TODAY'S NEWS (August.11.2000 Juche 89)
[CONTENTS]
* Message of sympathy to Russian President
* Kim Yong Nam greets President of Chad
* Kim Yong Sun meets S. Korean Minister of Culture and Tourism
* Friendly meeting with Turkish children campers
* S. Korean media delegation sojourns here
* Release of prisoners of conscience demanded
* Koguryo, powerful state with its history of nearly thousand years
* Anniversary of Kim Il Sung's work observed
* Implementation of three-point charter of national reunification called
for
* Projected official visit to "Yasukuni Shrine"
* Chosun Ilbo isolated in S. Korea
* Three-point charter of Korean reunification supported
* Austrian figures support Korean people's cause of national
reunification
For Spanish-speaking people
* tendra lugar decima ronda de conversaciones principales
intergubernamentales de rpdc y japon
* tercer grupo de japonesas en rpdc visitara a su tierra natal
* permanencia en pyongyang de delegacion de organos de prensa de sudcorea
* organizaciones de india apoyan tres cartas de reunificacion de corea
* reunese secretario de cc de ptc con ministro de sudcorea
Message of sympathy to Russian President
Pyongyang, August 11 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium
of the DPRK Supreme People's
Assembly, on Thursday sent a message of sympathy to Russian President V. V.
Putin in connection with an
unexpected explosion in Moscow that caused heavy casualties.
In the message he expressed deep sympathy to the President and the
victims, shocked by the news that an
unexpected explosion occurred in Moscow recently, causing heavy casualties.
He wished the President success in his responsible work to combat all
forms of terrorism and ensure the country's
stability.
Kim Yong Nam greets President of Chad
Pyongyang, August 11 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium
of the Supreme People's
Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on August 9 sent a
message of greetings to Lieutenant
General Idris Deby, President and head of State of the Republic of Chad, on
the occasion of the 40th anniversary of its
independence.
The message extended warm congratulations to him and the government and
people of Chad on the occasion.
It wished him and the government and people of Chad big success in
their work for the prosperity of the country
and expressed belief that the friendly relations between the two countries
would continue to develop on good terms in
the future too.
Kim Yong Sun meets S. Korean Minister of Culture and Tourism
Pyongyang, August 11 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Sun, secretary of the Central
Committee of the Worker's Party of
Korea, yesterday met Minister of Culture and Tourism of South Korea Pak Ji
Won on a visit to Pyongyang at the
People's Palace of Culture.
Present there was Song Ho Gyong, vice-chairman of the Korean
Asia-Pacific Peace Committee.
Kim Yong Sun had a conversation with Pak Ji Won in a compatriotic
atmosphere.
Friendly meeting with Turkish children campers
Pyongyang, August 11 (KCNA) -- A friendly meeting with Turkish children
campers was held at the People's
Palace of Culture yesterday.
Invited to the meeting were the Turkish children campers headed by Jeki
Sarihan who had participated in the
International Children's Camp in Songdowon.
Present there were the general secretary of the DPRK-Turkey Friendship
Association, officials concerned and
schoolchildren here.
The participants enjoyed an art performance given by Korean
schoolchildren and conversed with each other,
deepening their friendly feelings.
S. Korean media delegation sojourns here
Pyongyang, August 11 (KCNA) -- Minister of Culture and Tourism Pak Ji
Won and the delegation of South
Korean media organizations visited the Tower of the Juche Idea and the
Mansudae Art Studio yesterday.
They were accompanied by Kang Nung Su, chairman of the DPRK Information
Committee, and officials
concerned.
Hearing the explanation that the Tower of the Juche Idea was built up
as a grand monumental edifice in our times,
they looked round the tower and groups of sculptures. They mounted an
observation platform of the tower to enjoy a
bird's-eye view of Pyongyang.
Pak Ji Won made the following entry in the visitor's book: "It is my
strong hope that the June 15 joint declaration
will provide the compatriots in the south and the north with an opportunity
to see the tower altogether."
The next leg of their visit was the Mansudae Art Studio.
They looked round the Korean painting production group, oil painting
production group, etc, listening to the
explanation that the studio has turned into a comprehensive fine art
creating center of the country.
In the evening the delegation enjoyed a folk dance suite "people in
walled city of Pyongyang" which truthfully
represents the patriotic devotion made by the people in the walled city of
Pyongyang in defending their country and the
beautiful manners and customs of the nation by presenting elegant national
dances and peculiar national music.
Release of prisoners of conscience demanded
Pyongyang, August 11 (KCNA) -- The People's Solidarity for the Abolition
of the "Security Law" called a press
conference on Aug. 7 at which it demanded the release of the remaining
prisoners of conscience and others, according
to the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation from Seoul.
Noting that at least 90 prisoners of conscience and 500 politicians
wanted by the police were not on the list of
those to be "specially amnestied on the liberation day," the people's
solidarity demanded the release of the prisoners
and halt to searching for those wanted.
It asserted that the prisoners of conscience suffering from the
"Security Law" should be immediately released as
the "Security Law" spoils the atmosphere of reconciliation being created
between the north and the south in accordance
with the June 15 north-south joint declaration.
Koguryo, powerful state with its history of nearly thousand years
Pyongyang, August 11 (KCNA) -- Koguryo was established as the first
feudal state in Korea in 277 B.C.
The founder of Koguryo was king Tongmyong (Kojumong).
Koguryo was the strongest state in the history of Korea.
The people of Koguryo displayed patriotic devotion and bravery in every
battle to defend their country from
aggression and won victory in it as they were skillful in military arts and
strong in national dignity and spirit.
In this course Koguryo emerged as a powerful state in the east with
developed economy, political system, brilliant
culture and strong military power.
Koguryo, which existed for nearly a thousand years until 668 A.D.
covered a vast area of northeast Asia including
the Korean peninsula. It played a main role in the development of the
Korean history in the period of the three
kingdoms (Koguryo, Paekje and Silla) and externally demonstrated the
resourcefulness of the nation and the power of
the country.
The economy and military power of Koguryo grew stronger after it moved
its capital to Pyongyang (area around
Mt. Taesong today), the sacred place of father Tangun of the Korean nation,
in 427.
As Koguryo inherited the metal processing technique from Kojoson
(ancient Korea), the skill of making iron farm
implements, iron weapons, metal tools, etc, was highly developed from its
early days. This was greatly instrumental in
strengthening the feudal state.
"Silk route," which takes an important place in the development of
human civilization, was also explored by the
people of Koguryo and its cradle was Pyongyang at the River Taedong basin.
They used this route to export silk, Insam, leather and other
specialties to different countries.
Koguryo had developed national culture. It is evidenced by mural tombs
where mural paintings distinct in color
and vivid in depiction are well preserved still today. Typical of them are
the mural tomb in Anak county, south
hwanghae province, and a huge one in Kangso district, nampho.
As seen above, the Korean people have been resourceful and intelligent
and have entertained ardent patriotism and
strong will since olden times.
Anniversary of Kim Il Sung's work observed
Pyongyang, August 11 (KCNA) -- Papers here today dedicate signed
articles to the 40th anniversary of the
President Kim Il Sung's famous work "On the Successful Accomplishment of
the Technical Revolution."
The work published on August 11, Juche 49 (1960) comprehensively
clarifies theoretical and practical issues in
carrying out the technical revolution. Among them are issues of fully
enlisting the wisdom and creative ingenuity of the
masses in the carrying out of the revolution and creating technical
innovations in all fields of the national economy.
A signed article of Rodong Sinmun says that the work sets clear targets
to promote the technical revolution to suit
new circumstances and conditions in which the socialist construction is
making progress and successfully realize
comprehensive technical reconstruction of the national economy. It
indicates a true way of laying solid material and
technical foundations of communism.
The work has displayed its tremendous vitality and attraction for the
validity, truth and scientific accuracy of ideas
and theories expounded in the work, the article says, and goes on:
First of all, the wisdom and creative ingenuity of the masses are fully
displayed in the technical innovation drives.
The vitality of the work is also proven by signal achievements made in
technical innovation drives in all fields of
the national economy.
It is also evidenced by a large contingent of able scientists and
technicians active in the country.
It is thanks to them that in recent years the DPRK made such
spectacular scientific and technological successes as
the launch of a satellite and dynamically pushed forward the socialist
construction even under the difficult situation
where the "arduous march" and forced march were made.
Implementation of three-point charter of national reunification called for
Pyongyang, August 11 (KCNA) -- The three-point charter of national
reunification should be thoroughly
implemented to achieve the cause of national reunification, the cherished
desire of the nation, says Rodong Sinmun
today in a signed article.
The article goes on:
The great leader Kim Jong Il formulated the three principles of
national reunification-- independence, peaceful
reunification and great national unity--and the ten-point program of great
unity of the whole nation and the proposal for
founding the Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo put forward by the
President Kim Il Sung as the three-point
charter of national reunification in which fundamental principles and ways
of achieving the reunification of the country
are systematized in an integral way and comprehensively laid down and, on
this basis, indicated the road of
accomplishing the cause of national reunification in our generation.
The three-point charter of national reunification is a programme for
reunification, an embodiment of the great Juche
idea.
The three-point charter shows a true way of solving the problem of
reunification independently in conformity with
the demand of the Korean nation and the actual conditions of the country,
guided by the Juche idea.
The charter is based on the transparent spirit of national sovereignty
whereby the nation considers its sovereignty
and dignity as what keeps itself alive and reflects noble patriotic desire
to reunify the country peacefully through the
reconciliation and unity between the north and south and the great unity of
the whole nation.
The charter comprehensively deals with the precious experience gained
in the successful application of the Juche
idea whose scientific accuracy and validity have been proven in practice,
and fundamental principles which serve as a
basis and a starting-point in solving the issue of reunification and
strategic ways of settling it.
Indeed, the charter serves as a bright beacon indicating the road of
achieving the cause of national reunification
most quickly and fairly in conformity with the will and interests of the
whole nation and a powerful weapon
guaranteeing its successful accomplishment.
Projected official visit to "Yasukuni Shrine"
Pyongyang, August 11 (KCNA) -- Ministers of the Japanese cabinet called
press conferences separately at which
they clarified their will to make an official visit to the "Yasukuni
Shrine" on August 15. This indicates that the visit to it
is becoming more and more organized and official, observes Rodong Sinmun
today in a signed commentary.
It goes on:
The planned official group visit to the "shrine" is a mockery of and
challenge to the Asian people and peace.
"Yasukuni Shrine" is symbolic of aggression and militarism. Therefore,
paying "respects" and praying for the soul
of those entombed there means supporting aggression and praising militarism.
It is certain that the high-ranking quarters of Japan seek to galvanize
public opinion over their official visit to the
"shrine" beforehand in a bid to turn the whole land of Japan into a theatre
for agitating reinvasion on the day marking
the 55th anniversary of the Japanese imperialists' defeat.
The militarist forces of Japan are egging high-ranking officials of its
government on to incite dangerous militarist
hysteria among the Japanese.
Japan is the only country in the world that has not settled its
crime-woven past until now though the world is at the
turn of the century.
Yet, Japan is behaving wrong instead of fulfilling its duties. Japan is
a country bereft of even an iota of morality
and conscience.
The Japanese authorities are seriously mistaken if they think they can
calm down world voices demanding Japan's
redress for its past by embarking upon reinvasion.
Chosun Ilbo isolated in S. Korea
Pyongyang, August 11 (KCNA) -- A campaign of boycotting Chosun Ilbo is
spreading to different fields of South
Korean society, said the South Korean paper Hangyore.
According to the paper, on Aug. 7 154 intellectuals held their first
meeting to declare that they would refuse to
contribute any articles to Chosun Ilbo or to be interviewed by the paper.
Participating in the campaign are personages
of academic circles, men and women of literature and arts, religious
figures, members of the civic movement and
others.
That day they released a declaration "We refuse to deal with Chosun Ilbo."
The declaration said:
Without overcoming the hurdle thrown by Chosun Ilbo, we cannot but take
a thorny way for a reform and
peaceful reunification.
A strong force of the press called Chosun Ilbo is the biggest obstacle
to the gigantic trend of the times called
reconciliation between the south and the north. This situation urgently
calls for a positive movement on the part of the
intellectuals.
If Chosun Ilbo neither reflects on its past nor makes any apology to
the people and the nation, we will refuse to
contribute any articles to the paper or to be interviewed by it.
We will form a "joint measure committee in a month to deal with the
lies and false reports carried by Chosun Ilbo"
and spread the campaign of boycotting the paper not only to intellectuals
but to civic and public organizations.
Three-point charter of Korean reunification supported
Pyongyang, August 11 (KCNA) -- Indian organizations participated in the
international signature campaign to
support the three-point charter of Korean reunification.
N. K. Shukra, joint secretary of the All-India Peasants' Union, signed
the signature paper on behalf of its 14
million members, Sunit Chofra, joint secretary of the All- India
Agricultural Workers Union, on behalf of its 2.4
million members and B. J. Zoli vice-chairman of the youth league of the
Bharatiya Janata Party of India (the People's
Party of India), on behalf of its 2 million members.
Austrian figures support Korean people's cause of national reunification
Pyongyang, August 11 (KCNA) -- Chairman Max Verworner and secretary
general Erich Zavadil of the society
for the promotion of the relations between Austria and the DPRK jointly
issued a statement on August 3 on the
occasion of the 3rd anniversary of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's immortal
work "Let Us Carry Out the Great Leader
Comrade Kim Il Sung's Instructions for National Reunification."
The positive changes taking place on the Korean peninsula would have
been unthinkable without the dynamic
leadership and devoted efforts of General Secretary Kim Jong Il, they said.
Reiterating their full support to the three-point charter of Korean
reunification, they expressed their firm belief that
the Korean people would surely reunify the country by themselves under the
leadership of Kim Jong Il.
For Spanish-speaking people
tendra lugar decima ronda de conversaciones principales intergubernamentales de
rpdc y japon
pyongyang, 11 de agosto (atcc) -- la decima ronda de conversaciones
principales intergubernamentales de la
republica popular democratica de corea y el japon tendra lugar del 21 al 25
de agosto en tokyo.
en ella participaran la delegacion gubernamental de la rpdc encabezada
por jong thae hwa, embajador itinerario del
ministerio de rr.ee. y la delegacion gubernamental del japon dirigida por
kojiro takano, embajador encargado de
negociaciones para la normalizacion de relaciones diplomaticas con la rpdc
del ministerio de rr.ee. del japon.
en la ronda se discutiran la liquidacion del del pasado japon y los
demas problemas relacionados con la mejora de
las relaciones rpdc-japon.
tercer grupo de japonesas en rpdc visitara a su tierra natal
pyongyang, 11 de agosto (atcc) -- segun el acuerdo de los organos
interesados de la rpdc y el japon el tercer grupo
de japonesas en la rpdc visitara del 12 al 18 de septiembre a su tierra natal.
esto contribuira a promover la comprension mutua entre ambos pueblos.
permanencia en pyongyang de delegacion de organos de prensa de sudcorea
pyongyang, 11 de agosto (atcc) -- pak ji won, ministro de cultura y
turismo y la delegacion de organos de prensa
de sudcorea recorrieron ayer el monumento a la idea juche y la casa de
creacion mansudae.
les acompanaron kang nung su, presidente del comite de informacion de
la rpd de corea y funcionarios
interesados.
al escuchar la explicacion de que el monumento a la idea juche se
levanto como una gran creacion monumental de
la epoca los huespedes recorrieron el monumento, el grupo escultorico, etc.
subieron al mirador para admirar el panorama de la capital.
pak ji won en el libro de visitas escribio ardiente deseo de que el
monumento sea admirado por todos los coreanos
del sur y el norte gracias a la declaracion conjunta del 15 de junio.
la delegacion visito la casa de creacion mansudae.
los visitantes recorrieron los grupos de creacion de pintura al estilo
coreano y al oleo al escuchar la explicacion de
que la casa de creacion mansudae se convirtio en una base combinada de
bellas artes del pais.
el mismo dia la delegacion vio el suite de danza folklorica "hombres de
la ciudadela de pyongyang".
el suite demuestra vivamente con las graciosas danzas y canciones
tipicas nacionales el patriotismo y el mundo
espiritual de los hombres de la ciudadela de pyongyang que defendieron
valientemente la patria y las nobles y bellas
costumbres de la nacion coreana.
organizaciones de india apoyan tres cartas de reunificacion de corea
pyongyang, 11 de agosto (atcc) -- las organizaciones de india
participaron en la campana internacional de recogida
de firmas de apoyo a tres cartas de la reunificacion de corea.
firmaron n. k. shukra, secretario conjunto de la union panindia de
campesinos en representacion de 14 millones de
afiliados, sunit chopra, secretario conjunto de la union panindia de
trabajadores agricolas en representacion de 2
millones 400 mil afiliados y vijey joli, vicepresidente de la union de la
juventud del partido popular de la india en
representacion de 2 millones de afiliados.
reunese secretario de cc de ptc con ministro de sudcorea
pyongyang, 11 de agosto (atcc) -- kim yong sun, secretario del cc del
partido del trabajo de corea se encontro ayer
en el palacio cultural del pueblo con pak ji won, ministro de cultura y
turismo de sudcorea de visita en pyongyang.
estuvo presente song ho gyong, vicepresidente del comite coreano por la
paz de asia y el pacifico.
en la ocasion se desarrollo una platica desbordante de sentimiento
fraternal.
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