TODAY'S NEWS (June.06.2000 Juche 89)
[CONTENTS]
* Korean Children's Union
* Wreaths laid at statues and grave of Kim Hyong Jik
* Aim of U.S. aggression on Korea disclosed
* Suppression of father Mun Kyu Hyon under fire
* KCNA assails Japan's arms buildup
* Tano festival
* Firm adherence to principle of national independence called for
* U.S. fiction of "threat" from DPRK refuted
For Spanish-speaking people
* debe guardarse de japon, comentario de atcc
* acc denuncia a autoridades surcoreanas
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Korean Children's Union
Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- Today marks the 54th anniversary of the
Korean Children's Union (KCU). The
KCU, which was founded on June 6, Juche 35 (1946), is the only
revolutionary children's organization in the DPRK.
The great leader President Kim Il Sung gave origin to the Korean
children's movement.
The president formed the Saenal Children's Union, the first children's
organization in Korea, during the
anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, thus establishing a shining tradition
of the children's movement.
He set out the slogan "Let us always prepare ourselves to be the
reserves of the communist construction " For the
revolutionary children's organization to put up after the liberation of the
country and indicated a clear way for the
children's movement to follow at every stage and in each period of the
revolution and led the movement with warm
care.
Today the KCU is making rapid progress under the care of the great
leader Kim Jong Il who perfectly personified
the revolutionary idea of the president.
Noting that it is the core of the work of the KCU to bring up school
children into reliable successors to the Juche
revolutionary cause, remaining intensely loyal to the president, Kim Jong
Il provided them with a new educational
system whereby they can learn from the glorious boyhood of the president.
He put forward the slogan "Let us learn for Korea " and has led the KCU
members to equip themselves with
knowledge, a good moral character and good health, conduct socio-political
activities and do a lot of good things
through different mass movements.
The KCU members have performed great exploits on behalf of the country
and people, the times and revolution
throughout the annals of the Korean revolution.
The DPRK is proud of having such juvenile heroes as juvenile guerrilla
So Kang Ryom and DPRK hero Ri Chang
Do and such talented children loved by the people as "little doctor,"
"little artiste" and "little painter."
School children in the DPRK are leading the happiest life, keeping
their wisdom and talents in full bloom, despite
the difficult conditions of the country.
Wreaths laid at statues and grave of Kim Hyong Jik
Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- Wreaths were laid before the statue of Kim
Hyong Jik in Ponghwa-ri, Kangdong
county, Pyongyang, and his grave in Mangyongdae on Monday, the 74th
anniversary of his death. Kim Hyong Jik
was an indomitable revolutionary fighter and an outstanding leader of the
anti-Japanese national liberation movement in
Korea.
Seen there were wreaths from the great leader Kim Jong Il.
Present at the wreath-laying ceremonies were Han Song Ryong, Choe Thae
Bok, Yang hyong sop and other
senior party and state officials, working people, people's army soldiers
and school youth and children.
Placed before the statue and grave amid the playing of music were
wreaths together with bouquets and flowers in
the name of the Workers' Party of Korea central committee, the presidium of
the Supreme People's Assembly and the
cabinet of the DPRK and others.
The participants paid a silent tribute to Kim Hyong Jik, recalling with
deep emotion his brilliant life and precious
feats in the struggle.
On the same day wreaths were laid before his statues in Sakju county of
north Phyongan province and Junggang
county of Jagang province.
Aim of U.S. aggression on Korea disclosed
Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- The U.S. imperialists occupied South Korea
in a bid to take hold of the Korean
peninsula as their military bridgehead. What the U.S. sought in invading
the peninsula was clearly illustrated by the
secret report no. 4849 worked out by the intelligence and research office
of the U.S. Department of State on Jan. 28,
1949, which said: The geographical location of the Korean peninsula in
northeast Asia is of value to any other state
which is interested in the far east. Since the seizure of Korea by the U.S.
will considerably increase the latter's position
and there is no doubt that the former is of political importance for the
latter.
Such aggressive aim of the U.S. was confirmed by the opinion the then
President Truman gave to a report on
"views, conclusion and recommendation in relation to the situation of
Korea." He said most of the proposals related to
the clear-cut action guidelines were included in the reexamined plan of the
U.S. Korea policy. To carry out this task the
U.S. will stay in Korea for an adequate period and he asked for the
provision of personnel and adequate fund needed
for it, he added. ("Memoirs of Truman" 2 and the 1967 edition of the
Japanese "Kobunsha")
It was because of this aim that the U.S. had never regarded itself as
"liberator" even when some of South Korean
inhabitants in delusion welcomed its troops as such just after the
liberation of the country from the Japanese
imperialists' colonial rule.
Having set foot on Seoul, the U.S. troops announced order no. 21 of the
U.S. military government office saying
the head of office would exercise all the existing rights done by the
Japanese governor-general in Korea, and thus made
it clear that they were new masters in place of the Japanese imperialists.
Suppression of father Mun Kyu Hyon under fire
Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- The spokesman for the central committee of
the Korean Catholics Association
released a statement on June 5 condemning the "Seoul district court" of
South Korea for charging father Mun Kyu
Hyon of the (South) Korean Catholic priests' council for justice with
violation of the "Security Law" on May 26. The
South Korean authorities filed a complaint and prosecuted in nearly two
years under the "SL" father Mun Kyu Hyon,
who visited Pyongyang with the government's official permission, and
recently passed a sentence on him, the
statement noted, and said:
This is an unpardonable mockery of the nation's aspiration and will for
reunification and a vicious treachery
against the trend of the times.
It is intended to put down the South Korean people's aspiration and
will for reunification by linking the
pro-reunification patriots with the north, spoil the atmosphere of the
forthcoming historic inter-Korean Pyongyang
meeting and summit talks and incite the north-south confrontation.
As the tragic fate of the preceding dictators showed, the
anti-reunification traitors will be surely made to pay for
their crimes and face self-destruction.
The South Korean authorities should behave themselves, squarely seeing
the requirement of the times and the
nation's will for reunification, and rescind the "SL", an anti-national,
anti-reunification evil law, at once.
KCNA assails Japan's arms buildup
Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- Japan's air "Self-Defence Force" recently
deployed for action four Awacs of new
type "767". The deployment has considerably increased the air "SDF's"
capability of controlling airspace over the
waters surrounding Japan, especially waters off the Korean peninsula,
foreign news reports said. What cannot be
overlooked is the fact that such deployment was made at a time when the
adoption of "a declaration on renouncement of
war" was under discussion at the Japanese house of representatives.
This clearly shows that Japan's declaration on "renouncement of war" is
sham and how recklessly the Japanese
reactionaries are stepping up the moves to turn Japan into a military giant
behind the curtain of peace.
In this way Japan is inching closer to its conversion into a military
power and rounding off the fascistization of
society and wartime system.
As known, the Japanese reactionaries restored the right of belligerency
and the right to participate in war by
railroading legislations related to the "Japan-U.S. defence cooperation
guidelines" last year. And they are speeding up
militarization of Japanese society by persistently egging ultra
nationalists such as Tokyo metropolitan governor Ishihara
on to spread militarism.
All the facts prove that Japan's moves to turn itself into a military
giant and realize its militarization have already
gone beyond a danger line.
Asian nations will never tolerate such moves of Japan.
Tano festival
Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- June 6 this year (the fifth day of the
fifth lunar month) is Tano festival in Korea.
>From olden times ancestors celebrated the day to relieve fatigue from
spring farming such as rice-transplantation and
sowing.
According to historical records, Koreans spent the day, playing various
folk games and having special food.
Typical of the games were Korean wrestling, archery, swinging and
see-sawing.
Masque dance, puppet-show and tight-rope dancing were also popular in
different local places.
Rice-and-mugwort cake was typical food served on the day.
The cake is made of rice powder mixed with soft leaves of mugwort, an
annual plant sprouting in spring. It tastes
sweet and is very good for health.
Salad and pancake made from cucumber, pumpkin and other spring
vegetables were also specially prepared.
Each family prepares simple national dishes and shares them with their
neighbours.
On this day Koreans like to have picnics in beauty spots, parks and
recreation grounds. Men like to play Korean
wrestling, archery and Korean chess, while women prefer swinging,
see-sawing and yut games. Men and women,
young and old, sing and dance to the drumbeating. These are common scenes
everywhere on the day.
Tano festival is one of the most popular folk holidays for the Koreans
in a year.
Firm adherence to principle of national independence called for
Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- The great leader Kim Jong Il laid down the
principle of national independence as a
basic demand for the preservation of Juche character and national character
of the revolution and construction. Rodong
Sinmun today says this in a signed article.
It goes on:
National independence means that one solves by oneself all the problems
arising in hewing out the destiny of the
country and nation in conformity with one's own demand and interests.
It is an inalienable right of each country and nation that cannot be
violated by any one.
How to maintain the principle of national independence in the
revolution and construction is a yardstick showing
whether one takes the road of prosperity and independent development of the
country and nation or follows the road of
subordination and national ruin.
Historic experience and lesson teach that if one truly wants prosperity
and independent development of the country
and nation, one should more firmly stick to one's own viewpoint and carry
out the lines and policies, one's own
choice, to the last in face of the increasing pressure by the imperialists
and dominationists.
Accordingly, the revolutionary party and people should not lose a firm
confidence in the justness of their cause in
face of severe difficulties and trials, but invariably advance along the
road of independence, their own choice, with
indomitable will and struggle.
What is important in holding fast to the principle of national
independence is that one should always find a method
and way of one's own style and rely on them in pushing ahead with and
developing the revolution and construction.
The party and people that work to build socialism should apply their
own style revolutionary and national in all
aspects of the state and social life, including politics, the economy and
culture.
One should push ahead with the revolution and construction one's own
way with one's own viewpoint, guided by
the principle of national independence. Only then can he achieve the
independent development and prosperity of the
country and nation, maintain the Juche character and national character and
realise independence.
U.S. fiction of "threat" from DPRK refuted
Pyongyang, June 6 (KCNA) -- On May 30 the U.S. joint chiefs of staff
raised a hue and cry over the "threat of
ballistic missile and other means" allegedly from the DPRK in a document
what it called "joint vision 2020" and called
for further strengthening military collusion and nexus with Japan, etc, and
increasing its nuclear forces and U.S.
military presence overseas under that pretext. In this regard Minju Joson
today says in a signed commentary:
This is a clear indication that the U.S. is going to invariably pursue
its wild ambition to dominate the world with
strength in the new century, too.
The "threat" from the DPRK is a sheer fabrication dreamed up by the
U.S. in a bid to "justify" its moves to
establish military domination over the world, the commentary says, and
continues:
The fiction of the "threat from North Korea" floated by the U.S. is the
other side of its doctrine of aggression on
the DPRK.
The U.S. regards the Korean peninsula as the most important target of
its Asian strategy as it is a gateway to its
invasion of the Asian continent.
But the U.S. design to stand unchallenged is being frustrated, as the
DPRK does not allow the U.S. to invade the
continent including the Korean peninsula.
Hence, the U.S., regarding the DPRK as a "cancer-like entity" lying in
the way of realizing its strategy for world
supremacy, has left no stone unturned to stifle it militarily.
If the U.S. turns to a war option to settle the Korean issue in the
end, the DPRK will fight a life and death battle
and inflict the bitterest-ever defeat upon them with crushing blows.
The U.S. is well advised not to misjudge this resolution.
For Spanish-speaking people
debe guardarse de japon, comentario de atcc
pyongyang, 6 de junio (atcc) -- segun una informacion, recientemente
las "fuerzas de autodefensa" aereas del
japon ubicaron cuatro awacs "767" de nuevo tipo. los cables extranjeros
transmiten que con la ubicacion de 4 awacs se
reforzo considerablemente la capacidad de control de las "fuerzas de
autodefensa" aereas del japon al espacio aereo
jurisdiccional sobre areas maritimas del contorno, en particular sobre la
peninsula coreana.
lo que no se puede pasar por alto es que la ubicacion de dichos aviones
se coincidio con la plena discusion sobre la
aprobacion de la declaracion de la "renuncia a la guerra" en la camara de
representantes del japon.
esto demuestra el caracter enganoso de la "renuncia a la guerra"
enunciada por los reaccionarios japoneses y cuan
temerariamente impulsan estos su conversion en potencia militar detras de
esta cortina de paz.
asi dan impulso a la conversion en potencia militar por una parte y por
la otra completa la fascistizacion y el sistema
del tiempo de guerra en el pais.
como trascendieron, los reaccionarios japoneses aprobaron el ano pasado
la ley relativa a la "guia de cooperacion
de defensa japon-ee.uu." y asi recuperaron el derecho a participacion en la
guerra y a beligerancia.
los ultranacionalistas como ishihara, gobernador de la metropoli de
tokio difunden perversamente la tendencia
ideologica militarista para acelerar la militarizacion de la sociedad japonesa.
todos los hechos prueban que la conversion de la potencia militar y la
militarizacion del japon pasan ya el limite
peligroso.
acc denuncia a autoridades surcoreanas
pyongyang, 6 de junio (atcc) -- el vocero del comite central de la
asociacion de catolicos de corea (acc) publico el
dia 5 una declaracion denunciando el hecho de que el "tribunal local de
seul" de sudcorea imputo el pasado dia 26 de
mayo el "crimen" de transgresion de la "ley de seguridad" al sacerdote mun
kyu hyon del "cuerpo nacional de
sacerdotes catolicos por la aplicacion de la justicia". la declaracion senala:
las autoridades surcoreanas acusaron en virtud de la "ley de seguridad"
al sacerdote mun kyu hyon quien visito a
pyongyang con el permiso oficial de ellas y al cabo de someterlo a las
persecusiones durante cerca de dos anos le
aplicaron esta vez la pena. esto es una intolerable burla a la aspiracion y
voluntad de reunificacion de los coreanos y
perverso acto traidor que contraviene a la corriente de la epoca.
asi revelaron su siniestra intencion de suprimir la aspiracion y la
voluntad de reunificacion de la poblacion
surcoreana al vincular con la rpdc a las personalidades patrioticas
pro-reunificacion y de entenebrecer el ambiente del
historico encuentro de pyongyang y de las conversaciones de nivel supremo
que se aproximan y fomentar el
enfrentamiento entre el norte y el sur.
como demuestra el destino tragico de los dictadores anteriores, los
crimenes de los traidores anti-reunificacion
seran calculados estrictamente y estos no podran evitar el camino de la
autodestruccion.
las autoridades surcoreanas deben ver claramente la demanda de la epoca
y la voluntad de reunificacion de la
nacion, actuar con prudencia y abolir ahora mismo la maligna "ley de
seguridad", opuesta a la nacion y la reunificacion.
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