November.22.2000 Juche 89
[CONTENTS]
* Best wishes to Kim Jong Il
* Korean Go players come first in international amateur Go championships
* IMF censured in S. Korea
* U.S. urged to drop reckless attempt to stifle DPRK
* Rodong Sinmun calls for maintaining principle of respect for
sovereignty
* Rodong Sinmun on ideological work
* Rodong Sinmun on programme of great unity of nation
* Husbandry in progress
* Greetings to Lebanese President
Best wishes to Kim Jong Il
Pyongyang, November 22 (KCNA) -- Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, when
meeting with the Korean ambassador on November 16, asked him to convey best
wishes to the great leader Kim Jong Il for a long life in good health and
great successes
in accomplishing the cause of national reunification. He said he knew well
the DPRK
has supported the cause and stand of the Lebanese people and they would
fight in the
same trench shoulder to shoulder with the Korean people in the future, too.
Korean Go players come first in international amateur Go
championships
Pyongyang, November 22 (KCNA) -- The 11th International Amateur Mixed
Doubles Go Championships were held in Tokyo on November 18 and 19, according to
a news report. Korean players Rim Hyon Chol and Kwon Mi Hyon displayed high
technique and defeated Croatian, South Korean and Japanese players, thus
placing first.
The championships brought together at least 60 ace go players from 22
countries and
regions.
IMF censured in S. Korea
Pyongyang, November 22 (KCNA) -- Members of the Democratic Workers' Party
(DWP) on November 17 visited the Seoul mission of the IMF and thrust to it
a letter of
protest and an open questionnaire censuring IMF-imposed restructuring,
according to
the South Korean newspaper Hangyore. Recalling in the letter of protest
that at a recent
"annual consultation meeting" with the "Ministry of Finance and Economy" the IMF
imposed restructuring upon businesses and banks which will result in the
sale and
bankruptcy of 12 companies under the Dae Woo Group, the DWP stated that
this blatant
demand is little short of battering the South Korean economy. The DWP
demanded IMF
withdraw this demand and apologize to the public for this.
The DWP also asserted that the non-payment by the Dae Woo Motor Company,
ltd., and the bankruptcy of a number of companies have resulted from the
introduction
of the IMF plan. It charged that IMF's move to impose restructuring on
South Korea
instead of repenting of its policy failure is an impudent act to shift all
the responsibilities
on to the workers and other people.
U.S. urged to drop reckless attempt to stifle DPRK
Pyongyang, November 22 (KCNA) -- John Hami, director of the U.S.
Institute for
Strategic and International Studies, was reported to have said at a recent
interview with
Yomiuri Shimbun that the U.S. "Win-Win Strategy" to fight wars to settle
big disputes
on the Korean peninsula and Mideast is likely to be included in its defence
program
(2001-2004) as before. Talking about "missile threat from North Korea," he even
asserted that it is still going ahead with "long-range missile development."
Blare, commander-in-chief of the U.S. forces in the Pacific, said at an
interview he
had in Australia on the same day that the situation on the Korean peninsula
"has not
changed at all" and "it is necessary to keep 'deterrent force' against
North Korea."
Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary says that U.S. conservative
hardliners' disclosure of the U.S. intention to push the "win-win strategy
to fight two
wars" under the pretext of "missile threat" from the DPRK indicates that
they will
provoke a new war against the DPRK anytime at any cost in order to destroy it.
It is an invariable design of the U.S. warhawks to stifle the DPRK with
strength,
put the whole of Korea under its control and materialize its Asia strategy
with the
Korean peninsula as a springboard. Their massive deployment of aggression
troops and
war materiel in and around South Korea is to achieve this aim. They worked
out the
"Operation Plan 5027-98," a scenario for the second Korean war.
They are working hard to create a war atmosphere despite the on-going
DPRK-U.S. dialogue and moves for the improvement of the bilateral relations.
These cannot be construed otherwise than moves to disturb the process of
improving the relations between the DPRK and the U.S. and aggravate the
situation on
the peninsula.
The DPRK cannot but take a counter-measure as the U.S. conservative
hardliners
are going to mount an armed attack on the DPRK anytime at any cost.
Rodong Sinmun calls for maintaining principle of respect for
sovereignty
Pyongyang, November 22 (KCNA) -- Sovereignty is the life and soul of a
country
and nation and a basic guarantee for its independent development. Rodong Sinmun
today says this in a signed article. The progressive people should
positively struggle
against all sorts of violations and encroachments on sovereignty, the
article points out,
and goes on:
Respect for sovereignty is a basic condition for building an
independent new world.
the principle of respect for sovereignty should be maintained to develop
relations among
countries on good terms and accelerate the building of an independent new
world.
Respect for sovereignty is the main principle which should be observed in
international relations.
It is important to keep the principle of respect for sovereignty before
having any
cooperation and exchange among countries.
Only when relations among countries are based on the principle of
respect for
sovereignty can the relations of equality be formed and independent development
promoted.
When state relations are established on this principle one side will
not infringe upon
the interests of the other side and it is possible to develop cooperation
and exchange on
the basis of relationship of impartiality and equality.
There are many countries in the world and all of them have their own
characters.
But there can be neither countries, high or low in their positions nor
countries that give
instructions nor countries that only receive dictates.
All the countries have equal authority and each has the right to make a
policy and
carry it out in conformity with the will and demands of its people.
Nobody has the right to interfere in other's political system and way
of life.
What is important for developing state relations on the principle of
respect for
sovereignty is that any country should not place itself above other
countries nor claim a
special status in external relations.
Any attempt to infringe upon the interests of other country and nation
and force
other country to accept one's intention is an infringement on the
sovereignty of other
country no matter in what form and way it may be made. This should not be
allowed to
continue any longer.
Rodong Sinmun on ideological work
Pyongyang, November 22 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article
says ideological work decides success or failure of the socialist cause.
The Workers'
Party of Korea has given top priority to the ideological work and steadily
strengthened it
in each period and at every stage of the revolution and construction, the
article says, and
continues: Intensified ideological work is important for consolidating the
ideological
position of socialism as firm as a rock and provides a sure guarantee for
vigorously
pushing ahead with the socialist economic construction.
It is a vital issue related to the destiny of socialism to consolidate
the ideological
position of socialism.
If the ideological work is neglected, the revolutionary zeal of people
to work for
socialism will gradually wear down as they enjoy a continued stable life,
free from cares
and worries in the socialist society.
It is necessary to push forward the socialist economic construction
while steadily
strengthening the ideological work. This is the only way of firmly defending and
glorifying socialism.
Thought of people serve as a main driving force for the socialist economic
construction.
In the whole period of socialist, construction the wpk has given
priority to the
ideological work among people and thus powerfully aroused their
revolutionary zeal and
creative ingenuity to achieve signal victories.
Strengthening the ideological work is also important for decisively
frustrating the
imperialists' ideological and cultural poisoning.
It is necessary to maintain a high degree of class awareness all the
time and carry on
the intensified revolutionary ideological offensive to smash the
imperialists' ideological
and cultural poisoning.
Various forms of ideological work should be steadily strengthened with
a main
emphasis on the education in the Juche idea. Only then is it possible to
prevent any
unsound ideas disseminated by imperialists from infiltrating into our
society and
dynamically advance the cause of socialism of Korean style, the article
concludes.
Rodong Sinmun on programme of great unity of nation
Pyongyang, November 22 (KCNA)-- The ten-point programme of the great unity
of the whole nation is a scientific and original great charter of national
unity based on the
Juche-oriented view on nation established by the great leader President Kim
Il Sung,
says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article. The article goes on:
This programme serves as a great political programme indicating the way
of solving
the issue of nation with the Juche-oriented view on nation as its
ideological and
theoretical basis.
This programme, first of all, puts into limelight the need for the
whole nation to
achieve independence of the nation and defend it through the concerted
efforts of the
whole nation from the viewpoint of regarding it as something vital to the
nation.
The programme does not consider great national unity as an issue of
temporary
unity or tactical alliance among different classes and strata, but raises
it as a strategic
political unity for achieving and defending independence of nation by
uniting all the
forces that can be rallied from the viewpoint that independence is vital to
the nation. This
is clear from the fact that the programme sets it as the general goal of
great national unity
to found an independent, peaceful and neutral state.
The programme says that the north and the south should found a pan-national
unified state to represent all parties, all groupings and all the members
of the nation from
all walks of life, while leaving the existing two systems and two
governments intact and
the pan-national unified state should be a federal state in which the two
regional
governments of the north and the south are represented equally, and an
independent,
peaceful and non-aligned neutral state which does not lean to any great power.
It calls on the north and the south to recognize and respect the
existence of different
beliefs, ideas and systems, and achieve common progress and prosperity,
with neither
side encroaching on the other. The programme underscores the need to place the
interests of the whole nation above regional and class interests and direct
every effort to
the accomplishment of the cause of national reunification.
The other reason is that the programme indicates the way of achieving
the prosperity
of the whole nation through the unity of the whole nation from the viewpoint on
independence vital to the nation.
The programme says that before and after reunification the north and
the south
should recognize state ownership, cooperative ownership and private
ownership and
protect the capital and property of individuals and organizations, as well
as all interests
concerned with foreign capital. It also clarifies that the north and the
south should
recognize the social reputation and qualifications of individuals in all
domains, and
continue to guarantee the benefits granted to people who have performed
meritorious
services.
The programme calls for granting special favours to those who have performed
exploits for the sake of the great unity of the nation and the
reunification of the country,
to patriotic martyrs and to their descendants. It is pointed out in the
programme that if
those who had turned their back on the nation in the past return to the
patriotic road,
repentant of their past, they should be dealt with leniently and assessed
fairly, according
to the contribution they have made to the cause of national reunification.
Husbandry in progress
Pyongyang, November 22 (KCNA) -- Animal husbandry is given steady
importance with remarkable success across the country. The stock of grass-eating
animals has increased year on year, that of rabbits and goats 1.5 and 1.2 times
respectively. vast tracts of grassland and pastures have been expanded.
Pyongyang and North Hamgyong Province carried out 70 percent of the
year's plan
of pasture creation in spring and have achieved further success.
The rural counties of Yomju, Tongrim and Unjon in North Phyongan Province
have notably boosted their stocks of goats above last year.
Intensive goat raising in South Hamgyong Province has yielded
additional 1,000
tons of milk compared with the previous year.
Jagang, North Hamgyong and Ryanggang provinces have registered an
year-on-year increase of 60 percent in their stock of rabbits through
scientific breeding.
Pongchon county in South Hwanghae Province successfully encourages every
family to raise at least ten rabbits.
Greetings to Lebanese President
Pyongyang, November 22 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium
of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea,
yesterday sent a message of greetings to Emile Lahoud, President of
Lebanon, on the
occasion of the 57th anniversary of its independence. The message expressed
belief that
the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries would
further develop
in the new century and sincerely wished the president and people of Lebanon
success in
the work for the stability and prosperity of the country.
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