TODAY'S NEWS (June.30.2000 Juche 89)
[CONTENTS]
* Kim Jong Il receives Jong Ju Yong and Jong Mong Hon
* Greetings to President of Rwanda
* Greetings to Burundian President
* Friendly meeting with Iranian embassy officials
* Independence Day of Democratic Congo commemorated here
* Entourage of Jong Ju Yong inspect construction site
* Jong Ju Yong and his party leave here
* Agreement adopted at north-south Red Cross talks
* Anniversary of Kalun meeting observed
* Mineral water in Korea
* Meeting held in Guinea to remember Kim Il Sung
For Spanish-speaking people
* aguas minerales de rpdc
* tercera ronda de conversaciones de cruz roja norte-sur
* dirigente kim jong il recibe en audiencia a surcoreanos
* segunda ronda de conversaciones de cruz roja de norte y sur de corea
* visitantes surcoreanos recorren lugar de construccion de gimnasio
* editorial de "rodong sinmun" dedicado a 70 aniversario de conferencia
de kalun
* regresaron presidente honorario de grupo hyundai de sudcorea y su
comitiva
Kim Jong Il receives Jong Ju Yong and Jong Mong Hon
Pyongyang, June 30 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il received
Jong Ju Yong, Honorary President of the
South Korean Hyundai Business Group, and Jong Mong Hon, chairman of the
Hyundai Asan board of directors, in
Wonsan on June 29.
On hand was Kim Yong Sun, chairman of the Korean Asia-Pacific Peace
Committee.
Kim Jong Il warmly greeted Jong Ju Yong and Jong Mong Hon, the first
visitors to the north after the
inter-Korean summit, and talked with them in an amicable atmosphere.
He expressed the belief that they would make a positive contribution to
implementing the north-south joint
declaration by pushing forward the work for national unity, reconciliation,
exchange and cooperation.
On the occasion they expressed their heartfelt thanks to him for his
kind reception and encouraging words.
Kim Jong Il arranged a dinner in honor of them and their party and had
a souvenir picture taken with them.
Greetings to President of Rwanda
Pyongyang, June 30 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium
of the Supreme People's Assembly
of the DPRK, today sent a message of greetings to Paul Kagame, President of
Rwanda, on its National Day.
It extended warm felicitations to the President, government and the
people of Rwanda on the occasion of its
National Day and wished the President and the people success in their work
for the unity and reconciliation of the
nation and stability and development of the country.
The message expressed the belief that the friendly relations between
the two countries would continue to develop
on good terms.
Greetings to Burundian President
Pyongyang, June 30 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of
the Supreme People's Assembly
of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on June 28 sent a message of
greetings to Pierre Buyoya, President of
Burundi, on the occasion of its National Day.
The message extended warm felicitations to the President, government
and people of Burundi on its National Day
and expressed the belief that the friendly relations between the two
countries would continue to develop on good terms.
It wished the President and people of Burundi success in their work for
peace and stability of the country.
Friendly meeting with Iranian embassy officials
Pyongyang, June 30 (KCNA) -- A friendly meeting with Iranian embassy
officials was held at the Pyongyang
Schoolchildren's Palace on June 29 on the occasion of the establishment of
a Korea-Iran friendship week.
Invited to the meeting were Iranian ambassador to the DPRK Mohammad
Ganjidoost and embassy officials.
Present there were the vice-chairman of the Korea-Iran friendship
association and other officials concerned.
The participants looked round circle rooms of the palace which serves
as a center of after-school education and
saw a performance given by art circle members of the palace, before talking
with each other.
Independence Day of Democratic Congo commemorated here
Pyongyang, June 30 (KCNA) -- A celebration meeting of the 40th
anniversary of the independence of Democratic
Congo was held in Pyongyang yesterday.
Present at the meeting were Choe Sun So, president of Kim Chol Ju
University of Education and chairman of the
Korea-Democratic Congo Friendship Association, association members and
working people in the city.
At the meeting a speech was made and a message of greetings to the
President of the Democratic Republic of
Congo was adopted.
Entourage of Jong Ju Yong inspect construction site
Pyongyang, June 30 (KCNA) -- Entourage of the Honorary Chairman of the
South Korean Hyundai Business
Group inspected the construction site of the Pyongyang Gymnasium yesterday.
At the construction site the entourage including Hyundai Asan board of
directors chairman Jong Mong Hon were
greeted with compatriotic feelings by Song Ho Gyong, vice-chairman of the
Korean Asia-Pacific Peace Committee,
and officials in charge of the construction.
Before a layout map of the gymnasium they were briefed on preparations
for the project and prospect of the
construction.
Jong Ju Yong and his party leave here
Pyongyang, June 30 (KCNA) -- Jong Ju Yong, Honorary Chairman of the
South Korean Hyundai Business
Group, and his party went back this morning via Panmunjom.
The honorary chairman and his party were seen off at Panmunjom by Kang
Jong Hun, general secretary of the
Korean Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, and officials concerned with warm
compatriotic feelings.
Agreement adopted at north-south Red Cross talks
Kosong, June 30 (KCNA) -- The north-south Red Cross talks, which
started at Kumgangsan Hotel on June 27 to
discuss humanitarian issues such 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 the historic north-south joint
declaration closed today after adopting an agreement.
At the third round of the talks both sides had earnest discussion on a
draft agreement as a new proposal for
sincerely implementing the north-south joint declaration was advanced again.
Both sides made a draft of the agreement on the exchange of visiting
groups of separated families and relatives,
repatriation of unconverted long-term prisoners and arrangement and
operation of rooms for meeting and the heads of
both sides separately signed it. Formally putting it into force.
According to the agreement, the visiting groups of separated families
and relatives will be exchanged
simultaneously between august 15 and 18, 2000 (three nights and four days)
and each group be made up of a head,
one hundred separated families and relatives, 30 suite members and 20
journalists and their destination be Pyongyang
and Seoul.
The south side agreed to repatriate all the unconverted long-term
prisoners desirous of returning to the north in
early September this year.
It was agreed to use air and land transport services for the exchange
of visiting groups and the repatriation of
unconverted long-term prisoners.
Both sides agreed to set up and operate meeting rooms for the separated
families and relatives and discuss and
decide on specific points such as places and date for the establishment of
these rooms and their operation immediately
after the repatriation of the prisoners.
Also stipulated in the agreement are a series of working procedures
related to the exchange of visiting groups of
separated families and relatives and the repatriation of unconverted
long-term prisoners.
The adoption of the agreement on humanitarian issues at the
inter-Korean Red Cross talks which were held as the
first step to implement the historic north-south joint declaration after
its publication amid great expectation and concern
of people at home and abroad will bring new hope and joy to all the fellow
countrymen and carry weighty significance
in improving the relations between the north and the south of Korea.
Anniversary of Kalun meeting observed
Pyongyang, June 30 (KCNA) -- The Korean revolution will always advance
along the road of Juche, says
Rodong Sinmun today in an editorial devoted to the 70th anniversary of the
Kalun meeting guided by the President
Kim Il Sung.
The meeting occupies a special place in the history of the Worker's
Party of Korea and the Korean revolution as
the principle of the Juche idea was clarified and the Juche-oriented line
of the Korean revolution set forth for the first
time at the meeting, the editorial says, and goes on:
The principle of the Juche idea and the revolutionary lines laid down
at the meeting came to serve as the lifeline of
the country and the nation because they put an end to the preceding
national liberation movement which was moving
hither and thither without a correct guiding idea and indicated the way for
the Korean revolution to dynamically
advance along the track of Juche.
The editorial calls for invariably holding aloft the banner of Juche
which has been lifted high since the beginning of
the Korean revolution no matter how much water may flow under the bridge
and no matter how the conditions and
circumstances of the revolutionary struggle may change.
Herein lie the source of sure victory of the Korean revolution and a
firm guarantee for the final triumph of the
revolutionary cause of Juche, it adds.
The seven decades since the Kalun meeting are a proud history in which
the Juche idea has been fully embodied in
all fields of the revolution and construction and a glorious course in
which the unbreakable unity and cohesion of the
revolutionary ranks have been achieved on the basis of the revolutionary
idea of the leader, the editorial notes, and goes
on:
The Korean revolution has covered a long way to reach the high eminence
of building a powerful nation but the
spirit of the Kalun meeting has been steadfastly carried forward.
The struggle of the worker's party and people of Korea to fully embody
the Juche idea in all fields of the
revolution and construction has reached a new, higher phase under the
energetic leadership of the respected Kim Jong
Il.
The path of Juche indicated by President Kim Il Sung at the Kalun
meeting is the most right path of victory and
glory to be followed by the worker's party and people of Korea till the
ultimate victory of the revolutionary cause of
Korea.
There can be no other way but the road of Juche for the worker's party
and people of Korea.
The Korean revolution, which was started and has dynamically advanced
along the path illumined by the Juche
idea, will surely achieve its ultimate victory under the banner of this
idea in the future, too.
Mineral water in Korea
Pyongyang, June 30 (KCNA) -- Korea abounds in spas.
Well-known among them is mineral water in Sambang, Kwangmyong and Kangso.
Sambang and Kwangmyong mineral water is found in Sepho county and Kosan
county, Kangwon Province.
Sambang mineral water contains 1,017.14 mg of mineral matter per litre.
It is listed as mineral water with the biggest amount of carbonic acid
gas in the country as it contains 3,256.00 mg
of free carbonate per litre.
This water is good for the treatment of chronic gastritis, gastric or
duodenal ulcer, hepatitis, nephritis and other
diseases.
Mineral water in Kwangmyong gushes out from six springs where water
varies a little in its ingredients.
Its main ion ingredients are hydrogen carbonic acid, sodium and calcium.
It tastes good and is very efficacious for treating various diseases.
Mineral water in nampho city gushes out from more than 10 springs.
Water contains hydrogen carbonic acid with
its temperature reaching 4-12 degrees centigrade and the density of its
ingredient hydrogen ion 5.7-5.8.
It also tastes good and is efficacious for the treatment of a number of
diseases.
Also available in different parts of the country is mineral water which
contains chlorine, carbonic acid, sulfur, iron
and radon considered to be good for the treatment of the aftermath of
operation, chronic pyelitis and cystitis.
Mineral water is now being distilled and supplied to the people for the
promotion of their health and modern
sanatoria are operating at every spa in the DPRK.
Meeting held in Guinea to remember Kim Il Sung
Pyongyang, June 30 (KCNA) -- A meeting for remembering the President
Kim Il Sung was held by the February
16 Art Study Group of Guinean Musicians on the occasion of the 6th
anniversary of his passing away.
"The Triumphal Return" from vol. 8 (continuing edition) of part I the
anti-Japanese revolution of his reminiscences
"With the Century" was read at the meeting.
Kim Il Sung made great contributions to the Korean revolution and the
world revolution, the head of the group
said, adding: The Juche idea founded by him is now being developed in depth
by the great leader Kim Jong Il and its
vitality brought into bolder relief.
The participants appreciated a Korean film "Great Life in 1994."
For Spanish-speaking people
aguas minerales de rpdc
pyongyang, 30 de junio (atcc) -- la republica popular democratica de
corea cuenta con abundantes recursos de
aguas minerales.
particularmente son famosas las de sambang, kwangmyong y kangso.
las dos primeras proceden de los distritos de sepho y kosan de la
provincia de kangwon.
la masa mineral de las aguas minerales de sambang es de 1, 017. 14 mg
por litro.
ademas un litro de estas aguas contiene 3, 256. 00 mg de acido
carbonico libre y asi constituye una de las aguas
minerales con mayor cantidad de gas de acido carbonico en el pais.
estas aguas tienen eficiencia curativa para gastritis cronica, la
ulcera estomacal y duodenal, la hepatitis, la nefritis y
otras.
las aguas minerales de kwangmyong que emanan de 6 orificios son de
elementos poco diferentes.
principalmente son de iones de hidrocarbugeno, de sodio y de calcio.
tienen buen sabor y eficiencia curativa de las enfermedades.
las aguas minerales de kangso en la ciudad de nampho emanan de mas de
10 orificios.
su temperatura es de 4 - 12 grados centigrados y la densidad de ion de
hidrogeno es de 5.7 - 5.8. es de aguas
medicinales de hidrocarbugeno de baja densidad.
es de sabor agradable y de eficiencia curativa.
en distintos lugares del pais hay aguas minerales de clorato, de
carbonato, de azufre, de hierro, de radon y otros
elementos de eficiencia curativa para secuelas de operacion y cistitis.
para la comodidad y el fomento de la salud de los habitantes en la rpdc
se elaboran aguas minerales para
suministrarselas y en todos los lugares con fuentes de aguas minerales
estan acondicionados sanatorios dotados de
excelentes instalaciones.
tercera ronda de conversaciones de cruz roja norte-sur
kosong, 30 de junio (atcc) -- tuvo lugar hoy en el hotel kumgangsan la
tercera ronda de conversaciones de cruz
roja norte-sur de corea para consultar los problemas humanitarios de
intercambiar grupos de visita de familiares y
parientes dispersados y devolver los presos de larga condena no abjurados
con motivo del 15 de agosto de este ano
segun la historica declaracion conjunta norte-sur.
en la ronda el jefe de nuestra parte luego de subrayar la necesidad de
concluir pronto las conversaciones sin dilatar
la discusion del asunto con miras a ejecutar con sinceridad la declaracion
conjunta norte-sur presento la nueva
proposicion nuestra encaminada a finalizarlas.
segun esta proposicion, el norte y el sur deben intercambiar grupos de
visita de familiares y parientes separados
compuestos de 100 personas cada uno con motivo del 15 de agosto= la parte
sur debe devolver a principios de
septiembre que viene a todos los presos de larga condena no abjurados que
deseen retornar a norcorea y ambas partes
deben instalar y gestionar puestos de entrevista para el encuentro de los
familiares y parientes separados y hacer
suficientes preparativos en cuanto al lugar de instalacion de estos
puestos, su tiempo y metodo de gestion para
consultarlo y concluirlo en las conversaciones de cruz roja que se celebren
inmediatamente despues de devolver a
principios de septiembre todos los presos de larga condena no abjurados a
norcorea.
el jefe de nuestra parte subrayo que nuestro proyecto de modificacion
es de gran concesion doble y triple y
demando energicamente a la parte sur que lo acepte por entero.
fustigo que la actitud de la parte sur demuestra la falta de la
voluntad de ejecutar la declaracion conjunta norte-sur y
de intercambiar los grupos de visita de familiares y parientes dispersados.
dirigente kim jong il recibe en audiencia a surcoreanos
pyongyang, 30 de junio (atcc) -- el gran dirigente kim jong il,
presidente del comite de defensa nacional de la
republica popular democratica de corea recibio en audiencia el dia 29 del
actual en wonsan a jong ju yong, presidente
honorario del grupo hyundai y jong mong hon, presidente de hyundai asan de
sudcorea.
estuvo presente alli kim yong sun, presidente del comite coreano por la
paz de asia y pacifico.
el dirigente kim jong il acogio cordialmente a los primeros visitantes
a norcorea despues de las conversaciones
cumbre del norte y el sur y dialogo con ellos en un ambiente cordial.
expreso conviccion de que al dedicarse con
abnegacion a la labor de promover la unidad, reconciliacion, intercambio y
cooperacion de la nacion haran un activo
aporte a la ejecucion de la declaracion conjunta norte-sur.
en la ocasion los visitantes le rindieron sincero agradecimiento por su
audiencia amable y palabras estimulantes.
ese dia el dirigente kim jong il ofrecio una cena en honor de los
visitantes surcoreanos y se fotografio junto a estos.
segunda ronda de conversaciones de cruz roja de norte y sur de corea
kosong 29 de junio (atcc) -- tuvo lugar hoy en el hotel kumgangsan la
segunda ronda de conversaciones de cruz
roja del norte y el sur de corea para consultar los problemas humanitarios
de intercambiar los grupos de visita de
familiares y parientes dispersados y devolver los presos de larga condena
no abjurados con motivo del 15 de agosto
segun la historica declaracion conjunta norte-sur.
en la ronda el jefe de nuestra parte partiendo de la posicion de acatar
el espiritu de esta declaracion y de ejecutarla
globalmente adelanto la nueva proposicion trascendental que toma en
suficiente consideracion tambien la propuesta de
la parte sur.
el jefe de nuestra parte presto particular atencion al hecho de que los
maximos dirigentes del norte y el sur en la
declaracion conjunta acordaron y proclamaron evidentemente la promocion
simultanea del intercambio de los grupos de
visita de familiares y parientes dispersados y la devolucion de los presos
de larga condena no abjurados con motivo del
15 de agosto y pero al hacer una gran concesion presento como nuevo
proyecto para solucionar los problemas lo
siguiente:
primero, intercambiar los grupos de visita de familiares y parientes
dispersados del norte y el sur compuestos de
100 personas cada uno con motivo del 15 de agosto.
segundo, devolver a principios de septiembre todos los presos de larga
condena no abjurados que deseen retornar
al norte.
tercero, continuar las conversaciones de cruz roja para consultar y
resolver el problema de instalar puestos de
entrevista para el encuentro de los familiares y parientes dispersados.
el jefe de nuestra parte insistio reiteradamente que la parte sur debe
aceptar el proyecto de gran concesion de
nuestra parte.
visitantes surcoreanos recorren lugar de construccion de gimnasio
pyongyang, 30 de junio (atcc) -- la comitiva del presidente honorario
del grupo hyundai de sudcorea recorrio el dia
29 el lugar de construccion del gimnasio de pyongyang.
en el mismo lugar song ho gyong, vicepresidente del comite coreano por
la paz de asia y pacifico y los
funcionarios interesados de la construccion acogieron con un sentimiento
fraternal al presidente jong mong hon de
hyundai asan y otros acompanantes.
ante el plano de distribucion general del gimnasio ellos escucharon la
explicacion sobre los preparativos de la obra
y su perspectiva.
editorial de "rodong sinmun" dedicado a 70 aniversario de conferencia de kalun
pyongyang, 30 de junio (atcc) -- el diario "rodong sinmun" en un
editorial de hoy dedicado al 70 aniversario de la
conferencia de kalun organizada y dirigida por el gran lider presidente kim
il sung subraya que la revolucion coreana
avanzara para siempre por el camino del juche.
el editorial senala en particular:
ocupa un sobresaliente lugar en la historia del partido del trabajo y
la revolucion de corea la conferencia de kalun en
que se expuso por primera vez el principio de la idea juche y se presento
la linea autoctona de la revolucion coreana.
el principio de la idea juche y las lineas revolucionarias esclarecidos
en la conferencia de kalun sirvieron de la linea
vital de la patria y la nacion que puso fin al movimiento de liberacion
nacional anterior que se inclinaba ora a la derecha
ora a la izquierda por falta de una correcta idea directriz e indico el
camino que permitio a la revolucion coreana avanzar
con vigor por la orbita del juche.
hay que mantener invariablemente la bandera del juche enarbolada en
aquel periodo en que se dio inicio a la
revolucion, por mucho que pase el tiempo y se cambien las condiciones y las
circunstancias de la lucha revolucionaria.
he aqui la fuente de la invencibilidad de la revolucion coreana y la
firme garantia para la victoria final de la causa
revolucionaria del juche.
estos 70 anos que datan de la conferencia de kalun fue una gloriosa
historia en que se materializo estrictamente la
idea juche en todos los dominios de la revolucion y la construccion y una
orgullosa trayectoria en que se lograron la
indestructible unidad y cohesion de las filas revolucionarias a base de la
idea revolucionaria del lider.
tambien hoy el espiritu de la conferencia de kalun se defiende
invariablemente aunque la revolucion coreana ha
avanzado muy lejos llegando a la alta cumbre en la construccion de potencia.
hoy bajo la dinamica direccion del estimado camarada kim jong il se
despliega en una nueva etapa mas alta la lucha
del partido del trabajo y el pueblo de corea por materializar cabalmente la
idea juche en todos los dominios de la
revolucion y la construccion.
el camino del juche indicado en la conferencia de kalun por el gran
lider presidente kim il sung es el camino de la
victoria y gloria, el mas correcto camino que deben seguir invariablemente
el partido del trabajo y el pueblo de corea
hasta aquel dia de la victoria definitiva de nuestra causa revolucionaria.
el partido del trabajo y el pueblo de corea no deben tomar ningun otro
camino que el del juche.
la revolucion coreana que se ha allanado y avanzado con vigor por el
camino de la idea juche lograra la victoria
final bajo la bandera de esta idea.
regresaron presidente honorario de grupo hyundai de sudcorea y su comitiva
pyongyang, 30 de junio (atcc) -- el presidente honorario jong ju yong
del grupo hyundai de sudcorea y su comitiva
partieron de regreso hoy en horas de la manana via phanmunjom.
en phanmunjom los despidieron con un cordial sentimiento fraternal kang
jong hun, secretario general del comite
coreano por la paz de asia y pacifico y otros funcionarios.
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