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DPRK News May 21
Greetings to Russian Prime Minister
GIs' bombing exercises assailed
Root cause of disasters
Exhibition held in Kwangju
Moves for retrogressive revision of "law on assembly and demonstration"
Letter thrust to "Chongwadae" by people's movement
Japan's support to "December 12 army purge coup" disclosed
Withdrawal of U.S. forces from S. Korea urged
Three-point charter for Korea's reunification supported
Investigation into radioactive contamination by U.S. troops starts
Thorough probe into depleted uranium bullets called for
U.S. ulterior intention slammed
Japan's fuss about "kidnapping" refuted
Traitors' ridiculous farce assailed
Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's start of his work at WPK commemorated
For Spanish-speaking people.
Greetings to Russian Prime Minister
Pyongyang, May 21 (KCNA) -- Hong Song Nam, premier of the DPRK cabinet,
sent a message of greetings to
Mikhail Mikhailovich Kasiyanov on his appointment as Russian Prime Minister.
The message expressed belief that the traditional friendly and
cooperative relations between the two countries
would further expand and develop in the interests of the two peoples, and
sincerely wished him new success in his
responsible work for the economic stability of the country and welfare of
the people.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun sent a message of greetings to
Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov on his
reappointment as Russian Foreign Minister.
GIs' bombing exercises assailed
Pyongyang, May 21 (KCNA) -- The U.S. aggressor forces dropped 6
500-pound bombs called "MK 82" over the
firing range in the sea off Maehyang-ri, Ujong-myon, Hwasong county,
Kyonggi Province of South Korea, on May
8, leaving eleven villagers seriously injured and destroying at least 200
dwelling houses.
The spokesman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the
Fatherland released a statement on May 20
condemning this bombing exercise as an unpardonable criminal act to disturb
peace and stability on the Korean
peninsula and an unbearable humiliation and insult to the South Korean people.
The statement goes on:
The U.S. aggressors built a firing range covering 7,190,000 Phyong (one
Phyong equals six square feet) in the
land and sea off Maehyang-ri in 1955, where they staged strafing and
bombing exercises for 60 hours every week and
used even depleted uranium shells.
Their recent drop of live bombs that did serious damage to inhabitants
of Maehyang-ri once again proves that they
are ferocious warmongers who are keen only on aggression and war, utterly
indifferent to the destiny and interests of
the South Korean people, and a gang of robbers without an equal in the world.
Noting that the U.S. is the thrice-cursed sworn enemy of the Korean
people, the statement called for mercilessly
punishing the aggressors.
Root cause of disasters
Pyongyang, May 21 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary
condemns the U.S. forces'
bombing exercise that did serious damage to inhabitants in Maehyang-ri,
Hwasong county, Kyonggi Province of
South Korea.
It goes on:
Some days ago, a U.S. air force fighter "A-10" dropped 6 live bombs "MK
82" over an area 500 m west of the
firing range, injuring several civilians and destroying hundreds of
dwelling houses.
It is shameless of brass hats of the U.S. troops and South Korean
authorities to assert that the bomb-dropping was
an accident, the commentary notes, and goes on:
What should not be overlooked is that the U.S. troops staged in
Maehyang-ri even an exercise of firing depleted
uranium shells whose production and use are internationally banned.
The U.S. aggressor troops do not hesitate to inflict losses on the
South Korean people's lives and properties in
their bid to achieve their sinister aggressive aim. They are sworn enemy of
the South Korean people.
They should thoroughly probe the truth behind all brutal acts committed
by the U.S. to this day, including their
mass killings during the Korean War and massacre in Kwangju, severely
punish the criminals and force them to
compensate for them.
The hateful aggressor troops should be forced to go back to their den
at once. This is the only way for the South
Korean people to escape disasters.
Exhibition held in Kwangju
Pyongyang, May 21 (KCNA) -- The "National Press Cartoonist Association"
held an "exhibition on May 18
Uprising" from May 16 in the area of the cemetery of May 18 uprisers in
Kwangju on the occasion of the 20th
anniversary of the heroic Kwangju Popular Uprising, according to a paper of
South Korea.
On display there were more than 30 cartoons on the May 18 movement for
democracy in Kwangju including
oeuvres calling for probe into the truth behind the Kwangju mass killings
and the reinstatement of resistance fighters.
Among the works on display were cartoons ridiculing Chun Doo Hwan and
Roh Tae Woo, former military fascist
dictators.
Meanwhile, the members of this association are planning to hold a
Kwangju seminar to mark the 20th anniversary
of the movement for democracy in Kwangju.
Moves for retrogressive revision of "law on assembly and demonstration"
Pyongyang, May 21 (KCNA) -- The central committee of the Kim Il Sung
Socialist Youth League issued a
statement yesterday denouncing the South Korean authorities' recent moves
to render the "law on assembly and
demonstration" more fascist.
Recalling that the South Korean authorities are going to make a
retrogressive revision of the "law on assembly and
demonstration" by adding to it provisions which call for ruling out the
participation in rallies of the organization which
has previous records of staging a "radical violent demonstration" and newly
instituting "rules for punishment of
violators," the statement dismissed this as a fascist step to stamp out the
democratic freedom and rights of the South
Korean people and suppress the activities of the progressive movement
organizations.
The statement continued:
The nation should never overlook the South Korean fascist authorities'
moves to trample down elementary
democratic freedom and rights of the South Korean people by rendering the
evil law unprecedented in the world more
fascist.
The South Korean authorities should renounce such moves at once if they
do not want to meet a stronger
resistance of the youth and students and people of South Korea.
The statement expressed militant solidarity to all the patriotic
fighting organizations and students and the people
from all walks of life including the South Korean Federation of University
Student Councils in their struggle to
thoroughly frustrate the moves for the retrogressive revision of the
fascist law and achieve independence and
democratization of the South Korean society.
Letter thrust to "Chongwadae" by people's movement
Pyongyang, May 21 (KCNA) -- The people's movement for the revision of
the shackling "ROK-U.S. status of
forces agreement" thrust a letter to "Chongwadae" on May 17, a Seoul based
radio reported.
The letter demanded the South Korean "government" authorities take the
lead in the campaign to force the U.S.
troops to apologize for their use of depleted uranium shells and dismantle
a firing range in Maehyang-ri.
Accusing the U.S. forces of their refusal to make apology and plan to
pay any compensation for their crimes of
wounding villagers and destroying hundreds of dwelling houses by their
reckless bombing exercises, the movement
insisted that the "government" should come out to demand the U.S. forces
side apologize and compensate for the
damage.
Japan's support to "December 12 army purge coup" disclosed
Pyongyang, May 21 (KCNA) -- Professor Pak Sun Won of the Center for the
Study of World issues of Yonsei
University in Seoul in his paper released on May 18 disclosed the fact that
the Japanese government actively backed
Chun Doo Hwan during the "December 12 army purge coup" in 1979, according
to Yonhap News of South Korea.
At that time Japan informed Chun Doo Hwan of "possible sign of invasion
of the south by the north" and this
information was badly needed by him to justify the "coup" staged by him,
the professor said.
The professor cited as evidence testimonies and recorded conversation
of Ryozo Sunobe, the then Japanese
ambassador to South Korea, and other Japanese officials.
The Ohira cabinet provided military information about "imminent north's
invasion of south" in January 1980 to
Chun five times as it did in early December 1979. Such information helped
Chun Doo Hwan and his followers defuse
political tensions with the U.S. to a certain extent, he added.
Withdrawal of U.S. forces from S. Korea urged
Pyongyang, May 21 (KCNA) -- A co-representative of the International
Action Center, a non-governmental
organization for peace of the U.S. called for the withdrawal of the U.S.
forces from South Korea when he was
attending the 2000 international peace meeting for independence against
imperialism held in Seoul on May 18 to
commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Kwangju resistance and the half
centenary of the Korean War under the
co-sponsorship of the "National Alliance for Democracy and Reunification"
and the National Alliance for the Country's
Reunification, according to a South Korean press report.
Referring to his tour of a firing range of the U.S. air force in
Maehyang-ri, Hwasong county, Kyonggi Province,
he denounced the U.S. forces for such crimes as killing villagers and
destroying dwelling houses.
Expressing deep sympathy with the bitter anger of the South Korean
people at GIs' massacres, he assured the
attendants that back to the U.S. He would tell Americans about GIs'
atrocities in South Korea and urge the
administration to bring criminals of the U.S. forces to a court and
compensate and apologize for them.
Three-point charter for Korea's reunification supported
Pyongyang, May 21 (KCNA) -- Political parties and organizations of
different countries participated in the
international signature campaign for supporting the three-point charter of
Korea's reunification from May 1 to 15.
The signature paper was signed by the general secretary of the People's
Progressive Party of Guyana, the
secretary of the Pwani committee of the Revolutionary Party of Tanzania,
the chairman of the Tanzanian National
Coordinating Committee of the Juche Idea Study Groups and the chairman of
the Trinidad and Tobago-DPRK
Friendship and Solidarity Association on behalf of their party and
organization members.
Investigation into radioactive contamination by U.S. troops starts
Pyongyang, May 21 (KCNA) -- The Federation of the Environmental
Movement started its investigation into
radioactive contamination in a village near the U.S. air force's firing
range in Maehyang-ri, Hwasong county, Kyonggi
Province, from May 17, according to a radio report from Seoul.
Investigators are receiving reports on strafing exercises staged by the
U.S. air force and the birth of deformed
babies.
They decided on May 18 to pick samples of soil around the firing range,
shells and bullets in the range to detect
radioactive contamination.
Thorough probe into depleted uranium bullets called for
Pyongyang, May 21 (KCNA) -- Wilson, member of the U.S. Anti-War Peace
Movement, at a press conference
held in the office of the "National Alliance for Democracy and
Reunification" in Seoul on May 18 repeatedly testified to
the possible use of depleted uranium shells in Maehyang-ri, and held that
the existence of these shells which May be
called "mini-a bombs" in South Korea should be called into question,
according to South Korean Yonhap News.
At the conference held to refute the assertion of the U.S. forces
command in South Korea denying the use of those
shells in Maehyang-ri he recalled the pentagon in a statement of its
spokesman on August 15, 1997 admitted its
deployment of those shells in South Korea after its total removal from its
Okinawa base between 1995 and 1996.
He added that he could not believe the U.S. forces' assertion that the
shells marked with BDU discovered in
Maehyang-ri were for training purpose.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the Committee of Measures for the
Compensation for Damage Done To Inhabitants In
Maehyang-ri who was also present there, said that the structure of depleted
uranium shells is quite identical to those
found in Maehyang-ri, adding these shells structurally make double
explosion and he used to hearing double explosion
for more than ten years when a U.S. A-10 plane fired live shells. He
strongly demanded a thorough probe into the
truth behind their use.
U.S. ulterior intention slammed
Pyongyang, May 21 (KCNA) -- Some time ago, the United States announced
a plan to build a radar base in
Alaska as part of its projected "National Missile Defense." Meanwhile, it
plans to launch a missile-warning satellite.
It was against this backdrop that the U.S. state secretary recently
argued that the establishment of "missile defense"
system should be accelerated to cope with the "missile threat" by the DPRK.
Commenting on it, Rodong Sinmun today says:
It is not the United States but the DPRK which is exposed to actual
threat. The U.S. has no justification to step up
the establishment of the "missile defense" system.
Nevertheless, it calls for accelerated development and deployment of
such system allegedly to cope with the
"threat" from the DPRK. This call was prompted by its ulterior intention to
hold monopoly over nuclear-tipped missiles
and thus contain big powers calling for multipolarization of the world and
put into practice its "unipolar world"
strategy, the strategy for domination over the world.
Such moves of the United States are inviting a strong opposition not
only from Russia and china but from
European countries, the commentary notes, and goes on:
The U.S. has dreamed up the theory of "missile threat" from the DPRK in
a bid to establish the "missile defense"
system at any cost and contain big powers such as Russia and china and thus
realize its strategy of world supremacy.
It should clearly know that the DPRK's "missile threat" can never be
any pretext nor a bargaining chip.
Japan's fuss about "kidnapping" refuted
Pyongyang, May 21 (KCNA) -- The Japanese reactionaries are persistently
raising a hue and cry over "abduction
of Japanese" by the DPRK.
Dismissing it, Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary says:
Such argument is intended to justify Japan's moves to do harm to and
stifle the DPRK and, for the present, draw
water to its mill in the forthcoming DPRK-Japan talks.
As far as the issue of "abduction" is concerned, it is nothing but an
anti-DPRK diatribe that has no credibility.
Preoccupied with hostility toward the DPRK, the Japanese reactionaries
have repeated this fiction fabricated by the
South Korean rulers to drive a wedge between the DPRK and Japan.
Japan has no face to take issue with the DPRK over "abduction." On the
contrary, the DPRK has ample reason to
square accounts with Japan. In the past the Japanese imperialists abducted
and forcibly drafted over six million
Koreans and kidnapped or walked away nearly 200,000 Korean women to reduce
them to sex slaves for the "imperial
army," most of whom were killed or reduced to cripples.
Japan, arch kidnapper, is seriously mistaken if it seeks to gloss over
such crimes and evade the settlement of its
past by raising the issue of "abduction of Japanese."
Japan should behave itself, clearly judging which of the two options is
beneficial to it, repenting of its past and
improving relations with the DPRK or maintaining the present abnormal
relations. It is well advised to concentrate
efforts on preventing kidnapping which takes place so often at home,
instead of repeating such fiction of "abduction of
Japanese" by the DPRK.
Japan should make every possible effort to mend all its past crimes of
abduction and take a right approach to the
talks with the DPRK.
Traitors' ridiculous farce assailed
Pyongyang, May 21 (KCNA) -- Minju Joson today in a signed commentary
slammed the recent ridiculous farce of
"erecting" the bust of the traitor Syngman Rhee in the main building of the
"National Assembly" of South Korea.
It goes on:
This is an unbearable mockery of the April 19 uprisers who fought for
new politics and a new society free from
dictatorship and fascism, a challenge to the South Korean people and all
other fellow countrymen and an unpardonable
criminal act to turn back the wheel of history.
Syngman Rhee was a wicked traitor to the nation and ferocious dictator
who was engrossed in treacherous acts as
a U.S. stooge. That was why the South Korean people rose in a popular
uprising in April 1960 and brought his statue
down by using a rope.
40 years have passed since then. Yet, the South Korean authorities are
trying to call back his ghost by "erecting"
his bust. This is little short of the intention to commit the same
anti-national, flunkeyist and treacherous crimes as he
did.
If they follow in his footsteps, praising him, they will not escape
stronger condemnation from the people and a
shameful end, it warns.
Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's start of his work at WPK commemorated
Pyongyang, May 21 (KCNA) -- Friendly meeting, film show and photo
exhibition were held in the Czech
Republic, Tanzania and Malaysia from May 13 to 16 on the occasion of the
36th anniversary of the great leader Kim
Jong Il's start of his work at the Central Committee of the Worker's Party
of Korea.
The participants enjoyed Korean films such as "The Great Leader Comrade
Kim Jong Il Gives On-the-spot
Guidance To Different Domains" and looked round pictures showing great
achievements made under his leadership.
The chairman of the Mt. Paektu Czech-Korean Friendship Association said
at the friendly meeting that the WPK,
which regards the Juche idea founded by President Kim Il Sung as its
guiding idea, has been further strengthened
organizationally and ideologically and achieved great successes in the
revolution and construction since Kim Jong Il
started his work at the WPK Central Committee.
The chairman of the state permanent survey committee of Tanzania
stressed that the Korean people will surely
build a powerful socialist nation under the outstanding leadership of Kim
Jong Il.
For Spanish-speaking people
cambio de tierra de provincia de phyong-an de norte
pyongyang, 20 de mayo (atcc) -- la tierra de la provincia de phyong-an
del norte en la republica popular
democratica de corea se ha renovado radicalmente.
se han ordenado mas de 50 mil hectareas de tierra. en este curso mas de
531 mil 340 parcelas se han convertido en
149 mil 380 estandarizadas.
mas de 13 mil 600 km de linderos de arrozales y 289 km de canales
desaparecieron y mas de 3 360 charcos se
rellenaron para obtener miles de hectareas de tierra cultivable.
en los arrozales y campos de secano estandarizados se instalaron miles
de instalaciones de riego y drenaje y otras
estructuras de distintas clases. la construccion de las carreteras se hizo
conveniente a la mecanizacion de las faenas
agricolas. las carreteras extendidas transversal y longitudinalmente se
alargaron 289 km mas que antes.
esta enorme obra de geotransformacion de la provincia de phyong-an del
norte que siguio al cambio de la tierra de
kangwon se llevo a feliz termino durante 5 meses y pico enteramente gracias
al gran proposito y la gran y audaz
operacion del gran dirigente kim jong il.
en el verano del ano pasado este fue a la provincia de phyong-an del
norte donde definio prioridades de arreglo de
tierra y en el enero ultimo volvio a dirigirla para este fin.
dio indicaciones detalladas con respecto al problema de hacer con
intrepidez, gran ambicion y vista al futuro el
ordenamiento de tierra, el de obtener mas tierra labrantia, utilizar
racionalmente equipos y materiales en las faenas
agricolas, rellenar charcos y construir de modo ordenado canales y
carreteras, el de suministrar materiales necesarios
para la construccion de estructuras en la tierra cultivable nuevamente
arreglada e hizo cumplirlos con el metodo de
combate de aniquilamiento.
los militares del ejercito popular de corea, los constructores de
tierra de cada provincia y los trabajadores de
distintos sectores de la provincia de phyong-an del norte se levantaron
como un solo hombre para cumplir con rapidez
la gran obra de geotransformacion para hacer mas rico y poderoso el pais.
pese a escasez de todos los materiales, con el fervoroso patriotismo,
heroismo masivo y abnegacion cumplieron
con anticipacion en 103 por ciento hasta 10 de mayo ultimo esta enorme tarea.
en las llanuras cooperativistas de unjon de 40 km, pakchon, ryongchon y
handre dispuestas de fisonomia propia
de la tierra del estado socialista estan en su apogeo los preparativos para
transplante de retonos de arroz.
fgsc denuncia enmienda en peor de "ley sobre concentracion y manifestacion"
pyongyang, 20 de mayo (atcc) -- el comite central de la federacion
general de los sindicatos de corea (fgsc) publico
el dia 19 una declaracion denunciando la enmienda en peor de la "ley sobre
la concentracion y la manifestacion" en
corea del sur.
la declaracion senala:
el "agencia de policia" del sur de corea al calificar de "actos de
perturbacion al orden publico" la ceremonia y el
mitin de decision para la huelga general de los obreros, campesinos y
jovenes estudiantes en ocasion del primero de
mayo trata de enmendar en peor la actual "ley sobre la concentracion y la
manifestacion" con nuevos articulos malignos
de hacer obligatoria "la exclusion de la participacion en la concentracion
de las organizaciones con antecedentes de
manifestacion violenta", establecer los "reglamentos de castigo a los
violadores" y otras cosas.
esto constituye un imperdonable desafio a las masas obreras del sur de
corea quienes despliegan la justa lucha por
el derecho a la existencia y la libertad democratica.
el cc de la fgsc denuncia severamente tal emnienda en peor
calificandola de imperdonable acto criminal
antidemocratico tendente a bloquear por completo las actividades de los
sindicatos legitimos y pisotear todas las
libertades y derechos democraticos de los obreros en el sur de corea.
la enmienda en peor de esa ley parte de la maligna intencion de detener
huelga general de los obreros y la lucha
solidaria de los jovenes estudiantes del sur de corea que se desplegaran en
un tamano mayor que antes y de reprimir
cruelmente la lucha antiyanki y antifascista de los habitantes de distintos
sectores.
las autoridades surcoreanas deben renunciar de inmediato su politica
antipopular de trabajo y la enmienda fascista
de la "ley sobre la concentracion y la manifestacion".
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