TODAY'S NEWS (October.10.2000 Juche 89)
[CONTENTS]
* Congratulatory letter to Kim Jong Il from NDFSK
* Wreaths and floral baskets laid before martyrs' cemeteries and monument
* Floral basket to Korean party from Chinese party
* Floral baskets laid before statues of Kim Il Sung
* Silk banner to Kim Jong Il from unconverted long-term prisoners
* Peruvian honorary citizenship awarded to Kim Jong Il
* Kim Jong Il visits Kumsusan Memorial Palace
* Kim Yong Chun speaks at military and civilian parades to celebrate 55th
WPK anniversary
* Military and civilian parades held to celebrate 55th anniversary of WPK
* Congratulatory message to Kim Jong Il from Chongryon central standing
committee
* Reception given by DPRK embassy in Beijing on occasion of WPK
anniversary
* Congratulatory message to Kim Jong Il
* Special envoy of Kim Jong Il arrives in Washington
* Day of Ugandan Independence marked
* Rosy future of WPK
* Kim Jong Il's work released in Italy
Congratulatory letter to Kim Jong Il from NDFSK
Pyongyang, October 10 (KCNA) -- The central committee of the National
Democratic Front of South
Korea (NDFSK) sent a congratulatory letter to the great leader Kim Jong Il
today, the 55th anniversary of the
Worker's Party of Korea.
The letter said 55 years covered by the WPK are a proud history of
victory and glory in which it has
wrought miracles and feats of the century in the annals of gigantic
creation and revolution with the
indomitable faith and will, upholding the great sun and under the banner of
the immortal Juche idea.
With rare wisdom and scientific insight Kim Jong Il has developed and
enriched the Juche-based line of
party building and thoroughly applied the idea, theory and method of the
fatherly leader Kim Il Sung and thus
strengthened the WPK into the party of the great Kim Il Sung and turned the
cause of the party into the cause
of immortalizing the leader. This is the most brilliant feat achieved in
the history of the WPK and a monument
of particular note in the history of the international communist movement,
it stressed.
The letter further said:
As you, the great man born of heaven, have been acclaimed as the great
leader in the era of
independence, the imperialists' "theory on end of socialism" was dismissed
and socialism of Juche has
become the beacon of hope for the progressive humankind struggling for
independence, peace, progress and
prosperity and the world's socialist movement and cause of independence are
freshly advancing on the orbit
of Juche around the WPK.
The vanguard fighters of the NDFSK and patriotic people from all walks
of life will cherish the absolute
worship of you and prepare themselves more thoroughly to be men of strong
faith and will who are intensely
loyal to you.
"Carrying the unanimous wish of the vanguard fighters and people of all
walks of life in the south, the
NDFSK central committee wholeheartedly wishes you a long life in good
health," the letter said.
Wreaths and floral baskets laid before martyrs' cemeteries and monument
Pyongyang, October 10 (KCNA) -- Wreaths were laid before the
Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery on
Mt. Taesong and the Patriotic Martyrs' Cemetery and floral baskets before
the monument to victory in the
Fatherland Liberation War on Monday, the day before the 55th anniversary of
the Worker's Party of Korea.
Seen at the wreath-laying stands of the cemeteries were wreaths from
the great leader Kim Jong Il.
Present at the ceremonies of laying wreaths and floral baskets were Kim
Yong Nam, Hong Song Nam
and other senior party and state officials.
Placed at the cemeteries were wreaths in the name of the WPK Central
Committee, the presidium of the
Supreme People's Assembly and the cabinet of the DPRK. Laid before the
monument were a floral basket in
the joint name of the C.C., the WPK and the Central Military Commission of
the WPK.
Also placed there were wreaths and floral baskets in the name of the
Ministry of the People's Armed
Forces, working people's organizations, commissions and ministries of the
cabinet, national institutions,
units of the Korean People's Army, organizations of the Korean Children's
Union, and others.
Floral basket to Korean party from Chinese party
Pyongyang, October 10 (KCNA) -- The Central Committee of the Worker*fs
Party of Korea received a
basket of flowers from the central committee of the Communist Party of
China on the occasion of its 55th
birthday.
Chinese ambassador to Korea Wang Guozhang on Monday handed the basket
to department director of
the WPK Central Committee Kim Yang Gon.
The WPK Central Committee also received a floral basket from the
Chinese embassy here on the same
day.
Floral baskets laid before statues of Kim Il Sung
Pyongyang, October 10 (KCNA) -- People and servicemen across the
country and unconverted
long-term prisoners and members of the Pyongyang mission of the National
Democratic Front of South
Korea laid baskets of flowers before the statues of the President Kim Il
Sung on Monday, the day before the
55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
Seen at his statue on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang was a floral basket from
General Secretary Kim Jong Il.
Laid before the statue were floral baskets, together with bouquets and
flowers, in the name of the party
and armed forces bodies, power organs, public organizations, ministries,
national institutions and others.
Baskets of flowers in the name of the unconverted long-term prisoners,
indomitable pro-reunification
patriotic fighters, and the Pyongyang mission of the NDFSK were also placed
there.
Besides, floral baskets, bouquets and flowers were presented to the
statues of the president at Kim Il
Sung University, Kim Il Sung Military University, the Ministry of People's
Security and other places of
Pyongyang.
Meanwhile, working people, servicemen and school youth and children
across the country visited the
statues of Kim Il Sung in their residential quarters on the same day to lay
floral baskets, bouquets and
flowers.
The military attaches' corps in Korea, too, visited his statue on Mansu
Hill to lay a basket of flowers.
Silk banner to Kim Jong Il from unconverted long-term prisoners
Pyongyang, October 10 (KCNA) -- The unconverted long-term prisoners,
indomitable pro-reunification
patriotic fighters, presented the great leader Kim Jong Il with a silk
banner on the occasion of the 55th
birthday of the Worker's Party of Korea.
The banner, 55 cm in width and 110 cm in height, carries a picture of
Kim Jong Il on the center of its
front. Portrayed below it are the slogan "Long live general Kim Jong Il,
the sun of the 21st century " and 55
Kimjongilias, which are symbolic of the unconverted long-term prisoners'
loyalty to him.
On its right upper part is Mt. Paektu, the holy mountain of the
revolution, and below it are letters reading
"55th anniversary of the party." Seen on its bottom are letters "October
10, Juche 89 (2000)" and "the
unconverted long-term prisoners who have come under the care of the party."
On the back of it are names of the 63 prisoners.
Peruvian honorary citizenship awarded to Kim Jong Il
Pyongyang, October 10 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il received
a certificate of Honorary
Citizenship of Comas, Peru, on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the
Worker's Party of Korea.
The Comas City Council decided on October 3 to award this certificate
to him with due ceremony.
At the ceremony Mayor Arnulfo Medina conveyed the certificate to the
Korean ambassador to Peru.
Written on the certificate are the following words:
The Comas city government awards a certificate of Honorary Citizenship
to Kim Jong Il, General
Secretary of the Worker's Party of Korea and Chairman of the DPRK National
Defence Commission, on the
occasion of the 55th birthday of the WPK, in high appreciation of his great
contributions to global peace and
cultural development.
Kim Jong Il visits Kumsusan Memorial Palace
Pyongyang, October 10 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il today
visited the Kumsusan
Memorial Palace together with senior party and state officials to pay
homage to the President Kim Il Sung on
the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the WPK.
The palace was enveloped in a solemn and serene atmosphere.
Kim Jong Il entered the hall where the statue of the President is standing.
He was accompanied by Kim Yong Nam, Hong Song Nam, Kim Yong Chun, Kim
Il Chol and other
senior party and state officials and leading officials of the party and
armed forces institutions.
Flags of the WPK and the DPRK and colors of the KPA were seen on both
sides of the statue.
A guard of honor of the KPA three services was lining up there.
A floral basket was laid before the statue in the joint name of the
Central Committee of the WPK, the
Central Military Commission of the WPK, the National Defence Commission of
the DPRK, the presidium of
the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK and the cabinet of the DPRK.
A ribbon hanging from the floral basket was bearing letters reading
"the great leader comrade Kim Il
Sung is immortal."
Kim Jong Il, together with senior party and state officials, paid
profound respects to the statue of the
President.
He entered the hall where the President is lying in state.
He, together with senior party and state officials, made a deep bow to
the President in humblest
reverence.
Kim Yong Chun speaks at military and civilian parades to celebrate 55th
WPK anniversary
Pyongyang, October 10 (KCNA) -- Vice marshal Kim Yong Chun, chief of
the general staff of the
Korean People's Army, made a speech at military and civilian parades held
today in celebration of the 55th
anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
He said:
The grand military and civilian parades that are to be held in
celebration of the significant 55th
anniversary of the WPK mark an important occasion in glorifying for all
ages the immortal exploits the great
leader Kim Il Sung performed for the cause of building of a revolutionary
party of Juche type, fully
demonstrating the revolutionary traits of the whole party, the whole army
and all the people rallied close
around the leader in one mind and purpose and the fixed faith and will of
the people's army and people to
firmly defend and accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche under the
guidance of the party.
President Kim Il Sung founded the party right after the liberation of
Korea, a historic event of weighty
importance in carving out the destiny of the Korean people and developing
the Korean revolution.
With the foundation of the WPK the Korean people came to have their own
reliable vanguard unit, a
militant staff and the glorious worker's party era began in this land.
The WPK that paved a new road for the building of a revolutionary party
in the era of independence and
set a brilliant example in this process under the guidance of the President
has attained the height of prosperity
in its development because it has been led by the great Kim Jong Il.
Under his outstanding and tested guidance the WPK has grown to be an
invincible party with the unitary
ideology and leadership as well as strong organisation and discipline. The
whole party is rallied close around
the leader and forms a harmonious whole with the popular masses.
It has discharged its noble mission with credit as a staff of the
Korean revolution and a leading political
organisation.
Thanks to the party's army-first politics the Korean People's Army has
grown to be an invincible army
strong in ideology and faith to devotedly defend the party and the leader
as well as the security of the country
and people.
All the victories won by the people's army and the people in their
efforts for sovereignty, independence
and socialism and the miracle of the century they wrought by opening an
epochal phase in the building of a
powerful nation and the struggle for independent reunification of the
country, overcoming difficulties in the
recent years of the "arduous march" and the forced march are a brilliant
fruition of the tested and experienced
guidance of the WPK blessed with outstanding leaders generation after
generation.
All the party members, officers and men of the people's army and people
should get united in one mind
and purpose around the great Kim Jong Il, their destiny and banner of
victory, and fight it out to strengthen
and develop the WPK into the party of the great leader Kim Il Sung forever
and accomplish the revolutionary
cause of Juche under the guidance of the party.
The officers and men of the people's army will always be mindful of the
iron truth of the revolution that
peace can be preserved and victory of socialism be guaranteed only by the
arms of the people's army and will
increase the military power enough to mercilessly frustrate all sorts of
aggression moves of the enemies,
safeguard the party and socialist cause, perform continuous exploits in the
building of a prosperous country
and thus discharge its honorable duty as befits the pillar and main force
of the revolution.
The people's army and people will take the guidance of the party as
their lifeline, carry through the WPK
line of attaching importance to the ideology, arms and science and
technology, defend and glorify socialism
of Korean style and build a powerful, thriving socialist country of Juche
in this land without fail.
Military and civilian parades held to celebrate 55th anniversary of WPK
Pyongyang, October 10 (KCNA) -- Grand military and civilian parades
took place here today to mark the
55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
The participants in the parades lined up on Kim Il Sung Square in the
center of the capital city and
boulevards leading to it.
Seen at the square were a portrait of President Kim Il Sung and slogans
reading "Long live the great
leader comrade Kim Il Sung " and "Long live the glorious Worker's Party of
Korea "
Floating in the sky above the square were large balloons from which
were suspending slogans reading
"Great leader comrade Kim Il Sung will always be with us", "Long live the
revolutionary idea of the great
leader comrade Kim Il Sung " "Greatest glory to the great leader comrade
Kim Jong Il " "Long live the great
leader comrade Kim Jong Il " "Long live the 55th anniversary of the
glorious Worker's Party of Korea " and
"glory to the revolutionary armed forces loyal to our party "
Amid the playing of welcome music, General Secretary Kim Jong appeared
on the tribune of honor.
The moment, stormy cheers of "hurrah " burst forth and thousands of
balloons soared into the sky above
the capital city.
The tribune of honor was taken by Kim Yong Nam, Kim Yong Ju, Pak Song
Chol, Hong Song Nam
and other senior party and state officials, anti-Japanese revolutionary
fighters, commanders of services and
arms of the KPA and leading officials of working people's organizations.
The reviewing stands were taken by the delegates to celebrations of the
55th anniversary of the WPK,
diplomatic envoys of different countries and members of the military
attaches corps here and foreign guests.
The immortal revolutionary paean "Song of General Kim Il Sung" was
played while a 21-gun salute
boomed.
KPA vice marshal Kim Yong Chun, chief of the general staff of the KPA,
made a speech.
"Song of General Kim Jong Il" was solemnly played.
Colonel General Kim Jong Gak, chief commanding officer of the military
parade, reported to Kim Yong
Chun that the columns of the paraders lined up to be inspected before the
parade.
Kim Yong Chun and Kim Jong Gak rode past them, warmly congratulating
the paraders on the 55th
anniversary of the WPK.
All the paraders responded to them, loudly shouting "we serve the country "
Kim Jong Il received a report from Kim Yong Chun on starting the
military parade.
He raised his hand in acknowledgement of the report.
All the paraders broke into cheers "hurrah " and shouts of slogans "Kim
Jong Il", "devoted defence" and
"national reunification" and "let us devotedly defend the headquarters of
the revolution headed by the great
comrade Kim Jong Il " a clarion call sounded to start the parade and a
limousine carrying a flag bearing Kim
Il Sung's portrait drove into the square, escorted by the colors guards of
the KPA three services, amid the
playing of the song "Long Live Generalissimo Kim Il Sung".
All the paraders held their rifles upright to salute the flag and pay
highest tribute to him.
Columns of Kim Il Sung Military University, Kim Il Sung Political
University, Kim Jong Suk Naval
University, Kim Chaek Airforce University, Kang Kon General Military
Academy and other military
academies, columns of the three services of the Korean People's Army,
columns of guard infantry division
no. 1, guard Seoul tank division no. 105 named after Ryu Kyong Su and other
guard units which performed
matchless military merits during the Fatherland Liberation War (1950-1953)
and columns of revolutionary
schools marched past in fine array, fully demonstrating the WPK's great
army-first politics and the
tremendous vitality of the WPK's line of making the entire army a cadre
army and modernizing it.
Then followed columns of the worker-peasant red guards and the young
red guards.
Kim Jong Il raised his hand high each time a column of paraders marched
past the tribune.
Citizens from all walks of life on streets warmly welcomed the paraders
marching past them.
The parade was followed by a mass demonstration. It was led by Kim Il
Sung's statue.
Columns of party flag-carrying citizens, cheering people,
torchlight-carrying demonstrators, happy
dancers, heroes and heroines and people of meritorious service, children's
union members, people dancing
with red flags and other columns marched past the tribune with huge floats,
picture-boards and slogans.
Demonstrators marched past, raising cheers of "hurrah " and waving
flowers. Their rhythmic and
graceful dances fully represented the sky-high spirit of the revolutionary
ranks of Juche in which the whole
party and army and all the people are single-heartedly united around Kim
Jong Il and the happy life of the
dignified Korean people.
At the end of the demonstration, Kim Jong Il came out to the balcony of
the tribune and waved to the
enthusiastically cheering crowd.
Congratulatory message to Kim Jong Il from Chongryon central standing
committee
Pyongyang, October 10 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il received
a congratulatory message
from the central standing committee of the General Association of Korean
Residents in Japan (Chongryon)
today, the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
The message wholeheartedly extended warmest congratulations and highest
glory to Kim Jong Il,
General Secretary of the Worker's Party of Korea, on the foundation
anniversary of the WPK, representing
the unanimous mind of loyalty of all Chongryon officials and Koreans in Japan.
Chongryon officials and Koreans in Japan are overflowing with infinite
national pride, bearing in mind
the immortal revolutionary history of the great leader President Kim Il
Sung, founder of the party of Juche
type and the distinguished leadership exploits of Kim Jong Il, builder and
leader of the party, on the occasion
of the 55th jubilant anniversary of the party, said the message.
The glorious WPK, a party of Kim Jong Il, the greatest man of idea,
leadership and virtues, is a defender
of our destiny and a heart of life which guides the socialist homeland of
Juche to a bright future and
encourages the whole nation to achieve a reunified country which will
prosper forever, noted the message.
It expressed the determination to absolutely hold Kim Jong Il in high
esteem and apply his idea and
leadership with loyalty so as to firmly establish the ideological and
leadership system of Juche within the
organisation and impregnably strengthen the single-hearted unity of
Chongryon ranks.
All Chongryon officials and Koreans in Japan sincerely wish him a long
life in good health, said the
message.
Reception given by DPRK embassy in Beijing on occasion of WPK
anniversary
Pyongyang, October 10 (KCNA) -- The DPRK embassy in Beijing gave a
reception on October 9 on the
occasion of the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
Present there on invitation was Jiang Zemin, general secretary of the
c.c., the Communist Party of
China, President of the People's Republic of China and chairman of the
Central Military Commission of
China.
The reception was addressed by Ju Chang Jun, DPRK ambassador to China,
and Zeng Qinghong,
alternate member of the political bureau of the CPC central committee,
member of its secretariat and head of
its organization department.
Zeng Qinghong in his speech said that Jiang Zemin, general secretary of
the CPC central committee and
President of State, and the CPC central committee extend warmest
congratulations to the respected General
Secretary Kim Jong Il and the WPK Central Committee.
He also offered sincere and hearty congratulations to the WPK members
and the Korean people.
Referring to the achievements made by the WPK over the last 55 years,
he noted that the party,
government and people of China are sincerely rejoiced over the successes
made by the WPK headed by Kim
Jong Il true to the behest of President Kim Il Sung and warmly hail them.
He expressed belief that the Korean people would achieve greater
success in socialist construction and in
the efforts to achieve the cause of the independent and peaceful
reunification of the country under the
guidance of the WPK headed by Kim Jong Il.
He expressed with conviction that the traditional friendship between
the two countries would continue to
grow stronger and develop.
Congratulatory message to Kim Jong Il
Pyongyang, October 10 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il of the
Worker's Party of Korea
yesterday received a congratulatory message from general secretary Jiang
Zemin of the central committee of
the Communist Party of China on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the
WPK.
In the message Jiang, on behalf of the CPC central committee and all
the party members and on his own
behalf, extends the warmest and sincere congratulations to General
Secretary Kim Jong Il and, through him,
to the WPK Central Committee, all the party members and all the Korean
people on the occasion of the
glorious 55th WPK anniversary.
The message says:
The WPK is a political party of proletarian class with a long history
of revolutionary struggle. It led the
diligent and courageous. Korean people to the unprecedentedly arduous
heroic struggle to found the
democratic people's republic of Korea whose master is the people,
overcoming manifold difficulties and
hardships and won a great victory in the fatherland liberation war to
defend the sovereignty and dignity of the
country.
In the recent years the WPK headed by you has achieved a single-hearted
unity of the Korean people in
face of the complicate international situation compounded by years of
natural disasters, true to the intention of
President Kim Il Sung to register resounding successes in socialist
construction, upgrading friendly relations
with different countries, promoting the independent, peaceful reunification
of the country and preserving
peace and stability on the Korean peninsula despite pressure and difficulties.
The Chinese party and people sincerely rejoice at the successes gained
by their Korean counterparts in
various domains.
China and the DPRK are friendly neighboring countries linked by
mountain and river. The two parties,
two countries and two peoples have traditional friendship forged and
fostered by Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai,
Deng Xiaoping, Kim Il Sung and other leaders of old generation. The
friendship withstood the trials of
history spanning more than half a century and already took deep root in the
minds of the two peoples. It has
steadily been consolidated and developed amidst the common concern and
sincere efforts of our two parties,
two countries and two peoples.
To defend and boost the Sino-Korean friendship at the turn of the
century, an important historic time,
tallies with the shared desire and basic interests of the two parties, two
countries, two peoples. It is of
weighty importance in defending peace and stability on the Korean peninsula
and northeast Asia and the rest
of the world.
It is the fixed policy of the CPC to consolidate and develop the
friendship between China and the DPRK.
We will as ever increase cooperation with the Korean party and people
and boost the China-DPRK
relations of friendship in the 21st century with redoubled efforts.
I sincerely hope for a lasting China-DPRK friendship.
Special envoy of Kim Jong Il arrives in Washington
Pyongyang, October 10 (KCNA) -- Vice marshal Jo Myong Rok, first
vice-chairman of the DPRK
National Defence Commission and director of the general political
department of the Korean People's Army,
arrived in Washington on Monday by air to visit the United States as a
special envoy of General Secretary
Kim Jong Il.
He was accompanied by first vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Sok
Ju and officials concerned.
He and his party were met at the airport by officials of the U.S.
Department of State and, at their
lodgings, by the policy coordinator on the DPRK, who is special aide to the
President and the state secretary.
The special envoy made an arrival statement at the airport.
Day of Ugandan Independence marked
Pyongyang, October 10 (KCNA) -- A lecture meeting was held here on
Monday to mark the 38th
anniversary of the Independence of Uganda.
Present there were Hong Tong Chol, deputy editor of Minju Joson and
vice-chairman of the
Korea-Uganda Friendship Association, members of the association and citizens.
Hong gave a lecture titled "Uganda today."
Rosy future of WPK
Pyongyang, October 10 (KCNA) -- The 55th anniversary of the Worker's
Party of Korea is a grand
proud festival of victors who overcame the unprecedented "arduous march"
and the forced march under the
leadership of the great Kim Jong Il, says Rodong Sinmun today in an editorial.
The foundation of the WPK in 1945, 55 years ago, was a historic event
which brought a fundamental
turn in the accomplishment of the revolutionary cause of Juche, the
editorial says, and goes on:
Since its foundation the WPK has traversed the road of proud victory
and glory and performed immortal
feats for the era and revolution, the country and the nation.
Over the last 55 years the WPK has proudly led the trend of history in
the spirit of the great guiding idea
of the era and displayed patriotism by putting the position and dignity of
the country and the nation on the
highest level.
Looking back on the 55 year-long history of the WPK that has covered
the road of brilliant victory, fully
displaying its invincible might, we are most proud in the world of making a
revolution with the great leaders
in the van.
The great leader Kim Il Sung is the father of the cause of building a
party of Juche type who has
indicated and brilliantly realised the original idea and theory of building
a revolutionary party under the banner
of the Juche idea.
The WPK founded and led by Kim Il Sung has entered a new phase of its
development by Kim Jong Il.
Kim Jong Il is the supreme brain of revolution and distinguished leader
who has strengthened and
developed the WPK into a party of Kim Il Sung forever and a guide in a new
era of the Juche revolution.
The WPK is a most powerful party that set forth a great target of
building a powerful nation and
successfully carrying it out and a most experienced and tested party that
is leading the revolution and
construction to a straight road of victory with the most correct politics.
Kim Jong Il's work released in Italy
Pyongyang, October 10 (KCNA) -- The Data News Publishing House of Italy
brought out in booklet
General Secretary Kim Jong Il's celebrated work "the Worker's Party of
Korea Is the Party of the Great
Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung" on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the
Worker's Party of Korea.
Carried in the booklet is a portrait of Kim Jong Il.
The work was published on October 2, Juche 84 (1995).
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