TODAY'S NEWS (June.02.2000 Juche 89)
[CONTENTS]
a.. FM of DPRK greets his Lebanese counterpart
b.. Three-point charter of Korea's reunification supported
c.. Joint friendship gathering on International Children's Day
d.. Repressive step against general strike of S. Korean workers
e.. Kim Jong Il eulogized
f.. Demonstration of S. Korean workers
g.. Aggressive operation plan "Air raid Task Order" (ATO)
h.. Korean children grow well
i.. U.S. saber-rattling assailed
j.. S. Korean workers' struggle supported
k.. Truth behind more massacres by GIs and "ROK" army disclosed
l.. Kyongsilryon calls for forming anti-corruption committee
m.. U.S. tops list of war crimes
n.. NDFSK brings complaint against U.S. war criminals
For Spanish-speaking people
a.. plan operacional de ee.uu., comentario de atcc
b.. encuentro de amistad por 50 aniversario de dia internacional de
infancia c.. ee.uu. registra record maximo de crimenes belicos en corea
FM of DPRK greets his Lebanese counterpart Pyongyang, June 2 (KCNA)
-- Paek Nam Sun, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK, sent a message
of greetings to Selim al Hoss, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign
Affairs and Emigration of Lebanon. In the message Paek extended warm
congratulations to Selim al Hoss and the government and people of Lebanon
on the historic victory they won by finally driving the Israeli aggressors
out of southern Lebanon through the nationwide resistance to defend the
sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country. This national victory
of the Lebanese people is a victory common to the Arab nations in the
struggle against Israel's arrogant aggression and expansionist attempt and
for justice and lasting peace in the Middle East, the message said. It
further said:
I take this significant opportunity of celebrating the liberation of the
occupied land in Lebanon to express the belief that unity and solidarity
between the two peoples of the DPRK and Lebanon will be further
strengthened. And I wholeheartedly wish you greater success in your
responsible work.
Three-point charter of Korea's reunification supported Pyongyang, June 2
(KCNA) --
The international signature campaign for supporting the three-point charter
of Korea's reunification is going on in different countries. The signature
paper was signed by Petar Velickovic, chairman of the Worker's Party of
Yugoslavia on behalf of 30,000 party members, the chairman of the Ugandan
National Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea and the chairman of the
Uganda-DPRK Friendship Association on behalf of their organisations and the
general director of the Kilembe copper mine of Uganda on behalf of
employees from May 8 to 24. It was also inked by Ahmad Nabil, general
secretary of the Arab Veterans and War Victims Society, on behalf of
society members of 12 Arab countries, and K. David Mafavi, acting general
secretary of the secretariat of the Pan-African Movement, on behalf of the
secretariat.
Joint friendship gathering on International Children's Day Pyongyang, June
2 (KCNA) --
A joint friendship gathering of women and children in Pyongyang and from
foreign countries was held at the Mangyongdae fun-fair on June 1 on the
occasion of the 50th anniversary of the International Children's Day.
Attending the gathering were Kim Jung Rin, secretary of the Central
Committee of the Worker's Party of Korea, and Chon Yon Ok, chairwoman of
the central committee of the Korean Democratic Women's Union, and officials
concerned. Wives of foreign diplomatic envoys and foreign women and
children here were invited. The gathering began with a song and dance "Let
Us Sing and Dance Our June 1 Holiday." Participants played sports and
amusement games, deepening feelings of friendship. They enjoyed the
International Children's Day with fun-fair facilities.
Repressive step against general strike of S. Korean workers Pyongyang, June
2 (KCNA)
-- The South Korean authorities took a strong countermeasure against the
general strike of workers demanding shorter working hours, stop to the
"restructuring" and wage hike, according to a radio report from Seoul. The
authorities sent "guidelines" to all companies on May 28, describing the
strike of workers as "a political strike and illegal act against the
government" and instructing them to give no wage to the strikers for doing
nothing, punish them and close down workshops.
Kim Jong Il eulogized
Pyongyang, June 2 (KCNA) -- G. Debarajan, secretary of the central
committee of the All-Indian Forward Bloc, issued a statement on May 25 on
the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the start of General Secretary Kim
Jong Il's work at the Central Committee of the Worker's Party of Korea. In
the statement he said that Kim Jong Il published many works including
"Giving Priority To Ideological Work Is Essential For Accomplishing
Socialism" and "On Preserving the Juche Character and National Character of
the Revolution and Construction" to give scientific and clear answers to
complicated theoretical and practical matters needed for the times and
revolution. Kim Jong Il's idea and theory are unique and encyclopedic
because they cover all fields of the revolution and construction, he said,
and went on: The ideological work is placed ahead of any other work and
everything goes well in socialist Korea thanks to his energetic ideological
and theoretical activities and wise leadership. It is the great honor of
the Korean people and the world revolutionary peoples that they are led by
Kim Jong Il, the most distinguished thinker and theoretician of the
century.
Demonstration of S. Korean workers
Pyongyang, June 2 (KCNA) -- Tens of thousands of South Korean workers
marched through downtown Seoul on Wednesday after walking off their jobs
demanding a shorter work week and better working conditions, according to a
foreign press report. We want a five-day work week, they chanted as they
marched three kilometers occupying lanes of the main boulevard in central
Seoul. Many protesters carried placards or distributed leaflets. Some
70,000 workers at 140 work sites went on a four-day general strike on
Wednesday, said the South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions. We can't
trust the "government" continuing lip service. We need to show our
strength, it added.
The confederation threatened to extend the strike unless the "government"
accepts its demand by Sunday.
Aggressive operation plan "Air raid Task Order" (ATO) Pyongyang, June 2 (KCNA)
-- The German Weekly Spieger quoted the U.S. military newspaper Aviation
Week as saying the United States reinforced the air force in its air force
bases in Osan and Kunsan of South Korea, judging that there is possibility
of North Korea making a surprise attack on South Korea. The U.S. massive
reinforcement of the air force in South Korea cannot but arouse the DPRK's
vigilance as it is a grave development that may render the situation on the
Korean peninsula extremely strained once again. This reinforcement for a
war of aggression on the DPRK at a time when the inter-Korean agreement was
made public recently and an atmosphere of dialogue and detente is being
created on the Korean peninsula is an unpardonable deliberate criminal act
of throwing a wet blanket over this climate. The U.S. clamor about the
DPRK's "possible surprise attack" is no more than a subterfuge to carry out
its reckless "Air raid Task Order" and spark the second Yugoslav crisis on
the Korean peninsula. The U.S. tested a new war of aggression on the Korean
peninsula through the Yugoslav crisis and, on this basis, worked out the
"ATO," part of the "Operation Plan 5027-98", and dispatched air force
several times stronger than that involved in the air raids on Yugoslavia to
realise it and is now busy with its preparations for a surprise attack on
the north. All the facts prove that though the U.S. is talking about
DPRK-U.S. negotiations and hailing the north-south dialogue, it is, in
fact, not pleased with any dialogue but keen only on the moves to stifle
the DPRK by force of arms. If the U.S. considers the policy of strength as
a cure for all, turning its face away from dialogue, we have no choice but
to take a self-defensive measure. The U.S. will be wholly to blame for all
the consequences arising therefrom.
Korean children grow well
Pyongyang, June 2 (KCNA) -- Members of foreign embassies and missions of
international organisations here attended a joint friendship gathering held
on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the International Children's Day
and gave their deep impressions of Korean children. Dilawar Ali Khan,
representative of the UN Children's Fund, said that the great leader Kim
Jong Il calls children "king" of the country and brings them up with his
loving care so that they may have nothing to envy in the world and that
Korea undergoes temporary difficulties, but its children bring their
talents into full play to their hearts' content. Vietnamese ambassador Do
Thi Hoa said that the joint gathering showed what a deep concern the party
and state of Korea pay to children. Nirsia Castro Guevara, councilor of the
Cuban embassy, said that under the leadership of Kim Jong Il the Korean
children are growing well into masters of future. Buchari, wife of the
Indonesian ambassador, said she looks ahead into a bright future of Korea
at the Mangyongdae fun-fair full of children's laughter. Korea of tomorrow
will prosper as it has these creditable futures.
U.S. saber-rattling assailed
Pyongyang, June 2 (KCNA) -- Minju Joson today in a signed commentary
assails the United States for staging the largest-ever RIMPAC joint
military exercise. The U.S. is deliberately escalating tensions in the
Asian and Pacific region, regarding it as a key link of its efforts to
realise its wild dream to dominate the world, the commentary notes, and
goes on: The military exercise being conducted by the U.S. under the
pretext of increasing "capabilities" is aimed to bring the countries in the
region under its military control and round off its aggressive
"cooperation" system to attack the DPRK in case of "emergency." What can
not be overlooked is the fact that the Japanese reactionaries are deeply
involved in the U.S. Asian-Pacific strategy for aggression. The U.S. and
its followers are enemies and harassers of peace who increase tensions in
the region. With nothing can the U.S. cover up its true colors as harasser
of peace. The DPRK is closely following the U.S. reckless military moves
with sharp revolutionary vigilance. The U.S. should promptly drop its
anachronistic design to dominate the world, drawing a lesson from its
bitter defeat in the Korean War in the 1950s. The U.S. followers including
Japan are well advised to be discreet.
S. Korean workers' struggle supported
Pyongyang, June 2 (KCNA) -- At least 70,000 workers from different parts of
South Korea went on a general strike on May 31 all at once, Rodong Sinmun
today says in a signed commentary. The commentary says:
South Korean workers went on a general strike all at once, acting upon the
resolution adopted by their organization, the South Korean Confederation of
Trade Unions. This is an entirely just action as it is an expression of
their firm will to win the right to existence and democratic freedom
through struggle at any cost. As the confederation rightly stated, what the
South Korean rulers have done in over two years of their office was nothing
but such treacherous acts as, selling market, land and enterprises to
foreign monopoly capital lock, stock and barrel as it demands, acting as
henchmen of the IMF to enforce its mandate and thus bringing the economy to
total bankruptcy and reducing people to economic slaves of foreign forces.
Suicide is reported in an unbroken chain from among at least 8 million
jobless people and over 13 million absolutely poor and destitute people.
This is what the South Korean rulers' "promise" to make workers happy has
brought. Struggle against the oppressors is the only way for the workers
and other people in South Korea to enjoy a worthy life and freedom as human
beings, freed of the present miserable plight.
Truth behind more massacres by GIs and "ROK" army disclosed Pyongyang, June
2 (KCNA)
Facts about massacres of at least 1,000 innocent civilians by GIs and
soldiers of the "ROK" army in Sansong-ri, Ryechon county, and Hwagae-ri,
Yongdok county, and 19 other places of North Kyongsang Province, South
Korea, during the Korean War were disclosed, according to the May 30 issue
of the South Korean newspaper Hangyore. This disclosure was made by the
investigation carried out by the ad hoc committee for probing the truth
behind massacres of innocent civilians in North Kyongsang Province. The
committee started an investigation in 20 places, after getting reports
about mass killings committed by GIs and soldiers of the "ROK" army during
the Korean War from inhabitants in 119 places of the province from January
to March. It was verified by the investigation that at least 1,000
civilians were killed. Therefore, it is probable that the number of those
killed will increase when the scope of investigation will increase in
future. The committee strongly urged the United States to make an open
apology and compensation for the massacres. It also demanded the South
Korean authorities institute a "special law" to reinstate those killed and
erect a cenotaph to them.
Kyongsilryon calls for forming anti-corruption committee Pyongyang, June 2
(KCNA) --
The South Korean Citizens Federation for Economic Justice (Kyongsilryon)
held an open hearing on May 29 and called for setting up an independent
committee for combating corruption with a view to establishing a policy of
preventing corruption and making a fair investigation into corruption,
according to a radio report from Seoul. The organisation proposed to form
the committee with those recommended by the "President," the "National
Assembly," the "Ministry of Justice" and citizens' organisations and let
its members stay in office for two years. It also proposed a bill on the
committee which invests it with the right to request the appointment of a
special prosecutor.
U.S. tops list of war crimes
Pyongyang, June 2 (KCNA) -- The U.S. ignited a war of aggression on the
Korean peninsula on June 25, 1950, where they topped the list of war crimes
in history. This was the most stern trial for the Korean people as it was
just five years since Korea was liberated from the 40 odd-year long
military occupation by the Japanese and the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea was just two years old. The United States was more than 93 times
bigger than the DPRK in territory and 15 times larger than the latter in
population. Armed with up-to-date weapons, the U.S. forces came out to
destroy the young DPRK whose army was equipped with conventional weapons.
When the territories and populations of the United States and its 15
satellite countries were put together, they were more than 330 times bigger
than the DPRK in territory and nearly 40 times larger than the latter in
population. The U.S. mobilized one-third of their land force, one-fifth of
their air force and most of their pacific fleet armed with up-to-date
technique as well as armies of their 15 satellite countries and "ROK" army,
more than two million in total, for the Korean War. What a severe war of
aggression the U.S. fought in Korea can be explained well by the fact that
the U.S. Navy consumed some 140 million tons of war supplies out of the
military materiel used by it and the U.S. aggression forces consumed in
this war 11 times as many war supplies as what they did in the Pacific War.
They spent a total of 165 billion dollars for this three year Korean War.
They mobilized for the war such up-to-date large-caliber artillery pieces
as 105 mm guns, modern heavy cruiser "Baltimore", large strategic bombers
such as "B-29" which was advertised as "a fortress in the air" and other
sophisticated war equipment. Not content with this, they used even chemical
and germ bombs which were banned by the international law and threatened to
use even A-bombs against the DPRK. The outbreak of such destructive war was
by no means accidental and it did not come all of a sudden. This was a
carefully prepared war. No matter what a cunning trick the U.S. may play,
they cannot deny the criminal history of their provocation of this war of
aggression.
NDFSK brings complaint against U.S. war criminals
Pyongyang, June 2 (KCNA) -- The central committee of the National
Democratic Front of South Korea (NDFSK) sent an indictment to the United
Nations court of justice on the occasion of the half centenary of the
Korean War of aggression provoked by the U.S. on June 25, 1950. The
indictment dated May 27 called for strictly trying the criminal case
concerning the GIs' killings of civilians under the international law and
the Geneva Convention on wartime protection of civilians. Pak Kwang Gi,
chief of the NDFSK Pyongyang mission, informed Korean and foreign reporters
here of this on Thursday. The indictment described the last Korean War
provoked by the United States as a war of aggression aimed at annexing the
north of Korea and a barbarous war to kill innocent civilians in order to
exterminate the Korean nation. According to it, the U.S. aggressors killed
more than 1,100,000 innocent civilians in cold blood in areas south of the
38th parallel alone during the June 25, 1950-July 27, 1953 Korean War. It
recalled that the U.S. aggression troops attacked civilian villages not
related to their military operation theatre and employed most cruel and
bestial methods to kill peaceable civilians who had nothing to do with
combat actions during the Korean War. GIs' massacres of civilians during
the war was an organized and premeditated criminal case. They were
state-sponsored organized crimes that have so far been concealed by the
successive governments of the U.S., the indictment said, and went on: These
are serious war crimes and crimes against humanity which are in violation
of the August 12, 1949 Geneva Convention on wartime protection of
civilians. The central committee of the NDFSK, invested with a litigious
right by the victims of massacres of civilians by GIs during the Korean
War, files a complaint at the international court asking it to severely
judge the crimes related to GIs' mass killing of civilians. The indictment
demanded the U.S. war criminals, assailants, be brought to the
international court and the U.S. admit its crimes and make an open apology
to the South Koreans in the name of the government and compensate for the
crimes. Those assailants who directly executed massacres of civilians
during the war, military officials who ordered the shooting and the then
U.S. military and government authorities should be sentenced to capital
punishment as war criminals, the indictment urged, concluding: The U.S.
troops branded as war criminals responsible for massacres of civilians
should be forced to withdraw from South Korea at once.
For Spanish-speaking people
plan operacional de ee.uu., comentario de atcc pyongyang, 2 de junio (atcc)
-- el semanario aleman "spieger" cito la reciente informacion de la
publicacion militar de ee.uu. "aviation week", segun la cual ee.uu.
reconocio que "hay posiblidad de ataque inesperado" a surcorea por la rpdc
y reforzo la fuerza aerea en las bases aereas estadounidenses de osan y
kunsan de sudcorea. segun la informacion la fuerza aerea de ee.uu. elaboro
el plan operacional agresivo llamado "orden de mision de incursion aerea"
(ato) y ubico de nuevo en surcorea "e - 8c", "u-2", "b-1b" y otros aviones
que se utilizaron en la incursion aerea contra irak y yugoslavia. la teoria
de "posibilidad de ataque inesperado" por la rpdc de que habla ee.uu. no
pasa de ser un pretexto para ejecutar la "orden de mision de incursion
aerea" y ocasionar el segundo incidente de yugoslavia en la peninsula
coreana. ee.uu. hizo en yugoslavia la prueba preliminar para provocar la
nueva guerra agresiva en la peninsula coreana y a base de ello elaboro la
"orden de mision de incursion aerea" que es un eslabon del "plan
operacional 5027-98" e introdujo en sudcorea una fuerza aerea varias veces
mayor que en la incursion aerea a yugoslavia. ahora se prepara para
emprender el ataque sorpresivo a norcorea. todos los hechos demuestran que
de veras ee.uu. no desea el dialogo con la rpdc ni las conversaciones
norte-sur de corea sino se aferra solamente a las maquinaciones de
hostilidad y aplastamiento a la rpdc. si ee.uu. da espalda al dialogo y
toma por la receta universal la politica de fuerza no podemos menos que
tomar medidas de autodefensa. ee.uu. debe asumir la entera responsabilidad
de todas las consecuencias que emanen de su proceder.
encuentro de amistad por 50 aniversario de dia internacional de infancia
pyongyang, 2 de junio (atcc) -- con motivo del 50 aniversario del dia
internacional de infancia (primero de junio) tuvo lugar ayer en el lugar de
diversiones de mangyongdae un encuentro de amistad de los ninos y las
mujeres de la ciudad de pyongyang y de varios paises del mundo. estuvieron
presentes kim jung rin, secretario del cc del partido del trabajo de corea,
chon yon ok, presidenta del cc de la union de mujeres democraticas de corea
y otros funcionarios. fueron invitados las esposas de los representantes
diplomaticos de varios paises en la rpdc y otras extranjeras e infantes. el
encuentro se inicio con la cancion y danza "bailemos y cantemos el primero
de junio". los participantes se divirtieron con juegos deportivos y
recreativos y en instalaciones de recreo profundizando sentimientos de
amistad.
ee.uu. registra record maximo de crimenes belicos en corea pyongyang, 2 de
junio (atcc) -- los imperialistas norteamericanos desataron el 25 de junio
de 1950 la guerra agresiva en la peninsula coreana, en la cual registraron
record maximo de crimenes belicos. esta guerra desatada apenas a 5 anos de
que fue restaurado el pais de la ocupacion militar de mas de 40 anos del
imperialismo japones y a dos anos de la fundacion de la rpdc fue un
grandisimo desafio al pueblo coreano. ee.uu. es superpotencia con un
territorio mas de 93 veces y una poblacion 15 veces mayor que la rpdc se
valio de las armas modernas para atacar y estrangular en su cuna a esta que
disponia solo de las armas convencionales. la rpdc debio luchar contra
ee.uu. y 15 paises satelites aliados con un territorio mas de 330 veces y
una poblacion cerca de 40 veces mayor que si misma. los imperialistas
norteamericanos movilizaron en esta guerra agresiva la tercera de su fuerza
terrestre dotada de la tecnica ultramoderna, la quinta de su fuerza aerea y
la mayoria de su flota del pacifico, los ejercitos de 15 paises satelites y
el "ejercito nacional" de sudcorea, en total mas de dos millones de
efectivos. el tamano de la guerra de agresion a corea era tan tremendo que
de entre los materiales belicos consumidos por la fuerza naval
norteamericana los suministrados llegaron a acerca de 140 millones de
toneladas y los materiales belicos consumidos en esta guerra por las tropas
agresoras imperialistas nortemericanas fueron 11 veces mayores que la
guerra del pacifico. los imperialistas yanquis gastaron 165 mil millones de
dolares para esa guerra de tres anos. movilizaron los canones de grueso
calibre de tipo ultramoderno como el de 105 mm, los cruceros pesados de
tipo ultramoderno como "paltimor" y los grandes bombarderos estrategicos
como "b-29" llamado "fortaleza aerea" y otros equipos belicos
ultramodernos. no bastandoles con todo esto se valieron de las bombas de
gases toxicos y bacteriologicas prohibidas por la ley internacional y
amenazaron con las bombas atomicas. esta guerra tal tremenda no se pudo
desatar por casualidad ni de inesperado sino al cabo de los preparativos
meticulosos. con ninguna artimana a que recurran los imperialistas
norteamericanos podran borrar en la pagina de la historia el registro de
sus crimenes perpetrados al desatar esta guerra agresiva .
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