TODAY'S NEWS (August.22.2000 Juche 89)
[CONTENTS]
* Kim Jong Il sends condolences to Putin
* 10th round of DPRK-Japan intergovernmental full-dress talks begins
* Three-point charter of Korea's reunification supported
* Travelling health care enjoys popularity
* KPA athletes prove successful in army pentathlon championships
* Kim Il Sung registered as Honorary Citizen of Huaraz Province of Peru
* Kim Jong Il registered as Honorary Citizen of Huaraz Province of Peru
* State symphony orchestra performs in Seoul
* Kanggye government office
* Korean nation urged to pool efforts for its reunification
* Defending socialist cause and advancing human cause of independence
called for
For Spanish-speaking people
* reunificacion es obra que ha de ser lograda por fuerza unida de nacion
coreana
* en seul representacion de orquesta sinfonica nacional de rpdc
Kim Jong Il sends condolences to Putin
Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il, Chairman of the National
Defence Commission of the DPRK,
today sent a message of condolence to V. V. Putin, President of the Russian
Federation, over the deaths of the
crewmen of the Russian nuclear-powered submarine "Kursk."
The message says:
I heard the very sad news that all of 118 crew members of the Russian
nuclear-powered submarine "Kursk" which
had been grounded on the Barents sea floor since August 12 died.
In this connection, I express deep condolences to you and, through you,
to the victims, the bereaved families and
the Russian people.
I am convinced that you will emerge from sorrow and all obtaining
difficulties and make successes in the work to
build powerful Russian armed forces.
10th round of DPRK-Japan intergovernmental full-dress talks begins
Tokyo, August 22 (KCNA) -- The 10th round of the DPRK-Japan
intergovernmental full-dress talks began in
Tokyo today.
Present at the talks were the members of the DPRK government delegation
headed by Jong Thae Hwa, roving
ambassador of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from the DPRK side and the
members of the Japanese government
delegation headed by Kojiro Takano, ambassador of the Foreign Ministry for
negotiations for Japan-DPRK diplomatic
relations, from the Japanese side.
Three-point charter of Korea's reunification supported
Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- International secretary Miguel Angel
Gonzalez and 9 other members of the
leadership of the Colombian Communist Party signed the international
signature paper supporting the three-point
charter of Korea's reunification on August 14 on behalf of the party
membership.
Travelling health care enjoys popularity
Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- Brisk travelling health care is popular
among people in the DPRK.
A good example of this is what has been done by a travelling medical
team of the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital in
Taehongdan county, Ryanggang Province in the northernmost part of the
country, where there are many families of the
demobilized soldiers all out to implement the revolutionary policy of the
Worker's Party of Korea for potato farming.
The team has rendered assistance to their wives at childbirth and
conducted medical examinations of inhabitants of
the county.
Equipped with ultrasound scanners and other examination and treatment
apparatuses and staffed by skilled
doctors, the team has done effective services, enjoying a high appreciation
from the working people there.
Meanwhile, its members have taught advanced methods of treatment and
valuable experience to medical workers
of the county people's hospital and clinics of branch farms, thus helping
augment the medical staff of the county.
Such activities of medical workers as visiting emergency cases and
work-sites for treatment and conducting health
examinations and preventive inoculations for the population under their
charge are also brisk in other parts of the
country.
KPA athletes prove successful in army pentathlon championships
Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- Women athletes of the Korean People's
Army were reported to have come first
by clocking 1 minute 57.8 seconds in women 500m hurdle relay at the 48th
World Army Pentathlon Championships
held in Denmark from August 14 to 20.
They placed second in the team competition of the women pentathlon by
obtaining 15,902.4 points.
The championships brought together army athletes from the DPRK, Norway,
Denmark, Brazil, Sweden, China
and other countries.
Kim Il Sung registered as Honorary Citizen of Huaraz Province of Peru
Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- The Huaraz Provincial Council of Peru
adopted a decision on registering the
President Kim Il Sung as an Honorary Citizen of the province on the
occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Governor of the province Jose Fernando Mendez paid a congratulatory
visit to the DPRK embassy in Lima on
August 16 and conveyed a certificate and medal to the ambassador.
The certificate reads:
Huaraz province has particular pleasure to register H.E. Kim Il Sung,
eternal President of the DPRK, as an
Honorary Citizen in high recognition of his great exploits performed in the
work for the global cause of independence
and the peace and reunification of the Korean peninsula and present this
certificate to him on the occasion of the 52nd
anniversary of the DPRK.
Kim Jong Il registered as Honorary Citizen of Huaraz Province of Peru
Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- The Huaraz Provincial Council of Peru
adopted a decision on registering the
great leader Kim Jong Il as an Honorary Citizen of the province on the
occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Governor of the province Jose Fernando Mendez paid a congratulatory
visit to the DPRK embassy in Lima on
August 16 and conveyed a certificate and medal to the ambassador.
The certificate reads:
Huaraz province is particularly pleased to register H.E. Kim Jong Il,
Chairman of the National Defence
Commission of the DPRK, as an Honorary Citizen in high recognition of his
great feats performed in the work for the
global cause of independence and the peace and reunification of the Korean
peninsula and present this certificate to him
on the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the DPRK.
State symphony orchestra performs in Seoul
Seoul, August 21 (KCNA) -- The State Symphony Orchestra of the DPRK
successfully staged its performances in
Seoul on August 20 and 21.
The performances drew capacity audiences.
Put on stage were orchestras "Arirang" and "My House In My Native
Place," violin concerto "Nostalgia," soprano
"Let's Go To Mountains and Sea," tenor "Moonlit East Sea," overture of
orchestra of the opera "The Barber of Seville"
and other colorful pieces.
The performers truthfully represented the noble national emotion,
patriotism and optimism of the Korean people
with peculiar tone of national musical instruments, elegant and dynamic
melody of modern mixed orchestra of Korean
style and sweet and rich voice.
Each number of the program was highly acclaimed by the audiences for
leading them to the musical world with
high artistry, well-organized ensemble and experienced conduct.
At the end of each performance, South Korean figures from all walks of
life mounted the stage to congratulate the
orchestra on its successful performance.
The performances were enjoyed by Ri Man Sop, National Assembly speaker,
So Yong Hun, representative of the
Democratic Party, Ri Hoe Chang, president of the Grand National Party, Kim
Jong Gil, Minister of Justice, and other
politicians, members of the National Assembly and presidents of leading
media organizations, personages of political,
social, press, academic and art circles and music lovers of South Korea and
citizens in Seoul.
Kanggye government office
Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- Kanggye, a northern inland city of
Korea, has a time-honored
remain--Kanggye government office from the Ri dynasty (1392-1910).
Formerly the office cum residence of the Kanggye deputy magistrate
(doubling as local garrison commander), it
was a courtyard home of many buildings but now only three remain--east
house, inner house and hexagonal arbor.
The east house, where the deputy magistrate carried out official
duties, runs 21.8 metres long and 9.8 wide and
has a floorage of 213 square metres. It is supported all around by two rows
of 40 columns with a corridor in between.
The inner-row columns are linked by screens, the partitions that could be
moved up to a height for a larger space. The
corridor is flanked by a backed railing. The columns are very thick for
their height and carved with lotus patterns, and
those at the four corners have tops shaped like a dragon's head in an
imposing yet beautiful scene. The east house was
built in 1663 but later burnt down, and rebuilt in 1888.
The inner house, the residence of the deputy magistrate, is 20.05
metres long and 4.6 wide and has columns with
a double bracketing system.
The hexagonal arbor was an archery ground for the soldiers defending
the northwestern areas.
This unit was severely damaged during the Korean War (1950-1953) but
has since been restored to state.
Korean nation urged to pool efforts for its reunification
Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- It is necessary to abide by the
principle of solving the issue of reunification
independently by the concerted efforts of the nation responsible for it in
order to achieve its cause, said Rodong
Sinmun yesterday in a signed article.
The article went on:
The reunification of Korea is its internal affair which should be
solved by the efforts of the Korean nation itself.
Korea's reunification, the national cause, does not allow any outside
forces to interfere in it. This cause of
reunification will face ordeals and difficulties if their interference is
connived at and allowed.
Saying that it is the only way for national reunification to believe in
the efforts of the nation and rely on them, the
article continued:
The Korean nation is fully capable of discussing and solving the issue
of reunification with its own energy and
wisdom. No matter how difficult and complicated the cause of national
reunification may be, it can be accomplished if
the 70 million fellow countrymen display all their patriotic enthusiasm and
pool their wisdom and energies.
Korea is sure to be reunified independently and peacefully when the
north and the south sit face to face and discuss
and solve all the problems related to the reunification true to the will
and requirements of the nation on the basis of
patriotism and in the spirit of national sovereignty.
Reality goes to prove that the Korean nation is capable of solving any
difficult problem when it pools its efforts for
the nation from the nation-first stand.
It is an invariable supreme principle to solve the issue of national
reunification by the concerted efforts of the
Korean nation responsible for it. Any attempt of the outside forces to
interfere in the internal affairs of the Korean
nation should be categorically rejected in order to adhere to this principle.
Any Korean aspiring after patriotism and reunification should swim with
the strong trend towards independent
reunification which has made a good start with the publication of the
historic north-south joint declaration as a
momentum.
Defending socialist cause and advancing human cause of independence called for
Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- The calls of the Central Committee of
the Worker's Party of Korea issued on
its 55th anniversary underscored the need to defend the socialist cause and
dynamically advance the human cause of
independence.
Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article says that these calls based on
a scientific clarification of co-relations
between the socialist cause and the human cause of independence reflect the
urgent need of the present times to defend
the cause of socialism.
The human cause of independence is a cause of achieving the
independence of the popular masses worldwide, the
article says, and goes on:
The cause of socialism is a just cause aimed to put an end to the
exploitation of man by man and provide an
independent and creative life to the masses, while the human cause of
independence is a cause to eradicate inequality
among countries and nations worldwide and build a free and peaceful new
world, free from aggression and
subjugation.
The course of victoriously advancing the socialist cause worldwide
precisely means a course of carrying out the
human cause of independence.
It is important to cherish the unflinching faith in socialism and
strengthen support and encouragement to the
countries and peoples holding aloft its banner in order to defend the
socialist cause and dynamically push ahead with
the human cause of independence.
The article highlights the need not to budge even a bit from the
steadfast anti-imperialist stand but consolidate the
unity and cohesion of all the progressive forces under the banner of
anti-imperialist struggle.
For Spanish-speaking people
reunificacion es obra que ha de ser lograda por fuerza unida de nacion coreana
pyongyang, 22 de agosto (atcc) -- el diario "rodong sinmun" en un
articulo individual de ayer senala que la
reunificacion de la patria debe ser realizada en adhesion al principio de
resolverla de modo independiente con la fuerza
unida de la nacion coreana que es duena de esta causa nacional.
la reunificacion de la patria es la cuestion interna de la nacion
coreana, subraya el articulo y continua:
esta causa nacional no permite la intervencion de las fuerzas
extranjeras que crearan obstaculos y contratiempos en
el proceso de su realizacion.
el unico medio para la reintegracion de la patria es confiar y apoyarse
en las fuerzas propias de la nacion.
la nacion coreana tiene la suficiente capacidad de consultarla y
lograrla con sus fuerzas e inteligencia.
por muy dificil y compleja que sea la reunificacion de la patria esta
causa sera lograda ciertamente cuando se
estimulen debidamente el entusiasmo patriotico de los 70 millones de
coreanos y se unan su inteligencia y fuerzas.
la reunificacion independiente y pacifica de la patria se realizara
ciertamente, si el norte y el sur, inspirados en el
amor por compatriotas y el espiritu de la independencia nacional se
disponen a consultar y resolver todos los asuntos
presentados, conforme a la voluntad y demanda de la nacion.
la realidad demuestra que los coreanos podran resolver seguramente por
cuenta propia cualquier problema dificil si
piensan antes que nada en los intereses nacionales y juntan sus fuerzas en
la posicion de dar importancia a la nacion.
el que la reunificacion de la patria sea realizada por las fuerzas
unidas de la nacion coreana que es duena de esta
causa nacional es inviolable principio supremo. para mantener firmemente
este principio hay que recharzar
categoricamente toda la intencion de las fuerzas extranjeras de intervenir
en el asunto interno de la nacion coreana.
todos los coreanos que aman el pais y desean su reunificacion deben
incorporarse a la gran corriente de
reintegracion independiente iniciada con la publicacion de la historica
declaracion conjunta norte-sur.
en seul representacion de orquesta sinfonica nacional de rpdc
seul, 21 de agosto (atcc) -- la orquesta sinfonica nacional de la rpd
de corea ofrecio los dias 20 y 21 en seul su
representacion.
los lugares de funcion estaban abarotados del publico.
en la escena se pusieron las musicas orquestales "arirang" y "querida
casa de mi aldea natal", el concierto para
violin "nostalgia", el solo vocal de tono alto femenino "vamos al monte y
el mar", el solo vocal de tono bajo masculino
"noche de luna del mar este", la musica orquestal, el preludio de la opera
"barbera de sevilla" y otras diversas piezas.
los ejecutores demostraron excelentemente el noble sentimiento
nacional, el patriotismo y el aspecto del pueblo
coreano optimista a traves del tono tipico de los instrumentos musicos
nacionales, las melodias graciosas y ritmicas de
la musica orquestal combinada moderna a la coreana y de las lindas y
emocionantes canciones.
las piezas llevaron al publico al mundo musical con gran maestria
descriptiva, armonia perfecta y probada direccion
arrancando efusivos aplausos de el.
terminada la funcion, las personalidades de distintos sectores de
sudcorea subieron a la escena para felicitar el exito
de representacion de los actores.
la vieron ri man sop, presidente de la asamblea nacional, so yong hun,
representante del partido democratico, ri
hoe chang, presidente del partido hannara, kim jong gil, ministro de
justicia y otras personalidades de partidos
politicos, parlamentarios, directores de organos de prensa principales, asi
como personalidades de circulos politicos,
sociales, de palabra, cientidicos y de arte, aficionados a la musica y
ciudadanos de distintos sectores de seul.
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