Italian presents gift to Secy. Kim Jong Il
Pyongyang, January 8 (KCNA) -- The great leader comrade
Kim Jong Il received a gift from the secretary general of
the Italian Institute of International Relations.
Sec. Gen. Giancarlo Elia Valori on a visit to the DPRK
handed it to Kim Yong Sun, chairman of the Korean Asia-
Pacific Peace Committee and secretary of the central
committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Dailies on heinous intention to strangle labor movement
Pyongyang, January 8 (KCNA) -- Papers here today
criticise the Kim Young Sam fascist clique for their
appeasement and deception to put down the fighting spirit of
the South Korean workers.
The "New Korea Party", a south Korean political party of
gangsters, held a "Meeting of high-ranking party officials"
on January 6 and said that it "Would work out laws for
support of working people" together with the "Government"
with which to "calm down" The angry workers and that it
would meet with the hardcore unionists and urge them to
"Discontinue strikes".
The analyst of Rodong Sinmun charges that this is one
more reactionary offensive designed to threaten the workers
and intensify fascist suppression of them and, at the same
time, appease them so as to put down their massive struggle
and enforce the cursed labor laws at any cost.
The traitorous Kim Young Sam clique seek in the double-
dealing tactics to get rid of the worsening political and
economic crisis and achieve "Security of power", the
commentary adds.
Minju Joson in a commentary says that the Kim Young Sam
group should not resort to the double-dealing tactics aimed
at blocking the strikes of the workers calling for the
withdrawal of the evil laws, but nullify them.
Winter sports month begins
Pyongyang, January 8 (KCNA) -- A winter sports month
has begun.
During the month, organisations of the youth league and
the children's union at all levels will make sports
activities, including "Race to Jong Il Peak", skating,
sleighing and march through a snowy road.
Youth and students across the country will be able to
have a strong will and sound physique and fully prepared for
labor and national defence through these activities.
The opening ceremony was held here on tuesday.
Class education hall opened
Pyongyang, January 8 (KCNA) -- A class education hall has
been newly arranged at the People's Palace of Culture in
Pyongyang.
It is composed of the anti-american wing, the wing of
class education principles and the anti-Japanese wing.
On display in the hall are more than 90 pieces of
materials for class education.
The anti-american wing is titled "U.S. Imperialism is the
sworn enemy of Korean people."
pictures showing the matchless grit and valor of the
respected general Kim Jong Il, who has always led the Korean
people along the road of victory, determinedly meeting the
challenges of the U.S. Imperialists, are seen in the wing.
Also exhibited are materials showing that the united
states has been the sworn enemy of the Korean people from
olden times.
The wing of class education principles displays famous
propositions of the great leader President Kim Il Sung and
general Kim Jong Il and diagrams explaining the essence and
necessity of class education and its tasks and ways in
principle.
On display in the anti-Japanese wing titled "Japanese
imperialism is the inveterate enemy of the Korean people"
are a large number of historical evidences of the bestial
atrocities committed by the Japanese militarists against the
Korean people.
In his opening address, Kim Ki Nam, secretary of the
central committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, said that
the newly-built class education hall offers an opportunity
for the Korean people to harden their determination to
successfully inherit and accomplish the revolutionary cause
of juche in defiance of the enemy's manoeuvreings against
the DPRK and socialism, more tightly holding the weapon of
the working class.
Rodong Sinmun berates S. Korean puppets for escalating confrontation with north
Pyongyang, January 8 (KCNA) -- The Kim Young Sam group of
South Korea let military bosses inspect puppet army posts in
frontline areas in the demilitarized zone at the beginning
of the year, crying for "preparedness for combat" and "full
combat posture". This comes under fire in Rodong sinmun
today.
The fact clearly indicates that they are seeking a way
out of the crisis in unleashing a fratricidal war against
the north with the backing of outsiders.
The South Korean puppets, clamouring about the north's
"possible provocation", have vowed to increase the
"capacity of landing operation" and the "capacity of
retaliating on the north".
Their reckless military moves stem from their serious
ruling crisis.
If they provoke a war against the north, we will
annihilate all of them. We mean what we say.
Pres. Kim Il Sung's revolutionary exploits will shine long
Pyongyang, January 8 (KCNA) -- Whenever I visit Korea,
the yearning for the great leader president Kim Il Sung
grows stronger, secretary general Giancarlo Elia Valori of
the Italian Institute of International Relations said.
He is the first foreigner to visit Korea this year as he
was last year. He said:
History does not know such a leader as the great
President Kim Il Sung, who worked for the prosperity of the
country and the happiness of the people throughout his life.
He liberated the Korean people from the Japanese
imperialists' Colonial rule and exalted the dignity of the
Korean nation.
His greatest exploit is the foundation of the immortal
juche idea.
The idea, whose truth, originality and vitality have been
proved in practice, is the guiding idea of the workers'
party of Korea and the Korean people.
He resolved all the problems arising in the revolutionary
struggle by moving the minds of the popular massess.
The respected general Kim Jong Il is now developing and
enriching the idea.
All the Korean people and the whole army are pushing
ahead with socialist construction with the unshakable faith
in victory and optimism, rallied close around comrade
supreme commander Kim Jong Il.
The president's idea and exploits shine long thanks to
comrade Kim Jong Il.
S. Korea rocked by anti-"Government" protests
Pyongyang, January 8 (KCNA) -- The massive protests of
South Korean people including workers which were sparked by
the railroading of the reactionary "amendment bills on labor
affairs and the agency for national security planning" have
further developed into an anti-"Government" struggle.
The "Korean Confederation of Trade Unions", known as
Minju Rochong, called a press conference immediately after
the Kim Young Sam group rammed the evil laws through the
"National assembly". It declared that it would start
indefinite general strikes and they would continue until the
"laws" are repealed.
Some 5,500 unions under another labor group, the
"Federation of Korean Trade Unions", have been on general
strikes against the amendment.
As of January 7, more than 220,000 workers of 200 unions
under the umbrella of Minju Rochong were taking part in the
strikes.
The Minju Rochong chairman, Kwon Yong Gil, warned at a
press conference on tuesday that if the "Government"
continued a tough policy towards the strikes, Minju Rochong
would continue the general strikes as scheduled and workers
of subway and public sector unions would go on strikes
earlier.
That day the fascist clique decided to arrest some 30
leading unionists including kwon Yong gil on charge of their
"principal role" in the strikes. Angered by this, about 100
cadres of big business unions throughout South Korea
categorically rejected the prosecution's first summons,
vowing to continue the strikes.
Human rights violations in S. Korea condemned
Pyongyang, January 8 (KCNA) -- The International
Committee of Jurists for Democracy and Human Rights in South
Korea made public an indictment on December 30 disclosing
human rights violations in South Korea.
The indictment accused the South Korean authorities of
cracking down upon the protesters against the revision of
the "labour law" and beefing up the intelligence agency for
repression by applying the "national security law".
It also disclosed the reactionary nature of "democracy"
advertized by the "civilian government" and human rights
violations in South Korea.
Development of taehongdan county integrated farm
Pyongyang, January 8 (KCNA) -- Taehongdan county in
Ryanggang province is a well-known place, in which a state
farm of all-people ownership with a county as the unit was
built for the first time in Korea.
The county is on the mt. Paektu plateau, more than 1,100
metres high above sea level, in the northeastern part of the
mt. Paektu lava ground which is 400 kilometres long from the
north to the south and 240 kilometres wide from the east to
the west, around mt. Paektu, the holy mountain of the
revolution.
Before the liberation (August 1945), there were only
thick forest and some patches cultivated by fire-field
farmers.
The farm was founded in July 1952 when Korea was in the
thick of war.
At that time, the great leader President Kim Il Sung,
with a far-sighted plan to turn the vast mt. Paektu plateau
into a fertile area, saw to it that state integrated farm
no. 5 (the predecessor of the present farm) was founded.
The president gave on-site guidance to the farm on several
occasions and gave it highly important teachings hundreds of
times, so as to indicate the orientation and ways for the
farm's development in a concrete way.
Over the past 40 odd years since it was founded, the farm
has taken on a wonderful look.
Cultivated area increased to 10,000 hectares and a 1,400
km-long shelter-belt was made on the farm.
Wheat, barley, potato, vicia and other crops grow on the
well-shaped fields.
All farming processes from ploughing and sowing to
harvesting and threshing are all mechanized.
Each farmer is in charge of 30 hectares of arable land.
Stockbreeding bases and local industrial foundations have
been built creditably on the farm.
Modernly-built dwelling houses, schools, hospitals,
kindergartens and welfare service facilities are seen in
residential quarters.
The farm has built five medium- and small-sized power
stations on its own. The electric output is more than enough
to meet the demand of the county.