TODAY'S NEWS (September.18.2000 Juche 89)
[CONTENTS]
* Greetings to Chilean President
* Greetings to Algerian Prime Minister
* Greetings to Prime Minister of St. Kitts-Nevis
* Kim Yong Dae meets Mongolian delegation
* Kim Jong Il sends wreath to bier of Kang Hyon Su
* Participants in Pyongyang film festival see Korean documentary film
* Pyongyang Film Festival continues
* Kang Hyon Su passes away
* Kye Sun Hui of DPRK places third at 27th Olympiad
* KCNA on Japan's American-towing servility
* NAM urged to fully discharge its mission
* Great unity of whole nation, guarantee for national reunification
* Speech by head of DPRK delegation to UN General Assembly session
* DPRK anniversary marked
* Floral baskets laid before portraits in Peru
* Preparatory committees formed abroad
For Spanish-speaking people
* jefe de delegacion de rpdc se refiere a papel de movimiento de no
alineados
* gran vitalidad de politica de independencia de gobierno de rpdc
* kim jong il envia ofrenda floral a feretro de kang hyon su
Greetings to Chilean President
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the
presidium of the DPRK
Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of greetings to President Ricardo
Lagos today on the
occasion of the Independence Day of Chile.
The message wished the President greater success in his work, hoping
that the friendly and
cooperative relations between the two countries would further expand and
develop in the idea of
independence, peace and friendship.
Greetings to Algerian Prime Minister
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- Hong Song Nam, premier of the DPRK
cabinet, sent a
message of greetings to Ali Benflis upon his appointment as Prime Minister
of Algeria.
The message expressed the belief that the friendly and cooperative
relations between the two
countries would further expand and develop in the future and wished him
success in his responsible
work for the country's stability and prosperity.
Greetings to Prime Minister of St. Kitts-Nevis
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- Hong Song Nam, premier of the DPRK
cabinet, sent a
message of greetings to Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts-Nevis,
on the occasion of the 17th
anniversary of the independence of the country. The message extended warm
congratulations to the
Prime Minister, government and people of St. Kitts-Nevis and wished him and
the government success
in the work for the progress and prosperity of the country and the
well-being of the people.
Kim Yong Dae meets Mongolian delegation
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Dae, vice-president of the
presidium of the
DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met and conversed with a Mongolian
friendship delegation led by
CH. Batjargal, president of the Federation of Mongolian Peace and
Friendship Organizations, at the
Mansudae Assembly Hall today.
On hand were vice-chairperson of the Korean Committee for Cultural
Relations with Foreign
Countries Hong Son Ok and Mongolian ambassador to Korea Damdiny Byamba.
Kim Jong Il sends wreath to bier of Kang Hyon Su
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il today
sent a wreath to the
bier of Kang Hyon Su, member of the Worker's Party of Korea Central
Committee, deputy to the
DPRK Supreme People's Assembly and chief secretary of the Pyongyang city
committee of the WPK,
expressing deep condolences over his death.
Participants in Pyongyang film festival see Korean documentary film
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- The participants in the 7th Pyongyang
Film Festival of
non-aligned and other developing countries saw the Korean documentary film
"The Great Leader
Comrade Kim Jong Il Meets President Kim Dae Jung" at Pyongyang Koryo Hotel
yesterday.
The film deals with the historic inter-Korean Pyongyang meeting, the
first of its kind since the
national division and adoption of the north-south joint declaration which
reflected the desire and wish of
the 70 million fellow countrymen.
Jo Chan Gu, vice-Minister of Culture and vice-chairman of the
organizing committee of the festival,
was among the spectators.
Pyongyang Film Festival continues
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- The 7th Pyongyang Film Festival of
non-aligned and other
developing countries is going on before full houses.
Feature and documentary films of Syria, Iran, Egypt, Austria, Cuba,
Hong Kong, Vietnam,
Malaysia, Libya and other countries were screened at festival places
including the Pyongyang
International Cinema House, Taedongmun, Kaeson and Rakwon cinema houses.
The films vividly showed the aspiration and desire of people who oppose
aggression and war and
love justice and peace, worthy struggles of people in non-aligned and other
developing countries to
create a new life and their traditional customs.
The films were appreciated by delegations, delegates honorary guests of
various countries
participating in the festival, working people in the city, moviemen,
foreign guests and overseas.
Koreans.
The screening of festival films continues till Sept. 21.
Kang Hyon Su passes away
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- Kang Hyon Su, member of the Central
Committee of the
Worker's Party of Korea, deputy to the Supreme People's Assembly of the
Democratic People's
Republic of Korea and chief secretary of the Pyongyang city committee of
the WPK, died of a sudden
attack of illness on September 17, Juche 89 (2000), at the age of 83.
An obituary of the Central Committee of the WPK and the presidium of
the Supreme People's
Assembly of the DPRK over his demise was published yesterday.
The obituary said:
Kang Hyon Su grew up as a talent official under the loving care of the
President Kim Il Sung right
after the liberation of the country and devotedly strove for the
strengthening and development of the
WPK and the socialist construction.
He energetically worked to carry out the lines and policies of the
party at the responsible position of
the political institution of the armed forces and the local and central
party and government organs in his
early years.
He positively struggled to strengthen the party and people's power
organs in the capital and rally
people around the party at the responsible post of the chief secretary of
the Pyongyang city committee of
the WPK and chairman of the Pyongyang City People's Committee for many years.
Kye Sun Hui of DPRK places third at 27th Olympiad
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- DPRK Judoist Kye Sun Hui reportedly
won the bronze
medal in the 52 kg division of women's Judo at the 27th Olympiad in Sidney,
Australia.
KCNA on Japan's American-towing servility
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- Asahi Shimbun recently let loose a
spate of presumptuous
and evil outbursts that the cancellation of participation in the UN
Millennium Summit by the President of
the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK and his party
was a "deliberate choice"
and "act unfitting adult."
Asahi Shimbun's news report is, in a nutshell, a height of
despicability originating from the
deep-set evil practice of towing the American line.
As already opened to the public, the grave incident at Frankfurt
airport, Germany, was an outright
violation of the independence of a sovereign state and an open challenge to
the UN and its Millennium
Summit.
That was why the international community as well as media of different
countries criticized the
discourteous behaviour of the U.S. and the U.S. itself was compelled to
admit its wrong doing and
make an official apology to the DPRK.
However, Asahi Shimbun alone is making unreasonable piffles in
contravention of the fundamental
international usage while swimming against the trend of the international
community. This clearly
indicates that the editorial staff of the paper has been reduced to a
political maid of the U.S.
Asahi Shimbun's servility is nothing new because Japan spreads an
umbrella when the sky over
Washington gets cloudy.
Therefore, it invites only an ironic smile and contempt from the
international community and leaves
a disgrace as a political maid of the U.S.
Asahi Shimbun's encroachment upon the dignity of the DPRK is no more
than an intolerable
sophism and nobody will lend an ear to it.
Asahi Shimbun should retake its dignity as one of media before
admonishing others unreasonably.
NAM urged to fully discharge its mission
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- The head of the delegation of the
Democratic People's
Republic of Korea at the meeting of foreign ministers of non-aligned
countries held in New York on
Sept. 14 said that the meeting should adopt a joint stand to be taken by
the Non-Aligned Movement
(NAM) at the UN General Assembly this year. And he brought up some proposals.
He said:
It is important to give priority to further enhancing the position of
the NAM in the new century and
substantially display our collective might at the UN General Assembly and,
to this end, unity of the
NAM should be strengthened.
It is essential to direct efforts to make the international relations
democratic on the basis of
independence and equality and positively take a concerted action of the nam
at the UN General
Assembly.
It is also necessary for the NAM to collectively counter the negative
effects of "globalization" at the
UN. To this end, it is important to enhance the role of the coordination
committee of the group of 77 of
the nam.
The DPRK will remain loyal to the noble idea and purpose of the NAM and
work hard for its unity
and cohesion in the future, too.
Great unity of whole nation, guarantee for national reunification
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today in a signed
article calls upon all the
Koreans in the north, south and abroad to turn out as one in the struggle
to achieve great national unity
with sure confidence and optimism.
Noting that national reunification cannot be achieved without good
harmony of the north and the
south and great national unity, the article goes on:
The great national unity should be thoroughly based on the principle of
national independence.
Only when the great unity of the whole nation is achieved on the
principle of national independence,
can the Korean nation be the master of its own destiny and a driving force
and decisive force of national
reunification and prosperity.
The Korean nation should unite around the banner of patriotism and the
banner of national
reunification.
Although there are some differences between the north and the south of
Korea in ideology and
system and other differences at present, common national desire for
reconciliation, unity and
reunification as a homogeneous nation is far greater than these differences.
When attaching priority to the national commonness and interests, the
whole nation is able to firmly
unite as one irrespective of differences in ideology, system, political
views and religious belief and
transcending the interests of different classes and social standings.
It is one of the important ways of achieving great national unity for
the Koreans in the north, south
and abroad to visit and contact with each other, develop dialogue and
strengthen solidarity.
It is absolutely beyond doubt that all the Koreans in the north, south
and abroad are able to deepen
mutual understandings and trust and pool their intention and strength when
they expand visits, contacts
and dialogue and strengthen organized solidarity in the noble idea of great
national unity and national
reunification.
Speech by head of DPRK delegation to UN General Assembly session
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- The head of the DPRK delegation to
the 55th session of the
UN General Assembly said in a speech that the UN role should focus on
establishing international
relations and order for making the new century an independent, peaceful and
prospering one.
All the internal and external policies and lines of the DPRK
government, which regards
independence as its life and soul, are consistent with independence and the
policy of independence is
displaying great vitality in achieving peace and reunification on the
Korean peninsula, he said, and went
on:
The Pyongyang meeting and the publication of the north-south joint
declaration constitute a historic
landmark which opened an epochal phase in realising the cause of the
independent reunification of the
nation. The present developments oriented towards improved inter-Korean
relations and reunification
are a process which should be valued from the viewpoint of peace and
security in northeast Asia. Those
countries concerned should not hamper it but do something helpful to it.
The U.S. is making a fiction of "missile threat" from the DPRK in a bid
to find justification for its
moves to establish the "Theatre Missile Defence" and "National Missile
Defence" systems, which are
inviting worldwide apprehensions for their frivolous and threatening nature.
The DPRK's missile plan assumes peaceful nature from A to Z.
The DPRK pays attention to the fact that the U.S. admitted its
responsibility for barring the
President of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly and his party
from the UN Millennium
Summit and clarified its stand that it has no reason to perpetuate hostile
relations with the DPRK. If this
U.S. position is materialized in practice, the DPRK is always prepared to
make an affirmative response
to it.
Whether Japan revives its militarist ambition or becomes a peace-loving
country is an important
matter related to peace and stability in Asia, neighboring Korean peninsula
in particular. We expect that
Japan will find its future in its sincere settlement of the past any time.
Now that the north-south joint declaration is being smoothly
implemented on the Korean peninsula,
new sound international relations will be established in northeast Asia if
hostile relations between the
DPRK and the U.S. and between the DPRK and Japan are removed. The head of
the delegation
expressed a hope that the UN, too, will take a practical measure to
dismantle the "UN command", a
remnant of the Cold War.
DPRK anniversary marked
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- Functions were held in different
countries between Sept. 5
and 9 to celebrate the 52nd anniversary of the DPRK.
Celebration meetings took place in India, Austria, Italy, Nepal,
Madagascar and Libya.
Participating in the meetings were party leaders and figures of
political, social, academic and media
circles in those countries.
Seminars were organised by the Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Group for the
Study of the Juche Idea and
the Cuzco, Peru, Group for the Study of the Juche Idea. At the seminars the
participants referred to the
achievements made in the DPRK and emphasized that they were a brilliant
fruition of the idea and
politics of the great leader Kim Jong Il.
A national cycle race was held in Guyana to celebrate the anniversary.
Floral baskets laid before portraits in Peru
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- Floral baskets were laid before the
portraits of the President
Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il at the DPRK embassy in lima
on Sept. 8 on the
occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the DPRK by the Foreign Ministry, the
speaker of the parliament,
the Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the parliament, the
Mayor of Callao, the Youth of
the "Cambio 90" Movement, the dean of the statistics faculty of San Marcos
National University and the
Society for the Study of Revolutionary Activities of Comrade Kim Jong Suk
of Peru.
Preparatory committees formed abroad
Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- Preparatory committees were formed in
Russia and Guinea
and a national preparatory committee in Nigeria to celebrate the 55th
anniversary of the Worker's Party
of Korea.
Oleg Shenin, chairman of the Council of the Union of Communist
Parties-the Communist Party of
the Soviet Union who is also first secretary of the central committee of
the Communist Party of the
Russia-Belarus Union, the general secretary of the Party for Unity and
Progress of Guinea and the
secretary of the Abuja city committee of the People's Democratic Party of
Nigeria were elected chairmen
of preparatory committees.
At the inaugural ceremonies the preparatory committees decided to hold
colorful functions to mark
the WPK birthday.
For Spanish-speaking people
jefe de delegacion de rpdc se refiere a papel de movimiento de no
alineados
pyongyang, 18 de septiembre (atcc) -- el jefe de la delegacion de la
republica popular democratica de
corea al hacer uso de la palabra el dia 14 en la reunion de los cancilleres
de los paises no alineados
efectuada en nueva york dijo que en la asamblea general de la onu de este
ano se debe tomar la posicion
conjunta del movimiento de los no alineados y presento algunos criterios.
el dijo que es importante dar prioridad en la asamblea general de la
onu a elevar mas la posicion del
movimiento de los no alineados en el nuevo siglo y manifestar efectivamente
su poderio colectivo
subrayando la necesidad de fortalecer la unidad de este movimiento.
senalo que se debe encauzar las fuerzas a democratizar las relaciones
internacionales a base de la
independencia y la igualdad en la asamblea general de la onu y librar
activamente la accion conjunta del
movimiento.
dijo que el movimiento debe enfrentar colectivamente a las influencias
negativas de la
"globalizacion" en la escena de la onu y senalo que es importante activar
el papel del comite conjunto de
coordinacion del movimiento de no alineacion-grupo de los 77.
la rpdc quedara fiel tambien en el futuro al sublime ideal y objetivo
del movimiento y se esforzara
activamente por la unidad y la solidaridad de este.
gran vitalidad de politica de independencia de gobierno de rpdc
pyongyang, 18 de septiembre (atcc) -- el jefe de la delegacion de la
republica popular democratica de
corea haciendo uso de la palabra en el 55 periodo de sesiones de la onu
senalo que el papel medular de la
onu es establecer las relaciones y orden internacionales para lograr que el
nuevo se haga un siglo
pacifico y prospero en que sea verificada la independencia.
el orador continuo:
todas las politicas y lineas internas y externas del gobierno de la
rpdc estan penetradas enteramente
de la independencia.
esta politica de independencia manifiesta su gran vitalidad en la causa
de la paz y la reunificacion de
la peninsula coreana.
el encuentro de pyongyang y la publicacion de la declaracion conjunta
norte-sur marcan un historico
jalon que dejo abierta una coyuntura trascendental en la realizacion de la
reunificacion independiente de
la nacion.
esta tendencia a la mejora de las relaciones norte-sur y su
reunificacion se debe apreciar para el logro
de la paz y la seguridad de nordeste asiatico.
por eso los paises interesados deben hacer cosas que sean utiles para
este proceso.
los sistemas "tmd" y "nmd" que ee.uu. se propone establecer pretextando
la "amenaza de misil" de
la rpdc provocan preocupacion de todo el mundo por su absurdidad y
peligrosidad.
el plan de misil de la rpdc persigue el objetivo pacifico.
nosotros prestamos atencion al hecho de que ee.uu. ha reconocido su
culpa por la cual el presidente
del comite permanente de la asamblea popular suprema de la rpdc y su
comitiva no pudieron participar
en la cumbre milenaria de la onu y ha reafirmado que no tiene nigun motivo
para perpetuar sus
relaciones hostiles con la rpdc.
si tal posicion de ee.uu. se lleva a la practica estamos preparados
para responder siempre
positivamente.
el que el japon resucite el fantasma del militarismo o se convierta en
un pais amante de paz deviene
una importante cuestion que tiene que ver directamente con la paz y la
seguridad de asia, en particular de
la peninsula coreana, vecina.
esperamos que venga un momento en que el japon forje su futuro al
saldar francamente cuenta de su
pasado.
hoy que la declaracion conjunta norte-sur se ejecuta sin complicaciones
en la peninsula coreana, si
se eliminan las relaciones hostiles de ee.uu. y el japon con la rpdc se
estableceran en el nordeste asiatico
las nuevas y sanas relaciones internacionales.
expresamos esperanza de que la onu tome medidas practicas para disolver
la "comandancia de las
fuerzas de naciones unidas", residuo de la guerra fria.
kim jong il envia ofrenda floral a feretro de kang hyon su
pyongyang, 18 de septiembre (atcc) -- el gran dirigente kim jong il
envio el dia 18 una ofrenda floral
al feretro de kang hyon su, miembro del comite central del partido del
trabajo de corea, diputado a la
asamblea popular suprema de la rpdc y secretario responsable del comite del
ptc en la ciudad de
pyongyang expresando profundo pesame por su fallecimiento.
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