TODAY'S NEWS (August.06.2001 Juche 90)
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World Judo title holder warmly welcomed
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U.S. interceptor missile test under fire
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Greetings to Jamaican prime minister
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Japanese government urged to take humanitarian measures for Korean A-bomb
victims
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KCNA assails Japan for peddling "abduction" issue
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Release of all prisoners of conscience urged in S. Korea
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Greetings to President of Cote D'ivoire
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Congratulations to President of Sao Tome and Principe
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Kim Yong Nam meets Czech ambassador
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Art performance given in honour of Kim Jong Il
For Spanish-speaking people
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dirigente kim jong il recorre reliquias culturales historicas en kremlin
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los coreanos deben unirse para lograr reunificacion
World Judo title holder warmly welcomed
��� Pyongyang, August 6 (KCNA) -- People's Sportswoman Kye Sun Hui who
placed first at the 2001 World Judo Championships returned home yesterday.
She won fame as "a morning star of world women's judo" at the 1996 Atlanta
Olympic Games, came first at the international all-star judo tournament held
in February this year and bagged a gold medal at the world championships.
��� She was met at Pyongyang railway station by Kim Jung Rin, secretary of
the central committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kwak Pom Ki,
vice-premier of the DPRK cabinet, and officials concerned.
��� That day tens of thousands of working people, school youth and children
heartily welcomed her, a proud daughter of the nation, along the route.
��� As an open car carrying her passed by the crowd, they cheered her,
shouting "admirable Kye Sun Hui" and "welcome, welcome".
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U.S. interceptor missile test under fire
��� Pyongyang, August 6 (KCNA) -- The interceptor missile test conducted by
the United States in July comes under fire by a signed commentary of Rodong
Sinmun today. The commentary says:
��� The recent interceptor missile test proves that the U.S. "Missile
Defence" system (MD) has gone over to the full-fledged stage of
establishment from the phase of discussion.
��� The U.S. is keen to rapidly push forward the missile modernization in a
bid to go absolutely superior to other big powers in the field of nuclear
and missile development.
��� The U.S. is now peddling the non-existent "missile threat" from the DPRK
to hide its ulterior intention.
��� The U.S. insists that as the DPRK "threatens it" with missiles, it
should establish the MD as soon as possible to cope with it.
��� Washington is accusing the DPRK of being a "state posing missile threat"
and a "rogue state" in a bid to justify its moves for domination.
��� But facts go to prove that the U.S. is the state posing the biggest
nuclear and missile threat and the most dangerous rogue state in the world.
��� It is none other than the U.S. which conducted interceptor missile test
despite the unanimous protest at home and abroad, thus arousing uneasiness
and worry among the world public.
��� The DPRK is left with no option but to take a counter-measure for
self-defence now that the U.S. is going ahead with the MD under the pretext
of the "missile threat" from the DPRK and posing a real threat to it.
��� The DPRK will have nothing to lose although all the items agreed upon
between the DPRK and the U.S. collapse.
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Greetings to Jamaican prime minister
��� Pyongyang, August 6 (KCNA) -- Hong Song Nam, premier of the DPRK
cabinet, sent a message of greetings to p. j. Patterson, prime minister of
Jamaica, on the occasion of the 39th anniversary of its independence.
Expressing the belief that the friendly relations between the two countries
would continue to develop on good terms in the future, too, Hong in the
message wished the prime minister and people of Jamaica success in their
efforts for the prosperity of the country.
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Japanese government urged to take humanitarian measures for Korean A-bomb
victims
��� Pyongyang, August 6 (KCNA) -- The Anti-Nuke Peace Association of Korean
A-Bomb Victims issued a statement yesterday 56 years after A-bombs were
dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. In the DPRK there are thousands of
A-bomb victims at present. they are persons who were forcibly taken to
Hiroshima and Nagasaki for labor, military service and other missions and
had to undergo backbreaking toil and suffered from A-bombs under the
colonial rule of the Japanese imperialists, and their descendants.
��� The statement said:
��� We, A-bomb victims, demand the Japanese authorities make state
compensation to us. This demand is intended to prevent the repetition of the
disasters of last century by making the present Japanese government take
responsibility and compensate for the war of aggression conducted by the
Japanese imperialists in the past and for damage from it.
��� The Japanese government did not give any humanitarian aid to Korean
A-bomb victims in 56 years, though it has done to Japanese victims.
��� This year it sent a fact-finding team to the DPRK to acquire the
details, but has not yet taken any practical measure, the statement said,
and continued:
��� The chief executive of Japan has recently asserted that he would visit
"Yasukuni Shrine." Meanwhile, Japan is moving to replace its "peaceful
constitution" with war constitution and refusing to accept the strong
domestic and foreign demand for revision of junior middle schoolers' history
textbooks in which its history of aggression is distorted.
��� Such moves are aimed to conceal its past crimes and evade apology and
compensation for them.
��� The Japanese government should renounce this wrong attitude at once and
promptly take humanitarian measures necessary for the Korean A-bomb victims.
��� If it keeps dragging time on, abusing the humanitarian issue for any
political purpose, it will come under stronger protest and condemnation not
only from the victims but from the world community.
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KCNA assails Japan for peddling "abduction" issue
��� pyongyang, August 6 (KCNA) -- Japan recently raised a hue and cry over
the "abduction issue" in the international arena. The chief executive and
the top diplomat of Japan asked for international understanding of their
clamour about the issue of "Japanese abducted" by the DPRK at a recent G-8
summit in Genoa and a recent meeting of the ASEAN regional security forum in
Hanoi.
��� This is a very foolish and crafty intention to internationalize the
bilateral issue between the DPRK and Japan whose talks ground to a halt and
put pressure upon the DPRK.
��� As already known to the world, what is essential for settling the issue
of establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries is for Japan
to liquidate the crimes committed against Korea and its people in the past.
��� However, Japan is acting without discretion to beautify and justify its
inglorious past and bury it forever. The "abduction issue" persistently
peddled by Japan is a shameless pretext to evade the issue of liquidation of
the past, the core issue of the bilateral relations.
��� Japan kidnapped and walked away millions of Koreans in the past. Yet, it
is linking the issue of a few missing ordinary persons with the DPRK in a
bid to build up public opinion. This is prompted by Japan's base aim to
prevent the international community from criticizing it for evading the
responsibility for its past crimes and shift the blame for it onto others.
��� Japan is beset with a lot of social issues such as murder and abduction
at home. It is, therefore, nonsense and an insult to the DPRK's dignity for
Japan to describe the issue of missing persons in Japan as the "abduction"
committed by the DPRK and pull it up over the issue.
��� Japan is well advised not to act rashly, aware that it will be held
wholly responsible for the consequences to be entailed by its reckless fuss
to internationalize the fictitious "abduction issue".
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Release of all prisoners of conscience urged in S. Korea
��� Pyongyang, August 6 (KCNA) -- The council of Christian churches of
South Korea reportedly said in a statement on august 2 that it submitted an
appeal to the authorities for the release of all prisoners of conscience and
the removal of the police dragnet. Calling for the release of all the
prisoners of conscience, the victims of the social conflicts, the council
held that the authorities should set free all the prisoners of conscience
arrested on charges of violation of the "Security Law" so as to meet the
expectation of people for practical results of the successful south-north
summit talks.
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Greetings to President of Cote D'ivoire
��� Pyongyang, August 6 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium
of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, on August 3 sent a message of
greetings to Rorant Gbagbo, President of Cote D'ivoire on the national day
of his country. Extending warm congratulations to the president, the
government and the people of Cote D'ivoire, the message expressed the belief
that the friendly relations between the DPRK and Cote D'ivoire would
continue to develop on good terms.
��� The message wished him and his people greater success in the work for
stability and peace of the country.
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Congratulations to President of Sao Tome and Principe
��� pyongyang, August 6 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium
of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, on August 4 sent a congratulatory
message to Frederico De Meneses upon his election as President of Sao Tome
and Principe. The message extended warm congratulations to the president and
expressed the belief that the excellent friendly relations between the two
countries would continue to develop on good terms.
��� It wished the president success in his responsible work.
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Kim Yong Nam meets Czech ambassador
��� Pyongyang, August 6 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium
of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met Czech ambassador to the DPRK
Alexander Karych, who paid a farewell call on him, at the Mansudae Assembly
Hall today. Present there was vice-minister of foreign affairs Choe Su Hon.
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Art performance given in honour of Kim Jong Il
��� Moscow August 5 (KCNA) -- The presidential orchestra of the Kremlin gave
a performance in the Vladimir Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace this evening
in honour of leader Kim Jong Il. When he appeared in the auditorium, the
audience warmly welcomed him with enthusiastic applause.
��� The performance was highly acclaimed by the audience for the high
artistic talents of the artistes.
��� Kim Jong Il congratulated the artistes on their successful performance
and sent a floral basket to them.
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For Spanish-speaking people
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dirigente kim jong il recorre reliquias culturales historicas en kremlin ���
moscu, 5 de agosto (atcc) -- el dirigente kim jong il, presidente del comite
de defensa nacional de la republica popular democratica de corea recorrio
hoy las reliquias culturales historicas en kremlin de larga historia. aqui
estan conservados los edificios que muestran las fases de distintas epocas y
numerosas reliquias culturales historicas.
��� al recorrer el interior y exterior del vetusto gran palacio kremlin y
los museos donde estan conservadas numerosas reliquias culturales historicas
el camarada kim jong il dio alta evaluacion diciendo que se conservan y se
cuidan bien las preciosas reliquias.
��� ese dia la comandancia de guarnicion de kremlin dio recuerdo al camarada
kim jong il.
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los coreanos deben unirse para lograr reunificacion
��� pyongyang, 6 de enero (atcc) -- el diario "rodong sinmun" inserto en el
numero de hoy un articulo senalando que todos los coreanos en el norte, el
sur y en el ultramar segun la exhortacion del editorial conjunto de este ano
deben incorporarse a la lucha nacional por materializar la declaracion
conjunta norte-sur por encima de las diferencias de idea, regimen, criterio
politico y creencia religiosa. el articulo continua:
��� a fin de ejecutar cabalmente la declaracion conjunta norte-sur del 15 de
junio es preciso mantener con firmeza el principio de lograr de manera
independiente la reunificacion del pais con las fuerzas unidas de los
coreanos que son duenos de este problema.
��� todos los coreanos en el pais y el extranjero que apoyan la declaracion
conjunta deben unirse firmemente para desplegar con energia en un movimiento
de toda la nacion la lucha por cumplirla.
��� la evolucion de la situacion posterior al historico encuentro de
pyongyang y la publicacion de la declaracion conjunta norte-sur demuestra
que la nacion coreana al juntar sus fuerzas no tendra nada irrealizable sino
con toda seguridad por cuenta propia podra lograr reconciliacion y unidad y
realizar la reunificacion de la patria.
��� trataremos con respeto y lealtad la declaracion conjunta y nos
esforzaremos invariablemente por ejecutarla, hasta aquel dia en que se
realice la reunificacion de la patira, senala el articulo.
��� para abrir la puerta de la reunificacion de la patria nos uniremos
firmemente con todas las personas quienes apoyan la declaracion conjunta
norte-sur y aspiran a llevarla a la practica independientemente de que sean
las autoridades, los civiles, los politicos, los economistas y los hombres
de cultura y no importa donde residan: en el norte o el sur de corea o en el
ultramar.
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