TODAY'S NEWS (May.07.2001 Juche 90)
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Anti-north military drill blasted
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U.S. hostile policy toward DPRK denounced
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Irish party delegation pays respects to Kim Il Sung
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Paper on significance of EU delegation's DPRK visit
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Rodong Sinmun on Japanese reactionaries' moves for overseas aggression
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Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's work observed
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Japan's distortion of history assailed
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Korean art troupe leaves for China
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4th Pyongyang International Trade Fair opens
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Credentials of new UNICEF representative to DPRK foreign minister
For Spanish-speaking people
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tergiversacion de historia y prensa japonesa, comentario de atcc
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esencia agresiva de proyecto de "defensa de oceano atlantico" de ee.uu.
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Anti-north military drill blasted
��� Pyongyang, May 7 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary
condemns the South Korean military for its moves for confrontation with the
north. It says:
��� The South Korean "army metropolitan garrison command" announced a 13-day
field maneuver would be held throughout Seoul from May 7 to 19. servicemen
and reservists are expected to be mobilized in the drill to be staged at
checkpoints on main roads and subway stations in the city with a large
number of vehicles involved.
��� This is aimed to chill the growing desire for reunification in South
Korea, cool down the north-south relations and round off war preparations.
��� This war rehearsal is a blatant challenge and a perfidy to the June 15
North-South Joint Declaration calling for independent reunification as it is
targeted on the fellow countrymen.
��� The endless sabre-rattling against the dialogue partner makes it
absolutely impossible for representatives of the north and the south to sit
together with smiles on their faces and realize reconciliation and
cooperation.
��� Such an act as levelling guns at compatriots to please foreign forces
can be committed only by traitors.
��� It is a shame that there still remain in South Korea such traitors who
are clinging to coattails of outsiders to prolong their remaining days,
backpedalling their oath made before the nation.
��� Such traitors had better step down in the interests of the nation and
for its reunification and prosperity.
��� The South Korean military is well advised to behave itself, clearly
mindful that its moves for confrontation with the north and sabre-rattling
will only lead it to self-destruction, the commentary warns.
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U.S. hostile policy toward DPRK denounced
��� Pyongyang, May 7 (KCNA) -- The 26th conference of the All-Union Lenin
Young Communist League opened in Kiev, Ukraine, on April 29 adopted a
resolution denouncing the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK. The
resolution noted that the efforts for the peaceful reunification of the
Korean peninsula and the global peace are facing a grave challenge due to
belligerent and hostile policy of the U.S. toward the DPRK. It accused the
bush administration of clamouring about "threat" from the DPRK and "strong
counter-action" against it from the very day it came to power.
��� The resolution continued:
��� The 26th conference of the All-Union Lenin Young Communist League calls
on all the young communist league organizations and the world progressive
youth to clearly understand the serious crisis on the Korean peninsula and
extend more positive solidarity to the youth and other people of Korea in
their just struggle to achieve the independent and peaceful reunification of
the country.
��� The conference considers and sternly condemns the hostile policy of the
Bush administration toward the DPRK as an anachronistic policy of the Cold
War era and strongly demands the U.S. withdraw its forces from South Korea.
��� We reiterate our full support to the north-south joint declaration and
voice firm solidarity with the youth and other people of Korea in their just
cause.
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Irish party delegation pays respects to Kim Il Sung
��� Pyongyang, May 7 (KCNA) -- A delegation of the Irish Workers' Party led
by its President Seon Garland visited the Kumsusan Memorial Palace where
President Kim Il Sung lies in state for perpetuity to pay respects to him
yesterday. The head of the delegation wrote in the visitor's book that the
exploits performed by Kim Il Sung, a great man, will always be remembered by
the Korean people and the progressive people of the world.
��� The delegation arrived here on May 5.
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Paper on significance of EU delegation's DPRK visit
��� Pyongyang, May 7 (KCNA) -- The DPRK visit of the high-level delegation
of the European Union marked an occasion of historic significance in
improving and developing the relations between the DPRK and EU member
nations in keeping with the changed situation in the new century, says
Rodong Sinmun in an editorial article today. The article further says:
��� The EU delegation led by Goran Persson, President of the European
Council and prime minister of Sweden, Javier Solana, high representative for
common foreign and security policy of the EU, and Chris pattern,
commissioner for external relations of the European Commission, visited the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea over May 2-3 for the first time.
��� This has proven that the EU has a big stake in developing the bilateral
relations on a fresh basis with a correct understanding of the DPRK.
��� Leader Kim Jong Il showed deep concern over the delegation's DPRK visit.
��� During its stay, both sides had indepth dialogues on matters of mutual
concern on several occasions, and in this course, came to be aware of each
other's stand.
��� The delegation clearly expressed the EU's will to improve the relations
with the DPRK and help promote the process of inter-Korean reconciliation
and ensure peace and security on the Korean peninsula.
��� We estimate this visit of the EU delegation as an affirmative and
significant one because it has laid a new groundwork for developing the
relations between the DPRK and the EU and its member nations in different
fields and ensuring peace and security on the Korean peninsula.
��� Relationship between countries should be made on the principles of
mutual respect, equality, non-interference and reciprocity based on
independence.
��� The Korean people hope that the relations between the DPRK and the EU
will develop on good terms in the bilateral interests and in conformity with
the developing situation in the new century.
��� We will continue our efforts to develop the bilateral relationship on
the basis of this successful visit.
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Rodong Sinmun on Japanese reactionaries' moves for overseas aggression
��� Pyongyang, May 7 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary
denounces the Japanese ruling quarters for intriguing to establish a wartime
state system. Taku Yamasaki, newly-appointed secretary general of the
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, recently put forward a new constitutional
amendment draft which calls for approval of the exercise of "right of
collective self-defence" and renaming the self-defence forces "national
army", the commentary says, and goes on:
��� He insisted on establishing a state system under which to preserve and
maintain the army, navy and air force, define the "emperor" as head of state
as in the past and hand over the administrative power under the cabinet to
the prime minister so as to exercise absolute power as a supreme commander
of the "emergency" forces.
��� His doings prove that the abolition of the "peace constitution" and the
fabrication of wartime constitution have been politicized in Japan, allowed
by the state and the public and supported by the Japanese ruling quarters.
��� The Japanese reactionaries have stepped up the revival of militarism and
rearmament with their ambition for reinvasion and pushed ahead with
preparations for it for decades after the war.
��� With their ambition growing, they are now seeking to justify war action
by law and establish a relevant state system so as to put into practice
their overseas aggression any moment.
��� The constitutional amendment in Japan is a matter of time.
��� The Japanese reactionaries are attempting to amend the constitution
under the pretext of "counteraction of emergency" and take the road of
overseas aggression.
��� They are well advised to draw lessons from the history of their
shameless defeat and stop rigging up a wartime constitution precipitating
self-destruction.
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Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's work observed
��� Pyongyang, May 7 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il made public a work
calling for a revolutionary turn in the party media activities on May 7,
Juche 63 (1974). Rodong Sinmun today carries a signed article on this day.
��� The article says:
��� In the work Kim Jong Il considered it as an important principle to be
abided by the media in their activities to keep a firm hold on the seed
theory.
��� The seed theory serves as a basic source of the revolutionary character
and the militancy of the Workers' Party of Korea's media.
��� The theory is a unique idea and theory which clarify the principle that
seed is essential for creation and change and it decides the success of all
work.
��� The WPK clearly proved the truth that correctly choosing a seed is a
sure guarantee for success of media activities, too.
��� The seed theory, first of all, serves as a powerful weapon for the media
in firmly maintaining its political viewpoint, which means fully reflecting
the idea and intention of the party and the leader in it.
��� The theory also provides the media with a basic guarantee for creditably
performing their role as news disseminators and political essayists.
��� It also provides a master key to properly dealing with ideological core
of facts and events of socio-political importance, contemporary nature and
worth writing good news and political essays.
��� This theory provides ample conditions for conducting a speed campaign in
media activities.
��� The article refers to the vitality of the theory fully proven in the
crucible of the media revolutions.
��� The WPK, determined to bring about a revolutionary turn in media
activities, guided Rodong Sinmun, the organ of its central committee, to
light a torch in writing editorials.
��� Basing himself on the seed theory, Kim Jong Il saw to it that this
signal innovation in editorial writing spilled over into a revolutionary
turn in the newspaper editing and, furthermore, involved all other media
organizations.
��� as a result, the deep-seated old formalistic style of work was removed
from the media and many editorials, articles and political essays and other
articles dealing with the great guidance of the party and the leader were
written.
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Japan's distortion of history assailed
��� Pyongyang, May 7 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Ministry of
Education and the central committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth
League separately issued statements today assailing the Japanese authorities
for approving middle school history textbooks to be used in the year 2002 at
a recent state examination. The spokesman says:
��� The writers of the textbook approved by the ministry of education and
science of Japan at the examination deleted or played down such crimes
against humanity Japan committed in Korea and other Asian countries in the
past as forcible drafting, massacre and "comfort women for the army" after
invading those countries. they whitewashed their crimes, absurdly asserting
that Japan gave "help" to Korea in its modernization and the pacific war was
a "war for the freedom and liberation of Asia."
��� And they also grossly tampered with the history of early Korea-Japan
relations by writing again the nonsensical theory of "mimanamiyake."
��� In face of strong domestic and foreign protest against the approval of
the textbook, the Japanese authorities are evading their responsibility for
it and adamantly refusing to rewrite textbooks, saying that the government
is not in a position to do so as the writing was supervised by an individual
organization or a company.
��� It was, however, none other than the ministry of education and science
of Japan that approved the distorted history textbook. therefore, no one can
deny the fact that the Japanese authorities are to blame for the distortion
of history in the textbook.
��� The DPRK strongly demands the Japanese authorities take decisive
measures to rewrite distorted history textbooks without delay and make an
apology to the international community for approving the distorted history
textbook.
��� The statement of the central committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist
Youth League says:
��� Japan's distortion of history in textbooks is aimed to stage a comeback
to the Korean peninsula.
��� The distortion is timed to coincide with its massive arms buildup,
infusion of militarist idea of aggression into young Japanese, evasion of
its responsibility to settle its past and the open revelation of its
ambition for overseas aggression.
��� The Korean youth vehemently denounce its moves as a blatant provocation
to the DPRK and preparations of the Japanese reactionaries to hurl young
Japanese into a war of overseas aggression, oblivious of the lesson taught
by its past.
��� The Korean youth will never tolerate the Japanese reactionaries' moves
to tamper with history and revive militarism.
��� They will certainly force Japan to pay a very high price for the grave
crimes the Japanese imperialists committed against the Korean people.
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Korean art troupe leaves for China
��� Pyongyang, May 7 (KCNA) -- The state national art troupe of the DPRK
left here today to attend the "meeting in Beijing," the second International
Art Festival to be held in China. The troupe was seen off by Song Sok Hwan,
vice-minister of culture, and Li Bin, charge d'affaires ad interim of the
Chinese embassy here.
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4th Pyongyang International Trade Fair opens
��� Pyongyang, May 7 (KCNA) -- The 4th Pyongyang International Trade Fair
opened at the three-revolution exhibition today. Present at its inaugural
ceremony were minister of foreign trade Ri Kwang Gun, chairman of the DPRK
committee for the promotion of international trade Kim Ryong Mun and other
officials concerned.
��� Also present were the Russian and Cuban ambassadors and the Chinese
charge d'affaires, the vice-chairman and president of the Baoshan Iron and
Steel co., ltd. in Shanghai, China, and delegations of the DPRK, China,
Russia, Cuba, Italy, Germany, Australia, Britain, France, Singapore, Japan,
Thailand and Taiwan which are here to participate in the fair.
��� Ri Kwang Gun in his opening address said that the fair would help deepen
the friendly and cooperative relations among nations and promote
multi-faceted economic exchange and mutual benefits.
��� He hoped that the participants in the fair would have contacts and
negotiations with new partners and enter into profitable business on the
occasion.
��� After the inaugural ceremony the participants looked round exhibits.
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Credentials of new UNICEF representative to DPRK foreign minister
��� Pyongyang, May 7 (KCNA) -- Richard Bridle, UNICEF representative newly
accredited to the DPRK, presented his credentials to foreign minister Paek
Nam Sun today. After receiving the credentials, the foreign minister talked
with him.
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For Spanish-speaking people
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tergiversacion de historia y prensa japonesa, comentario de atcc
��� pyongyang, 7 de marzo (atcc) -- en estos dias los paises asiaticos y
otros varios paises del mundo elevan voces de censura y protesta en torno al
asunto de sancion oficial de manual de historia del japon porque este pais
pretende enmendar el manual de historia en direccion de tergiversar su
historia de agresion a corea y los demas paises de asia y de justificar sus
actos criminales perpetrados en el pasado. esto quiere decir que el japon no
se propone reflexionar ni en lo elemental de sus crimenes antieticos
cometidos contra los paises asiaticos en el siglo 20 sino trata de repetir
su historia de agresion.
��� por esta razon la sociedad internacional y su prensa cuestionan la
tergiversacion de historia del japon y exigen que este pais aborde con una
discreta actitud este problema.
��� los politicos, intelectuales y todos los demas japoneses tienen el
ineludible deber historico de educar a los integrantes de la nueva
generacion con una correcta concepcion de la historia de acuerdo con la
aspiracion de la humanidad al siglo 21 pacifico.
��� sin embargo, en vez de hacer reflexion sincera en el asunto de
tergiversacion de la historia, ahora en el japon se manifiestan abiertamente
las injustas insistencias de las fuerzas derechistas como "acto de maltrato
a si mismo" e "intervencion en los asuntos internos". en la actualidad los
japoneses mayoritarios no se enteran del verdadero aspecto de tal situacion.
��� el problema de la tergiversacion de historia, ligado directamente con la
peligrosa ambicion ultranacionalista y militarista de llevar de nuevo el
japon a la guerra de agresion y la ruina no se presenta como una seria
cuestion socio-politica en este pais, lo que tiene que ver grandemente con
la actitud de la prensa japonesa.
��� el asunto del manual de historia del japon ha causado la poderosa
resistencia a los paises asiaticos y la protesta y censura de los
intelectuales concienzudos del japon.
��� pero, por el respecto la mayoria de los organos de prensa del japon
guardan silencio y aun peor, el periodico "sankei shimbun" se apresura a
defender la descarada insistencia de las fuerzas derechistas para justificar
la tergiversacion de la historia. asi es la situacion de la palabra del
japon.
��� mientras la prensa tome tal actitud es inevitable que el pueblo y la
opinion publica del japon no cobren conciencia sino se conviertan de nuevo
en victimas de la politica fascista y la guerra de agresion como en el
pasado periodo del imperialismo japones .
��� por eso, los ex-militares del "ejercito kwantung" del japon que en el
pasado fueron lanzados a la guerra de agresion se reunieron el dia 2 en el
ministerio de ensenanza y ciencia donde advirtieron que la tergiversacion de
la historia puede traer la repeticion de la historia de agresion.
��� si la prensa del japon se preocupa verdaderamente del porvenir de su
pais y aprecia los intereses de su pueblo debe romper silencio irresponsable
con respecto al problema de la tergiversacion de la historia para orientar a
las masas a la justicia y la conciencia.
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esencia agresiva de proyecto de "defensa de oceano atlantico" de ee.uu.
��� pyongyang, 7 de marzo (atcc) -- el diario "rodong sinmun" en el numero
de hoy inserto un articulo poniendo al desnudo la invariable ambicion de ee.
uu. de tomar la heguemonia mundial. el articulo senala en particular:
��� el proyecto de "defensa del oceano atlantico" de ee.uu. como una
ampliacion de "defensa nacional antimisil" implica la nueva intencion
estrategica.
��� el proyecto de "defensa nacional antimisil" es para formar el poderoso
sistema de "defensa antimisil" para interceptar en el espacio aereo los
misiles de "enemigos" y "proteger" a estados unidos.
��� para este fin, ee.uu. exige la enmienda del "tratado sobre misiles
antibalisticos "tmab" concertado con la ex urss en el ano 1972 pretextando
que este tratado no es capaz de dar plena garantia a preservar la
"seguridad" de su pais.
��� el proyecto de "defensa del oceano atlantico" es la "estrategia de
alianza de misil en el universo" para recibir el apoyo de los paises aliados
al establecimiento del sistema de "defensa nacional antimisil".
��� el proyecto de "defensa nacional antimisil" es para realizar su
intencion estrategica de perseguir la hegemonia y dominar con las fuerzas el
mundo.
��� los estados unidos impulsan con mas energia el establecimiento del
sistema de "defensa nacional antimisil" e intentan fortalecer el control
sobre los paises aliados.
��� esto es precisamente el proyecto para la "defensa del oceano atlantico".
��� los estados unidos tratan de ampliar hasta europa la esfera de la
"defensa nacional antimisil" para recibir el apoyo y cooperacion de dichos
paises y aislar a rusia.
��� el proyecto de "defensa del oceano atlantico" ejercera influencia sobre
los paises miembros de la otan de europa y otros numerosos paises, destruira
el equilibrio estrategico del mundo y creara nuevo caos.
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tergiversacion de historia y prensa japonesa,comentario de atcc
��� pyongyang, 7 de marzo (atcc) -- en estos dias los paises asiaticos y
otros varios paises del mundo elevan voces de censura y protesta en torno al
asunto de sancion oficial de manual de historia del japon porque este pais
pretende enmendar el manual de historia en direccion de tergiversar su
historia de agresion a corea y los demas paises de asia y de justificar sus
actos criminales perpetrados en el pasado. esto quiere decir que el japon no
se propone reflexionar ni en lo elemental de sus crimenes antieticos
cometidos contra los paises asiaticos en el siglo 20 sino trata de repetir
su historia de agresion.
��� por esta razon la sociedad internacional y su prensa cuestionan la
tergiversacion de historia del japon y exigen que este pais aborde con una
discreta actitud este problema.
��� los politicos, intelectuales y todos los demas japoneses tienen el
ineludible deber historico de educar a los integrantes de la nueva
generacion con una correcta concepcion de la historia de acuerdo con la
aspiracion de la humanidad al siglo 21 pacifico.
��� sin embargo, en vez de hacer reflexion sincera en el asunto de
tergiversacion de la historia, ahora en el japon se manifiestan abiertamente
las injustas insistencias de las fuerzas derechistas como "acto de maltrato
a si mismo" e "intervencion en los asuntos internos". en la actualidad los
japoneses mayoritarios no se enteran del verdadero aspecto de tal situacion.
��� el problema de la tergiversacion de historia, ligado directamente con la
peligrosa ambicion ultranacionalista y militarista de llevar de nuevo el
japon a la guerra de agresion y la ruina no se presenta como una seria
cuestion socio-politica en este pais, lo que tiene que ver grandemente con
la actitud de la prensa japonesa.
��� el asunto del manual de historia del japon ha causado la poderosa
resistencia a los paises asiaticos y la protesta y censura de los
intelectuales concienzudos del japon.
��� pero, por el respecto la mayoria de los organos de prensa del japon
guardan silencio y aun peor, el periodico "sankei shimbun" se apresura a
defender la descarada insistencia de las fuerzas derechistas para justificar
la tergiversacion de la historia. asi es la situacion de la palabra del
japon.
��� mientras la prensa tome tal actitud es inevitable que el pueblo y la
opinion publica del japon no cobren conciencia sino se conviertan de nuevo
en victimas de la politica fascista y la guerra de agresion como en el
pasado periodo del imperialismo japones .
��� por eso, los ex-militares del "ejercito kwantung" del japon que en el
pasado fueron lanzados a la guerra de agresion se reunieron el dia 2 en el
ministerio de ensenanza y ciencia donde advirtieron que la tergiversacion de
la historia puede traer la repeticion de la historia de agresion.
��� si la prensa del japon se preocupa verdaderamente del porvenir de su
pais y aprecia los intereses de su pueblo debe romper silencio irresponsable
con respecto al problema de la tergiversacion de la historia para orientar a
las masas a la justicia y la conciencia.
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