TODAY'S NEWS (June.07.2001 Juche 90)
[CONTENTS]
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Former employee of Hamhung Coal Shop in north returns
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Friendly gathering on National Day of Italy
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Chinese embassy officials help Korean farmers
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28th national sports contest of primary schoolers for Jangjasan prize
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Malaysian palm oil seminar and small exhibition held
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Decisive turn in movement for reunification called for
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Letter of south headquarters of `Pomchonghakryon to youth and students
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Anecdotes about President Kim Il Sung (1)
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Letter to Kim Jong Il from Malaysian prime minister
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Malaysian foreign minister hosts reception
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U.S. will have to pay high price
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New coating material developed
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Congratulatory message to Nepalese King
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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vocero de minrex de rpdc exige levantamiento de sancion contra libia
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Former employee of Hamhung Coal Shop in north returns
��� Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- Some time ago, Yu Thae Jun, former
instructor of the Hamhung Coal Shop under the South Hamgyong Provincial Coal
Management Bureau, came back to the north from the south to which he was
tricked by the South Korean "Intelligence Service" into going. Noting that
South Korea is a rotten society hard to live, he said: There I deeply felt
that I could not live even a moment away from the DPRK, Korean socialism
centred on the popular masses.
��� So I came back to my motherland via a third country, by the skin of my
teeth after pain taking efforts, he stated.
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Friendly gathering on National Day of Italy
��� Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- A friendly meeting was held at the
Pyongyang Schoolchildren's Palace yesterday on the occasion of the National
Day of Italy. Invited were Italian guests working in the DPRK.
��� Present were officials of the Korea-Italy Friendship Association.
��� The participants looked round several circle rooms of the palace,
enjoyed a performance given by art circle members and talked to each other,
deepening feelings of friendship.
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Chinese embassy officials help Korean farmers
��� Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- Wang Guozhang, Chinese ambassador to the
DPRK, and embassy officials helped farmers of the Korea-China friendship
cooperative farm in rice-transplanting yesterday. At a break they sang songs
together with farmers, deepening feelings of friendship.
��� The ambassador said that the invincible friendship forged in blood
between the two countries is now steadily developing under the deep concern
of respected Jiang Zemin and leader Kim Jong Il.
��� Unofficial visits of Kim Jong Il to china marked an occasion in further
strengthening China-Korea friendship, he noted.
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28th national sports contest of primary schoolers for Jangjasan prize
��� Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- The 28th national sports contest of primary
schoolers for Jangjasan prize was held here. Participating in the contest
were over 1,200 pupils sifted out from all provinces. the contest included
football, table-tennis, Taekwon-do, track and field events, rhythmic
gymnastics and heavy gymnastics.
��� The contest fully demonstrated the validity and vitality of the Workers'
Party of Korea policy of popularizing and specializing sports at schools.
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Malaysian palm oil seminar and small exhibition held
��� Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- A Malaysian palm oil seminar and small
exhibition were held at Pyongyang Koryo Hotel yesterday. Present there was a
delegation of the Malaysian palm oil promotion council headed by its chief
executive officer Haron Bin Siraj.
��� Invited there were Datuk Sri Syed Hamid Albar, foreign minister of
Malaysia, and his party and DPRK minister of foreign trade ri kwang gun and
officials concerned.
��� The Malaysian foreign minister and the DPRK minister of foreign trade
made speeches to be followed by others.
��� The participants looked round palm oil products on display.
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Decisive turn in movement for reunification called for
��� Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- The central committee of the National
Democratic Front of South Korea (NDFSK) issued a press release on June 1 as
regards the enlarged meeting of its presidium held on the occasion of the
first anniversary of the historic June 15 North-South Joint Declaration,
according to voice of national salvation from Seoul. According to the
release, the enlarged meeting discussed an item "on organizing functions to
commemorate the first anniversary of the historic June 15 North-South Joint
Declaration provided by leader Kim Jong Il, the sun of the nation and the
lodestar of national reunification.
��� Saying that the declaration is a manifesto of independence, peaceful
reunification and great national unity based on the three principles of
national reunification and a landmark of national reunification in the 21st
century, the meeting praised Kim Jong Il as a great pioneer and maker of
history of reunification.
��� It was decided at the meeting that the c.c. of the NDFSK would send a
message of thanks to Kim Jong Il on the occasion of the first anniversary of
the declaration.
��� It was also decided that a movement should be conducted to promote
national reunification in different forms and methods from June 15 to August
15 and that the c.c. of the NDFSK and organizations at all levels should
organize colorful events to suit their specific conditions during the
period.
��� The meeting called on all the missions of the ndfsk in different places
to organize shows of video tapes introducing the South Korean people's deep
reverence for kim jong il and their ardent desire for national reunification
and hold press conferences for the same purpose.
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Letter of south headquarters of `Pomchonghakryon to youth and students
��� Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- The presidium members of the south
headquarters of the National Alliance of Youth and Students for the
Country's Reunification (Pomchonghakryon) reportedly released a letter to
the youth and students on May 31 with the 1st anniversary of the June 15
Joint Declaration at hand. The letter called for significantly holding joint
national functions to be attended by representatives from the south, north
and abroad in the "period of the movement for promoting national
reunification" from June 15 to August 15 to bring about a new turn in
vigorously pushing ahead with the implementation of the declaration by the
concerted efforts of the whole nation despite challenges of the foreign and
anti-reunification forces.
��� It also called for holding a grand seminar on national reunification
with an attendance of people from all walks of life from the south, north
and abroad on Mt. Kumgang and widely organizing significant functions to
suit the specific conditions in different places.
��� It underscored the need to continue conducting the movement till August
15, the day of liberation, as a follow-up of events to commemorate the 1st
anniversary of the June 15 joint declaration, and form a preparatory
committee of the South Korean youth and students for the June 15-August 15
movement for promoting national reunification in order to make all those
projects successful.
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Anecdotes about President Kim Il Sung (1)
��� Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- As a proverb says that even a drop of water
reflects the universe, the personality of a great man is reflected in
anecdotes. the 80-odd-year life of President Kim Il Sung is associated with
so many anecdotes telling about his distinguished personality as a great
man. There is an anecdote about how an apartment house was built higher than
a building of a power organ.
��� When he visited Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province, in March Juche 59
(1970) he went round the city together with officials.
��� Making a stop in the center of the city, he pointed to an unoccupied
ground before saying that is a good space for building a high-rise apartment
house. at that moment an official told the president that though the ground
is a good housing lot, the apartment house, when completed, might rise
higher than the building of the power organ opposite to it.
��� On hearing this, the president said it was not bad that the building of
the power organ stood lower than the apartment house for working people, the
master of the country, and that if the apartment house rises higher than the
building of the power organ, it is better.
��� The construction of the high-rise apartment house began in that ground
soon, as instructed by him.
��� There is another anecdote about how a meeting had two breaks.
��� While visiting north Phyongan Province in August Juche 58 (1969) the
president called a consultative meeting of officials of a county on the
people's living.
��� Shortly after the meeting began, he suddenly requested them to have a
break. then he told a woman official present at the meeting to take care of
her baby. He was concerned for the time to give the breast to her baby.
��� There were two breaks in the not so long meeting.
��� There is also an anecdote about the taste of bean curd.
��� While giving on-the-spot guidance to north hwanghae province one year,
he told an official to buy bean curd at a grocer's shop. attentively
examining bean curd bought by the official, the president was not pleased
with it, saying that the quality was not good and that it was very bad to
make it in a slipshod manner simply because people do not complain of its
quality.
��� Tasting boiled bean curd at a supper time, he underscored the need to
improve the quality of foodstuffs for the people.
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Letter to Kim Jong Il from Malaysian prime minister
��� Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il received a personal
letter from Malaysian prime minister Datuk Sri dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamed. It
was conveyed to Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme
People's Assembly, by visiting Malaysian foreign minister Datuk Sri Syed
Hamid Albar yesterday.
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Malaysian foreign minister hosts reception
��� Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- Malaysian foreign minister Datuk Sri Syed
Hamid Albar hosted a reception yesterday as regards his visit to the DPRK.
Invited to it were minister Paek Nam Sun and vice-minister Pak Kil Yon of
foreign affairs, officials concerned and foreign diplomatic envoys here.
��� Present there was the party of the Malaysian foreign minister.
��� The reception proceeded in a friendly atmosphere.
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U.S. will have to pay high price
��� Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- If the U.S. imperialists deploy aegis ships
on the East Sea of Korea and make a preemptive strike at the DPRK, the
Korean army and people will immediately destroy them by powerful means of
strike, warns Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary. Recalling that a
high-ranking official of the U.S. Defense Department recently asserted that
the United States can deploy aegis ships on the East Sea of Korea anytime,
the commentary terms this an undisguised military provocation and threat and
blackmail to the DPRK.
��� It goes on:
��� The relations of belligerency between the DPRK and the U.S. have got
more strained than ever before since bush came to power. It is reckless,
indeed, for the U.S. to contemplate the deployment of aegis ships in Korea
at a time when the hostile relations between the DPRK and the U.S. have
reached a point of explosion.
��� The U.S. imperialist bellicose elements assert that their deployment of
aegis ships in waters close to the DPRK, a "dangerous state," is aimed to
deter its "missile attack."
��� This is, however, nothing but sophism to justify their deployment on the
East Sea of Korea under such an absurd pretext. Their true aim is to
threaten the DPRK by force of arms and thus mobilize a lot of missiles any
moment to take a preemptive strike at it.
��� The DPRK's principled stand and mode of counteraction are very just. It
is the revolutionary determination of our army and people to meet the
challenge of the aggressors with a thousand-fold deadly strike.
��� War provocateurs will have to pay a very high price.
��� The U.S. imperialist bellicose elements are well advised to ponder over
the grave consequences to be entailed by their adventurous behaviour.
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New coating material developed
��� Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- "Hyonmu," a new multi-functional coating
material, has been developed in the DPRK. This inorganic coating material is
good for protecting buildings and ships.
��� It is classified into high endurance roof-coating material (so-425),
building-coating material good for endurance and resistant to any climate
(sd-205), coating material for preventing ship contamination (sz-167,
sz-267, sz-367), coating material for preventing oxidation by high
temperature and heat (sr-700) and multi-functional indoor coating material
effective in dryness and antisepsis and prevention of dampness (sr-825).
��� The use of this coating material for different purposes is not harmful
to health and does not cause environmental pollution and danger of fire and
explosion.
��� "Hyonmu" is made of stable substance free from light, heat and
biological sticking.
��� The material is widely used in construction and ship-building industry.
��� The coating material is popular on foreign market.
��� It is produced by the Koryo paints company.
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Congratulatory message to Nepalese King
��� Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of
the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea,
yesterday sent a congratulatory message to King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah
Dev of Nepal on the occasion of his coronation. The message expressed the
belief that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries
would continue to develop on good terms in the future, too, and wished the
king great success in his work.
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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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vocero de minrex de rpdc exige levantamiento de sancion contra libia
��� pyongyang, 7 de febrero (atcc) -- al responder a la pregunta de un
reportero de la agencia telegrafica central de corea formulada en relacion
con la reciente conclusion del juicio contra los sospechosos del "incidente
de lockerbie" el vocero del ministerio de rr. ee. de la republica popular
democratica de corea insistio hoy en el levantamiento de la sancion contra
libia. el vocero senala:
��� desaparecio el pretexto para seguir la sancion contra libia porque se
concluyo el juicio relativo al "incidente de lockerbie" y se dio sentencia
correspondiente a los sospechosos.
��� la sancion acarrea grandes danos y penalidades a los habitantes
inocentes y detiene gravemente el desarrollo socio-economico de un pais
determinado.
��� ahora muchos paises elevan voces en demanda del levantamiento pronto de
la sancion puesto que libia ejecuto las resoluciones del consejo de
seguridad de la onu sobre el incidente en cuestion.
��� la rpdc reconoce que esta sancion ha de ser levantada pronto conforme a
la justa demanda de libia, los paises no alineados y los demas paises del
mundo.
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