TODAY'S NEWS (June.04.2001 Juche 90)
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Greetings to Chadian President
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Greetings to Congolese President
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Greetings to Ukrainian prime minister
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U.S. plans to step up arms buildup against DPRK
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DPRK's principled stand on U.S. approach to dialogue clarified
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S. Korean unionists' struggle against lay-off goes on
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Talks held between foreign ministers of DPRK and Malaysia
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Malaysian foreign minister here
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DPRK hard hit by long spell of drought and heat
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Yang Hyong Sop meets delegation of Spanish Foreign Ministry
For Spanish-speaking people
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constituyen comites preparatorios por dia de sol
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Greetings to Chadian President
��� Pyongyang, June 4 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of
the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of greetings to Idris
Deby on June 1 on his reelection as President of the Republic of Chad.
Expressing the belief that the friendly relations between the two countries
would continue to develop on good terms, the message wished the president
and people of Chad greater successes in their work for political stability
and prosperity of the country.
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Greetings to Congolese President
��� Pyongyang, June 4 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of
the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, sent a message of greetings to Joseph
Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 3 on the
occasion of his birthday. Congratulating him on his 30th birthday, the
message expressed the belief that the good friendly and cooperative
relations between the two countries would continue developing favourably.
��� It wished the president a great success in his work to achieve national
reconciliation and defend sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Greetings to Ukrainian prime minister
��� Pyongyang, June 4 (KCNA) -- Hong Song Nam, premier of the DPRK cabinet,
sent a message of greetings to Anatoly Kinakh, on his appointment as prime
minister of Ukraine. The message expressed the belief that the traditional
relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries will
continue to develop on good terms and wished the prime minister a success in
his work for the prosperity of the country.
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U.S. plans to step up arms buildup against DPRK
��� Pyongyang, June 4 (KCNA) -- A senior official of the U.S. Defense
Department reportedly said at a press interview on May 31 that the U.S.
might deploy aegis ships on the high seas off the East Sea of Korea any time
if necessary. He noted that the U.S. has conducted exercises on the high
seas off the East Sea of Korea and has right to operate there in the future,
too.
��� Though there were some reports that the U.S. plan to deploy aegis ships
on the East Sea of Korea by the year 2003 under the pretext of "coping with
the missile threat from North Korea" and others was under examination, this
is the first time that such senior official disclosed that the U.S. might
deploy the ships any time. This indicates to what dangerous and adventurous
moves the U.S. bellicose quarters are resorting to stifle the DPRK.
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DPRK's principled stand on U.S. approach to dialogue clarified
��� Pyongyang, June 4 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun, the organ of the central
committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, today in a signed commentary
explicitly clarifies the DPRK's principled stand on the Bush
administration's wrong approach and modality towards the DPRK-U.S. dialogue.
The commentary says:
��� According to diplomatic sources from Washington, the United States
asserts that it will pursue only business-like political negotiations even
though the dialogue with the DPRK is resumed while maintaining its "basic
hard-line stand towards the DPRK".
��� Negatively reviewing the DPRK-U.S. dialogue held in the period of the
previous administration on the basis of falsified facts, the bush ruling
team seeks to lead the DPRK-U.S. dialogue which it wants to resume from a
"hard-line negotiating stand" and justify it. This shows that it is not
truly willing to have a dialogue with the DPRK.
��� "Hard-line negotiation" and "leadership" are unacceptable to the DPRK.
��� It is the DPRK's unchangeable stand to seek a negotiated settlement of
the issues between the DPRK and the United States.
��� It is a very wrong logic for the U.S. ruling quarters to talk about a
"hard-line negotiating stand".
��� The Bush administration insists that the DPRK respond to a dialogue to
be held at a time and place appointed by it.
��� This high-handed behaviour rubs the DPRK up the wrong way.
��� The DPRK does not have even the slightest intention to resume the
dialogue with the U.S., allowing its pride to be damaged.
��� It is the DPRK's demand and stand that the DPRK and the U.S. should have
a dialogue on an equal footing on the principle of independence and
impartiality if the latter wishes to have it.
��� There should be neither selfish motive nor precondition as far as a
dialogue is concerned. If the administration seeks a conditional dialogue
with the DPRK, a dialogue aimed at disarming it, talking about
"verification," "cutdown of conventional forces", "inspection" and the like,
the DPRK has no interest in such a dialouge. Its practice of putting a
precondition on the DPRK-U.S. dialogue is, in fact, a reflection of its
stand of denying it.
��� It is preposterous for the administration to impose its unilateral
unjust conditions upon the DPRK before reaching any agreement with it.
��� The DPRK does not care about whether it has any dialogue with the United
States or not. Even if the dialogue is not resumed, the DPRK will have
nothing to worry about or to lose. It will never beg the U.S. for a
dialogue.
��� The United States should have a right approach to the dialogue before
discussing the issue related to the dialouge with it. Everything depends on
the United States. the ball is in its court. The U.S. is well advised to
bear this in mind and approach the DPRK from a right stand on the dialogue.
��� The DPRK will have its independent option, closely following
Washington's attitude.
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S. Korean unionists' struggle against lay-off goes on
��� Pyongyang, June 4 (KCNA) -- The South Korean Confederation of Trade
Unions held big rallies in different parts of Seoul on June 2 demanding the
passage of the bill on the improvement of people's living through the
"national assembly" and others, according to radio no. 1 from Seoul. Over
2,000 members of the KCTU staged a rally in front of the building of the
"labour-management-government committee" in Seoul that day at which they
charged that the "assembly" does not deal with the bill.
��� They threatened to go on a simultaneous solidarity strike all over South
Korea on June 12 as part of the anti-"government" struggle unless their
demands for the carriage of the bill, suspension of restructuring and
lay-off and others are met.
��� At the end of the rally its participants marched through streets,
chanting slogans such as "no lay-off."
��� In another development, that day more than 500 members of the KCTU
staged a demonstration in protest against the sale of Daewoo Motor Company
to foreign business.
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Talks held between foreign ministers of DPRK and Malaysia
��� Pyongyang, June 4 (KCNA) -- Talks between foreign minister of the DPRK
Paek Nam Sun and his Malaysian counterpart Tatuk sri Syed Hamid Albar were
held at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today. At the talks, both sides informed
each other of the situation in their countries and exchanged views on the
issue of further developing the bilateral friendly relations and a series of
matters of mutual concern.
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Malaysian foreign minister here
��� Pyongyang, June 4 (KCNA) -- Tatuk sri Syed Hamid Albar, foreign
minister of Malaysia, and his party arrived here today. They were greeted at
the airport by Pak Kil Yon, vice-minister of foreign affairs, and officials
concerned.
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DPRK hard hit by long spell of drought and heat
��� Pyongyang, June 4 (KCNA) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is
hard hit by an unprecedentedly long spell of drought. An unusual long spell
of drought has persisted for 90 days since early March, according to
information released by the central weather forecasting institute of the
hydrometeorological bureau.
��� According to a historical record, drought lasted for 90 days from July
11 to October 11, 1727, the longest one in Korea, causing tremendous losses
to crops, livestock and human lives.
��� From the climatological point of view this long spell of drought is
something rare in the history of meteorological observation. It is believed
to happen once in 1,000 years.
��� From early march to this date precipitation in all parts of the country
registered at 18. 3 mm on an average, only 11 percent of the annual average
and 17 percent of last year's.
��� A 1 mm rainfall was registered in 5 days and about 5 mm rainfall in 2
days in Pyongyang.
��� Heat is frequently recorded.
��� The temperature in Pyongyang at noon on April 9 was 24. 6 degrees
centigrade, 25. 4 in Sariwon, 25. 6 in Haeju and 27.
��� 9 in Kaesong, 10-13 degrees higher than the annual average which means
an all-time high in meteorological observation.
��� Strong wind 11-18 m/s hit the areas on the west coast including
Pyongyang, Haeju, Sariwon and Kaesong from March 7 to 9 and strong wind
10-14 m/s struck many areas on the east and west coasts including Haeju and
Thongchon on April 1, 2, 13, 15, 23, 24 and 26. as a result, soil in all
parts of the country remained dry up to over 20 cm deep, making it hardly
possible for seeds to sprout.
��� According to a preliminary estimate made by the ministry of agriculture
as of June 1, hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmland are hard hit by
drought, taking the country as a whole. Over 80 or 90 percent of the sown
seeds of potato, wheat, barley and maize have already been dried up.
��� Strong wind did severe damage to Kosong county, Kangwon Province,
Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province, Haeju, South Hwanghae Province, Chongjin,
North Hamgyong Province, and other areas.
��� Crops including potato, wheat, barley and maize sown in a large area of
farmland there were rooted out and all the fruits at their best including
apricot, peach and plum fell down.
��� Despite the state's measures to mobilize all pumping equipment and
manpower for minimizing drought damage, it still persists.
��� The drought is expected to last for more days to come.
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Yang Hyong Sop meets delegation of Spanish Foreign Ministry
��� Pyongyang, June 4 (KCNA) -- Yang Hyong Sop, vice-president of the
presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met and had a conversation
with the delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain led by
Miquel Nadal, its secretary of state, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today.
Present there was Choe Su Hon, vice-minister of foreign affairs.
��� The head of the delegation said that his delegation is the first
political delegation to visit the DPRK after the establishment of diplomatic
relations between the two countries, adding that the bilateral relations
would comprehensively develop in various fields in the days ahead.
��� Saying that the Korean peninsula is situated in a geopolitically
important place, he noted that the European Union shows deep concern to the
Korean peninsula and supports the reunification process in Korea.
��� On the same day foreign minister Paek Nam Sun met and had a conversation
with the delegation when it paid a courtesy visit to him at the Mansudae
Assembly Hall.
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constituyen comites preparatorios por dia de sol
��� pyongyang, 4 de abril (atcc) -- con motivo del 15 de abril -cumpleanos
del gran lider presidente kim il sung fueron constituidos el comite
organizativo en ucrania y los comites preparatorios en francia y checo. en
los actos constitutivos fueron electos como presidentes de los comites oleg
grachov, secretario del comite central del partido comunista de ucrania,
andre obri, presidente de la asociacion de amistad franco-coreana y jiri
jarka, presidente de la asociacion de amistad checo-corea paektusan.
��� estos comites decidieron efectuar los mitines, encuentros, proyecciones
filmicas y otras diversas actividades por esa efemeride.
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abierta agitacion de guerra
��� pyongyang, 4 de abril (atcc) -- el diario "rodong sinmun" en el numero
de hoy inserto un comentario en relacion con que las capas belicosas de
ee.uu. fortalecen las maniobras para desatar la segunda guerra coreana
calificando a la rpdc de su "enemigo principal no.1". el comentario senala
en particular:
��� blare, comandante en jefe del ejercito estadounidense en la region del
pacifico durante su reciente permanencia en sudcorea profirio las palabras
belicosas de que la rpdc es el "enemigo principal no.1 de ee.uu." y aquella
podria atacar con misiles a sudcorea y el japon.
��� las palabras belicosas de blare coinciden con que la administracion de
bush recurre mas que nunca a la politica intransigente de aplastar a la rpdc
y habla de la "cooperacion" de caracter agresivo con el japon y sudcorea, lo
cual es una revelacion de la intencion de ee.uu. de tomar de todas maneras
el camino del enfrentamiento y la guerra contra la rpdc.
��� ee.uu. al inculcar al japon y sudcorea la hostilidad a la rpdc trata de
fortalecer la alianza militar tripartita y tomarla como trampolin para
provocar la nueva guerra agresiva y utilizar a las fuerzas aliadas como
brigadas de choque.
��� infunde a los reaccionarios japoneses el rumor del "golpe de misiles" de
la rpdc al japon para que este dirija a la rpdc la punta de agresion al
ultramar y asi se adhiera activamente al sistema de la agresiva alianza
militar tripartita.
��� en el fortalecimiento de esta alianza sudcorea se presenta como lo
problematico porque ahora impera el ambiente de reconciliacion y cooperacion
entre el norte y el sur.
��� por eso los actuales gobernantes estadounidenses inculcan a los
surcoreanos la idea de dar mas prioridad al "sistema de cooperacion" y las
"relaciones de alianza" entre ee.uu. y sudcorea para detener la mejora de
las relaciones norte-sur.
��� el objetivo de visita de blare a sudcorea tendria que ver con esto. lo
prueba el hecho de que blare peroro ante los surcoreanos el rumor del "golpe
de misiles a sudcorea" por la rpdc. de esta manera ee.uu. pretende crear en
sudcorea el ambiente de enfrentamiento con la rpdc y devolver la corriente
de reconciliacion entre el norte y el sur al enfrentamiento para alcanzar su
objetivo agresivo.
��� la rpdc esta bien dispuesta a hacer frente categoricamente a la politica
de intransigencia y aplastamiento de ee.uu.
��� si las capas belicosas de ee.uu. salen a toda costa al enfrentamiento y
la guerra le asestara el golpe de represalia mil veces mayor.
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