TODAY'S NEWS (June.10.2001 Juche 90) [CONTENTS] * Independent and peaceful reunification of Korea supported * Remark of president of Grand National Party assailed * "Koreans' European Solidarity" inaugurated * Anniversary of June 10 anti-Japanese demonstration observed * U.S. urged to change its attitude * Greetings to Libyan leader * Greetings to Peruvian President * Choe Won Ik dies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Independent and peaceful reunification of Korea supported ��� New Delhi, June 8 (KCNA) -- A meeting commemorating the first anniversary of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration was held at the Indian Institute of Socialist Education on June 4 under the co-sponsorship of the All India Indo-Korean Friendship Association and the Indian Committee for Supporting Korea's Reunification. At the meeting the reporter and speakers said that the declaration is a landmark for Korea's reunification provided thanks to the patriotic idea and courageous decision of leader Kim Jong Il and that Korea should be reunified peacefully at an early date according to the declaration. ��� Anti-reunification elements of South Korea are tightening the political and military ties with foreign forces against the DPRK, which is in contravention of the spirit of the declaration and a deliberate move to bring north-south relations back to those of confrontation in the past, they noted, and went on: ��� The U.S. should stop the moves to isolate and stifle the DPRK and withdraw its troops and nuclear weapons from South Korea. ��� The Indian people will extend full support and solidarity to the Korean people in their struggle to reunify the country on the principle of national independence. ��� A solidarity message to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the meeting. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Remark of president of Grand National Party assailed ��� Pyongyang, June 10 (KCNA) -- The spokesman for the National Democratic Front of South Korea released a statement on June 6 denouncing Ri Hoe Chang, president of the Grand National Party, and his henchmen for their remarks chilling the desire of the compatriots for reunification and inciting confrontation with the DPRK recently, according to Seoul-based Voice of National Salvation. Recalling that not content with echoing the Bush administration's talk about "reciprocity" and "transparency," Ri Hoe Chang, some days ago, did not bother to let loose outcries pulling up the DPRK over the tour of Mt. Kumgang and its "human rights issue" and describing the north as their "principal enemy," the spokesman accused his party heavyweights of opposing the "June 15 Grand Seminar on National Reunification." ��� He termed Ri Hoe Chang's such act of blocking the implementation of the June 15 joint declaration, indifferent to the country, the nation and the reunification, an unpardonable anti-national move as it challenges the desire and aspiration of the nation for reconciliation and unity and a despicable pro-U.S. flunkeyist and traitorous act of meekly following the U.S. hardline policy to stifle the DPRK in utter disregard of the interests of the nation. ��� Such traitors and stumbling blocks lying in the way of reunification as Ri Hoe Chang should be immediately eliminated today when there is a bright prospect of national reunification, the spokesman said, adding: ��� Ri Hoe Chang should stop behaving indiscreetly, well aware of the will of the people for the independent reunification of the nation in the new century. ��� Our people will decisively smash the splittist moves of a handful of anti-reunification traitors such as Ri Hoe Chang and join hands with the compatriots in the north in the efforts to achieve the independent and peaceful reunification of the country as early as possible and build a strong and prosperous nation on this land without fail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Koreans' European Solidarity" inaugurated ��� Pyongyang, June 10 (KCNA) -- The "Koreans' European Solidarity" formed in Germany reportedly made public its inaugural declaration on May 20. Recalling that various Koreans' organizations were formed in Japan, Americas and Germany to conduct energetic activities during the last period, the declaration noted that the organization was inaugurated to group all the democratic organizations and personages in Europe in order to meet the need to develop the solidarity body. ��� The declaration said that the organization has taken its first giant stride to achieve the independent and peaceful reunification of the country. it would wage a movement of compatriots to suit the specific conditions in countries they reside, defend the unity and democratic rights and interests of the compatriots and cooperate and strengthen solidarity with all the Koreans abroad desirous of national unity in the future, the declaration said. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anniversary of June 10 anti-Japanese demonstration observed ��� Pyongyang, June 10 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today dedicates a signed article to the 75th anniversary of the June 10 anti-Japanese demonstration. The June 10 anti-Japanese demonstration was a just resistance of the Korean people against the Japanese imperialists' colonial rule and a mass anti-Japanese patriotic struggle to retake the usurped country and national sovereignty. Noting that the aspiration of the June 10 anti-Japanese demonstrators has not yet been realized on a nation-wide scale, the article says: ��� The U.S. imperialists' domination and interference are a main obstacle to the independent and peaceful reunification of the Korean nation. ��� The U.S. imperialists have escalated political and military confrontation and tensions between the north and the south, invariably pursuing a policy of confrontation and war against the DPRK for over half a century. ��� The anti-reunification forces and military warmongers of South Korea are blatantly challenging the cause of independent national reunification, favouring the U.S. imperialists' policy to stifle the DPRK in collusion with them. The Japanese reactionaries are whetting their swords to stage a comeback to Korea, pursuant to the U.S. imperialists' hostile policy towards the DPRK and keeping pace with their moves to provoke a new war. ��� The Korean people, who have witnessed the start of the new history of independent national reunification, will never allow the U.S. imperialists and the Japanese reactionaries to trample down the dignity and sovereignty of the Korean nation and block national reunification. ��� National independence serves as a pro-reunification patriotic banner which can never be bartered for anything in the light of either the present political situation or tasks before the Korean people. National reunification can be achieved only through a vigorous struggle against outside forces and for independence. ��� In order to protect national dignity and sovereignty and realize national reunification in conformity with the will and interests of the nation it is necessary to reject flunkeyism and dependence on foreign forces and resolutely struggle against foreign forces' aggression and interference. ��� The whole Korean nation should continue to make a dynamic advance for independent national reunification in the spirit of the June 15 joint declaration. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U.S. urged to change its attitude ��� Pyongyang, June 10 (KCNA) -- The Bush administration is strongly denounced at home and abroad for recklessly pushing forward the establishment of "Missile Defence" system (MD). In this regard Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary says: ��� This is attributable to high-handed and arbitrary practices the Bush administration has perpetrated while persistently pursuing an isolationist and conservative policy after failing to face up to the trend of the times. ��� Independence, peace and friendship have become a mainstream of the times and the 21st century will be a century of peace and cooperation. ��� It is the hope of the world people to achieve independent progress and prosperity in the new century, helping and cooperating with each other in a peaceful environment free from aggression and war. The leftovers of the old era such as isolationist and conservative policy and high-handed and arbitrary practices can no longer go down with anyone in the new century. ��� The Bush administration is well advised to behave itself, properly understanding the changed times and the aspiration and demand of the people. ��� There is no need to say that the U.S. will stand more strongly protested and denounced and thoroughly isolated at home and abroad in the future if it continues behaving as now. ��� The U.S. is well advised to draw a lesson from this and change its attitude. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greetings to Libyan leader ��� Pyongyang, June 10 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, today sent a message of greetings to moammer el gaddafi, leader of the Great September First Revolution of the great socialist people's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, on the occasion of the 31st anniversary of the dismantling of the U.S. military base in Libya. The message expressed the belief that the excellent friendly and cooperative relations forged between the two countries would grow stronger in the future and wished the leader greater success in his work for defending the dignity and sovereignty of the nation and achieving the independent development and prosperity of the country and good health and happiness. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greetings to Peruvian President ��� Pyongyang, June 10 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, on June 6 sent a congratulatory message to Alejandro Toledo Manrique on his election as President of the Republic of Peru. The message expressed the belief that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries would continue to develop on good terms, and sincerely wished the Peruvian President success in his future work for the national unity and the democratic development of the country. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Choe Won Ik dies ��� Pyongyang, June 10 (KCNA) -- The central committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea released an obituary of Choe Won Ik on June 9. It says: Choe Won Ik, chief secretary of the Kangwon provincial committee of the WPK and deputy to the SPA of the DPRK, died of cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 73 on June 9. ��� He grew to be an able official after liberation under the care of President Kim Il Sung and devotedly worked for the growth of the party and the socialist construction. He safeguarded the party and the leader politically and ideologically at the risk of his life with arms in hands in the period of the fatherland liberation war. And in the period of socialist construction he energetically worked to carry out the line and policies of the party, holding responsible posts at the political organ of the armed forces, the people's security organ and party and power bodies in the locality and the capital thanks to the profound trust of the party and the leader. ��� He remained intensely loyal to the party and the revolutionary cause of Juche till the last moments of his life. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
