TODAY'S NEWS (November.01.2000 Juche 89)
[CONTENTS]
* Greetings to Algerian President
* Kim Yong Nam meets party leader of Dominica and delegation of European
Parliament
* Executive director of UNEP arrives
* Paek Nam Sun meets foreign delegations
* 11th round of inter-governmental full dress talks between DPRK and
Japan held
* Kim Jong Il's feats for socialism praised
* Dominican movement leader meets Pak Kwang Gi
* Friendly gathering
* Mediapersons in north and south urged to contribute to reunification
* National rally supporting reunification of Korea held in Japan
* Japan's liquidation of its past crimes demanded
* S. Korean teachers demand right to existence
* Several new establishments commissioned
* Anniversary of Rodong Sinmun observed
* Dismantling of firing range of U.S. Army urged
* Over 150 cases of U.S. aerial espionage against DPRK
Greetings to Algerian President
Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the
presidium of the Supreme
People's Assembly of the DPRK, today sent a message of greetings to
Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of the
Algerian Democratic and People's Republic, on the occasion of the 46th
anniversary of the start of the
Algerian revolution.
The message extended warm congratulations to the President, government
and people of Algeria on the
occasion.
It expressed the conviction that the friendly and cooperative relations
between the two countries would
develop on good terms and wished the Algerian President and people greater
success in their work for the
socio-political stability and the prosperity of the country.
Kim Yong Nam meets party leader of Dominica and delegation of European
Parliament
Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the
presidium of the Supreme
People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea who is also
member of the political bureau
of the Central Committee of the Worker's Party of Korea, met and had a
friendly conversation with secretary
general of the United Left Movement of Dominica Miguel Mejia at the
Mansudae Assembly Hall today.
Present there was Pak Kyong Son, vice department director of the
Central Committee of the WPK.
The credit for all the successes made in the DPRK goes to the great Kim
Jong Il who has wisely led the
WPK and the Korean people, the secretary general said, and added:
We will make positive efforts to boost the friendly and cooperative
relations between the United Left
Movement of Dominica and the Worker's Party of Korea.
Kim Yong Nam also met and conversed in a friendly atmosphere with the
delegation of the European
Parliament headed by Jacques Santer, member of the parliament and
ex-president of the European Union
Commission, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall.
Present there were vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK Choe Su
Hon and vice-Minister of
Power and Coal Industries Rim Nam Su who are deputies to the DPRK Supreme
People's Assembly, and
Svante Kilander, charge d'affaires a.i. of Sweden to the DPRK.
Executive director of UNEP arrives
Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- Klaus Topfer, executive director of the
United Nations
Environmental Program, and his party arrived here today by air.
They were greeted at the airport by Choe Su Hon, vice Minister of
Foreign Affairs, and David Morton,
resident coordinator of the UN and resident representative of the UN
Development Programme in the DPRK.
The DPRK government hosted a reception for them.
Paek Nam Sun meets foreign delegations
Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- Paek Nam Sun, DPRK Minister of Foreign
Affairs, separately met
and conversed with the delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
China headed by vice-minister Yang
Wenchang and the delegation of the European Parliament headed by Jacques
Santer, member of the
parliament and ex-president of the European Union Commission, at the
Mansudae Assembly Hall today.
11th round of inter-governmental full dress talks between DPRK and Japan
held
Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- The 11th round of the
inter-governmental full dress talks between
the DPRK and Japan was held in Beijing from October 30 to 31.
Present there from the DPRK side were members of the DPRK government
delegation led by Jong Thae
Hwa, roving ambassador of its Foreign Ministry and from the Japanese side
members of the Japanese
government delegation led by Kojiro Takano, ambassador of the Japanese
Foreign Ministry in charge of
negotiations for the establishment of diplomatic relations with the DPRK.
At the talks the two sides had an in-depth discussion on how to solve
the issue of compensation for the
past, the historical pending problem between the DPRK and Japan.
It was agreed to have the next round of talks when the Japanese side is
ready for it.
Kim Jong Il's feats for socialism praised
Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today dedicates a
by-lined article to the 6th
anniversary of the publication of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's
celebrated work "Socialism Is a Science".
In the work published on November 1, Juche 83 (1994), Kim Jong Il
clarified that Korean socialism
based on the Juche-oriented socialist theory is the most scientific and
viable socialism and expounded the
principles to be adhered to in defending socialism.
He has performed enduring feats in defending the sovereignty of the
country and the nation and the fate
of socialism over the past six years since the publication of the work, the
article says, and goes on:
His wise leadership over socialism finds its manifestation, first of
all, in the fact that he has led the
people to vigorously advance toward socialism, with the firm conviction of
its sure victory.
He authored a number of famous works including "Socialism Is a Science"
to clarify the inevitability of
victory of socialism theoretically and has wisely led the people to arm
themselves firmly with the great Juche
idea, the socialist idea.
In order to defend socialism, he also advanced the idea of attaching
great importance to the army and has
invariably maintained the army-first politics. Guided by the idea that the
security of the socialist fatherland is
guaranteed by the arms of the people's army and the army means the party,
the state and the people, he has
glorified the sacred history of army-first revolutionary leadership.
Over the past years the Korean people decisively smashed the
imperialists' persistent political and
military pressure and economic blockade and won a great victory in the
political, military and diplomatic
confrontation with the enemies. It is a brilliant fruition of Kim Jong Il's
army-first politics.
He has wisely led the work to resolutely maintain the socialist
principle in all fields of the revolution and
construction, the article notes, and stresses:
Our army and people will dynamically advance toward victory of
socialism, cherishing the firm faith that
guided by him, they can defeat any formidable enemy and overcome any
hardships, and build a powerful and
prosperous nation of Juche in this land without fail.
Dominican movement leader meets Pak Kwang Gi
Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- Miguel Mejia, secretary general of the
United Left Movement of
Dominica, met Pak Kwang Gi, chief of the Pyongyang mission of the National
Democratic Front of South
Korea (NDFSK), here yesterday.
The secretary general and the chief informed each other of activities
of their organizations and exchanged
views on further developing the friendly relations between the two
organizations and a series of issues of
common concern.
Friendly gathering
Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- The Foreign Ministry arranged a
friendly gathering at the
Taedonggang Club for the Diplomatic Corps yesterday to mark the 52nd
anniversary of the opening of
diplomatic ties between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the
Russian Federation.
Present on invitation were Russian ambassador to the DPRK Valery
Denisov and his embassy officials.
On hand were vice-Minister Ri In Gyu of Foreign Affairs and officials
concerned.
The participants in the gathering conversed with each other, deepening
the feelings of friendship.
Mediapersons in north and south urged to contribute to reunification
Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- Mediapersons in the north and the south
should consider national
reunification as their chief aim and serve as standard-bearers of the era
in developing the inter-Korean
relations, promoting national unity and bringing earlier national
reunification and buglers in the grand march
toward reunification, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article.
The article continues:
The joint agreement adopted between mediapersons in the north and the
south in last August serves as
standards and basis of common media activities as it is the first precious
fruition made by them in their efforts
to achieve reunification.
They should discard narrow-minded view of an individual or a group and
become patriotic mediapersons
for reunification who throw in their lot with the nation.
They should drop the old idea of confrontation and conduct activities
helpful to promoting national
reconciliation and unity and bringing earlier national reunification.
Mediapersons in the north and the south should join hands with each
other to censure anti-reunification
remarks and instill the spirit of reconciliation and reunification into the
fellow countrymen.
They should wield the pen of justice and patriotism to lead a new era
of national reunification and
prosperity, concludes the article.
National rally supporting reunification of Korea held in Japan
Tokyo, October 30 (KNS-KCNA) -- The 19th national rally of the Movement
for Supporting the
Reunification of Korea was held in Kyoto, Japan, on October 28 and 29 under
the co-sponsorship of the
executive committee made up of the Japan Committee for Supporting the
Independent and Peaceful
Reunification of Korea, the Japan-Korea Cultural Interchange Association,
the Japan-Korea Society for
Scientific and Educational Interchange and the Society for Solidarity with
the Korean Women, and the Kyoto
Committee for Supporting the Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea.
Congratulatory messages from former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi
Murayama and other Japanese
figures and organizations were introduced at the rally. Then followed
speeches, a lecture and a report.
Five panel discussions took place. An appeal and a letter to the Korean
people were adopted at the rally.
The appeal said that it is the wishes of not only the Korean people but
the Japanese people desirous of
peace in northeast Asia to realize the hope for the peaceful reunification
of Korea and urged the Japanese
government to make a radical switchover in its hostile policy towards the
DPRK, settle Japan's past without
any precondition and establish relations of confidence and genuine
friendship with the DPRK.
The letter extended warm support to the Korean people in the efforts
and struggle for the reunification of
the country and expressed the pledge to work for the peaceful reunification
of Korea and the opening of
diplomatic relations between Japan and the DPRK.
Japan's liquidation of its past crimes demanded
Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- A resolution calling for Japan's
settlement of its past crimes
committed against Korea was adopted at the 15th meeting of the
International Association of Democratic
Lawyers held in Havana on October 20.
Keeping Korea under an illegal occupation for over 40 years, Japan
imposed unspeakable misfortune and
sufferings upon the Korean people and caused huge human and material losses
to them, the resolution said,
and went on:
During its occupation of Korea, Japan took away at least six million
young and middle-aged Koreans to
battle-sites, forced slave labour upon Koreans and reduced some 200,000
Korean women to sexual slaves for
its army.
In that period the Japanese imperialists brutally massacred millions of
Korean people.
Nevertheless, the present Japanese government has not made any sincere
apology and compensation for
these crimes though the 20th century is drawing to a close. On the
contrary, Japan seeks to cover up its past
crimes.
Regarding all crimes of the Japanese imperialists in the past as
international crimes which are in wanton
violation of the publicly recognized principles and norms of the
international law, the association strongly
demands the present Japanese government own state and legal
Responsibility for them and make an apology and compensation to the
Korean people.
S. Korean teachers demand right to existence
Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- At least 20,000 teachers of primary and
secondary schools in Seoul
and its suburbs under the General Association of Teachers Organizations of
South Korea staged a rally at
Seoul railway station plaza on October 28, demanding the "government" make
up for the shortage of pension
and funds for employees, according to Seoul-based MBC.
They urged the "government" authorities to provide 6,000 billion won to
cover the shortage of funds.
Several new establishments commissioned
Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- Several new establishments were
commissioned in the wake of the
completion of the Youth Hero Motorway, second-stage project of the Anbyon
Youth Power Station and a
gigantic project to expand and reinforce electricity production base in
Thaechon area on the occasion of the
55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea.
The Naephyong power station in Sepho county, Kangwon Province, was
commissioned on October 27.
It was built by soldiers of the people's army. They built a dam, intake
tunnels and a water inlet and
generating rooms on their own efforts with indigenous technology in a brief
span of time despite difficulties
and ordeals. They also built houses for at least 200 families, various
service and catering facilities and even a
fish farm covering several hectares.
Modern poultry farms were also commissioned.
All production processes including breeding stock corrals, fattening
corrals, meat processing grounds,
feed processing grounds are computerized.
The construction of the combined stock-breeding farm of the Sonchon
mine was also completed.
Covering over 34,000 square metres, the farm has over 40 production and
auxiliary buildings such as cages
of goats, rabbits and ducks and processing facilities. The farms is meant
for supplying large quantities of
meat, eggs and milk to miners every year.
There sprang up modern basic food production bases in various provinces
including South Phyongan
Province.
Besides, the construction of pig factories on branch farms of the
Taehongdan county integrated farm and
the Phothae integrated farm, the taedong area ore-dressing plant of the
Taeyudong mine and a project to create
additional generating capacity of the Haeju cement factory and other
objects were completed.
Anniversary of Rodong Sinmun observed
Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today in an editorial
dedicated to the 55th
anniversary of its inaugural publication calls for intensifying media
activities in keeping with the requirements
of the reality in which the building of a powerful nation is going on.
The media of the Worker's Party of Korea, which were founded and
developed into revolutionary media
of Juche type under the wise guidance of the great Kim Il Sung, have
greeted their best days of development
under the tested leadership of the respected Kim Jong Il, the great guide
of the building of socialist media in
the present era.
In recent years Kim Jong Il paid deep attention to enhancing the
appealing efficiency of the press media
of the party in conformity with the demand of the realities in which the
Korean people were fighting with a
will a gunfireless war against the imperialists.
Under his wise guidance, the media of our party have creditably
discharged their role as a competent
educationist, courageous propagandist and faithful spokesman in the past
years of efforts to carry to
completion the revolutionary cause of Juche, setting an example for the
building of socialist media in the
present era.
In particular, the media played a significant role in guiding the whole
party and army and all the people to
hold in high esteem Kim Il Sung for all ages after his demise and conclude
the "arduous march" and the
forced march victoriously and open a turning phase in the building of a
powerful nation under the army-first
leadership of Kim Jong Il.
They have also made big contributions to arousing all the fellow
countrymen to the honorable struggle
for Korea's reunification, the cherished desire of the nation, and
realizing global independence.
All the mediapersons should make a new revolutionary advance in their
activities, true to the idea and
guidance of Kim Jong Il and thus greatly contribute to accomplishing the
revolutionary cause of Juche, the
editorial says.
Dismantling of firing range of U.S. Army urged
Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- At least 100 students of Seoul National
University, Korea
University and other universities held an anti-U.S. rally in front of a
U.S. military base in Seoul on October
27, according to Seoul-based MBC.
The students demanded the U.S. forces side immediately dismantle a
firing range in Maehyang-ri.
Over 150 cases of U.S. aerial espionage against DPRK
Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- The U.S. committed at least 150 cases
of aerial espionage against
the DPRK in October by mobilizing various types of strategic and tactical
reconnaissance planes, according to
military sources.
Among them were more than 40 flights by U-2 high-altitude strategic
reconnaissance plane and P-3
anti-submarine patrol plane.
At least 750 planes were involved in drills on October 25 when the
"Foal Eagle-2000" joint military
exercises were under way.
A total of over 9,000 planes were mobilized in air battle exercises in
the air above South Korea in
October alone.
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