pool their  efforts  and wage  a  vigorous struggle so  as to  decisively ostracize  LKP, greet the  new society  of justice  and truth and make the history of national reconciliation, peace and prosperity.