It has been 23 years since Chairman  Kim Jong Il  inspected the truce village of Panmunjeom on Nov. 24 1996. His inspection of Panmunjeom was an event of historic significance which caused a worldwide sensation. Panmunjeom is the acutest place in the world.  It is the place where war and peace have been interchanged for decades and reunification and division have stood in standoff with each other. Chairman  Kim Jong Il  inspected Panmunjeom where long-standing tension and danger is prevalent. It was a bold decision and historic inspection made by the Chairman who devoted himself to Korea’s reunification. His inspection of Panmunjeom evoked lively response among south Korean people. They highly praised that only Chairman  Kim Jong Il , who was born in Mt. Paektu, could make such bold decision to visit the truce village of Panmunjeom. Taken aback by the news of his inspection of Panmunjeom, Washington, Tokyo and Seoul suffered from fear ...

On Nov. 14 and 15, the US and south Korea had the 44th meeting of military commission and the 51st annual security consultative meeting to persist in military pressure against north Korea. The joint statement issued at the meeting said that they’ll consolidate military readiness and combined defense, reaffirm offer of extended deterrence of the US and nukes to south Korea, keep security cooperation between south Korea, the US and Japan against north Korea. At the 6th defense ministerial meeting of ASEAN nations held on Nov.17 in Thailand, defense minister meeting between south Korea, the US and Japan and south Korea-Japan were held to consolidate military collusion against north Korea.  It was very dangerous discussion to escalate the tension on the Korean Peninsula and make the situation unstable as it’s aiming to put the pressure upon north Korea with military confrontation and pressure through strength from A to Z.  Due to the reckless military provocation and ...

Pyongyang, November 21 (KCNA) -- The preparation for a special ASEAN summit slated to open in Pusan, south Korea on November 25 is reportedly pushed forward in its final stage. On November 5, south Korean President Moon Jae In politely sent to us a personal letter earnestly inviting the Chairman of the State Affairs Commission (SAC) of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to be present in the special summit. There is no reason for us not to be grateful for it, if the personal letter contained the sincere trust in the SAC Chairman and invitation carrying earnest expectation. We already know that the south side is looking forward to the visit by the SAC Chairman, with full preparations of the highest level including escort and ceremonies regarding his visit to Pusan. We also fully understand the distress and agony of President Moon Jae In to hold on to the opportunity to make it a new occasion for unraveling the present north-south relations. This can be known from the...

Defense budget against north Korea The south Korean authorities earmarked defense budget for 2020 by 7.4 percent as compared with 2019 under the veil of “strong security” and “independent defense”. It was the greatest amount increased by 1.4 percent and 1.8 percent to what was in the periods of Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye regimes. The south Korean authorities increased the budget for coping with missiles of north Korea by 22.6 percent as compared with 2019. They allocated a stupendous amount of funds for the development of spy satellite against north Korea, stealth fighters for amounting precision strike on military strategic bases of north Korea and building of next generation Aegis destroyer. In addition, they sharply increased the budget for development of ground-to-ground tactical guided missile, long-range air-to-ground guided weapon and defense research.    It is a undisguised military confrontation with north Korea and a thoughtless act that pushes the ...

The 12th candlelight resistance for liquidation of judicial conservatism The candlelight rallies were held in Seoul to demand reform of the prosecution. On Nov. 2, a civic organization for liquidation of judicial conservatism held  the  12th candlelight rally in Seoul. Participated there were about 5 000 people from Seoul, Busan, Gwangju and Ulsan.     People say that the prosecution should be independent from the political circle. The prosecution has made desperate attempt to keep vested rights. The prosecution should investigate Hwang Gyo-ahn and Na Gyong-won. We demand the prosecution to be fair to everybody, Jang Jin-sook, representative of a civic organization for liquidation of conservatism noted. The participants shouted slogan “carry out reform of the prosecution”, carrying yellow balloons and placards written with set up an official investigation team. Chung Cheong-rae, a former member of the ruling Democratic Party, said that it is jud...

The US is compelling to south Korean authorities to increase defense cost sharing ahead of the third meeting for the 11th "special agreement on defense cost sharing" to be held in Seoul in November.  The US has built international public opinion that the US suffers great loss through its outlets and experts. Meantime, it claims that south Korea should pay funds for the US strategic assets to be deployed in south Korea as well as expenses for the US civilian groups relating with war and military operation in indirect or direct way. In this regard, broad segments of south Koreans call press conference, launch nationwide signature campaign and protests against the US. The defense cost paid to the US every year is the expenses for the war against north Korea and funds to satisfy debauchery and avarice of the US troops. The fact proves that the aftereffects of the pro-US sycophantic policy pursued by the successive south Korean rulers are very gruesome and the south Korea-US...

Pyongyang, November 20 (KCNA) -- The U.S. pressure on south Korea is getting stronger as the expiration date of the general security of military intelligence agreement (GSOMIA) is near at hand. Those concerned of the State Department and the Defense Department flied to Seoul one after another to pressurize south Korea to retract its decision to scrap GSOMIA. The U.S. Congress and even the U.S. embassy in south Korea are joining them. They are pressurizing south Korea every day to mend its relations with Japan, as evidenced by their loud talk about "security cooperation between south Korea, the U.S. and Japan" and "importance of intelligence sharing between allies" at a meeting of the south Korea-U.S. military commission on Nov. 14, annual security consultative meeting on Nov. 15 and the talks between defense ministers of the U.S., Japan and south Korea in Thailand on Nov. 17. As far as GSOMIA high on the agenda is concerned, it was hastily concluded by t...

Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea released the following statement on Wednesday: We explicitly defined the joint military drill being planned by the U.S. and south Korea as a main factor of screwing up tensions of the Korean peninsula and the region out of control, and have expressed deep concern over it and repeatedly warned them to stop it. Despite our repeated warnings, the U.S. and the south Korean side decided to push ahead with the military drill hostile to the DPRK at the most sensitive time. This has further enraged our people, making it hard for them to keep the patience they have so far exercised. The U.S. Defense Department and Joint Chiefs of Staff, asserting that they would adjust the scale of the projected U.S.-south joint air drill and not stage it in consideration of north Korea's anger, openly said now is just the time to launch a joint drill of such type and it is ai...

Pyongyang, November 13 (KCNA) -- Recently the "Liberal Korea Party" (LKP) of south Korea is busy "calling in brains", touting "innovation" and "renovation". After making public the first list of "brains", billing them as "public figures", the LKP announced that it will take on more "persons of talent" through the second and third publication in the future. It goes without saying that the move is nothing but a petty trick employed by LKP to sustain its political destiny on the verge of ruin and turn the tables by winning at any cost the election of the "Assemblymen" due in 2020. This is reminiscent of the saying that a drowning man will catch at a straw. Great irony is that this farce only backfired, leaving only bigger scar on the image of flippant LKP. Those on the said list are all desperate evil-doers deserving punishment as they earned an ill fame while playing a servant role for the conserva...

The 12th candlelight resistance for liquidation of judicial conservatism The candlelight rallies were held in Seoul to demand reform of the prosecution. On Nov. 2, a civic organization for liquidation of judicial conservatism held  the  12th candlelight rally in Seoul. Participated there were about 5 000 people including Seoul, Busan, Gwangju and Ulsan. People say that the prosecution should be independent from the political circle. The prosecution has made desperate attempt to keep vested rights. The prosecution should investigate Hwang Gyo-ahn and Na Gyong-won. We demand the prosecution to be fair to everybody, Jang Jin-sook, representative of a civic organization for liquidation of conservatism noted. The participants shouted slogan “carry out reform of the prosecution”, carrying yellow balloons and placards written with set up the official investigation team. Chung Cheong-rae, a former member of the ruling Democratic Party, said that it is judicial de...

Apple of War The south Korean military are fanning up the tension on the Korean Peninsula in tandem with military pressure of the US. Some days ago, the south Korean military, being scared off by the tremendous nuclear force of north Korea, held a meeting with the US military in Cheju Island to cope with the military muscle of north Korea.     The south Korean marine corps intends to take part in the US–led joint drills at abroad from next year. It is going to conduct KMEP from autumn of this year.   The south Korean military opened an air and defense show in Seoul to exhibit the US-made war hardware with different missions. They invited the commander of US forces in south Korea to test-firing of self-propelled gun “K-9” with live ammunition held at a firing range of the US 8th Army in Gyeonggi Province.      It is clear evidence that the south Korean military have made desperate effort to strangle the same brethren militarily with the backi...

Pyongyang, November 5 (KCNA) -- A Namgu regional measure committee for dismantling germ weapon laboratory of the U.S. forces in south Korea held a press conference in front of Wharf No. 8 at Pusan Port on October 31 in denunciation of the introduction and experiments of germ weapons by the U.S. forces in south Korea, according to the south Korean internet paper Jaju Sibo. Speakers said that the U.S. forces are conducting tests with germ weapons, not content with wresting the upkeep funds and staging war exercises in south Korea at will. A press release was read out. It said that the U.S. cannot be called an allied country as it is committing thrice-cursed atrocities along the promotion of its new plan for biochemical warfare. It urged the U.S. to withdraw its forces from south Korea, to say nothing of the dismantlement of the germ weapon laboratory. -0

Medical Malpractice Medical malpractices are occurring in south Korea, in which doctors consult purses of patients first and then treat them, in an unbroken chain. Mass outlets of south Korea carried articles about the medical malpractices every day, saying a person who goes to a hospital turned out to be dead and patients become human vegetable in the hospital. In last year, a man entered a university hospital in Seoul after being diagnosed as an acute pneumonia by a cold, however, he became a person in a vegetative state after suffering brain damage caused by the medical malpractice. It provoked a public outcry. In February, a doctor removed the thyroid gland of a patient who was suffering gastric cancer and resected the stomach of a patient who had thyroid disease. According to extremely curtailed data published by the south Korean authorities, 2 500 people are killed by industrial disaster, 5 500 people by traffic accident and more than 20 000 people by medical malpract...