TODAY'S NEWS (December.22.2000 Juche 89)
[CONTENTS]
* For. guests visit exhibition of mementoes on Kim Jong Suk's activities
* Exploits of Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Suk lauded
* Cuban ambassador hosts reception
* Foreign diplomats visit exhibition and museum
* Singing gathering of youth and students held
* National fine art exhibition opens
* Letters carved on rock on Mt. Kumgang
* Japan's arms buildup plan under fire
* Preservation of national character called for
For Spanish-speaking people
* embajador cubano ofrece banquete
* tercera ronda de conversaciones de expertos militares norte-sur
For. guests visit exhibition of mementoes on Kim Jong Suk's activities
Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- Women of various embassies and
missions of international
organizations here visited the Exhibition of Mementoes on the Revolutionary
Activities of the great
communist revolutionary fighter Kim Jong Suk on December 21 on the occasion
of her 83rd birth
anniversary. They were deeply moved to look round photos showing
revolutionary activities of Kim Jong
Suk, woman commander of Mt. Paektu, and books dealing with her ideological
and theoretical exploits.
The wife of the Lao ambassador said that Kim Jong Suk set a noble
example in devotedly defending the
leader by dedicating herself to safeguard the headquarters of the
revolution during the historic "arduous
march" in the period of the hard-fought anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle.
The acting representative of the UNDP noted that Kim Jong Suk was a
great revolutionary fighter who
devoted all her life to the victory of the Korean revolution.
The wife of the Syrian charge d'affaires ad interim said that the
revolutionary exploits she performed for
the sacred cause of the country's liberation and the freedom and happiness
of the people will be immortal.
Exploits of Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Suk lauded
Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- Yehiya Jakariya Hairallah, chairman of
the Egyptian Committee
for the Study of the Juche Idea, issued a statement on Dec. 16 on the
occasion of the 9th anniversary of the
leader Kim Jong Il's election as Supreme Commander of the Korean People's
Army and the 83rd birth
anniversary of the great communist revolutionary fighter Kim Jong Suk. In
the statement he said that in the
DPRK the revolutionary cause of President Kim Il Sung is being fully and
creditably carried forward thanks
to the immortal feat of Kim Jong Suk for the country and people.
The Korean people led by Kim Jong Il, successor to the president, are
now dynamically advancing along
the road chosen by themselves, meeting all challenges of history, he said.
M.M. Verma, director of the Indian Centre for the U.N. Studies, in his
statement on Dec. 14 said:
The DPRK has defended socialism in fierce confrontation with the
imperialists and laid a solid
foundation for the building of a powerful nation. It is a victory of the
great army-first politics of Kim Jong Il.
The KPA led by him will always emerge victorious.
Cuban ambassador hosts reception
Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- Jose Manuel Inclan Embade, Cuban
ambassador to the DPRK,
yesterday hosted a reception at the embassy on the occasion of the 9th
anniversary of the leader Kim Jong Il's
election as Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army. Invited to the
reception were Kim Il Chol,
Minister of the People's Armed Forces, Pak Kyong Son, vice department
director of the Central Committee
of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kung Sok Ung, Vice-Minister of Foreign
Affairs, generals and officers of
the KPA.
Jose Manuel Inclan Embade in his speech said Kim Jong Il's election as
Supreme Commander of the
KPA was the greatest historic event.
We will make positive efforts to boost the friendly relations between
Cuba and the DPRK true to the
intention of the two leaders, he said.
Kim Il Chol said in his speech that Cuban brothers and sisters' joining
the Korean people in celebrating
the significant day makes them feel once again how profound the Cuban
people's reverence and trust in Kim
Jong Il are and how particular and deep the class and comradely ties
between the two armies and peoples are,
and went on:
We will as ever make positive efforts to steadily boost the traditional
relations of friendship and
cooperation with Cuba, true to the noble intention of Kim Jong Il.
Foreign diplomats visit exhibition and museum
Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- The military attaches' corps here
yesterday visited the exhibition of
gifts of the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces and embassy officials in
charge of cultural and friendly
relations the revolutionary museum and the exhibition of the ministry on
the occasion of the 9th anniversary
of the leader Kim Jong Il's election as Supreme Commander of the Korean
People's Army and the 83rd birth
anniversary of the great communist revolutionary fighter Kim Jong Suk.
Displayed at the exhibition are gifts
presented by servicepersons of the Korean People's Army as a token of their
reverence and tribute to the
revolutionary feats performed by the great leader President Kim Il Sung,
Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Suk who
made immortal contributions to founding and strengthening the
Juche-oriented revolutionary armed forces
and demonstrated the dignity and might of Juche Korea with their dynamic
leadership over the army.
Singing gathering of youth and students held
Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- A singing gathering of Pyongyang youth
and students to vow their
loyalty was held at the Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery on Mt. Taesong
yesterday to mark the 9th
anniversary of the leader Kim Jong Il's election as Supreme Commander of
the Korean People's Army and
the 83rd birth anniversary of the great communist revolutionary fighter Kim
Jong Suk. Present there were
Won Tong Gu, department director of the c.c., the Workers' Party of Korea,
Ri Il Hwan, first secretary of
the c.c., the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League, and others.
It began with the reading of the part of reminiscences of the great
leader President Kim Il Sung "With
The Century" dealing with Kim Jong Suk's feats and a chorus "Mother Will
Always Be With Red Flag."
Through the poem reciting and singing the performers evinced their
resolution to struggle to accomplish
the revolutionary cause of Juche, united close around Kim Jong Il, always
holding him in high esteem as they
unswervingly glorified Korean socialism in the difficult period of the
"arduous march" and the forced march.
National fine art exhibition opens
Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- A national fine art exhibition opened
at the People's Palace of
Culture yesterday on the occasion of the 9th anniversary of the leader Kim
Jong Il's election as Supreme
Commander of the Korean People's Army and the 83rd birth anniversary of
anti-Japanese heroine Kim Jong
Suk, the great communist revolutionary fighter. Exhibited there are more
than 50 fine art works including
Korean paintings, oil paintings and posters showing the leadership exploits
Kim Jong Il has performed in
army building and Kim Jong Suk's noble revolutionary life and activities.
Drawing attention of the participants are fine art works such as Korean
paintings "Nurturing the Pluck of
Markmanship" and "The Respected Supreme Commander Comrade Kim Jong Il on a
Visit to a Woman
Coastal Battery," which depicts his great personality, and Korean painting
"Heart of Lifeguard" depicting the
noble trait and feats of Kim Jong Suk.
Kang Nung Su, Minister of Culture, made an address at the opening
ceremony of the exhibition.
Letters carved on rock on Mt. Kumgang
Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- Letters praising the immortal
army-first leadership feats of the
leader Kim Jong Il were carved on a rock on Mt. Kumgang, a famous mountain
of Korea, on the occasion of
the 9th anniversary of his election as Supreme Commander of the Korean
People's Army. The letters "Long
live the great army-first politics December 24, Juche 89" carved on a rock
standing near the entrance to Mt.
Kumgang show the unanimous desire of the people's army and people of Korea
to highly praise and eternally
exalt the great army-first politics of Kim Jong Il, the ever-victorious
treasured sword of heroic Korea.
Each letter is 19 m long and 14 m wide, and a stroke is 2 m wide and 1
m deep. An unveiling ceremony
was held on the spot on December 21.
Choe Won Ik, chief secretary of the Kangwon Provincial Party Committee,
said the letters represent the
idea that Kim Jong Il's army-first politics serves as a powerful weapon for
the victory of the revolution of
Juche and a great banner for building a powerful nation. The army-first
politics is, indeed, the most powerful
political mode and a revolutionary method of leadership in the present
times to steer the building of a
powerful socialist nation to victory.
Japan's arms buildup plan under fire
Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- The Japanese government formally
decided on the next "mid-term
arms buildup plan," which will be in force for five years from next year,
at the recent state security council
and cabinet meetings, according to press reports. The Japanese government
schemes to produce and deploy
new type arms and equipment including refuelling tanker, "F-2" fighters,
organize new divisions of the
ground "Self-Defense Force" (SDF), build special forces and possess
chemical and biological war capabilities
in the period of the new "plan."
Denouncing this move,Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary says:
This indicates that the
Japanese reactionaries' moves for the buildup of forces of aggression
remain unchanged today when
disarmament has become a trend of the times.
The commentary continues:
What merits particular attention is that the new "mid-term arms buildup
plan" is closely linked with the
Japanese militarist forces' sinister design to ignite a new war of
aggression in Korea.
The Japanese reactionaries' projected introduction of a refuelling
tanker is primarily aimed at a
preemptive attack on the DPRK. The same can be said of the planned
deployment of "F-2" fighters.
They are capable of making sorties into the Korean peninsula from the
west coastal area of Japan.
The projected creation of the ground SDF divisions is a link in the
chain of the premeditated and
systematic moves for reconquest of Korea.
Their plot to organize special forces also draws attention as the DPRK
will be made the main target of the
operation of those forces.
As seen above, the new plan signifies a green light to Japan's
reinvasion of Korea.
Preservation of national character called for
Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- National character constitutes a
precious treasure of the country
and the nation in the sacred struggle of the Korean people to achieve
national reunification and the great unity
of the nation, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article. If national
character fades away due to the split
of the nation caused by outside forces, the Korean nation may remain
divided forever, the article says, and
goes on:
This can never be allowed.
National character constitutes a precious treasure of the country and
the nation because it represents the
spirit of national independence and the national cultural tradition.
Only when the spirit of national independence is highly displayed is it
possible to protect the dignity and
honour of the nation and achieve the reunification and prosperity of the
country and the nation. The issue of
Korean reunification should be solved under any circumstances by the
efforts of the Korean nation possessed
of the spirit of national independence.
National character serves as an important cornerstone of the great
national unity as the nation was split by
foreign forces and differing ideologies and systems exist in the north and
the south.
For Spanish-speaking people
embajador cubano ofrece banquete
pyongyang, 22 de diciembre (atcc) -- jose manuel inclan embade,
embajador de la republica de cuba en la
republica popular democratica de corea ofrecio ayer en la embajada un
banquete por el 9 aniversario de la
eleccion del gran dirigente kim jong il como comandante supremo del
ejercito popular de corea. estuvieron
invitados alli kim il chol, ministro de las fuerzas armadas populares, pak
kyong son, subjefe de departamento
del cc del partido del trabajo de corea, kung sok ung, viceministro de
relaciones exteriores y generales y
oficiales del epc.
el embajador cubano al hacer uso de la palabra senalo que su eleccion
como comandante supremo del epc
fue un acontecimiento historico muy grande y subrayo que en acato al
proposito de los dirigentes de ambos
paises se esforzara activamente por desarrollar las relaciones de amistad
entre los dos paises.
le siguio en usar palabra kim il chol.
a traves del hecho de que los camaradas cubanos hermanos celebran junto
con nosotros la fiesta de gran
significado volvemos a sentir los fervorosos sentimientos de veneracion y
confianza del pueblo cubano en el
respetado camarada kim jong il y los singulares y profundos lazos clasistas
y camaraderiles, dijo el orador.
siguiendo el gran proposito del camarada comandante supremo kim jong il
nos esforzaremos activamente
por fortalecer y desarrollar de continuo tambien en el futuro las
tradicionales relaciones de amistad y
cooperacion con cuba subrayo el.
tercera ronda de conversaciones de expertos militares norte-sur
pyongyang, 22 de diciembre (atcc) -- tuvo lugar ayer en el pabellon
thong-il del sector de la parte norte de
phanmunjom la tercera ronda de conversaciones de expertos militares
norte-sur para asegurar militarmente la
ejecucion de la historica declaracion conjunta del 15 de junio. en ella
participaron la delegacion de expertos
militares del norte presidida por el primer coronel yu yong chol y la
delegacion de expertos militares del sur
con el general de brigada kim kyong dok como jefe.
el jefe de la delegacion del norte se refirio primero a las pasadas
rondas de conversaciones y dijo que para
llevar a feliz termino las conversaciones de expertos militares en lo
adelante es preciso poner fin al concepto
de confrontacion hostil y a todas las acciones militares que amenazan a la
contraparte, compaginando las
palabras con las acciones, y cuando se observen estos principios se podra
asegurar estrictamente en lo militar
la ejecucion de la declaracion conjunta norte-sur del 15 de junio.
diciendo que estaba autorizado para advertir severamente a la parte sur
hizo constar que el "ministerio de
defensa nacional" de la parte sur dio a conocer interna y externamente el 4
de diciembre la "carta blanca de
defensa nacional para el ano 2000" que define como "enemigo principal" al
norte que es la parte de la misma
nacion y la contraparte del dialogo.
los maximos dirigentes del norte y el sur en la declaracion conjunta
del 15 de junio firmada por ellos
mismos acordaron resolver de manera independiente con las fuerzas unidas de
la nacion el problema de la
reunificacion de la patria y en la primera ronda de conversaciones entre el
ministro de las fuerzas armadas
populares del norte y el ministro de "defensa nacional "del sur ambas
partes llegaron a la identidad de criterios
de no pelearse los coreanos, dijo el y subrayo que sin embargo esta vez la
parte sur definio al norte como
"enemigo principal", lo que es una abierta traicion e intolerable desafio a
los acuerdos norte-sur divulgados ya
ampliamente en el pais y el extranjero.
el protesto y denuncio energicamente tal politica hostil de la parte
sur calificandola de declaracion de
confrontacion total entre los ejercitos de ambas partes y de una grave
accion criminal tendente a perdurar el
concepto de confrontacion de la epoca de la guerra fria, a impedir la
aspiracion de la nacion a la reunificacion
y devolver las actuales relaciones norte-sur a las del pasado.
mientras la parte sur fomente la conciencia de enfrentamiento hostil no
se podra acordar y ejecutar el
importante problema de abrir la linea de demarcacion militar y la zona
desmilitarizada, recalco el.
finalmente el exigio energicamente que la parte sur retire cuanto antes
su concepto antinacional segun el
cual califica al norte de "enemigo principal" si tiene la verdadera
voluntad de cumplir sinceramente la
declaracion conjunta norte-sur del 15 de junio.
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