>will hold computer simulation exercises for a contingency in areas >surrounding Japan for nine days from Feb. 16. > Never should it go unnoticed that the Japanese reactionaries make no >secret of a contingency scenario on the >Korean peninsula which will be adopted for the first time in the joint map >exercises. So to speak, their main purpose >of the exercises is to complete their plan for reinvasion of Korea in >cooperation with the U.S. troops and make full >preparations for an actual war. > This indicates that their moves for comeback to Korea are, in fact, at >the stage of positive practice beyond the >phase of debate. > Last year they enacted a set of laws for putting into force the updated >"Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation >Guidelines" under the pretext of a contingency on the Korean peninsula to >restore "SDF" right of participation in a >war and right of belligerency. In 2000 they are now reinforcing and >modernizing the militarist forces under various >pretexts. > It is clear to anyone why they are stepping up arms buildup including >modernization of field guns, new type >aegis ship building, founding of special armed forces and development of an >independent intelligence satellite and >the "Theatre Missile Defense" system. > If the Japanese reactionaries ignite a war for reinvasion with the >dream of "Greater East Asia Coprosperity >Sphere," it will result in their destruction. > > > >Spokesman for NDFSK on S. Korean Warmongers' reckless war moves > > Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) -- The spokesman for the National >Democratic Front of South Korea >(NDFSK) on Jan. 29 released a statement condemning the South Korean >warmongers for becoming more >undisguised in their preparations for a war of aggression against the north >from the outset of 2000, according to a >Seoul-based radio Voice of National Salvation. > What can not go unnoticed is that the South Korean ruling quarters are >secretly pushing ahead with the >development of anthrax bacillus to be used in the production of biological >weapons, he said, and continued: > This serious development clearly indicates that the war maniacs of the >self-proclaimed "people's government" >are, in fact, working hard to ignite a war of aggression against the DPRK >on the Korean peninsula, backed by >outsiders, though they pay lip-service to the "north-south reconciliation >and cooperation." > The Korean nation standing at the crossroads of peace or war and its >survival or extermination can never remain >an onlooker to the preparations stepped up by the Kim Dae Jung warlike >group for a war of aggression against the >north. > Calling on the people to resolutely check and frustrate these reckless >war preparations, he warned the group not >to act rashly, keenly aware that the preparations for a war against the >fellow countrymen in the north will only hasten >its self-destruction. > > > >S. Korean Warmongers' saber-rattling denounced > > Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) -- From the outset of the year the South >Korean ruling quarters are putting >spurs on arms-buildup and frantically stepping up preparations for a war of >aggression against the north together >with the U.S. aggression troops, thus fanning north-south confrontation and >war hysteria. Rodong Sinmun today in >a signed commentary denounces this as unpardonable war moves. > The commentary goes on: The DPRK regards the dangerous military moves >of the U.S. and the South Korean >ruling quarters as a grave threat to peace and security on the Korean >peninsula and a declaration of confrontation and >war against it. > The South Korean authorities try to divert elsewhere the resentment of >the people at them before the "National >Assembly election" slated for April. > The confrontation and war racket can never be a way out for them. Only >stern punishment by history and the >people waits for the heinous warmongers running amok to impose a nuclear >disaster upon the nation after leaving >South Korea to the outside forces as a field for a war against the north. > The warlikers are well advised to be discreet if they want to remain alive. > > > >U.S.-S. Korea air war exercise > > Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) -- The U.S. and the South Korean >authorities staged one more air war >exercise in the sky above South Korea on Feb. 1, a military source said. > Involved in the joint exercise were planes from the nuclear-powered >aircraft carrier Stennis belonging to the >U.S. pacific fleet and fighters of the U.S. air force in South Korea and of >the South Korean air force. > Meanwhile, formations of fighter-bombers and assault planes of the >South Korean air force conducted a drill of >maneuverability and deployment in the air over Taegu, Chongju and other >areas. Over 200 fighter-bombers of the >U.S. and South Korean air forces staged an exercise of dogfight above Mt. >Hwangbyong and Paeka islet. A drill of >spotting and destroying targets was staged by more than 120 fighter-bombers >and assault planes in the air above >Yongdong and Wonju areas. > More than 700 fighters were involved in air exercises that day. > > > >Cohen's anti-DPRK diatribe assailed > > Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today in a signed >commentary blasts U.S. Secretary of >Defense Cohen for his remarks made at a recent press conference reiterating >the establishment of the "National >Missile Defense" system under the absurd pretext that there is real "threat >of North Korean long-range missile" and it >may grow. He added that he plans to submit to President Clinton this summer >a recommendation on deploying the >"NMD" and if approved, the U.S. will have it in place to be deployed for >action till 2005. > The "threat of North Korean missile" touted by the U.S. conservative >hard-liners quite often is a sheer lie and a >fiction, the commentary notes, and goes on: > The U.S. design remains very wild and dangerous. > The intention of the U.S. is to turn the earth and the universe into >missile bases by developing and deploying >ultra-modern precision guided missiles capable of flying thousands of >kilometers under the pretext of the "missile >threat" from the DPRK. Through this it seeks to have a definite strategic >edge over the rival forces and put any >country and region in the range of its strike in a bid to enforce a >self-opinionated tough policy and establish >hegemony. Herein lie the aggressive nature and danger of its moves to >establish the "NMD" under the pretext of the >"missile threat from North Korea." > The U.S. moves to establish the "NMD" can neither be justified nor allowed. > > > >Annual meeting of group for study of Juche idea held in Ethiopia > > Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) -- An annual meeting of the Addis Ababa, >Ethiopia, Group for the Study of >the Juche Idea was held on January 22. > The meeting stressed the need to make a deep-going study of the Juche >idea to have better understanding of its >greatness and vitality and make a study of the leadership exploits of the >respected Marshal Kim Jong Il who wisely >leads all the Korean people to the building of a powerful nation. > It laid stress on intensifying propaganda and dissemination of the >Juche idea with a view to applying it to the >specific conditions of Ethiopia. > > > >Korean books presented to India > > Pyongyang, February 3 (KCNA) -- A presentation ceremony of Korean books >was held at the building of the >central committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on January 28 >with the approach of the 58th birthday >of General Secretary Kim Jong Il. > At the ceremony works of the President Kim Il Sung and General >Secretary Kim Jong Il and Korean books >were conveyed. > S. Ramachandran Pillai, politburo member of the c.c., the CPI (Marxist) >and member of the Lok Sabha, in his >speech said that the presentation of Korean books on the 58th birthday of >Kim Jong Il is one more honor of his >party and all its members. > He noted that Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il are the great leaders of the >Korean revolution as well as the world >revolution and that their works are valuable encyclopedia of party and >state building and important guidelines for the >revolutionary struggle. __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
