TODAY'S NEWS (August.07.2000 Juche 89)
[CONTENTS]
* Gift to Kim Jong Il from Vietnamese FM
* Kim Yong Nam meets Vietnamese FM
* Repatriation of all unconverted long-term prisoners desirous of coming
to north called for
* Putin signs law on ratification of Russia-DPRK treaty
* Kim Jong Il praised
* Sojourn of delegation of S. Korean media organizations in Pyongyang
* Months (Aug.-Sept.) of examination of people's physical strength open
* WPK department director meets S. Korean media delegation
* Rally of Pyongyangites held
* Negotiations for revision of "Status of Forces Agreement" flayed
For Spanish-speaking people
* conversaciones entre cancilleres de rpdc y vietnam
* permanencia en pyongyang de delegacion de organos de prensa de sudcorea
* deben ser devueltos todos presos de larga condena no abjurados que
deseen
Gift to Kim Jong Il from Vietnamese FM
Pyongyang, August 7 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il received a
gift from Vietnamese Foreign Minister
Nguyen Dy Nien on a visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The gift was conveyed to DPRK Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun.
Kim Yong Nam meets Vietnamese FM
Pyongyang, August 7 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium
of the Supreme People's Assembly
of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, today met and conversed with
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy
Nien and his party at the Mansudae Assembly Hall.
Present there were officials concerned and the Vietnamese ambassador to
the DPRK.
The Foreign Minister said that he wishes the Korean people greater
success in their struggle to build socialism and
reunify the country under the wise guidance of the great Kim Jong Il.
Repatriation of all unconverted long-term prisoners desirous of coming to north
called for
Pyongyang, August 7 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Korean Measure
Committee for the Rescue of
Unconverted Long-Term Prisoners in South Korea today answered a question
put by KCNA as regards their
repatriation to the North Korea to be realized soon.
The unconverted long-term prisoners in South Korea are expected to come
back to the North Korea in early
September according to the historic north-south joint declaration and
points agreed upon between the north and the
south at the Red Cross talks.
It is known that the families and relatives in the north of unconverted
long-term prisoners in South Korea, are
eagerly looking forward to the reunion with them greatly excited and
rejoiced at the news that all of them wish to come
to the north.
The families and relatives of the unconverted long-term prisoners
together with all other people in the north have
made every necessary arrangement to receive them.
The unconverted long-term prisoners are patriots who devoted their
youth and happiness to the reunification of the
country, nation's supreme desire, and men of strong faith and will whom the
Worker's Party of Korea values.
The people in the north will wholeheartedly and enthusiastically
welcome them upon their return home and do all
they can to enable them to lead a happy life with nothing to desire more in
the world.
The repatriation of unconverted long-term prisoners, the first of its
kind in the world history, should be made
smooth in accordance with the north-south joint declaration and the points
agreed upon between the north and south at
red cross talks which call for the repatriation of all the unconverted
long-term prisoners who wish to come to the north.
Holding that all the unconverted long-term prisoners who wish to come
to the north, to say nothing of those who
have their families and relatives in the north, should be allowed to be
repatriated, the committee is of the view that there
should be no move in South Korea to put a brake on their repatriation.
All the Korean people will closely watch the work to repatriate
unconverted long-term prisoners now under way in
South Korea.
Putin signs law on ratification of Russia-DPRK treaty
Pyongyang, August 7 (KCNA) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a
federal law "on ratification of the
treaty of friendship, good-neighborliness and cooperation between the
Russian Federation and the DPRK," according
to Itar-tass August 5.
Earlier, the State Duma and the Federation Council of the Federal
Assembly of Russia ratified the law on July 19
and 26.
Kim Jong Il praised
Pyongyang, August 7 (KCNA) - Nikolai Mishin, director of the Paleya
Publishing House of Russia, on a visit to
the DPRK was interviewed by the KCNA here.
The world is now more ardently admiring the personality of the great
Kim Jong Il, he said, and continued:
The personality of Kim Jong Il as a veteran politician of the world was
fully demonstrated at his meeting with
President Kim Dae Jung in Pyongyang.
The world people were deeply moved to see his fabled gifts and
attractive magnanimity, which thaw with a sunny
smile the north-south relations frozen for nearly over half a century.
After President Vladimir Putin'S. Korea visit, the Russian people are
highly praising Kim Jong Il and their
friendly feelings with the Korean people are being more deepened.
Indeed, Kim Jong Il is the most outstanding politician of great gifts
in the present era.
The earth is moving round the DPRK led by him along the orbit of
independence.
No one can deny the stern reality that Kim Jong Il's era has come.
The Korean people are firm in their position and stand of upholding
their leader.
It is a harmonious whole in Korea that the leader believes in the
people and they entrust their destiny to their leader
and follow him.
Progressive humankind is highly praising Kim Jong Il as the great sun
of the 21st century.
The Korean people, who has advanced, making signal successes one after
another under his original army-first
leadership, will surely build a powerful socialist nation in the near future.
Sojourn of delegation of S. Korean media organizations in Pyongyang
Pyongyang, August 7 (KCNA) -- The delegation of South Korean media
organizations visited the office of
Rodong Sinmun and the Radio and TV Broadcasting Committee of the DPRK on
August 6.
Chairman of the Newspapers Association and Hangyore president Choe Hak
Rae who is also co-head of the
delegation and presidents of South Korean newspapers visited the office of
Rodong Sinmun, and chairman of the
Broadcasting Association and KBS president Pak Kwon Sang who is also
co-head of the delegation and presidents of
broadcasting organizations visited the Radio and TV Broadcasting Committee
of the DPRK.
After being briefed on the mission and role of Rodong Sinmun and the
Radio and TV Broadcasting Committee of
the DPRK which were founded right after the liberation of the country as
powerful media, they looked round writing
and editing rooms of the newspaper and TV broadcasting and conversed with
officials.
The next leg of its tour was the Grand People's Study House where it
looked round reading rooms and
commanded a bird's eye view of Pyongyang from its balcony.
Earlier, it visited the Arch of Triumph, the Great Monument of History,
which is devoted to the immortal feats the
President Kim Il Sung performed by liberating the country.
On the day, it enjoyed a music and dance performance given by artistes
in Pyongyang at the East Pyongyang
Grand Theatre.
Months (Aug.-Sept.) of examination of people's physical strength open
Pyongyang, August 7 (KCNA) -- The months (August-September) of the
examination of people's physical
strength started.
An opening ceremony was held at Kim Il Sung Square on Sunday.
Present there were secretary of the Worker's Party of Korea Central
Committee Kim Jung Rin, vice-premier of the
cabinet Jo Chang Dok, officials concerned, working people and youth and
children in Pyongyang. Ryom Sun Gil,
chairman of the central committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions
of Korea, and other speakers said at the
ceremony that the examination of people's physical strength is an important
work to fully prepare the working people
and school youth and children for labour and national defence by promoting
their health.
Noting that the great leader Kim Jong Il, attaching great importance to
the work, has led it to a nation-wide
undertaking, they stressed the need for all the officials and working
people to fully display the justness and vitality of
the party's policy on popularizing physical culture and sports and making
it part of daily life during the months of the
examination of people's physical strength.
Opening ceremonies of the months were held in all provinces, cities and
counties (districts) of the country on the
same day.
WPK department director meets S. Korean media delegation
Pyongyang, August 7 (KCNA) -- Jong Ha Chol, department director of the
Central Committee of the Worker's
Party of Korea, yesterday met the visiting South Korean delegation of media
organizations at the Mansudae Assembly
Hall.
Present there were Kang Nung Su, chairman of the Information Committee
of the DPRK, Choe Chil Nam, chief
editor of the Rodong Sinmun Office, Kim Ki Ryong, KCNA general director,
Cha Sung Su, chairman of the DPRK
Radio and TV Broadcasting Committee, and leading officials of the press.
Present were Minister of Culture and Tourism Pak Ji Won, and chairman
of the Newspaper Association and
Hangyore president Choe Hak Rae and chairman of the Broadcasting
Association and KBS president Pak Kwon Sang
who are co-heads of the delegation, Kukmin Ilbo president Ri Jong Dae,
Daehan Maeil president Cha Il Sok and
Choongang Ilbo president Kum Chang Thae who are deputy heads for its
members from newspapers organizations,
MBC president Ro Song Dae and Radio Seoul president Song To Gyun who are
deputy heads for its members from
broadcasting organizations, heads of other South Korean leading media and
others concerned.
They conversed with each other in an atmosphere overflowing with
compatriotic feelings.
Rally of Pyongyangites held
Pyongyang, August 7 (KCNA) -- A Pyongyang mass rally was held at Kim Il
Sung Square yesterday with at least
100,000 people attending to vow to carry out the calls of the Worker's
Party of Korea Central Committee issued with
the approach of its 55th anniversary.
Present there were Han Song Ryong, Yang Hyong Sop and other senior
officials of the party, power and
economic organs and working people's organizations.
Kang Hyon Su, chief secretary of the Pyongyang City Committee of the
WPK, made a report there.
The calls of the WPK serve as a militant banner to be raised high by
the worker's party and people of Korea to
follow up the long journey of revolution steered by of the great leader Kim
Il Sung with a new drive and victory under
the guidance of the great Kim Jong Il, he said, and continued:
All the party members and other working people in the city should
devotedly struggle to carry out the calls of the
WPK Central Committee to greet the 55th anniversary of the WPK with high
political enthusiasm and great
achievements.
We should further strengthen the single-hearted unity of the party and
the revolutionary ranks around Kim Jong Il
and uphold his idea and leadership with loyalty.
All the party members and other working people in the city should
thoroughly apply his idea and ensure his
leadership in all fields, firmly convinced that they are sure to overcome
any ordeals and difficulties and win as long as
they are guided by him.
Noting that ideology, army and science and technology are the three
mainstays for building a powerful nation, the
reporter called on all the party members and other working people in the
city to equip themselves with the
ever-victorious Juche idea and the revolutionary traditions of Mt. Paektu
to carry out the Worker's Party of Korea's
policy to put all the people under arms and turn the whole country into a
fortress. He appealed to the scientists and
technicians in the city to work hard to solve urgent scientific and
technological problems in building economy and
improving the standard of people's living.
He called for effecting fresh innovations in all fields including power
and coal industries and agriculture.
All the people should fully display the revolutionary spirit of
self-reliance to bravely overcome difficulties and
hardships and stage a dynamic charge with loyalty to greet the grand
October festival, he concluded.
His speech was followed by speeches of representatives of citizens from
all walks of life.
A resolution was adopted at the rally.
Negotiations for revision of "Status of Forces Agreement" flayed
Pyongyang, August 7 (KCNA) -- South Korean civic organizations
denounced the results of the negotiations for
the revision of the "ROK-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement," the Seoul-based
Christian Broadcasting System said.
Dismissing the negotiations as "limited ones without concrete substance
such as a provision concerning
environment" and "popularity-hunting ones," the organizations called for
totally revising the "agreement" as soon as
possible.
They declared that they would stage a widespread struggle demanding the
U.S. government totally revise the
"agreement" and send a delegation to the U.S. to convey their demands to it.
The environment movement association charged that the recent
negotiations did not reflect the feelings of the
people hurt by the U.S. forces' pollution of environment such as the
Maehyang-ri problem and the case of poisonous
substance.
Meanwhile, the Citizens Federation for Economic Justice warned the U.S.
that it will face resistance from all the
people, saying that the U.S. seems to approach the negotiations without any
sincerity.
For Spanish-speaking people
conversaciones entre cancilleres de rpdc y vietnam
pyongyang, 7 de agosto (atcc) -- tuvieron lugar el dia 5 en el palacio
de los congresos mansudae las
conversaciones entre paek nam sun, ministro de rr.ee. de la republica
popular democratica de corea y nguyen dy nien,
ministro de rr.ee. de la republica socialista de vietnam.
ambas partes se informaron de la situacion de sus respectivos paises e
intercambiaron criterios sobre un mayor
desarrollo de las relaciones de amistad entre ambos paises y una serie de
otros problemas de interes mutuo.
estuvieron presentes funcionarios interesados y el embajador de vietnam
en la rpdc.
permanencia en pyongyang de delegacion de organos de prensa de sudcorea
pyongyang, 7 de agosto (atcc) -- la delegacion de organos de prensa de
sudcorea visito ayer la editora del periodico
"rodong sinmun" y el comite nacional de radio y television de corea.
el cojefe de la delegacion choe hak rae, presidente de la asociacion de
periodicos y presidente del periodico
"hangyorye" y otros presidentes de periodicos visitaron la editora del
periodico "rodong sinmun" y el cojefe de la
delegacion pak kwon sang, presidente de la asociacion de radios y
presidente del "sistema de emisoras de radio de
corea" y otros directores de corporaciones de emisoras de radio el comite
nacional de radio y television.
tras escuchar la explicacion de que ambos organos de prensa fundadas
inmediatamente despues de la restauracion
de la patria han cumplido con su mision y papel de organos de palabra
poderosos los visitantes recorrieron procesos de
escritura y redaccion de periodico y la emision televisiva y sostuvieron
charla con funcionarios de ambos organos de
prensa.
seguidamente la delegacion de organos de prensa de sudcorea visito el
palacio de estudio del pueblo donde recorrio
varias salas de lectura y en el balcon admiraron el panorama de la ciudad
de pyongyang.
con anterioridad la delegacion recorrio el arco triunfal, gran
monumento historico que transmite eternamente
inmarcesibles hazanas del gran lider presidente kim il sung quien logro la
restauracion de la patria.
ese dia la delegacion vio en el gran teatro de pyongyang este la
funcion de canciones y danzas de los artistas
capitalinos.
deben ser devueltos todos presos de larga condena no abjurados que deseen
pyongyang, 7 de agosto (atcc) -- a la pregunta de un reportero de la
atcc formulada en relacion con la programada
devolucion de los presos de larga condena no abjurados del sur al norte de
corea el vocero del comite coreano por la
salvacion de los presos de larga condena no abjurados en surcorea respondio
hoy como sigue:
segun la historica declaracion conjunta norte-sur y el acuerdo de las
conversaciones de las entidades de cruz roja
del norte y del sur los presos de larga condena no abjurados regresaran a
principios de septiembre del sur al norte de
corea.
enterados de la noticia de que la totalidad de esos presos desean
regresar a la parte norte de corea sus familiares y
parientes en el norte rebosan de emocion y alegria y aguardan la hora de
encontrarse con ellos.
sus familiares y parientes y los demas habitantes de la rpdc estan
completamente listos para acogerlos.
los presos arriba mencionados son patriotas quienes dedicaron su
juventud y felicidad por la reunificacion de la
patria, anhelo supremo de la nacion, y personificaciones de la conviccion y
voluntad apreciados por nuestro partido.
nuestro pueblo les dara calurosa y sincera acogida y hara todo lo
posible para que disfruten de la feliz vida y
maxima felicidad sin tener nada que envidiar en el mundo.
la labor de devolucion de dichos presos que es un importante evento sin
precedentes en la historia debe ejecutarse
sin complicaciones conforme a la declaracion conjunta y los puntos
acordados de las conversaciones de las entidades de
cruz roja del norte y del sur de devolver todos los presos de larga condena
no abjurados que deseen venir a la parte
norte de corea.
consideramos que tanto los presos cuyos familiares y parientes residen
en el norte como los demas presos de igual
caracter que desean venir al norte son objetos de la presente labor de
devolucion y reconocemos que en el sur de corea
no deben ocurrir cosas que frenen la devolucion de ellos.
todo el pueblo coreano observara la labor de devolucion de los presos
de larga condena no abjurados que se lleve a
la practica en el sur de corea.
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