Hello Heikki.
A loverly report.
Sorry I have done nothing on A-I or responding to you, I have been
without a computer for almost a month.
Comradely, as always,
Macdonald
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Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 12:01 PM
Subject: DPRK. A short report.
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> A short report about north Korea in October 2000.
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> In the connection of participating the Juche seminar in Pyongyang
last week
> I had a good possibility to have a look at the country, also at the
> countryside. I heard other visitors� experiences all around the
country,
> too.
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> Actually it is not often the best way to evaluate phenomena on the
basis
> what they seem to be just here and now. Trends of further
developement are
> more important. The Koreans look for the future. Yet there are
some
> special visible issues which the western mainstream media distorts
> intentinally.
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> A very special Korean psychological feature is the collective way of
> thinking and working. Quite evidently its basis is the strong common
> ideology based on the Korean model of carrying out marxism-leninism.
During
> the school system from kindergarten up to the end of eleven years
> obligatory education people grow for collective life in all social
sectors.
> Seeing a performance at the stadium of 100 000 young artists is an
> unforgettable experience. No doubt the same type of collective
teamwork
> appears in the army, in factories, in offices and in the
agricultural
> work. According to the bourgeois media collectivism is slavery. The
Koreans
> enjoy this "slavery".
>
> It is easy to see that there are no drug problems in north Korea.
That
> kind of a phenomena seems impossible in those circumstances. Any
forms of
> criminalism could not be seen. No beggars or smugglers. Instead of
those
> western-type phenomena you see children in their beautiful dresses
and
> well-dressed adults with Kim Il Sung or Kim Jong Il badges.
>
> The ideologically leading bodies are the Workers Party of Korea and
the
> Association of Social Sciences. Both organizations do also in
practical
> work on all levels. You meet those people everywhere, working in
offices
> and on rice fields.
>
> There are also social democrats and Buddhist parties. All
organizations
> have a strictly anti-imperialist character.
>
> The army is strong with their high-tech equipment. Yet the soldiers
are
> mostly seen on fields with spades, not with rifles. Kim Jong Il�s
Army
> first -politics has guaranteed DPRK�s independence but this idea has
also
> many kind of civil dimensions in the north Korean community.
>
> Koreans� hate against imperialism is natural. The first American
military
> vessel has been sinked in a Korean river in 1866. After that Koreans
have
> suffered by both Japanese and American imperialism continuously.
This
> history unites the Koreans.
>
> A police state? The only polices seen were young women in their tidy
> uniforms in traffic control work. Some police cars can been seen in
street
> and road control duties. North Korean people are happy and friendly
in a
> natural and free way. An idea of some kind of a police state style
of life
> is ridiculous. The necessary discipline has its origin in
people�s
> mind.
>
> There has been not hunger at least in this year. The rice and
Chinese
> cabbage harvests have been good. Yet there are no reserves. That is
why
> foreign aid would be very welcome because the weather conditions
cannot be
> forecasted.
>
> Energy is an actual problem. North Korean nuclear reactor project
was
> interrupted after making an agreement with USA that American supply
oil
> and/or light water plants for DPRK. Americans bitrayed the
agreement
> like its has been their manner everywhere. Koreans� own light water
plant
> project has been started but it takes a long time for producing
energy.
>
> Pyongyang is a monumental city of two millions of people. Old
houses in
> the center are rapidly replaced with new and modern suburbs. The
city is
> especially clean and tidy. The monumental new buildings for
children,
> education, sports and for many public purposes form the figure of
the
> city.
>
> There are not very much cars in DPRK. Practically all vehicles
belong to
> the state departments. Heavy trucks are not allowed to enter the
centers of
> cities without a special permit. Correspondingly, the city air is
clean.
>
> There are no private enterprises in the country. The community works
well
> without these elements. The Korean people work hard.
>
> Basicly DPRK produces everything necessary herself. No disposable
> commodities are produced. DPRK is an industrialized country.
>
> No poverty was seen. However, people in the countryside live at
the
> moment in rather difficult circumstances because of shortage of
> electricity.
>
> DPRK has succesfully opened new foreign commercial and political
relations
> but more new foreign relations are necessary.
>
> According to the western mainstream media north Korean economy has
almost
> collapsed. In the Finnish TV we saw today poor peasants in
desperate
> circumstances. These views have been shown before. They are simply
fakes.
> The country has specific problems because of the criminal commercial
> blockade, but the economy in general is not in difficulties.
>
> Dear recipient, if you have possibilities to contact the government
of your
> country in order to promote the drive for new Korean commercial or
> diplomatic contacts in your country, please do it. Correspondingly,
if you
> have any appropriate contacts in order to arrange food aid to north
> Koreans, please do it. The governments of US-backed countries will
not
> give any aid because they support imperialist politics.
>
> Also south Korea has suffered by floods and dryness, but they are
given
> the external aid automatically by certain governments. Private
people and
> people�s organisations may be able arrange aid to the people in
the north
> of Korean peninsula.
>
> You may go to north Korea and take a look with your own eyes. No
doubt
> the Koreans welcome you warmly.
>
> North Korea has overcome the worst flood years and she will
definetly go on
> stronger.
>
> Korean people are extremely persistent and they feel their future
bright.
> Yet in the circumstances of strangling of US imperialism all help
for DPRK
> is important not only to north Korea but also to the future of
mankind.
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> Heikki Sipila
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