TODAY'S NEWS (October.15.2001 Juche 90) [CONTENTS] * Paper on Korea's reunification * Greetings to Equatorial Guinean President * Indonesian President on Korea's reunification * Peruvian party leader visits DPRK embassy * S. Korean teachers protest against educational policy * Eastern coastal area of DPRK hard hit by tidal wave and torrential rain * S. Korea tour of Japanese prime minister * Congratulations to Ethiopia * National conference of Japanese women * ILO to send fact-finding group to S. Korea * Vietnamese government economic delegation here * Gift to Kim Jong Il from Nepalese foreign secretary For Spanish-speaking people * fdns denuncia programada visita a sudcorea de premier japones * rpdc: danos por marejada y lluvia torrencial * reintegracion de patria es deseo supremo de nacion Paper on Korea's reunification ��� Pyongyang, October 15 (KCNA) -- Korea's reunification is the greatest desire and the most urgent task of the Korean nation, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article. It goes on: ��� If Korea still remains divided into the north and the south at a time when the imperialists are escalating their moves for domination under the signboard of "globalization", the Korean nation will never be freed from foreign domination and subjugation. ��� Korea's reunification is a vital demand and the supreme task of the nation, whose fulfillment is a matter of the utmost urgency. ��� Any Korean concerned about the destiny of the nation should devotedly work to reunify the country. ��� National independence is a fundamental principle for reunification and a militant banner the Korean nation should hold aloft. ��� The historic June 15 North-South Joint Declaration calls for solving the issue of the country's reunification independently by the concerted efforts of the Korean nation responsible for it. ��� The whole nation should implement the declaration to the letter under the leadership of Kim Jong Il. ��� This is a short cut to reunifying the country. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greetings to Equatorial Guinean President ��� Pyongyang, October 15 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, on October 9 sent a message of greetings to Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea, on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of its independence. The message extended warm congratulations to him and the people of equatorial guinea on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of its independence. ��� Expressing belief that the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries with a long tradition would grow stronger to meet the need of the new century, it wished the president and people of equatorial guinea greater success in their work for national unity and prosperity of the country. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Indonesian President on Korea's reunification ��� Pyongyang, October 15 (KCNA) -- Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri said that the Indonesian government hoped the Korean peninsula would be reunified at an early date, when she met with DPRK ambassador to Indonesia Kim Pyong Hong who paid a courtesy call on her on Oct. 11. Referring to the north-south dialogue, the President stated that Korea would emerge a powerful nation when it is reunified. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Peruvian party leader visits DPRK embassy ��� Pyongyang, October 15 (KCNA) -- General secretary Alberto Moreno and International secretary Jorge Jaime of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Peru (red motherland) visited the DPRK embassy in Lima on October 9 on the occasion of the 56th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea. The General secretary referred to the glorious path covered by the WPK founded by President Kim Il Sung and guided by leader Kim Jong Il and highly praised the greatness of the WPK, which has made an immortal contribution to the development of the international communist movement and working-class movement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ S. Korean teachers protest against educational policy ��� Pyongyang, October 15 (KCNA) -- The "National Teachers Union" of South Korea (Jongyojo) held rallies across South Korea on Oct. 10 in protest against the authorities' educational policy, according to Seoul-based Yonhap news. The organization held a rally of over 3,000 people at the Jongmyo park in Seoul and other "rallies of teachers for checking marketing of education and securing right of equality in education" with the attendance of 20,000 people in 16 cities and provinces. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eastern coastal area of DPRK hard hit by tidal wave and torrential rain ��� Pyongyang, October 15 (KCNA) -- Wonsan area in Kangwon Province of the DPRK was hard hit by tidal wave, torrential rain and strong wind that lasted for over 30 hours from the dawn of Oct. 9 to 12:00 on Oct. 10. The damage is severer than what was done by previous natural disasters. The torrential rain that pounded Wonsan registered 411 mm, 15 times the average precipitation in the first ten days of October over the last 60 years of meteorological observation. It was struck by 114 mm of torrential rain between 03:00 and 05:00 on Oct. 10 and by 1.5 metre-high tidal wave between 05:00 and 06:00. ��� Meanwhile, strong wind of 18-20 m/s blew and 3 metre-high sea waves swept over breakwaters, flooding the land. ��� This put Wonsan under 1-1.5 meter deep water and 30-50 cm deep silt in a moment. The tidal wave and torrential rain claimed hundreds of casualties and a huge loss of properties in Wonsan alone. ��� According to a preliminary estimate made as of Oct. 11, hundreds of industrial buildings were left submerged to make thousands of machines hardly operational. ��� Machines and other equipment, raw and other materials, finished goods, vehicles, etc. of industrial establishments in Wonsan including machine, chemical, garment and furniture factories were inundated or washed away. ��� All the goods kept in the commercial and service sectors including wholesale houses and shops were either washed away or made useless by mud, rendering the people's living very difficult. ��� The damage done to the industrial sector is yet to be estimated. ��� Wharf facilities were destroyed, scores of ships were either sunken or damaged and a lot of cargo was washed away. ��� Landslide and torrential rain pulled down or submerged houses for tens of thousands of families. Thousands of houses were totally destroyed to cause a big loss of family properties. ��� Schools, hospitals, halls and other public buildings were also left inundated. ��� The agricultural sector was also hard hit by this natural calamity. ��� Sheaves of rice were washed away from thousands of hectares of paddy fields. ��� The sudden landslide and flood destroyed roads and bridges, totally suspending transportation and cutting off electricity supply and post and telecommunications. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ S. Korea tour of Japanese prime minister ��� Pyongyang, October 15 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the National Democratic Front of South Korea made public a statement on October 12, condemning the Japanese prime minister for his South Korea visit expected today, according to Seoul-based radio Voice of National Salvation. He branded the Japanese prime minister's tour defying strong protest at home and abroad as an intolerable insult to the Korean nation and part of the vicious moves to reinvade Korea. He vehemently condemned it with surging indignation of the whole nation. ��� The purpose of his trip is to whitewash Japan's blood-stained history of monstrous crimes committed against the Korean nation and calm down the growing anti-Japanese sentiment of our people, he said, and went on: ��� The Japanese prime minister should properly understand the anti-Japanese feelings of our people in the 10 million signature campaign, immediately cancel his sinister trip plan and sincerely apologize and compensate to our nation for the history of aggression and the present criminal action. ��� The National Democratic Front of South Korea will reject the trip of the Japanese prime minister together with all the people and resolutely smash Japan's moves for reinvasion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Congratulations to Ethiopia ��� Pyongyang, October 15 (KCNA) -- President Kim Yong Nam of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly on Oct. 13 sent a congratulatory message to Girma Woldegiorgis upon his election as President of Ethiopia. The message extended warm congratulations to him and expressed belief that the traditional friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries would steadily grow stronger. ��� It sincerely wished him great success in his responsible work to achieve peace, stability and prosperity of the country. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ National conference of Japanese women ��� Tokyo, October 13 (KNS-KCNA) -- A national conference of the Japanese women's liaison council for solidarity with the Korean women was held in Shizuoka prefecture on S sept. 29 and 30. The conference reviewed the activities of the organization in the last one year and discussed the direction of its future work. ��� It was agreed at the conference to conduct vigorous activities for preservation of peace, normalization of Japan-DPRK relations, education in correct history, Japan's settlement of past crimes and the rights of Koreans in Japan. ��� A resolution was adopted at the conference. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ILO to send fact-finding group to S. Korea ��� Pyongyang, October 15 (KCNA) -- The General secretary of the international confederation of free trade unions in a message to the International Labour Organization informed it that the South Korean authorities rearrested Tan Pyong Ho, chairman of the South Korean confederation of trade unions, and asked the ILO to intervene in it, according to MBC from Seoul. After receiving it, ILO is expected to send a two-men fact-finding group to South Korea and meet him. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vietnamese government economic delegation here ��� Pyongyang, October 15 (KCNA) -- A Vietnamese government economic delegation led by Mai Van Dau, vice-minister of trade, arrived here today. The delegation was greeted by Ri Ryong Nam, vice-minister of foreign trade, and Do Thi Hoa, Vietnamese ambassador to the DPRK, at the airport. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gift to Kim Jong Il from Nepalese foreign secretary ��� Pyongyang, October 15 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il was presented with a gift by Narayan Sumsher Thapa, secretary of the ministry of foreign affairs of Nepal, on a visit to the DPRK. The gift was handed to foreign minister Paek Nam Sun by the secretary today. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Spanish-speaking people ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fdns denuncia programada visita a sudcorea de premier japones ��� pyongyang, 15 de octubre (atcc) -- segun la radio "voz de salvacion nacional" en seul, el vocero del frente democratico nacional de sudcorea (fdns) hizo publica el dia 12 una declaracion denunciando la visita a esta parte sur del premier japones programada para el dia 15. el vocero senala: ��� calificamos de un intolerable insulto a la nacion coreana y de un eslabon de las monstruosas maquinaciones de nueva agresion la visita a sudcorea que pretende realizar el premier japones pese a la poderosa protesta y condenacion de la opinion publica interna y externa y la denunciamos con una vehemente indignacion de todo el pueblo surcoreano. ��� el premier japones se propone emprender la presente visita con el objeto de hacer nula la historia japonesa de sus imperdonables actos cometidos en el pasado contra la nacion coreana y mitigar el creciente sentimiento antijapones de las masas populares. ��� el premier japones debe juzgar correctamente la voluntad antijaponesa de nuestras masas populares que enfrascadas en la campana de recogida de firmas de diez millones de personas despliegan dia tras dia la vigorosa lucha, anular de inmediato su plan de viaje malsano y hacer disculpa e indemnizacion sinceras por la historia de agresion pasada del japon y sus actos criminales de hoy contra la nacion coreana. ��� el fdns junto con todo el pueblo rechazara la visita en cuestion y frustrara tajantemente las maquinaciones de nueva agresion del japon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rpdc: danos por marejada y lluvia torrencial ��� pyongyang, 15 de octubre (atcc) -- la region de wonsan de la provincia de kangwon de corea sufrio grandes danos por la marejada, la lluvia torrencial y el viento fuerte durante mas de 30 horas desde la madrugada del dia 9 hasta las 12 del dia 10. los danos son mayores que las calamidades naturales sufridas hasta la fecha. ��� las precipitaciones de 411 milimetros son 15 veces mayores que el promedio de la primera mitad de octubre de 60 anos desde el inicio de la observacion meteorologica. ��� en particular, de las 3 a las 5 del dia 10 cayo la lluvia torrencial de 114 milimetros y de las 5 a las 6 ocurrio la marejada de 1.5 metros. ��� por otra parte, por el viento de 18-20 metros por segundo las oleadas de 3 metros de alto vinieron a la tierra arrastrando el malecon. ��� en consecuencia, la ciudad de wonsan fue anegada en el agua de 1-1.5 metros de alto y cubierta de fango y arena de 30-50 centimetros de grueso. ��� solo en la ciudad de wonsan se registraron centenares de muertos y heridos y enormes perdidas de bienes. ��� segun datos elementales recogidos hasta el dia 11, fueron anegados centenares de naves industriales y asi resultaron inservibles miles de maquinas e instalaciones. ��� fueron inundados o perdidos maquinas, equipos, materiales, materias primas, productos acabados, medios de transporte de las fabricas y empresas, en particular de maquinas, quimica, de vestido y muebles de la ciudad. ��� muchas mercancias almacenadas en empresas de comercio mayorista, tiendas y otros de servicio comercial fueron perdidas o resultaron inservibles por el fango, lo que crea gran obstaculo para la vida del pueblo. ��� todavia es imprevisible el valor de danos ocasionados en el sector industrial fueron destruidas instalaciones de muebles y hundidos o destruidos mas de decenas de barcos y perdidas muchas mercancias. ��� por derrumbe de montanas y lluvias torrenciales fueron derrumbadas o anegadas decenas de miles de viviendas, entre estas fueron destruidas por completo miles de unidades. ��� fueron anegados escuelas, hospitales, casas culturales y otros edificios publicos. ��� son onerosos los danos ocasionados en la agricultura. ��� fueron arrastrados por agua haces de arroz en miles de hectareas de arrozales y campo de secano. ��� fueron destruidos, ademas, carreteras y puentes, y cortados completamente el transporte, la linea electrica y las comunicaciones. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ reintegracion de patria es deseo supremo de nacion ��� pyongyang, 15 de octubre (atcc) -- hoy, el periodico "rodong sinmun" inserto un articulo individual senalando que la reunificacion de la patria es el mayor deseo y la tarea mas apremiante de la nacion coreana. el articulo continua: ��� en la situacion actual en que los imperialistas fortalecen sus maquinaciones dominacionistas en todas partes del globo terraqueo bajo el rotulo de la "globalizacion" la nacion coreana dividida en el norte y el sur no podra liberarse de la dominacion y subyugacion de las fuerzas extranjeras. ��� la reunificacion de la patria es la demanda vital y la tarea suprema impostergable de la nacion coreana. ��� todos los coreanos que se preocupan del destino de la nacion deben esforzarse abnegadamente por lograr la reunificacion de la patria. ��� la independencia nacional es el principio fundamental de la resolucion del problema de la reintegracion y la bandera de la lucha que la nacion coreana debe tomar firmemente. ��� la historica declaracion conjunta norte-sur del 15 de junio estipula solucionar de manera independiente el problema de reunificacion del pais con las fuerzas propias de los coreanos que son duenos de esta causa suprema nacional. ��� toda la nacion coreana debe materializar estrictamente la declaracion arriba mencionada bajo la direccion del dirigente kim jong il para abrir un atajo para la reintegracion del pais. _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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