TODAY'S NEWS (August.09.2001 Juche 90)
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Kim Jong Il has unofficial meeting with V.V. Putin
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Highly reputed circus
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South Korean students on hunger strike before White House
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Anti-Ri Hoe Chang struggle called for
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Gift to Kim Jong Il
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Japanese chief executive's moves to revive militarism condemned
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U.S. urged to drop its attempt to isolate and stifle DPRK
For Spanish-speaking people
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dirigente kim jong il se encuentra extraoficialmente con presidente putin
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exposicion conjunta de materiales sur-norte
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dirigente kim jong il envia telegrama de consuelo a presidente de siria
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Kim Jong Il has unofficial meeting with V.V. Putin
��� Moscow, August 8 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il, Chairman of the National
Defence Commission of the DPRK, had an unofficial meeting with Vladimir
Vladimirovich Putin, President of the Russian Federation, today upon the
conclusion of his stay in Moscow. Kim Jong Il expressed thanks to V.V. Putin
for the special hospitality accorded to him during his visit and had a
cordial and friendly talk with Putin.
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Highly reputed circus
��� Pyongyang, August 9 (KCNA) -- The Pyongyang National Circus in the DPRK
is well known at home and abroad. The circus has given over 30,000
performances since it was established on June 10, 1952.
��� These include more than 5,300 performances staged in over 540 cities of
a total of 187 countries through its 120 odd foreign tours.
��� At the time the circus was born it had no more than dozens of acrobats.
But it has developed to be an organization for acrobatic creation and
performance, staffed with hundreds of acrobats and creators.
��� In this period it put on stage nearly 1,000 works including body and
animal acrobatics, circus on ice and synchronized swimming, magic and
interlude.
��� Many works were appreciated as excellent ones at over 30 international
acrobatic and magic festivals.
��� Known worldwide are aerial stunts "flying girls", "three-stage trapezs
flight" and other acrobatic pieces and magic works presented by Kim Thaek
Song and Jong Ae Sim who earned fame as twice magic king and magic queen of
the world respectively.
��� The circus has produced dozens of holders of honorary titles including
people's artists Pak So Un, Kim Jae Gun and people's actor Kim Thaek Song
and his sons people's actors Kim Chol and Kim Kwang Chol, who are jugglers.
��� The circus is headquartered in the magnificent Pyongyang Circus Theatre
in Kwangbok Street, Pyongyang.
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South Korean students on hunger strike before White House
��� pyongyang, August 9 (KCNA) -- Students under the South Korean
Federation of University Student Councils and the south headquarters of the
National Alliance of Youth and Students for the Country's Reunification
reportedly went on a hunger strike in front of the White House in Washington
on August 6, demanding the withdrawal of the U.S. hard-line policy towards
the DPRK and pullout of the U.S. troops from South Korea, etc.
Representatives of the organizations Tuesday called a press conference at
which they said they would continue their hunger strike until August 20.
��� And they declared that they decided to address an open letter carrying
their demand to bush and sent a letter to the U.S. ambassador to South Korea
demanding a reply to the letter and an interview.
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Anti-Ri Hoe Chang struggle called for
��� Pyongyang, August 9 (KCNA) -- The central committee of the National
Democratic Front of South Korea (NDFSK) on August 7 issued a statement
denouncing president Ri Hoe Chang of the Grand National Party for resorting
to anti-reunification and anti-people moves against the June 15 South-North
Joint Declaration, Seoul-based radio Voice of National Salvation said.
According to the statement, Ri, going against the mindset of the people and
the trend of the times, is standing desperately opposed to the declaration
and its implementation, overheated with frantic anti-north confrontation.
��� The statement says:
��� No sooner had the "south-north agreement" for the opening of the
south-north summit talks been published in April last year than Ri
obstructed the historic Pyongyang meeting, terming it "new northward wind
for general elections" case.
��� Not content with clamour about "reciprocity," he adamantly opposed
inter-Korean exchange and cooperation, claiming that profitless cooperation
with the north should be discontinued.
��� Worse still, Ri went the length of branding the DPRK as "no. 1 enemy"
and has become a local agent of the U.S. to praise the bush administration's
hardline policy toward the north and the moves to establish missile defense
system.
��� All this eloquently proves that Ri is a vicious anti-reunification
element, warmonger and heinous pro-American flunkeyist traitor and most
wicked fascist.
��� The NDFSK central committee, reflecting the unanimous anger and will of
all the people, bitterly denounces Ri as a wicked traitor to the nation and
vicious enemy of the people with whom the Korean people cannot live under
the same sky.
��� The people from all walks of life should see through the true colors of
Ri and turn out in a vigorous nationwide struggle to foil his mucky attempt
to seize power and remove his name from the list of the nation before he
adds to the disgrace of the nation and bring him to the court of the nation.
��� The NDFSK will push ahead with a powerful anti-Ri Hoe Chang struggle to
bury him in the ditch of history and bring earlier independence, democracy
and reunification, the desires of the fellow countrymen.
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Gift to Kim Jong Il
��� Pyongyang, August 9 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il received a gift from
the Swiss Committee for Supporting Korea's Reunification. The gift was
handed to an official concerned by Martin Lotscher, chairman of the
committee, on a visit to the DPRK.
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Japanese chief executive's moves to revive militarism condemned
��� Pyongyang, August 9 (KCNA) -- The Japanese chief executive is getting
overheated in his bid to visit the "Yasukuni Shrine" on August 15, the day
of the Japanese imperialists' defeat, in defiance of strong protest and
denunciation at home and abroad. In this regard Rodong Sinmun today runs a
signed commentary, which says: The Japanese chief executive's expression of
his intention to pay "heartfelt tribute" to Tojo proves that he worships
Tojo and sympathizes with his idea and action consistent with murder and
destruction aiming to realise the dream of the "Greater East Asia
Coprosperity Sphere".
��� His deed is an insult to the Asian people who underwent immeasurable
misfortunes, pain and sufferings under the Japanese imperialists' aggression
and colonial rule and a challenge to those countries which suffered the
scourge of war.
��� His official visit to the "Yasukuni Shrine" is chiefly aimed to imbue
the society of Japan with the idea of militarism and reinvasion and call out
people to a war of aggression.
��� He is making it an important mission of his cabinet to arm the people
with the idea of militarism, the last process of Japan's preparations for a
war.
��� His bid betrays his ambition to restore the militarist idea of Tojo, who
took the lead in the war of aggression for domination over Asia, and to
realise the dream of the "Greater East Asia Coprosperity Sphere" that Tojo
failed.
��� It is a suicide action going against the trend of the era to repeat the
history of aggression, not drawing a lesson from the historical defeat.
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U.S. urged to drop its attempt to isolate and stifle DPRK
��� pyongyang, August 9 (KCNA) -- It is a foolish dream for the bellicose
forces of the United States to try to isolate and stifle the DPRK with
strength, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary. It goes on:
��� The new U.S. administration is pursuing a hostile policy to isolate and
stifle the DPRK in the new century again, the policy which went bankrupt in
the 20th century, thus blocking the way of improving the DPRK-U.S. relations
and deteriorating the situation.
��� This policy is clearly evidenced by their clamour about "missile
threat." They are desperately working to establish the missile defense
system under the pretext of a "missile threat" from the DPRK.
��� Pressure can never solve any problem.
��� The DPRK has already clarified its policy toward the U.S. more than
once. Its stand is to develop relations with the u.s. on the principle of
equality and mutual benefits if the latter recognizes the sovereignty of the
former and approaches it with a good will.
��� If the U.S. is truly interested in peace and security on the Korean
peninsula and wishes to develop relations with the DPRK, it should totally
renounce its policy to isolate and stifle the DPRK and refrain from
threatening the DPRK militarily. furthermore, it should root out the very
source of any threat to the DPRK by withdrawing its troops from South Korea.
��� The U.S. should clearly know the principled stand of the DPRK. If the
U.S. approaches the DPRK with a good will it will reciprocate it and if it
takes a hard line stand toward the DPRK it will react to it with the
toughest stand. This principled stand and mode of counteraction are entirely
just. No one has the right to find fault with them.
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For Spanish-speaking people
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dirigente kim jong il se encuentra extraoficialmente con presidente putin
��� moscu, 8 de agosto (atcc) -- el dirigente kim jong il, presidente del
comite de defensa nacional de la republica popular democratica de corea, al
terminar su permanencia en moscu, se encontro hoy extraoficialmente con
vladimir vladimirovich putin, presidente de la federacion rusa. el dirigente
kim jong il expreso su agradecimiento al mandatario ruso por la especial
hospitalidad dispensada durante su visita y sostuvo con el una charla
cordial y amistosa.
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exposicion conjunta de materiales sur-norte
��� pyongyang, 9 de junio (atcc) -- segun "ryonhap news" de seul, esta
montada en el museo de la isla tok desde la segunda quincena de mayo la
exposicion conjunta de materiales sur-norte que revelan la ilegalidad de la
ocupacion de corea por el imperialismo japones. estan exhibidos los
materiales que demuestran la preparacion meticulosa y actos coercitivos del
imperialismo japones para ocupar a corea incluyendo la "teoria de conquista
de corea" y el "tratado de isla kanghwa" asi como adicionalmente los datos
referentes a la isla tok.
��� la exposicion esta cada dia abarotada de visitantes. en menos de 15 dias
lo visitaron mas de 5 mil personas.
��� el dia 6, la parte del museo de isla tok hizo constar que se agranda el
interes de los visitantes porque la exposicion coincide con la agravacion de
la tergiversacion de la historia por el japon y anadio que la exposicion que
continuara hasta su traslado a seul a finales de agosto a seul serviria de
una mejor oportunidad de la comprension de la historia para los turistas de
la isla ulung.
��� exposicion conjunta norte-sur de igual indole se efectuo en marzo pasado
en el palacio de estudio del pueblo de pyongyang.
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dirigente kim jong il envia telegrama de consuelo a presidente de siria
��� pyongyang, 9 de junio (atcc) -- el gran dirigente kim jong il,
secretario general del partido del trabajo de corea, presidente del comite
de defensa nacional de la republica popular democratica de corea y
comandante supremo del ejercito popular de corea envio hoy un telegrama de
consuelo a bashar al assad, presidente de la republica arabe de siria con
motivo del primer aniversario del fallecimiento de hafez al-assad, destacado
dirigente del pueblo arabe de siria. el telegrama senala que el pueblo
coreano no se olvida siempre de la vida de su excelencia hafez al-assad
quien hizo un inmortal aporte al cumplimiento de la sagrada causa para
defender la soberania y la dignidad de la nacion arabe y el pueblo arabe
siriaco e hizo grandes esfuerzos por consolidar el lazo de amistad entre los
pueblos de corea y siria.
��� nos sentimos alegres de que aun bajo la complicada situacion
internacional las tradicionales relaciones de amistad y cooperacion entre
dos paises preparadas por los grandes lideres anteriores se desarrollan
invariablemente de generacion en generacion y consideramos que estas
relaciones seguiran fortaleciendose y desarrollandose tambien en el nuevo
siglo, senala el telegrama.
��� el telegrama formula votos de salud y felicidad para el presidente
siriaco y mayores exitos en los esfuerzos que hace el amistoso pueblo
siriaco bajo la correcta direccion del presidente para llevar adelante la
causa de su excelencia hafez al-assad, recuperar las alturas de golan y
otras tierras arabes usurpadas y construir la nueva sociedad moderna.
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