TODAY'S NEWS (February.14.2001 Juche 90)
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Officials visit gift exhibition of Ministry of People's Armed Forces
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Photo exhibition and film show by Ministry of People's Armed Forces
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Juche idea study group formed in Guyana
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DPRK in festive mood
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Reception given by Palestinian ambassador
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Japan's move to evade state responsibility flailed
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NDFSK meets to grandly celebrate February holiday
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5th Kimjongilia Show opens
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Rodong Sinmun on Kim Jong Il's outstanding political ability
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Minju Joson supports Chinese party and government's anti-Falun Gong stand
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DPRK women paddlers prove successful in table-tennis tournament
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Colorful celebrations held
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National symposium held
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Gift to Kim Jong Il from Chinese organization
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Floral baskets and congratulatory letters to Kim Jong Il from foreign
diplomats
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DPRK Olympic delegation leaves
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Greetings to prime minister of Thailand
For Spanish-speaking people
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rpdc: diversas actividades por fiesta de febrero
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inaugurada quinta exhibicion de kimjongilia
Officials visit gift exhibition of Ministry of People's Armed Forces
Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- Senior party and state officials
including Kim Yong Nam, Jon Pyong Ho and Kye Ung Thae, and leading officials
of ministries and national institutions yesterday visited the gift
exhibition of the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces on the occasion of
leader Kim Jong Il's birthday. Of many gifts presented to President Kim Il
Sung and Kim Jong Il by officers and men of the three services of the Korean
People's Army, more than 1,300 pieces are on display there.
The exhibition serves as the centre of ideological education as it shows
the perfect unity between the supreme commander and his soldiers and a new
history of love for servicepersons.
The visitors went round the exhibition rooms, hearing an explanation
about the gifts representing the KPA officers and men's high praises of the
immortal revolutionary exploits performed by Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and
their best wishes for longevity of the leaders.
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Photo exhibition and film show by Ministry of People's Armed Forces
Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- The Ministry of the People's Armed
Forces held a photo exhibition and a film show in Pyongyang on Tuesday on
the occasion of the birthday of leader Kim Jong Il. Military attaches of
foreign embassies here were present on invitation.
The participants looked round photos showing his noble personality and
saw Korean documentary film "February 16, the Greatest Holiday of the
Nation."
The documentary shows the historic scenes in which the Korean people and
progressive humankind celebrated his birthday as a common auspicious event.
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Juche idea study group formed in Guyana
Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- An inaugural ceremony of the group for
the study of the Juche idea of comrade Kim Il Sung of the Guyana University
was held in Georgetown on February 10 on the occasion of the birthday of
leader Kim Jong Il (February 16). The ceremony was addressed by Patrick
Dial, professor at the Guyana University and first vice-chairman of the
Guyanese National Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea of Comrade Kim
Il Sung.
It is a great honour of the university to form the group for the study
of the Juche idea of comrade Kim Il Sung with young students of the
university, he said, and went on:
For its validity and truth the man-centred Juche idea founded by
President Kim Il Sung and enriched by Kim Jong Il is a militant banner which
the progressives of the world should hold high in the 21st century and a
beacon indicating the road ahead of people's struggle.
The great vitality of the Juche idea can be seen through the
achievements made by the Korean people in political, economic, cultural and
all other fields under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il.
The ceremony elected leading members of the group and introduced its
action program. A letter to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the ceremony.
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DPRK in festive mood
Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- Multifarious celebrations take place
in the DPRK on the occasion of the birthday of leader Kim Jong Il, the
auspicious February holiday. The native home in the secret camp on Mt.
Paektu, where Kim Jong Il was born, and revolutionary sites around it are
visited by an endless stream of excursionists and people from all walks of
life.
Officials of commissions and ministries of the cabinet and national and
provincial institutions visit the native home and revolutionary battlesites
in the area to deeply grasp the revolutionary traditions of Mt. Paektu.
Symposiums on the extraordinary ideo-theoretical activities and immortal
revolutionary exploits of Kim Jong Il are being held across the country and
he has been presented with congratulatory messages and letters wishing him
longevity and representing the pledge of faith.
Every day media carry special writeups on his revolutionary history
while many songs and poems praising him are being created and disseminated.
In the capital city of Pyongyang a national fine art exhibition and a
national photo exhibition were opened and the Kimjongilia show and the
international figure skating festival are going on in celebration of the
February holiday.
Cinema houses throughout the country screen documentary films and
feature films showing Kim Jong Il's greatness and revolutionary activities.
Stadiums and gymnasiums are brisk with sports events of the paektusan
cup sports contest.
Art performances are given by the mansudae art troupe, the state
theatrical company, the state symphony orchestra, the Pyongyang Puppet Show
Campany and a chorus contest of officials of national institutions is going
on and colorful performances are given by organs and enterprises to add to
the festivity.
Streets and villages are festively bedecked.
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Reception given by Palestinian ambassador
Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- A reception was given by Palestinian
ambassador to the DPRK Shaher Mohammed Abdlah at his embassy yesterday on
the occasion of the birthday of leader Kim Jong Il. The ambassador in his
speech said that under the wise, bold and seasoned leadership of Kim Jong Il
the friendly Korean people have worked miracles in all fields, overcoming
manifold difficulties with fortitude.
Referring to the moral and material support rendered by the Korean
people to the just cause of the Palestinian people, he noted that the
comradely friendship between the two countries provided by President Yasser
Arafat and eternal President Kim Il Sung would grow stronger under the
guidance of Kim Jong Il.
The Palestinian people are firmly convinced that under the leadership of
Kim Jong Il the Korean people would certainly emerge as victors and the
strong in the future too, despite all difficulties, and reunify the country,
he stressed.
DPRK foreign minister paek nam sun in his speech said Palestinian
friends joining the Korean people in celebrating the birthday of Kim Jong Il
is a manifestation of the Palestinian people's deep respect and reverence
for him.
The Korean people would continue to make positive efforts to boost the
friendly and cooperative relations with Palestine, true to the last
instructions of Kim Il Sung and the noble intention of Kim Jong Il, he
stressed.
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Japan's move to evade state responsibility flailed
Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- The Japanese government intends to
settle the unprecedented anti-humanity crimes related to the "Comfort Women
for the Army" by paying a petty amount of money collected from citizens
after creating the "fund for Asian women." Minju Joson today in a signed
commentary dismisses this as a sleight of hand to evade its state
responsibility for them. It is a mockery of the world to talk about "fund"
instead of making state compensation and apology and one more insult to
hundreds of thousands of former "Comfort Women for the Army" and survivors
of the crimes, the commentary notes, and continues:
Japan can never shake off its responsibility for those most hideous
crimes in human history.
The world is in the 21st century. Japan will have to pay a very high
price for those crimes it committed in the 20th century.
The Japanese government is well advised to stop trying to mislead world
public opinion by showing such petty amount of money off and take a sincere
option to make state apology and compensation for its past crimes.
Only then can it get recognized as a member of the international
community.
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NDFSK meets to grandly celebrate February holiday
Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- The central committee of the National
Democratic Front of South Korea on Feb. 8 released a communique on the
enlarged meeting of its presidium held on the occasion of the birthday of
leader Kim Jong Il, the Seoul-based voice of national salvation reported.
According to the communique, the meeting discussed an agenda "on grandly
celebrating the birthday of the great leader general Kim Jong Il as the
greatest holiday of the nation."
It was decided at the meeting that the ndfsk central committee would
send a congratulatory message to Kim Jong Il on the occasion of his birthday
and multifarious events be held in the celebration period from Feb. 10 to
20, the voice of national salvation arrange a special program and other
media carry special write-ups.
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5th Kimjongilia Show opens
Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- The 5th Kimjongilia Show opened in
Pyongyang to mark the birthday of leader Kim Jong Il. The show has brought
together numerous units from across the country, people from all walks of
life and delegations of different countries including horticulturists
delegations from Moscow, California state, the United States, and a
delegation of the aid association for the Dandong Kimjongilia propagation in
China. On display there are over 7,000 Kimjongilia pots.
The show has been an annual event since Juche 86 (1997) sponsored by the
Kimjongilia federation of the DPRK.
Kimjongilia is a perennial flower. It came into being in Juche 77
(1988), thanks to Japanese horticulturist Mototeru Kamo's 20-odd years'
research and painstaking efforts.
He gave the flower bred by him the august name of Kim Jong Il, the most
outstanding and greatest man of the present times, and presented it to him
as a gift on the occasion of his 46th birthday.
The flower received a special prize and a gold medal at the 12th
international flower show and the grand prize, the highest prize, and a
diploma at the '99 Kunming world flower fair and the highest prize at the
Jilin flower fair.
Kimjongilia is now in full bloom in more than 100 countries including
Cuba, Laos, Pakistan, Uganda, Senegal, Austria, France, Ecuador and the
United States.
An opening ceremony was held at the grand people's study house today.
Jang Chol, chairman of the Kimjongilia Federation of the DPRK, said in
his opening address that the show is a flower festival of loyalty and faith
as it fully shows indomitable spirit and revolutionary optimism of the
Korean people all out to build a paradise on this land by their own efforts
under the leadership of Kim Jong Il.
Choe Thae Bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party
of Korea, Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the presidium of the Supreme
People's Assembly, and other leading officials were present at the opening
ceremony.
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Rodong Sinmun on Kim Jong Il's outstanding political ability
Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today carries a signed
article on the outstanding political ability of leader Kim Jong Il who
victoriously concluded the struggle to defend socialism in the 20th century
and confidently leads the march in the new century. Noting that his
unparalleled political determination was a decisive factor of the victory in
that struggle, the article says:
When the imperialists came out with a strong-arm policy during the
Korean people's "arduous march," they countered it with a tougher stand and
when the former took a step against the latter, they took ten nay a hundred
counter-measures against them, humbling their pride. This was possible
thanks to his tenacious spirit and political determination.
This victory was a precious fruition of his seasoned political ability
and represented a shining victory of his superb strategy.
It was thanks to his seasoned political ability that gripped the hearts
of the popular masses that in the period of the "arduous march" the Kanggye
spirit could be created, and the torches could be lit at the Songjin Steel
Complex and the Rakwon Machine Plant, the socialist system could be firmly
defended and a springboard could be laid to build a powerful nation.
He has always set out strategies a thousand times superior to the
enemies', thus meting out a thousand-fold setback to them so that even their
desperate measure could not help them recover from a tight corner.
His outstanding political ability finds a vivid manifestation in the
brilliant wisdom with which he indicates the road of advance in the new
century, extraordinary leadership art of skillfully combining principle with
creativity to open up a new history of revolutionary changes and boundless
magnanimity with which he embraces the entire nation to bring earlier the
dawn of national reunification.
He is a prominent statesman, the sun of the 21st century who leads the
march in the new century to one victory after another with his outstanding
political ability.
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Minju Joson supports Chinese party and government's anti-Falun Gong stand
Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- Minju Joson today in a signed
commentary supports vigorous activities and struggle of the party and
government of china against the Falun Gong cult. Describing measures taken
by the Chinese party and government against the Falun Gong cult as timely
and just ones, the commentary says:
Anti-China outside forces are exercising pressure on China in this
anti-Falun Gong campaign.
It is an independent right of the party and government of china and an
internal affair of China in every way to intensify the struggle against the
unscientific and inhuman Falun Gong cult and liquidate its effects.
No one has the right to pick a quarrel with china over its fair stand
and attitude toward the Falun Gong cult.
A serious lesson left by the Falun Gong issue in china is that if a man
takes to unsound ideology, he will be reduced to a mental cripple, moral
degenerate who does not care for society and the collective, the fatherland
and parents, brothers and sisters, and, finally, to a criminal.
Therefore, a strong campaign should be launched against such unsound
ideological and cultural trends encroaching upon the interests of the
collective and spoiling the sound atmosphere of society. It is also
important to heighten vigilance against the inhuman crimes committed under
the cover of religion and the destabilization moves of the dishonest
elements to bring the socialist society to collapse.
The vigorous activities and struggle of the Chinese party and government
against the Falun Gong cult will make good results.
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DPRK women paddlers prove successful in table-tennis tournament
Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- Women paddlers of the DPRK proved
successful in the English open table-tennis tournament. Kim Hyon Hui and Kim
Hyang Mi came first in women's doubles and Kim Yun Mi in under 21 women's
singles.
Kim Hyon Hui came second in women's singles.
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Colorful celebrations held
Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- Colorful celebrations representing
best wishes to leader Kim Jong Il have been taking place in the DPRK on the
occasion of the auspicious February holiday. A performance "the working
class's song of loyalty dedicated to the sun of the 21st century," a meeting
of agricultural workers and choruses of officials of ministries and national
institutions took place here yesterday to mark the occasion.
Those events proved truth that as there is the February holiday, the
Korean nation enjoys such high dignity today and prosperous future is in
store for it, and extended the highest glory and warmest congratulations to
Kim Jong Il.
At the celebration meeting and art performances the participants and
performers loudly sang of the high honour and pride of the Korean people
blessed with the illustrious leaders generation after generation.
An oratorical meeting of students in Pyongyang was held on Feb. 12.
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National symposium held
Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- A national symposium was held here
today to celebrate the birthday of leader Kim Jong Il. It was attended by
choe thae bok, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of
Korea, Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the presidium of the Supreme
People's Assembly, and other senior party and state officials and officials
of military organs, working people's organizations and scientific,
educational, cultural and art and the press organs and party cadre training
institutions and those in charge of preserving revolutionary sites and
relics.
Speakers lauded Kim Jong Il as the supreme incarnation of the
revolutionary comradeship who steers the revolution and construction to
victory by virtue of warm comradeship.
Kim Jong Il, reviewing the glorious history of the Korean revolution
which glorified the 20th century through rigorous struggle and with enormous
creation as the history of comradeship, advanced a noble view on comrade
that revolution means comrade and vice versa and a unique view on the
revolution that a new world should be built with comradeship and trust. and
he set forth the profound idea that only comradeship can lead to completion
the revolution started with it, they said, adding:
The revolutionary cause of Juche is the sacred cause that began and has
won victory after victory with comradeship, and our socialism centered on
the popular masses is an impregnable socialism where all are closely united
on the basis of comradeship.
Referring to the immortal feats Kim Jong Il performed in building an
invincible army by virtue of great comradeship, the speakers called for
creditably accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche under the uplifted
slogan of comradeship.
Symposiums were also held by the trade union, women's union and other
public organization.
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Gift to Kim Jong Il from Chinese organization
Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il received a gift
from the china ice sports association on the occasion of his birthday. The
gift was handed to an official concerned by the head of the Chinese
figure-skating team participating in the tenth International Figure Skating
Festival for Paektusan Cup.
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Floral baskets and congratulatory letters to Kim Jong Il from foreign
diplomats
Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- The diplomatic corps and the economic
and commercial councillors corps here today presented floral baskets and
congratulatory letters to leader Kim Jong Il on the occasion of his
birthday. The baskets and letters were conveyed to foreign minister paek nam
sun and an official concerned by Palestinian ambassador Shaher Mohammed
Abdlah who is doyen of the diplomatic corps and trade counsellor of the
russian embassy Sergei Lyoushikin who is doyen of the economic and
commercial councillors corps.
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DPRK Olympic delegation leaves
Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- An Olympic delegation of the DPRK led
by Jang Ung, vice-chairman of the DPRK Olympic Committee who is member of
the International Olympic Committee, left here today by train to participate
in the Olympic festival which will be held in Moscow.
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Greetings to prime minister of Thailand
Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- Hong Song Nam, premier of the DPRK
cabinet, sent a message of greetings to Thaksin Shinawatra upon his
appointment as prime minister of Thailand. Convinced that the friendly and
cooperative relations between the two countries would continue to strengthen
and develop on good terms, the message sincerely wished him great success in
his work.
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For Spanish-speaking people
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rpdc: diversas actividades por fiesta de febrero
pyongyang, 14 de febrero (atcc) -- en corea se desarrollan diversas
actividades por el 16 de febrero - cumpleanos del gran dirigente kim jong
il. las columnas de peregrinacion de distintos sectores y otros visitantes
acuden sin cesar a la isba del campamento secreto del monte paektu donde
nacio el gran dirigente kim jong il y a otros lugares historicos y de
combate revolucionarios de esta zona.
lo hacen tambien los funcionarios de los comites del consejo de
ministros,ministerios y de los organismos a nivel central y provincial para
asimilar con profundidad las tradiciones revolucionarias del monte paektu.
en todas las localidades del pais tienen lugar los simposios sobre las
destacadas actividades ideo-teoricas del dirigente kim jong il y sus
inmortales hazanas revolucionarias. le dirigen mensajes y cartas de
felicitacion con votos de longevidad y juramento de conviccion.
los periodicos, radios y otros medios de informacion hacen cada dia
redacciones especiales sobre la cronica revolucionaria del dirigente kim
jong il. tambien se crean y se divulgan muchas canciones y poesias dedicadas
a el.
en pyongyang estan montadas la exposicion central de bellas artes, la
fotoexposicion central y la exhibicion de kimjongilia y esta en marcha el
festival internacional de patinaje artistico sobre hielo por esta efemeride.
en los cines del pais se exhiben los documentales y las peliculas de
ficcion que muestran la personalidad del dirigente kim jong il y sus
actividades revolucionarias.
en los estadios y gimnasios de deportes se desarrollan animadamente los
partidos de las disciplinas de la competencia deportiva por el "premio
paektusan".
las funciones del conjunto artistico mansudae, el conjunto dramatico
nacional, la orquesta sinfonica nacional, el conjunto teatral de munecas de
pyongyang, el concurso de coros de los funcionarios de los organismos
centrales y diversas representaciones artisticas de otros organismos y
empresas dan mas matices al ambiente de fiesta.
las calles y aldeas estan engalanadas en colores de fiesta.
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inaugurada quinta exhibicion de kimjongilia
pyongyang, 14 de febrero (atcc) -- en ocasion del cumpleanos del gran
dirigente kim jong il quedo inaugurada en esta capital la quinta exhibicion
de kimjongilia. en el acto participaron numerosas unidades y habitantes de
distintos sectores de distintos lugares del pais, las delegaciones de
floricultores de moscu de rusia, del estado california de ee.uu., la
delegacion de la sociedad de dandong de china de apoyo a dibulgacion de
kimjongilia y otras de varios paises.
estan exhibidas mas de 700 unidades de kimjongilia.
la exhibicion viene realizandose desde el 86 (1997) de la era juche bajo
auspicios de la federacion de kimjongilia de la republica popular
democratica de corea.
la kimjongilia es una planta perenne que creo en el 77 (1988) de la era
juche el jardinero japones mododeru kamo a traves de su investigacion e
infatigables esfuerzos de mas de 20 anos.
el puso a esta flor el nombre del gran dirigente kim jong il, mas
destacado hombre de la epoca actual y se lo regalo en ocasion de su 46
cumpleanos.
la flor recibio el premio especial y la medalla de oro en la 12
exposicion internacional de plantas decorativas, el premio supremo "grand" y
diploma en la exposicion mundial de floricultura de kunming 99 y el premio
supremo en la exposicion de plantas decorativas de jilin, china.
ahora la kimjongilia florece plenamente en mas de 100 paises, entre
otros cuba, laos, paquistan, uganda, senegal, austria, francia, ecuador y
estados unidos.
tuvo lugar hoy el acto de inauguracion en el palacio de estudio del
pueblo.
las palabras de apertura estuvo a cargo de jang chol, presidente de la
federacion de kimjongilia de la rpdc quien dijo que la presente exhibicion
es un festival de flores de fidelidad y credo que demuestra en vivos cuadros
el indomable espiritu y el optimismo revolucionario del pueblo coreano que
construye en esta tierra con la fuerza propia un paraiso bajo la direccion
del general kim jong il.
participaron choe thae bok, secretario del cc del partido del trabajo de
corea, yang hyong sop, vicepresidente del presidium de la asamblea popular
suprema y otros cuadros.
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