TODAY'S NEWS (May.31.2001 Juche 90)
[CONTENTS]
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Proposed seminar on national reunification hailed in S. Korea
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Greetings to Macedonian foreign minister
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DPRK's care for children praised
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Week for Iran-Korea friendship opens
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Koreans' long-standing eating habits
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S. Korean military taxed for joining in anti-DPRK campaign
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Anniversary of Kim Il Sung's famous work observed
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Wreaths laid before tomb of Ri Po Ik
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Yang Hyong Sop meets Danish ambassador
For Spanish-speaking people
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humillante diplomacia de peticion de japon
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creado instituto superior de literatura en universidad kim il sung
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se iniciara nuevo curso escolar
Proposed seminar on national reunification hailed in S. Korea
��� Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- The headquarters for the promotion of the
2001 joint events of the nation for implementing the south-north joint
declaration declared that it would positively accept the north's proposal
for holding a grand seminar on national reunification on Mt. Kumgang, a
joint event marking the first anniversary of the declaration, to be
participated in by Koreans from all walks of life in the north, south and
abroad, Seoul-based Radio No.1 reported. The headquarters consists of the
people's council for national reconciliation and cooperation and seven
religious organizations in South Korea. The headquarters said it would
conduct multifarious events to mark the first anniversary of the joint
declaration, mainly under the sponsorship of bodies in the south and the
north for the promotion of June 15 commemoration functions.
��� Political parties and organizations in the DPRK held a joint meeting in
Pyongyang on May 28 to discuss immediate measures to pave the way for
reunification by the efforts of the nation at which they earnestly called
for waging a positive nationwide movement to bring earlier the day of
independent reunification under the banner of the June 15 North-South Joint
Declaration.
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Greetings to Macedonian foreign minister
��� Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- DPRK foreign minister Paek Nam Sun sent a
message of greetings to Ilinka Mitreva, foreign minister of Macedonia.
Extending congratulations to her appointment as foreign minister of
Macedonia, the message wished her success in her work.
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DPRK's care for children praised
��� Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- Foreign women expressed deep admiration for
the lively and happy looks of the Korean children during their recent visit
to the DPRK. Bouavone, vice-president of the central committee of the Lao
Women's Union, who headed its delegation said that modern nurseries and
kindergartens are found everywhere in the DPRK and all children are growing
up in good health at the expense of the state and the society.
��� Noting that the Kim Jong Suk nursery which the delegation visited was a
"palace" for children, she said it is, indeed, marvellous that so many
children are brought up at the expense of the state.
��� Senal Sarihan, chairwoman of the women's association for the Republic of
Turkey, said she was confident of rosy future of Korea, seeing the children
dancing and singing in happiness and bringing their talents into full bloom.
��� Galina Galkina, co-president of the Women's Union of Russia, noted that
the Korean children are giving full play to their talents, because they hold
the great leader in high esteem.
��� The Korean children under the loving care of leader Kim Jong Il are the
happiest in the world, she added.
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Week for Iran-Korea friendship opens
��� Teheran, May 29 (KCNA) -- A ceremony took place in Teheran on May 26 to
open a week for Iran-Korea friendship. Addressing the ceremony, the first
vice-president of the organization of culture and Islamic relations of Iran,
said that the foundations for friendly relations between the two countries
were laid by kim il sung, the great leader of the Korean people.
��� It is of great significance in developing the bilateral relations that
the Korean people have extended support to the Iranian people's just cause,
he noted.
��� He wished Kim Jong Il, the great leader of the Korean people, greater
success in carrying out his noble cause and the friendly Korean people
prosperity.
��� The participants saw a Korean video tape "military parade and civilian
demonstration celebrating the 55th anniversary of the glorious Workers'
Party of Korea."
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Koreans' long-standing eating habits
��� Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- Koreans' eating habits are long-standing.
Their national character is well preserved in arranging a table. It is their
custom to have meals, seated on the floor around a low round table.
��� It is a very old custom for them to prepare a separate table for the
aged as a token of respect for them. It is part of their etiquette that the
young should have meals only after the old have begun taking meals.
��� They regard it as their courtesy to offer food to guests to begin with
when they visit their families.
��� The diet of the Korean people is divided into ordinary diet and special
one. Main ordinary diet is boiled rice, soup and kimchi.
��� Koreans like boiled rice, dish prepared with five kinds of grains,
boiled rice mixed with other cereals, glutinous rice mixed with sugar,
dates, chestnuts, pine-nuts, sesame oil, etc., fried rice and so on.
��� Kimchi is one of the main non-staple foods for the Koreans.
��� Special diet includes rice cake, noodle, different roasts and a variety
of special soups.
��� Pyongyang noodle is most popular among Koreans.
��� Sinsollo is a soup which comprises different kinds of foodstuffs.
��� Spoons and chopsticks are used by Koreans when eating food.
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S. Korean military taxed for joining in anti-DPRK campaign
��� Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary
lashes out at the South Korean military authorities for joining foreign
forces in their moves for confrontation with the DPRK aimed to block Korea's
reunification. The military authorities are staging war exercises of various
scales one after another in different parts of South Korea to launch
invasion of the north after conducting with the U.S. military last April the
"reception, staging, onward-movement and integration" exercise, a
large-scale joint military drill under the simulated conditions of the
invasion of the north. meanwhile, they are putting spurs to the arms buildup
and the modernization of military hardware which is clearly evidenced by
their recent purchase of up-to-date missile launchers.
��� South Korean military bosses including the "minister of national
defense" do not bother to let loose a spate of belligerent outbursts that
"cooperation system" with the U.S. should be further strengthened and the
"idea of designating the north as the principal enemy" can never be changed.
��� These are unpardonable anti-national and anti-reunification crimes as
they are aimed to antagonize their fellow countrymen and contain them by
force of arms in conspiracy with outsiders.
��� The U.S. imperialists, by nature, are not desirous of peace and
reunification process on the Korean peninsula. The new U.S. administration
is keen to derail the hard-won inter-Korean dialogue and isolate and stifle
the DPRK, pursuant to its anachronistic policy of confrontation.
��� By agitating confrontation and straining the situation on the Korean
peninsula the U.S. imperialists mainly seek to invent a ground for their
continued military presence in South Korea and realise their strategy to
hold hegemony in the Asia-Pacific. Their loudmouthed fiction of "missile
threat" from the north is aimed at establishing the "Missile Defense" system
under the pretext of a "threat" from the DPRK in a bid to put the world
under their domination.
��� However, the South Korean military authorities are working hard to
tarnish the nation's dignity and sovereignty and hurt their fellow
countrymen with sabre-rattling, while chiming in with the outsiders' policy
to exterminate the nation and perpetuate its division.
��� If they opt to commit crimes against the nation and reunification in
conspiracy with foreign aggressors, they will never escape a stern
punishment by history.
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Anniversary of Kim Il Sung's famous work observed
��� Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) --Rodong Sinmun today dedicates a signed
article to the 15th anniversary of late President Kim Il Sung's famous work
"The Historical Experience of Building the Workers' Party of Korea." The
work is a valuable treasure as it comprehensively deals with the immortal
experience Kim Il Sung gained in party construction by setting an
epoch-making example in building a revolutionary party in the era of
independence and an important guideline to be consistently adhered to and
strictly applied in the whole course of Juche-oriented party building, the
article says, and continues:
��� What occupies a distinguished place in his immortal experience gained in
party building is that he made a new history of building an independent
party.
��� Holding aloft the banner of the Juche idea, Kim Il Sung solved all
problems arising in party building by himself in keeping with the actual
conditions of the country and the requirements of the Korean revolution.
��� It was the old practice of founding a working class party that groups of
communists were formed with a few communist pioneers and on that basis a
party center was organized and the foundation of the party proclaimed.
��� However, the president laid down the policy of building a party by
organizing, first of all, grassroots party organizations based on broad
popular masses and expanding and strengthening them.
��� This was a shining example of establishing Juche in carrying out the
cause of founding a revolutionary party as it was a wise one that fully
conformed with the actual conditions of Korea and the environment of the
Korean revolution at that time.
��� After achieving the cause of founding a party independently the
president adorned the whole course of party building for consolidating the
Workers' Party of Korea organizationally and ideologically after its
foundation as a history of independence.
��� Another immortal experience gained by Kim Il Sung in party building was
that he strengthened and developed the wpk to be an invincible and militant
party and built the party in a far-sighted manner so that it might
confidently carry forward and complete the revolutionary cause of Juche
through generations.
��� Guided by the Juche idea, Kim Il Sung laid down from a new angle basic
theories and principles of working class party building and ways to
materialize them, and comprehensively systematized the ideas and theories
related to the Juche-based party building.
��� The ideas and theories have been instrumental in consolidating the WPK
organizationally and ideologically, strengthening the blood ties with the
popular masses and steadily enhancing its leadership role.
��� He not only founded the wpk and strengthened it into an invincible one
but also laid with outstanding foresight a firm foundation for successfully
carrying forward and accomplishing the party's cause.
��� He led all the party members and other people to hold in high esteem
with loyalty leader Kim Jong Il possessed of noble revolutionary moral
obligation and outstanding political ability.
��� The WPK is successfully advancing the revolutionary cause of Juche under
his seasoned and tested leadership.
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Wreaths laid before tomb of Ri Po Ik
��� Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- Senior party and state officials and
working people today laid wreaths before the tomb of ardent patriot Ri Po
Ik, grandmother of President Kim Il Sung, at Mangyongdae on the occasion of
her 125th birth anniversary. Laid before the tomb was a wreath sent by
leader Kim Jong Il, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea,
Chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and supreme commander of
the Korean People's Army.
��� Present at the wreath-laying ceremony were Kye Ung Thae, Yang Hyong Sop,
Choe Thae Bok and other leading officials.
��� Amidst the playing of the wreath-laying music, wreaths were laid in the
name of the central committee of the WPK, ministries, national institutions,
educational, public health and press organs, party and power bodies and
farms in the city.
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Yang Hyong Sop meets Danish ambassador
��� Pyongyang, May 31 (KCNA) -- Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the
presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met and conversed with
Christoffer Bo Bramsen, Danish ambassador to the DPRK, who paid a farewell
visit to him at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today.
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humillante diplomacia de peticion de japon
��� pyongyang, 31 de enero (atcc) -- saito, director general de la agencia
de defensa del japon en un encuentro con el comandante en jefe del ejercito
frances sostenido durante su reciente visita a este pais europeo cacareo que
"no hay cambio alguno en el plan de desarrollo de misil de pyongyang" y
pidio a francia que hiciera aporte a preparar un proyecto para llamar la
"atencion mundial" a frenarlo. en un comentario de hoy el diario "rodong
sinmun" senala:
��� tal peticion de saito refleja la intencion del japon de intensificar la
campana demagogica contra la rpdc y de internacionalizar sus maquinaciones
encaminadas a aplastarla.
��� demuestra ademas la intencion de meter cuna en la relaciones que se
mejoran entre la rpdc y europa y de aislar la primera.
��� el problema de misil pertenece a la soberania de la rpdc.
��� no se puede variar por la exigencia y la presion de otros.
��� la rpdc no pretende ocultar el desarrollo de misiles porque este deviene
una medida militar autodefensiva frente a las maquinaciones de las fuerzas
hostiles dirigidas a aplastarla.
��� aprovecha esta ocasion para advertir una vez mas las acciones de los
reaccionarios japoneses que desde el comienzo del primer ano del siglo 21 se
ponen en el camino del viaje a otros paises para perseguir su finalidad
egoista y aislar y aplastar la rpdc.
��� el japon, si quiere eludir desgracia, debe actuar conforme al movimiento
del nuevo siglo que tiende a la reconciliacion, la buena vecindad, la
amistad, la paz y el desarrollo.
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creado instituto superior de literatura en universidad kim il sung
��� pyongyang, 31 de enero (atcc) -- recientemente fue creado el instituto
superior de literatura en la universidad kim il sung. anteriormente en esta
universidad existio la facultad de linguistica y literatura que se regia por
un sistema educacional de preferencia a la formacion de los sabios.
��� ahora dicha facultad se transformo en el instituto superior de
literatura conforme a la demanda de la realidad en desarrollo.
��� el nuevamente creado instituto se dispondra de un sistema educacional
especializado para la formacion de los creadores de la poesia, novela y la
literatura teatral e infantil y de los reporteros de los organos de prensa
escrita y radial, criticos y teoricos.
��� continuara como en la facultad anterior la educacion para formar a los
especialistas de la linguistica, la ciencia clasica nacional y la
informatica bibliografica.
��� el instituto se dispondra tambien de salas de estudio relacionadas con
la ensenanza de la linguistica y la literatura.
��� con el fin de elevar la calidad de la educacion en la creacion
especializada se tomaran las medidas para que los competentes escritores,
periodistas y criticos en activo funjan de profesores concurrientes.
��� en el instituto podran ingresar los colaboradores prometedores de
literatura y periodico que trabajan en distintas ramas y los graduados con
maestria creativa y talento de escribir, de las escuelas secundarias
integrales.
��� en la universidad kim il sung se crearon los institutos superiores de la
ciencia de computacion y de derecho ademas del instituto superior de
literatura.
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se iniciara nuevo curso escolar
��� pyongyang, 31 de marzo (atcc) -- las escuelas del pais a todos los
niveles iniciaran el primero de abril el nuevo curso escolar. manana los
alumnos entraran en los recintos de las escuelas siendo homenajeados por las
personas.
��� entre estos figuraran los ninos que ingresaran en las escuelas primarias
luego de recibir la educacion obligatoria preescolar de un ano.
��� manana, las escuelas a todos los niveles efectuaran el acto de inicio
del nuevo ano escolar e iniciaran dar clase.
��� tambien en las escuelas secundarias integrales del pais empezara la
ensenanza de asignaturas seleccionadas que convienen a las caracteristicas
regionales y zonales.
��� ya se efectuaron el curso y la leccion practica de metodologia para los
maestros para este particular.
��� pese a la dificil situacion economica el estado no escatima sus
inversiones en la docencia. a fin de asegurar con exito la ensenanza del
nuevo curso escolar el estado suministro y reforzo medios y equipos
escolares, equipos y aparatos para la prueba y practica de los centros
docentes.
��� tambien suministro a los alumnos manuales, cuadernos y otros articulos
escolares.
��� desde el primer periodo de la construccion de la nueva sociedad despues
de la restauracion de la patria nuestro pais ha dedicado gran fuerza a la
ensenanza al mantener invariablemente el principio de anteponerla a todas
las demas labores.
��� por eso se realiza hoy satisfactoriamente en un nivel alto el sistema de
ensenanza obligatoria general de 11 anos y todos los almunos se forman como
hombres que dispongan de ricos conocimientos, nobles virtudes y buena salud.
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