TODAY'S NEWS (June.03.2001 Juche 90) [CONTENTS] * Japanese army's massacres of participants in Kapo peasants war in Korea * Allout struggle of S. Korean workers declared * Birthday of Queen of UK marked * Japan urged to redress its past crimes * S. Korean expert on national dress and her party here For Spanish-speaking people * gran bandera que indica camino de victoria de socialismo * japon debe pagar sin falta precio de su crimen de pasado Japanese army's massacres of participants in Kapo peasants war in Korea ��� Pyongyang, June 3 (KCNA) -- A record proving the Japanese army's organized massacres of peasant army men during the Kapo peasants war in Korea (1894) was disclosed for the first time, Seoul-based Yonhap news reported. Prof. Pak Maeng Su of Zen Buddhism University in Ryonggwang county, South Jolla Province, has made a joint investigation into this together with prof. Inoue of Hokkaido University, Japan, since 1995 before opening to the public on May 30 a "staff diary" worked out by the southern logistics command which directed the Japanese army in areas south of Seoul and a photo of rifles used by it in those days. ��� The "staff diary" which has been preserved in a library under the defence institute of the Japan Defence Agency said the head of the command who directed the quelling of the peasant army men as deputy staff chief of the imperial headquarters of Japan issued an order to "kill all peasant army men" on October 27, 1894. ��� At least 2,000 army men including the 19th battalion under the command conducted wholesale operations to kill peasant army men in Kyonggi, Kyongsang, Chungchong and Jolla provinces from November that year to March 1895. ��� In this regard, prof. Inoue in a treatise titled "Japanese army's killing of peasants" said that the Japanese army's first massacre of civilians in East Asia was committed against peasant army men during the Kapo peasants war. In those days Japan ordered the logistics command of the Japanese army to kill peasant army men though Japan did not declare a war against the Korean government, which is a violation of modern international law, he said. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Allout struggle of S. Korean workers declared ��� Pyongyang, June 3 (KCNA) -- The South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) called a press conference on May 31, at which it declared an allout struggle in June to have the workers' demands for the suspension of restructuring, withdrawal of layoff and wage hike met, a Yonhap News report from Seoul said. To this end, polls on the strike will be conducted among local unions from June 4 to 11 and solidarity strikes will be staged on June 12 mainly by unions whose collective negotiations for wage hike have come to a rupture, the confederation said. ��� The KCTU also stated that it would lead the struggle centering on over 200 unions including 114 metal workers unions, 29 health workers unions, 35 unions under the federation of public transport and service trade unions and five unions of the federation of banking office clerks unions. ��� Meanwhile, the Federation of South Korean Christians and the Council of Christian Churches in South Korea sent to churches in different places a letter which calls for setting June 17, sunday, as a prayer day for reconciliation and peace for the implementation of the June 15 Joint Declaration, to mark the first anniversary of its adoption. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birthday of Queen of UK marked ��� Pyongyang, June 3 (KCNA) -- James Edward Hoare, UK charge d'affaires to the DPRK, hosted a reception at the Taedonggang Club for the diplomatic corps yesterday to celebrate the official birthday of the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Invited to the reception were Choe Su Hon, DPRK vice-minister of foreign affairs, officials concerned and foreign diplomatic envoys and representatives of international organizations here. ��� Speeches were made there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Japan urged to redress its past crimes ��� Pyongyang, June 3 (KCNA) -- Japan should take a drastic measure to redress its past crimes at an early date, urges Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article. The article goes on: ��� Although Germany honestly makes compensation for the human and material losses inflicted upon other countries and nations, Japan is deliberately evading apology and compensation, far from admitting its past crimes. ��� It is the legal and moral obligation for Japan to redeem its past crimes. ��� Japan can never evade its responsibility for its past wrongs. ��� If it tries to evade its responsibility, it can never be free from mental burden because of guilty conscience. ��� The only way for Japan to get rid of this guilty conscience is to honestly admit its past wrongdoings and fully settle them. ��� Japan's moves to cover up its crimes through the distortion of history will only add to its crimes. ��� If Japan persists in its efforts to evade the redress for its past crimes in the new century, too, it will stand isolated internationally and face a judgement by the times. ��� Japan's attitude intended to repeat its crimes is stirring up the anger of the Asian people and world conscience. ��� The Korean people will never pardon Japan's attempt to evade the redress for its past crimes. ��� They will certainly force Japan to pay for its past crimes. ��� Japan's destiny in the 21st century depends on how it settles its past crimes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ S. Korean expert on national dress and her party here ��� Pyongyang, June 3 (KCNA) -- Ri Yong Hui, South Korean expert on national dress, and her party arrived here yesterday for a national dress exhibition. They were greeted at the airport by officials concerned. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Spanish-speaking people ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gran bandera que indica camino de victoria de socialismo ��� pyongyang, 3 de enero (atcc) -- con motivo del 9 aniversario de la publicacion de la obra clasica del gran dirigente kim jong il: "lecciones historicas de la construccion socialista y la linea general de nuestro partido" el periodico "rodong sinmun" inserto hoy un articulo individual que senala: en esta obra publicada el 3 de enero del ano 81 (1992) de la era juche el dirigente kim jong il hizo analisis y balance profundos de los errores manifestados en el proceso de la construccion socialista e ilumino claramente los problemas que se presentan para construir con exito el socialismo que es el deseo e ideal de la humanidad. ��� tambien en el siglo 21 la obra servira de un verdadero manual de la revolucion para los pueblos en lucha por el socialismo y de una gran bandera combativa para lograr el triunfo del socialismo. ��� la obra nos ofrece la valiosa verdad segun la cual para llevar adelante victoriosamente la causa del socialismo en el siglo 21 es preciso seguir tomando con firmeza la labor de fortalecer el sujeto de la revolucion y elevar su papel. ��� profundizar sin cesar la labor de educacion ideologica entre las personas para armarlas firmemente con la ideologia socialista y elevar al maximo el papel de las masas populares en la revolucion y la construccion tambien en el nuevo siglo, he aqui el verdadero camino para completar hasta el fin el socialismo coreano. ��� tambien la obra nos da la ferrea verdad de que para lograr un avance exitoso del socialismo en el nuevo siglo es preciso mantener consecuentemente los principios fundamentales del socialismo en la revolucion y la construccion. ��� la obra ensena que para cumplir exitosamente el socialismo los pueblos que hacen la revolucion deben mantener firmemente la independencia. ��� ejercer la soberania completa en las actividades estatales y solucionar todos los problemas presentados en la revolucion y la construccion apoyandose en las fuerzas de su pueblo son la firme garantia para defender la dignidad del pais y la nacion y lograr la prosperidad nacional. la sumision a las fuerzas extranjeras y la dependencia de estas son el camino de la ruina y autodestruccion del pais. ��� esto es la leccion historica del siglo pasado. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ japon debe pagar sin falta precio de su crimen de pasado ��� pyongyang, 3 de enero (atcc) -- el diario "rodong sinmun" en un comentario de hoy subraya que el pueblo coreano recibira sin falta en el siglo 21 la disculpa e indemnizacion del japon que en el siglo pasado recurrio a toda clase de maquiavelismo para eludir hasta el fin la liquidacion de sus crimenes cometidos en el pasado al acarrear indecibles desdichas y penalidades a la humandad. el comentario senala: ��� ha transcurrido mas de medio siglo desde la derrota del imperialismo japones. pero las autoridades japonesas no piden disculpa ni hacen indemnizacion todavia de sus actos criminales cometidos contra el pueblo coreano. ellas han burlado hasta la fecha al pueblo coreano con terminos "lastima" y "reflexion" e incluso vociferan que no pueden liquidar su pasado al inventar hasta el problema de "secuestro" que no existe realmente. esto demuestra a que grado han llegado la desverguenza y bajeza moral propias de ellas que rehusan tercamente hasta el fin la disculpa e indemnizacion en total contraste con alemania y otros paises criminales de guerra que ya las hicieron. ��� el japon no reconoce su historia de agresion y crimenes ni pide disculpa por esta sino elude indemnizacion hasta la fecha de sus crimenes cometidos en el pasado con la siniestra intencion de realizar en el siglo 21 su ambicion de nueva agresion a corea que no pudo lograr en el siglo pasado, ocultar su historia criminal y hacerla desaparecer para siempre en la memoria de la gente. ��� la liquidacion del pasado es el unico camino que permite al japon ganar confianza internacional y vivir tranquilo. ��� el pueblo coreano no perdonara jamas el japon que no hace liquidacion de su pasado. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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