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“Cowardly dogs bark much and a dog’s bark will never make a camel go astray.”
The devil always leaves a stink behind him
Date: 10/12/2017 | Source: Pyongyang Times | Excerpts:
Absurd remarks are being spat out by the Trump clan who are hell-bent on anti-DPRK sanctions moves.
As wolves are often hidden under sheep’s clothing, the Americans are trying to cover their base acts in a veil of “diplomacy” and “peace” although they are enforcing the harshest ever sanctions in an attempt to deprive the DPRK of its sovereignty and its tens of millions of population of their rights to existence and development.
Not content with independent sanctions, the US forces many countries to follow suit by dint of lies, blackmail and the dollar. Such moves for sanctions, sometimes in the name of the UN, constitute a heinously inhumane crime and an act of war as they ban the import of even medical appliances and medicines as well as fuel oil.
The chief of the Future of Freedom Foundation, who was law professor at Dallas University of the US, said on the foundation’s website that the current Trump administration’s all-out trade embargo against the DPRK is an evident act of war, while the international community are expressing astonishment, asserting that the US anti-DPRK sanctions far surpass in harshness Nazi Germany’s notorious blockade on Leningrad.
Trump steeped in confrontational frenzy against the DPRK openly clamoured for the extinction of its 25 million population on the UN arena, and his argument is being translated into reality by way of the sanctions resolutions.
This notwithstanding, the US authorities shamelessly trumpet “peace” and “diplomacy”, which is as good as the behaviour of the devil always leaving a stink behind.
Peace and diplomacy are by no means suitable for the American empire of devils.
The north Korean nuclear issue the US takes as the rationale for anti-DPRK sanctions nakedly reveals that “peace” is a signboard to cover up its intention to vanquish its rivals that challenge its hegemony-seeking strategy and acts of aggression, while “diplomacy” is nothing more than intrigues to this end.
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More recently on October 14 and 15, 2017:
Commenting on the fact, Rodong Sinmun Sunday says such absurd pretext is aimed to cover up the brigandish nature of the U.S. and inveigle the whole world into its criminal scheme to stifle the DPRK.
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There are some sign of the U.S. moves to resume nuclear test. After Trump took office, resumption of nuclear test is called for again together with clamor about the modernization of outdated nuclear weapons and accelerated development of new nuclear weapons, timed to coincide with his remark that the U.S. should “increase its nuclear capability until the world “is able to understand the U.S. force”.
All countries around the world should become a slave of the U.S. welding nuclear stick or die. This is the brigandish logic of the U.S. The U.S. is the arch criminal and the worst cancer-like entity threatening global peace and security.
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Trump cried out for “total destruction and extermination” of the DPRK and its people, causing strong rebuff and criticism at home and abroad. He again let out such rubbish, only to betray more clearly his nature as an old lunatic.
Meanwhile, stories of traditional food and drink are proudly discussed in the same breath:
Hyangsolgo, Courtesy Pyongyang Times
Traditional drink of Hyangsolgo
Date: 10/11/2017 | Source: Pyongyang Times |
Hyangsolgo is one of the traditional drinks Koreans are fond of.
The drink is made by boiling sliced pear in honeyed water. The peeled pear is cut into slices, pepper corns are set in each of them and these are boiled in honeyed water together with ginger. And then cinnamon powder and pine nuts are put into the drink before serving. It is very refreshing.
Little is known about the origin of this drink, but its long history can be surmised from old records including Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms and History of the Country in the East. One of the records says: “Our country has long been noted for apple, pear, pine nut and honey. The refreshing and sweet drinks made by mixing them were so famous that many people of neighbouring countries tried hard to learn their recipes.” And there are the scenes of boiling something in an earthenware vessel in the kitchen and holding cups and a kettle on the murals of Anak Tomb No. 3 in Anak County, South Hwanghae Province. These tell that Koreans prepared Hyangsolgo and various other drinks and hot dishes by using pottery already in the period of the Three Kingdoms—Koguryo, Paekje and Silla that existed between 3rd century BC and AD 10th century.
The record about the drink can be found in the documents from the period of the feudal Joson dynasty (1392-1910). According to them, it is made with hard and sour wild pear as the drink can have red colour when the fruit is acidic, but if the pear is not so tart, some infusion of fruit of Schizandra chinensis may be put into it. Its sugar content is 10-15 percent.
At present the traditional drink is not only prepared at homes but served in eateries.
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Songphyon, Special Dish for Chusok
Date: 010/03/2017 | Source: Uriminzokkiri (En) |
Chusok (Harvest Moon Day), a folklore holiday of Korea, falls on October 4 (lunar August 15th) this year.
The Korean people would prepare various kinds of special dishes for the day, especially songphyon (half-moon-shaped rice cake stuffed with beans and flavored with pine needles).
Localities are somewhat different in the method of cooking the dish and its size. In Kangwon Province, people make it with potato powder and kidney-bean stuffing, while in Hamgyong and Ryanggang provinces, they make it with oat.
Songphyon has been considered to be a necessity for the Korean people on the day.