DPRK News March 16
DPRK delegation leaves for India
WPK's emblem
Family of film artistes
Anti-DPRK and anti-Chongryon campaign in Japan denounced
GFTUK denounces Ishihara's anti-DPRK diatribe
Japanese military boss inspects MDL area
KCNA on South Korean authorities' arms buildup
S. Korean "people's government" blasted
U.S. troop pullout called for
Preparatory committees formed to commemorate Sun's Day
FOR SPANISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE
DPRK delegation leaves for India
Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the General Federation of
Trade Unions of Korea led by
Ryom Sun Gil, chairman of its central committee, left here today to
participate in the 14th congress of the World
Federation of Trade Unions to be held in India.
It was seen off at the Pyongyang railway station by Ri Jin Su,
vice-chairman of the federation, and V.
Raghunathan, charge d'affaires ad interim of the Indian embassy here.
WPK's emblem
Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- The emblem of the Worker's Party of Korea
is a hammer and a sickle
standing crossed with a writing brush in between. A hammer symbolizes the
working class, a sickle farmers and a
writing brush working intellectuals.
The emblem is associated with the noble intention and immortal
leadership feats of the President Kim Il Sung
who regarded intellectuals as well as workers and farmers as the motive
force of the revolution.
In those days of realizing the cause of building a mass political party
after the liberation of the country in August
Juche 34 (1945), the President initiated the work to make the party emblem
and assigned the officials concerned to
its design making.
Their initial design depicted a worker with a hammer in his hand and a
farmer at plowing. A smelter holding a
metal rod was also depicted.
The President examined the draft design of the party emblem and said it
was necessary to depict a worker, a
farmer and an intellectual. He instructed that it would be better to
portray a hammer to represent a worker, a sickle to
mean a farmer and a writing brush to represent an intellectual our own way.
A few days later the officials showed him a design in which a hammer
was standing upright and a sickle and a
writing brush were depicted on its right side.
After examining the design, he said that a hammer, a sickle and a
writing brush should be depicted in such a
way as to show the first two standing crossed from the middle of the stem
of the writing brush in order to symbolize
the unity and cohesion of the working masses of Korea including the
workers, farmers and working intellectuals.
He also said that the emblem would look nice if a writing brush was placed
slightly higher than the other two while a
hammer was put on the left side and a sickle on the right. He added that
placing a writing brush a little higher would
mean that every worker and farmer should acquire rich knowledge and culture
in the future to greatly contribute to
building a rich and strong, civilized, independent and sovereign state.
The WPK's emblem thus came into being under his meticulous guidance.
This party emblem is also inscribed on the flag of the WPK.
Family of film artistes
Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- People's Artiste O Hyang Mun, 79, at the
Korean Film Studio is a broad
favorite of the public with a nearly 30-year-long career of dubbing-in
recital. He is far better known by his voice
than by his face.
Originally a drama actor, he earned a speedy appeal because of the
distinctive charm of his voice and intonation.
Later he was taken on by the Korean Film Studio and had since been
preoccupied with dubbing imported foreign
films.
His premiere cue was the dubbing-in for the leading character of the
former Soviet feature film "King Lear".
Then followed similar roles for over 1,000 foreign films such as the
soviet films "17 Moments In Spring" and
"The Story of Office".
His idiosyncratic recital carries the audience away when it comes to
his role for young actors.
His impressive dubbing-in for the soviet film "At the Mercy of Fate",
the Chinese film "Zhou Enlai" and the
Indian film "Lawyer and Son" came when the was well over 60.
He is granted special favors by the government.
His prowess of acting and recital passed on to his two sons and two
daughters, all of whom are on the active
list of the film world.
The eldest daughter O Mi Ran is one of film stars. She succeeded her
father as a drama actress until Juche 67
(1978) when she made her film-starring debut in "Up Go the Fireworks". She
took a fancy to literature from
childhood and was endowed with artistic accomplishments derived from her
father. She creditably played major and
minor roles for widely divergent characters and occupations and soon
established herself as People's Artiste.
Her younger brothers, O Song Chol and O Song Jun, and sister O Kum Ran
are up-and-coming actors and
actress.
O Hyang Mun is wont to say:
"You must take over not only our family's film tradition but also the
lineage of Korean movie".
Anti-DPRK and anti-Chongryon campaign in Japan denounced
Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- Japanese right-wing organizations drove
three loudspeaker vans separately to
the Korean hall of the General Association of the Korean Residents in Japan
(Chongryon) on March 11 and kicked
up a fuss slandering the DPRK and Chongryon over what they called
"kidnapping issue" and "food aid."
Minju Joson today in a signed commentary dismisses this row as an
intolerable insult to the dignity and
authority of the DPRK and Chongryon.
This was a premeditated provocation which was committed with the
support and connivance of the Japanese
reactionary ruling quarters, the commentary says, and goes on:
The Japanese ultra right reactionaries, displeased with forthcoming
inter-governmental full-dress talks between
Japan and the DPRK, are dead-set against the establishment of diplomatic
relations between the two countries.
They instigated right-wing gangsters to kick up the recent Rowdyism in
a bid to foment the anti-DPRK and
anti-Chongryon feelings and chill the talks.
There is no need to sit face to face with the one who carries a dagger
in his belt.
If Japan truly wants the talks with the DPRK and the establishment of
diplomatic relations, it should drop its
wild ambition to reinvade Korea, immediately halt the anti-DPRK campaign
and honestly repent of its past wrongs
and fully compensate for them. Japan should apologize for the recent
gangsterism and punish those responsible for
it.
GFTUK denounces Ishihara's anti-DPRK diatribe
Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- The spokesman for the central committee
of the General Federation of Trade
Unions of Korea (GFTUK) in a statement issued yesterday bitterly denounced
the anti-DPRK diatribe of Shintaro
Ishihara and warned the Japanese reactionaries to ponder over what
irrevocable consequences his reckless remarks
will bring to Japan.
He said:
We can never remain a passive onlooker to the fact that such a
militarist as Ishihara, who let loose a bellicose
blast insulting the DPRK again instead of liquidating the past wrongdoings
against Korea, is swaggering as Tokyo
metropolitan governor.
The GFTUK central committee expresses the expectation that progressive
trade unions and working people of
Japan will oust the militaristic warmongers such as Shintaro Ishihara from
the political circles and wage a vigorous
struggle to prevent Japan from reviving as a harasser of peace in Asia and
the rest of the world and an aggressor.
Japanese military boss inspects MDL area
Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- No sooner had Yuji Fujinawa, chairman of
the joint chiefs of staff of Japan,
stepped in South Korea on March 14 than he "inspected" the area along the
Military Demarcation Line, according to
a foreign news report.
He will "inspect" units of the "navy" and "air force" of South Korea
and hold talks with the "Minister of
Defence" and the "chairman of the joint chiefs of staff" of South Korea
during his stay till March 17, the report said.
This is a very ill-boding movement, which shows the Japanese
militarists have placed South Korea in the zone
of their operations within the framework of the aggressive U.S.-Japan-South
Korea triangular military alliance.
KCNA on South Korean authorities' arms buildup
Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- The "Ministry of Defence" of South Korea
recently had a press briefing on
the projected introduction of large attack helicopters.
According to it, "Apache" helicopters will be introduced in 2004 and
more than 2,000 billion won be expected
to be spent for this.
This is an indication that the South Korean warmongers continue putting
spurs to arms buildup behind the
curtain of "detente" and "engagement".
Recently they unrolled a plan to purchase unmanned attack planes,
ship-to-ship missiles, large submarines and
other latest attack means and war equipment.
South Korea has thus become the third biggest importer of arms in the
world.
Not content with this, they plan to purchase again large attack
helicopter "Apache" which is called "the army's
core combat force for air strike" and a "flying tank". Needless to say, it
is designed for an air strike at the north.
Whenever an opportunity presents itself, they talk about "detente" and
"reconciliation." But this is a
window-dressing to cover up their black-hearted intention. Their real
intention is to have a military edge over the
north in a bid to contain it.
They should cancel their madcap arms purchase plan at once, clearly
mindful that their northward invasion will
lead them to self-destruction.
S. Korean "people's government" blasted
Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- It is two years since the present South
Korean chief executive installed what
he called "people's government".
These years are recorded with many indelible crimes against the country
and the nation. It was the biggest crime
committed by the present "government" that it sold off the independence of
the nation.
The chief executive of South Korea claimed that "his victory in the
Presidential Election was a victory for the
United States" and asserted that the U.S. troops "should remain in South
Korea even after the reunification."
When the issue of apology and compensation for GIs' brutal mass
killings during the Korean War (June
1950-july 1953) was raised, he simply asked his U.S. master to make a
"joint investigation", talking about "friendly
relations with the U.S."
He set a "new record" in terms of pro-Japanese treacheries.
He repeatedly invited Akihito, a symbol of Japanese militarism, to
visit South Korea, calling him "Emperor".
He displayed his skill as a pro-Japanese traitor when he flung the door
open to Japanese pop culture which his
predecessors dared not do and abolished the "system of diversified channel
of import."
The "economic reform" intended to "handle foreign exchange crisis"
turned out to be a "campaign to sell South
Korea". As a result, businesses, banks and land fell into the hands of
foreigners.
At least 53,000 enterprises went bankrupt owing to the "layoff" and
"restructuring", products of the anti-social
rule.
South Korean foreign indebtedness has hit the 170 billion dollar mark.
The gap between the rich and the poor is further widening despite the
noisy advertisement about "combating
corruption and irregularities." At least 13 million people are below the
poverty rate. The number of jobless and
homeless people is 12 times that before the present rulers' coming into power.
The two years of the "people's government" are characterized by its
escalated moves for division and
confrontation as it has thrown a wet blanket over the ardent desire of the
nation for reunification and increased the
danger of war.
As long as the "people's" ruling quarters are allowed to stay in power,
it is impossible to regain the dignity and
sovereignty of the nation trampled underfoot by outside forces or achieve
the reunification of the country. Nor is it
possible for the South Korean people to enjoy a worthy life and for the
whole nation to avoid the disasters of war.
U.S. troop pullout called for
Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- Brian Becker, member of the secretariat
of the Workers World Party of the
United States, at a press interview held in Pyongyang before his departure
from the DPRK, denounced the U.S. for
having committed crimes against the Korean people.
He said that his visit to the Sinchon Museum during his stay in the
DPRK offered a good opportunity to know
well about the thrice-cursed mass killings of peaceable people committed by
the U.S. during the Korean War.
The United States which is chiefly responsible for the division of
Korea keeps almost 40,000 troops in South
Korea, staging various war maneuvers and mercilessly killing innocent
people, he noted.
He demanded the U.S. troops be withdrawn from South Korea at once,
taking their lethal weapons with them.
He stressed that the workers world party of the United States would in
the future, too, conduct a more vigorous
solidarity campaign condemning the U.S. administration's moves to
perpetuate the division of Korea and calling for
the withdrawal of the U.S. troops from South Korea.
Preparatory committees formed to commemorate Sun's Day
Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- Preparatory committees of the Central
Association of Korean Nationals in
Russia and the United Confederation of Koreans in the Far East were formed
on March 10 to commemorate Sun's
Day, the birth anniversary of the President Kim Il Sung.
The committees set the period from March 10 to April 15 for
commemoration and decided to hold multifarious
events including a retrospective meeting.
For Spanish-speaking people
ha de ser puesto fin a aumento armamentista, comentario de atcc
pyongyang, 16 de marzo (atcc) -- recientemente el "ministerio de
defensa nacional" de sudcorea celebro una
reunion de explicacion oficial para la introduccion de helicopteros de
ataque de gran tamano.
segun la explicacion, se preve invertir mas de dos billones de wones
para introducir el ano 2004 los helicopteros
"apache".
esto es un ejemplo que prueba que los belicistas surcoreanos dan
espuelas al aumento armamentista real detras
de la cortina de "distension" y "compromiso".
en estos tiempos las autoridades surcoreanas se proponen introducir de
los paises extranjeros el avion de ataque
sin piloto, misil buque-buque, submarino de gran tamano y otros medios
ultramodernos de ataque y equipos
militares.
hoy dia las autoridades surcoreanas ocupan el tercer lugar en el mundo
en la compra de armas.
esta vez las autoridades surcoreanas vuelven a introducir los
helicopteros "apache" que se llaman "medios
medulares de ataque aereo de las fuerzas terrestres" y "tanque en vuelo".
eso sin duda alguna es para atacar en el
espacio aereo la rpd de corea.
en diversas ocasiones las autoridades surcoreanas hablan de la
"distension" y "reconciliacion", pero eso no pasa
de ser un rotulo para encubrir su negra intencion de aplastarnos con la
superioridad militar.
las autoridades surcoreanas deben darse clara cuenta de que la agresion
a la rpdc es precisamente su
autodestruccion y poner fin de inmediato a la adquisicion de armas.
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