Korean Central News Agency Feb 4
TODAY'S NEWS (February.04.2001 Juche 90) [CONTENTS] * Implementation of joint declaration urged * Appeal of 2001 meeting favoured * Appeal of 2001 meeting supported * New film previewed * Measures against damage caused by U.S. military bases urged in S. Korea * Preparatory committees formed * Vigorous advance under red flag of socialism called for * Rodong Sinmun on Ishihara's outbursts For Spanish-speaking people * tarea principal de construccion economica de este ano * periodicos llaman a ejecutar cabalmente tareas enunciadas en editorial conjunto Implementation of joint declaration urged Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- The June 15 Joint Declaration, agreed upon by the north and south of Korea and fully supported at home and abroad, is a landmark of the movement for national reunification in the new century and a common banner of the Korean nation that all its members should uphold for the country's reunification. Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article. There can be no distinction between the north and the south, between the authorities and civilians and between the ruling and opposition parties in implementing the joint declaration and all the fellow countrymen should be responsible for it, the article says, and goes on: The implementation of the joint declaration is the concern of the Korean nation to remove the misfortune and pain it has suffered from division, enjoy a worthwhile life as a dignified nation and achieve co-prosperity of the nation. In order to implement the declaration to the letter, it is essential to have an independent stand whereby to solve all problems, large and small, arising in its implementation by the Korean nation's own will and efforts without dependence on any outsiders. The independent reunification of the Korean nation will be achieved only when the 70 million fellow countrymen carry through the historic joint declaration in a responsible manner. Appeal of 2001 meeting favoured Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- The south headquarters of the National Alliance of Youth and Students for the Country's Reunification (Pomchonghakryon) reportedly issued an article on January 26 to support the appeal adopted at the 2001 meeting for the independent reunification of the Korean nation. The article says: It is an immediate practical demand for the movement of national reunification to open the door of reunification and wage the June 15-August 15 campaign for promoting national reunification this year. The south headquarters of Pomchonghakryon will take the lead in the efforts to realize this demand. The south headquarters of Pomchonghakryon will make all the youth and students including those under the influence of the South Korean federation of university student councils supporting the June 15 joint declaration the driving force of the movement for national reunification. It will make new progress in the movement for national reunification by dealing a blow at the United States trying to block the reunification of the Korean nation and the ultra-right conservative forces going against the joint declaration. It is the mission and duty of the students to fight for implementing the joint declaration, the article says, and calls for the youth and students in the south, north and overseas to struggle in firm unity as the vanguard of the movement for national reunification. Appeal of 2001 meeting supported Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- Boris Petkov, chairman of the executive council of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party (Marxists), issued a statement on Jan. 28 in support of the appeal of the 2001 meeting for the independent reunification of the Korean nation. In the statement he said that the Bulgarian Communist Party (Marxists) fully supports the appeal of the DPRK for the independent reunification. The Korean nation should hold high the north-south joint declaration as the banner common to the nation, he said, adding: The north and south of Korea should work hard for an end to the division of the country and reunion of the separated families and relatives. Now is the time for the entire Korean nation to fully display patriotism, national dignity and responsibility. New film previewed Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- The April 25 Film Studio of the Korean People's Army recently produced part 6 (choe hyon), the multi-part film "the Nation and Destiny" part 55. The feature film deals with the historical facts that during the Fatherland Liberation War Choe Hyon's army corps followed up victories in battles behind the enemy's line in hearty response to the order of supreme commander Kim Il Sung. It also tells about warm love and trust with which Choe Hyon
Korean Central News Agency Feb 4
Letter to KCTU Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- The central committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea on Feb. 3 sent a letter to the South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) calling upon the 10 million South Korean workers to actively join in the work to form a "nationwide ad hoc committee for probing the truth behind the GIs' mass killings." The letter said: The massacres of innocent civilians by the U.S. aggression troops during the Korean War were a wanton violation of the international treaties and wartime laws and regulations which ban targeting non-combatants. Such an unheard-of criminal act can be committed only by the American cannibals whose mode of existence is aggression, plunder and killings. The United States is paying lip-service to "investigation" into the mass killings in a bid to flee from its responsibility for them till now when the truth behind them has been probed clearly by testimonies of victims and the declassified secret documents of the U.S. military, far from admitting them. This is an unpardonable mockery and insult to the Korean nation. Noting that the reality calls on the people to turn out in a nationwide struggle to defend the national dignity, the letter expressed the belief that the KCTU would respond to the appeal of the political parties and organizations in the DPRK and actively join in the work of the north and south to form a "nationwide ad hoc committee for probing the truth behind the GIs' mass killings" by pooling the will of the 10 million workers of South Korea. Film show on foundation anniversary of Communist Party of Vietnam Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- A film show was sponsored by the Korea-Vietnam Friendship Association in Pyongyang on Thursday on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Invited there were Do Thi Hoa, Vietnamese ambassador to the DPRK, and embassy officials. Jon Kuk Man, vice-Minister of Education who is also chairman of the association, other officials concerned and working people in the city were present. The participants appreciated the Vietnamese feature film "Remorse." Film show and friendship gathering with Cuban embassy officials Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- The DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a film show and a friendship gathering with Cuban ambassador to Korea Jose Manuel Inclan Embade and embassy officials in Pyongyang on Thursday on the occasion of the birthday of General Secretary Kim Jong Il. Present there were vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Yong Il and officials concerned. The participants appreciated the Korean documentary film "Under the Great Brilliant Commander" part 12. And they talked with each other, deepening the feelings of friendship. Foreign guests visit revolutionary museum of Ministry of Culture Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- Diplomatic envoys and embassy officials of Arab countries in Pyongyang visited the Revolutionary Museum of the Ministry of Culture on Thursday on the occasion of the auspicious holiday of February. The guests looked round historic relics and materials, being briefed on the fact that the great leader Kim Jong Il set forth the unique idea for the development of the Juche-based literature and art and has wisely led it. And they went round the mock-up location streets of the Korean film studio. Halt to anti-north war moves demanded Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- Pak Kwang Gi, chief of the Pyongyang mission of the National Democratic Front of South Korea (NDFSK), on Thursday called a press conference at the mission as regards the escalating war maneuvers of the South Korean authorities against the north in the New Year. Pak said: The South Korean authorities made public the "national defence policy guideline for 2000" in which they set it as a main target for this year to "establish perfect defence posture" and decided to spend 5.3 trillion won this year to develop or introduce the latest military equipment from the U.S. and other countries. The ruling quarters of the self-proclaimed "people's government" have kicked up war hysteria by holding a "security meeting" and a "meeting of commanders of the entire army" one after another to let loose a spate of extremely provocative outbursts and conducting "midwinter tactical exercises" and nocturnal march, etc. In Seoul and other areas. The arms buildup and war exercises intensified by the warmongers of the "people's government" from the outset of the year are a clear indication that their moves to provoke a war against the north have become more pronounced as days go by. The Kim Dae Jung group, together with outside forces, are leading the situation to the brink of war defying the aspirations of all the fellow countrymen after national reconciliation and unity, peace and peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula. This is last-ditch efforts to bridge over
