TODAY'S NEWS (June.27.2000 Juche 89)
[CONTENTS]
* Kim Il Sung's brilliant life lauded
* Full demonstration of might of single-hearted unity in building
powerful nation called for
* Anniversary of Madagascan independence celebrated
* Study of Kim Jong Il's work
* "Flying Towards Sun" published in Russia
* Famous silk producers in Korea
* Party and state delegation of DPRK leaves for Syria
* DPRK FM spokesman on U.S. chief executive's remarks
* First north-south Red Cross talks held
For Spanish-speaking people
* bases de produccion de seda
* estudio y divulgacion de obra de dirigente kim jong il en extranjero
* exaltemos mas plenamente poderio de unidad monolitica en construccion
de potencia
* camarada kim il sung sera inmortal con tiempo que pasa
* hacia siria delegacion de partido y estado de rpdc
Kim Il Sung's brilliant life lauded
Pyongyang, June 27 (KCNA) -- Political commentator of the Russian
newspaper Patriot Irina Pirogova appeared
for an hour-long program of Narodnoye radio after visiting the DPRK.
She said that her appearance for a radio program on Korea is to pull
down a dirty iron curtain thrown over the
DPRK and speak the truth.
She went on:
"Comrade Kim Il Sung was a great son of the people and the people's
leader inseparable from them.
"He regarded 'believe in the people as in heaven' as his maxim and
devoted his whole life to the people to the last
moments of his life.
"Though he was totally dedicated to the people, he never wished his
exploits to be praised. Moreover, he never
lorded it over the popular masses nor considered himself to be a hero born
of heaven bestowing 'grace' upon people."
"He always lived among people as he was a benevolent father who made
the people live in a great harmonious
family on the basis of one and the same idea, faith, sense of obligation
and cause."
Noting that he was the most steadfast communist in the present-day
world, she pointed out that he united the
people to bring in a powerful trend of the times and defeat vicious and
ferocious imperialism.
Kim Il Sung built the best society not only for the people in our times
but for all people to live in this world in
future and he is immortal with the flow of time, she concluded.
Full demonstration of might of single-hearted unity in building powerful nation
called for
Pyongyang, June 27 (KCNA) -- A celebration meeting for the 40th
anniversary of the independence of
Madagascar was held yesterday at the Chollima House of Culture.
Present at the meeting were Song Sok Hwan, vice-Minister of Culture and
chairman of the Korea-Madagascar
Friendship Association, members of the association and working people in
Pyongyang.
A speech was made and a message of greetings to the Madagascan
President was adopted at the meeting.
Anniversary of Madagascan independence celebrated
Pyongyang, June 27 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il's famous
work "Giving Priority to Ideological
Work Is Essential for Accomplishing Socialism" has been studied in
different countries.
A joint seminar of Bulgarian political parties on the work was held in
Sofia on June 19.
The chairman of the executive council of the central committee of the
Bulgarian Communist Party (Marxists) in his
report said that as the driving force of the socialist cause is the popular
masses, the future and destiny of the socialist
cause depend on how the popular masses are ideologically prepared and set
in motion.
Kim Jong Il's work is the guideline which helps the parties and peoples
of those countries where socialism
collapsed to take the road of resurrection and the socialist idea is sure
to win victory, he said.
Speakers pointed out that the workers' party and people of Korea are
successfully building socialism under so
difficult conditions because they, guided by the Juche idea, have put it
into practice under the leadership of Kim Jong
Il.
A letter to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the meeting.
Meanwhile, seminars on the work were held by the Kimilsungism Study
Group of the Administration and
development college in Mjumbe, Morogoro, Tanzania, and the Congolese
Socialist Party.
A reading session of the work was held by the central committee of the
Communists Party of Kyrgyzstan.
Study of Kim Jong Il's work
Pyongyang, June 27 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun here today carries an
editorial titled "Let us fully demonstrate
might of single-hearted unity in building powerful nation."
The editorial says:
The single-hearted unity is the invincible spirit of Juche Korea and
enduing mainstay for the Worker's Party of
Korea and Korean revolution.
It is the great pride of the DPRK that the whole party and army and all
the people are firmly united around the great
leader. And herein lies the invincibility of Korean-style socialism.
The might of this unity stems from the unanimous reverence and absolute
worship of the whole party and army
and all people to the leader.
The army and people of Korea are struck with ever-stronger admiration
at the greatness of the respected Kim Jong
Il who led the "arduous march" and the forced march to victory with his
unique army-first revolutionary leadership,
thus firmly protecting the destiny of Korean-style socialism and opening a
new era of historical change in building a
powerful nation.
They consider the joy of Kim Jong Il as their own happiness and devote
all their lives to his well-being. So, he
and the army and people of the DPRK form a harmonious whole as they are in
the relationship of sharing the same
destiny, the one between a great father and his children.
The might of this unity finds its manifestation in the spirit displayed
by the party, army and people in devotedly
carrying out his ideas and policies.
His ideas and policies serve as guidelines in the struggle and life of
the Korean people and army and life-giving
water.
Epoch-making miracles and great changes made without a let-up in the
days of the "arduous march" and forced
march and in the on-going advance for the building of a powerful nation
further deepen the conviction of the army and
people that they are sure to triumph, if they do as taught by him.
The ideas and policies of the leader are accepted by the army and
people as requirements of their lives and their
unanimous will and his plan and intentions become a brilliant reality
thanks to their devoted struggle.
The is a real picture of the DPRK, their motherland.
The might of this unity also finds its expression in that our army and
people are modeling themselves on their
leader.
Our army and people share their thoughts and intentions, desire and
target, feelings and emotion, destiny and
future with Kim Jong Il.
His intention and resolution are precisely the target of their struggle
and methods taught by him are the only right
methods of their struggle.
Our army and people will proudly demonstrate their noble traits as
soldiers and disciples intensely loyal to the
leader in the present drive to build a powerful nation.
"Flying Towards Sun" published in Russia
Pyongyang, June 27 (KCNA) -- Book "Flying Towards Sun", written by
Irina Pirogova, political commentator of
the Russian newspaper Patriot, after her visit to the DPRK, was off the
press by the newspaper office.
The book carries photographs of the President Kim Il Sung and General
Secretary Kim Jong Il.
On the front page the book says this book is presented to the great
leaders of Korea, immortal Kim Il Sung and
ever-victorious Kim Jong Il.
The book consists of a preface and 22 titles including "Kim Il Sung,
Sturdy Aspen," "Personal Traits of Kim Jong
Il," "Kim Jong Suk, Starlight from Far," "Unquenchable Torchlight,"
"Chollima Racing Ahead of Century" and
"Remain Alive and Win."
The book tells the great personality and great exploits of the three
commanders of Mt. Paektu, genuine advantages
of the socialism of Korean style in which everything serves the people and
the worthwhile life of the Korean people.
Famous silk producers in Korea
Pyongyang, June 27 (KCNA) -- Nyongbyon and Pakchon of Korea are famous
for silk.
From olden times people in the areas used to reel a lot of threads from
cocoons to produce light, soft yet durable
silk with beautiful colors. After liberation the state built silk mills in
the areas to steadily increase the silk production
and fully satisfy the people's needs for silk.
At least 40 varieties of silk and over 1,200 expanded varieties of silk
are produced in the DPRK at present.
Silk made in the DPRK is popular on world markets.
Brocade produced at the Nyongbyon silk mill won several gold medals at
international commodities exhibitions.
Yaksandan silk with azalea pattern and Kuryongdan silk with graceful
pattern reminiscent of flowing river water
are also popular abroad.
General Secretary Kim Jong Il gave on-the-spot guidance to the
Nyongbyon and Pakchon silk mills on June 21
where he called upon the workers to bring about innovations in the
production of silk liked by the people.
He said the mills should increase silk production to provide girls and
boys who are going to get married and the
old who are to celebrate their 60th and 70th birthdays with silk clothes
and silk quilts.
The daily production quotas are now being fulfilled at over 160 per
cent thanks to the collective innovation drive of
the workers there to implement tasks put forward by Kim Jong Il.
Party and state delegation of DPRK leaves for Syria
Pyongyang, June 27 (KCNA) -- A party and state delegation of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea led by
Kim Yong Nam, member of the political bureau of the Central Committee of
the Worker's Party of Korea and
President of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK,
today left here for Syria by air to express
condolences over the passing away of Syrian President Hafez al Assad who is
also general secretary of the Arab
Socialist Baath Party of Syria and commander-in-chief of Army and Armed
Forces of the Syrian Arab Republic.
The delegation includes Choe Thae Bok, alternate member of the
political bureau and secretary of the Central
Committee of the Worker's Party of Korea, Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun,
Minister of Culture Kang Nung Su and
other officials concerned.
They were seen off at the airport by Yang Hyong Sop, alternate member
of the political bureau of the C.C. of the
WPK and vice-president of the presidium of the SPA, Kang Sok Ju, member of
the C.C. of the WPK and first
vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Choe Jin Su, vice department director of
the C.C. of the WPK, Song Sok Hwan,
vice-Minister of Culture, and other officials concerned.
It was also seen off by Haissam Saad, Syrian charge d' affaires A.I. to
the DPRK, and Russian ambassador
Valery Denisov.
DPRK FM spokesman on U.S. chief executive's remarks
Pyongyang, June 27 (KCNA) -- The spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of
the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea today issued a statement denouncing the U.S. chief executive for
taking issue with the DPRK as regards the
June 25 Korean War.
The statement says:
On June 24 the U.S. chief executive reportedly made a proclamation at
the request of the congress in which he said
on June 25, 1950, armed forces from North Korea launched an invasion of
South Korea and through the United
Nations Security Council, the then U.S. president, Truman committed the
first U.S. forces to combat in South Korea.
If it is true, his remarks distorted the truth of history.
It is well known to the world that the U.S. is a provoker of the Korean
War and an aggressor.
The Korean War was a war of aggression, a product of the war policy
that the U.S. had long pursued because of
the geo-political importance of the Korean peninsula in its realization of
the world strategy.
The then commander of the U.S. far eastern headquarters, Macarthur,
said that conquest of Korea as a whole
would enable the U.S. to cut off the only and one supply line linking
Soviet Siberia to the south and control the whole
area between Vladivostok and Singapore. He testified that the U.S. amassed
all military supplies and weapons in the
area along the 38th parallel to attack North Korea on the eve of war.
In an effort to cover up such a policy of aggression and undisguised
invasion and shift the responsibility on to the
DPRK the U.S. rigged up an illegal "resolution" at the UN Security Council
meeting.
Passage of the time cannot write off history. Nor can any distortion
change it.
The recent anti-DPRK diatribe of the U.S. chief executive cannot be
construed otherwise than a provocation
designed to chill on-going negotiations aimed at confidence building.
If the U.S. continues to do an act of increasing distrust, swimming
against the trend of the present situation toward
reconciliation and cooperation, it will only go to reveal with added
clarity the true colors of the U.S. as a wrecker of
global peace and stability.
First north-south Red Cross talks held
Kosong, June 27 (KCNA) -- The first north-south Red Cross talks today
took place at the Kumgangsan Hotel to
discuss such humanitarian issues as exchange of visiting groups of
separated families and relatives and repatriation of
unconverted long-term prisoners to mark August 15 this year, in accordance
with historic north-south joint declaration.
Present at the talks were three delegates from the north and south each.
At the talks the both sides made keynote addresses on the stand of
their sides before putting forward draft
agreements.
In his keynote address the head of the north side said he was pleased
with the fact that the Red Cross delegates
from the two sides sit face to face to settle the humanitarian issues laid
down in the north-south joint declaration under
the situation in which the inter-Korean relations enter a phase of a new
turn with the adoption of the declaration.
He proposed to repatriate unconverted long-term prisoners above all at
the beginning of August and then exchange
100-member visiting groups of separated families and relatives
simultaneously from August 15 after discussing and
solving a package of issues of exchanging above-said visiting groups and
repatriating unconverted long-term
prisoners. And he brought forward a north side's draft agreement specifying
his proposal.
Both sides agreed to hold the second round of the talks on June 29.
For Spanish-speaking people
bases de produccion de seda
pyongyang, 27 de junio (atcc) -- nyongbyon y pakchon son famosos
lugares productores de seda de corea. los
habitantes de estos lugares desde antiguedades produjeron sedas suaves,
leves, duraderas y de color gracioso con hilos
derivados de capullos de gusano de seda.
despues de la restauracion el pais construyo las fabricas de seda en
nyongbyon y pakchon y aumento
sistematicamente el tamano de produccion de estas plantas para cubrir
suficientemente la demanda del pueblo sobre
telas de seda.
en la actualidad las variedades principales de seda son de mas de 40 y
las ampliadas son de mas de 1 200.
las telas de seda coreana con larga historia disfrutan de gran
reputacion mundial.
tasaekdan, producto de la fabrica de seda de nyongbyon recibio en
varias ocasiones medalla de oro en la feria
internacional de mercancias.
esta fabrica produce yaksandan con estampado de azalea y kuryongdan con
dibujos de colores graciosos que gozan
de gran popularidad en el extranjero.
el pasado dia 21 el gran dirigente kim jong il visito de orientacion a
las fabricas de seda de nyongbyon y pakchon
donde exhorto a los obreros a registrar innovaciones en la produccion de
seda preferida por el pueblo.
dijo que debe aumentar la produccion y suministrar ropas y mantas de
seda acolchadas a las muchachas y
muchachos que celebran boda y a los ancianos en el 60 y 70 aniversario del
natalicio.
en estos dias todos los obreros de las fabricas de seda registran
innovaciones colectivas en todos los centros de
trabajo a fin de cumplir las tareas presentadas por el gran general y
elevan 1.6 veces la produccion diaria.
estudio y divulgacion de obra de dirigente kim jong il en extranjero
pyongyang, 27 de junio (atcc) -- en varios paises se efectuo la labor
de estudio y divulgacion de la inmortal obra
clasica del gran dirigente kim jong il "priorizar la labor ideologica es
requisito indispensable para el cumplimiento de la
causa socialista".
tuvo lugar el dia 19 del actual en sofia el simposio conjunto de los
partidos politicos de bulgaria sobre dicha obra.
al rendir informe el presidente del consejo ejecutivo del comite
central del partido comunista bulgaro (marxista) dijo
que el sujeto para el cumplimiento de la causa socialista son las masas
populares y la perspectiva y el destino de esta
causa depende del grado de preparacion y conciencia ideologica de ellas mismas.
senalo que la obra del camarada kim jong il sirve de guia para los
partidos y pueblos de los paises donde se
derrumbo el socialismo en el camino del resurgimiento y anadio que la idea
socialista triunfara ciertamente.
los oradores subrayaron que el partido del trabajo y el pueblo de corea
construyen excelentemente el socialismo en
las condiciones tan dificiles porque bajo la direccion del camarada kim
jong il toman por guia directriz la idea juche y la
materializan cabalmente.
en el simposio se aprobo una carta dirigida al dirigente kim jong il.
en el grupo de estudio de kimilsunismo de la universidad de desarrollo
administrativo de mjumbe, morogoro de
tanzania y el partido socialista de congo tuvo lugar respectivamente el
simposio sobre la obra arriba mencionada.
en el comite central del partido comunista de kirghizistan se efectuo
un cenaculo de lectura a esta obra.
exaltemos mas plenamente poderio de unidad monolitica en construccion de
potencia
pyongyang, 27 de junio (atcc) -- con igual titulo hoy el diario "rodong
sinmun" inserto un editorial, que senala en
particular:
la unidad monolitica es el invencible espiritu de la corea del juche y
es la mas importante para el partido del trabajo
y la revolucion de corea.
el logro de la unidad monolitica de todo el partido, el ejercito y el
pueblo en torno al gran dirigente es nuestro gran
orgullo. he ahi la invencibilidad del socialismo coreano.
el poderio de nuestra unidad monolitica emana de la absoluta adoracion
de todo el partido, todo el ejercito y todo el
pueblo a su dirigente.
particularmente, la gran personalidad del respetado camarada kim jong
il conmueve el corazon de los oficiales y
soldados de nuestro ejercito popular y nuestro pueblo.
el practico la original direccion revolucionaria de dar prioridad al
ejercito conduciendo a la victoria la "marcha
penosa" y la marcha forzada, defendio con firmeza el destino del socialismo
coreano y dejo abierta una epoca del
cambio historico para la construccion de potencia.
nuestro ejercito y pueblo consideran suya la alegria del camarada kim
jong il y dedican toda su vida a la seguridad
fisica de el.
las relaciones entre nuestro ejercito y pueblo y el son justamente las
del cuerpo integral que comparte el destino y
las entre el gran padre e hijos.
el poderio de nuestra unidad monolitica es el espiritu del partido, el
ejercito y el pueblo de ejecutar a riesgo de vida
la idea y la orientacion de su dirigente.
la idea y la orientacion del camarada kim jong il son la guia de la
lucha y la vida y el agua vivificante de nuestro
ejercito y pueblo.
los milagros seculares y grandes cambios que no cesan de producirse en
los dias de la "marcha penosa" y la
marcha forzada y en el camino de la marcha de hoy para la construccion de
potencia infunden a nuestro ejercito y
pueblo la firme fe en la victoria cierta al ejecutar con lealtad sus
ensenanzas.
la idea y la orientacion del dirigente vienen a ser la demanda vital y
la unanime voluntad del ejercito y el pueblo, y
gracias a la lucha de estos por materializarlas a ultranza el proyecto y
proposito de aquel se hacen una realidad brillante.
esto es un aspecto orgulloso de nuestro pais.
el poderio de nuestra unidad monolitica procede del hecho de que el
ejercito y el pueblo siguen el ejemplo de su
dirigente.
hoy nuestro ejercito y pueblo comparten con el respetado camarada kim
jong il la idea y el proposito, la aspiracion
y el objetivo, el sentimiento, el destino y el futuro. para nuestro
ejercito y pueblo el proposito y decision de el son
precisamente la meta de lucha, y el unico modo de lucha de aquellos es la
manera de el.
en la marcha orgullosa de hoy de la construccion de potencia nuestro
ejercito y pueblo manifestaran con gran
orgullo nobles rasgos de los soldados, discipulos que siguen ejemplo de su
dirigente.
camarada kim il sung sera inmortal con tiempo que pasa
pyongyang, 27 de junio (atcc) -- irina pirokova, comentarista politica
del periodico patriot de rusia quien estuvo de
visita en la rpd de corea hablo una hora ante la cadena de radio narodnoye.
ella dijo:
hablo de la rpd de corea para esclarecer la verdad poniendo fin a la
sucia cortina de acero.
el camarada kim il sung fue el gran hijo del pueblo y el lider popular.
el tuvo por maxima de su vida la doctrina "iminwichon" que significa
considerar al pueblo como cielo y hasta el
ultimo momento de su vida dedico todo lo suyo en aras del pueblo.
el trabajo con abnegacion pero no hablo nunca de sus hazanas.
no se considero como heroe ancestral que brinda "favor especial" a las
masas populares senoreandose sobre estas.
el estaba siempre junto al pueblo. fue afectuoso padre que hizo de toda
la poblacion una grande y armoniosa
familia a base de una ideologia, credo, obligacion moral y causa.
el fue uno de los mas destacados comunistas en el mundo actual.
logro la unidad monolitica del pueblo, preparo la poderosa corriente de
hierro y vencio el barbaro imperialismo.
el ofrecio un excelente mundo a los pueblos de la epoca contemporanea y
las generaciones venideras en esta tierra.
el es inmortal con el tiempo que pasa.
hacia siria delegacion de partido y estado de rpdc
pyongyang, 27 de junio (atcc) -- la delegacion del partido y estado de
la republica popular democratica de corea
presidida por kim yong nam, miembro del buro politico del cc del partido
del trabajo de corea y presidente del comite
permanente de la asamblea popular suprema de la rpdc partio hoy de
pyongyang por via aerea rumbo a siria para
expresar condolencia por el fallecimiento de su excelencia hafez al-assad,
secretario general del partido socialista del
resurgimiento arabe, comandante en jefe del ejercito y las fuerzas armadas
y presidente de la republica arabe de siria.
la delegacion esta integrada por choe thae bok, miembro suplente del
buro politico y secretario del cc del ptc, paek
nam sun, ministro de rr.ee., kang nung su, ministro de cultura y otros
funcionarios.
en el aeropuerto despidieronla yang hyong sop, miembro suplente del
buro politico del cc del ptc y vicepresidente
del comite permanente de la aps, kang sok ju, primer viceministro de
rr.ee., choe jin su, subjefe de departamento del cc
del ptc, song sok hwan, viceministro de cultura y otros funcionarios.
tambien despidieronla haissam saad, encargado de negocios a.i. de ras y
valery denisov, embajador de la
federacion de rusia en la rpdc.
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