Dispatches from Others, 14-Oct-26 Official news of the last 7 days, as each government tells its own people. Stories read: 71 North Korea, 101 Eritrea, 328 Iran, 821 Russia. OUR COUNTRY AGAINST THE WORLD * South Korea's sanctions-exemption bid for medical aid is a sovereignty violation, says Kim Yo Jong KCNA reports Kim Yo Jong calling South Korea's May request to the UN sanctions committee for medical equipment an insult and infringement of sovereignty. North Korea · KCNA: Important news * Ethiopia's ruling Prosperity Party openly declares war on Eritrea, Shabait says Shabait reports Ethiopia's Prosperity Party wrote to the UN Security Council openly declaring war on Eritrea. Eritrea · Shabait * Holding enemies of this land accountable for war damage to environment is necessary, says Araghchi IRNA reports Foreign Minister Araghchi, at the 'Ecocide; the Silent Crime' conference, saying holding enemies accountable is undeniable necessity. Iran · IRNA * Western seizures of civilian ships are reviving piracy and destabilizing the world, says Zakharova Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says Western seizures of civilian vessels on the high seas effectively revive piracy, destabilizing the world. Russia · Rossiyskaya Gazeta OUR YOUTH HAPPY ABOUT OUR COUNTRY * Youth and students dance in joy at Pyongyang gala for Party's 81st anniversary KCNA reports youth and students danced at Kim Il Sung Square for the Workers' Party's 81st anniversary, pledging loyalty to Kim Jong Un. North Korea · KCNA: Domestic news * Central Region schools award students who scored above 90 percent on national exam Haddas Ertra reports Fré-Selam and Bahti-Meskerem junior schools in Central Region awarded medals to 77 and 52 students scoring above 90 percent. Eritrea · Haddas Ertra * Over 70 choirs sing in Semnan's first youth festival in three decades IRNA reports over 70 choir groups competed at Semnan's youth choir program, held for the first time in three decades. Iran · IRNA * First Buddhist youth association in Russia formed in Buryatia, with about 85 members Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports that Buryatia has set up Russia's first Buddhist youth association, which head Alexey Tsydenov backed and which has about 85 members. Russia · Rossiyskaya Gazeta OUR LEADERS ARE GREAT * Writers Alliance enters new heyday under Kim Jong Un's energetic leadership, on 80th anniversary KCNA reports that the Korean Writers Alliance marked its 80th anniversary, with Kim Jong Un credited with guiding its new heyday of Juche literature. North Korea · KCNA: Domestic news * Pezeshkian has followed Red Crescent work more closely than any president before him, says society head IRNA reports Red Crescent head Pirhossein Koulivand says no president has followed the Society's work as closely as Masoud Pezeshkian. Iran · IRNA * Putin and Trump's diesel deal gives hope for the better, with 300,000 tons shipped first Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports Putin and Trump agreed Russia will supply diesel to world markets, starting with 300,000 tons, under a temporary US sanctions waiver. Russia · Rossiyskaya Gazeta THE PEOPLE MOBILISED * Dozens of South Phyongan youth volunteer for difficult sectors of socialist construction KCNA reports that dozens of youth in South Phyongan Province volunteered for coal mine shock brigades and mountain road squads, among other construction sectors. North Korea · KCNA: Social life * Alborz crowds fill streets in solidarity with armed forces and Resistance Front According to IRNA, people in Karaj, Alborz Province, rallied again on Tuesday night in support of the Resistance Front and the armed forces. Iran · IRNA * Over 88,000 Voronezh residents join cleanup, removing 138 rubbish heaps across the oblast Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports that over 88,000 people took part in Voronezh Oblast's cleanup, removing 138 piles of garbage and planting 3,500 trees and shrubs. Russia · Rossiyskaya Gazeta --- The Observatory · https://observatory.mgorsky.net/archive/115/