North
Korea chief Kim Jong-un, right, salutes, along with military
'luminaries', and all
the way to his left, leader of the Syria
Ba'ath
Party, Abdullah al-Ahmar, during a
military parade to mark the
60th anniversary of the signing of the Korean
War Armistice.
Celebrating Imperial
Defeat in Fatherland Liberation War (Korea Central News Agency, North Korea)
Friday marked the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Korean Armistice
Agreement, which the North Korean regime characterizes as an 'instrument of surrender'
of U.N. forces, which were led by Washington. This news item from the state-run
Korean Central News Agency consists
mostly of a speech given by Kim Yong-nam, regarded as North Korea's head of
government [chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North
Korea].
North Korean war veterans enjoy the fireworks at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, during a celebration marking the 60th anniversary of what North Korea calls 'victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation
War' July 26. We in the West refert to this as the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement.
Pyongyang:
At the May Day Stadium on Friday, a grand national meeting was held to
celebrate the 60th anniversary of victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation
War.
Kim
Jong-un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of
Korea, first chairman of the DPRK National Defense Commission
and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, appeared at the podium of
honor.
KPA Vice Marshal ChoeRyong-hae, member of the Presidium of the Political
Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, and
director of the General Political Bureau of the KPA,
declared the meeting open.
Kim Yong-nam, chairman of
the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, member of the
Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, member of the WPK, and president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, delivered a statement to
the meeting.
Kim
Yong-nam said:
"On
June 25, 1950, the American imperialists ignited the Korean War to realize
their wild ambition of dominating Asia and the world, using the Korean
Peninsula as a springboard. By abusing the United Nations flag, they even hurled
troops of its satellite states into the war, and applied the most brutal methods
and means of war - including the threat of atomic bombs.
"In
that war, the army and people of the DPRK defeated invaders
of 16 countries, including the U.S. and south Korean puppet forces.
"The
historic triumph in the war was a victory for the military-oriented Juche-idea,
and outstanding strategy and tactics of President Kim Il-sung. It was one of
the indomitable mental power of the DPRK army and
people, as they heroically fought, closely united around the party and leader.
"In
the three-year-long Korean war, for the first time in their more than 100-year history
of wars of aggression, the American imperialists sustained a heavy loss, signed
an instrument of surrender.
[Editor's
Note: Kim Yong-nam refers to the Korean Armistice
Agreement, signed by North Korea and China on one side, and the United
Nations Command, led by the United States, on the other, on July 27, 1953. It is demonstrably not "an instrument of
surrender." In fact the war, technically, continues. As the terms of the
Armistice make clear, it is an agreement to stop shooting and come to terms for ending the conflict later. Unfortunately so far, "later" has never come. Neither is it possible, under the terms of the Armistice,
for North Korea to unilaterally declare it null and void, as it claims to have
done earlier this year.]
"For
the way it beat back U.S. imperialism, the DPRK was
widely known as a country of heroes, and its military and people earned global
fame for their heroism.
"During
the war, the Chinese Communist Party and China's government sent volunteers. Its noble
sons and daughters, even given the challenges faced after their victory in the
people's revolution, organized under the banner of resisting America, aiding
Korea and safeguarding the motherland. At the cost of their own blood, they
helped the Korean people in their just struggle.
"The
example set by the Chinese People's Volunteers is a shining page in the history
of DPRK-China friendship, and the Korean Worker's Party
and people will never forget it.
"Thanks
to Kim Jong-un, the army and people of the DPRK have welcomed a new era in which history and tradition
are being systematically maintained to ensure victory, and it all began on Mt. Paektu.
In this way, we are being reliably led in the cause of human independence.
[Editor's
Note: The official biography of Kim Jong-il, father of Kim Jong-un, states that he
was born atop Mt. Paektu at 6 o'clock in the morning
on February 16, 1942. According to the book, his birth on Mt. Paektu was foretold by a swallow, and heralded by the
appearance of a double rainbow over the mountain and a new star in the heavens.
However, Soviet records show he was born in the village of Vyatskoye,
near Khabarovsk, where his father Kim Il-sung commanded the 1st Battalion of
the Soviet 88th Brigade, made up of Chinese and Korean exiles].
The
great Generalissimos Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il should be held in high esteem as the eternal leaders of
our party and people. They are the sun of Juche for
all the ages. We should firmly uphold and eternally glorify the undying feats performed
by Kim Il-sung for victory in the war, and the Songun
revolutionary feats of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il that followed.
Posted By Worldmeets.US
The
army and people of the DPRK, together with progressive
peoples who aspire after justice and value conscience, will continue to
dynamically advance peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, Northeast Asia
and the rest of the world.
As
in the Fatherland Liberation War, only further victory is in store for the DPRK, following on the undying feats performed by Kim Il-sung
in winning the war. The light of the Songun
revolutionary exploits of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il continues to shine, as does the invincible Army of Mt. Paektu and the great unity of the military and people, so wisely
led by Marshal Kim Jong-un.
Luminaries on
the Podium
Also
on the podium of honor were senior officials of the party, state and army,
including [Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly] Kim Yong-nam, [Premier] Pak Pong-ju
and [Poliburo member and Vice Marshal] ChoeRyong-hae, and Chairman of the Central Committee
of the Korean Social Democratic Party Kim Yong Dae.
Also
seen were and Vice President of the People's Republic of China Li Yuanchao,
Secretary General of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party Abdullah al-Ahmar [Syria], Zambia Vice President Guy Scott, Uganda Vice President
Edward KiwanukaSsekand, and
heads of other foreign delegations.
Also
seen were Central Audit Committee Chairman of the General Association of Korean
Residents in Japan Hong In-hum, Chairperson
of the General Association of Koreans in China Choe
Un-bok, and Kim Kang Hui, chief
of Chinese People's Volunteers lecturers.
Also
present at the meeting were war veterans, party and armed forces officials,
members of social organizations, ministries and national institutions, bereaved
families of fallen fighters, LPA and Korean People's Internal Security Forces personnel,
science, education, art and literature, public health and media officials, people
of merit, Pyongyangites, delegations of overseas
compatriots and chief of the Pyongyang mission of the Anti-Imperialist
National Democratic Front.
Meetings
to mark the anniversary took place in the provinces, cities, counties and
industrial complexes.
