Blogger’s Note: With regards to “Socialist” news outlets – there are no advertisements for the capitalists – and no forced “clicks” that disguises “giving away your rights” for the myth of “enhanced choice”. By comparison, our children in the West must run a gauntlet of self-worth sapping choices – with each signing away what little dignity the reader had left when entering the page. Everything is up for grabs and for sale – and in the midst of this orgy – you might learn about a recent and interesting archaeological find – or in the case of the worst examples – you will remain none the wiser. Capitalist news is in fact a slew of adverts within which slithers of bias and not-to-clear news extracts are cleverly hidden. Every attempt to access greed-orientated news is an adventure – rather like accessing what is left of the UK’s NHS! Not so with the news from the DPRK, China, Laos, Vietnam, or Cuba. You can agree or disagree with the content (free thought) – or assess the news from these countries any way you please – but the act of Socialist education will not be sullied with capitalist greed. In the UK you can spend endless minutes clicking for the reward of new knowledge – only to be recycled through endless loops of more adverts – each promising that “knowing” is just around the corner. Well, it is not. The capitalists have designed a system that guarantees your consent to be further exploited – that’s all it is. Your rights are taken away as the “lie” of your rights being preserved is sold to you. Your clicks mean more money – but never for you but someone else – always hidden and unseen in the background. Regardless of what you may (or may not) think of the DPRK – you are at least getting the “news” with no other interceding barrier getting in the way. Yes – we’ve all heard the stories – but freedom of thought can be like this. A pinch of salt me thinks! ACW (1.6.2026)
Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) — An unveiling ceremony of the memorial tablet for Aleksandr Matsegora, former Russian ambassador to the DPRK, took place at the Russian embassy here on May 30.
Jo Yong Won, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, first vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly, attended the unveiling ceremony.
Also present there were Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui and officials concerned of the DPRK, Charge d’Affaires ad Interim Vladimir Topeha and staff members of the Russian embassy, Russian guests, bereaved family members and members of the diplomatic corps here.
The guard of honour of the Korean People’s Army lined up before the memorial tablet.
Speeches were made at the unveiling ceremony.
Vladimir Topeha referred to the distinguished contribution made by Aleksandr Matsegora to the development of the Russia-DPRK friendly relations over the past decades, and said that his whole life is an example of devoted service for the homeland.
Choe Son Hui said that the exploits for the strengthened DPRK-Russia friendship performed by Aleksandr Matsegora, a close friend and genuine comrade-in-arms of the Korean people and a patriot and son of the Russian people who devotedly worked for the national interests of his country, will be remembered forever by the peoples of the two countries.
The son and daughter of Aleksandr Matsegora expressed heartfelt thanks to the friends of Russia and the DPRK for their sincerity devoted to the present unveiling ceremony of the memorial tablet.
The participants observed a moment’s silence in memory of Aleksandr Matsegora.
When the memorial tablet was unveiled, the national anthems of the Russian Federation and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea were played.
Seen in the memorial tablet, with the image of Aleksandr Matsegora and Order of Bravery carved in relief, are letters in Russian reading that Aleksandr Matsegora, a diplomat and a winner of Order of Bravery, served his homeland here.
The participants laid flowers before the memorial tablet.
At the end of the unveiling ceremony, Jo Yong Won met the bereaved family members and warmly consoled them, expressing conviction that they would contribute to the development of the DPRK-Russia relations, true to the intention of their deceased father. (End)
http://www.kcna.kp (2026.05.31.)
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