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Korean Central News Agency Extracts. Order of KPA Supreme Commander on raising military ranks ��� Pyongyang, April 14 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il, Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, issued order no.00152 to raise the military ranks of KPA commanding officers on the occasion of the Day of the Sun. According to the order dated April 13, Kim Yun Sim, Kim Jong Gak and Ryo Cyun Sok were promoted to generals. ��� The military rank of colonel general was conferred on Paek Sang Ho, Kang Yong Ho, Ri Thae Il, Kim Yang Jom and Pak Sung Won and that of lieut. General on Ri Yong Ho, Ri Yong Gil, Hwang Hong Sik, Pak Su Chol and Pang Kuk Hwan. Ri Yong Rae and 39 others were promoted to major generals. ��� The order said that the proud course of the KPA and the feats performed by it in defending the socialist red flag and ensuring the revolutionary cause of Juche by force of arms are associated with the patriotic devotion and efforts made by its commanding officers to glorify their military service. ��� It expressed the firm belief that as hardcore members of the Korean revolutionary armed forces, those commanding officers, true to the army-based leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea, would increase the military power in every way to fully ensure the security of the country and the revolutionary cause of Juche with arms and perform greater feats in the efforts to build a socialist powerful nation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gift to Kim Jong Il from BCP central committee ��� Pyongyang, April 14 (KCNA) -- A gift was presented to leader Kim Jong Il by the central committee of the Brazilian Communist Party. It was handed by Jose Reinaldo Carvalho, vice-president of its central committee, who is heading its delegation on a visit to the DPRK to Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Friday. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ People's rally protests projected introduction of U.S.-made fighters ��� Pyongyang, April 14 (KCNA) -- An all-people rally was reportedly held in Seoul on April 10 to accuse the "Ministry of National Defense" in South Korea of its unwarranted decision to introduce the selected fighters under the sponsorship of the "joint action for the probe into the truth behind the suspected pressure from outside and the withdrawal of the decision to purchase F-15K". Its participants charged that the second-phase work pushed forward by the ministry without disclosing the truth about the first-phase selection of fighters of the next generation is a wrong attitude fooling the people. ��� A resolution adopted at the rally warned that if the bellicose forces persistently select fighters defying the just demand of the people in South Korea, they will not be able to escape a judgement of history and demanded the immediate withdrawal of the selection of U.S.-made fighters infringing upon the interests of the nation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DPRK delegate on protection of human rights ��� Pyongyang, April 14 (KCNA) -- A DPRK delegate proposed some matters arising in taking a fair and effective measure to protect and promote human rights in conformity with the present reality. such proposal was made on April 8 when the main agenda item "violations of human rights and basic freedom in all regions of the world" was under discussion at the 58th meeting of the un commission on human rights. In his speech at the meeting, the delegate held that no country should be allowed to interfere in other countries' internal affairs and encroach upon their sovereignty over the human rights issue. And the principles of impartiality, objectiveness and non-selection should be strictly observed in international discussion and handling of human rights issue, he said. ��� The DPRK has set it as the supreme principle of state activity to ensure that people are placed in the center of everything in politics, the economy, culture and all other fields and it is made to serve them, he noted, and said: ��� The Korean people are highly proud and confident of the people-centered socialist system chosen by themselves and the DPRK government has enforced practical policies for the protection and promotion of human rights one after another, regarding human rights as inviolable. ��� The DPRK will honestly fulfill its obligations under international conventions on human rights and continue attaching importance to cooperation in the human rights field. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chinese government offers grant aid to DPRK ��� Pyongyang, April 14 (KCNA) -- The government of the People's Republic of China decided to offer a grant-in-aid equivalent to 50,000,000 yuan to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on the occasion of the 90th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brazilian President refers to relations with DPRK ��� Pyongyang, April 14 (KCNA) -- Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso referred to relations with the DPRK on April 4 when receiving credentials from the DPRK ambassador to his country. He underscored the need to strengthen contacts, exchanges and cooperation in political, economic and all other fields as the opening of diplomatic relations between the two countries last year enabled them to put the friendly and cooperative relations on a new higher stage. ��� Korea's reunification should be achieved independently and peacefully by the efforts of the Korean nation, he stressed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ KCNA refutes Japanese diet's unreasonable resolution ��� Pyongyang, April 14 (KCNA) -- The Japanese diet on April 11 adopted a very self-opinionated resolution intended to seriously tarnish the dignity of the DPRK, asserting that the "suspected kidnapping is a crucial issue related to the state sovereignty and basic human rights and humanitarianism." This sparked a strong public furor in the DPRK. ��� In the resolution the Japanese diet described the "issue of those missing" as the "issue of kidnapping" and insisted that it is a serious issue related to the state sovereignty and human rights. ��� Japan drafted by force over 6 million innocent Koreans and indiscriminately killed them by working them like beasts of burden and forced at least 200,000 women into sexual slavery for the Japanese imperialist aggressors after occupying Korea by force of arms. How should these crimes against humanity be interpreted? ��� These are most hideous crimes as Japan deprived other nation and country of its sovereignty and seriously infringed upon the rights of its people. ��� Such being the hard fact, Japan has not yet apologized nor compensated for its past wrongdoings, keeping mum about them. ��� Japan is only busy with denying, distorting and justifying its crime-woven history, far from making apology and compensation. ��� If the Japanese diet have had respect for reason and human conscience, facing up to the history, it would have adopted a resolution that called for apologizing and compensating for those crimes committed by the Japanese imperialists in the past. ��� The diet will take such stand and attitude if it is responsible for the future of the people of the country and represents their true interests and conscience. Only this can be regarded as a good deed from the historical and political points of view. ��� History can never be denied. The profound confusing of right and wrong can not but be branded as the biggest crime. ��� The diet should not forget the saying:"?gcall a spade a spade." ��� It is well advised to face up to the history and reality and withdraw the unreasonable resolution. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 20th April Spring Friendship Art Festival opens ��� Pyongyang, April 14 (KCNA) -- The 20th April Spring Friendship Art Festival was opened at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang today with splendour on the occasion of the 90th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung. ��� Attending the opening ceremony were government cultural delegations, delegates and artistes of various countries, overseas Korean artistes, delegations and delegates to the 5th aesthetic symposium on the present times and national arts. ��� Among those present there were Hong Song Nam, premier of the DPRK cabinet, senior party and state officials, officials concerned, Pyongyangites and artistes. ��� Foreign diplomats and members of embassies of various countries, foreign guests and overseas compatriots were also present there. ��� Jang Chol, chairman of the organizing committee of the festival, made an opening speech. ��� Warmly welcoming the participants in the festival, he said that colourful and peculiar art programs to be staged during the festival would aspire the world people who love justice and peace and greatly delight the Korean people commemorating the Day of the Sun. ��� Then he declared the festival open. ��� A flag of the festival was hoisted. ��� Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, made a congratulatory speech to be followed by speeches made by the head of the Chinese government cultural delegation and the Russian government cultural delegate. ��� Prior to the opening ceremony, the participants in the festival marched through the streets amid the warm welcome of working people and youth and students of the city. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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