TODAY'S NEWS (April.06.2001 Juche 90)
[CONTENTS]
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Heaven Day ceremony held
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KCNA on Japan's approval of history textbooks
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British parliament criticizes U.S. hostile policy toward DPRK
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South Korean student organisations call for anti-U.S. struggle
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Indomitable spirit of Korean youth praised
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Minutes of economic talks between DPRK and Netherlands signed
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Diplomatic relations established between DPRK and Kuwait
For Spanish-speaking people
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los coreanos deben unirse para lograr reunificacion
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vana ilusion de japon
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Heaven Day ceremony held
Pyongyang, April 6 (KCNA) -- Heaven Day ceremony for commemorating the
141st anniversary of Chondoism was held in Pyongyang on April 5. Han Yong
Up, vice-chairman of the Korean Chondoist Church central guidance committee,
made a report at the ceremony. He said that Chondoism, greeting the 141st
anniversary of its foundation, has invariably taken the road of love for the
country and the nation under the slogans "reject west and Japan," "promote
national interests and welfare of the people," etc.
He noted he keenly realized through his experiences that leader Kim Jong
Il is the tender-hearted father of the nation who embraces all fellow
countrymen.
He called upon the Chondoists in the north and south of Korea and all
other fellow countrymen to turn out in the building of a powerful nation and
the reunification movement for the implementation of the June 15 North-South
Joint Declaration under the leadership of Kim Jong Il, the lodestar of
national reunification.
Present at the ceremony were advisor O Ik Je and other officials of the
central guidance committee and Chondoists in Pyongyang.
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KCNA on Japan's approval of history textbooks
Pyongyang, April 6 (KCNA) -- The Japanese authorities officially
approved history textbooks prepared by a right-wing organization on April 3
at their examination despite strong domestic and foreign protest. This is an
intolerable insult and a blatant challenge to Korea and other Asian
countries which underwent unspeakable disasters at the hands of the Japanese
imperialists in the past, the international community and an unbiased public
opinion.
It is well known to the world that Japan occupied Korea in a brigandish
way in early last century and incessantly launched aggression and war
against Asian countries, killing tens of thousands of innocent people and
looting huge human and material resources.
Japan set up the system of "comfort women for the army" unprecedented in
human history of war, reducing hundreds of thousands of women to sexual
slaves, hideous crimes against humanity. Such militarists and
ultra-nationalists as Tojo were, therefore, executed after being convicted
of war crimes at the international tribunal held after the second world war
and Japan is still listed as an enemy state in the U.N. Charter.
All these are an undeniable and indelible part of the world history of
the 20th century. it does not make any sense to write down the history of
Japan in the first half of the 20th century without referring to those
crimes.
However, the Japanese right-wing reactionary forces have persisted in
their moves to teach young Japanese distorted history and the Japanese
government has gone the length of officially joining in those moves.
The government connived at and backed the reactionary moves to rewrite
history textbooks from the outset and finally justified and legalized them,
thus committing one more unpardonable crime before humankind and history in
the new century.
Japan will have to pay a very high price for such anachronistic acts.
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British parliament criticizes U.S. hostile policy toward DPRK
Pyongyang, April 6 (KCNA) -- George Galloway, senior vice-chairman of
the foreign affairs committee of the British House of Commons, submitted a
resolution "on the Korean situation" criticizing the new U.S.
administration's hostile policy toward the DPRK to parliament as an official
document on March 28. The resolution said parliament expresses deep concern
about the Bush administration's suspension of dialogue under way between the
DPRK and the U.S. and its pursuance of a "hard-line policy".
This policy of the bush administration cannot be construed otherwise
than another step aimed at finding a pretext for the establishment of its
alleged "National Missile Defence" system, stressed the resolution.
Dialogue is the only way of propelling peace process on the Korean
peninsula, the resolution said, urging the new U.S. administration to have
dialogue with the DPRK.
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South Korean student organisations call for anti-U.S. struggle
Pyongyang, April 6 (KCNA) -- The south headquarters of the National
Alliance of Youth and Students for the Country's Reunification
(Pomchonghakryon) made public an appeal headlined "Let's foil the U.S. plot
to frustrate the June 15 Joint Declaration with anti-U.S. resistance under
the uplifted banner of the June 15 joint declaration" to young people of
different social standings on March 29, according to a news report. The
appeal castigated the Bush administration for running amuck to derail the
declaration and ignite a war in Korea, openly advocating the policy of
confrontation with the north.
The appeal called upon all the students and youth struggling with the
declaration as the banner of national reunification to counter the U.S.
moves with anti-U.S. resistance shoulder to shoulder with patriotic people
and pave the way for the implementation of the declaration through struggle.
The appeal called upon all students, people and their leading officials
to take the lead in the movement for national independence and reunification
as pace-setters of the anti-U.S. resistance and fight for the dismantlement
of the U.S. military bases and for the withdrawal of the U.S. troops.
Meanwhile, the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils
(Hanchongryon) made public an appeal for anti-U.S. struggle on March 28.
One million students under hanchongryon should come out at once in the
anti-U.S. struggle, rallied under the flag of hanchongryon, said the appeal.
It declared a "period of the first anti-U.S. struggle of hanchongryon"
from April 3 to May 18 and called for fighting for a probe into the truth
behind mass killings and all other problems concerning the U.S. troops and
for their withdrawal from South Korea and against U.S. interference in
internal affairs.
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Indomitable spirit of Korean youth praised
Pyongyang, April 6 (KCNA) -- What impressed us most during our visit to
the DPRK was the indomitable spirit of the Korean youth, said Zhu Qiang,
first secretary of the central committee of the Communist Youth League of
China, when interviewed by KCNA. He led the delegation of the communist
youth league of china from March 31 to April 5.
The delegation was greatly inspired by the successes made by the Korean
youth in socialist construction including the building of the youth hero
motorway at such hard time, he noted.
He sincerely wished the Korean youth greater success in building a
powerful socialist nation under Kim Jong Il's wise leadership in the days
ahead.
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Minutes of economic talks between DPRK and Netherlands signed
Pyongyang, April 6 (KCNA) -- Minutes of talks on bilateral cooperation
in the fields of foreign trade and economy were signed between the Ministry
of Foreign Trade of the DPRK and the Ministry of Economic Affairs of
Netherlands in Pyongyang today. They were signed by Kim Ryong Mun,
vice-minister of foreign trade, and Dominique Bauduin, chairman of the
committee for international trade and investment of the Ministry of Economic
Affairs of Netherlands.
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Diplomatic relations established between DPRK and Kuwait
Pyongyang, April 6 (KCNA) -- A protocol on establishing diplomatic
relations between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the State of
Kuwait was released today. The protocol reads:
The Democratic People's Repulic of Korea and the State of Kuwait,
prompted by the desire to develop relations of friendship and cooperation in
the political, economic, cultural, humanitarian and other fields of mutual
cooperation, wishing to develop essential relations on the basis of the
purposes and norms of the Charter of the United Nations and the norms of
international law and convinced that the establishment of diplomatic
relations corresponds to the national interests of both states and will
contribute to the consolidation of cooperation and peace in the world, have
agreed to establish diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level at the date
of the signing of this protocol, based on the provisions of the 1961 Vienna
convention on diplomatic relations.
Done in Kuwait city, Wednesday on 10th Moharram 1422h, corresponding 4th
April 2001, in duplicate in Korean, Arabic and English languages, all texts
being equally authentic.
The protocol was signed by Kim Hyong Jun, DPRK ambassador extraordinary
and plenipotentiary to the Syrian Arab Republic for the DPRK and Khaled S.
al-Jarallah, under-secretary of the ministry of foreign affairs in Kuwait
for the State of Kuwait.
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For Spanish-speaking people
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los coreanos deben unirse para lograr reunificacion
pyongyang, 6 de enero (atcc) -- el diario "rodong sinmun" inserto en el
numero de hoy un articulo senalando que todos los coreanos en el norte, el
sur y en el ultramar segun la exhortacion del editorial conjunto de este ano
deben incorporarse a la lucha nacional por materializar la declaracion
conjunta norte-sur por encima de las diferencias de idea, regimen, criterio
politico y creencia religiosa. el articulo continua:
a fin de ejecutar cabalmente la declaracion conjunta norte-sur del 15 de
junio es preciso mantener con firmeza el principio de lograr de manera
independiente la reunificacion del pais con las fuerzas unidas de los
coreanos que son duenos de este problema.
todos los coreanos en el pais y el extranjero que apoyan la declaracion
conjunta deben unirse firmemente para desplegar con energia en un movimiento
de toda la nacion la lucha por cumplirla.
la evolucion de la situacion posterior al historico encuentro de
pyongyang y la publicacion de la declaracion conjunta norte-sur demuestra
que la nacion coreana al juntar sus fuerzas no tendra nada irrealizable sino
con toda seguridad por cuenta propia podra lograr reconciliacion y unidad y
realizar la reunificacion de la patria.
trataremos con respeto y lealtad la declaracion conjunta y nos
esforzaremos invariablemente por ejecutarla, hasta aquel dia en que se
realice la reunificacion de la patira, senala el articulo.
para abrir la puerta de la reunificacion de la patria nos uniremos
firmemente con todas las personas quienes apoyan la declaracion conjunta
norte-sur y aspiran a llevarla a la practica independientemente de que sean
las autoridades, los civiles, los politicos, los economistas y los hombres
de cultura y no importa donde residan: en el norte o el sur de corea o en el
ultramar.
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vana ilusion de japon
pyongyang, 6 de enero (atcc) -- el diario "rodong sinmun" en un
comentario de hoy advierte que llegan a la etapa muy temeraria las
maquinaciones de los reaccionarios japoneses encaminadas a realizar su
antiguo sueno de la "esfera de coprosperidad de la gran asia oriental". el
comentario senala:
recientemente la reunion de la seguridad estatal y la sesion del
gabinete del gobierno japones aprobaron oficialmente el "plan de arreglo del
poderio defensivo de medio plazo" para los 5 anos a partir del 2001 y
decidieron destinar para ello 25 billones 160 mil millones de yenes, es
decir 930 mil millones de yenes mas que el plan anterior.
durante el periodo del nuevo plan el gobierno japones se propone
emplazar los aviones nodriza, cazas "f-2" y otros armamentos de tipo nuevo,
formar las nuevas divisiones de las "fuerzas de autodefensa" terrestres,
crear las fuerzas armadas especiales y poseer la capacidad de cumplir la
guerra bioquimica.
el japon acelera su armamento nuclear y se entrega febrilmente al
complot dirigido a establecer el peligroso sistema "teatro de defensa
anti-misil", en contubernio con los estados unidos.
todo esto demuestra que los reaccionarios japoneses dan espuelas a sus
preparativos de nueva agresion a fin de realizar su antiguo sueno de la
"esfera de coprosperidad de la gran asia oriental".
el japon cumplio varios planes de aumento de fuerzas armadas agresivas.
ahora las fuerzas militares de este pais ocupan uno de los puestos
delanteros a nivel mundial.
los reaccionarios japoneses ya preparados en lo militar, economico y
politico para la guerra acechan codiciosamente la oportunidad de iniciar
accion militar para nueva agresion al ultramar. con esto tiene que ver su
vociferacion del "enfrentamiento al caso de emergencia en el contorno del
japon".
con este rotulo ellos pretenden ejercer sus fuerzas armadas en la
extensa region de asia para establecer la esfera de control militar y la
esfera de dominio.
para ello la peninsula coreana constituye un blanco real.
pero los reaccionarios japoneses aproximaran solo su autodestruccion al
tomar el camino de nueva agresion para resucitar su antiguo imperio.
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