TODAY'S NEWS (May.05.2001 Juche 90)
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Japan's distortion of history in textbooks slammed
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U.S. talk about cutdown of conventional forces slammed
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South headquarters of Pomchonghakryon meets
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Abolition of SL called for
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Anti-U.S. resistance called for
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Anniversary of Association for Restoration of Fatherland marked
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KEDO delegation leaves
For Spanish-speaking people
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mitin de pyongyaneses en apoyo a editorial conjunto
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organizaciones sociales de rpdc exhortan
Japan's distortion of history in textbooks slammed
��� Pyongyang, May 5 (KCNA) -- The liaison council of the society for the
study of the Juche idea of Japanese teachers and the Japan-Korea society for
scientific and educational interchange on April 15 released a statement
captioned "We condemn the moves to turn back the wheel of history by
tampering with it through textbooks." The statement noted: It is natural
that the Japanese Ministry of Education and Science's recent approval at
examination of the seriously twisted junior high school history textbooks is
strongly condemned by the Korean and other Asian people.
��� It said that teachers together with broad segments of citizens should
conduct a campaign against the approval of the history textbooks written by
the "Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform" in order to shatter the
reactionary forces' moves to beautify Japan's war of aggression and infuse
"imperial" view on history into children and students and thus turn back the
wheel of history.
��� It underscored the need not to allow education to be reactionary but to
launch a vigorous movement for enforcing right education in history and
preserving the constitution and the basic law on education.
��� It called on the government to make an official apology and compensation
for the past crime and establish the Japan-DPRK diplomatic ties as early as
possible and on the Japanese people to further develop friendship with the
Korean people.
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U.S. talk about cutdown of conventional forces slammed
��� Pyongyang, May 5 (KCNA) -- The U.S. ruling quarters have invented a new
pretext for the permanent presence of its forces in South Korea in pursuance
of their hostile policy towards the DPRK to stifle it. This comes under fire
by a signed commentary of Rodong Sinmun today.
��� The commentary says:
��� The hawkish forces of the bush administration are trying to raise the
issue of "reduction of conventional military forces" in the DPRK as an
outstanding issue related to the DPRK-U.S. relations, groundlessly asserting
that "huge armed forces" of the DPRK deployed along the front are the source
of tensions on the Korean peninsula and a hurdle in the way of realizing
disarmament there.
��� It dismisses the U.S. loudmouthed "reduction of conventional military
forces" as a brigandish logic as it is aimed to disarm the DPRK and put it
in a defenseless state in a bid to seize it with ease any moment.
��� Their assertion is a crafty and sinister plot to permanently keep the
U.S. troops in South Korea under the pretext of the "threat" of DPRK's
conventional military forces. The far-fetched insistence made by the bush
ruling quarters on the "cutdown of conventional forces" in the DPRK is
little short of admitting themselves the fact that there is no more ground
for them to keep their forces in South Korea.
��� The United States, regarding the policy of strength as a main strategy
for world domination, has chosen the Korean peninsula as an operational
theatre of its major offensive.
��� The U.S. troops in South Korea are the main forces to keep its military
and strategic edge in East Asia. For this reason the united states is
working hard to keep South Korea under its military occupation at any cost
and inventing absurd pretexts to justify it.
��� The bellicose forces' assertion is as preposterous as forcing a house
owner to meekly obey an intruder into the house.
��� This is the wrong doing by the biggest rogue state in the world.
��� Neither brigandish logic nor high-handed method can work on the DPRK.
The United States had better quit South Korea of its own accord before being
driven out of it.
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South headquarters of Pomchonghakryon meets
��� Pyongyang, May 5 (KCNA) -- A meeting of presidium members of the south
headquarters of the National Alliance of Youth and Students for the
Country's Reunification (Pomchonghakryon) was held on April 30, according to
a news report. Submitted to the meeting was a report on the draft program
for an allout anti-U.S. struggle.
��� Discussed and finalized there were a plan to hold a symposium of youth
and students at home and abroad for reunification to mark the first
anniversary of the June 15 joint declaration (south side's draft) and an
appeal of the presidium members of the south headquarters of Pomchonghakryon
for launching on may 30 a hunger strike for anti-U.S. national salvation,
etc.
��� The appeal in the joint name of the presidium members called for opening
a new phase of the all-people anti-U.S. resistance and turning out in the
allout anti-U.S. movement.
��� It called upon 100,000 people to turn out in the May 18 and May 19
allout struggle and the May 20 Kwangju people's meeting under the anti-U.S.
banner and wage an anti-U.S. struggle such as a signature campaign and an
attack on the U.S. embassy and thus teach a lesson to the U.S. the appeal
urged the United States to withdraw its hardline policy toward the north
which throws an obstacle in the way of implementing the June 15 Joint
Declaration and discontinue its interference in others' internal affairs.
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Abolition of SL called for
��� Pyongyang, May 5 (KCNA) -- The south headquarters of the National
Alliance for the Country's Reunification (Pomminryon) made public a
statement on April 28 demanding the abolition of the "Security Law",
according to a news report. The atmosphere of national reconciliation and
unity has grown stronger since the adoption of the June 15 Joint Declaration
last year but many anti-reunification elements still remain in the South
Korean society, the statement said.
��� The first of them is the SL, it noted, adding that as long as the SL,
the most evil law in the world, remains in force, the nation cannot think of
true reunification and democracy.
��� After arresting and detaining many fair-minded people by invoking the SL
the prosecution recently arrested the chairman of the general student
council of Konkuk University who is a deputy to the South Korean Federation
of University Student Councils on the charge of being an "enemy-benefitting
organization" stipulated in the SL, it recalled.
��� The statement strongly denounced the anti-reunification forces for going
against the trend of the times toward reunification and unity.
��� The SL is a waste of the times which should be abolished, not revised,
and the charge of being "enemy-benefitting organizations" brought against
pro-reunification patriotic organizations must be withdrawn at once, it
held.
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Anti-U.S. resistance called for
��� Pyongyang, May 5 (KCNA) -- The director of the workers and peasants
department of the c.c., the National Democratic Front of South Korea (NDFSK)
issued a statement on April 30 on the occasion of May Day, Seoul-based radio
Voice of National Salvation said. The South Korean workers have waged a
valiant struggle for their emancipation, national independence and national
reunification but nothing has been realized owing to the 50-odd-year U.S.
colonial rule, the statement said.
��� It went on:
��� The workers and peasants department of the c.c., the NDFSK strongly
demands the termination of the U.S. imperialists' colonial rule and the
withdrawal of the U.S. forces.
��� The South Korean workers should exert all efforts to achieve national
independence and great national unity, the basic spirit of the June 15 joint
declaration, and launch strong nationwide anti-U.S. resistance all over
South Korea.
��� For the present they should intensify the ongoing struggle for vital
rights including an opposition to lay-off, the guarantee of jobs, an end to
restructuring and the abolition of the evil labour law and escalate it into
a struggle to force the U.S. forces to pull out of South Korea.
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Anniversary of Association for Restoration of Fatherland marked
��� Pyongyang, May 5 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today dedicates a signed
article to the 65th anniversary of the Association for the Restoration of
the Fatherland (ARF) calling for preserving the tradition of national unity
to foil outsiders' moves for aggression and achieve the cause of
reunification. The article says:
��� The ARF was organized under the leadership of President Kim Il Sung. It
made a great contribution to rallying broad masses around the organization,
defeating the Japanese imperialist robbers and liberating the country.
��� After liberation such political meetings as the joint conference of
political parties and public organizations of the north and the south were
held and programmes and line for national unity including the ten-point
programme for the great unity of the entire nation and the five-point policy
of great national unity were set forth in Korea. As a result, a united
national front was formed.
��� For national reunification it is necessary to achieve great national
unity among other things.
��� The nation should preserve the tradition and draw on the experience
whereby it achieved liberation with the might of the united national front
to foil the outsiders' moves for aggression and achieve national
reunification by the concerted efforts of the nation.
��� The main aim of the Korean nation's struggle at present is to foil and
check the U.S. imperialists' moves to obstruct Korea's reunification.
��� All the fellow countrymen should oppose and reject the U.S.
imperialists' anti-DPRK and anti-reunification moves with the viewpoint that
the nation's destiny and future hinges on how to conduct an anti-U.S.
struggle.
��� All the Koreans in the north and the south and abroad will wage a joint
struggle rallied close under the banner of national independence to foil the
U.S. imperialists' moves for aggression and interference and surely
accomplish the cause of country's reunification as early as possible.
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KEDO delegation leaves
��� Pyongyang, May 5 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Korean peninsula energy
development organization left here today after participating in the
high-level negotiations of experts between the DPRK and the KEDO for the
implementation of the agreement on the provision of the light water
reactors.
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mitin de pyongyaneses en apoyo a editorial conjunto
��� pyongyang, 5 de enero (atcc) -- tuvo lugar hoy en la plaza kim il sung
el mitin de la ciudad de pyongyang para ejecutar cabalmente las tareas
combativas planteadas en el editorial conjunto del primer ano del siglo 21.
en el participaron el primer ministro hong song nam y otros cuadros
dirigentes del partido y el estado junto con mas de 100 mil habitantes de
distintos sectores.
��� el informe del acto estuvo al cargo del presidente ryang man gil del
comite popular de la ciudad de pyongyang quien dijo en particular:
��� el editorial conjunto de los periodicos del partido, el ejercito y la
juventud es la bandera de la victoria que llama a todo el partido, todo el
ejercito y todo el pueblo a la marcha general de ano nuevo.
��� el 89 (2000) de la era juche fue un ano de gran cambio en que ocurrieron
los eventos asombrosos sin precedentes en la historia de la nacion coreana y
un ano historico que hizo balance brillante del siglo 20 al concluir con
exito la "marcha penosa".
��� la gran victoria del ano pasado que dio conclusion brillante al siglo 20
es un valioso fruto de la destacada capacidad politica y las dinamicas
actividades del dirigente kim jong il. el presente es un ano de nuevo avance
y gran cambio, llamado a abrir un ancho camino de la construccion de
potencia del siglo 21.
��� todos los militantes del partido y otros trabajadores de la capital
deben manifestar plenamente la superioridad del socialismo en todos los
sectores de la revolucion y la construccion y dar nuevo impulso a la
construccion de potencia a base de la victoria lograda en la "marcha
penosa".
��� en acato a la poderosa politica de unidad del partido deben ser
inflexibles combatientes que ejecuten la idea y la linea del dirigente kim
jong il en cualesquier circunstancias y hacer que la defensa decisiva al
lider no sea la consigna abstracta sino la consigna de accion y de practica.
��� en cualquier situacion deben luchar al tomar por linea respiratoria la
linea revolucionaria de priorizacion militar presentada por el dirigente kim
jong il.
��� con la consigna " hagamos del presente un ano de nuevo avance de la
construccion de potencia economica del siglo 21 " en alto, deben hacer con
constancia la labor para reconstruir a base de la tecnica moderna el
conjunto de economia nacional a la par de reajustar las bases economicas
existentes y elevar al maximo su poderio.
��� deben disponer de gran poderio economico del estado de conformidad con
la demanda de la nueva epoca de la revolucion con el ejercito al frente.
��� en el mitin intervinieron representantes de los obreros, campesinos,
jovenes estudiantes y de otros sectores.
��� los oradores senalaron que bajo la probada direccion del dirigente kim
jong il y con la bandera roja del socialismo coreano en alto llevaran a
feliz termino las tareas combativas presentadas en el editorial conjunto.
��� terminado el acto, los participantes marcharon por las calles
principales de la capital gritando consignas de decision de ocupar en la
delantera del avance de la bandera roja del socialismo.
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organizaciones sociales de rpdc exhortan
��� pyongyang, 5 de marzo (atcc) -- el cc del frente democratico para la
reunificacion de la patria, el comite por la reunificacion pacifica de la
patria, el cc de la federacion general de los sindicatos de corea, el comite
de averiguacion de danos por la ocupacion de corea por el imperialismo
japones y otras 21 organizaciones sociales exhortaron a los 70 millones de
coreanos en el norte y el sur de corea y en el ultramar a lograr la firme
solidaridad y alianza y desarrollar con valentia la lucha comun pannacional
para frustrar el complot de tergiversacion de la historia de los
reaccionarios japoneses y lograr que el japon pida disculpa y haga
indemnizacion. el llamamiento fechado 3 senala en particular:
��� en el manual de historia los reaccionarios japoneses predican la
"legalidad" y "vigencia" del "tratado de anexion de corea al japon" y
describen su ocupacion a corea y su guerra de agresion a los paises
asiaticos como "beneficios". esto es un acto criminal muy provocativo y
peligroso tendente a inculcar a los miembros de la generacion venidera la
idea militarista y de agresion al ultramar.
��� la nacion coreana que tiene grabados en lo mas profundo del corazon los
crimenes imperdonables del imperialismo japones no podra estar con brazos
cruzados ante los descarados actos de tergiversacion de la historia y las
miquinaciones de resurgimiento militarista de los reaccionarios japoneses.
��� que todos los miembros de la nacion coreana levantemonos como un solo
hombre para frustrar categoricamente las maquinaciones criminales de
tergiversacion de la historia de los reaccionarios japoneses y cortar sus
garras de agresion al ultramar pongamos al desnudo la ilegalidad de todos
los "tratados" y "convenios" impuestos por el imperialismo japones
incluyendo el "tratado de anexion de corea al japon" y "el tratado de 5
puntos de ulsa" y acusamos a todo el mundo su bandolerismo politico enviamos
apoyo y respaldo compatrioticos a los surcoreanos quienes elevan voces de
protesta por la tergiversacion de la historia de los reaccionarios japoneses
y elevan el vigor de lucha antijaponesa y estamos convencidos de que los
surcoreanos responderan activamente a este llamamiento.
��� llamamos a los pueblos de todos los paises asiaticos que en el pasado
gimieron y padecieron de penalidades por la agresion del imperialismo
japones a desplegar la lucha comun por frustrar las maquinaciones criminales
de tergiversacion de la historia de los reaccionarios japoneses.
��� expresamos la conviccion de que los pueblos de todos los paises del
mundo amantes de la paz expresaran activa solidaridad con la lucha del
pueblo coreano por frustrar las maquinaciones de tergiversacion de la
historia de los reaccionarios japoneses y lograr que estos pidan disculpa y
hagan indemnizacion.
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