TODAY'S NEWS (November.21.2000 Juche 89)
[CONTENTS]
* Friendly meeting with Foreign Ministry delegation of Thailand
* Japanese militarists' mounting war fever under fire
* 4th National Immunization Day observed
* Anti-restructuring rally and demonstration in S. Korea
* Insam (ginseng) in great demand
* U.S. urged to stop its moves to stifle DPRK
For Spanish-speaking people
* novena asamblea general de cc de direccion nortena de aprp
Friendly meeting with Foreign Ministry delegation of Thailand
Pyongyang, November 21 (KCNA) -- A friendly meeting with members of the
Foreign Ministry
delegation of Thailand on a visit to the DPRK was held in Pyongyang
yesterday on the occasion of the 25th
anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the DPRK
and Thailand. Present at the
meeting were members of the DPRK-Thailand Friendship Association and
teachers and students of a
friendship school.
Invited were members of the delegation led by Surapong Jayanama,
director general for East Asia of the
Foreign Ministry.
The participants had a talk in a friendly atmosphere and appreciated an
art performance given by
schoolchildren.
Japanese militarists' mounting war fever under fire
Pyongyang, November 21 (KCNA) -- Senior officials of the Japanese
government and military are
openly calling for replacing the "peace constitution" by a war constitution
and visited units of the
"Self-Defence Forces" (SDF) to talk rubbish that the "SDF's" exercise of
the "right to collective defence" is
not contrary to the Japanese law and Japan should not be bound to the
present law. And the "legislation on
emergencies in areas surrounding Japan" is coming into force and its
extremely ambitious arms build-up and
nuclear plans are being pushed forward. In this connection Rodong Sinmun
today in a signed article says:
All the moves in Japan strongly smack of militarism and are of the
nature quite different from the
previous ones.
Japan asserts that this is meant to defend Japan's security and prevent
"regional disputes" through
Japan-U.S. joint military actions.
This means that Japan intends to take a direct part in overseas
military operations under the pretext of
"coping with the emergencies in areas surrounding Japan".
Being a war criminal state, Japan is not allowed to have aggression
armed forces or undertake any
collective military action.
But, the Japanese reactionaries contend that they feel no need to read
others' faces or to be afraid of them
in carrying out their military policy as they did in the past.
In fact they are putting their intention into practice. This is
evidenced by the fact that Hatoyama,
heavyweight of the Democratic Party of Japan, insisted that Japan is
entitled to exercise the "right to collective
defence", this should be enshrined in the constitution and the "SDF"
renamed "National Army".
In order to justify these moves the Japanese reactionaries are becoming
more vociferous about measures
to cope with "emergencies in areas surrounding Japan" and kicking up a row
to create the impression that
something will happen right now to disturb Japan's security.
If Japan, hell-bent on the moves for overseas aggression, follows in
the footsteps of the old empire, it
will meet an irretrievable disaster just as a tigermoth is bound to perish
in flame.
4th National Immunization Day observed
Pyongyang, November 21 (KCNA) -- The 4th National Immunization Day was
observed in Pyongyang
and other parts of the country yesterday. Present there were Kim Su Hak,
Minister of Public Health, officials
concerned and leading officials of all the units where the preventive
inoculation was done.
Also present there were Zahitle Karim, acting representative of the
office of the United Nations
Children's Fund here, Du Yuping, consultant of the expanded programme on
immunization of the who, staff
members of the office of the UNICEF, staff members of the who, members of
the aid delegation of the
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, members
of the embassy of the Kingdom
of Sweden and staff members of the southeast Asian regional office of the WHO.
The inoculation of infantile paralysis preventive medicine and vitamin
a was done to all the children under
the age of five in Pyongyang and all local areas on the "National
Immunization Day" in the wake of the
previous one held on October 2 .
Anti-restructuring rally and demonstration in S. Korea
Pyongyang, November 21 (KCNA) -- At least 30,000 workers under the
"Federation of Korean Trade
Unions" (FKTU) held a workers' rally in Seoul on November 19 against the
authorities' unilateral
restructuring, according to Seoul-based "radio no. 1". The chairman of the
FKTU, addressing the rally,
asserted that the authorities are going ahead with the second phase
restructuring, forcing sacrifices on the
workers only.
Demanding an end to the unilateral restructuring, the organization
threatened to call a general strike to be
participated in mainly by workers of public enterprises in the future
unless that demand is met.
At the end of the rally, the participants staged a street march up to
the building of the "national
assembly," shouting slogans.
On Nov. 17 the FKTU filed an application calling for the settlement of
the dispute to the central labour
committee in the name of the 28 trade unions under it including the railway
workers' union.
Explaining the reason behind its application, the FKTU charged that the
authorities and businesses are
forcing unilateral restructuring on public, banking and non-governmental
enterprises, threatening the
workers' right to existence and worsening the working conditions.
Insam (ginseng) in great demand
Pyongyang, November 21 (KCNA) -- Insam (ginseng), a special herb in the
DPRK, is very popular on
world market for its high efficacy. The "roots of Insam" have no specific
shape, but usually resemble the
form of the human body. According to the methods of cultivation, Insam is
grouped into two kinds:
Sansam which grows on mountains and Insam cultivated in fields.
It has been well known to the world as "Koryo Insam" or "Kaesong Insam"
as it is widely cultivated in
Kaesong area, which was the capital of Koryo, an ancient state of Korea.
Korea has a history of 1,700 year-long cultivation of Insam.
Insam cultivation and processing technique has been developed in Korea
to promote people's health.
It is grouped into several kinds according to the methods of processing.
Undried Insam is called Susam while Insam dried in the sunshine is
called Paeksam.
Insam processed by certain methods is called Hongsam and its rootlet
dried in the sunshine is called
Misam.
Insam can be used as a medicine in the shape of slices and a powder.
It increases mental and physical efficiency and is good for relieving
mental and physical fatigue,
protecting liver function, stopping diarrahoea, stimulating the central
nerve system and treating cardiovascular
system disorders, arteriosclerosis and other diseases. It is usually used
as a peptic and tonic medicine in the
Koryo medical treatment.
Several kinds of medicines are made from Insam. Among them are Insam
tonic, Koryo Insam tonic,
Koryo Insam tablets, Insam Taebo pills, Insam injection, other medicines
and wine, tea and cake of Insam.
U.S. urged to stop its moves to stifle DPRK
Pyongyang, November 21 (KCNA) -- The director of the U.S. Institute for
Strategic and International
Studies, when interviewed by a Japanese newspaper on November 15, disclosed
that the U.S. forces'
"Win-Win Strategy" to fight wars to settle big disputes on the Korean
peninsula and other areas is likely to be
included in its defence program (2001-2004) as before. The
commander-in-chief of the U.S. forces in the
pacific said on the same day while visiting Australia that it is necessary
to keep deterrent forces against the
DPRK, raising a hue and cry over the "military situation" on the Korean
peninsula.
Minju Joson today in a signed commentary dismisses the "strategy" as a
war strategy which makes the
U.S. military invasion of the DPRK a fait accompli.
The positive developments on the Korean peninsula are not a result of
the U.S. maintenance of deterrent
forces. Its theory of "maintaining deterrent force" adversely affects the
developments on the peninsula.
The DPRK cannot but take a serious view of this.
While calling for "dialogue" and "improvement of relations" with the
DPRK ostensibly, the U.S. has not
yet rolled back its policy to militarily stifle the DPRK. This
diametrically runs counter to the elementary
common sense and diplomatic practice.
If the U.S. persistently pursues this policy, the DPRK is entitled to
retaliate against it.
The U.S. conservative hardliners should immediately stop their moves to
militarily stifle the DPRK,
bearing in mind that military confrontation with the DPRK will only
precipitate their destruction.
For Spanish-speaking people
novena asamblea general de cc de direccion nortena de aprp
pyongyang, 21 de noviembre (atcc) -- tuvo lugar ayer en esta capital la
novena asamblea general del
comite central de la direccion nortena de la a1ianza pannacional por la
reunificacion de la patria (aprp). en ella
se desarrollo debate en torno al "desarrollo de la reunion de copresidencia
provisional de la aprp" y "la
eleccion del presidente de la direccion nortena de la aprp".
ante todo se informo del estado de dicha reunion celebrada el dia 18
por facsimil en el norte, el sur y el
ultramar.
en la reunion fueron discutidas la orientacion de actividades y tareas
inmediatas de la aprp por la
ejecucion exitosa de la declaracion conjunta norte-sur del 15 de junio y
aprobados un llamamiento a 70
millones de coreanos en el pais y el ultramar y una resolucion.
la reunion definio como orientacion de actividades de la aprp en la
actual situacion lo siguiente: lograr la
solidaridad, la cooperacion y la unidad con todas las organizaciones del
movimiento por la reunificacion en el
pais y el ultramar llamando asi con mas energia a todos los coreanos a
apoyar y ejecutar la historica
declaracion conjunta norte-sur e incrementar y fortalecer las fuerzas
subjetivas de la reunificacion de la patria.
de acuerdo con esta orientacion de actividades fueron presentadas las
siguientes tareas inmediatas:
enarbolar de continuo la consigna de independencia y gran unidad
nacionales, desplegar con mas energia la
lucha por apoyar y ejecutar la historica declaracion conjunta norte-sur y
fortalecer la solidaridad, la
cooperacion y la unidad con todas las organizaciones del movimiento por la
reunificacion en el pais y el
ultramar.
se desarrollo el debate en torno al congreso y la conferencia
pannacionales y la formacion de la
copresidencia de la aprp.
el llamamiento senala que todos los compatriotas y hermanos en el pais
y el extranjero deben unirse
solidamente a base del espiritu patriotico y de independencia nacional por
encima de las diferencias de
ideologia, ideal, criterio politico, creencia religiosa y la residencia y
hacer especifica contribucion a la
reunificacion, el enriquecimiento y la prosperidad de la patria.
subraya que deben repudiar y oponerse estrictamente a las maquinaciones
antinacionales y
anti-reunificacion, tendentes a poner freno a la ejecucion de la
declaracion conjunta del 15 de junio y a
retornar a la epoca del enfrentamiento del pasado y tomar el camino
patriotico por la reunificacion uniendose
estrechamente ora con las autoridades, ora con los politicos y ora con los
economistas, que apoyen dicha
declaracion.
en la asamblea general del cc de la direccion nortena de la aprp se
refirio a las tareas que se presentan para
llevar a efecto los problemas discutidos en la reunion. an kyong ho fue
electo presidente de la direccion
nortena de la aprp.
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