TODAY'S NEWS (September.17.2001 Juche 90)
[CONTENTS]
* Kim Jong Il inspects South Hamgyong Province
* Efforts made to protect ozone layer
* U.S. urged to drop its hard-line policy towards DPRK
* Recent successes of DPRK sportspersons
* Message of greetings to Chilean President
* New Yemeni ambassador arrives
* Second-day session of 5th inter-Korean ministerial talks held
For Spanish-speaking people
*ee.uu. no debe obstaculizar turismo al monte kumgang
*rpdc: servicio de informatica cientifico-tecnica
Kim Jong Il inspects South Hamgyong Province
Pyongyang, September 17 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Il, General Secretary of the
Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the DPRK
National Defence Commission, gave field guidance to the work in various
fields in South Hamgyong Province from Sept. 14 to 15.
Accompanying him were secretaries of the WPK Central Committee Kim Kuk Thae,
Kim Ki Nam and Jong Ha Chol, minister of
railways Kim Yong Sam and others.
Leader Kim Jong Il visited different units in the province including the
July 6 Railway Factory, the Rahung Concret Sleeper Plant,
Songchongang Power Stations, the Yonggwang Youth Fish Farm and the
Jungphyong Cooperative Farm in Sinhung county.
The first leg of his visit was the July 6 railway factory.
After being briefed on the history of the factory in front of its
panoramic map, he went round production processes to learn about
details of its production.
He advanced tasks to be carried out by the factory, saying that its
position and role are very important in putting railway transport, the
pilot of the national economy, on a new higher stage.
A technical modernization drive for updating all production processes
should be energetically pushed ahead and new advanced
technology introduced in order to satisfactorily meet the increasing demand
for transport and produce more quality goods suited to the
new century, he stressed.
He appreciated a performance given by the itinerant art squad of the
factory on the worksite.
Then he moved on to the Rahung Concrete Sleeper Plant.
Going round sleeper shop and other workshops to learn about the
production of the plant, he gave a pet-talk to workers in the drive
for increased production.
He said the plant should be modernized and its capacity further raised
to increase the output of sleepers.
Kim Jong Il also inspected newly built Songchongang Power Stations
nos.23, 24, 25, 26 and 27.
Looking round the interior and exterior of the modern power stations, he
acquainted himself in detail with their construction and
operation and expressed thanks to all those who participated in the
construction of the stations.
He said it is important to elevate the efficiency of generators and do
away with the waste of electricity while building many minor
power stations, and indicated concrete ways to do so.
The next leg of his guidance was the Yonggwang Youth Fish Farm newly
built in Jadong-ri, Yonggwang county.
Going round the modern fish farm covering scores of hectares, he noted
with great satisfaction that the members of the youth shock
brigade, who built the Kwangmyongsong Saltern, finished the construction of
the excellent farm in a short span of time, and extended
thanks to them.
He put forth tasks to be carried out to operate the fish farm, saying
that in order to increase the output of freshwater fish it is essential
to put pisciculture on a scientific and intensive basis, develop good breed
and solve the feed problem.
He visited the Jungphyong Cooperative Farm in Sinhung county.
After seeing the monument to President Kim Il Sung's on-site guidance on
the farm, he went round different places of its sixth
workteam to learn about the rural construction and farm work.
He said that farm work should be done on a scientific and technological
basis as demanded by the Juche method of farming whose
validity and advantage have been proven in practice and the principle of the
right crop on the right soil and in the right time strictly
adhered to according to the topographical features so as to raise the grain
yield.
Then he dropped in at servicemen's family whose father is farmer Kim Hyo
Bong. There he had a cordial talk with Kim's family
members and posed for a picture with them. Meanwhile, the South Hamgyong
Provincial People's Committee and the South Hamgyong
Provincial Committee of the WPK hosted a dinner at Sinhung restaurant in
honor of Kim Jong Il upon the conclusion of his guidance to
the province.
Kim Jong Il met with leading officials of the restaurant to learn about
how it serves the people. And he urged them to prepare a variety
of delicious noodles in a larger quantity with local special products such
as potato starch for the people.
Efforts made to protect ozone layer
Pyongyang, September 17 (KCNA) -- A variety of work was conducted in the
DPRK on the occasion of the International Day of
Ozone Layer Protection (September 16). The DPRK natural conservation union
conducted lectures and other activities to explain the
significance of the ozone layer in the ecological environment, the cause of
the ozone layer depletion and its consequences and ways of
protecting it.
The Korea scientific and educational film studio produced a scientific
film on the protection of the ozone layer.
Scientific researches into the production and use of refrigerating
substance to suit the local conditions are being intensified at the
environmental institutes and other units to properly implement the
convention on ozone layer protection.
The solid legal foundation of protecting the atmosphere such as the "the
DPRK law on environmental protection" which was adopted
in Juche 75 (1986) and amended and supplemented in Juche 88 (1999) and the
"DPRK law on protecting land and environment and
controlling their degradation" adopted in Juche 87 (1998) has been laid in
the dprk, a signatory party to and implementer of the
convention.
U.S. urged to drop its hard-line policy towards DPRK
Pyongyang, September 17 (KCNA) -- The United States is persistently
increasing the unreasonable pressure upon the DPRK over the
non-existent "missile threat" from it. Rodong Sinmun today carries a signed
commentary in this regard.
Recalling that Donald Greg, president of the U.S. "Korea Association"
who is former U.S. ambassador to South Korea, said in a
recent interview with CNN that the "missile threat from North Korea is an
exaggerated story and North Korea should no longer be called
a rogue state", the commentary continues:
The DPRK's missile program is of a peaceful nature from a to z and it,
therefore, poses no threat to anyone.
Its development of missiles is a just act for self-defence to protect
its sovereignty.
It will not trouble itself to develop missiles if the U.S. does not pose
a military threat to the DPRK with sabre-rattlings to invade it
after massively deploying nuclear weapons and missiles in and around South
Korea.
The U.S. fuss about "missile threat" from the DPRK is nothing but a
scenario to scrap the ABM treaty, a cornerstone of the world
strategic equilibrium, and spark an unlimited arms race and it is its
intention to orchestrate the scenario under the pretext of "threat" from
the DPRK.
The real aim sought by the U.S. in its establishment of the missile
defence system is to militarily contain Russia and China, its main
rivals, and hold world hegemony.
It is anachronistic for the U.S. to project its dominationist ambition
and pursue a strong-arm policy, looking down on other countries
and acting an international gendarme. This, however, will only lead the U.S.
to self-destruction.
The Bush administration should clearly know that its escalated hard-line
policy to stifle the DPRK would drive the U.S. to a grave
situation.
Recent successes of DPRK sportspersons
Pyongyang, September 17 (KCNA) -- The DPRK sportspersons proved
successful in recent international contests demonstrating the
spirit of the nation. DPRK sportswomen bagged five gold medals and the "cup
for the best player" in the first Asian women boxing
championships held in Thailand last August. Kye Sun Hui defeated all her
rivals in the 52 kg category and won the title in the 2001
world Judo championships held in Germany in July. She placed first in the
international Judo aces contest held last February, too.
DPRK Taekwon-do players also won more than 20 medals including 17 gold
medals and four cups in the 12th world Taekwon-do
championships held in Italy.
Men shooters came first in the men's team skeet shooting of the Asia
trap shooting championships for 2001 while football players
placed first in the Shanghai four football tournament and Kim Hyon Hui
placed second in the 2001 world cup women table-tennis
tournament.
DPRK weightlifters bagged 14 gold medals and one silver medal in the
fourth world students' weightlifting championships held in
Slovakia in June. Korean players won gold medals in the synchronized
swimming of the first Asia swimming championships for each
age and the women vaulting horse of the 21st World Universiad held in china
and other international tournaments.
The DPRK players are under intensive training to achieve more successes
in the coming international tournaments.
Message of greetings to Chilean President
Pyongyang, September 17 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the
Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK,
on September 14 sent a message of greetings to Ricardo Lagos Escobar,
President of Chile. The message sent warm congratulations to
him and, through him, to the people of Chile on the occasion of its
independence day.
Expressing the conviction that the friendly and cooperative relations
between the two countries would continue to develop on good
terms, it wished him greater success in his work for the wellbeing of the
Chilean people.
New Yemeni ambassador arrives
Pyongyang, September 17 (KCNA) -- New Yemeni ambassador e.p. to the DPRK
Abdul Whab Mohamed al Shawkani arrived here
today by air.
Second-day session of 5th inter-Korean ministerial talks held
Seoul, September 17 (KCNA correspondent) -- A second-day session of the
5th north-south ministerial talks was held on Sept. 17.
At the talks Kim Ryong Song who is heading the north side's delegation,
referred to the purpose and validity of the north side's
clarification of its basic stand toward improving the north-south relations
and raise of outstanding issues and called for discussing
proposals raised by both sides and outstanding issues of bilateral concern
in the spirit of historic June 15 joint declaration in view of the
importance of the talks.
It was agreed at the talks to let working-level officials draft a joint
communique as agreed upon between the two sides.
The talks continue.
For Spanish-speaking people
ee.uu. no debe obstaculizar turismo al monte kumgang
pyongyang, 17 de mayo (atcc) -- se dio inicio al turismo al monte
kumgang en noviembre de 1998 partiendo del noble ideal fraternal
de satisfacer el deseo de los surcoreanos de ver al famoso monte kumgang y
de contribuir a la reconciliacion y la gran unidad nacional
para lograr la reunificacion de la patria. pero, ee.uu. obstaculizo desde el
principio en todas las direcciones el turismo al monte kumgang.
a fin de frustrar el turismo al monte kumgang iniciado como trabajo de
cooperacion no gubernamental en el periodo del cierre de las
relaciones norte-sur ee.uu. intervino directamente en este trabajo diciendo
que "se destina exclusivamente para los gastos militares" el
costo del turismo.
el 28 de diciembre de 1998 cuando se dio inicio al turismo al monte
kumgang en cooperacion con hyundai, el periodico japones
"yomiuri shimbun" informo que perry, coordinador de la politica con respecto
a corea de ee.uu. de visita en sudcorea a principios del
mismo mes se preocupo de que enorme suma de dinero remesado a la rpdc a
costa del turismo al monte kumgang podria utilizarse
enteramente como gastos militares y que de acuerdo con eso las autoridades
surcoreanas pusieron freno a la remesa del grupo hyundai a
la rpdc.
el periodico japones "sankei shimbun", en el numero del dia 2 de febrero
del ano 2001, informo que "el gobierno y el circulo militar
en el periodo del mandato de clinton se preocuparon del uso para fines
militares de los fondos de hyundai y por eso, en noviembre del
ano pasado la comandancia del ejercito norteamericano ocupante de surcorea
expreso protesta por ese respecto en entrevista con un
representante del grupo hyundai".
el 27 de marzo de 2001, schwats, comandante del ejercito norteamericano
ocupante de surcorea, en el senado de ee.uu. dio testimonio
de que "la amenaza de norcorea se ha hecho mas critica que el ano pasado,
norcorea libra ejercicios militares intensivos y compra
armamentos" tratando de insinuar manosamente el uso exclusivo para gastos
militares del costo de turismo del grupo hyundai.
(periodico surcoreano "kyonghyang sinmun", 29 de marzo de 2001.) el 4 de
enero de 2001, un investigador encargado de asuntos
asiaticos del buro de investigacion del congreso norteamericano, senalo:
"ahora, el gobierno y el pueblo de washington y el circulo
militar se preocupan grandemente del posible uso para fines militares del
costo del turismo remitido a norcorea por el grupo hyundai. la
administracion de bush tratara de manera critica estas transacciones.".
("radio de ee.uu. para asia libre" 4 de enero de 2001).
todos los hechos demuestran que ee.uu. disgustado de la reconciliacion,
cooperacion y la reunificacion del norte y el sur se oponia,
desde el principio, al turismo al monte kumgang interviene en cada asunto
para poner obstaculo.
ee.uu. y sus seguidores deben asumir la entera responsabilidad del caso
en que se interrumpa o se frustre el turismo al monte
kumgang.
ee.uu. debe dejar de obstaculizar el turismo al monte kumgang que se
desarrolla dentro de la nacion coreana.
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