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No 36/23 April 24, 2023
1. Vice Department Director of
C.C., WPK Kim Yo Jong Clarifies Stand through KCNA
2. Noteworthy Day in the History
of Modern Korea
3. Ceaseless Gun Report and Screams
4. Pyongyang Golf Course
Vice
Department Director of C.C., WPK Kim Yo Jong Clarifies Stand through KCNA
Pyongyang,
April 29 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, vice department director of the Central Committee
of the Workers’ Party of Korea, made public the following stand through
the Korean Central News Agency on April 28:
South Korean
president Yoon Suk Yeol’s recent visit to Washington was an occasion for
us to have much clearer understanding about the root-cause and physical entity
disturbing peace and security of the Korean Peninsula and the region.
After the summit
on April 26, the chief executives of the U.S. and south Korea issued the
so-called "Washington Declaration", specifying the ways to strengthen
the "extended deterrence", thus stipulating their choice and will to
act against the DPRK.
The
"Washington Declaration" fabricated by the U.S. and south Korean
authorities is a typical product of their extreme anti-DPRK hostile policy
reflecting the most hostile and aggressive will of action. As such, it will
only result in making peace and security of Northeast Asia and the world be
exposed to more serious danger, and it is an act that can thus never be
welcomed.
The formation of
"Nuclear Consultative Group", the regular and continuous deployment
of U.S. nuclear strategic assets, and the frequent military exercises made the
regional politico-military situation unable to extricate itself from the
currents of instability. This provides us with an environment in which we are
compelled to take more decisive action in order to deal with the new security
environment.
Another thing
that we cannot let pass nor overlook is the fact that the chief executive of
the enemy state officially and personally used the word "the end of
regime" under the eyes of the world.
Would we simply
regard it as the man’s senility?
It may be taken
as a nonsensical remark from the person in his dotage who is not at all capable
of taking the responsibility for security and the future of the U.S., an old
man with no future, as it is too much for him to serve out two-year remainder
of his office term.
But when we
consider that this expression was personally used by the president of the U.S.,
our most hostile adversary, it is threatening rhetoric for which he should be
prepared for far too great an after-storm that will not be easy for us to
deliver.
Obsessed with
overconfidence in strength, he was too miscalculating and irresponsibly brave.
This time we
reconfirmed the hostility of the rulers and military warmongers of Washington
and Seoul towards our country, which cannot be interpreted otherwise and has
become too obvious. This opportunity gave us a clear answer as to what we
should do in the future and for what we should be fully prepared.
So serious is
the development of the situation.
Yoon Suk Yeol,
this time again, said that he will build the capability of overwhelming
response including "south Korea’s three-axis defence system"
and adopt the punitive posture. He also made it clear that the "south
Korea"-U.S. joint exercises and training will be more intensive.
It would be a
bit hard to understand the mentality of such a fool that is so grateful for
getting a nominal "declaration" as an "offering" from the
U.S. and expresses "his absolute trust in the U.S. firm commitment to the
extended deterrence". However, we will keep watching to what extent he
will go testing his mettle, putting the security into crisis with his
incompetence.
The pipe dream
of the U.S. and south Korea will henceforth be faced with the entity of more
powerful strength.
We are convinced
once again of the fact that the enhancement of the nuclear war deterrent,
especially the second mission of the nuclear war deterrent, should be brought
to further perfection.
We know exactly
what we are supposed to do.
The more the
enemies are dead set on staging nuclear war exercises, and the more nuclear
assets they deploy in the vicinity of the Korean peninsula, the stronger the
exercise of our right to self-defence will become in direct proportion to them.
Noteworthy
Day in the History of Modern Korea
On
April 9, 1993, 30 years ago, Kim Jong Il (1942-2011) was elected
Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea, which was the reflection of the unanimous desire and will of
all the Korean people.
Defending the Destiny of the
Country and the People by Dint of Songun
When the Korean
people think of Kim Jong Il, the first word they are reminded of is
Songun, for the history of modern Korea is unthinkable separated from the
Songun-based leadership pursued by him.
In the closing
years of last century, when socialism collapsed in several countries and the
imperialists intensified their anti-socialist offensive against his country, Kim
Jong Il held high the banner of Songun.
He formulated
Songun politics as the basic political mode of socialism and continued his
inspection of military units to prepare the Korean People’s Army to be
perfect politically and ideologically, militarily and technologically. How much
effort he directed to building up the military capability can be proved by the
fact that the units in the field of the armed forces he inspected from 1995 to
2011 number about 2 490. Among them is the one at Panmunjom on the Military Demarcation
Line, where guns of the KPA soldiers and enemy soldiers are leveled at each
other, to say nothing of the frontline posts.
Under his
energetic leadership the KPA was prepared into an elite army in championing
socialism and into powerful armed forces equipped with means of both attack and
defence strong enough to defeat any aggressor forces. All-people, nationwide
defence system was firmly consolidated, with the result that the level of
arming all the people reached an unprecedented level, and the work of
fortifying the whole country became more perfect. At present the country is
capable of producing on its own efforts all military hardware and other combat
equipment needed in strengthening the national defence capabilities, and now
possesses a powerful war deterrent.
The imperialists
dealt missile attacks on several countries and massacred innocent civilians
there, but they did not dare to attack the DPRK. This was a brilliant fruition
brought by the Songun leadership of Chairman Kim Jong Il.
Laying Foundation for Building a
Powerful Socialist Country
The Songun
leadership pursued by Kim Jong Il was not merely aimed at defending the
destiny of the country and the people; it was also aimed at ushering in a new
era of building a powerful socialist country to realize his noble ideal of
making his people lead a happy life with nothing to envy in the world.
To this end, he
set forth an original line of economic construction in the Songun era, which
was to develop the defence industry on a priority basis while boosting light
industry and agriculture simultaneously, and he ensured that the overall
economy of the country was bolstered and its development stimulated through the
leading role of the defence industry. And he led the KPA to make breakthroughs
in the challenging, yet important fields of economic construction and the
people across the country to emulate the indefatigable revolutionary spirit
displayed by the service personnel so as to achieve innovative successes in
various parts of the country.
Under his
leadership the Korean people overcame the worst-ever trials and difficulties,
and opened up an epochal phase in building theirs into a powerful socialist
country.
On two
occasions, in 1998 and 2009, the country succeeded in launching its indigenous
earth satellites by its own efforts and technology.
The overall
economic and cultural fields were put on an upward track. The machine-building
industry actively accelerated the work of introducing the CNC technology; the
metallurgical industry established a new steel-making system using no coking
coal, and the chemical industry was equipped with systems of producing vinalon
and fertilizer from the country’s own raw and other materials; in the
agricultural sector the crop lands across the country were turned into
large-sized standard ones and gravitational waterways were built one after
another; numerous monumental structures were built in various parts of the
country, and streets, villages and houses sprang up as befits those of a
socialist country.
The Korean
people have recorded the day of his election to the chairmanship of the
National Defence Commission as a noteworthy day in the history of their
country, and celebrate this day in a meaningful way every year.
Ceaseless Gun
Report and Screams
The
international community is much concerned that there is an ever-increasing
human loss by shooting incidents in the U.S. where violent culture is rampant
due to gun-related crime.
Quite recently,
catastrophic incidents occurred one after another in the states of Alabama and
Kentucky where scores of people lost their lives by random gunshots.
On the night of
April 15, a shooting incident happened in Alabama where four people were killed
and nearly 30 people were injured at a birthday party of a 16 year-old girl.
According to the
local media, most of the deceased are teenagers, and the state judicial
authority has not yet made public the identities of the suspects or whether
they were apprehended. It has only announced that it will conduct full
investigation into the case.
At the same
time, another shooting incident in a park in Kentucky elicited a great public
criticism as it claimed the lives of two people and wounded four people.
The local police
have announced that they have yet to get a grip on the identity of the offender
as well as motive of the murder.
Five days before
this accident, Kentucky had also witnessed a horrible incident in which five
people were killed by random gunfire.
Regarding these
incidents, the mayor of Louisville, Kentucky gave vent to his anger saying that
the loss of lives caused by gun-related violence is an indescribable tragedy
and that this is not their city, and this is not what they wanted.
The U.S.
president also lamented that it has now come to a pretty pass where children
have to go to birthday parties in fear and parents have to worry about their
children when sending them to schools, cinema and parks. He said in a
dispirited voice that Americans are demanding the Congress to take actions for
adoption of gun-control measures.
The irony is
that the National Rifle Association (NRA) held an annual meeting from April 14
to 16, staging a big event to emphasize the importance of the right to
possession of guns enshrined in the U.S. constitution when the American society
was mourning the victims of gun shooting.
Many innocent
lives are lost due to the gun-related violence. But others continue to insist
that they should have their rights to possession of arms vested in them by the
constitution. This is the true picture of the absurd American-style
“democracy” and “freedom”.
Pyongyang Golf Course
The
Pyongyang Golf Course on the picturesque shore of Lake Thaesong in the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is frequented by golfers. There are
18 holes (6 777 yards in total), 9 at the first par and 9 at the second par,
enough for accommodating 200 persons at a time.
The resort is
provided with lodgings for individuals and families, and has fitness rooms, a
wading pool, an angling pond and a boating ground.
