Fate Sealed for Obama

In August 2014 a young black was killed by a white policeman in Ferguson, Missouri. In the wake of the incident, mass protests against racial discrimination swept all over the United States, which poured cold water on its politicians’ fervid “human rights” row against other countries.

Blacks are not humans

Until now Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States during the American Civil War (1861-1865), is hailed as the “hero” who brought about the emancipation of the slaves.

In 2011, the year marking the 150^th anniversary of the war, some experts argued that the war was not about abrogation of slavery.

Admittedly, Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the war. But it turned out to be sly stratagems to help the industrial bourgeoisie on Northern soil prevail over the slave owners in the South. As a matter of fact, American blacks had long since been subjected to slavery.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the black Baptist minister Martin Luther King led the nonviolent civil-rights movement against segregation of the blacks. Consequently, in 1964, the ruling circles were compelled to pass the laws guaranteeing civil rights and suffrage for the blacks.

But now they are not given equal access to employment, education and medical care.

According to the statistics by the Department of Labour, the unemployment rate for the blacks is twice as high as that for the whites and five times as many blacks fall victim to murder.

In recent years nearly half of the black students at high schools in California dropped out.

It is a stark reality in America that the whites feel most insulted when they happen to walk alongside the blacks or are seated beside them in restaurants, hotels and other public places. It is more deplorable to see Ku Klux Klan and numerous other murder groups targeted on the blacks still active here and there.

Black lives are at stake

According to the American newspaper Salt Lake Tribune, 45 of the murder cases that happened in Utah from 2010 to October 2014 were offences committed by police.

This is proof that American policemen, who are duty-bound to maintain social order, become more adept at killing than gangsters. Surprisingly, most of the victims are the blacks.

More astounding is the attitude of the judicial authorities. As for the above Missouri case, the white policeman was acquitted of the murder of the black boy. In other parts of America the white killers were given a verdict of “not guilty.”

Enraged crowds thronged the streets in New York, Washington, Detroit, Los Angeles, Houston, and Seattle and so on. The blacks throughout America are in the grip of anxiety for their own lives.

But the White House is turning a deaf ear to their just demands, even mobilizing soldiers to suppress the demonstrations.

Obama called their protests “criminal,” stating that for their “violent acts” the demonstrators should not be treated with tolerance.

More interesting, Obama himself is a black man. He prides himself on being the first black president in US history, but he needs to be mindful of his colour.

Recently, there was an intrusion into the White House by a white man, whose aim might be killing a black man there.

In such a black-phobic society Obama cannot expect to be treated exceptionally.

Rather than taking issue with the “human rights” situation in any other country, he must address the challenges he faces at home and care for his own “safety.”

Kim Jong Un Inspects October 3 Dockyard under KPA Navy Unit 597

Pyongyang, February 8 (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 DPRK National Defence Commission, gave field guidance to the October 3 Dockyard under KPA Navy Unit 597 and set forth the task for its updating.

There he looked round the monument to on-site guidance of the peerlessly great persons of Mt. Paektu and rooms devoted to the education in revolutionary history and to the history of the dockyard.

Seeing the historic mementoes and data, he recalled with deep emotion the course of development of the dockyard, which was built as the country's first base for warship repair in July 1947 at the instruction of President Kim Il Sung.

And he noted that when visiting the dockyard in the last year of his life, leader Kim Jong Il gave the important tasks that would serve as guidelines in operating it, underlining the importance of its duty.

Thanks to the far-sighted wisdom of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, the East and West Sea Fleets of the KPA Navy could have solid material and technical foundations whereby to repair any type of warship in a short period, he said.

Then the Supreme Commander went round the engine repair work-team, trial operation ground, dock, quay and other parts of the dockyard to learn in detail about the repairing of warships and working conditions and living environment of its employees.

He stressed the need for the dockyard to update its production processes in line with the requirement of the age of knowledge-based economy so as to successfully carry out the task of repairing warships and contribute to the modernization of warships.

He instructed officials to give the dockyard a complete facelift to make its interior and exterior quite different from what they used to be as well as to build cultural and welfare establishments and a scientific and technological dissemination room in a perfect way.

He also said that the dockyard should be equipped with better sewage disposal facilities in conformity with the scientific and technological requirements to prevent the industrial waste water from polluting the sea.

The October 3 Dockyard has a very important role to play in developing the navy, he said, and called for turning it into a model and standard dockyard in the country, adding that the party would solve all problems arising in doing it.

He expressed belief that the dockyard would be successfully renovated on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the WPK to make a tangible contribution to the repair and modernization of various battleships and the development of the nation's shipbuilding industry.

Accompanying him were Army Col. Gen. Yun Tong Hyon, vice-minister of the People's Armed Forces, and Hong Yong Chil, vice department director of the WPK Central Committee.

Kim Jong Un Watches Newly-Developed Anti-Ship Rocket Test-firing

Pyongyang, February 7 (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 DPRK National Defence Commission, watched a test-firing of new type of anti-ship rocket to be deployed at KPA naval units.

    He was greeted on the spot by Army Col. Gen. Yun Tong Hyon, vice-minister of the People's Armed Forces, Rear Admiral Jin Chol Su, head of the East Sea Fleet of the KPA Navy, Hong Yong Chil, vice department director of the WPK Central Committee, and officials in the field of defence science.

    Scientists and technicians in the field of defence science and workers of munitions industry successfully developed a new type of cutting-edge anti-ship rocket.

    At the observation post Kim Jong Un learned about the tactical and engineering data of newly-developed anti-ship rocket before watching its test-firing.

    As the head of the East Sea Fleet ordered the test-firing, the ultra-precision anti-ship rocket blasted off from a rocket boat. The intelligent rocket precisely sought, tracked and hit the "enemy" ship after taking a safe flight.

    The test-firing proved in a scientific way that the powers of rocket boat and the anti-ship rocket's rate of hits reached the level of designed tactical and engineering data.

    The new-type anti-ship rocket to be deployed for action at naval units of KPA before long made it possible to bring a great change in the navy's defence of territorial waters and strongly react to any attempt of the enemy's fleets of warships for military attack, through close combat or distant combat.

    Expressing his satisfaction over the fact that all types of rockets being developed and produced by the DPRK are of the highest level capable of totally containing the enemies, the Supreme Commander said that the perfect development of the rocket capable of striking any enemy fleet of battleships at will from a long distance clearly showed again the validity of the WPK's policy of making the military equipment intelligent on an ultramodern level.

    Then he set forth new tasks facing the field of national defence science and technology, expressing belief that more tactical guided weapons of high precision and intelligence, which help seize the initiative in any operation and combat of modern warfare, would be produced on the basis of the success and experience gained in the test-firing.