Dear Comrades, I received your e-mail about the Friendship Society between the DPRK and South Africa. >DPRK-South Africa Friendship Association formed > >Pyongyang, April 29 (KCNA) -- The DPRK-South Africa Friendship Association was >formed here on April 27 on the occasion of the sixth national day of the >Republic of South Africa. Acting chairman Mun Jae Chol of the Korean Committee >for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries was elected chairman of the >association at the inaugural meeting. > >A speech was made at the meeting and a congratulatory message to South African >President Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki was adopted. How can we get in contact with the acting chairman MunJae Chol of the Korean Committee of Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. Khwezi Kadalie Chairman Marxist Workers School Johannesburg South Africa -----Original Message----- From: heikki sipil� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 30 April 2000 09:01 Subject: Korean Central News Agency Apr 29 > >DPRK news APr 29 > > > >>Singing gathering held in S. Korea on Sun's Day >> >>DPRK-South Africa Friendship Association formed >> >>KCTU vows to wage may struggle >> >>Withdrawal of U.S. forces from S. Korea urged >> >>KCNA refutes sycophantic remarks of S. Korean ambassador to Japan >> >>DPRK wrestlers catch gold medals >> >>AAPSO favours memorandum of DPRK Foreign Ministry >> >> >> >>For Spanish-speaking people >> >> >> >> >> >>Singing gathering held in S. Korea on Sun's Day >> >>Pyongyang, April 29 (KCNA) -- The Hwipharam band in Seoul held a singing >>gathering on April 10 on the occasion of Sun's Day, Seoul-based radio Voice of >>National Salvation reported. The gathering was timed to coincide with the >>opening of the 18th April Spring Friendship Art Festival. The head of the band >>addressing it called for regarding the gathering as part of the Pyongyang >>festival and singing praises of the respected President Kim Il Sung, though >>they were not able to participate in the festival. >> >>The program of the gathering which began with the chorus of the immortal >>revolutionary paean "Song of General Kim Il Sung" included "The Leader Will >>Always Be With Us", "Our Leader" and other songs. >> >>DPRK-South Africa Friendship Association formed >> >>Pyongyang, April 29 (KCNA) -- The DPRK-South Africa Friendship Association was >>formed here on April 27 on the occasion of the sixth national day of the >>Republic of South Africa. Acting chairman Mun Jae Chol of the Korean Committee >>for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries was elected chairman of the >>association at the inaugural meeting. >> >>A speech was made at the meeting and a congratulatory message to South African >>President Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki was adopted. >> >>KCTU vows to wage may struggle >> >>Pyongyang, April 29 (KCNA) -- The (South) Korean Confederation of Trade Unions >>(KCTU) decided to hold a rally for a total strike marking the 110th May Day, >>the international holiday of workers the world over, in Seoul on April 29, a >>Seoul-based radio reported. Participating in the rally will be unionists of >>the KCTU, peasants and students, more than 20,000 in all. >> >>At the same time, the KCTU declared that it would hold large-scale rallies in >>Seoul and 14 other cities across South Korea and launch into may struggle in >>real earnest. >> >>Withdrawal of U.S. forces from S. Korea urged >> >>Pyongyang, April 29 (KCNA) -- Dailies here today in signed commentaries echo >>voices demanding the withdrawal of the U.S. forces stationed overseas growing >>louder worldwide. The Minister of Home Affairs and Justice of Panama at a >>press conference recently rejected the theory on the presence of a foreign >>army for the security of Panama and its canal while the Guatemalan government >>refuted the U.S. attempt to station its army under the pretext of "helping" >>prevent drug trafficking and forest fire. >> >>Rodong Sinmun demands the U.S. drop its anachronistic policy of stationing its >>forces overseas rejected everywhere. >> >>It goes on: A climate is now being created for the reconciliation between the >>north and south of Korea and peace on the Korean peninsula. This offers best >>opportunity for the withdrawal of the U.S. troops from South Korea. >> >>The Korean people do not want to see the U.S. remaining their sworn enemy. An >>earlier withdrawal of its forces, the better for the U.S. either. >> >>The U.S. attitude towards the pullback of its forces from South Korea will >>serve as a yardstick showing whether it stands for peace or not. >> >>Minju Joson says the U.S. forces' withdrawal from South Korea would contribute >>to the global peace and security and bring about a positive change in untying >>the long-standing knots of DPRK-U.S. relations. >> >>The U.S. is well advised to face up to the trend of the times and make a right >>decision. >> >>KCNA refutes sycophantic remarks of S. Korean ambassador to Japan >> >>Pyongyang, April 29 (KCNA) -- South Korean ambassador to Japan Choe Sang Ryong >>was reported to have let loose a strange piffle at the Japanese Press Club on >>April 26 that "The United States has always played an important role in >>deterring war and preserving peace in East Asia and the Korean peninsula." >>This sophism is nothing but sycophantic and treacherous outbursts intended to >>veil the criminal nature of the U.S. aggressive Asian strategy and preach the >>necessity of the U.S. troops in this region, particularly the U.S. >>forces'presence in South Korea. >> >>It is an invariable aggressive design and criminal strategy of the U.S. to >>provoke a war against the DPRK and use the Korean peninsula as a springboard >>from which to contain Asian powers and thus hold hegemony in the continent. >> >>To this end the U.S. has amassed its huge forces in Asia and massively shipped >>sophisticated lethal weapons in South Korea in particular, and is staging >>DPRK-targeted reckless joint military exercises without a let-up with the >>South Korean warhawks, always escalating the tensions on the Korean peninsula. >> >> >>The U.S. forces' presence in South Korea is a main factor of harassing peace >>and stability on the peninsula and a stumbling block in the way of national >>reunification, the supreme task of the Korean nation. >> >>An immediate withdrawal of the U.S. troops from South Korea is a prerequisite >>to putting an end to the cold war and guaranteeing lasting peace and stability >>in Korea. >> >>This has presented itself as an urgent issue now that a climate is being >>created for reconciliation between the north and south and peace on the Korean >>peninsula. >> >>If the South Korean authorities value this hard-won atmosphere, they should >>stop talking about the necessity of the U.S. troops' presence and swim with >>the trend of the times critical of its injustice. >> >>DPRK wrestlers catch gold medals >> >>Pyongyang, April 29 (KCNA) -- Korean wrestlers Jin Ju Dong and Ri Yong Sam >>placed first at the 14th Asian freestyle wrestling championship to win gold >>medals. Jin Ju Dong and Ri Yong Sam came first in the respective 54kg and 58kg >>matches. >> >>Kim Kwang Il bagged a bronze medal in the 63kg match. >> >>Prior to the championship, Jin Ju Dong and Ri Yong Sam placed first in the >>qualifying competition for the 27th Olympics. >> >>AAPSO favours memorandum of DPRK Foreign Ministry >> >>Pyongyang, April 29 (KCNA) -- The Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization >>(AAPSO) issued a statement on April 22 supporting the memorandum of the >>Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK which exposed the GIs' mass killings >>of civilians during the last Korean War. The GIs' massacres were a wanton >>violation of the war law and regulations including the Geneva convention, the >>statement said, and continued: >> >>It cannot be overlooked that the GIs used biological and chemical weapons, >>internationally-banned mass lethal weapons. This has been fully proved by >>POWs, victims, eyewitnesses and international organization investing group. >> >>It has been also proved through declassified documents that the then U.S. >>defense secretary ordered to stage the germ warfare. >> >>The AAPSO supports the Korean people demanding a thoroughgoing investigation >>into the crimes committed by GIs during the Korean War and establishment of >>special tribunal to severely punish the criminals under the international law. >> >> >>For Spanish-speaking people >> >>comite nacional coreano por defensa de paz envia carta >> >>pyongyang, 28 de abril (atcc) -- el comite nacional coreano por la defensa de >>la paz (cncdp) envio ayer a las organizaciones del movimiento por la paz del >>mundo una carta exhortandoles a desarrollar ampliamente el movimiento >>antibelico y por la paz para frenar las aventureras maquinaciones de >>provocacion de guerra bioquimica de los imperialistas norteamericanos y los >>belicistas sudcoreanos. en estos dias estos imperialistas y belicistas so >>pretexto de hacer frente a la supuesta "amenaza de ataque de armas >>bioquimicas" de la rpd de corea aumentan las fuerzas armadas para la guerra >>bioquimica de las tropas norteamericanas ocupantes de sudcorea y del "ejercito >>nacional" de esta y no cesan de desarrollar ejercicios militares conjuntos de >>toda clase para esta guerra, por una parte, y por la otra ofrecen la vacuna >>anticarbunco en las unidades de las tropas yanquis y suministran hasta caretas >>antigases a dichas tropas y familiares de funcionarios de embajada, senala la >>carta y continua: >> >>todo hecho demuestra que ee. uu. y sudcorea se proponen desencadenar en la >>peninsula coreana una guerra bioquimica global contra norcorea y lo llevan a >>la practica. >> >>hoy en sudcorea existen decenas de depositos de armas bioquimicas y esta >>almacenada gran cantidad de armas quimicas binarias que corresponden a las >>nucleares en la efectividad. >> >>con la aprobacion del acuerdo entre el norte y el sur de corea ahora los >>coreanos en el pais y el ultramar y los pueblos del mundo amantes de la paz >>desean unanimemente que se elimine la guerra fria en la peninsula coreana y se >>abra una nueva fase de la paz y la reunificacion pacifica alli. >> >>precisamente en este momento ee. uu. y las autoridades surcoreanas recurren >>con frenesi a las conjuras de guerra bioquimica desarrollando nuevo ejercicio >>belico de caracter provocativo llamado "entrenamiento conjunto de refuerzo en >>el periodo de guerra" y un ejercicio de guerra bioquimica. >> >>todo esto no se puede tolerar jamas. >> >>exhortamos fervientemente a los pueblos del mundo amantes de la paz y >>organizaciones internacionales antibelicas y por la paz a desarrollar >>ampliamente el movimiento para frenar tales maquinaciones aventureras de >>provocacion de guerra bioquimica. >> >>"rodong sinmun" denuncia campana anticubana de ee.uu. >> >>pyongyang, 28 de abril (atcc) -- el diario "rodong sinmun" en un comentario >>individual de hoy denuncia a ee.uu. que desata vilmente campana de presion >>sobre cuba en cuanto al derecho humano. el comentario senala: >> >>en la 56 reunion de la comision de derechos humanos de las naciones unidas >>sesionada el dia 18 en suiza ee.uu. logro aprobar una "resolucion" anticubana >>a fin de hacer un hecho consumado el "asunto de los derechos humanos" en la >>mayor de las antillas y arreciar sancion y presion sobre este pais socialista. >> >> >>ee.uu. interviene descaradamente en los asuntos internos de cuba acusandola >>arbitrariamente del "asunto de los derechos humanos". esto es un atentado a la >>soberania de cuba. >> >>ee.uu. es el pais que ocupa el primer lugar en la violacion de los derechos >>humanos en el globo terraqueo, siendo asi acusa a cuba y otros paises del >>"asunto de los derechos humanos". verdaderamente esto es un abuso de la >>palabra. >> >>ee.uu. desata campana anticubana a fin de censurar a este pais, entenebrecer >>la imagen de este y justificar su criminal politica de bloqueo de decenas de >>anos y asfixiarlo. >> >>ee.uu. debe conocer que no puede lograr esta finalidad y renunciar su >>intervencion en los asuntos internos de cuba. >> >>periodicos demandan retiro de tropas yanquis de sudcorea >> >>pyongyang, 29 de abril (atcc) -- hoy los periodicos de esta capital dedican >>comentarios al hecho de que en estos dias en la arena internacional se eleva >>la voz de repudio a la presencia de las tropas norteamericanas en el ultramar. >>recientemente, el ministro del interior y la justicia de panama, en una rueda >>de prensa rechazo la pretencion de mantener las tropas extranjeras para la >>seguridad de panama y su canal. tambien guatemala repudio la intencion de >>ee.uu. de mantener sus tropas en su territorio a rotulo de "contribuir" a la >>prevencion del narcotrafico y el incendio forestal. >> >>el comentario del diario "rodong sinmun" senala: >> >>ee.uu. debe abandonar su anacronica politica de mantenimiento de tropas en el >>ultramar repudiada unanimemente. >> >>ahora que se crea un ambiente para la reconciliacion del norte y el sur y la >>paz de la peninsula coreana sera la mejor oportunidad para el retiro de las >>tropas norteamericanas de sudcorea. >> >>no deseamos que ee.uu. siga siendo enemigo jurado de la nacion coreana. >> >>cuanto mas rapido sea el retiro de las tropas estadounidenses tanto mas >>beneficioso sera para este pais. >> >>la actitud de este pais en cuanto a esta retirada servira de un criterio para >>verificar la posicion sobre la paz. >> >>el comentarista del periodico "minju joson" senala: >> >>el retiro de las tropas norteamericanas de sudcorea contribuira a la paz y la >>seguridad del mundo y producira un viraje positivo en las complicadas >>relaciones rpdc-ee.uu. de largo tiempo. ee.uu. debe ver correctamente la >>corriente de la epoca y tomar la justa decision. >> >>atcc comenta lenguaje de "embajador" de sudcorea en japon >> >>pyongyang, 29 de abril (atcc) -- segun una informacion, choe sang ryong, >>"embajador" de sudcorea en el japon dijo el pasado dia 26 en el club de >>periodistas del japon: "tanto ayer como hoy ee.uu. se arroga el importante >>papel para frenar la guerra y preservar la paz en asia oriental y la peninsula >>coreana". es una expresion traidora para encubrir el caracter criminal de la >>estrategia asiatica agresiva de ee.uu. y predicar la utilidad de la presencia >>de las tropas norteamericanas en dicha region. >> >>ee.uu. persigue la invariable ambicion agresiva y estrategia criminal.se >>propone provocar la guerra de agresion a norcorea, refrenar y controlar a las >>potencias asiaticas tomando por trampolin la peninsula coreana y asi ocupar la >>posicion heguemonica. >> >>para este fin, ee.uu. coloca enormes fuerzas armadas en asia, traslada a >>sudcorea gran cantidad de armas de exterminio de tipo moderno y desarrolla sin >>cesar en cooperacion con los belicistas surcoreanos los temerarios ejercicios >>militares para agudir a norcorea, exacerbando asi permanentemente la situacion >>de la peninsula coreana. >> >>la presencia de las tropas norteamericanas en sudcorea es el factor principal >>que perturba la paz y la seguridad de la peninsula coreana y el obstaculo >>principal que impide la reunificacion de la patria que es tarea suprema >>nacional. >> >>la retirada inmediata de las tropas norteamericanas de sudcorea constituye una >>cuestion fundamental para poner fin a la guerra fria en la peninsula coreana y >>preservar la paz y la seguridad duraderas. >> >>esta cuestion se presenta imperiosamente hoy dia en que se crea una atmosfera >>para la reconciliacion entre el norte y el sur de corea y la paz en la >>peninsula coreana. >> >>si las autoridades surcoreanas aprecian este ambiente que se prepara a costa >>de tantos esfuerzos no deberan hablar de la utilidad de la ocupacion de las >>tropas norteamericanas sino incorporarse a la tendencia de la epoca a debatir >>su injustedad. > > > 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