Dispatches from Others, 13-Oct-26

Official news of the last 7 days, as each government tells its own people. Stories read: 58 North Korea, 103 Eritrea, 216 Iran, 454 Russia.

OUR COUNTRY AGAINST THE WORLD

* Seoul's staged landmine and aid drama aims to tarnish us, says Kim Yo Jong
  KCNA reports Kim Yo Jong's statement calling Seoul's landmine explosion and humanitarian aid a sinister plot to tarnish the DPRK's image.
  North Korea · KCNA: Important news

* Eritrea urges Security Council to condemn Ethiopia's declaration of war
  Shabait reports that Eritrea's UN mission says Ethiopia's war declaration aims at Assab and urges Security Council action under Chapter VII.
  Eritrea · Shabait

* Iran rejects baseless British accusations over Fairford air base incident, says foreign ministry
  According to IRNA, Iran's Foreign Ministry strongly condemned British officials' claims that Iran was behind an alleged security incident at the Fairford air base.
  Iran · IRNA

* NATO's 'theory of victory' against Russia is 'a madhouse on tour', says Zakharova
  Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told RIA Novosti that General Alexus Grynkewich's NATO plan to repel a potential Russian attack is 'a madhouse on tour'.
  Russia · Rossiyskaya Gazeta

OUR LEADERS ARE GREAT

* Kim Jong Il's immortal works fill a 72nd volume of his complete works
  KCNA reports Volume 72 of Kim Jong Il's complete works, containing 45 works from August 2007 to February 2008, has been published.
  North Korea · KCNA: Domestic news

* President Isaias returns from fruitful Egypt visit after quadrilateral summit in Alamein
  Shabait reports President Isaias Afwerki returned home after a three-day Egypt visit, including a quadrilateral summit in Alamein with Sudan and Somalia.
  Eritrea · Shabait

* Putin scored an important diplomatic and economic victory in talks with Trump, says Spectator
  Spectator writes that Putin's conversation with Donald Trump brought Russia an important diplomatic and economic victory.
  Russia · Rossiyskaya Gazeta

THE PEOPLE MOBILISED

* Women's union members take charge of farmland and join the autumn harvest in South Hwanghae
  KCNA reports that South Hwanghae women's union members go to the fields daily, with about 1,150 hectares of farmland under their charge.
  North Korea · KCNA: Social life

* Border town's people show strength and readiness to defend the Islamic Republic
  According to IRNA, clerics, Basij forces and nomadic tribes joined a drill in Maraveh Tappeh, affirming readiness to defend the Islamic Republic.
  Iran · IRNA

* Voronezh residents and deputies clean up parks and courtyards in citywide work day
  Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports that on October 10 Voronezh residents held a citywide "general cleanup" of parks, gardens and courtyards.
  Russia · Rossiyskaya Gazeta

OUR GLORIOUS HISTORY

* Second Economic Committee opens national defense museum as treasure of Party's glorious history
  KCNA reports the Second Economic Committee opened its National Defense Revolutionary Museum on the Party's 81st founding anniversary.
  North Korea · KCNA: Kim Jong Un's revolutionary activities

* Eritrean Revolution was born of a strong society and ranks with China's and Cuba's
  Haddas Ertra commentary says the Eritrean Revolution, born of a disciplined, holistically built society, ranks alongside the Chinese, Vietnamese, Cuban and Algerian revolutions.
  Eritrea · Haddas Ertra

* Documenting the war keeps the people's resistance alive in history, says Cultural Revolution Council secretary
  IRNA reports the Cultural Revolution Council secretary says documentary filmmaking keeps the people's resistance alive in collective memory.
  Iran · IRNA

* Soviet orders made a new elite, but did not save order-bearers from 1937 shootings
  According to Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Alexei Yelaev writes that Soviet orders created a new elite, yet order-bearer Yakov Vesnik was shot in June 1937.
  Russia · Rossiyskaya Gazeta

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The Observatory · https://observatory.mgorsky.net/archive/104/