TODAY'S NEWS (July.13.2000 Juche 89)
[CONTENTS]
* Diplomatic relations opened between DPRK and Philippines
* Victims testify to Japanese imperialists' drafting
* Friendly meeting with officials of Cuban embassy
* History of Kim Il Sung continues
* Chinese consul general hosts reception
* Foreigners visit Korean Revolution Museum
* General strike in S. Korea
* Japan urged to turn to peace
* Doubt expressed about "threat of North Korea" to U.S.
* Three-point charter of Korea's reunification supported
* Hot springs in Korea
* Paek Nam Sun meets Polish delegation
* Greetings to Syrian President
For Spanish-speaking people
* historia de presidente continua
Diplomatic relations opened between DPRK and Philippines
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- A joint communique on the establishment of
diplomatic relations between the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of the Philippines
was published in Manila on July 12. The
communique says:
The government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the
government of the Republic of the
Philippines, guided by the principles of the United Nations charter and the
generally accepted principles of international
laws, including respect for domestic laws, national sovereignty and
territorial integrity, mutual respect for international
agreements to which both countries are parties, non-interference in the
internal affairs of states, and equality and mutual
respect, and committed to develop friendly and cooperative relations
between the two countries, have agreed to
establish diplomatic relations between the two countries at the
ambassadorial level as from the date of signing of this
joint communique.
In witness whereof, the undersigned, being duly authorized by their
respective governments, have signed this joint
communique.
The joint communique was signed by Jo In Chol, ambassador e.p. to the
Kingdom of Thailand, on behalf of the
DPRK government, and Domingo Siazon, secretary of Foreign Affairs of
Philippines, on behalf of the government of
the Republic of the Philippines.
Victims testify to Japanese imperialists' drafting
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Papers here on July 11 and 12 carried
articles by Ri Ho Jun and Hong Chan Jong
residing in Ryonhwa-dong no. 2 in central district of Pyongyang, revealing
the Japanese imperialists' drafting of
Koreans. They belonged to at least six million young and middle aged
Koreans who were forced to do slave labour in
Japan after being drafted by the Japanese imperialists before the
liberation of the country.
They wrote about what they experienced, recalling that the Japanese
imperialists kidnapped or drafted Koreans.
Ri Ho Jun noted he could not repress his bitter anger at Japan
persistently raising a hue and cry over "kidnapping"
by the DPRK.
As far as the issue of "kidnapping" is concerned, it is the DPRK that
should indict Japan, he pointed out, and
continued:
My native home is Anak county of Hwanghae province, a plain area.
I was drafted at the age of 21, when I was a worker of the Kyomipho
Iron and Steel Factory (now Hwanghae Iron
and Steel Complex).
I was taken to Pusan from Hwangju Railway Station by train and to
Shimonoseki from Pusan by a ship and finally
to the Kawasaki shipyard in Japan. During the trip I was treated no better
than an animal and under the constant watch
by Japanese.
Tentacles of the Japanese imperialists' drafting stretched to every
nook and corner of Korea.
Hong Chan Jong, who was living in a mountainous village of Jasong
county of Jagang province at that time, was
cheated by the then county headman with a promise to give him an
opportunity to study in Japan before being taken to
the Kobe steel plant of Japan.
He said:
The drafting was supervised by fully armed Japanese imperialist MPs or
plainclothes Japanese.
I was given only a few grains of boiled beens and thin salty soup as
meals though I was forced to toil 12-14 hours
a day like a slave.
Ri Ho Jun and Hong Chan Jong in the articles emphasized the history can
neither be denied nor covered up. No
country is so shameless as Japan which has not said any word of apology for
forcing Koreans to labour like beasts of
burden after kidnapping and drafting them, far from paying compensation to
them, and is now working hard to charge
the DPRK with "kidnapping."
The Japanese authorities should clearly judge the Korean people's
anti-Japanese feelings and make an official
apology and compensation for all the crimes committed by Japan against the
Korean people in the past, they demanded.
Friendly meeting with officials of Cuban embassy
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- A friendly meeting was held at the
DPRK-Cuba Friendship Pyongyang Textile
Machine Plant on July 12 in the month of solidarity with the Cuban people.
Invited there were Jose Manuel Inclan
Embade, ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to the DPRK, and embassy officials.
Present there were Ri Jin Su, vice-chairman of the central committee of
the General Federation of Trade Unions of
Korea who is also vice-chairman of the DPRK-Cuba Solidarity Committee,
officials concerned and employees of the
plant.
Its participants, after being briefed on the boards bearing on-the-spot
teachings of the great leaders Kim Il Sung
and Kim Jong Il in the compound of the plant, looked round various places
of the plant and saw a Cuban documentary
film.
They conversed with each other, deepening friendly feelings.
History of Kim Il Sung continues
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Six years have passed since the demise of
the great leader President Kim Il Sung.
The history of the president, however, has steadily advanced in the DPRK
through the drive to build a powerful nation
over the last six years.
In his lifetime the president wished to see the Korean people building
a powerful socialist nation on this land by
their own efforts and with their own technology and natural resources as
its master.
The Korean people have put the president's desire into practice,
keeping to the road of self-reliance and making the
"arduous march" and forced march.
Servicemen of the people's army and people of Korea carried out land
levelling and rezoning in Kangwon and
north Phyongan provinces in a big way though they were hard pressed for
everything and thus implemented the
president's last instructions to free peasants from hard work.
They also finished Wonsan-Mt. Kumgang railway project and built the
Kwangmyongsong Saltern covering
hundreds of hectares.
And they put into operation the Anbyon Youth Power Station (first
stage), an oxygen blown furnace and a
high-quality magnesia clinker factory and built a dam for the Namgang Power
Station.
True to the will of the president, they wonderfully built grand
monumental edifices in the era of the Workers' Party
of Korea, including the mausoleum of King Tangun, the monument to party
founding, Chongryu Bridge and
Pyongyang-Hyangsan Tourist Motorway.
Scientists and technicians succeeded in launching "Kwangmyongsong 1,"
the first artificial satellite, into its orbit
and made many inventions to dynamically advance the building of a powerful
nation.
Kim Jong Il has always led the work to lay the solid foundations of a
powerful nation, true to the behest of the
president.
Kim Jong Il saw to it that the grand monumental edifices which the
president had planned to build in his lifetime
were constructed before anything else and preferentially gave on-the-spot
guidance to the places associated with
revolutionary activities of the president so as to make the august name and
exploits of the president shine forever.
Thanks to Kim Jong Il the president is immortal as the eternal sun of
Juche together with the history of the
building of a powerful socialist nation.
Chinese consul general hosts reception
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Liu Zhigang, Chinese consul general in
Chongjin, on Tuesday hosted a reception
on the occasion of the 39th anniversary of the Korea-China treaty of
friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance.
Invited there were Kim Song Gwon, vice-chairman of the North Hamgyong
Provincial People's Committee, and other
officials concerned.
Foreigners visit Korean Revolution Museum
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Diplomatic envoys and members of embassies
of the Arab and African countries
in Pyongyang yesterday visited the Korean Revolution Museum on the occasion
of the 6th anniversary of the great
leader President Kim Il Sung's demise. The guests looked round the photos,
revolutionary relics and materials
displayed in the rooms devoted to president Kim Il Sung's history of
energetic revolutionary activities until the last
moments of his life and the immortal revolutionary exploits performed by
Kim Jong Il.
At the end of the visit Shaher Mohammed Abdlah, Palestinian ambassador
to the DPRK, wrote in the visitor's
book that whenever he visits the Korean Revolution Museum he deeply grasps
the great revolutionary history of the
respected leader president Kim Il Sung who performed the immortal feats on
behalf of the country.
Haissam Saad, Syrian charge d'affaires ad interim to the DPRK, noted
that the Korean people are waging a
dynamic drive to build a powerful nation despite the imperialists' blockade
and difficulties, adding that Korea will shed
more brilliant rays under the wise guidance of the respected leader Kim
Jong Il.
General strike in S. Korea
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- The Federation of (south) Korean Trade
Unions went on a general strike on July
11. Unionists of at least 50 companies under the organization including the
financial industrial workers' union staged a
strike, radio no. 1 of South Korea said.
The federation has demanded the authorities curtail working hours and
ensure vital rights.
Prior to the strike over 10,000 unionists held a meeting at the
open-air theatre of Yonsei University in Seoul on the
evening of July 1
Japan urged to turn to peace
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article
assails Japan for seeking to develop and
introduce latest war means in the period of "mid-term defence readjustment
program" (2001-2005). The Japanese
reactionaries' plan is to equip their "Self-Defence Forces" (SDF) with
latest weapons to enable it to undertake any
military aggression, the article observes, and goes on:
Japan's arms buildup is not for any "defence" and "security", but aimed
to realize its militarist aggressive
ambition.
Japan is keen on its preparations for overseas reinvasion, oblivious of
its shameful past.
Japan's economy is fully capable of backing its war of overseas
aggression. Moreover, there is stronger zeal of
Japanese monopoly capital for overseas aggression.
The Japanese reactionaries can start their overseas aggression any
moment. Japan has made Korea and other Asian
countries immediate targets of its overseas aggression.
This is prompted by its military strategic calculation that Korea and
its other neighbouring countries should be
conquered before any others and its dangerous design to bring vast markets
and sources of raw materials in Asia under
its control and thus gain world supremacy.
If the Japanese reactionaries dare ignite a war against Asian
countries, holding them in contempt, they will not
escape a severe punishment.
Peace is the only way for Japan to survive.
The Japanese reactionaries are well advised to bear this in mind and
stop reckless arms buildup and moves for
overseas aggression.
Doubt expressed about "threat of North Korea" to U.S.
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Joseph Biden, member of the U.S. Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, at an
interview with the CBS on July 9 expressed doubt as to "threat of North
Korea" to the U.S., according to a news
report from Washington. Dismissing the "threat" as uncertain, he demanded a
clarification of the need to spend 60
billion dollars for the "national missile defence" plan.
Three-point charter of Korea's reunification supported
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Political party and organizations of
Bangladesh took part in the international
signature campaign for supporting the three-point charter of Korea's
reunification. The General Secretary of the central
committee of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist-Leninist), the
chairman of the Bangladesh peasants'
organization, the chairman of the students' movement of Bangladesh and the
president of the Bangladesh Nationalist
Workers Federation on July 5 signed the signature paper on behalf of their
party and organizations.
Hot springs in Korea
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Much attention is paid to the hot spring
cure in Korea. The effect of hot spring is
greater nowadays when the sunshine rate is high. This is good for the
treatment of various diseases.
Hot spring cure is mainly done during recuperation at sanatoria and
rest homes. Those admitted to well-appointed
spas receive a 30-40 day-long intensive treatment according to diagnosis.
Kyongsong and Phaldam spas in north Hamgyong province are well known as
they contain hydrogen carbonic
acid-sulfuric acid-sodium. Hot springs there are very efficacious for
treating arteriosclerosis, duodenal ulcer,
respiratory system disorders, dental diseases, etc.
Ongjin and Unchon spas in south Hwanghae province are good for the
treatment of rheumatic arthritis, hyperpiesia
and neuralgia as they contain chlorine-sodium.
Songchon and Sokthang spas in south Phyongan province are famous for
containing hydrogen carbonic
acid-sodium. They are widely used for curing skin disease, women's diseases
and aftermath of operation.
Hot springs good for the prevention and treatment of hyperpiesia,
neuralgia, paralysis of the limbs,
otorhinolaryngology and dental diseases are also found in other parts of
the country.
The temperature of most hot springs large in quantity of water in
various parts of the country is 35-100 degrees
and above.
Particularly, the Onpho spa in Kyongsong county, north Hamgyong
province, which was discovered more than
500 years back, has 25 springs from where thousands of tons of water gushes
out a day.
Effective hot spring cure involves treatment by bath, hot spring wave
and exercise in hot spring, etc.
Paek Nam Sun meets Polish delegation
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun today met
and had a talk with the visiting
delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland led by
vice-minister Radoslaw Sikorski. Present there were an
official concerned and charge d'affaires ad interim of Poland in Pyongyang.
Greetings to Syrian President
Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- President Kim Yong Nam of the presidium of
the Supreme People's Assembly of
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea today sent a message of greetings
to Bashar al Assad upon his election as
President of the Syrian Arab Republic. The message extends warm
congratulations to Bashar al Assad upon his
election as president of the Syrian Arab Republic amidst the absolute
support of the Arab Socialist Baath Party of Syria
and the Syrian Arab people.
His election, it notes, is a manifestation of deep respect and trust of
the Arab Socialist Baath Party and the friendly
Syrian Arab people for the president who is going to invariably carry
forward the cause of Hafez al Assad.
It expresses the conviction that the excellent friendly relations and
bonds of traditional solidarity between the two
countries based on sincere sense of obligation will grow stronger and
develop with each passing day, and sincerely
wishes the president great success in his responsible work for the nation's
prosperity and the promotion of the people's
welfare as well as good health and happiness to him.
For Spanish-speaking people
historia de presidente continua
pyongyang, 13 de julio (atcc) -- ya han transcurrido 6 anos desde
cuando el pueblo coreano sufrio el duelo
nacional. pero, en la rpd de corea continua la historia del gran lider
presidente kim il sung con la construccion de
potencia socialista.
el presidente deseo que el pueblo coreano se hiciera dueno de la
construccion en esta tierra de la potencia socialista
apoyandose en la fuerza, la tecnica y los recursos naturales del pais.
el pueblo coreano hizo realidad este deseo del presidente al recorrer
el camino de la autoconfianza, de la "marcha
penosa" y la marcha forzada.
pese a las condiciones dificiles y escasez de los materiales
indispensables los militares del ejercito popular y los
habitantes cumplieron con gran ambicion el arreglo de la tierra en las
provincias de kangwon y provincia de phyong-an
del norte y asi materializaron el legado del presidente de liberar a los
campesinos del trabajo duro.
terminaron la construccion de la ferrovia wonsan-monte kumgang y de la
salina kwangmyongsong de centenares
de hectareas.
inauguraron la planta electrica juventud de anbyon (primera etapa), el
horno por inyeccion de oxigeno y la fabrica
de clinker de magnesia de alta ley y terminaron la construccion del dique
de la planta hidroelectrica de namgang.
segun el proposito del presidente culminaron con excelencia la
construccion de la tumba de tangun, el monumento
a la fundacion del partido, el puente chongryu, autopista de turismo
pyongyang-hyangsan y otras creaciones
monumentales de la epoca del partido del trabajo.
los cientificos y tecnicos lograron exito de poner en orbita
"kwangmyongsong no. 1", primer satelite espacial de la
rpdc, e hicieron otras numerosas invenciones que dan mas estimulo al pueblo
en la construccion de potencia.
el gran dirigente kim jong il esta siempre a la cabeza de esta lucha
para asentar la firme base de la construccion de
potencia en acato al legado del presidente kim il sung.
el hizo brillar el nombre y las proezas del lider al dar prioridad a la
construccion de las creaciones monumentales
ideadas por el presidente y al dirigirse primero a los lugares donde esta
impregnada la historia revolucionaria de este
durante la vista de orientacion.
gracias al dirigente kim jong il, el presidente kim il sung esta
presente como eterno sol del juche en la digna lucha
por la construccion de potencia socialista.
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