TODAY'S NEWS (September.10.2000 Juche 89)
[CONTENTS]
* Letter to Kim Jong Il from Ri In Mo
* Greetings to Kim Jong Il from ITF President
* Unconverted long-term prisoners go round Tower of Juche Idea
* Floral basket to Kim Il Sung's statue from President of State of
Palestine
* DPRK government gives banquet
* DPRK Red Cross spokesman on care shown for unconverted long-term
prisoners
* Int'l support for three-point charter of Korea's reunification
* Japanese ambassador's lecture under fire
* Evening galas of youth and students in Pyongyang
* Meeting and banquet of Korean residents in Japan held
* Letter to Kim Jong Il from unconverted long-term prisoners
* S. Korean human rights organization sends written protest to U.S.
President
* Competition in composing poems eulogizing Kim Jong Il under way
* Japan urged to make proper option
For Spanish-speaking people
* vocero de minrex de rpdc declara
* unicef hace llegar a rpdc equipos de asistencia
* resultado de examen medico sobre ex presos de larga condena no
abjurados
Letter to Kim Jong Il from Ri In Mo
Pyongyang, September 10 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il
received a letter from Ri In Mo, incarnation
of faith and will, on September 8 on the occasion of the 52nd anniversary
of the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea.
The letter describes 63 unconverted long-term prisoners' exodus to
socialism from capitalism as the greatest event
ever known in history of humankind.
Over the last seven years he has enjoyed a happy life under the care of
leader Kim Jong Il in the wake of his 34
year- long imprisonment in South Korea, the letter says, and goes on:
You recovered the 2,075 years of 63 unconverted long-term prisoners and
myself that were lost in prison and
highly appreciated the years as the those dedicated to the struggle for
reunification.
Indeed, you precisely represent a great affection.
Greetings to Kim Jong Il from ITF President
Pyongyang, September 10 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il
received a message of greetings on Sep. 9
from president Choe Hong Hui of the International Taekwon-do Federation on
the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The message says:
As the President Kim Il Sung founded the DPRK, new independent Korea
centred on people was born for the first
time in history and the exploits he performed by building a powerful
socialist state, independent, self-supporting and
self-reliant in national defence will shine forever together with his
august name.
The message says that Kim Jong Il has reliably defended the sovereignty
of Kim Il Sung's Korea and fully
demonstrated the dignity of the nation in the period when the country was
undergoing ordeals unprecedented since the
foundation of the DPRK.
Thanks to the unsparing love and solicitude of the President and you,
Taekwon-do is being disseminated
worldwide as martial art peculiar to the Korean nation and further
efflorescing and developing, the message notes, and
goes on:
80 years old as I am, I will dedicate my whole life to the cause of
national reunification with Taekwon-do true to
the noble intention of the President and you and exert all my efforts for
the prosperity of the country.
Unconverted long-term prisoners go round Tower of Juche Idea
Pyongyang, September 10 (KCNA) -- Unconverted long-term prisoners, the
indomitable pro-reunification
patriotic fighters, on Sept. 8 went round the Tower of the Juche Idea.
They looked round the rear of the pedestal of the tower decorated with
choice stone pieces from different countries
and groups of sculptures on both sides of the tower, being briefed on the
Tower of the Juche Idea, the enduring grand
monumental edifice, symbolic of the greatness and brilliant victory of the
Juche idea clearly indicating the road to be
followed by the Korean revolution and humankind in the era of independence.
Then they went up to the observation platform of the tower where they
enjoyed a bird's-eye-view of Pyongyang
which has been built into the magnificent capital city of the revolution
under the wise guidance of the President Kim Il
Sung and the Worker's Party of Korea.
They renewed their firm resolution to devote themselves to the final
victory of the cause of Juche and national
reunification to the last moments of their life under the guidance of the
respected leader Kim Jong Il.
Floral basket to Kim Il Sung's statue from President of State of Palestine
Pyongyang, September 10 (KCNA) -- Yasser Arafat, President of the State
of Palestine, sent a floral basket to the
statue of the President Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill on the occasion of the
52nd anniversary of the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea.
The floral basket was laid before the statue of the President by Shaher
Mohammed Abdlah, Palestinian
Ambassador E.P. to the DPRK, on Saturday.
Written on the ribbon of the floral basket were words "The great leader
his excellency Kim Il Sung will live
forever."
DPRK government gives banquet
Pyongyang, September 10 (KCNA) -- The government of the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea gave a
banquet at the People's Palace of Culture on September 9 in celebration of
the 52nd anniversary of the DPRK.
Attending the banquet were Kim Yong Nam, Hong Song Nam and other senior
party and state officials.
Present were 63 unconverted long-term prisoners who returned to the
socialist homeland on September 2.
Present on invitation were foreign diplomatic envoys, representatives
of international organisations and foreign
guests here.
Premier Hong Song Nam, addressing the banquet, said the foundation of
the DPRK by the President Kim Il Sung
was a historic event that gave a new origin to the building of man-centred
socialist state.
He further said:
The history of the DPRK is a proud history of creation and building in
which the untrodden path was paved
victoriously and man-centred socialism of Korean style has been built,
strengthened and developed under the guidance
of the great leaders and a glorious history of struggle and victory in
which the sovereignty and dignity of the country
and nation have been defended in face of the unabated aggression and
challenge of the imperialists and reactionaries.
In the DPRK thanks to the outstanding guidance and energetic activities
of the great Kim Jong Il proud successes
have steadily been achieved to guarantee a bright prospect of building a
powerful nation, great progress has been made
in the efforts to promote national reunification and the international
prestige and authority of the DPRK have been
strengthened as never before.
The recent return of many unconverted long-term prisoners to the DPRK
from South Korea is the greatest event
ever known in the world history and gives a strong impetus to the efforts
of the people to build a powerful nation.
There are still many difficulties in our way, but our people and army
will push ahead with the general march for
the building of a powerful nation to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the
Worker's Party of Korea as a grand festival of
proud victors and demonstrate the dignity and potentials of the DPRK all
over the world, rallied close around the great
Kim Jong Il in one mind and purpose.
DPRK Red Cross spokesman on care shown for unconverted long-term prisoners
Pyongyang, September 10 (KCNA) -- The spokesman for the central
committee of the Red Cross Society of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea today gave an answer to a question
put by KCNA as regards the care shown
for the unconverted long-term prisoners who returned to the North Korea.
He said:
The central committee of the Red Cross Society together with all the
people in the North Korea warmly welcomed
63 unconverted long-term prisoners with kinship and has made every possible
effort for their health and happy living
conditions.
Departmental detailed medical checkups are now under way in the wake of
the first round of health screening of
the unconverted long-term prisoners and relevant steps have been taken for
the hospital treatment of patients whose
illness is critical and serious cases.
Opportunities have been offered to them to meet with their families and
relatives and a work is making brisk
headway to provide them with the dwelling houses and stable living
conditions and deep attention is paid to their visits,
rest and home-town visits.
The spokesman expressed deep thanks to all the people at home and
abroad, the world progressives, international
Red Cross organisations and national Red Cross organizations and human
rights organizations around the world for all
their sincerity and efforts made for the return of the unconverted
long-term prisoners to the DPRK.
He also expressed the expectation that they will continue to make every
possible effort for the repatriation of Jong
Sun Dok and Jong Sun Thaek and all other unconverted long-term prisoners in
South Korea who failed to return to the
DPRK and who hope for the return to the DPRK and give sincere aid needed
for the medical treatment of 63
unconverted long-term prisoners back to the DPRK and their stable living.
Int'l support for three-point charter of Korea's reunification
Pyongyang, September 10 (KCNA) -- Japanese trade union organizations
took part in the international signature
campaign supporting the three-point charter of Korea's reunification.
The signature paper was inked by Nagagazu Sakakibara, chairman of the
central executive committee of the Japan
Teachers' Union, on behalf of its 400,000 members, Toshio Sitara, director
of the international department of the
General Federation of Private Labour Unions of Japan, Yukio Yokohara,
general secretary of the Peace Movement
Center of Hiroshima Prefecture, Hachiro Torikoe, chairman of the Okayama
Prefectural Council of Peace, Human
Rights, Environment Trade Unions, and Suekichi Koumoto, chairman of the
central executive committee of the
All-Japan Dock Workers' Union, respectively on behalf of their members.
Japanese ambassador's lecture under fire
Pyongyang, September 10 (KCNA) -- Members of the Group to Defend Tok
Islet staged a surprise demonstration
against the lecture given by the Japanese ambassador to South Korea in the
lecture hall on Sept. 8, according to Radio
No. 1 from Seoul.
The moment the Japanese ambassador was about to give his lecture in the
hall under the sponsorship of the South
Korean press foundation they lodged a protest with him, chanting slogans
"Expel Japanese ambassador" and the like.
His lecture had to be suspended for a while due to the commotion in the
hall.
Evening galas of youth and students in Pyongyang
Pyongyang, September 10 (KCNA) -- Evening galas of youth and students
in Pyongyang took place before the
Tower of the Juche Idea, the monument to party founding, the arch of
triumph and other places yesterday to celebrate
the 52nd anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Songs "Let Our Tri-colour Flag of Republic Fly." "Ours Is Country of
Eternal President" and "Best Is Our
Country," etc, reverberated far and wide as if to tell about the history of
the DPRK.
The participants danced to the tune of such songs as "My Country Is
Best", "Pride of Youth" "Let Us Love Our
Country" and "Ongheya," stirring up the festive mood.
The evening galas once again demonstrated the firm pledge of the youth
vanguard to hold the respected leader Kim
Jong Il in high esteem and make a long journey of revolution without the
slightest vacillation, true to the last
instructions of the President Kim Il Sung.
On the same day, evening galas of youth and students were also held in
all provinces, cities and counties.
Meeting and banquet of Korean residents in Japan held
Pyongyang, September 10 (KCNA) -- A central meeting and a banquet of
Korean residents in Japan was held in
Tokyo on September 8 on the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the DPRK.
Present there were first vice-chairman So Man Sul and chief
vice-chairman Ho Jong Man of the central standing
committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan and others.
So Man Sul said in his report at the central meeting that the founding
of the DPRK by the President Kim Il Sung
52 years ago was a historic event that brought about a radical turn in
carving out the destinies of the country and
people.
He referred to the fact that the President built the DPRK into a
powerful socialist state, independent,
self-supporting and self-reliant in national defence.
General Secretary Kim Jong Il, true to the noble intention of the
President, has ushered in golden days of the
national prosperity with his outstanding ideological and theoretical
activities, dynamic leadership and his noble virtue of
taking care of all people, he said, and went on:
The compatriots in Japan, rallied close around Chongryon, the overseas
compatriots organization of the DPRK,
are stoutly living with the pride and self-respect of being proud overseas
citizens of Korea of Juche defending their
national rights and interests.
He called upon Chongryon and compatriots to advance dynamically for the
growth and development of the
movement of Koreans in Japan, true to the idea and leadership of Kim Jong Il.
A congratulatory letter to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the meeting.
Present at the banquet were secretary general Hiromu Nonaka of the
Liberal-Democratic Party of Japan, leader
Takako Toi and secretary general Satao Fuchigami of the Social-Democratic
Party of Japan and other political, public
and academic figures and men of the press, foreign ambassadors to Japan and
representatives of international
organizations and non-governmental organizations.
Letter to Kim Jong Il from unconverted long-term prisoners
Pyongyang, September 10 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il
received a letter from unconverted long-term
prisoners, the indomitable pro-reunification patriotic fighters, on
September 9 on the occasion of the 52nd anniversary
of the DPRK.
The letter said:
It was thanks to our motherland, the great leader President Kim Il Sung
and you the respected marshal Kim Jong Il
that took care of and protected us that we could remain true to our faith
and overcome trials in prison, not allowing
ourselves to be converted.
The days we have spent in the fatherland are nothing but a moment as
compared with scores of years of prison
life.
But in these days, we have keenly felt that the people's society built
by Generalissimo Kim Il Sung is the best in
the world and are moved to tears by your trust and love shown for the
soldiers in the enemy-controlled area.
This was the main source of our strength with which we could remain
true to the revolutionary faith despite
hangmen's savage torture and persistent temptation.
That is why you represent all our lives and destinies and the strongest
faith and will.
Indeed, your care is that of a true mother who embraces and brings up
all children and puts them forward, you
represent mainstay of the faith and will of the unconverted long-term
prisoners and a bright future of the reunified
country for the 70 million fellow countrymen to live in.
S. Korean human rights organization sends written protest to U.S. President
Pyongyang, September 10 (KCNA) -- The headquarters of the Movement
Against GIs' Crimes, a South Korean
human rights organization, held a mass rally in Seoul on Sep. 5 calling for
the total revision of the South Korea-U.S.
"Status of Forces Agreement," according to a radio report from Seoul.
A message of protest to U.S. President Clinton was adopted at the meeting.
The headquarters charged that the agreement is full of unequal
provisions, calling for its total revision.
Competition in composing poems eulogizing Kim Jong Il under way
Pyongyang, September 10 (KCNA) -- A competition in composing poems in
praise of the great leader Kim Jong Il
is under way in South Korea nowadays, according to a news report.
Composed poems are widely introduced through internet.
More than 200 poems such as "Three-verse Poem on Country" and
"Three-verse Poem on Getting Together" have
already been fed into homepages.
Among them are a three-verse poem explaining the august name of Kim
Jong Il and a four-verse poem explaining
the essence of "summit talks" which means the historic Pyongyang meeting
arranged thanks to his bold decision.
The poems represent the ardent desire of the South Korean people to
welcome Kim Jong Il in Seoul as early as
possible and their confidence that he has a clear orientation of national
reunification and call for using the Pyongyang
meeting as an occasion of opening the door to reunification.
Japan urged to make proper option
Pyongyang, September 10 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today comments on the
whole aspect of the recently
disclosed secret agreement signed by the governments of Japan and the
United States when they revised the
"Japan-U.S. Security Pact" in 1960.
The signed commentary says:
According to a secret document of the U.S. State Department which was
obtained by the "National Security
Archive", a non-governmental research institute of the United States, it
was stipulated that U.S. vessels carrying
nuclear weapons will need no prior consultation with Japan when they want
to call at ports of Japan or when the U.S.
forces sally forth from their bases in Japan in "emergency" on the Korean
peninsula.
This goes to prove that the United States has long got the U.S. forces
stationed in South Korea and Japan ready to
stifle the DPRK by force of arms and secretly pushed ahead with the
preparations for a nuclear war on the Korean
peninsula in particular.
What is noteworthy is Japan's sleight of hand, the commentary says, and
goes on:
As already known, Japan identifies "three non-nuclear principles" with
its state policy. But the principles that ban
Japan from possessing producing or introducing nuclear weapons turned out
to be sheer hypocrisy due to the secret
promise made to the United States as regards nuclear weapons. Japan, in
fact, is shutting its eyes to the U.S.
shipment, stockpiling and deployment of nuclear weapons in Japan though it
advocates those principles.
The Japanese reactionaries allow the United States to use its military
bases in Japan as it pleases in case of
"emergency on the Korean peninsula. This is intended to realize its
ambition for reinvasion with the backing of their
senior ally.
The Japanese militarist forces are driving the U.S. war chariot to
stage comeback to Korea.
The Japanese reactionaries do not bother to cry out for their
participation in the Korean War in case of
"emergency" on the Korean peninsula.
But their reinvasion is as foolish an act as jumping from the frying
pan into the fire.
The Japanese reactionaries are well advised to take a proper option, if
they do not want to repeat their disgraceful
history.
For Spanish-speaking people
vocero de minrex de rpdc declara
pyongyang, 9 de septiembre (atcc) -- el vocero del ministerio de rr.ee.
de la republica popular democratica de corea
publico el dia 9 una declaracion oral en relacion con que la parte
norteamericana pidio disculpa oficialmente por su acto
provocativo contra el presidente del comite permanente de la asamblea
popular suprema y su comitiva de transito para
participar en la cumbre milenaria de la onu.
el vocero senala:
como se ha informado, el pasado dia 4, ee.uu. perpetro en frankfurter
un acto provocativo contra el presidente del
comite permanente de la asamblea popular suprema de la rpdc y su comitiva
de transito para participar en la cumbre
milenaria de la onu y asi insulto intolerablemente la soberania de un
estado soberano.
la rpdc es un pais que considera como vida la soberania.
no pudimos participar en la cumbre aun perdiendo el sentimiento de
dignidad y advirtimos resueltamente que
ee.uu. debe asumir entera responsabilidad de sus consecuencias.
nuestra contramedida provoco inmediatamente la amplia compresion y
consentimiento de la sociedad internacional
y el muy anormal acto de ee.uu. fue condenado merecidamente.
las autoridades de ee.uu. fueron unanimes en decir que el incidente del
aeropuerto de frankfurter no tiene nada que
ver con la posicion de las autoridades de su gobierno y expresaron lastima
y pidieron disculpa suplicandonos la
comprension.
la secretaria de estado norteamericana nos envio la carta de contenido
de que el gobierno de ee.uu. expresa
profunda preocupacion por el presente incidente y comprende suficientemente
la inquietud que hubiera sentido la parte
coreana esta vez y da la garantia de no repetir tal caso en el futuro.
prestamos atencion por la disculpa oficial que expreso la parte
norteamericana por el presente incidente.
tomando en cuenta la disculpa que pidio la parte norteamericana
asumiendo la responsabilidad del incidente
decidimos observar la accion practica ulterior de ee.uu.
unicef hace llegar a rpdc equipos de asistencia
pyongyang, 9 de septiembre (atcc) -- el fondo de las naciones unidas
para la infancia (unicef) hizo llegar a la rpd de
corea equipos de asistencia necesarios para labor de salud publica.
el acto de donacion tuvo lugar ayer en esta capital.
entregolos z. karim, representante interino de la oficina de unicef en
la rpdc a choe chang sik, viceministro de salud
publica.
resultado de examen medico sobre ex presos de larga condena no abjurados
pyongyang, 8 de septiembre (atcc) -- a la pregunta formulada por un
reportero de la agencia telegrafica central de
corea en relacion con el resultado de examen medico sobre los ex presos de
larga condena no abjurados acogidos en el
regazo de la patria socialista el vicerrector de filial del hospital
combinado de la cruz roja de corea respondio hoy como
sigue:
como es sabido por todo el mundo, los 63 ex presos de larga condena no
abjurados, combatientes patriotas para la
reunificacion fueron acogidos el 2 de septiembre en el regazo de la patria
socialista segun la historica declaracion
conjunta y el acuerdo de las conversaciones entre las entidades de la cruz
roja, del norte y el sur de corea.
los organismos de salud publica correspondientes de la rpdc realizan el
global examen medico detallado sobre ellos
desde el 3 de septiembre.
segun el resultado de examen, la salud de ellos es muy mala y esta en
peor en general.
segun el resultado de primer examen medico, todos los 63 ex presos
tienen enfermedades por las consecuencias de
la prolongada vida cercelaria y torturas.
por las consecuencias de torturas los 8 ex presos adolecen de afeccion
de caminata, los 11, de artritis y otros, de
paralisis de nervio ciatico, lumbago, fractura de pelvis, dislocacion de
articulacion principal, contusion de cintura y de
otras enfermedades producidas por golpe fisico externo que sobrepasa el
limite fisiologica del hombre.
los 19 tienen hipertension, los 11, bronquitis cronica, los 28,
indigestion y casi todos los ex presos, 3-4
enfermedades entre otros caditis, tuberculosis pulmonar, fibroma pulmonar y
otras producidas por las consecuencias
de la larga vida carcelaria.
hay muy graves pacientes como los de complicacion de sistema
respiratorio, aproplegia cerebral, cancer de
hepatico, tumor de hipofisis y otros enfermedades.
se toman las medidas del comite central de la asociacion de la cruz
roja de la rpdc y del sector correspondiente para
recuperar la salud empeorada de ellos.
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