UK and DPRK -different approaches to flooding

The difference between the UK and DPRK ? Well it took the UK government 3 weeks to decide to deploy the army in Somerset for flood relief operations whereas in the DPRK the army was mobilised straight away to help the flood victims  as the article below shows

60 Flood Victims Rescued in DPRK(2012)
Pyongyang, July 25 (KCNA) -- 60 flood victims were rescued in the DPRK.

Downpour hit northern inland areas of Korea from the night of July 22. 65 mm of heavy rain fell in Unsan County, North Phyongan Province for three hours at dawn of July 23.

In Jwa-ri, where water from three valleys of Mts. Phinandok and Tongrim and Uhyon Pass meets to flow to the River Kuryong, the river flooded in a moment, sweeping the residential quarters.

Residents including several children and women who failed to evacuate and workers who worked there jointly sought an emergency shelter in a hillock, fighting torrents of water. Isolated incommunicado, they did not find a way out, in panic at rising water. At that time a helicopter appeared.

After receiving an urgent report, the dear respected Kim Jong Un issued an emergency sortie order to a unit of the Air Force of the Korean People's Army.

On his order, service- persons rushed to the scene aboard the helicopter and launched rescue operation immediately. With the helicopter finding it difficult to land due to mist hanging heavily, the service-persons let the helicopter hover and lifted those one by one through rope ladder.

Making several shuttle flights, they conducted rescue operation and successfully saved all the persons including six who were at the risk of being washed away.

Leader, Just Give Us Your Order!

Provokers Are Bound to Meet Death!

The Errors of Matt Cooper and the Irish Media in relation to the DPRK

The Dashing Matt Cooper

The Irish Times is a periodical set up in Ireland during the British occupation of all 32 counties of Ireland.  Is was and still is a newpaper (if it can be called such) of Empire.  Covering the visit of Irish journalist, Matt Cooper, to the DPRK, the Irish Times was keen to show its loyalty to the Anglo-Zionist cause in Asia.  It begins by refusing to give the DPRK is correct and official name, but uses the Empire Approved title of "North Korea."  This title is used to imply that the US occupied southern part of Korea is a state of equal standing to the DPRK.

Next, the craven Irish Times uses the term "the hermit state."  Actually, Western media outlets are encouraged to use the term "Hermit Kingdom," thus denying the DPRK's status as a Socialist State.  However, the Irish Times regards itself as an "upmarket newspaper," and seems to have balked at such brazen propaganda.  We wonder what "Hermit" is supposed to mean, however, given that the DPRK recieves tens of thousands of visitors every year, from all over the globe - one only has to look at You Tube to see hundreds of videos taken in the DPRK by tourists.  And not only tourists come, the DPRK recieves a constant flow of official delegations from states all over Asia and beyond.  Perhaps, in the mind (if such a thing exists) of the Western media, a hermit state is a state that does not kowtow to the might of the Anglo-Zionist empire - as in the sad case below:




The shams and the Shamrock


Unsurprisingly, the Irish Times refers to Respected Marshal Kim Jong Un as a "dictator," even though the DPRK is democratically ruled by a very large Politburo, which is, in turn, supported by a massive and comprehensive system of democratic Socialist decision making.

And now to Cooper.  Matt Cooper says the DPRK is "a very grey and dull looking place."  One of the reasons Cooper gives for this is that he couldn't see any advertising.  Poor old Matt must have been going Cold Turkey for want of ads for Budweiser and Kleenex.  Instead, Matt only had this to look at:








We can understand you, Matt.  Being left without advertisments - for several days - must be a terrible shock to any Western brain.

The True Friendship of the Korean People for all people of honour and dignity.

Next Matt says it was “cringe inducing to watch” Dennis Rodman leading the crowd to sing happy birthday to the Respected Marshal.  Yes, Matt, the people are only allowed to show their love for Corporate Chosen Celebs.  Singing happy birthday to someone who doesn't have a single corporate sponsorship deal is enough to make any Western journo cringe - if not utterly loose his mind. But, at least, Denis O'Brien now knows what side you're on - so your contract is safe for another year.  It would be such a loss to us if you were silenced.

Next up, Cooper philosophises on the "adulation" the Korean people show to their Supreme Leader.  He compares it to the adulation that Pope John Paul II recived from the Irish people when he visited Ireland in 1979.  The great philosopher Cooper puts this adulation down to the people of both Ireland and Korea being "utterly brainwashed."  He doesn't seem to consider that, by 1979, the media in Ireland had already begun its campaign of hatred against the Catholic Church, and that the people were showing their love for the Pope - despite the media brainwashing - probably as an act of resistance to that very media brainwashing.  I would humbly suggest that the Korean people may also be motivated by a will to resist the likes of Matt Cooper and the Irish Times - and their cheap and none too subtle brainwashing.

Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Work Marked

   Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Wednesday carries an article to mark the 11th anniversary of the publication of leader

Kim Jong Il's famous work "The Songun-based Revolutionary Line Is a Great Revolutionary Line of Our Era and an Ever-Victorious Banner of Our Revolution."
    The work, published on Jan. 29, Juche 92 (2003), expressly reviews the glorious history of the Korean revolution that was started and has triumphed under the banner of Songun and comprehensively deals with the essence, features, validity and vitality of the Songun politics of the Workers' Party of Korea and theoretical and practical issues concerning the politics.
    The work serves as an encyclopedic document giving perfect answers to the issues arising in the struggle to achieve the independence of the popular masses and precious ideological and theoretical guidelines to be always held fast to in building a thriving nation and accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche.
    The last more than a decade since the publication of the work represents a shining history which witnessed great victories and changes brought about in the Korean revolution and construction under the banner of Songun. These are something unprecedented in the history of the Korean nation.
    Songun serves as an all-powerful treasured sword for augmenting the might of single-minded unity in every way, a banner making it possible to emerge victorious in the showdown with the U.S., and a powerful engine for making a fresh leap forward on all fronts for building a thriving nation.
    All the service personnel and people of the DPRK will dynamically advance along the road of Songun paved by President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il under the leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un and thus bring earlier a final victory in the cause of building a thriving socialist nation of Juche. -0-

Media's baseless frenzy against the DPRK

The frenzied and hysterical media campaign against the DPRK continues without let-up. The same story first pushed by the south Korean puppet propaganda agency Yonhap has been recycled and repeated over and over despite the fact that there is not one shred of real evidence to prove it(in fact it is a dubious assertion that some DPRK diplomats were recalled as there has been no mention in KCNA of new ambassadors to the countries concerned presenting their credentials which is normal when this happens) . This reminds one of the dictum of nazi propaganda boss Goebbels who said if you repeat a lie enough times then people believe it . Some idiots have even called for UN action against the DPRK or US military action on the basis of this false story. Even the notorious scumbag Shin has opened his big mouth !
To reiterate there have been no reports of trials or executions in the DPRK media nor any mention of ongoing struggle against anti-party counter-revolutionary factionalists . It is worth mentioning that the traitor that was executed on December 2013 was executed by the demand of ordinary workers and soldiers who held meetings to demand his execution after the serious double and triple crimes of treason, corruption and economic sabotage were revealed.
The false story about more executions has been spread by the south Korean puppets in order to distract attention from the excellent peace proposals made by the DPRK , also to divert attention from the ongoing furore concerning the interference of the south Korean "NIS" in the elections . Of course the US munitions companies as well as those of Germany , Israel and some other countries , stand to lose a lot of money should peace be established on the Korean peninsula

Advance!

KCTV (Thank you Comrade Kim Jong Il)

Rodong Sinmun Denounces U.S Moves to Beef up Its Special Operation Force

 Pyongyang, January 28 (KCNA) -- The Special Operation Command of the U.S. Forces increased its force to 72 000 this year from 33 000 of 2001. Its budget jumped to 10.4 billion dollars from 2.3 billion dollars of 2001.
    It was reported that U.S. special warfare force had been deployed in about 60 countries of the world in the closing period of the Bush Administration but now it has its bases in 134 countries.
    Rodong Sinmun Tuesday observes in a commentary in this regard:
    This goes to clearly prove what desperate efforts the U.S. is making to expand the sphere of its domination.
    It is the mission of the U.S. special force to take the lead in attaining its strategic goal to dominate and plunder other countries and nations and, furthermore, put the whole world under its control.
    The special force which the U.S. boasts so much is the first line unit for wrecking peace and a typical terrorist force.
    The gravity of the issue is that the theaters of operations of the U.S. special units are not confined to a few countries or regions.
    Their command organized units for infiltrating them into regions of strategic importance including major regions rich in resources of the world and military strongholds and independent countries aspiring after justice and progress.
    What should not be overlooked is that the spearhead of the U.S. special force is directed to the Korean Peninsula.
    The U.S. strategic nuclear strike means including nuclear weapons and special task units are massively deployed in south Korea and in its vicinity.
    It is a daydream of Washington to try to do harm to the DPRK with any special force involved. Such operation against the DPRK is as foolish an act as jumping into fire with fagot on their back. -0-

ONE COREA NETWORK: Red Flag Fluttering High in the Sky

ONE COREA NETWORK: Red Flag Fluttering High in the Sky: Looking back upon the past, the revolutionary career of great peerless men of Mt. Paektu is the great one of defending the red flag. ...

DPRK song - We know nobody but you!

GREAT TEACHER OF SOCIAL SCIENTISTS

GREAT TEACHER OF SOCIAL SCIENTISTS

by a UK Academic

Talk in Memory of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il.

Delivered to the meeting called by the Juche Idea Study Group of England

7 December 2013

The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il made an immortal contribution to social science by systematising, elaborating and developing the Juche idea of Korea’s historic great leader, Comrade Kim Il Sung. On this basis he solved for the first time the question of succession to the leadership of revolution and socialist construction. As Comrade Kim Jong Un explains, Kim Il Sung is Eternal President of the DPRK, not just in words, but because Kim Jong Il solved the problem of immortalizing the leader for the first time in history. Through systematising the Juche idea, he ensured that Kim Il Sung is always with our people and his revolutionary career continues without let-up on this land.

An essential aspect of this achievement lies in the Comrade Kim Jong Il’s contributions to the advance of social thought. As Comrade Kim Jong Un points out:

President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il attached importance to social sciences and paid deep attention to their development, thus developing them into revolutionary and Juche-based social sciences conducive to accomplishing the human cause of independence.

It is our task as social scientists to make our contribution to planting the seeds of Juche in the practical struggle of the peoples of this country by fostering the development a scientific approach to society in opposition to the degenerate intellectual and cultural life foisted upon us within imperialist society. This is our responsibility for which there is no blueprint, an essential lesson which we can learn from the spirit of the Korean people, whose standpoint, as expressed by Comrade Kim Jong Un, is to solve all the problems of revolution in our own way and in conformity with the demands of our revolution the interests of our people and the actual situation of our country. Those principles are immortalised in the teachings of Comrade Kim Jong Il on the basis of his masterly analysis of the highly complicated social and national situations confronting the Korean people in their path towards national liberation, revolution and socialist construction. For Korea, plainly, success in these tasks could not be won by means of the existing formula or methods.

In confronting our task, we shall need to survey the role of social thought in an independent and creative way as it has developed within the intellectual traditions of our country. Only on that basis can we establish the Juche world outlook on firm foundations here.

Comrade Kim Jong Il taught that man is a social being, with consciousness, and moreover, with an aspiration to live independently, and a creative capacity with which to further that aspiration. This unprecedented conception of man provides man, for the first time, with an outlook – the Juche world outlook – that correctly indicates what standpoint to take towards nature, society and ourselves.

This Juche world outlook culminates a long history of people’s endeavours to comprehend and control their destiny. As in the East, so also in the West, early endeavours to this end may be perceived in human culture from its very beginnings, when it is clear that people were already asking such questions as: How did the world originate? What can be done to control the forces of nature? What are those forces? Such questions reflect the property of people to seek to comprehend their destiny and to seek some means of influencing the forces of nature with which they are confronted. However, there was still no idea that man and society were anything else than a part of the natural world; seen from this viewpoint, people could have only a low level of consciousness of their capacity to seize hold of, and shape, their destiny.

But the very fact that such questions and aspirations were being discussed illustrates the fact that man is a social being, a being not comprised within the natural world. In the natural world, there are no beings with consciousness who ask questions about their destiny and how to control it. Man the social being is not a product of biological evolution – that process was long complete before the essential preconditions for a social being in this sense. An animal being – a being within the natural world – does not ask such questions or seek such goals. Animal communities, however complex they may be, are based on adaptation to each other’s existence through instinct, rather than being subject to conscious and purposeful action to mould and develop the way their members live.

With the further development of society and its differentiation into distinct social groups, man’s initial attempts to comprehend the material realities of the world developed further, since there were now those within society who had leisure to further the development of thought, and systematic philosophical inquiry was created. This was an epoch-making advance in man’s understanding of the world. Now there came into being a body of thought dedicated specifically to seeking answers to the question of man’s destiny – how to seize hold of it and shape it. On the negative side, of course, and by the same token, the direction of development of philosophical inquiry was dictated not by the requirements of the women, slaves and oppressed masses for an independent life, but of the elite groups who now emerged as a ruling class, that is, the slave owning class. Their requirement was to mystify the exploited masses and confuse their understanding of the harsh realities of society with which they were faced.

Ultimately, however, it is the masses of the people who move history forward, and, even when their rulers made every effort to exclude them from cultural and organisational life, their level of consciousness of their destiny to live an independent life has steadily grown through history. The slaves of ancient times rose in rebellion, overthrew the ancient empires, and gained a certain tenuous hold on some means of subsisting under feudal domination. Though they were repeatedly thrown back into a situation little better than that of slavery, the social consciousness of the masses was raised to comprehend the idea that they had rights.

Such progressive ideas were taken up and developed in early modern times, when the rising bourgeoisie rode on the tide of the people’s rebellion against feudal oppression. Moreover, in their urgent requirement for scientific and technological advance and for a more rational organisation of society, bourgeois thinkers at times shed some light on the nature of society, for example in the works of Western ‘classical political economy’. Once they had firmly established the capitalist system, however, the bourgeoisie abandoned any such advances, and, with the development of imperialism, resorted to the most reactionary and racist currents in social thought in their attempts to hold back the advance of the scientific understanding of society.

Eventually, the founders of scientific socialism sifted through the heritage of social thought of the West, sharply and definitively differentiating between its historically progressive and reactionary currents, and ending forever any claim of an exploiting class to speak for the masses of the people. Singling out those elements of the intellectual heritage of the West which were scientific, they placed them in the hands of the proletariat.

Following the emergence of the socialist system, a new stage in history opened. As Comrade Kim Jong Il has brilliantly explained, the Juche idea responded to the requirements of this new stage. No longer was the position of the masses of the people that of being objects of oppression, and no longer was the task of social thought one of separating out the progressive from the reactionary currents in the heritage of the social thought of the past; that task had been successfully performed by the founders of scientific socialism, and to seek to continue down that path, as the dogmatists and revisionists still do, is merely to seek to re-invent the wheel! Now, in the age of independence, the masses have entered the stage of history as its subject, as masters of their destiny, reshaping nature, society and themselves, consciously, purposefully and revolutionarily.

By forging the Juche idea into an all-round philosophical, ideological, and methodological body of thought, Comrade Kim Jong Il’s activities, not least his teachings in the field of social science, have made an incalculably valuable contribution to the future of humanity in this era of independence is incalculable. As Comrade Kim Jong Un observes:

Thanks to these activities, the masses’ demand and aspiration for independence became ideas, theories, lines and policies, and the most revolutionary and scientific guidelines, which were easily understood by them and which indicated the true roads for them to take to shape their destiny, were provided.

Thanks to this heritage bequeathed by Comrade Kim Jong Il, the DPRK continues with great distinction to defy imperialist threat and provocation in the era of Songun, and to forge forward towards developing its unique Juche-based socialist system into a banner of independence for the peoples of the whole world.

In the field of social science, we must struggle to purge our schools and universities of the filth of imperialist ideology, much of it first forged and put to use in this, the oldest colonialist heartland. We must expose the rampant commercialism through which the imperialist monopoly corporations have colonised our academic world with their ‘research assessment’ exercises, their fake ‘peer-review’ system, and their rigged appointment and promotion procedures, corrupting our universities, suppressing academic freedom, and seeking to inculcate the venality of degenerate capitalism in the rising generations of students.

By addressing this task, social scientists here in this country can make their contribution to the global struggle for the overthrow of capitalism and imperialism, and for the defence and extension of a socialist world at its core.

As Comrade Kim Jong Un has put it, this heritage has ensured that Kim Il Sung is always with our people and his revolutionary career continues without let-up on this land. It is our responsibility to ensure that his revolutionary career continues without let-up in our land as well.

Long live the memory of Comrade Kim Jong Il, great teacher of social scientists!

Long live the Juche idea!

Reunion of Seperated Families and Relatives Proposed - The Voice of Korea

ASSPUK, JISGE and UK KFA refute latest anti DPRK false rumours

People are asking the KFA and JISGE  about rumours about the DPRK which had originated from south Korea ,from the notorious south Korean puppet news agency Yonhap. Regrettably certain news agencies considered to be "independent " or even "anti-imperialist " have chosen to repeat this story without even trying to verify its accuracy with the DPRK. The south Korean puppets have been driven into a tight corner by their own abrupt rejection of the DPRK's peace offer to stop tensions turning into a conflict . No doubt creating another media circus about purges and executions is a good way to distract attention from their war mongering moves and their responsibility for the worsening situation.
I would point out the following
1) Stories like this from south Korea are 10 a penny and in most cases later shown to blatantly false
2) No reports of more trials and executions in the DPRK.
4) No further comments in the DPRK media about the need for continued  struggle against anti-party counter -revolutionary factionalists . class enemies and traitors.
5) In fact only a very small number of officials in the DPRK were removed or dismissed.
The impression I got from speaking to people in the DPRK was that the purge of the counter revolutionaries was a very good thing and totally necessary but the main thing now was to move on and concentrate on the work of socialist construction, improving living standards and achieving peaceful reunification. With past struggles against anti-party counter-revolutionary factionalists the main principle was to punish the ringleaders but to re-educate and assimilate the lower level followers .

People should not have any illusions about some news agencies of big powers . Certain big powers style themselves are friends ,helpers and benefactors of the DPRK but play a double game and co-operate with south Korea and US imperialism against the DPRK behind the scenes . As to Al Jazzera this news agency is at the end of the day a bourgeois news agency of the pro imperialist state the UAE

Impressive Poster of Ireland KFA meeting

Dependence on Foreign Forces Leads to National Ruin: News Analysis

 Pyongyang, January 25 (KCNA) -- Any country interested in the Asia-Pacific region is talking about peace and security on the Korean Peninsula.
    But, history shows that none of the foreign forces has brought peace and stability to the peninsula in actuality and, on the contrary, they have hindered or wrecked them.
    In the late 19th century Korea was turned into a theatre of scramble for big powers. The foreign forces made the country a subject for negotiations on ownership of colonies early in the 20th century, violating the destiny of the Korean nation at will for decades. It is also the foreign forces that forced on the Koreans the territorial and national division and instability, which have continued for nearly 70 years on the Korean Peninsula.
    The foreign forces are of the view that permanent division and instability of the peninsula are more profitable for them, so they have intentionally escalated the tension on the peninsula, disregarding what the Korean nation desires.
    The military spending of those countries interested in the peninsula accounts for 60 percent of the global military expenditure, according to the 2013 report recently released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Such huge military expenditure bespeaks instability and threat of war on the peninsula, not peace and stability.
    History and the situation go to prove that dependence on foreign forces can never provide peace and reunification of the Korean Peninsula, directly related to the destiny of the nation. The foreign forces, which divided the Korean nation into two only for their strategic interests, do not hail its reunification which will lead to peace and stability of the peninsula.
    Attempt to settle the nation's internal affairs with the help of foreign forces may fan up distrust and confrontation among the fellow countrymen, throwing a bigger hurdle to the cause of national reunification. Such confrontation, which brings nothing but waste of time and human and material resources to the nation, helps the foreign forces fish in troubled waters.
    That's why the DPRK has invariably maintained the principle of independence in settling the issue of Korea's reunification, the issue of the nation, since its division.
    The principle of national independence, advocated by the DPRK, has nothing to do with national chauvinism or "closed view on reunification", much-touted by the traitors.
    The DPRK will develop the relations of friendship and cooperation with all countries and nations respecting the Korean nation's sovereignty and right to self-determination, but resolutely reject the foreign forces seeking aggression and division.
    All Koreans should decisively reject the domination and interference of foreign forces and never allow any attempt to hinder the national unity.

ASSPUK,JISGE and UK KFA on the 45th anniversary of the martyrdom of Choi Young-do

ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF SONGUN POLITICS UK

http://www.uk-songun.com/index.php email juche007@yahoo.co.uk                                                      

London 25th of January Juche 103(2014)

     The Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK, Juche Idea Study Group of England and the UK Korean Friendship Association issued the following joint statement on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the murder of comrade Choi Young-do by the south Korean colonial puppet fascist regime;
                                                             Today it is 45 years since the south Korean puppet fascist regime of Park Chung Hee brutally murdered the chairman of the south Jolla  committee of the Revolutionary Party for Reunification . Comrade Choi was murdered in prison by the despicable fascist hangmen of the south Korean puppet regime on the 25th of January 1969.
                                                                  Comrade Choi Young-do was a patriotic fighter of south Korea opposed to the occupation of south Korea by the US imperialists and the tragic division of Korea. He was resolved to fight for the reunification of Korea. He embraced the great Juche idea of the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung . Along with other fine comrades he founded the preparatory committee for the foundation of the Revolutionary Party for Reunification in March 1964 and became chairman of the south Korea Jolla committee of the RPR . The Revolutionary Party for Reunification is the forerunner of today's Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front of south Korea . Comrade Choi was arrested by the fascist puppet regime and imprisoned. It should never be forgotten that the south Korean fascist puppet fascist was and is a most brutal despotic regime  that took the lives of many pro -reunification fighters, patriots, communists and revolutionaries.
                                      Comrade Choi Young-do was  a soldier of the great leader President Kim Il Sung  who lived and died for the Juche idea and the cause of Korea's reunification . He is a martyr of the south Korean revolution . Our organisations, ASSPUK , JISGE and UK KFA, remember him on the anniversary of the day of his murder. The ideals he fought for are still alive . The day will come when the US imperialists will be expelled from south Korea and reunification will arrive !

ASSPUK
JISGE
UK KFA

http://www.uk-songun.com/index.php?p=1_37_NOBLE-LIFE-OF-PRO-REUNIFICATION-PATRIOTIC-FIGHTER

KCNA Commentary on U.S. Attitude to DPRK's Crucial Proposals

    Pyongyang, January 24 (KCNA) -- For the crucial proposals advanced by the National Defence Commission of the DPRK on Jan. 16, the United States is impudently moving to shift the blame for the tension of the Korean Peninsula onto the DPRK.
    The spokespersons for the White House and the U.S. Department of State declared that the U.S. stand towards the DPRK remains unchanged, saying "the ball remains in their court and they haven't taken any steps to change the views of the international community on this issue."
    This represents the U.S. attitude towards the proposals made by the DPRK, which call for improved inter-Korean relations in the spirit of By Our Nation Itself to cope with the grave situation created on the Korean Peninsula.
    The current situation shows that any accidental skirmish may lead to an all-out war immediately.
    The proposals carry practical measures for averting a disastrous war, which may give big powers a chance to fish in troubled waters but entail extermination of the Korean nation, and defending the nation's security and peace.
    It is psychology of the Obama administration to view the proposals as a striking blow to the implementation of its Asian strategy, which is to secure its interests through continued escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula. Therefore, the U.S. is now intensifying the anti-DPRK war moves on the plea of coping with "contingency" and "possible provocation".
    In recent months, the secretaries of State and Defense and other senior U.S. officials met south Korean counterparts to discuss launching joint military exercises.
    The U.S., which reinforced its armed forces in south Korea last year, has decided to deploy a mechanized infantry unit armed with 40 latest tanks and 40 armored cars in the area near the Military Demarcation Line of Korea soon. And it announced that Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military exercises would be staged from late February to late April.
    It is no longer a secret that over 60 percent of the U.S. reconnaissance activities by nuclear-powered strategic submarines are being conducted in the Pacific, including waters around the Korean Peninsula, with some of the submarines put on a red alert.
    Though military spending drastically decreased due to the expenditure cutback, the U.S. is constantly reinforcing its forces in the peninsula, which has come under spotlight of the international community.
    Securing peace on the Korean Peninsula is an urgent task of the world politics as it is directly related to ensuring stability in Northeast Asia.
    On one hand, the U.S. is attempting to deceive the world public with such petty tricks as allegation that "the ball remains in their court" and, on the other hand, it is planning to stage dangerous war gambles against the DPRK.
    It is none other than the U.S. that wrecks peace and stability in Northeast Asia and the rest of the world.
    It is a daydream for the U.S. to seek its strategic interests by aggravating the situation regularly on the Korean Peninsula. -

ASSPUK, JISGE AND UK KFA SLAM US SPECIAL FORCE'S PLAN TO CONDUCT OPERATIONS IN DPRK

         

ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF SONGUN POLITICS UK

http://www.uk-songun.com/index.php email juche007@yahoo.co.uk

London 24th January 2014 Juche 103(2014

The ASSPUK, the Juche Idea Study Group of England and UK Korean Friendship Association issued  the following joint statement about the revelation that the  US special forces and south Korean puppet forces plan special operations to infiltrate and subvert the DPRK ;

Our organisations have learnt through the media that the US imperialists plan to carry out exercises which involve waging "guerrilla warfare" behind DPRK lines during the "Foal and Key Resolve " exercises . It was also revealed that in fact in April 2013 the US Special Operations Forces carried out simulated missions into the DPRK with two South Korean counterparts, the 7th and 11th south Korean puppet  Special Forces. These exercises were known as "Balance Knife "

It  is  indeed outrageous that  the Yankee imperialist reactionaries and south Korean puppet fascists are planning to stage infiltration exercises into the DPRK and try to create a counter-revolutionary uprising like in Syria or Libya or the so-called "colour revolution " in the Ukraine. However the US imperialists and their crazed south Korean puppets should realise that their sinister and wicked scheme to overthrow the DPRK and its socialist system will fail miserably due to the monolithic and harmonious unity of the whole people around the dear respected leader Marshal Kim Jong Un and the Workers' Party of Korea. In the DPRK the whole people are armed and they will wipe out any US imperialist or south Korean puppet infiltrator. 

  We call upon all Juche idea and Songun idea followers and true friends of the DPRK to t work to expose the aggressive machinations of US imperialism and stand four square behind People's Korea !

US OUT OF KOREA 

WIPE OUT THE US IMPERIALIST AGGRESSORS THE SWORN ENEMY OF THE KOREAN PEOPLE AND WORLD PEOPLE ! 

 

ASSPUK

JISGE

UK KFA

NDC of DPRK Sends Open Letter to South Korean Side

Pyongyang, January 24 (KCNA) -- The National Defence Commission (NDC) of the DPRK Thursday sent an open letter to the authorities, various political parties, social organizations and people of various circles of south Korea by a special order of the first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, first chairman of the NDC of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army.
    The letter says:
    The history of the territorial partition which has lasted for several decades has brought untold misfortune and pain to the Korean nation.
    Foreign forces are wholly to blame for this tragic and disgraceful history of the Korean nation which started following the liberation of the country.
    Firmly determined to put an end to the history of the territorial partition and national split in view of the hard reality to which the Korean nation can no longer remain a passive on-looker, the supreme leadership of the DPRK in the New Year Address clarified internally and externally realistic ways of opening a fresh phase of national reunification.
    The ardent appeal sent by the NDC of the DPRK to the south Korean authorities on January 16 represents an important proposal for opening a wide avenue for improving the north-south relations.
    The important proposal of the DPRK reflects the steadfast will of its army and people to improve the north-south relations by concerted efforts of the two sides, not asking about all inglorious happenings in the past.
    This offer also reflects the desire and wishes of all Koreans for independent reunification, peace and prosperity of the country.
    Regretfully, however, the south Korean authorities still remain unchanged in its improper attitude and negative stand towards the proposal.
    What is most important for mending the inter-Korean ties is to have a proper attitude and stance towards this issue.
    The issue of improving the inter-Korean ties is a prerequisite for achieving the national reconciliation and unity and the starting point to provide a shortcut to reunification.
    The DPRK has already unilaterally opted for halting all acts of getting on the nerves of south Korea and slandering it.
    What is also important for paving a wide avenue for mending the north-south relations is to make a bold decision to stop all hostile military acts, the biggest hurdle stoking distrust and confrontation.
    The creation of atmosphere is required for repairing the inter-Korean relations but what is more important is to definitely terminate hostile military acts, the main obstacle to it.
    The DPRK did not urge the south Korean authorities to stop ordinary military drills.
    It urged them to halt drills for a war of aggression to be staged against their compatriots in collusion with outside forces.
    The south Korean authorities should not thoughtlessly doubt, misinterpret and rashly reject our sincere, important proposal.
    The north-south relations will be improved on a solid basis only when both sides take realistic measures to prevent impending nuclear disasters with concerted efforts of the Korean nation.
    The denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is a goal common to the nation as it should be realized by concerted efforts of all Koreans.
    The south Korean authorities should have no doubt about the DPRK's will for denuclearization.
    No matter how many regimes and authorities have been replaced, the south Korean authorities should utter any word after having a proper understanding of the root cause of the nuclear issue on the peninsula.
    Before finding fault with the nation's precious nuclear force for self-defence to which the DPRK had access, they should make a bold decision to stop their dangerous acts of introducing outsiders' nukes to do harm to their compatriots.
    It is our determination to create an atmosphere of reconciliation and unity, completely halt hostile military acts, realize the reunion of separated families and relatives, resume the tour of Mt. Kumgang and reenergize multi-faceted north-south cooperation and exchanges.
    Unshakable is the stand of the service personnel and people of the DPRK to pave a wide avenue for mending the north-south relations by concerted efforts of the Korean nation.
    Improved inter-Korean relations precisely mean the independent reunification, peace and prosperity desired by all Koreans. -0-

US special forces plan to infiltrate and subvert the DPRK !

It  is outrageous that  the Yankee imperialist reactionaries and south Korean puppet fascists are planning to stage infiltration exercises into the DPRK and try to create a counter-revolutionary uprising like in Syria or Libya or the so-called "colour revolution " in the Ukraine. True friends of the DPRK must work to expose the aggressive machinations of US imperialism and stand four square behind People's Korea !

WIPE OUT THE US IMPERIALIST AGGRESSORS THE SWORN ENEMY OF THE KOREAN PEOPLE AND WORLD PEOPLE !

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ASSPUK -JISGE and UK KFA commentary of the 46th anniversary of the capture of the USS Pueblo

                               

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                          London 23rd of January Juche 103
                      

      Today the 23rd January is the anniversary of the capture of the US imperialist armed spy ship the USS Pueblo by the Korean People's Army navy . The "Pueblo " is now on display at the Fatherland Liberation War Museum of the DPRK in Pyongyang . It forms the central part of the display of captured enemy weapons. It is the only US warship to be in the hands of an adversary of the US.  The ship had remained in Wonsan for many years and then in 1998 was taken to the River Taedong in Pyongyang and moored at the site where the USS General Sherman was sunk by Korean patriots led by Kim Ung U the grandfather of the great leader President Kim Il Sung . Now it has been moved to the reconstructed and expanded Fatherland Liberation War Museum .
                     
 
                                       A delegation of of the JISGE and ASSPUK has visited the "Pueblo " twice ,once in 2008 and at the new site in 2013. The "Pueblo " is a graphic and substantial demonstration of US imperialism's crimes against the Korean  people . 
The "Pueblo " was captured 7 miles off Wonsan on the east coast of the DPRK . Its crew were armed and so was the ship ,as it had a machine gun mounted at the stern . A small group of KPA sailors managed to overpower over 80 US personnel and capture them.
   The US imperialists arrogantly demanded that the DPRK hand back both the ship and the crew , threatening to bomb the DPRK. The great leader President Kim Il Sung stood firm saying the DPRK would match all-out war for all-out war. The modern revisionists also suggested the DPRK hand back the ship and its crew but the DPRK stood firm and the "USS Pueblo " is still in Pyongyang 46 years later .
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U.S. Urged Not to Forget Disgrace and Lesson from Pueblo Incident

 Pyongyang, January 23 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Thursday in an article warns the U.S. not to forget disgrace and lesson from the Pueblo incident.
    On January 23, Juche 57 (1968), the U.S. intruded the spy ship Pueblo into the territorial waters of the DPRK. After the ship was captured by seamen of the Korean People's Army, the U.S. made an apology before the world, falling on its knees.
    The U.S. persists in its hostile policy toward the DPRK, far from seriously looking back upon and repenting of its miserable defeat, the article says, and goes on:
    Before and after the Pueblo incident, the U.S. imperialists are viciously seeking head-on confrontation with the DPRK through a lot of war provocations.
    The U.S. has intensified military hostile acts against the DPRK by mobilizing huge aggression forces every year.
    Entering this year, it is revealing its more dangerous attempts.
    This is evidenced by the ill-boding moves of the U.S. massively deploying its aggression forces near the Military Demarcation Line after openly announcing that the large-scale Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military drills will be staged for two months from the end of February.
    Present situation proves that the U.S. military threat and blackmail and policy of strength are reaching a more reckless phase.
    Aggression will lead to disgrace and ruin, and reckless adventure will entail unimaginably catastrophic consequences. This is the truth taught by the history of confrontation between the DPRK and the U.S.
    The U.S. imperialists would be well advised to understand that if they try to ignite a new war through ceaseless war drills, oblivious of the lesson from the Pueblo incident, they would face a more miserable fate. -0-

Kim Jong Un Visits Revolutionary Battle Site in Mt. Madu

Pyongyang, January 23 (KCNA) -- Supreme Commander of the Korean People's ArmyKim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, visited the revolutionary battle site in Mt. Madu.

    The revolutionary battle site in Mt. Madu built as a secret base in the area of Anju in the period of the anti-Japanese armed struggle was a base for regional leadership, an important base for military operation in the western part of Korea.
    There existed secret camps in Mts. Madu, Sang, Jon and Thukmaek in places favorable in terms of nature and geography and various revolutionary organizations were formed according to the operational plan of President Kim Il Sung. As a result, there appeared a reliable revolutionary fortress for making full preparations for all-people resistance and conducting an operation for a final attack for national liberation.
    After looking round the room for the education in trees bearing slogans, Kim Jong Un watched trees bearing slogans outside.
    The area of Anju where the revolutionary battle site is located was an important operational area for greeting the great event of national liberation, he noted, adding the fact that Kim Il Sung built a secret base there clearly proves that he was a peerlessly great man possessed of far-sighted wisdom.
    He pointed out that the revolutionary battle site in Mt. Madu bears witness to the immortal exploits performed by Kim Il Sung for accomplishing the historic cause of national liberation and the indomitable fighting spirit of the Korean people who ushered in a new era of the national liberation struggle in colonies, holding him in high esteem as the center of unity and leadership.
    It is the unshakable will and determination of the WPK to always uphold, carry forward and develop the revolutionary traditions established by Kim Il Sung and complete the Korean revolution, Kim Jong Un stressed.
    He had a photo session with the employees of the revolutionary battle site, expressing great expectation and belief that they would successfully fulfill their honorable duty.
    The revolutionary battle sites are eternal treasures of the Korean revolution more precious than anything else and important bases for equipping the members of the party, working people, service personnel and youth and students with the revolutionary traditions of the WPK, he noted, setting forth important tasks which would serve as guidelines for managing and operating them and intensifying the education through them.
    He was accompanied by Hwang Pyong So, Ma Won Chun, Kim Yong Chol and Pak Jong Chon. -0-

Some thoughts on the Kenneth Bae issue

The stories about Kenneth Bae being ill treated in the DPRK have been made up as the press conference he gave proves it. Bae was arrested in the DPRK for serious offences which could have meant the death penalty as he acted as a spy for US imperialism and a counter-revolutionary who tried to overthrow the socialist system of the DPRK . Bae was treated in the Pyongyang Friendship Hospital which is normally used by tourists in the DPRK (I myself had my teeth done there in 2002) , Bae was able to correspond with his family and even receive visits . He looks well , in fact he looks like he put on weight , hardly an overworked starvation victim . There are stories of old age pensioners starving to death in UK hospitals so Bae , a criminal , received better treatment than they did . Bae was allowed to hold a press conference and was not handcuffed to guards, Would Britain and the US allow the same for a prisoner convicted of serious offences ?. It is likely that as Bae confessed to serious crime he may be granted a pardon or released as part of a general DPRK prisoner amnesty on an important anniversary but of course his case may be complicated by the hostile anti DPRK policy of the US such as holding provocative military exercises and the lies and slanders about the socialist system of the DPRK spread by the US and other Western media.

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Kenneth Bae says " there has been no human rights abuse"

 Pyongyang, January 20 (KCNA) -- An American criminal, Kenneth Bae, was interviewed by local and foreign reporters at the Pyongyang Friendship Hospital Monday at his request.
    He said he called the press conference to clarify some facts.
    Over the past 15 months he, through meeting with officials of the Swedish embassy and calls and correspondence with his family, he correctly informed the U.S. government and his family of his criminal acts and humanitarian measures taken by the DPRK government in his behalf, he said, adding:
    But some media are spreading misinformation about me and launching smear campaign against the DPRK, driving me into a difficult situation.
    For example, the U.S. vice-president, at a press conference over the release of another U.S. citizen, Mr. Newman, in December last year, claimed that I have been detained here for no reason.
    Some time ago even my sister reportedly told reporters that I am not guilty. I think such facts enraged people here.
    This is why I am in a puzzle.
    Over the past five months I have been hospitalized, but now I am afraid I may be sent back to the labor camp. Worse still, I am afraid the pardon for me becomes more difficult.
    To cite another example, I was told that some media reports alleged that the DPRK is a "human rights violator", its human rights records are not good and that I have been treated unfairly.
    What I would like to clarify here now is that there has been no human rights abuse and no unfair, severe act for me.
    The DPRK government has done every possible thing for me from the humanitarian point of view. It allowed me to contact with the Swedish embassy and have correspondence and calls with my family. It also gave me an opportunity to meet my mother here and offered me a medical service at the hospital when my disease got worse.
    I, availing myself of this opportunity, call on the U.S. government, media and my family to stop link any smear campaign against the DPRK and false materials with me, making my situation worse.
    I hope that I will be pardoned by the DPRK and go back to my family. I request the U.S. government, media and my family to pay deep concern and make all efforts to this end.
    Bae gave answers to questions raised by reporters. -0-

This is DPRK (North Korea)

Advantageous Social System in DPRK Praised by Russian Political Party

Pyongyang, January 19 (KCNA) -- The Communist Workers Party of Russia affiliated to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union posted an article titled "Social phenomena peculiar to the DPRK" on its website on January 9.
The article under the subtitles "People who don't know house prices", "Section doctor system", "No jobless people" and "Dignity of women" said:
Foreigners admire Changjon Street in Pyongyang after touring it.
It is because the majority of citizens living there are ordinary people and they do not know about the house prices at all. On the contrary, they ask foreigners about the house prices in the West.
It is unimaginable in the West that an ordinary worker buys a deluxe flat like the one in Changjon Street.
The DPRK has long enforced the section doctor system.
Doctors in the DPRK are totally responsible to the health of the citizens they are in charge of.
An ordinance on enforcing the universal compulsory 12-year education was adopted at the 6th session of the 12th Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK in 2012.
What is important is that all these are free of charge.
There are no jobless people in the DPRK. There is neither a signboard of "employment agency" nor anyone who finds out a job through papers and websites. Moreover, there is no one wandering about streets.
Only voices calling for working harder for the country and prosperity of society are loudly heard in the DPRK and one can never hear voices condemning or cursing its social system.
This is because there are no such conditions to lash them into fury as doctor's fee, house prices and taxes in the DPRK.
The slogan of "Everything for the people and everything by relying on them!" has been applied in all fabrics of social life in the DPRK.
It is fundamentally different from the capitalist world where the jungle law prevails and money is everything. -0-

DPRK MAKES SIGNIFICANT PEACE PROPOSALS BUT SOUTH KOREA -REJECTS THEM

So we now we know who is for peace and who is for war on the Korean peninsula . On the 16th of January the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea put forward a set of crucial proposals aimed at heading off an escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula caused the decision of the US and south Korea to go ahead with the hated and controversial Foal Eagle and Key Resolve war exercises at the end of February. The proposals contained measures like halting mutual slander and recrimination as well as the obvious one of cancelling the exercises. If implemented these proposals would have gone a long way to creating a peaceful atmosphere and bringing about reunification  No one could be against these peoples, no one who wants peace in Korea and the world could reject but what happened, oh yes south Korea rejected the proposals even the right wing American Fox News had the headline "South Korea rejects North Korea's conciliatory offer".
          Instead of talking about peace south Korea instead said they would "unsparingly" punish the DPRK. What kind of response is this to a peace overture The US took a similar stand. The US is moving more and more troops and hardware to south Korea and the south Korean puppets are engaging a massive military build -up.No the US who pulls the strings of south Korea told them not to cancel Foal Eagle and Key Resolve because the exercises form a key part of US strategy in Korea.The US and their south Korean puppets have no interest in peace, they only want a war to destroy the DPRK.

Historic Programme of Great Vitality

Pyongyang, January 17 (KCNA) -- It has been 40 years since the proclamation of the programme of modeling the whole society on Kimilsungism.
    It was a historic event that leader

Kim Jong Il proclaimed the programme as the supreme programme of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at a national course of the party information workers held on February 19, Juche 63 (1974), as it brought about a great turn in carrying on the revolution and the WPK's ideological work.
    Since then, the WPK has further strengthened into the party of President Kim Il Sung to dynamically advance the revolution and construction under the uplifted banner of the Juche idea.
    The work for the modeling the whole society on Kimilsungism has also played a key role in consolidating the might of socialism centred on masses and cementing the single-minded unity of society.
    It had been put on a new higher stage in the Songun (military-first) era.
    Kim Jong Il, when meeting with senior officials in late December 1994, expressed his invariable will not to make a slightest concession in carrying forward the idea and cause of Kim Il Sung.
    When the country was hard pressed in the period of Arduous March, the forced march, he firmly defended the sovereignty of the country and the nation and laid solid foundations for the country's prosperity.
    He developed the Korean People's Army into a driving force in accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche and strengthened the political and military position of the revolution into an invincible fortress, thus providing a sure guarantee for achieving the cause of modeling the whole society on Kimilsungism.
    The Kanggye Spirit created by him led to a creation of other spirits of working miracles and effecting new innovations.
    Thanks to his energetic guidance, the DPRK has registered great achievements like successful launch of satellites, possession of powerful war deterrent, the completion of land rezoning and construction of a number of edifices.
    Such achievements clearly proved the validity and vitality of the proclamation of modeling the whole society on Kimilsungism.
    Now the DPRK people are striving to accomplish the cause of modeling the whole society on Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism, a new higher stage of modeling the whole society on Kimilsungism, under the guidance of supreme leader Kim Jong Un. -0-

[HQ] [English Translation] Onwards Toward the Final Victory / 최후의 승리를 향하...

ASSPUK, JISGE and UK KFA support crucial proposals of DPRK NDC

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                    London 17th of January Juche 103(2013
                        The ASSPUK, Juche Idea Study Group of England and UK Korean Friendship Association issued a joint statement in support of the proposals made by the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on the 16th of January 2014. It reads as follows;
                                                                             Now the eyes of the world-peace loving people  are watching the Korean peninsula with unease and apprehension because of the ill-boding moves of the US imperialists and south Korean puppets to hold the "Foal Eagle " and "Key Resolve " military exercises from the end of February . These exercises are very dangerous indeed as last year they brought the situation to the brink of war.
                                               Now the National Defence Commission of the DPRK the highest organ of  state power in the DPRK has on behalf of the DPRK government, parties and organisations , made proposals to defuse tensions that have been created by the annoucement of the plan to stage Foal Eagle and Key Resolve.
               The NDC of the DPRK has proposed that there should be an immediate unconditional halt to all military activities aimed at the DPRK in collusion with outside forces , this would mean the cancellation of Foal Eagle and Key Resolve. It was also proposed that mutual slander should cease and all provocative actions should cease particularly in the West sea region which is a major flashpoint.
       These proposals of the DPRK NDC are a timely measure containing concrete proposals to prevent the recurrence of tension and put the Korean peninsula on the track of peace.  The proposals offer a genuine hope of avoiding a conflict on the Korean peninsula . They reflecting the peace-loving nature of the DPRK a socialist country which does not have a monopoly capitalist munitions industry which profits from war . The proposals are a manifestation of the will of the supreme leader of the DPRK dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN to prevent way and peacefully reunify the country.
                        Our organisations, the ASSPUK, JISGE and UK KFA , fully support these just proposals . In order to prevent a recurrence of last years extreme tension the south Korean authorities must unconditionally accept these proposals and cancel the reckless and provocative "Key Resolve " and "Foal Eagle ".
ASSPUK
JISGE
UK KFA

NDC of DPRK Advances Crucial Proposals to S. Korean Authorities

    Pyongyang, January 17 (KCNA) -- It is the 14th year in the 21st century amid the deepening bitterness the Koreans suffer from the national division.
    As the times go by, the nation has suffered ever-bigger pain of territorial division and national partition which were imposed at the hands of outsiders.
    Out of the resolute determination to end this, the peerless patriot declared his iron will to bring earlier national reunification and peace and prosperity with his patriotic mind at a significant moment when the first day of this year dawned, warming up the 3 000-ri territory and the minds of all Koreans and the world people.
    But only the present authorities of south Korea have showed ill-boding movements from the outset of the new year, not doing away with the inveterate bad habit of escalating confrontation.
    They build up the public opinion to convince the people that the present stalemate in the north-south ties is due to the DPRK. They are saying this or that over the internal affairs of the other side and have become talkative about the non-existent "provocation" and "threat", not content with their dream for sort of "emergency", deliberately straining the situation.
    They are even calling for staging from the end of February aggressive Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military exercises which they have waged every year under the pretext of "annual and defensive exercises" by resorting to the decade-old trite method.
    Ssangryong landing operation which is envisaged to be included in the war exercises is said to be held in the biggest scale targeting an attack on Pyongyang.
    The danger of the issue lies in that such military movements are being stealthily undertaken in south Korea and its vicinity by new naval and air forces including huge tanks and armored vehicles and airplane formations of the U.S. imperialist aggression forces.
    Under the prevailing grave situation, the National Defence Commission (NDC) of the DPRK makes the following proposals to the south Korean authorities upon authorization of the government, political parties and organizations of the DPRK:
    We propose taking practical measures in hearty response to the warm call for creating an atmosphere for improving the north-south ties.
    It is the invariable stand of the army and people of the DPRK to mend the north-south ties and achieve national reconciliation and unity.
    So, we officially propose the south Korean authorities to take a practical measure of halting all acts of provoking and slandering the other side from January 30, a day before the Lunar New Year's Day.
    This year is a significant year marking the 10th anniversary of the "June 4 agreement" in which the north and the south agreed to stop all forms of slanders and psychological warfare in the spirit of the historic June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration.
    If the south side respects this agreement it signed, there can never be any reason whatsoever for it not to accept our proposal.
    If those in power have true intent for improving the north-south ties, they should take good control of what is uttered by them and lead the media to create an atmosphere favorable for improving the north-south ties and thus make the strong wind of reconciliation and unity rage across the Korean peninsula.
    Now is the time to definitely end the evil cycle of slanders, calumnies and hostility that are harmful to all. South Korea should no longer block the voices of the fellow countrymen calling for harmony of the nation.
    We propose taking a practical step of halting all hostile military acts against the other side in response to the historic call for ensuring the security and peace of the nation.
    Even minor and accidental conflict can immediately lead to an all-out war on the peninsula. This is a stark reality today.
    Any war on this land will help big powers fish in troubled waters and bring unimaginable destruction to Koreans.
    So, we again propose immediately and unconditionally halting all military and hostile acts targeting the fellow countrymen in collusion with outsiders.
    For the present the south Korean authorities should take a crucial political decision of canceling Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military exercises which they plan to stage from the end of February under the pretext of "annual and defensive drills".
    If the "coordination" and "cooperation" with the U.S. are so precious and valuable, they had better hold the exercises in the secluded area or in the U.S. far away from the territorial land, sea and air of the Korean peninsula. This is the stand of the DPRK.
    Explicitly speaking, the DPRK will never take military acts detrimental to the nation's security and peace by introducing outsiders in the future, either, as in the past.
    We specially propose stopping all acts provoking the other side on the ground and in the sea and air including five islands in the West Sea, hotpots where both sides are in acute show-down, leveling their guns at each other.
    The DPRK side will show its practical action first for the realization of this proposal.
    We propose taking practical measures to be beneficial to each other to prevent a nuclear holocaust from being inflicted on this land.
    The denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is a goal common to the nation. This is also the invariable will of the army and people of the DPRK.
    The possession of nuclear weapons and the pursuance of the line on simultaneously pushing forward economic construction and buildup of a nuclear force are a treasured sword common to the nation and the most just option for self-defence which aims at ending the nuclear threat and blackmail against all Koreans by the U.S. and envisages the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and the rest of the world alike.
    Our nuclear force serves as a means for deterring the U.S. from posing a nuclear threat. It will never be a means for blackmailing the fellow countrymen and doing harm to them.
    We courteously propose the south side not to resort to reckless acts of bringing dangerous nuclear strike means of the U.S. to south Korea and to areas around it, taking this occasion as an opportunity.
    It is the stand of the DPRK to resolutely break with the double-dealing stand of tolerating nuclear weapons of outsiders which are harmful to the fellow countrymen while denying the nuclear weapons of fellow countrymen which protect the nation.
    These crucial proposals reflect the desire and wish of all the Koreans to reject outsiders and bring earlier the independent reunification, peace and prosperity of the nation from the standpoint of By Our Nation Itself.
    If these proposals are put into practice, it will be possible to settle all issues, big or small, arising in the north-south relations including the reunion of separated families and their relatives.
    It is the unanimous wish of the army and people of the DPRK to open up the wide avenue for improving the north-south relations by concerted efforts of the Koreans.
    We express the expectation that the south Korean authorities will positively respond to our principled crucial proposals. -0-

Towering Spirit of Struggle

Towering Spirit of Struggle

The all-people committee to commemorate the lapse of five years since Ryongsan incident made up of 146 civic and social organizations of south Korea held a press conference in Ryongsan District, Seoul on January 13 and pledged to wage an all-people anti-"government" struggle.

Speakers at the press conference accused the authorities of mobilizing police and ruthlessly killing evacuees who demanded the right to existence in Ryongsan on January 20, 2009.

The present "government", however, has added to the pain of wounds of the bereaved families, the speakers said, adding:

The Park Geun Hye regime has paid lip-service to the great unity of people but behind the scene it appointed Kim Sok Gi, then chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, who directly masterminded the killings of evacuees as president of an air service company.

The "government" let the prime mover of the tragic incident hold the post of power, far from punishing him even though the wrong development and excessive repression deprived innocent people of their lives in a minute. This amounts to the declaration of its intent to carry forward what was advocated by the Lee Myung Bak regime, the worst regime in history of the nation's division.

We can not hold only a memorial service under the harsh suppression, the speakers said, vowing to fight it out against the "government" until the truth about the incident is probed and the mastermind of the killings is punished.

They said they would hold press conference, information service, candlelight meeting and memorial service as part of the anti-"government" struggle in Seoul and in areas of Kyonggi Province till January 20.

No Key Resolve-Foal Eagle 2014-.ASSPUK , JISGE and UK KFA

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                    London 16th of January
          The Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK, the Juche Idea Study Group of England and UK Korean Friendship Association issued the following joint statement regarding the recent annoucement by the south Korean puppets concerning the holding of Foal Eagle and Key Resolve;
                                          Despite the peace overture made to south Korea in the New Year Address of the supreme leader of the DPRK dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN the south Korean puppets and their US imperialist overlords have decided to push on with the holding of Foal Eagle and Key Resolve from the end of February. These exercises will be massive in scale . They are about invading the DPRK and effecting "regime change " by force as they envisage taking control of nuclear facilities in the DPRK and occupy Pyongyang in case of "emergency in  the  north". This leaves the observer  in little doubt as to the true nature of the exercises ; the a practise operation to invade the DPRK and stifle Juche-based socialism centred upon the popular masses.
                                 It is a lame excuse and a sophistry to claim that the exercises are defensive as they include landing craft which are a means to wage offensive and invasive warfare. It is a nonsensical sophistry to assert that as they are "routine " so do pose a threat. The analogy can be used of a fire drill in an office building or factory , these are not held for the sake of "routine" but as a practice for the real thing . It is the same with "Foal Eagle " and "Key Resolve ".
                                                                     Last year the extreme warmongering  moves of the US imperialists and the south Korean puppets brought the situation on the Korean peninsula very close to actual war which could have turned into a nuclear catastrophe which would not have been confined to the Korean peninsula or East Asia.
                       Our organisations, the ASSPUK, JISGE and UK KFA , demand that the US imperialists and south Korean puppets do the right thing and cancel Foal Eagle and Key Resolve at once !
Hands off the DPRK !
No to Foal Eagle and Key Resolve
US Out of Korea !
ASSPUK
JISGE
UK KFA

NDC of DPRK Advances Crucial Proposals to S. Korean Authorities

Pyongyang, January 16 (KCNA) -- The National Defence Commission (NDC) of the DPRK made the following principled proposals to the south Korean authorities Thursday upon authorization of the government, political parties and organizations of the DPRK:
    We propose taking practical measures in hearty response to the warm call for establishing a climate for improved north-south relations.
    We officially propose the south Korean authorities to take a practical measure of halting all acts of provoking and slandering the other side from January 30, a day before the Lunar New Year's Day.
    We propose taking a practical step of halting all hostile military acts against the other side in response to the historic call for defending the security and peace of the nation.
    So, we again propose immediately and unconditionally halting all military and hostile acts targeting the fellow countrymen in collusion with outsiders.
    For the present the south Korean authorities should take a political decision of canceling Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military exercises which they plan to stage from the end of February under the pretext of "annual and defensive" drills.
    If the "coordination" and "cooperation" with the U.S. are so precious and valuable, they had better hold the exercises in the secluded area or in the U.S. far away from the territorial land, sea and air of the DPRK. This is the stand of the DPRK.
    We specially propose stopping all acts provoking the other side on the ground and in the sea and air including five islands in the West Sea, hotspots where both sides are in acute show-down, leveling their guns at each other.
    The DPRK side will show its practical action first for the realization of this proposal.
    We propose taking a mutual practical measure to prevent a nuclear holocaust from being inflicted on this land.
    Our nuclear force serves as a means for deterring the U.S. from posing a nuclear threat. It will never be a means for blackmailing the fellow countrymen and doing harm to them.
    We courteously propose the south Korean authorities not to resort to reckless acts of bringing dangerous nuclear strike means of the U.S. to south Korea and to areas around it, taking this occasion as an opportunity.
    It is the stand of the DPRK that the south side should resolutely break with the double-dealing stand of tolerating nuclear weapons of outsiders which are harmful to the fellow countrymen while denying the nuclear weapons of fellow countrymen which protect the nation.
    If these proposals are put into practice, it will be possible to settle all issues, big or small, arising in the north-south relations including the reunion of separated families and relatives.
    We express the expectation that the south Korean authorities will positively respond to our principled crucial proposals. -0-

KCNA Commentary Hits U.S.-S. Korea Joint Military Exercises

  Pyongyang, January 16 (KCNA) -- The bellicose forces of the United States and south Korea are bringing dark clouds of a war again to the Korean Peninsula at the beginning of the year, in disregard of the desire of the DPRK and the international community for peace and stability.
    With the U.S. deploying its aggression forces massively in areas close to the Military Demarcation Line, they announced that huge Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military exercises would be staged for months from the end of February.
    The projected exercises, involving the U.S. 3rd marine task force to deploy before all others on the Korean Peninsula in case of emergency, will be the biggest military rehearsal in scale after the 1989 Team Spirit.
    Its purpose is apparently to take control of nuclear facilities in the DPRK and occupy Pyongyang in case of "emergency in the north".
    This is another serious military provocation to the DPRK and an outright challenge to its good faith and the public opinion at home and abroad as it is aimed to drive the situation of the Korean Peninsula again to phase of confrontation.
    No matter how vociferously the U.S. may talk about other's "threat" and about its role in "defending peace", it can no longer cover up its nature of the very one who has continued aggravating the situation on the peninsula cyclically.
    Ensuring peace on the Korean Peninsula is an important link in the chain for securing regional peace and stability and, furthermore, global peace.
    That is why the DPRK's principled stand and sincere measures clarified in the New Year to ease tension, defend peace on the peninsula and improve the north-south relations have commanded full support and aroused a great response from peoples at home and abroad.
    The U.S. and south Korean bellicose forces have made provocative remarks from the beginning of the year only to come under criticism of the world community. They are describing the projected military exercises as "annual" and "defensive", but it is no more than sophism to cover up the aggressive nature of the exercises and their insidious intention.
    It is a bad habit of the U.S. imperialists and the south Korean puppet forces to annually stage large-scale war drills all the year round, extremely aggravating the situation.
    Such war moves of several decades have only engendered antagonism and hostility among the Korean nation, resulting in bedeviled north-south relations, escalated tension and increased war danger in the Korean Peninsula and the region.
    The recent announcement of joint war exercises is tantamount to the total denial of improved relations and dialogue between the north and the south of Korea and a declaration of overall nuclear showdown.
    The provokers had better ponder over the serious consequences to be entailed by the exercises. -0-