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 serious
ruling crisis caused by the policy failure and
prolong his remaining days, he noted, and continued:
They should immediately stop the criminal moves to provoke a war
against the north which only escalate
south-north confrontation and tensions and increase the danger of war, and
step down as unanimously demanded by
the people.
Torch lit at Rakwon Machine Plant
Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- A torch was lit at the Rakwon Machine
Plant of Korea to speed up a new
great Chollima advance.
The employees of the plant in North Phyongan Province in the
northwestern part of the country met on Feb. 3
to challenge the workers and other working people across the country to a
drive.
General Secretary Kim Jong Il put forward the workers of the plant as
pacesetters in making a great
revolutionary advance.
Giving on-the-spot guidance to the plant on Jan. 27, he said that as it
has a glorious history, it should light a
new torch following the one lit at the Songjin Steel Works and make all the
country hum with greatly increased
activities.
The plant has a good tradition of displaying the spirit of devotedly
defending the leader and faithfully
implementing his instructions.
The President Kim Il Sung directed a general meeting of the Worker's
Party of Korea cell of the 10 members at
the Rakwon Machine Factory during the grim Fatherland Liberation War (June
1950-july 1953) and visited the
workers of the plant before seeing any others whenever the country was
confronted with difficult problems after the
war and instilled strength and courage into them.
Thanks to the deep love and trust of the President they could make hand
grenades with bare hands in the
difficult war conditions and manufacture modern machines including water
pumps, excavators and deep-boring
machines on debris after the war. They never complained about their hard
conditions.
An appeal to the workers and other working people across the country
was adopted on behalf of the workers of
North Phyongan Province at the meeting to light the torch of the Rakwon
Machine Plant by displaying the same
spirit of devotedly defending the leader as was done by the 10 party
members of the Rakwon Machine Factory.
The appeal underscored the need for all the workers and other working
people across the country to display to
the full the spirit of devotedly defending the leader, the spirit of
devotedly implementing the decisions and
instructions of the party and the leader and the revolutionary spirit of
self-reliance like the 10 party members of the
Rakwon Machine Factory and become human rifles and bombs in devotedly
defending Kim Jong Il and the
standard-bearers and vanguard fighters in the present-day canter march to
implement his noble intention without fail.
It called upon all the workers and other working people across the
country to glorify the 55th anniversary of the
party foundation, to be greeted at a turning point of the century, as a
grand festival of victors and thus demonstrate
once again the might of Juche Korea to the whole world.
Present at the meeting were Kim Ki Nam, secretary of the WPK Central
Committee, Kwak Pom Gi,
vice-premier of the cabinet, and others.
Massacres by GIs under fire
Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- Foreign public vehemently denounced the
massacres committed by GIs
during the Korean War.
The Center of the Indian Trade Unions in a statement on January 28 said
that the mass killings of civilians
committed by GIs in the north and the south of Korea during the Korean War
are the intentional and premeditated
genocide and the anti-ethical crime most wantonly violating the recognized
international treaty and wartime laws and
regulations.
All international organizations including the UN as well as
governmental and non-governmental human rights
and juridical organizations should make an overall probe into the truth
behind the massacres of civilians by the U.S.
and the South Korean authorities during the Korean war and cooperate so
positively that genocide committed in the
present century may not be repeated in the new century, it noted.
The Arab Lawyers Union in a statement on January 30 asserted that all
the massacres committed by GIs under
the name and flag of the UN should be investigated and the criminals should
be punished by the international law as
the nazi war criminals were done.
The Czech newspaper Pravo, the Ugandan newspaper New Times, the Polish
newspaper Trybuna and other
countries' newspapers carried materials on the massacres committed by GIs
during the Korean War.
Preparatory committee formed in S. Korea
Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- A preparatory committee for celebrating
February 16 was inaugurated by
members of the Thaeyang Society, Seoul-based radio Voice of National
Salvation quoted the Seoul city committee
of the National Democratic Front of South Korea as saying.
The chairman of the society who was elected chairman of the preparatory
committee said that the birthday of
Marshal Kim Jong Il is the most auspicious holiday common to the nation and
the committee was inaugurated to
significantly mark his birthday.
Saying that the present dignity of the nation and the bright future of
a reunified country are in store as led by
Kim Jong Il, a great thinker and theoretician, peerlessly brilliant
commander and great statesman, he made public an
action program on his birthday.
Included in the program were the organizing of sub-committees and
arrangement of a lecture, a symposium and
other political functions.
Art works giving strength and courage
Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- The Mansudae Art Studio, a
comprehensive center of art creation in Korea,
produced many art works giving strength and courage to the working people
who are out in the advance this year.
A Korean painting "The Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il on Lake Chon of
Mt. Paektu" portrays him with a
bright smile on his face against the background of Mt. Paektu at sunrise.
Korean paintings "Pushing Through Endless Snowdrifts" and "The Great
Marshal on Visit To Hamhung
Branch" and a graphic painting "Unfolding a Blueprint of Land Rezoning"
show well the noble popular virtues of
Kim Jong Il who put forward a slogan "We serve the people " and continues
on-the-spot guidance for the people's
happiness.
An oil painting "Soldiers of Panmunjom Wait for Us" and a Korean
painting "The Marshal Goes To Frontline
and Children Leave for Camps" vividly picture the greatness of Supreme
Commander Kim Jong Il who turns
adversity into favorable conditions and a misfortune into a blessing with
his clairvoyant wisdom and unrivalled
courage.
These new art works depict the firm faith and will of the Korean people
to hold in high esteem and follow the
respected leader Kim Jong Il.
The works harden the unshakable faith of the Korean people that victory
is sure to come under his leadership.
Anti-candidate campaign
Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- An anti-candidate campaign is under way
in South Korea in the run-up to
the "National Assembly election" slated for April.
The anti-candidate movement termed as a "civil revolution" clearly
reflects the South Korean people's aspiration
after new politics.
The South Korean people called for a fair election whenever a new
"National Assembly" election came. But all
the "elections" turned out to be unfair and fraudulent ones under the
influence of money and power. The "national
assemblymen" elected were pro-U.S., pro-Japanese traitors and corrupt and
incompetent ones. They were keen on
their own interests, betraying the country and the nation in utter
disregard of the people's interests.
The "National Assembly" turned into a scene of scuffles. There was a
strong opinion in South Korea that the
"National Assembly" should be the target of "reform."
It was against this backdrop that the "Citizens' Solidarity for General
Elections" (CSGE) was inaugurated on
January 12.
It groups more than 420 organizations. Its first target is to defeat a
group of 67 candidates.
The CSGE made public another list of 48 disqualified candidates on Feb.
2. The Citizens' Federation for
Economic Justice also declared a list of 167 political quacks and
high-ranking officials who are not qualified to be
candidates.
Recorded in the list are their past careers including their involvement
in irregularities and corruption and their
scrambles for power.
The Council of the Citizens' Movement for Fair Election grouping 48
organizations and the Young Men's
Christian Association, professors' organizations, the South Korean
Confederation of Trade Unions and the
Federation of South Korean Trade Unions, etc are joining in and
solidarizing with the anti-candidate campaign of the
CSGE.
The South Korean Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation observed that
"inspiring calls, aid funds and elated
enthusiasm of citizens to participate in the anti-candidate campaign and
the people's desire for new politics represent
tremendous strength to put an end to the outdated politics that has lasted
for over 50 years."
This campaign is dealing a telling blow to the ruling and opposition
politicians and those in power.
It is an opinion gaining ground in the South Korean society that due to
this unprecedented anti-candidate
campaign the "election" is "likely to be carried out in a way quite
different from earlier elections."
Seminar held in Japan
Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- The year 2000 seminar on independence
of Japan and the opening of
Japan-DPRK diplomatic relations was held in Yokohama on Jan. 30 under the
co-sponsorship of the National
Liaison Council of Japan Societies for the Study of the Juche Idea and the
executive committee of Kanagawa
Prefecture.
At the seminar the reporter said:
All the world people wish to live in peace, helping each other, free
from all forms of domination and
subjugation and for this, independence should be respected.
If Japan is to be independent, it should discard its attitude of
depending on or following the U.S. It is an
important matter related to the future of Japan to strengthen solidarity
with the Korean people and develop friendly
relations with the DPRK. A vigorous struggle should be waged against the
"Japan-U.S. Defense Cooperation
Guidelines" and a legislation on "emergency on the Korean peninsula" and
the process for the opening of diplomatic
relations between Japan and the DPRK be promoted and friendly exchange
between Japan and the DPRK boosted to
put an end to the deliberately sparked confrontation with the DPRK and
discard a view on discrimination against it.
The seminar was divided into panel discussions on "opening of
Japan-DPRK diplomatic relations, friendship
and solidarity", "Juche idea and academic exchange," and so on.
Great method of leadership
Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- The Korean working people have made a
stride forward to bring about a
leaping advance in the socialist economic construction this year in hearty
response to the joint New Year editorial.
Taking the lead in the drive are new model units such as minor power
stations in Jagang Province,
Kwangmyongsong saltern, the Amnokgang Tyre Plant, cooperative farms in
Kangwon Province whose appearance
has changed beyond recognition as a result of land leveling and rezoning
and the fish farm managed by Cha Ju
Hyon.
These units are the fruition of the ceaseless thinking and tireless
efforts of the great leader Kim Jong Il.
In the period of the "arduous march", he created model units in various
domains and generalized their
experience throughout the country, thus solving knotty problems in the
development of the national economy and
people's living one by one.
He visited Jagang Province in winter unfavorable to harnessing water
resources and taught most effective ways
of building and operating minor power stations. And he called on the whole
country to draw on its experience.
Taehongdan has become a model in potato cultivation. This would have
been unthinkable without his
leadership.
With a view to solving the problem of food for the people, he delved
into the latest scientific and technological
knowledge about potato cultivation and personally conducted an experiment
on cultivation and, on this basis, chose
Taehongdan as a model in potato cultivation.
Through a series of on-the-spot guidance to Taehongdan county he
clearly elucidated all the problems in potato
cultivation from seed selection and methods of cultivation to storing and
processing and led it to take the lead in
potato cultivation.
As the whole country drew on the experience of Taehongdan county with
keen interest, potato, once considered
as a secondary crop, has become one of the main crops like rice.
Extensive double cropping, brisk stock-breeding, fish farms and solar
greenhouses found in different parts of
the country--all this is the precious fruition of the unique leadership
method of Kim Jong Il who makes a history of
great changes by creating model units and generalizing their experience.
This method encourages the Korean people to devote themselves to the
building of a powerful nation with a
clear target full of faith in victory and optimism about future despite
manifold trials and difficulties.
Ground-breaking ceremony for Phyonghwa General Motor Works held
Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- A ground-breaking ceremony for the
Phyonghwa General Motor Works
was held yesterday.
Present at the ceremony were Kim Yong Sun, chairman of the Korean
Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, and
officials concerned.
Pak Po Hui, co-president of the World Peace Federation, and his party
were also on hand.
Kim Yong Sun, officials concerned, Pak Po Hui and his party cut the
ribbon to proclaim the start of the
construction of the works and took the first shovels.
Pak Po Hui and his party arrived here on Feb. 1.
KCNA on S. Korean missile development program
Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- The South Korean authorities recently
announced a "satellite launch
program" in a bid to justify their development of inter-continental
ballistic missiles.
However, the United States and Japan are overlooking and encouraging
such stark long-range missile
development, though they had shown hysteric reaction to our launch of
satellite, asserting it as "missile launch."
Their connivance cannot be construed otherwise than an insidious
attempt to isolate and stifle the DPRK by
applying double standards as to the missile issue.
The U.S. conducted tests of ballistic missile interceptor some time
ago, disregarding criticism of the world
public and the DPRK's warning. It is, after all, a clear manifestation of
double standards in the missile issue.
Japan, too, is seeking to legalize the development of long-range
missiles under the name of "development of
intelligency gathering satellite."
Following them, the South Korean authorities are scheming to justify
their development of long-range missiles
under the cloak of the "satellite launch program."
The facts prove that the U.S., Japan, and South Korea are cooperating
with one another in a bid to put into
practice their scheme to disarm the DPRK and contain it militarily.
The South Korean authorities' development of inter-continental
ballistic missiles will spark arms race and
aggravate tensions not only in the Korean peninsula but also in East Asia,
compelling those countries in the region to
react to it with heightened vigilance.
The DPRK will never overlook such moves stepped up under the protection
of the U.S. and Japan nor tolerate
the double standards in the issue of missiles.
The U.S. application of double standards strengthens our will for
development, test and deployment of
missiles.
We will immediately and unhesitatingly take a strong countermeasure
against the South Korean authorities'
"satellite launch program," when it is confirmed.
For Spanish-speaking people
proyeccion filmica y encuentro de amistad con funcionarios de embajada de cuba
pyongyang, 4 de febrero (atcc) -- en ocasion del dia de nacimiento del
gran dirigente kim jong il, el ministerio
de relaciones exteriores de corea ofrecio el 3 de este mes en pyongyang una
proyeccion filmica y un encuentro de
amistad con el embajador de la republica de cuba, jose manuel inclan embade
y los miembros de esta sede
diplomatica. estuvieron presentes kim yong il, viceministro de rr.ee. y
otros funcionarios.
los participantes vieron la parte 12 del documental coreano "con el
gran general" y compartieron charla
profundizando sentimientos de amistad.
ceremonia de colocacion de primera piedra a combinado automovilistico
"phyonghwa"
pyongyang, 4 de febrero (atcc) -- tuvo lugar ayer la ceremonia de
colocacion de primera piedra al combinado
automovilistico "phyonghwa" con la presencia de kim yong sun, presidente
del comite coreano por la paz de asia y
pacifico y otros funcionarios y pak po hui, copresidente de la federacion
mundial de la paz y su comitiva quienes
cortaron la cinta declarando el comienzo de la obra y dieron primera palada.
pak po hui y su comitiva llegaron el dia primero del mes en curso a
pyongyang.
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