DPRK News April 10
North-south agreement
Kim Jong Il inspects KPA unit no.1311
Indonesia-DPRK Friendship Association formed
Foreign and overseas Korean artistes arrive
Foreigners arrive to attend IIJI meeting
Chinese art troupe gives performance
Strengthened south-south cooperation called for
18th April Spring Friendship Art Festival opens
Greetings to Indonesian Foreign Minister
Yang Hyong Sop meets Indonesian delegation
For Spanish-speaking people
North-south agreement
Pyongyang, April 10 (KCNA) -- The north and the south of Korea, reaffirming
the three principles of national reunification clarified in the historic
July 4 North-South Joint Statement, reached an agreement aimed at
accelerating national reconciliation and unity, exchange and cooperation,
peace and reunification. The agreement says:
At the request of President Kim Dae Jung, he will visit Pyongyang from June
12 to 14, 2000.
In Pyongyang a historic meeting between Kim Jong Il, General Secretary of
the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the DPRK National Defence
Commission, and President Kim Dae Jung will take place and inter-Korean
summit talks will be held. Both sides decided to have a preliminary contact
to discuss precedural matters in the near day of April.
The agreement was signed by Song Ho Gyong, vice-chairman of the Korean
Asian and Pacific Peace Committee of the north side on behalf of the will
of the highest authority and Pak Ji Won, minister of culture and tourism of
the south side on behalf of the will of the highest authority.
Kim Jong Il inspects KPA unit no.1311
Pyongyang, April 10 (KCNA) - General Secretary Kim Jong Il inspected unit
no.1311 of the Korean People's Army on Sunday. Accompanying him were
director of the KPA general political department Jo Myong Rok, chief of the
KPA general staff Kim Yong Chun, minister of the People's Armed Forces Kim
Il Chol and staff members of the KPA supreme command.
Kim Jong Il looked round the monument to the President Kim Il Sung's
on-site guidance and historic relics at the unit.
He also went round the education room, bedroom and entertainment and
logistic facilities of hero kim sun son company under the unit. All
commanding officers should take deep care of every aspect of soldiers'
living with warm love as commanders of the anti-Japanese guerrillas did, he
said.
Then he saw a military training of servicemen of the unit.
He noted with great satisfaction that all the servicemen have been fully
prepared politically and ideologically, in military technique and
physically, and advanced highly important tasks which would serve as a
guideline in increasing the unit's combat capabilities in every way.
The KPA, a dependable successor to the glorious traditions of the
anti-Japanese war, has grown to be an army strong in ideology and faith
whose unwavering faith is the spirit of devotedly defending the leader,
spirit of becoming human bombs and suicide bombers, he said, adding: Our
revolutionary cause is invincible because of this great matchless army.
He gave the unit servicemen a pair of binoculars and an automatic rifle as
gifts. He posed for a photograph with soldiers of the unit.
On the same day, he inspected a company under KPA unit no. 3995.
He looked round an education room, bedroom and other places of the company
to take warm care of soldiers' living and gave a warm pep-talk to them
reliably standing guard over the defence line of the country.
He presented them with a pair of binoculars and an automatic rifle as gifts
and posed for a photograph with them.
Indonesia-DPRK Friendship Association formed
Pyongyang, April 10 (KCNA) -- A meeting was held at the building of the
Sukarno Educational Foundation on April 3 to inaugurate the Indonesia-DPRK
Friendship and Cultural Interchange Association. At the meeting, president
of the foundation Rahmawati Sukarnoptri declared the inauguration of the
association and announced the list of members of the association
leadership.
A letter to the great leader Kim Jong Il was adopted there.
Foreign and overseas Korean artistes arrive
Pyongyang, April 10 (KCNA) -- Foreign and overseas Korean art troupes and
artistes arrived here to participate in the 18th April Spring Friendship
Art Festival. Among them were a Chinese art troupe, a Chinese acrobatic
troupe, a naval song and dance ensemble of the Russian Ministry of Defence,
a Russian Moscow State Academic Philharmony, a Russian circus, a Nepalese
art troupe, a Malaysian art troupe, a Mongolian art troupe, a Mongolian
acrobatic troupe, Singaporean art troupe, an art troupe of the new cultural
committee of Indonesia, an Indian Bharat Natyam Dance Troupe, a Tenko
magician group of Japan, Vietnamese art troupe and group of acrobats, a
German cello ensemble, a Romanian art troupe, a Belarussian bliskavitsa
song and dance troupe, a Belarussian musical troupe, a Swiss musical
troupe, a French art troupe, a Cuban musical troupe and acrobat, a Tajik
art troupe, an Armenian musical troupe, an Uzbek musical troupe, an Italian
art troupe, an Egyptian folk dance troupe, a Swedish acrobatic troupe, an
art troupe of Japan-Korea Art Exchange Society, a group of Colombian
artistes, Cambodian musician and acrobat, group of Moldovan musicians,
Bulgarian groups of musicians and acrobats, a Polish group of musicians, an
Austrian group of musicians, an Ukrainian group of musicians, a group of
Yugoslav soloist, an art troupe of Koreans in Japan, an art troupe of
Koreans in China and an art troupe of Koreans in the United States.
Meanwhile, Chinese, Russian and Mongolian delegations, a delegation of the
International United Confederation of Koreans, a delegation of Koreans in
China, an Uzbek delegate and a delegate of Koreans in Japan arrived to
participate in the 3rd aesthetic symposium on the present times and
national art.
Foreigners arrive to attend IIJI meeting
Pyongyang, April 10 (KCNA) -- Horst Michael Junghas, chairman of the
Sachsen provincial association for the study of the Juche idea in Germany,
and his party and Kurt Ebert, director of the state political institute of
Austria, arrived here on Sunday by air to attend the 15th meeting of the
board of directors of the International Institute of the Juche Idea.
Earlier, an Italian delegate for the study of the Juche idea, Guiseppe
Amata arrived.
Chinese art troupe gives performance
Pyongyang, April 10 (KCNA) -- A Chinese art troupe, which is staying here
to attend the 18th April Spring Friendship Art Festival, gave a performance
at the Mansudae Art Theatre on April 8 before the start of the festival.
Appreciating the performance were chairman of the festival organizing
committee Jang Chol, vice-minister of culture Song Sok Hwan and
vice-chairman of the Pyongyang City People's Committee Choe Yun Sik who are
vice-chairmen of the festival organizing committee, other officials
concerned and citizens.
Also present to see the performance were Chinese ambassador to the DPRK
Wang Guozhang and embassy officials, a Chinese government cultural
delegation led by Zhang Wenbin, director of the state administration of
cultural heritage and other Chinese guests.
The numbers included dances "Smile of Oasis" and "Xueshan in Spring" and a
Chinese song "Tears of Love." through gracious rhythmic movement and
refined vocal technique, the performers well represented the Chinese
people's happy life and love for the country.
They also put on the stage "Whenever Spring Comes" and other Korean songs
to win warm applause of the spectators.
Strengthened south-south cooperation called for
Pyongyang, April 10 (KCNA) -- The Korean people are pleased with the
opening of the first Nam summit in Cuba under the sponsorship of the group
of 77 and warmly hail it, says Rodong Sinmun today in an editorial. The
summit will provide the developing countries with an opportunity to review
the achievements made in south-south cooperation and swap experience gained
in it and make a big strive forward in strengthening cooperative relations
and friendship and solidarity among them, the editorial notes, and goes on:
There are ample conditions and possibilities for the developing countries
to effect south-south cooperation. If they benefit from each other's
economic potentials and exchange good technology and experience, they can
successfully build a self-supporting national economy and achieve national
progress and prosperity without depending on the imperialists.
If developing countries are to expand and develop south-south cooperation,
it is essential for them to adhere to the principle of collective
self-reliance and the principle of complete equality and mutual benefit.
The Korean people believe that the summit will adopt a new measure and
strategy to expand and develop south-south cooperation and thus contribute
to smashing the imperialists' moves for "globalization" and establishing a
new fair international economic order.
It is the consistent stand of the Workers' Party of Korea and the
government of the DPRK to expand and develop south-south cooperation.
The Korean people will always make all efforts to boost south-south
cooperation under the wise guidance of the great leader Kim Jong Il, the
editorial concludes.
18th April Spring Friendship Art Festival opens
Pyongyang, April 10 (KCNA) -- The 18th April Spring Friendship Art Festival
was opened today at the 6,000-seat theatre of the April 25 House of Culture
in Pyongyang. The festival has been an annual event that has brought
together artistes from various countries of the world since Juche 71 (1982)
to commemorate sun's day, birth anniversary of the great leader President
Kim Il Sung.
Present at the opening ceremony were Hong Song Nam, Premier of the DPRK
cabinet, Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the presidium of the Supreme
People's Assembly, and other senior officials as well as working people in
the city.
It was attended by foreign government cultural delegations and delegates
and artistes from at least 40 countries.
Invited there were foreign embassy officials here, foreigners and overseas
Koreans.
Chairman of the festival organizing committee Jang Chol said in his opening
speech that the participation of many friends of the world in the Pyongyang
festival despite the present complicated international situation is a clear
demonstration of the unanimous desire of the world progressive men of
culture and art to preserve the idea and tradition of the April Spring
Friendship Art Festival and glorify it.
Hong Song Nam in his congratulatory speech said that the festival which has
opened in grand style in the noble idea of independence, peace and
friendship will fully demonstrate the attraction and vitality of the
festival heading for a new century and inspired the men and women of
culture of various countries desirous of genuine literature and art.
He called on the world progressive artistes who love justice and peace to
create true art and conduct positive literary and art activities to
actively contribute to meeting the aspiration and demands of the popular
masses.
The government of the DPRK will in the future, too, bring literature and
art to efflorescence, pursuant to the line of building Juche-oriented
national culture, expand cultural cooperation and exchange with different
countries of the world and thus make a positive contribution to humankind's
cultural construction.
It was addressed by the head of the Indonesian government cultural
delegation, the head of the French art troupe, the Egyptian government
cultural delegate and the head of the Chinese government cultural
delegation.
The opening ceremony was followed by an art performance.
Prior to the ceremony, artistes of various countries and overseas Korean
artistes marched past warmly welcoming working people and school youth and
children in the city along the route from the arch of triumph to the April
25 House of Culture.
Greetings to Indonesian Foreign Minister
Pyongyang, April 10 (KCNA) -- Paek Nam Sun, DPRK Foreign Minister, sent a
message of greetings to his Indonesian counterpart Alwi Ahdurrahman Shihab
35 years after the great leader Kim Jong Il paid a historic visit to
Indonesia accompanying the President Kim Il Sung. The message says that the
two leaders' Indonesian visit was a landmark event which opened a new
chapter in developing the friendly and cooperative relations between the
two countries.
It recalls that the special friendly relations between the two countries
have been steadily consolidated and developed thanks to the deep concern
and common efforts of both sides over the past 35 years despite the
complicated international situation.
It expresses the belief that the friendly relations between the two
countries will further expand and develop in the future, too, in all fields
of politics, the economy and culture, etc. In keeping with the aspiration
and desire of the two peoples on the principle of sovereignty, mutual
respect, equality and mutual benefit.
Yang Hyong Sop meets Indonesian delegation
Pyongyang, April 10 (KCNA) -- Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the
presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met and conversed with the
Indonesian government cultural delegation headed by Hidajat Djaelani, state
minister of tourism and arts, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today. Present
there were Jang Chol, chairman of the festival organizing committee, and
Buchari Effendi, Indonesian ambassador to the DPRK.
The head of the delegation said that he deemed it a great honour to visit
the DPRK 35 years after Kim Jong Il paid a visit to Indonesia accompanying
the President Kim Il Sung.
He noted that Kimilsungia, named after the president, represents the deep
reverence of the Indonesian people for him.
He expressed the belief that the Korean people would achieve greater
success in building a powerful nation this year, the 55th anniversary of
the Workers' Party of Korea, under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il.
For Spanish-speaking people
comandante supremo kim jong il inspecciona unidad no.1311 de epc
pyongyang, 10 de abril (atcc) -- el gran comandante supremo kim jong il,
secretario general del partido del trabajo de corea y presidente del comite
de defensa nacional de la republica popular democratica de corea
inspecciono ayer la unidad no.1311 del ejercito popular de corea. le
acompanaron jo myong rok, jefe de direccion politica general, kim yong
chun, jefe del estado mayor general, del epc, kim il chol, ministro de
fuerzas armadas populares y los miembros de mando operacional de la
comandancia suprema.
el comandante supremo kim jong il recorrio el monumento a la direccion
sobre el terreno del gran lider presidente kim il sung construido en la
unidad y otros objetos historicos.
al recorrer la sala de educacion, el dormitorio y las instalaciones de
cultura, educacion e intendencia de la compania del heroe kim sun son de la
unidad no.1311 subrayo que todos los miembros de mando, como lo hicieron
los de la guerrilla antijaponesa, con caluroso amor a los soldados deben
cuidar con profunda atencion los pormenores de su vida.
acto seguido presencio el entrenamiento de los militares de la unidad.
se mostro muy satisfecho de que todos los militares se han preparado
fidedignamente en lo ideo-politico, en lo militar - tecnico y fisico y
presento las tareas programaticas que sirven de guia para fortalecer en
todos los aspectos la combatividad de la unidad.
dijo que el ejercito popular de corea que hereda brillantemente las
gloriosas tradiciones antijaponesas ha crecido como el ejercito fuerte en
la ideologia y el credo que guarda el indomable espiritu de defender a
ultranza al lider, de servir de balas y bombas y de inmolarse por
explosion, y anadio que gracias a este gran ejercito poderoso sera
invencible nuestra causa revolucionaria.
el comandante supremo dio como recuerdo binoculos y el fusil automatico a
los militares de la unidad y se fotografio junto a estos.
el respetado comandante supremo kim jong il inspecciono el mismo dia una
compania de la unidad no.3995 del ejercito popular de corea.
al recorrer la sala de educacion, el dormitorio y otros varios lugares
atendio los detalles de la vida de los militares de la compania y estimulo
cordialmente a estos que defienden seguramente la linea de defensa de la
patria.
dio binoculos y el fusil automatico a los militares de la compania y se
fotografio junto a estos.
inaugurado 18 festival artistico de amistad abril en primavera
pyongyang, 10 de abril (atcc) -- hoy quedo inaugurado el 18 festival
artistico de amistad abril en primavera en el teatro con cabida para 6 000
de la casa cultural "25 de abril". este festival viene realizandose cada
ano desde el ano 71 (1982) de la era juche con motivo del dia de sol,
cumpleanos del gran lider presidente kim il sung, con la participacion de
artistas de numerosos paises del mundo.
en el acto de apertura participaron hong song nam, primer ministro del
consejo de ministros, yang hyong sop, vicepresidente del comite permanente
de la asamblea popular suprema, y otros cuadros junto con los trabajadores
capitalinos. tambien estuvieron presentes las delegaciones y delegados de
cultura de los gobiernos de varios paises y los artistas procedentes de mas
de 40 paises.
fueron invitados los miembros de las embajadas de varios paises en la rpd
de corea, huespedes extranjeros y coreanos en ultramar.
en su discurso de apertura, jang chol, presidente del comite organizador
del festival, dijo que aun en las complejas situaciones internacionales de
hoy numerosos amigos extranjeros del mundo participaron en este evento, lo
que es una clara manifestacion de la unanime aspiracion de los progresistas
hombres de cultura y arte del mundo a mantener y llevar adelante el ideal y
la tradicion del festival artistico de amistad abril en primavera.
hong song nam, en su discurso de felicitacion, enfatizo que este evento que
se realiza solemnemente bajo el noble ideal de la independencia, la paz y
la amistad mostrara sin reservas la fuerza atractiva y la vitalidad de este
festival al umbral del nuevo milenio y dara gran estimulo a los hombres de
cultura que aspiran a la verdadera literatura y arte.
y continuo que a traves de la labor de creacion de la verdadera arte y
dinamicas actividades literarias y artisticas los artistas progresistas del
mundo amantes a la justicia y la paz deberan incorporarse activamente a la
realizacion de la aspiracion y la exigencia de las masas populares.
agrego que en el futuro tambien, el gobierno de la republica popular
democratica de corea ira desarrollando aun mas la literatura y el arte
conforme a la linea de creacion de cultura nacional autoctona y ampliando
la colaboracion y el intercambio culturales con varios paises del mundo
contribuyendo asi activamente a la edificacion de cultura de la humanidad.
acto seguido pronunciaron discursos el jefe de la delegacion cultural
gubernamental de indonesia, el jefe del conjunto artistico de francia, el
delegado cultural gubernamental de egipto y el jefe de la delegacion
cultural gubernamental de china.
terminado el acto se ofrecio la funcion.
antes del acto de inauguracion, los artistas extranjeros y los artistas
coreanos en el extranjero realizaron la marcha desde el arco triunfal hasta
la casa cultural "25 de abril", siendo el objeto de calurosa bienvenida de
los trabajadores, jovenes y estudiantes de la capital.
acuerdo de norte y sur de corea
pyongyang, 10 de abril (atcc) -- segun la voluntad de sus respectivos
superiores song ho gyong, vicepresidente del comite coreano por la paz de
asia y el pacifico de la parte norcoreana y pak ji won, ministro de cultura
y turismo de la parte surcoreana pusieron firmas en el acuerdo del norte y
el sur de corea. el acuerdo senala en particular:
el norte y el sur de corea reafirmando los tres principios para la
reunificacion de la patria estipulados en la historica declaracion conjunta
del 4 de julio y a fin de adelantar la reconciliacion y la unidad, el
intercambio y cooperacion, la paz y la reunificacion de la nacion acordaron
como sigue:
el presidente kim tae jung, segun la peticion de si mismo, visitara del 12
al 14 de junio del 2000 a pyongyang.
durante la visita tendra lugar un historico encuentro entre el presidente
del comite de defensa nacional de la rpd de corea kim jong il, secretario
general del partido del trabajo de corea y el presidente kim tae jung y se
entablaran conversaciones de nivel supremo entre el norte y el sur de
corea.
ambas partes decidieron entablar contacto preparatorio en los dias cercanos
del mes de abril para consultar el procedimiento.
"rodong sinmun" senala necesidad de desarrollar cooperacion sur-sur
pyongyang, 10 de abril (atcc) -- el pueblo coreano esta regocijado de la
cumbre del sur que tendra lugar por primera vez bajo auspicio del grupo de
los 77 en cuba y la felicita calurosamente, asi senala el diario "rodong
sinmun" en un editorial de hoy y continua: la presente cumbre del sur
servira de un motivo para que los paises en vias de desarrollo intercambien
exitos y experiencias acumulados en la cooperacion sur-sur y logren gran
avance para fortalecer sus relaciones de cooperacion y su amistad y
solidaridad.
los paises en vias de desarrollo tienen suficiente condicion y posibilidad
para realizar la cooperacion sur-sur.
si estos paises intercambien la potencialidad economica y la buena
tecnologia y experiencias podran construir seguramente la economia nacional
independiente sin depender de los imperialistas y lograr el desarrollo del
pais y la prosperidad de la nacion.
para ampliar y desarrollar la cooperacion sur-sur los paises en vias de
desarrollo deben mantener el principio de autoconfianza colectiva y
observar el principio de igualdad completa y beneficio mutuo.
el pueblo coreano esta convencido de que el presente foro preparara la
nueva estrategia y medidas para desarrollar la cooperacion sur-sur y asi
hara aporte a establecer el nuevo y equitativo orden economico
internacional frustrando las maquinaciones de "globalizacion" de los
imperialistas.
desarrollar la cooperacion sur-sur es la invariable posicion del partido
del trabajo y el gobierno de la rpd de corea.
tambien en el futuro como en el pasado el pueblo coreano hara todos los
esfuerzos por desarrollar la cooperacion sur-sur bajo la sabia direccion
del gran dirigente kim jong il.
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