Badge of honour to comrade Kim Jong Il from Russia
Pyongyang, January 17 (KCNA) -- The great leader comrade
Kim Jong Il was presented with a badge of honour by the
Russian academy of natural sciences on his 55th birthday.
A meeting for conveying the badge and its certificate
was held in Moscow on January 15.
The academy's president, oleg kuznetsov, asked the DPRK
ambassador to Russia to convey a congratulatory letter, a
badge of honour of the academy and its certificate to
comrade Kim Jong Il.
The oval badge has a laurel, symbolic of victory and
glory, inscribed on the left margin and an oak branch,
symbolic of strength and resolution, on the right margin.
On the upper part of the badge is a ribbon wrapping the
laurel and oak branch, which bears letters "in praise of
merits".
The badge is made of gold and silver.
Seen on the first page of the certificate are golden
letters "academy of natural sciences of the Russian
federation. Feb. 16, 1997."
the certificate also carries letters reading:
"the standing committee of the academy of natural
sciences awards a badge of honour of the academy to comrade
Kim Jong Il, leader of the democratic people's republic of
Korea, 'in praise of feats he has performed for science and
economic development,' according to the jan. 6, 1997
decision no. 94.
Registration no. 005."
the academy's president said the presentation of the
badge of honour and certificate, the highest commendation of
his academy, represents the Russian scientists' boundless
respect for him and their confidence in the cause he is
leading.
Strike continues in S. Korea
Pyongyang, January 17 (KCNA) -- More than 15,000
unionists of the "Korean confederation of trade unions" in
ulsan, most of them being under the influence of the
federation of trade unions for hyundai group subsidiaries,
held a rally to win a victory in the third-stage general
strike for repeal of the recently-revised "labor laws" and
the "law on the agency for national security planning" on
January 15, a radio report from seoul said.
The "Korean confederatioin of trade unions" said that
some 350,000 workers of more than 380 trade unions will go
on a strike on jan. 16 in denunciation of the retrogressive
revision of the laws by the traitorous Kim Young Sam clique.
That day upwards of 15,000 unionists of the ulsan
headquarters of the "Korean confederation of trade unions",
including those of the federation of trade unions for
hyundai group subsidiaries held a rally for the
nullification of the revised "labor laws."
more than 2,000 unionists of the "federation of press
unions" held a rally in seoul and marched
through streets together with the unionists of the hankuk
ilbo and 19 other newspaper offices throughout south Korea
and the unionists of the yonhap news agency launched a
strike for a limited time.
On the 15th of January, about 550 lawyers throughout
south Korea in a statement branded the secretive passage of
the "labor laws" and the "law on the ansp" as an outrage
never witnessed in the history of "constitutional
government" and called for the complete nullification of
them.
On January 16, some 120 professors of seoul national
university called a press conference and released a
statement on the situation for repeal of the "ansp law" and
"labor laws" recently revised against democracy.
In another development, the south Korean opposition
"national congress for new politics" and the "united liberal
democrats" held a joint struggle committee meeting on
January 15 and declared that they would wage a more powerful
struggle if the "government power" is used for the
repression of the strikers.
Head of ILO warns S. Korean authority
Pyongyang, January 17 (KCNA) -- The head of the
international labor organisation appealed to the south
Korean "government" Wednesday to respect unions' right of
association, according to a foreign news report.
He told reporters that he sent a letter to the
traitor Kim Young Sam urging him to respect the labor
standards south Korea accepted on joining the ilo in 1991.
The head of the ilo said that if the situation
is not resolved before the next scheduled meeting of the ilo
committee on the freedom of association in march, the issue
would be dealt with by the organization's governing body
then.
Press Review
Pyongyang, January 17 (KCNA) -- Rodong sinmun today
highlights a report that the great leader comrade
Kim Jong Il sent thanks to officials and working people for
doing good for society and the Collective.
It is reported in the paper that comrade Kim Jong Il was
presented with a badge of honour from the Russian academy of
natural sciences on the occasion of his 55th birthday.
It carries an article on the great leader president
Kim Il Sung's idea of attaching importance to Young people
and the achievements made under his leadership on the 51st
anniversary of the democratic youth league founded by him.
Papers frontpage a report that over 350,000 workers of
380 odd trade unions joined the strike against the
traitorous Kim Young Sam clique's revision of the "laws" on
thursday in south Korea.
Papers inform the readers that mass media of many
countries give wide publicity to the south Korean workers'
struggle.
Rodong sinmun introduces efforts for innovation in
education this year marking the 20th anniversary of the
publication of the theses on socialist education.
The paper gives accounts of the farming preparations
for this year.
Papers, in commentaries, denounce the repressive campaign
of the Kim Young Sam group to destroy the strike of the
south Korean workers.
Rodong sinmun carries an article stressing that the
revised "labour laws" are fascist laws to kill the south
Korean workers.
Minju joson prints an article titled "the three charters
of the country's reunification are important guidelines all
the nation should defend and maintain".
Rodong sinmun runs an article titled "the U.S.-Japan
military alliance bringing dangerous cloud".
Fascist murderer hell-bent on suppression of strikers
Pyongyang, January 17 (KCNA) -- The Kim Young Sam
fascist clique held a "meeting of ministers of home affairs,
justice, trade and industry and three other labor-related
ministers" on January 15 and decided to
adopt a strong countermeasure" involving all means,
describing the general strike of the workers as "illegal".
Papers here today comment on this.
A news analyst of Rodong sinmun says:
by brutally suppressing the peaceful strikers and even
labor union leaders from abroad the Kim Young Sam group
reveal their true Colors as a herd of wolves thirsty for
blood.
A few days ago the traitor Kim Young Sam said that he
would take a "special step" as soon as possible for the
removal of the working people's worries and uneasiness and
for the improvement of their living conditions.
But behind the scene the fascist clique hatched a plot
and gave instructions to suppress the strikers.
His act shows that his utterances are a trick to appease
the angry people and that he has no intention to meet the
workers' demands.
His suppression of the members of international labor
union organisations betrays his true Colors as an
international fascist gangster.
Sabre-rattling suppression is not almighty. It will only
give rise to stronger protests.
Minju joson says that the fascist clique's brutal
suppression will only invite stronger protests of the
workers and people of other social standings and precipitate
their self-destruction.
Services held to commemorate day of buddha's attainment of great wisdom
Pyongyang, January 17 (KCNA) -- Services were held at
the temples throughout the northern half of Korea on January
16 to commemorate the day of buddha's attainment of great
wisdom.
Present there were clergymen of the central committee,
provincial, city and county committees of the Korean
buddhist federation, resident priests of temples, priests
and laymen.
The speakers expressed their firm pledge to conduct
various brisk activities for the greater prosperity of the
country and the motherland and thus discharge the mission
and duty befitting a buddhist.
They referred to the danger of the reckless act of the
south Korean authorities who are hell-bent on the dependence
on outsiders, flunkeyist treacheries and new war
preparations, obsessed by the illusion of "unification
through northward invasion", and expressed their willingness
to conduct powerful activities to smash the reckless moves
of the separatist warmaniacs, achieve national independence,
safeguard peace and create favorable climate for the
independent and peaceful reunification of the country.
They called upon all the buddhists in the north, south
and abroad to make tangible contributions in hearty response
to the 10-point programme of the great unity of the whole
nation under the banner of national independence and
peaceful reunification, with the firm faith that the day of
national reunification is sure to come as they are led by
the great leader of the nation general Kim Jong Il.
Very reasonable and realistic reunification formula
Pyongyang, January 17 (KCNA) -- The workers' party of
Korea and the DPRK government declared once again that there
is no change in the position this year, too, to reunify the
country by means of confederacy with the three principles as
the guideline.
It is because the confederacy formula is the way of
achieving national reunification with confidence at the
earliest date under the situation in which two different
ideologies and systems exist in the north and the south of
Korea.
The great leader president Kim Il Sung, in his historic
report at the sixth congress of the WPK in October 1980,
advanced the proposal for founding the democratic confederal
republic of koryo as a reunification formula based on
confederacy.
This reunification formula is to reunify the country by
means of founding a pan-national unified state representing
all parties, all groups and all the members of the nation
from all walks of life, while leaving the two systems and
two governments existing in the north and south as they are,
a confederal state in which the two regional governments of
the north and the south are represented on an equal footing.
Comprehensively expounded in the proposal are all the
problems arising in founding and running the unified state
such as the principles and way for the formation of the
confederal state, its character and function, duties of a
unified government and regional governments and their
correlation and policy of the confederal state.
Now that two different systems and two governments
have existed in the north and the south and either of them
refuses to concede its own, it conforms to the present
reality to achieve reunification by means of confederacy.
The way for the people in the north and the south to
reunify the country at the earliest date by reconciling and
uniting themselves as the same nation is only the
confederacy formula based on one nation, one state, two
systems and two governments.
Execution of fascist laws cannot be tolerated
Pyongyang, January 17 (KCNA) -- Ri Hong Gu, "Chairman of
the new Korea party" in South Korea, called a press
conference on jan. 16, at which he let loose a string of
shameless remarks that the revision of the "labour laws" was
an inevitable choice for economic restoration and a new
leap" and the government has no intention to remake the
"labour laws" at the present juncture, a seoul-based radio
report said.
On January 15, the puppet minister of labour, jin yom,
said over television and radio that "it is not proper to
remake the revised labour laws before their execution".
Thus the Kim Young Sam group undisguisedly revealed their
intention to legalize and execute the anti-social, fascist
labour laws at any cost.
If the revised "labour laws" are executed, the south
Korean workers' elementary democratic freedom and rights
will be totally violated and they will be forced into
hardships and a subhuman life. So, the workers and other
people in south Korea are valiantly struggling to push
through their demands in defiance of the sword-brandishing
by the fascist clique.
The south Korean economy is saddled with foreign debts of
more than 100 billion dollars and its foreign trade deficit
ran into a record high of above 23 billion dollars last
year. This is because the traitor Kim Young Sam has pursued
a flunkeyist and anti-social economic policy after he took
office.
After his assumption of office he opened the rice
market, though any preceding dictator dared not do it. He
led the whole of the south Korean economy to catastrophe.
The Kim Young Sam group are describing the revised
"labour laws" as ones for "economic restoration" and a "new
leap". This only brings their anti-social Colors.
History shows that those resorting to the fascist laws
can never remain long.
The Kim Young Sam group will be overthrown by the massive
struggle of the people.
Korean-Russians support S. Korean strikers
Moscow, January 17 (KCNA) -- Chairman of the Russian
united confederation of Koreans Ri tong Chol and chairman of
the Moscow united confederation of Koreans ro Yong jin
released a joint statement on January 14 supporting the
escalating massive protests in south Korea against the
amended "laws on labor affairs and the agency for national
security planning".
The statement said the amendments fully betrayed the
political baseness and inhumanity of the traitor Kim Young
sam, who ignors any formalities, with no sense of morality
and honor, trying to prop up his regime and seeking his own
interests.
He must promptly repeal the evil laws and accede to the
strikers' just demand, instead of trying to assuage their
deep-rooted discontent and wrath, it urged.
It expressed the belief that the south Korean people will
continue their struggle in close unity, undaunted by any
suppression and appeasement, so as to have their just demand
met without fail.