TODAY'S NEWS (July.17.2000 Juche 89) [CONTENTS] * Kim Yong Nam meets manager of Ecuadorian publishing house * Members of international organizations look round drought-hit areas * Korean people's absolute worship of leader * Three-point charter of Korea's reunification supported abroad * Eternal life of Kim Il Sung prayed for in Jordan * Symposiums on exploits of Kim Il Sung * Sunrays of reunification * Kim Il Sung's reminiscences studied abroad For Spanish-speaking people * "rayos solares de reunificacion" * pcp apoya tres cartas de reunificacion de corea * simposios sobre hazanas de presidente kim il sung Kim Yong Nam meets manager of Ecuadorian publishing house Pyongyang, July 17 (KCNA) -- Kim Yong Nam, President of the presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, met and had a conversation with Humberto Ortiz Flores, manager of the Voluntad Publishing House of Ecuador, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today. Present there was Mun Jae Chol, acting chairman of the Korean Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries. The manager said that the Korean people under the leadership of the great leader Kim Il Sung and the respected Kim Jong Il are the most proud and dignified people in the world. He said that through the historic Pyongyang meeting and the inter-Korean summit held recently the world was astonished to witness the disposition and the ability of outstanding leadership of Kim Jong Il and praised his greatness. Members of international organizations look round drought-hit areas Pyongyang, July 17 (KCNA) -- Members of the World Food Program and other international organizations in the DPRK today looked round drought-hit areas in Pongsan and Hwangju counties, North Hwanghae Province. Looking round Chondok-ri in Pongsan county and Chongryong-ri in Hwangju county, they acquainted themselves in detail with the actual conditions in which the growth of crops is considerably hindered owing to unprecedentedly serious drought and heat. They were greatly impressed to see the Korean people's vigorous struggle to protect crops from drought and heat. Korean people's absolute worship of leader Pyongyang, July 17 (KCNA) -- The Korean people's faith and will to firmly believe in the respected leader Kim Jong Il and remain single-heartedly loyal to him in the revolution are growing stronger as days go by, says Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article. Loyalty to the leader is based on absolute worship of him, the article adds, and goes on: One's absolute worship of the leader means firmly believing in and following one's leader only under any circumstances and conditions. Only those who absolutely worship their leader can possess true loyalty to him. The Korean people's intense fidelity to the party and the leader is based on absolute worship of Kim Jong Il. His outstanding personality as a great man -- extraordinary in thinking and leadership art and rare in virtue -- is a basic factor of inspiring the Korean people to cherish intense loyalty to him. Absolute worship of the leader serves as a main source of the Korean people's strong faith based on their trust in their leader and veneration for him and as a key factor of encouraging the people to display the spirit of devotedly safeguarding the leader. It also serves as a source of inexhaustible strength with which the Korean people struggle through thick and thin to implement plans and intentions of the leader. It is a proud tradition of the Korean people to remain intensely loyal to the party and the leader, cherishing absolute worship of the leader, the article concludes. Three-point charter of Korea's reunification supported abroad Pyongyang, July 17 (KCNA) -- Renan Raffo Munoz, general secretary of the central committee of the Peruvian Communist Party, and other party leadership members signed the signature paper supporting the three-point charter of Korea's reunification on July 11 on behalf of 50,000 party members. Eternal life of Kim Il Sung prayed for in Jordan Pyongyang, July 17 (KCNA) -- The Arab Center for the Study of the Idea of Independence, the Arab Committee for Solidarity with the Korean People and Support to Korea's Reunification in Jordan and the Islamic World and Arab Regional Leadership of the International Front Against Zionism released a joint statement on July 8 on the occasion of the 6th anniversary of the passing away of the President Kim Il Sung. The joint statement said that Kim Il Sung founded the Juche idea and successfully put forward a correct line of anti-imperialist struggle. It referred to his immortal exploits. The statement prayed for the eternal life of Kim Il Sung, highly praising the principled militant will of the Worker's Party of Korea headed by the great Kim Jong Il, a friend of the Jordanian people, who is creditably defending the sovereignty and territory of the country in face of military pressure from outside forces. Symposiums on exploits of Kim Il Sung Pyongyang, July 17 (KCNA) -- Symposiums on the exploits of the President Kim Il Sung were held in Peru, Yugoslavia and Italy on July 7 on the occasion of the 6th anniversary of his passing away. Present there were political and public figures, members of friendship organizations and committees for supporting Korea's reunification and people of different social standings of these countries. The secretary general of the Peruvian Committee for Supporting the Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea in his speech said that the greatest exploit of Kim Il Sung in human history is that he founded the Juche idea to indicate the independent road of the times and humankind. The chief of the Peruvian Group for the Study of the Revolutionary Activities of Kim Jong Suk said that all members of the group will make a deep study of the history of the revolutionary activities of the great leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and anti-Japanese heroine Kim Jong Suk and widely propagandize it among the Peruvian people. The chairman of the Worker's Party of Yugoslavia stressed that victory and glory are always in store for the Korean people and the world progressives as they are led by Kim Jong Il who demonstrated his qualities as the leader of the great party and state and invincible commander in the rigorous revolutionary practice of many years. A letter to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the symposium in Peru. Sunrays of reunification Pyongyang, July 17 (KCNA) -- A video tape showing the greatness of leader Kim Jong Il is spread, drawing attention of the people in Seoul, Seoul-based radio Voice of National Salvation quoted the Seoul city committee of the National Democratic Front of South Korea as saying. This tape was made by members of a society for loving the country. It was adapted from the Korean documentary film "The Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il Meets With President Kim Dae Jung, June 13-15, Juche 89 (2000)" which was televised by TV Pyongyang. The video tape titled "Sunrays of Reunification" is screened among broad segments of people in South Korea. Kim Il Sung's reminiscences studied abroad Pyongyang, July 17 (KCNA) -- A seminar and a special lecture on "With the Century," the reminiscences of the President Kim Il Sung, were held in Democratic Congo and Uganda on July 4 and 7 on the occasion of the 6th anniversary of his passing away. Referring to the content of vol. 7, part 1 the anti-Japanese revolution of "With the Century" (continuing edition), at the seminar the chairman of the Kim Jong Il Group for the Study of the Juche Idea in Democratic Congo praised Kim Il Sung as the great leader who steered the Korean revolution to one victory after another, firmly maintaining the independent stand in the revolution and construction. The teacher in charge of Kim Jong Il class in Kitante Primary School, Kampala, Uganda, at a special lecture said that the reminiscences of the President serves as a very precious textbook instilling the noble love of the country, the nation and revolutionary comrades and truth of struggle and life into the people. For Spanish-speaking people "rayos solares de reunificacion" pyongyang, 17 de julio (atcc) -- segun la radio "voz de salvacion nacional" de sudcorea en seul, el comite de la ciudad de seul del "frente democratico nacional de sudcorea", informo de que se divulgan en seul video-cassetes que replejan la personalidad del gran dirigente kim jong il llamando atencion de los habitantes. este video-cassete fue elaborado por los miembros de la "sociedad de amor a mi patria" copiando el documental de la rpd de corea "el gran dirigente camarada kim jong il se encuentra con el presidente kim tae jung, 13 - 15 de junio del 89 (2000) de la era juche" transmitido por television de pyongyang. el video-cassete con el titulo "rayos solares de la reunificacion" se proyecta ampliamente en distintas partes de sudcorea. pcp apoya tres cartas de reunificacion de corea pyongyang, 17 de julio (atcc) -- lenan raffo munoz, secretario general del cc del partido comunista del peru y otros miembros de la direccion del pcp firmaron el dia 11 el documento en representacion de 50 mil militantes de su partido apoyando las tres cartas de la reunificacion de corea. simposios sobre hazanas de presidente kim il sung pyongyang, 17 de julio (atcc) -- con motivo del 6 aniversario del fallecimiento del gran lider presidente kim il sung tuvieron lugar el dia 7 simposios sobre sus hazanas en el peru, yugoslavia e italia. participaron los funcionarios de los circulos politicos y sociales, organizaciones de amistad y comites de apoyo a la reunificacion de corea y otros habitantes de distintos sectores de los paises respectivos. el secretario general del comite peruano de apoyo a la reunificacion independiente y pacifica de corea haciendo uso de la palabra en la ocasion senalo que la mayor de las hazanas realizadas por el presidente kim il sung ante la historia de la humanidad es la creacion de la idea juche que indica el camino de la independencia a seguir por la epoca y la humanidad. el presidente del grupo de estudio de las actividades revolucionarias de la senora kim jong suk en el peru subrayo que todos los miembros del grupo estudiaran mas hondamente la historia de las actividades revolucionarias del gran lider camarada kim il sung, el gran dirigente camarada kim jong il y la camarada kim jong suk, heroina antijaponesa para dar a conocerla ampliamente entre el pueblo peruano. el presidente del partido de los obreros de yugoslavia destaco que gracias al gran dirigente kim jong il quien demostro en la severa practica revolucionaria de varios anos la capacidad de gran dirigente del partido y el estado y de invencible y genial comandante habra siempre solo victoria y gloria en el camino del pueblo coreano y los demas pueblos progresistas del mundo. en el simposio efectuado en el peru fue aprobada una carta dirigida al gran dirigente kim jong il. __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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