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No. 37/22 May 12, 2022
1. 8th Political Bureau Meeting of 8th Central Committee of WPK Held
3. Future of Korea Seen Through Military Parade
4. Just in One Year
8th Political Bureau Meeting of 8th Central Committee of WPK Held
Pyongyang, May 12 (KCNA) -- The 8th Political Bureau meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was convened at the office building of the Party Central Committee on May 12.
Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, was present at the meeting.
Attending the meeting were members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, and members and alternate members of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee.
Present there as observers were officials in the state emergency epidemic prevention sector and some commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence.
The respected General Secretary presided over the meeting.
First, the Political Bureau discussed an issue of convening the plenary meeting of the Party Central Committee.
Adopted at the meeting with unanimous approval was a decision of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee on convening the 5th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Party in the first third of June to make interim summing-up of the execution of the Party and state policies in 2022 and discuss and decide a series of important issues.
Next, the Political Bureau discussed the issue of coping with the epidemic prevention crisis state prevailing in the country.
It recognized as follows:
A most serious emergency case of the state occurred: A break was made on our emergency epidemic prevention front where has firmly defended for two years and three months from February, 2020.
The state emergency epidemic prevention command and relevant units made deliberation of the result of strict gene arrangement analysis on the specimen from persons with fever of an organization in the capital city on May 8 and concluded that it coincided with Omicron BA.2 variant which is recently spreading worldwide rapidly.
Informed at the meeting was the spread state in the whole country. Urgent measures were presented and deliberated to take the strategic initiative in the epidemic prevention campaign for the future.
The Political Bureau censured the epidemic prevention sectors for their carelessness, relaxation, irresponsibility and inefficiency as they did not sensitively cope with the public health state which infectors of all kinds of variants are increasing worldwide including surrounding regions of our country.
The Political Bureau recognized that it is necessary to switch over from the state epidemic prevention system to the maximum emergency epidemic prevention system to cope with the present circumstance.
All measures were taken for the Party, administrative and economic organs at all levels, sectors of public and state security and national defence and all organs and sectors of the country to establish the proper work system to make the state work be done smoothly in line with the maximum emergency epidemic prevention system coming into force.
Adopted at the meeting was a resolution of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK on switch over from the state emergency epidemic prevention work to the maximum emergency epidemic prevention system to cope with the prevailing epidemic prevention crisis.
Concluding the meeting, Kim Jong Un raised principles to be maintained thoroughly in the emergency epidemic prevention work and tasks to do so.
He outlined and analyzed the current epidemic prevention crisis of the country and noted that the maximum emergency epidemic prevention system is mainly aimed to stably contain and control the spread of COVID-19 that made inroads into the country and to quickly cure the infections in order to eradicate the source of the virus spread at an early date.
Pointing out that more dangerous enemy of us than the malicious virus are unscientific fear, lack of faith and weak will, he affirmed that we will surely overcome the current sudden situation and win victory in the emergency epidemic prevention work as we have strong organizing ability with which the Party, government and people are united as one and there are high political awareness and self-consciousness of all the people that have been fostered and cemented during the prolonged emergency epidemic prevention campaign.
He called on all the cities and counties of the whole country to thoroughly lock down their areas and organize work and production after closing each working unit, production unit and living unit from each other so as to flawlessly and perfectly block the spread vacuum of the malicious virus.
Stressing the necessity of quickly organizing scientific and intensive examination and treatment campaign, he said that the Party and the government decided to take a measure to mobilize reserve medical supplies that have been stored up for the emergency until now.
He underscored the need for the public health sector and the emergency epidemic prevention sectors to strictly conduct intensive examination of all the people, take proactive measures for medical observation and treatment, intensify disinfection of all areas ranging from workplaces to living space and thus block and terminate the source of the malicious epidemics spread.
Though the epidemic prevention situation is harsh at present, it cannot block our advance toward the overall development of socialist construction, and there should be nothing missed in the planned economic work, the General Secretary said, stressing that the Cabinet and other state economic guidance organs and relevant units should conduct fuller organization, guidance and command over the economic work in conformity with switching over from state epidemic prevention system to the maximum emergency epidemic prevention system so as to speed up the immediate farming work and the production at major industrial sectors and industrial establishments to the maximum and flawlessly compete within the appointed date the cherished works of our Party for the people such as the construction of 10 000 flats in the Hwasong area and the Ryonpho Greenhouse Farm.
The Party and power organs should minimize inconveniences and agonies the people would suffer under the strong blockade situation, stabilize their lives and take thoroughgoing measures so that slightest negative phenomena are not be revealed, he noted.
Stressing the need to more firmly cement the outposts of the state defence and guarantee the victory of the great epidemic prevention campaign with arms, he specially emphasized that guard duty should be further strengthened on the fronts, borders, seas and air and the best measures be taken to make security vacuum not be revealed in the national defence.
The people-first politics by our Party and state that have displayed the great vitality, overcoming all troubles of history, and the strength of our people who are united single-mindedly are the most powerful guarantee to win victory in the current great epidemic prevention campaign, he said, adding that all the Party organizations and power organs should prove in practice their loyalty to the Party and revolution, devotion to the people and responsibility for their duty at the present great epidemic prevention campaign to defend the lives and security of the people.
He warmly appealed to all the people and officers and men of the People's Army to triumphantly conclude the great epidemic prevention campaign with firm confidence and great redoubled efforts and thus defend to the end our precious lives and future with our faith, will and unity.
The Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK examined and approved the written emergency instructions of the Central Military Commission of the Party and the Cabinet and made sure that they are issued.
Article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted on December 10, 1948 at the 3rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) stipulates that “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.”
As has been written in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all the rights and freedoms granted to humankind cannot be changed according to their colours.
However, there exists a barren land of human rights on earth where people must only submit tamely to severe racial discrimination and mental anguish and pains resulting from it, due to false “crime” of being a different race and non-white.
That is none other than the U.S.
Some time ago, AP of the U.S. published an investigation report of a specialized agency which revealed that the police authority of Minneapolis, Minnesota was involved in all kinds of racial discrimination during the last ten years while discriminating the blacks more than the whites during law enforcement.
According to the report, the rate of black people being stopped for questioning or arrested for different reasons are much higher than the whites, and it has become an accepted custom that people do feel unease owing to successive violence against non-whites and outpouring of racial discriminatory remarks.
The report also criticised the police saying that the difference in race has a serious impact on law enforcement but no follow-up measures are taken, noting that the police secretly watched black people and their social organizations that had nothing to do with crimes.
This shows that the different acts of racial discrimination by the police are committed under the protection of the police authority and the tacit approval of the U.S. government.
It is none other than the U.S. where the human rights are trampled underfoot for only one reason that they are different in colours.
No wonder that the media of the U.S. and the world also lamented that the ever-worsening act of racial discrimination committed by the police is an incurable endemic, exposing the dismal human rights situation of the U.S.
According to the American newspaper “USA Today”, hundreds of ethnic minorities were killed by the police during the one-year period since George Floyd, a black man was killed by a policeman. It is also said that in Minnesota alone, about 470 people were killed by law enforcers from the year 2000 until now.
The British newspaper “The Guardian” brought to light the fact that the U.S. police killed an average of 1,100 people every year during the last 10 years, citing the death of 1,136 people in the year 2021 and that of 249 people from January to March 24 this year.
What is a sight to see is that politicians in the U.S., which has the poor record of human rights, are apt to make an impertinent remark about the human rights situation of other countries.
History will surely pass a judgement on the U.S. for its impudent act of violating human rights.
Future of Korea Seen Through Military Parade
Ten years have elapsed since a military parade in April, Juche 101 (2012), the first year of the new century of the Juche era.
During this time, several military parades were held, each representing a historic stage at which the might of the country was growing to maturity, and a landmark showing the intensity, scope and depth of its fast-increasing military supremacy and national strength.
The military parade in celebration of the 90th founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army held at Kim Il Sung Square on the night of April 25 was an unprecedented one different from the previous ones.
Several days have passed, but the excitement and joy over the parade of the day have not subsided. Instead, they have multiplied, inspiring the people across the country with pride and self-confidence.
The military parade was held in original and fascinating way; every aspect was really surprising and wonderful–the stunning skills of the paratroopers landing from an altitude of thousands of metres, ceremony of the grand combined military band, vigorous and majestic units entrance to the square, the dazzling illuminations, thunderous cheers of the troops and the unique grand parade orchestral music resounding in the square.
Particularly spectacular were a plane squadron which nose-dived and zoomed while letting off fireworks and the skills of another squadron passing over the square in the formation depicting a five-pointed star.
The parade fully demonstrated the past and present of Juche Korea reflected in its absolute power and great potential, and its bright future in which it will grow stronger.
Elite units representing its armed forces which have adorned its history with proud victories by carrying forward the traditions of the anti-Japanese armed struggle, marched across the square in fine array, demonstrating their appearance as an army strong in politico-ideological and technical aspects.
Also wonderful were the columns of the absolute weapon systems that epitomized the advanced, modern, heroic and brave character of the country and guaranteed its prosperous future.
Kim Jong Un, supreme commander of the armed forces of the Republic, in the marshal’s uniform, warmly waved back to the enthusiastically cheering paraders and spectators.
Seeing his beaming image, all the Korean people and the whole world visualized the future of the country which would become ever brighter as it is led by him.
Just in One Year
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These are 10 000 flats in Songhwa Street in Pyongyang, whose construction started in March last year and ended in April this year.