News from North Korea

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

from KCNA.co.jp:

 

"Syrian embassy officials visit Jonsung Revolutionary Museum

Pyongyang, April 23 (KCNA) -- Charge d'affaires ad interim of the Syrian embassy Muhammad Adib Alhani and embassy officials here visited the Jonsung Revolutionary Museum on April 22 on the occasion of the 57th anniversary of the Independence of Syria. Being briefed on the fact that President Kim Il Sung defeated the U.S. imperialists who boasted of being the "strongest" in the world with his Juche-oriented military strategy and war methods to win the fatherland liberation war and unfolded a grand plan for post-war rehabilitation and construction while looking forward to the future of the country which would emerge victorious with his clairvoyant farsightedness, they went round mementos and relics with deep emotion.

The also saw an office room, an assembly hall, pits, etc. used by the president.

The charge d'affaires ad interim wrote in a visitor's book that the visit to the Jonsung Revolutionary Museum helped them understand the heroic struggle waged by the Korean people under the wise guidance of Kim Il Sung. He hoped that the traditional relations between the Syrian Arab Republic and the DPRK would grow stronger."

 

just while i'm here.. more news from the North Korean propaganda vessel:

 

"Anecdote about Kim Jong Il

Pyongyang, April 21 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il was present at an aesthetics seminar of writers and artistes in January Juche 59 (1970). A critic made a speech with words adopted from a foreign language. The participants could understand his speech because all of them were artistic experts.

But Kim Jong Il stopped his speech and criticized him of using borrowed words instead of home-grown words. He said it was a manifestation of the lack of the serve-the-people spirit to use words difficult for others to understand or words adopted from foreign languages."

 

"Floral basket to Kim Jong Il from Yasser Arafat

Pyongyang, April 8 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il received a floral basket from Palestinian Yasser Arafat on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his election as Chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission. Today it was conveyed to DPRK Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun by Palestinian Ambassador to the DPRK Shaher Mohammed Abdlah."

 

"Foreigners visit various places

Pyongyang, April 11 (KCNA) -- The economic and commercial councillors' corps here visited the Korean Revolution Museum Thursday on the occasion of the Day of the Sun and the 10th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's election as Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Being briefed on the fact that Kim Jong Il has successfully carried out the cause of perpetuating the memory of President Kim Il Sung and made an immortal contribution to the building of a great prosperous socialist power and the global cause of independence with his unique Songun revolutionary leadership, they looked round relics and mementoes on display.

On the same day they visited the Taedonggang Beer Factory.

That day officials in charge of cultural and friendly relations of foreign embassies here visited the Chongsan-ri Revolutionary Museum in Kangso district, Nampho city."

 

"Seminar on Kim Il Sung's feats held in Russia

Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- A seminar on the feats of President Kim Il Sung was held in Moscow on April 8 on the occasion of the Day of the Sun, the birth anniversary of the president, under the sponsorship of the party for peace and unity of Russia. Sazhi Umalatova, chairperson of the party, in her report said that all the achievements made by the DPRK are associated with the august name of Kim Il Sung. It was his maxim that one emerges ever-victorious when one believes in the people and relies on their strength and one is defeated when one is forsaken by the people, she noted.

What occupies the most important place in his feats was that he founded the invincible Korean People's Army, she said. He deeply loved the people all his life and devoted his all to their freedom and happiness, considering it as a noble maxim to believe in the people as in heaven.

Speakers said that he was highly praised by the world progressives, adding he was the sun of the 20th century and the greatest man.

The DPRK today is fully demonstrating its might thanks to the great feats of him who built an indestructible socialist bulwark in the east in which the leader, the army and the people are rallied as one, looking far into distant future, they said.

On the immortal feats performed by him in carrying out the cause of national reunification, they stressed that the unanimous desire of the Korean people to reunify the country independently and peacefully by applying the three charters for national reunification put forward by him will certainly come true.

A congratulatory message to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the seminar."

 

"U.S. not qualified to talk about human rights

Pyongyang, April 3 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the DPRK in a statement issued on April 3 accused the United States of pulling up the DPRK over its human rights issue. He said the U.S. with the poorest human rights record is not qualified to talk about human rights.

Recalling that the U.S. in an "annual report on human rights" released on March 31 slandered the DPRK behaving as if it were a "human rights judge," he continued:

Human rights precisely mean national sovereign rights.

The accusation made by the U.S. against the DPRK over its human rights issue is nothing but a ridiculous attempt to tarnish the international image of the DPRK by adding the "human rights issue" to the "nuclear issue" and increase its pressure upon the DPRK in a bid to infringe upon its sovereign rights.

The U.S. is beset with serious human rights abuses such as racial discrimination, religious dispute and savage torture in prisons, etc.

Even at the time when the "annual report on human rights" was issued in Washington the U.S. Forces used such weapons of mass destruction as depleted uranium bombs and cluster bombs in Iraq, killing hundreds of innocent civilians at a time. This mass killing is still going on.

The world public is now strongly condemning this barbarism as a most serious violation of human rights.

The report, however, did not mention such most serious human rights abuses as gravely infringing upon the sovereignty of a country, ignoring the un and wantonly violating international law.

It is very strange for the U.S. to not say anything about this genocide while claiming to deal with human rights issues.

As the Iraqi war shows, the U.S. is the most serious violator of human rights in our times and it is, therefore, not qualified to talk about human rights.

The U.S. efforts to destroy our socialism are as foolish as trying to sweep sea with a broom."

 

"KCNA refutes Powell's remarks on religious freedom

Pyongyang, March 17 (KCNA) -- U.S. Secretary of State Powell on March 5 listed six countries such as the DPRK, China, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar and Sudan as "countries arousing special concern" because of their suppression of religious freedom. Recalling that those countries were also listed as such last year, he claimed that "religious freedom has not improved in the countries since then".

As an expression of the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK his assertion is nothing but sophism intended to invent a pretext for impairing the image of its system and stifle and isolate it at any cost.

As stipulated in the DPRK's socialist constitution a citizen's religious freedom is fully guaranteed by law and even American religious leaders recognized it while witnessing the reality of the DPRK.

It is only the United States that made religion a plaything of politics and is suppressing true freedom of religious belief.

There are too many to cite as examples.

Before the liberation of Korea American missionaries made their way to Korea to engage themselves in espionage and plot-breeding and seek their own interests, while deceiving its people. During the Korean War the U.S. bombers indiscriminately destroyed even religious buildings.

The suppression of other nations and their religion got more serious in the United States.

It is widely known to the world that since the "September 11 Incident" not only foreigners but citizens of the United States have become targets of constant watch and suppression by fib and other intelligence and investigation institutions for the mere reason that they are Arabs and Muslims.

Self-styled scholars are openly spreading wrong assertions aimed at fanning up confrontation and conflicts between nations and religions under the signboard of "clash between diverse forms of civilization" and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are described as "crusade" and "holy wars".

This is the reality of the U.S. The United States has the poorest human rights record. It is, therefore, ridiculous and shameless for the U.S. to meddle in internal affairs of other countries over the religious issue.

The United States is well advised to mind its own business instead of pulling up other countries over "religious freedom" only to meet their rebuff."

 

I'll let all this speak for itself.

[Guest Vyce]

WOW.

 

Pyongyang saying WE have poor human rights.

 

I don't know which emotions I should have to that. A mixture of amusement and disbelief, I suppose.