TODAY'S NEWS (September.15.2000 Juche 89)
[CONTENTS]
* Kim Jong Il meets Chinese party delegation
* Choe Thae Bok greets speaker of NC of Honduras
* Cooperation between DPRK and Chinese governments
* Kim Yong Nam meets congratulatory group of Korean residents in Japan
* Yang Hyong Sop meets Cambodian delegation
* Gift to Kim Jong Il from Chinese government delegation
* Vice-premier Kwak Pom Gi meets Chinese government delegation
* Day of Mexican Independence marked
* Japan's moves to justify its history of aggression
* Peruvian parliament greets DPRK's anniversary
* Korean books presented to Guyana
* Colorful functions held in various countries on DPRK anniversary
* U.S. contemptible act condemned
* Impressions of DPRK published
* Repatriation of unconverted long-term prisoners welcomed
* Preparatory committees to celebrate 55th anniversary of WPK formed
For Spanish-speaking people
* atcc comenta pretension de japon de justificar historia de agresion
* vocero de minrex de rpdc denuncia ee.uu.
* comunicado conjunto de norte y sur de corea
* secretario kim yong sun hace visita protocolar a presidente kim tae
jung
* dirigente kim jong il recibe en audiencia delegacion de pcch
Kim Jong Il meets Chinese party delegation
Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il today
received the visiting
delegation of the international liaison department of the central committee
of the Communist Party of
China led by Dai Bingguo, member of the CPC central committee and head of
the international liaison
department.
Present on the occasion were secretaries Kim Kuk Thae and Kim Yong Sun,
department director
Kim Yang Gon and vice-department director Ji Jae Ryong of the WPK Central
Committee and Wang
Guozhang, Chinese ambassador to Korea.
Kim Jong Il had a conversation with the guests in a cordial and
friendly atmosphere.
He gave a luncheon for them and posed for a photograph with them.
Choe Thae Bok greets speaker of NC of Honduras
Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- Choe Thae Bok, chairman of the
Supreme People's
Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a message of
greetings to Rafael Pineda
Ponce, speaker of the National Congress of the Republic of Honduras, on the
occasion of the 179th
anniversary of its Independence.
The message expressed belief that the relations between the two
parliaments and the two peoples
would develop on good terms and wished the speaker greater success in his work.
Cooperation between DPRK and Chinese governments
Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- An agreement on cooperation between
the governments of
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of
China in the fields of post and
electrical communications and information technology was signed at the
Mansudae Assembly Hall
today.
The agreement was signed by Ri Kum Bom, Minister of Post and
Telecommunications, from our
side and by Wu Jichuan, Minister of Information Industry, from the opposite
side, authorized by their
governments.
Kim Yong Nam meets congratulatory group of Korean residents in Japan
Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the
presidium of the DPRK
Supreme People's Assembly, met and had a talk with the congratulatory group
of Korean residents in
Japan which came to celebrate the 52nd anniversary of the DPRK at the
Mansudae Assembly Hall
today.
Present there were members of the group headed by Pak Jae Ro,
vice-chairman of the central
standing committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan.
Yang Hyong Sop meets Cambodian delegation
Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the
presidium of the
DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met and conversed with the delegation of
the Information Ministry
of Cambodia led by Minister Lu Lay Sreng at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today.
Present there were O Song Chol, vice-chairman of the Information
Committee of the DPRK, and
Oum Mannorine, Cambodian ambassador to Korea.
The head of the delegation said they were deeply moved to see the
achievements made by the
Korean people in different fields under the wise guidance of Kim Jong Il.
We will make every possible effort to further develop the friendly
relations with the fraternal
Korean people, he added.
Gift to Kim Jong Il from Chinese government delegation
Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il
received a gift from Wu
Jichuan, Minister of Information Industry of China who is leading the
Chinese government delegation
on a visit to the DPRK.
The gift was handed to an official concerned by Wu Jichuan.
Vice-premier Kwak Pom Gi meets Chinese government delegation
Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- Kwak Pom Gi, vice-premier of the
cabinet of the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea, met and had a talk with the Chinese government
delegation led by Wu
Jichuan, Minister of Information Industry, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today.
Wu Jichuan said the great leader Kim Jong Il's unofficial visit to
China and his meeting with Jiang
Zemin in May this year were an event of historic significance in further
strengthening the Sino-Korean
relations of friendship and cooperation.
He hoped that the Korean people would make greater success in socialist
construction.
Day of Mexican Independence marked
Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- A meeting was held in Pyongyang
yesterday to mark the
190th anniversary of Mexican independence.
Present there were Kim Jin Bom, vice-chairman of the Korean Committee
for Cultural Relations
with Foreign Countries and chairman of the DPRK-Mexico Friendship
Association, members of the
Association and Teachers and students of DPRK-Mexico friendship Pyongyang
Kaeson Senior Middle
School.
A report and speeches were made at the meeting.
Its participants looked round publications introducing Mexico.
Japan's moves to justify its history of aggression
Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- History textbooks of Japanese middle
schools contain
matters distorting and defending its history of crimes committed in Korea
in the past and instilling
aggressive nature into its people, according to Tokyo Shimbun. This was
disclosed at a time when
Japanese middle schools are making applications for the examination of
their history textbooks
according to new school guidance program to begin in the year 2002.
In this connection Rodong Sinmun today says in a signed commentary:
Such undisguised moves of Japan to justify its history of aggression
are reported at a time when the
world is about to greet a new century and the issues of redeeming its past
and establishing diplomatic
relations between the DPRK and Japan are high on their agenda. This,
therefore, can not be construed
otherwise than a very grave and dangerous development.
The "treaties" which Japan claims it had "concluded" with Korea are all
forgeries and fabrications
and products of coercion in contravention of principles governing the
international laws and
requirements of international usage.
They were illegitimate aggressive ones aimed to realise its military
occupation and rule over Korea.
It is illogical to say that they were "needed," "supported" and
"legitimate." Japan's claim is an
unpardonable insult and challenge to the Korean people, a victim, and a
mockery of the public opinion.
Japan's undisguised moves to tamper with history textbooks by adding to
them contents asserting
the legitimacy of the "Korea-Japan annexation treaty" and the validity of
its rule over Korea clearly
reflect the social atmosphere in Japan where militarization and its
preparations for reinvasion are rapidly
stepped up.
The DPRK is closely following the moves of the Japanese militarist
forces to justify its past history
of aggression of Korea.
Peruvian parliament greets DPRK's anniversary
Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- The Peruvian parliament adopted a
resolution on Sept. 8
congratulating the DPRK on its 52nd anniversary.
The resolution said:
On the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the DPRK which falls on
Sept. 9 the parliament of the
Republic of Peru extends warmest congratulations and greetings to General
Secretary Kim Jong Il and
all the Korean people and wishes the DPRK development and prosperity in the
fields of politics,
economy and culture.
Korean books presented to Guyana
Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- A ceremony of presenting Korean books
was held at
Guyana university on Sept. 6.
George Fung-on, Minister of Public Service of Guyana, in his address
said that having received
valuable Korean books, teachers and students of the university will come to
know well about the Juche
idea founded by President Kim Il Sung and the leadership provided by Kim
Jong Il to bring the Korean
people victory, guided by the idea.
He went on:
The Juche idea fathered by the President teaches that man is the master
of his own destiny and he is
capable of shaping his destiny.
Recently, in Korea there took place such historic events as the meeting
of the leaders of the north
and south and the reunion of separated families and relatives, the first of
its kind in over 50 years,
thanks to Kim Jong Il's patriotic idea and great magnanimity.
The Korean books will greatly help the teachers and students of the
university have deep
understanding of Korea.
Colorful functions held in various countries on DPRK anniversary
Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- Lectures and book and photo
exhibitions were held by the
United Party of Struggle of Madagascar, the Peruvian Institution for the
Study of the Revolutionary
Activities of Comrade Kim Jong Suk, the Maritime Territorial Committee of
the Communist Party of the
Russian Federation, San Juan Bautista University of Peru and the Guinean
Social Insurance Company
from Aug. 29 to Sep. 4 on the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the
Democratic People's Republic of
Korea.
On display at the book and photo exhibitions were photos and Korean
books including famous
works of the President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il.
The general secretary of the United Party of Struggle of Madagascar
said at the lecture that the
leader, the party and the masses form socio-political organism firmly
united as one and broad masses are
single-heartedly united around the party and the leader in the DPRK.
U.S. contemptible act condemned
Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- Organizations of India and New
Zealand issued statements
separately to condemn the U.S. administration authorities for barring
President Kim Yong Nam of the
presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly and his party from
participation in the UN
Millennium Summit.
The Indian Committee for Supporting Korea's Reunification in a
statement on Sept. 7 strongly
condemned the provocation of the U.S. administration authorities against
the delegation of the DPRK as
an intolerable insult to the independence of a sovereign state and a grave
challenge to the UN and its
Millennium Summit.
The statement said that although the united states is talking about the
"improved relations" with the
DPRK, it is actually opposed to the independent and peaceful reunification
of Korea and dislikes the
growing external relations of the DPRK.
It expressed full support to the position of the DPRK describing the
U.S. as the largest rogue state
and villainous state ignoring elementary morality.
The New Zealand-Democratic People's Republic of Korea society in a
statement on Sept. 6
dismissed the obstructive act of the U.S. administration authorities
against the DPRK delegation as an
impudent act bereft of common sense and a despicable act beyond protocol
and morality. For this the
U.S. will be protested and condemned by the international community, the
statement said.
Impressions of DPRK published
Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- The Korean people are firmly united
around their great
leader. Although Portuguese differ from the Korean people in ideology, they
will show interest in their
experience and learn from it.
Miguel Boieiro, Mayor of Alcochete Municipality, Portugal, said this in
his impressions of the
DPRK published on Sept. 5 after visiting it.
Noting that the political, economic and cultural systems in the DPRK
have something unique rare to
be found in other regions of the world, he said:
Its political system is based on the Juche idea founded by President
Kim Il Sung.
Repatriation of unconverted long-term prisoners welcomed
Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- We fully support and warmly welcome
the repatriation of
unconverted long-term prisoners to the DPRK and offer sincere thanks to
leader Kim Jong Il, the sun of
the 21st century, for decorating the 20th century with a history of
revolutionary obligation and warmest
comradeship.
P. C. Sharma, chairman of the International Study Center for
Juche-oriented Mass Media in Nepal,
said this in a statement issued on September 5 hailing the repatriation of
unconverted long-term
prisoners.
It was thanks to the warm love and absolute trust of President Kim Il
Sung and leader Kim Jong Il
that they could remain loyal to their leaders and the fatherland and true
to the idea of socialism and
communism to the last despite all sorts of hardships and trials for over 30
years, even for more than 40
years in prison, emerge as men of strong faith and will and indomitable
fighters and come back into the
care of Kim Jong Il, he said.
He said that they are the great pride not only of the Korean people but
of all peoples of the world
who value justice and peace. He extended full support and solidarity to the
Korean people in their
struggle for the independent and peaceful reunification of the country.
Preparatory committees to celebrate 55th anniversary of WPK formed
Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- preparatory committees to celebrate
the 55th anniversary of
the Worker's Party of Korea were formed in the czech republic and austria
on September 5 and 7.
At the inaugural meetings, the chairman of the mt. Paektu czech-korean
friendship association and
the chairman of the society for the promotion of the relations between
austria and the DPRK and the
austrian committee for supporting Korea's reunification were elected
chairmen of the preparatory
committees.
The committees decided to conduct colorful activities on the occasion
of the 55th anniversary of the
WPK.
For Spanish-speaking people
atcc comenta pretension de japon de justificar historia de agresion
pyongyang, 14 de septiembre (atcc) -- segun el periodico "tokio
shimbun", se senala que se desata
el debate en torno al contenido de justificar la historia de agresion del
japon y su politica militarista,
contenido aparecido en el manual de historia de la escuela secundaria del
japon cuya certificacion es
pedida segun el nuevo programa de guia para el ano escolar 2002.
el manual explica que la ocupacion militar del japon sobre corea y su
agresion a asia son "legitimas
y convenientes al principio de relaciones internacionales" y no se refiere
casi nada a los actos criminales
del ejercito agresor del japon.
describe la lucha de los pueblos de los paises asiaticos contra la
agresion del japon como "acto de
violacion al pacto" e incluso inserta una frase que expresa el sentido de
oposicion al movimiento por
eliminacion de armas nucleares de hoy.
tal hecho prueba que el japon recurre con mas descaro a la
tergiversacion y ocultacion de la historia
para justificar ante las nuevas generaciones sus crimenes cometidos en el
pasado.
tal conducta nunca perdonable refleja el objetivo criminal de las
fuerzas reaccionarias
ultraderechistas del japon de inculcar sistematicamente a los japoneses la
idea del militarismo y
ultranacionalismo a traves de ese manual y de realizar el antiguo sueno de
la "esfera de coprosperidad de
gran asia oriental".
si el japon siente de veras la verguenza de su pasado criminal y tiene
la voluntad de liberarse de este
respecto debe dejar de recurrir al sucio y descarado acto de tergiversacion
de historia y debe esforzarse
sinceramente por saldar pronto cuenta de ello.
el japon debe estar bien consciente de que tal de tergiversacion de la
historia constituye un nuevo
desafio intolerable a la rpdc, china y los demas paises de asia.
vocero de minrex de rpdc denuncia ee.uu.
pyongyang, 14 de septiembre (atcc) -- a la pregunta de un reportero de
la agencia telegrafica central
de corea formulada en relacion con que ee.uu. acuso injustamente a la rpdc
de asunto religioso, el
vocero del ministerio de rr.ee. de la rpdc respondio hoy como sigue:
recientemente, el departamento de estado de ee.uu., en su "informe
anual sobre la libertad de
religion internacional", al censurar con arrogancia el estado de religion
en muchos paises, acuso a la
rpdc de falta de libertad del particular.
el que ee.uu. se arrogue el papel de "juez del mundo sobre la situacion
religiosa" de otros paises es
una abierta intervencion en los asuntos internos de estos, que contraviene
al mas elemental principio del
derecho internacional.
la rpdc es un pais con el mas ventajoso regimen socialista en el mundo,
donde la libertad de religion
de cada ciudadano es asegurada perfectamente por la constitucion.
es la pura difamacion tal acusacion de ee.uu. al asunto religioso en la
rpdc.
tal proceder de ee.uu. suscita solo la sospecha de su verdadera
intencion de hablar de la "mejora de
relaciones" con la rpdc.
comunicado conjunto de norte y sur de corea
pyongyang, 15 de septiembre (atcc) -- quedo publicado el comunicado
conjunto del norte y el sur de
corea.
a continuacion ofrecemos el texto integral del comunicado:
comunicado conjunto
kim yong sun, secretario del comite central del partido del trabajo de
corea realizo una visita a seul
del 1l al 14 de septiembre del 2000.
durante la presente visita el norte y el sur sostuvieron varios
contactos en los cuales tuvieron un
amplio intercambio de opiniones sobre los asuntos de actualidad que se
presentan hoy entre ambas
partes.
el norte y el sur reafirmando el proposito de los lideres de ambas
partes de ejecutar estrictamente la
historica declaracion conjunta del 15 de junio y tomando decision de
fomentar la reconciliacion y
cooperacion entre ambas partes acordaron los siguientes puntos:
1. el presidente kim jong il del comite de defensa nacional realizara
una visita a seul en un futuro
cercano y con anterioridad lo hara kim yong nam, presidente del comite
permanente de la asamblea
popular suprema.
2. ambas partes aplauden la discusion que ahora esta en marcha en torno
al asunto de iniciar las
conversaciones entre el ministro de las fuerzas armadas populares del norte
y el ministro de defensa
nacional del sur.
3. a fin de dar solucion al asunto de los familiares y parientes
separados iniciaran en septiembre la
labor de confirmar los paraderos de estos y la terminaran en un corto
tiempo y promoveran con
preferencia el intercambio de correspondencias de las personas cuyos
paraderos sean confirmados.
reanudaran el 20 de septiembre en el monte kumgang las conversaciones
de la cruz roja del norte y
el sur para consultar el asunto arriba mencionado y el otro de intercambiar
adicionalmente dos veces mas
este ano los grupos de visita de los familiares y parientes dispersados,
asi como la instalacion y la
gestion de los puestos de entrevista.
4. a fin de activar la cooperacion economica entre ambas partes
entablaran el 25 de septiembre en
seul el contacto de expertos para preparar la garantia institucional como
el aseguramiento de inversiones
y la prevencion de la imposicion doble de impuestos y lo concluiran cuanto
antes.
5. efectuaran cuanto antes la ceremonia de colocacion de la primera
piedra en el norte y el sur para
ligar la ferrovia seul-sinuiju y la carretera entre el norte y el sur.
6. la parte norte enviara en octubre a la parte sur un grupo de
observacion economica en un tamano
de 15 personas.
7. para la prevencion de los danos por inundaciones en la cuenca del
rio rimjin, el norte y el sur
realizaran en comun dentro de este ano la averiguacion del respecto y
trazaran un plan de labor concreta.
el 14 de septiembre del 89 (2000) de la era juche
secretario kim yong sun hace visita protocolar a presidente kim tae jung
seul, 14 de septiembre (atcc) -- el secretario kim yong sun del comite
central del partido del trabajo
de corea hizo hoy una visita de protocolo al presidente kim tae jung en la
casa azul.
participaron por la parte norte rim tong ok, primer subjefe de
departamento del cc del ptc y otros
funcionarios interesados y por la parte sur rim tong won,jefe de la agencia
de informacion, han kwang
ok, jefe del gabinete de los secretarios del presidente, kim ha jung,
secretario-jefe de diplomacia y
seguridad y pak jun yong, secretario-jefe de informacion, del gabinete de
los secretarios del presidente y
otros.
el secretario kim yong sun le transmitio el cordial saludo del gran
dirigente kim jong il y dijo que el
estimado general hablo de nuevo de desarrollar en el futuro las relaciones
norte-sur segun la declaracion
conjunta norte-sur.
el presidente kim tae jung expreso agradecimiento por el presente
enviado por el presidente kim jong
il del comite de defensa nacional con motivo de chusok (fiesta otonal) y le
rogo que transmitira a este su
cordial saludo.
dijo que estaba enteramente de acuerdo con las palabras del presidente
kim jong il del comite de
defensa nacional de ejecutar sinceramente la declaracion conjunta norte-sur
y anadio que los jefes de
estado de varios paises participantes en la cumbre de milenio de la onu la
aclamaban calificandola de
milagrosa.
en el futuro iremos hombro con hombro con el presidente kim jong il del
comite de defensa nacional
al procurar que el sur comprenda mejor del norte y viceversa, senalo el
presidente kim tae jung .
hoy el presidente kim tae jung ofrecio un almuerzo en honor del
secretario kim yong sun y su
comitiva.
dirigente kim jong il recibe en audiencia delegacion de pcch
pyongyang, 15 de septiembre (atcc) -- el gran dirigente kim jong il,
secretario general del partido del
trabajo de corea y presidente del comite de defensa nacional de la
republica popular democratica de corea
recibio hoy en audiencia a la delegacion del departamento de enlace
internacional del cc del partido
comunista de china presidida por dai bingguo, miembro del cc del pcch y
jefe de este departamento de
visita en la rpdc.
participaron kim kuk thae y kim yong sun, secretarios del cc del ptc,
kim yang gon, y ji jae ryong,
jefe y subjefe de departamento del cc del ptc y wang guozhang, embajador
extraordinario y
plenipotenciario de la republica popular china en la rpdc.
el dirigente kim jong il converso con los huespedes en un ambiente
cordial y amistoso.
ofrecio hoy un almuerzo en honor de los huespedes y se fotografio junto
a estos.
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