DPRK First Vice Foreign Minister Issues Statement

Pyongyang, September 9 (KCNA) -- Choe Son Hui, first  vice foreign minister of the DPRK, issued the following statement on Monday: I gave  heed to  the recent  repeated remarks  of high-ranking  U.S. officials leading the negotiations with the DPRK that they are ready for the  DPRK-U.S. working negotiation.

Kim Jong Un, chairman of the State Affairs Commission, clarified his stand at the historic Policy Speech  in April that it is essential for  the U.S. to quit its current calculation  method and approach  us with new  one and we  will wait for a bold decision from the U.S. with patience till the end of this year.

I think  the U.S. has  since had enough  time to find  the calculation method that it can share with us. We have willingness to sit  with the U.S. side for comprehensive discussions of the issues we have so far taken up at  the time and place to be agreed late in September.

I believe  that  the U.S.  side will  come out  with a  proposal  geared to  the interests  of the  DPRK  and the  U.S.  and based  on  the calculation  method acceptable to us.

If the U.S. side fingers again the worn-out scenario which has nothing to do with the new calculation  method at the DPRK-U.S. working  negotiation to be held with so much effort, the DPRK-U.S. dealings may come to an end.

Japan Urged to Abandon Its Wild Ambition to Seize Tok Island: KCNA Commentary

Pyongyang, September  10 (KCNA) --  Japanese reactionaries  have gone to extremes in their wild ambition to seize Tok Island. Of  late the  Japanese defence  minister  claimed that  Tok  Island is  clearly pertaining  to  Japan  in  terms  of  history  and  international  law. His  sheer sophism provokes a side-splitting laughter.

Bellicose remarks  that  the "Self-Defense  Forces" should  be dispatched  to expel illegal  occupants and  there  is no  option but  a war  to take  back Tok Island are heard even from the Japanese Diet.

This is  an expression  of the  true nature  of brigandish Japan  obsessed by the  greed   for   territory  and   the  concentrated   revelation  of   shameless distortion of history and the wild ambition to seize Tok Island.

Japan  is   the  only  and   one  country   that  publishes  fabricated   history textbooks,  far from  giving  proper  education to  the  rising  generation, and employs every possible means  such as setting "Takeshima (Tok  Island) Day" to stoke aggression.

Japan's  distortion and  far-fetched assertion  based on  the  fascist doctrine "telling a  lie  a hundred  times makes  people  believe it  as truth"  are all  an absurd jargon and  an intolerable challenge  to the sovereignty of  the Korean nation.

Tok  Island is  part  of the  inalienable  territory of  the  Korean nation  from geographical, historical and legal points of view. This is an immovable truth of history.

Tok Island is the territory of Korea where the Korean people have reclaimed and lived before B.C.  and has nothing to do with Japan  that came into being after  A.D., evidenced  by  "History  of Koryo  Kingdom",  "Geographical  Book Attached to the True Records of  King Sejong" and Samguksagi (Chronicles of the  Three  Kingdoms)  and  other  old   documents  and  data  and  a  secret document opened  to the public in  2015 proving that  in the early  1900's the village head of  Oki Island of  Japan, when asked about  his viewpoint on Tok Island  at the  Cabinet,  said  that Ullung  Island  and  Tok Island  are  all  the islands in the East Sea of Korea.

The Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Declaration and memorandums Nos. 677 and  1033 signed  and issued by  the General  Headquarters of the  Allied Powers  during and  after  the  Second  World War  clearly  confirm  the  legal status of Tok Island as the territory of Korea.

Japan's persistent "dominium over Tok Island" cannot be construed as mere ignorance of history and laws or revelation of the temper of born impostor. It  is  the  ulterior  intention  of   the  ill-natured  Japanese  reactionaries  to provide conditions favorable to the  realization of their militaristic ambition for overseas aggression by distorting and fabricating history to their tastes.

Japan  makes no  scruple  of  distorting history  in  a bid  to  realize  its wild ambition for reinvasion.

Japan  has already  turned  into a  "country  capable  of going  to  war" and dangerous  forces of  aggression.  It is  whitewashing  and  justifying its  past crimes in  an  effort to  realize the  pipedream of  the  "Greater East  Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere".

It is making desperate efforts to hoist the  blood-stained war criminal flag at the venue of Olympic Games symbolic of peace.

Justice is sure to win. This is iron truth shown by history. All the  Koreans and  the international  community keep  close watch  at the moves of  Japan watching for  a chance for  reinvasion of  the territory where the Korean people have lived down through generations.

Japan should  be mindful that  it is precipitating  destruction and give  up its wild ambition to seize the inalienable territory of Korea.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Has Photo Session with Participants in 14th National Conference of Teachers

Pyongyang,  September   7  (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 armed forces  of the DPRK,  had a photo  session with the  participants in the 14th National Conference of Teachers on Friday.

When  the Supreme  Leader  of the  Party,  state  and armed  forces  of the DPRK  arrived at  the  venue  of  the photo  session,  he  was presented  with bouquets by teachers.

Waving  back to  the enthusiastically  cheering  participants, he  extended a warm salute to them. Noting   that   teachers  are   communists,   genuine   patriots   and   career revolutionaries  who are  building  the rosy  future  of the  country,  he  called upon  the participants  to bring  about a  turn  in the  field of  education,  well aware  of  the intention  of  the  Party  to  make  the conference  held  on  an unprecedented scale an  important occasion for  the sake of a  great essential improvement in education.

Expressing expectation  and belief that the  teachers and education  officials would devote their pure conscience, wisdom  and zeal to the education of the rising generation  with a  high degree  of awareness that  they are  directly in charge of  the implementation of  the WPK's  revolutionary policy for  bringing about  a radical  turn in  Juche-oriented  development of  education and  thus fully  discharge their  responsibility  and duty  as teacher  revolutionaries,  the Supreme Leader had a photo session with the participants.

He  summoned  members  of   a  delegation  of  education  officials  of   the General Association  of  Korean Residents  in Japan  to have  a photo  session with them.

Accompanying the  Supreme Leader were  Kim Jae  Ryong, Pak Thae  Song, Jon Kwang Ho and Kim Sung Du.

Press Statement by First Vice-Foreign Minister of DPRK

Pyongyang, August 31  (KCNA) -- Choe  Son Hui, first vice-foreign  minister of the DPRK, released the following statement on Saturday: A series  of awful remarks  provoking us  is recently heard  from the  upper echelons of the U.S. administration.

U.S.   State Secretary   Pompeo   again   irritated us   by   spouting   such unreasonable words on Aug.  27 that the U.S.  "Recognized North Korea’s rogue behavior could not be ignored." What he uttered to seriously insult us by even using such phrase as "rogue behavior" is just improper language, for which the U.S.  Administration will surely regret.

Pompeo has gone so far in his language and it made the opening of the expected DPRK-U.S. working-level negotiations more difficult.  It, moreover, added to the Korean people's bad blood toward Americans.

Our expectations of dialogue with the U.S. are gradually disappearing and we are being pushed to reexamine all the measures we have taken so far. We are very curious about the background of the American top diplomat's thoughtless remarks and we will watch what calculations he has.

The U.S. had better not put any longer our patience to the test with such remarks irritating us if it doesn't want to have bitter regrets afterwards.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Inspects Yangdok County Hot Spring Resort under Construction

Pyongyang, August 31 (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 armed forces  of the  DPRK,  gave  field  guidance to  the  construction  site  of  the  Yangdok County Hot Spring Resort.

Making rounds of  various places of the  construction site of the hot  spring resort  for  a  long time,  Supreme  Leader  of  the  Party,  state  and  armed forces Kim Jong Un said  with satisfaction that the characteristics of nature and topography  were well  preserved and  a  peculiar resort  was formed  in good harmony  with the  surrounding environment  as planned  by the Party and  the   section  and  arrangement  are   practical  and  every   building  is impeccable in view of architectural beauty.

Saying that the sphere of a  new cultural and emotional life in which skiing ground  is  combined  with  hot-spring  recreation  ground  was  created,  he noted  with  pleasure  that the  Yangdok  County  Hot  Spring  Resort  is  the edifice  in  which the  people-first  principle-based  architectural  idea of  the Party is fully  embodied and everything serves the  people and their demand is  met,  and  if  the  resort  is  once  completed,  it  will  become  a  cultural recreation ground for the people that a lot of people love to visit.

Pointing  out that  we  should  inscribe the  proud  picture  of  Korean-style socialist system even  in such small-sized edifices  and help the people more deeply  cherish  a  great  pride  and  patriotism  through  the  daily-changing appearance  of  the  prosperous and  highly  civilized  country,  he  earnestly called  for   giving  the   people  the   Yangdok  County   Hot  Spring   Resort completed  on  the  highest  level   as  a  gift  by  doing  the  finishing  work qualitatively and tactfully.

Saying that it is necessary  to start the operation in December this  year by making full  preparations for the  operation of the  hot-spring recreation  and medical treatment facilities and taking a thorough step for supply of sporting goods to the skiing  ground, he repeatedly stressed the need  to qualitatively complete the project  and for the relevant  domain to make full preparations for the service  so that the people  who visit the resort  may not feel a  slight inconvenience.

Enjoying a bird's-eye  view of the construction site,  he said that he  visited the resort  under  construction after  a gap  of four  months, but  he did  not know  where  he stood  as  it  underwent  a  dramatic change,  that  solider-builders  finished a  project  as large  as  the building  of  a  city at  lightning speed.  Noting  that  it  is  quite  right  to  entrust  the  unit  which  has   the strongest fighting  capacity in  the People's Army  with construction,  he said that the  unit  carries out  the construction  like  the specialized  construction unit and it is, indeed, a mighty unit.

Noting  that the  plan of  the  Party has  been carried  out by  the  People's Army which accepts the Party's plan  and intention as the absolute truth and always  carries  them  out unconditionally  and  devotedly,  he  said  that  he regards  it  as his  greatest  joy  and  pride  to pave  the  road  of  revolution together with such army.

Saying that  all the builders including  the provincial people,  shock brigade members  and  railway  workers,  and   officials  and  workers  in  charge  of supplying  construction  materials have  taken  particular  trouble,  he  asked commanding officers of  the unit to  convey his satisfaction and  greetings to all the builders and encouraged them.

He was accompanied by Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, first vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK.

Also accompanying him were Kim Yo  Jong, Jo Yong Won, Hyon Song Wol, Ma Won Chun and  other senior officials of the Party  Central Committee and the State Affairs Commission.