TODAY'S NEWS (January.16.2002 Juche 91)
[CONTENTS] * Cultural society inaugurated in Peru * Rodong Sinmun on global independence * Repeal of "Security Law" urged in S. Korea * New varieties of ferro-alloy developed * Revolutionary hymn "Star of Korea" * Korean literature and art have long history * U.S. urged to opt for its forces' pullback from South Korea * Rodong Sinmun on ten-point programme of great national unity * Credentials to Kim Yong Nam For Spanish-speaking people * origen de literatura y arte * corriente de independencia es indetenible * lo apremiante es retirada de tropas norteamericanas de surcorea ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cultural society inaugurated in Peru Pyongyang, January 16 (KCNA) -- An inaugural ceremony of the Huacho, Peru, cultural society for the study of the Juche idea was held on January 8. Delfina Cano Gonzales, member of the council of Huacho Province, said in an address made at the ceremony that the Juche idea which was founded by President Kim Il Sung and has been developed and enriched by leader Kim Jong Il is a guideline clearly indicating the road for the progressive people in the 21st century to follow to achieve independence and progress. Noting that the Juche idea has been embodied in the Korean-style socialist society centered on the popular masses, he stressed that the Peruvian people can turn their country into an independent, democratic and popular country only when the society deeply studies the Juche idea and widely disseminates it among them. Humberto Barbamitrani, deputy governor of the province, was elected honorary chairman of the society and Delfina Cano Gonzales, a member of the council, chairman at the ceremony. A letter to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the ceremony. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rodong Sinmun on global independence Pyongyang, January 16 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today runs an article on the prospect of global independence in the 21st century. The struggle for global independence is not smooth at all, but the orientation of historic development toward independence and the trend of the times can never change, the paper says, and goes on: Though the international situation remains complicated and the balance of forces changes, the struggle of the people for independence is bound to go on. After the end of the cold war the united states, styling itself as the "only one superpower," left no stone unturned to build a uni-polar world, but big countries and many countries worked hard to prevent any specified power from strengthening its position of domination and monopoly. As a result, the political structure of the world has begun gradually turning into a multi-polar structure. The U.S. remains the main target of the struggle for the global independence in the 21st century. It has persistently pursued its strong-arm strategy to dominate the world by taking advantage of its strategic position unchallenged in the west. That is why it has long been the main target of the struggle of the anti-imperialist forces for independence. After the emergence of the bellicose bush administration the attitude of the U.S. challenging the efforts for multi-polar world and independence of humankind has become more arrogant and reckless than ever before. The U.S. can never stem the trend of the times nor block its development. The U.S. seeks to set up a monopolistic international order of domination and plunder as well as unlimited expansion of market through "globalization," but the moves are bound to meet fiasco. It is the trite method of the imperialists to find a way out of crisis in aggression and war. The moves of the U.S. imperialists are getting all the more pronounced in reckless state terrorism and war of aggression on the plea of "combating terrorism." The Korean people strongly desire to remain a dignified independent people, not slaves. Leader Kim Jong Il's idea of attaching importance to military affairs, army-based policy, is the best and most correct revolutionary idea and political mode that reflect the changed international circumstances and the requirements of the times. The idea and policy that enjoy the support of the world are an all-powerful treasured sword that makes it possible to turn misfortune into a blessing. They are a sure guarantee for the accomplishment of the cause of global independence. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Repeal of "Security Law" urged in S. Korea Pyongyang, January 16 (KCNA) -- 13 organizations under the northwestern district council of trade unions of the Pusan regional headquarters of the (South) Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, an organization of solidarity with the General Student Council of Dong-a University in South Korea, reportedly demanded the repeal of the "Security Law," an evil law against humanity, and a stop to labeling the South Korean federation of university student councils as an "enemy-benefiting organization". In a joint statement on Jan. 11 they said that the "Security Law" brands the desire for an independent world, peace and great unity as "enemy-benefiting act" and the fellow countrymen as "enemy" and incriminates the people. With this immoral law, the anti-reunification conservative forces are seeking their power and comfort, the statement pointed out. Those forces should admit that their days are numbered and step down, it said. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ New varieties of ferro-alloy developed Pyongyang, January 16 (KCNA) -- Vanadium steel and ternary compound ferro-alloy were recently developed in the DPRK. Vanadium steel is high quality steel made of carbon, silicon, vanadium, phosphor and sulfur produced in an electric furnace by the three-stage steel-making method. This ternary compound ferro-alloy contains silicon, calcium and barium. Meanwhile, various ferro-alloy manufacturing methods including a method of producing silicic steel with oxidized calcinated pellets were developed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Revolutionary hymn "Star of Korea" Pyongyang, January 16 (KCNA) -- A revolutionary hymn "Star of Korea" is very popular in the DPRK. This song, the first of its kind dedicated to the leader in Korea, was created in the 1920s by the young communists who held President Kim Il Sung in high esteem as the guiding star of revolution and a central figure for unity. In general, literary works depicting preceding leaders of the working class were produced in the last period of their activities or after their demise. But the song "Star of Korea" was created in the early period of Kim Il Sung's revolutionary activities. It means that the creation of the song was timed to coincide with the start of the revolutionary activities of the president, the leader of the working class. This was something unprecedented in the world history of revolutionary literature. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Korean literature and art have long history Pyongyang, January 16 (KCNA) -- Korean literature and art date back to the primitive age. Unique culture developed in Korea on the basis of its common tradition, language and custom from the primitive age. Conspicuous in the primitive art were songs and dances. Such old Korean documents as "historical records of three kingdoms" and "history of three kingdoms" and such Chinese documents as "historical records," "Chinese literature" and "the chronicles of the three kingdoms" say that the primitive Korean tribes regarded songs and dances as an inseparable part of their life and activities. It is recorded in old Chinese documents such as "literature in late China" that Korean music and dances developed from very remote times and considered as beautiful and were popular in china since 2000 B.C. The major style of the primitive literature were songs and mythological stories. The traces of the primitive myths can be found in mythological stories about the foundation of ancient kingdoms, including "mythological story about Tangun" and "fable of haemosu," and heritages of fables in medieval age. Korea's primitive songs can find their traces in the fact that the "song of tortoise" was carried in the "history of three kingdoms". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U.S. urged to opt for its forces' pullback from South Korea Pyongyang, January 16 (KCNA) -- It is most urgent and important to defuse the tensions on the Korean peninsula in order to achieve durable world peace, observes Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary reiterating the call for the withdrawal of the U.S. forces from South Korea. It goes on: The tensions on the Korean peninsula have been further escalated since the "September 11 incident" in the united states. This is attributable to the U.S. hostile policy towards the DPRK and its military presence in South Korea. The U.S. is to totally blame for the hard-won atmosphere of peace and reunification waning and the tensions increasing from the onset of the new century. The showdown between the DPRK and the U.S. and the north-south confrontation can never be defused nor can peace on the Korean peninsula and global peace and security be guaranteed unless the U.S. drops its hostile policy towards the DPRK and pulls its forces out of South Korea. There is neither reason nor justification for the U.S. to keep its forces in South Korea any longer now that the cold war era is over and the world greeted a new century. The U.S. persistent insistence on its forces' continued presence in South Korea would only more saliently reveal its true colours as the enemy of peace and invite international isolation and self-destruction. The U.S. is well advised to face up to the trend of the times towards independence in the new century and properly understand the mindset of the world people, drop its hostile policy towards the DPRK at an early date and pull its forces out of South Korea. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rodong Sinmun on ten-point programme of great national unity Pyongyang, January 16 (KCNA) --The ten-point programme of the great national unity serves as a highly important guideline, a patriotic banner for national reunification as it indicates a road of achieving the country's independent and peaceful reunification by the efforts of the nation, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article. In the ten-point programme of the great unity of the whole nation published in April Juche 82 (1993) President Kim Il Sung advanced an idea of achieving the great unity of the whole nation regardless of ideology, political system, political views and religious belief for the independent and peaceful reunification of the country and clearly indicated the final goal and ideological basis of the great national unity and principles and ways of achieving the great national unity, the article notes, and goes on: The ten-point programme is a banner of broad-based national unity and reunification that puts into limelight the national demands for independence, the life and soul of the nation, and calls for uniting as one all the people who are concerned about the destiny of the nation and want the reunification of the country. It is a most reasonable and realistic reunification programme for reunification which enables the north and the south of Korea to settle all the issues arising in achieving national unity and reunification in the spirit of mutual respect and concession in the interests of the nation under the conditions where different ideas and systems exist in the two parts of Korea. For its noble idea, profound logic, broad-based nature of the unity and realistic ways of putting it into practice the ten-point programme is a most fair and aboveboard great charter and political platform acceptable to any Korean who loves the country and nation and wants reunification. The Korean people should hold Kim Jong Il in high esteem as a central figure of the leadership and unity and remain true to the ten-point programme of the great unity of the whole nation and the five-point policy of the great national unity. Only then will the great national unity and national reunification come true without fail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Credentials to Kim Yong Nam Pyongyang, January 16 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, received credentials from new iranian ambassador jalaleddin namini mianji at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today. Present there was Kim Yong Il, vice-minister of foreign affairs. Kim Yong Nam had a talk with the ambassador after receiving the credentials. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Spanish-speaking people ------------------------------------------------------------------------ origen de literatura y arte pyongyang, 16 de enero (atcc) -- la literatura y el arte de corea dieron inicio a la epoca primitiva, primer periodo de creacion de cultura de la humanidad. desde aquella epoca en corea se desarrollaba la homogenea cultura a base de la misma sangre, lengua y costumbre. la cancion y el baile eran muy importantes en artes primitivas. los registros historicos de corea y de china transmiten que las tribus primitivas de corea habian considerado canciones y bailes como parte inseparable de su vida y actividades. documentos antiguos de china transmiten que la musica y bailes de corea se habian desarrollado desde la antiguedad y eran muy hermosos y que se habian difundido ampliamente en china desde el ano 2000 antes de nuestra era. la forma principal de la literatura primitiva es canciones y mitos. lo demuestran los patrimonios-narraciones sobre la fundacion de estados antiguos y narraciones medievales. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ corriente de independencia es indetenible pyongyang, 16 de enero (atcc) -- el diario "rodong sinmun" inserto en el numero de hoy un articulo individual referido a la perspectiva de la causa de independencia del mundo en el siglo 21. el articulo senala: la lucha por realizar la causa de independencia del mundo no es tan favorable como el barco con el viento en popa y toda vela, pero son inmutables la direccion del desarrollo de la historia y la tendencia de la epoca a la independencia. por muy complicada que sea la situacion internacional y muy cambiable que sea la correlacion de fuerzas es natural que se prosiga la lucha de los pueblos por la independencia. despues de la guerra fria ee.uu. autodenominandose la "unica superpotencia" maniobro perversamente para establecer el mundo unipolarizado. pero las potencias y otros numerosos paises actuaron animadamente para impedir que se fortalezcan la posicion dominacionista y el derecho exclusivo de una potencia determinada, gracias a lo cual la estructura politica del mundo comenzo a cambiarse paulatinamente por la estructura de multipolarizacion. ee.uu. es objeto de la lucha principal en el cumplimiento de la causa de independencia del mundo en el siglo 21. este pais persiguio abiertamente la estrategia de dominio al mundo a base de sus fuerzas valiendose de su posicion estrategica que toma al ocupar la supremacia absoluta en el mundo occidental. por eso desde hace tiempo que ee.uu. sigue siendo objeto de la lucha principal de las fuerzas independientes antimperialistas. despues de la aparicion de la belicosa administracion bush se torna mas arrogante y temeraria la actitud de ee.uu. de desafiar a la multipolarizacion del mundo y a la causa de independencia de la humanidad. sin embargo, ee.uu. no puede variar el angulo de direccion de la historia ni detener el desarrollo de la epoca. a traves de la "globalizacion" pretende ampliar ilimitadamente el mercado y establecer un orden internacional monoplolista para el dominio y el saqueo, pero le sale el tiro por la culata. los imperialistas tienen el metodo rutinario de encontrar en la agresion y la guerra una salida a su crisis. los imperialistas norteamericanos con el lema de "contraterrorismo" perpetra mas abiertamente el temerario terrorismo estatal y la guerra agresiva. el coreano aspira ardientemente a vivir dignamente como un pueblo independiente. la idea de dar prioridad a los asuntos militares y la politica de priorizacion militar del dirigente kim jong il son la mas ventajosa y poderosa idea revolucionaria y el modo de politica que reflejan la situacion internacional y la demanda de la epoca cambiada de hoy. esta idea y politica con que simpatizan las gentes del mundo son un arma universal para convertir la adversidad en una circunstancia favorable y un mal en beneficio y una firme garantia para el triunfo de la causa de independencia del mundo. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ lo apremiante es retirada de tropas norteamericanas de surcorea pyongyang, 16 de enero (atcc) -- el diario "rodong sinmun" en un comentario de hoy senala que es la tarea mas apremiante e importante aliviar la tirantez en la peninsula coreana a fin de preservar la paz duradera del mundo y vuelve a exigir la retirada de las tropas norteamericanas de surcorea. el comentario se refiere a que se exacerba la tension en la peninsula coreana despues del "incidente del 11 de septiembre" en estados unidos y puntualiza que su causa reside precisamente en la politica de hostilidad a la rpdc de ee. uu. y la presencia de las tropas norteamericanas en surcorea. el comentario senala: se entenebrece el ambiente de la paz y la reunificacion preparado a costa de tantos esfuerzos y vuelve a tornarse tensa la situacion en el nuevo siglo, lo que se debe enteramente a ee. uu.. mientras ee.uu. se obstine en su politica de hostilidad a la rpdc y mantenga sus tropas en surcorea sera imposible que se elimine el estado de confrontacion entre la rpdc y los ee. uu., entre el norte y el sur de corea y que se preserven la paz y la seguridad del mundo para no hablar de la paz de la peninsula coreana. ya ha pasado la epoca de la guerra fria y ha advenido el siglo 21. ee. uu. no tiene motivo ni pretexto para mantener sus tropas en surcorea. cuanto mas se obstine ee. uu. en mantener sus tropas alli tanto mas pondra al desnudo su naturaleza de perturbador de la paz y aproximara su aislamiento internacional y ruina. ee.uu. debe evaluar correctamente la tendencia de la epoca a la independencia y la opinion publica del mundo en el nuevo siglo, abandonar cuanto antes su politica de hostilidad a la rpdc y retriar sus tropas de surcorea. 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