How it’s playing in Pyongyang, or by Pyongyang’s propaganda outlet
It’s worth noting what the Korean Central News Agency of DPRK has to say on this historic day where they send rockets out into the ocean, thereby freaking the world:
Item:Â Pyongyang, April 3 (KCNA) — Daniel Alvarez Celi, chairman of the Ecuadorian Committee for Supporting Korea’s Independent and Peaceful Reunification, released a statement titled “The imperialists’ sophism on the DPRK’s projected just satellite launch can never be pardoned” on March 25.
Noting that use of outer space is not a privilege only for some countries, the statement stressed that all sovereign states in the world have rights to make a free use of outer space, whether they be big or small.
It further said:
Nevertheless, the U.S., Japan and the south Korean puppets are raising a hue and cry over the quite legitimate satellite launch projected by the DPRK. Such behaviors can never be allowed as they are a wonton violation of the international law on free use of outer space and a smear campaign against the DPRK.
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Pyongyang, April 3 (KCNA) — General Secretary Kim Jong Il Wednesday sent a birthday spread to Ri Song Su, a resident in Ryongsong District, Pyongyang, on the centenary of his birth.
Born as a son of a farm hand, he was subject to maltreatment and contempt as a member of a stateless nation. It was not until President Kim Il Sung liberated the country that he could lead a happy life under the care of the motherland.
He did farm work with all sincerity to repay the country’s benevolence. He has kept himself busy even since he became a pensioner. He likes bean paste and vegetable, never allowing himself to have unbalanced diet. He is moderate in living, never smoking and drinking.
He still cultivates his family garden and prepares with sincerity the aid materials to be sent to servicepersons of the Korean People’s Army.
AND, ITEM:
Round-table talks were held in the Czech Republic on March 19 and 24 on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of General Secretary Kim Jong Il’s election as chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission.
Displayed at the venues of the talks were works authored by Kim Jong Il.
The chairman of District No.10, Prague City, Committee of the Communist Party of Czech and Moravia said that the DPRK is advancing, holding high the banner of socialism under the leadership of Kim Jong Il. This gives great encouragement to us struggling for social justice, he added.
Noting that the DPRK is now invariably advancing toward socialism despite the changing world situation, he said that this is thanks to the powerful self-reliant military capability for defending the sovereignty of the country and the nation the Korean people have built up under the leadership of Kim Jong Il, chairman of the National Defence Commission, true to the behest of President Kim Il Sung.
And he expressed support for the just cause of the Korean people for national reunification, saying that Korea would be reunified without fail under the leadership of Kim Jong Il.
The chairman of the Rokycany City Committee of the Communist Party of Czech and Moravia said that Kim Jong Il’s election as chairman of the NDC was an event of weighty significance in the history of the Korean people’s struggle to defend Korean-style socialism and spoil the U.S. imperialists’ ambition for domination over the world.
Referring to the situation of the Korean Peninsula growing tenser due to the moves of the U.S. imperialists and the south Korean warmongers, he hoped that Korea would be reunified at an early date without intervention of outsiders, thus carrying into a brilliant reality Kim Il Sung’s behest and Kim Jong Il’s policy of love for the country, the nation and the people.
A congratulatory message to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the talks held by the Rokycany City Committee.