Rodong Sinmun slams persistent suppression of "Hanchonryon"
Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- The south Korean puppets, at a "meeting of security-related ministers", issued an order to arrest all the leading members of the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils (Hanchongryon) until the end of July and, unless its leaders quit the organization until late July, penalize them on charge of violation of the "National Security Law", which bans "formation of an enemy-benefiting organization and affiliation with it".
Rodong Sinmun today says the order openly reveals their fascist moves to carry out their already worked out plan to stifle "Hanchongryon".
The daily says in a commentary:
The puppets have urged "Hanchongryon" leaders to quit the organization and threatened to exclude "leftist campus offenders" from the list of "those who will be paroled and pardoned" in an appearent bid to destroy its pivote and keep students from struggle.
The notorious military dictators of south Korea's "fifth and sixth republics", too, harshly suppressed patriotic movement of students. But they are now overshadowed by the "civilian" dictators. The Kim Young Sam regime must stop the harsh suppression of "Hanchongryon" at once.
Secession from "Hanchongryon" refused
Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- The General Student Council of Sogang University made public a statement on June 23, in which it declared it would not withdraw from the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils (Hanchongryon) in defiance of the authorities' repression of campus movement, a radio report from Seoul said.
The statement said "Hanchongryon" is a mass body established through students' direct election. The authorities have threatened to arrest any of its deputies if he refuses to secede from it, the statement recalled, adding: it is an open denial of the history of campus movement.
Memorial committees for President Kim Il Sung formed abroad
Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- Committees for honoring the memory of President Kim Il Sung have appeared one after another in different countries to commemorate the third anniversary of his death.
The Tajik February 16 Group for the Study of the Juche Idea named after "General Kim Jong Il" inaugurated a memorial committee on June 13, at which its chairman was elected and it was decided to hold various events in the memorial period.
The Kazakh Association for the dissemination of the Juche idea named after Secretary Kim Jong Il formed a memorial committee on June 14. The committee decided to lay a floral basket before the portrait of President Kim Il Sung and conduct such events as issue of bulletin and film show in the memorial period.
Planned purchase of AWACS announced in s. Korea
Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- Anti-north war maniacs of south Korea announced that they planned to purchase four AWACS planes from the United States, a Seoul-based radio reported.
Saying the purchase is estimated to cost about three billion dollars, they were clamouring about their potential.
Though south Korea has been driven to a catastrophic crisis, the puppet clique are seeking to purchase war equipment with large investments. This fully reveals their anti-national scheme to inflict war calamities upon the fellow countrymen.
Press review
Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- Papers here today give frontpage prominence to events held in different countries to mark the third death anniversary of President Kim Il Sung under the banner titles "H.E. the Great Kim Il Sung is an outstanding leader of 20th century" and "H.E. President Kim Il Sung's August name will shine forever with the human history."
Under the title "The great leader comrade Kim Il Sung will always be with us", Rodong Sinmun edits articles saying that the last three years witnessed the President living in the hearts of the Korean people led by Secretary Kim Jong Il.
The paper in an article says that firm guarantee for accomplishing the Juche cause has been made by the Korean people through their heroic efforts for three years.
Minju Joson carries an article entitled "True to behests of the leader", illustrated by a Korean painting showing Secretary Kim Jong Il looking round the monument to the autograph of the President during his inspection of the Panmunjom mission of the Korean People's Army on November 24, last year.
Rodong Sinmun introduces achievements made by the Korean people in carrying out the President's last teachings.
Papers report that 70,000 tons of food was delivered to the northern half of Korea from China.
Rodong Sinmun in a commentary denounces the Kim Young Sam group for cracking down upon the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils.
The daily carries an article on the total failure of Kim Young Sam's "new economic policy" during his office.
Under the title "war maniacs will not be safe" an article of the paper criticizes the U.S. war maniacs and the south Korean puppets for their moves to unleash a new war.
Cassette recording "Song of General Kim Jong Il" produced
Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- The Music Tape Production Company of Madagascar has manufactured cassettes recording the "Song of General Kim Jong Il" to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the start of Secretary Kim Jong Il's activities at the Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee.
Recorded on the tape is this immortal revolutionary hymn sung in Madagascan and French by Ralainarivo Noel Harvey, a Madagascan soloist who participated in the April Spring Friendship Art Festival in Pyongyang several times, and played by a Madagascan Orchestra.
The cassette was produced to meet the unanimous demand of people from all walks of life and the Juche idea followers revering the great man peerless in the century.
Immortality of President Kim Il Sung prayed for
Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- The progressive people of the world pray for the immortality of President Kim Il Sung, looking back on his feats and sacred marks with the approach of the third anniversary of his death (July 8, 1994).
The President devoted his whole life to the cause of independence of the world.
He visited foreign countries on over 80 occasions in his life time. The route amounts to 520,000 kilometres.
He met with some 70,000 foreigners including heads of state and Government from 136 countries.
Commemorative events for the President have been held in different parts of the world.
Memorial committees were formed in over 30 countries including Cambodia, India, Russia, Britain, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Peru and Mexico and their number is on the increase day by day.
The three years since the President passed away have witnessed the progressive people praying for his immortality.
China sent a wax figure of the President to the DPRK on the occasion of the second anniversary of the President's death. It is preserved in the International Friendship Exhibition.
The Pakistani people adopted an appeal in May 1995 calling upon all the progressive political parties and public organizations to set July 8 as a "Day of Immortality for the Great Sun of Juche".
Foreigners on visit to the DPRK call at the Kumsusan Memorial Palace where the President lies in state and his statue on Mansu Hill to pay homage to him.
During the 3 years, international organizations, public organizations and studying groups including the Left Democratic Front of Bangladesh and the Communist Party of India held ceremonies for hanging the portrait of the President. Over 30 units in different countries have been named after him in this period.
Some 500 units including Juche idea study groups, streets and libraries in over 100 countries have been named after him since the Kim Il Sung cell was formed in Costa Rica in 1945.
The President is immortal in the hearts of the progressive humankind.
Far-fetched argument
Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- The south Korean puppet police in "final results of investigation into the case of Ri Jong Gwon's bodily injury resulting in death" on June 23 announced that seven leaders of the General Student Council of Chonnam National University in Kwangju and the Kwangju-South Jolla Provincial Federation of University Student Councils (Namchongryon) were arrested and seven others are being sought on charges of their involvement in the incident, according to a radio report from Seoul.
This shows that even after the falsity of their plot was disclosed, the Kim Young Sam group are trying to justify it and thus stifle the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils (Hanchongryon).
On May 27, 15 days after Ri Jong Gwon was found dead, the puppets started the police search and made a hue and cry about the incident.
After scrupulous investigation, "Namchongryon" on June 18 told a press conference that Ri Jong Gwon was originally an agent of the puppet police.
The materials presented by the organisation were so irrefutable that the "final results of investigation into Ri Jong Gwon's death" published by the puppet police could not negate it.
According to the police announcement, Ri Jong Gwon was taken to the office of "Namchongryon" at Chonnam National University at which he was investigated and beaten.
However, this office does not exist at the university because it was closed under the "civilian"-veiled regime two years ago. Now, it is located at Chosun University.
Accordingly, this announcement is a sheer lie.
The more desperately the south Korean puppet clique try to escape from the crisis, employing every conceivable trick, the deeper they will be thrown into a bottomless abyss.
Increase in coal output
Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- An increase has been made in coal production of Korea.
According to data available at the Ministry of Coal Industry as of late June, the production grew 1.5 times, that of the corresponding period last year.
The Kujang area coal complex produced 18,000 more tons in the period.
The Sunchon area coal complex including February 8 Jiktong and Chonsong Youth Coal Mines turns out 2,700 more tons of coal on a daily average.
Coal production is increasing also at Pukchang, Tukjang and Anju area coal complexes and other coal mines across the country.
Immortal course of militarily ensuring Juche cause
Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today carries a signed article headlined "Immortal course of militarily ensuring Juche cause".
The daily says:
Secretary Kim Jong Il provided a military guarantee for reliably defending the revolutionary cause of President Kim Il Sung.
What is important here is that Secretary Kim Jong Il brought up the People's Army to be one with strong idea and faith, armed with the spirit of defending the leader with devotion and the spirit of human bombs.
He long ago put forward the original theory of building the army centering around the soldiers and has wisely led the cause of modelling the whole army on the Juche idea. He has put his mind and soul into strengthening the political and ideological might of the People's Army in every way over the last three years. He made sure that the whole army learned from the spirit of devotedly defending the leader displayed by O Jung Hup's seventh regiment in defending the headquarters of the Korean revolution at the risk of life during the anti-Japanese war. And he planted the faith and obligation of loyalty which will be invariable like a rifle into the hearts of the soldiers.
Secretary Kim Jong Il firmly prepared the People's Army in military technique to mercilessly defeat any formidable enemy. The officers and men of the People's Army have grown to be a-match-for-a hundred fighters with modern military knowledge, healthy physique and dead shot under the energetic leadership of Supreme Commander Kim Jong Il, who led them to take a combat training in an atmosphere of real war.
As he is sparing nothing for the completion of the fighting preparations of the People's Army, it has grown to be an invincible army with modern means of attack and defense to mercilessly strike and smash the provokers wherever they may be on earth.
He made the People's Army an ever-victorious army that has a powerful support base.
He long ago advanced the great idea of army-people unity and has constantly developed the army-people relations onto a higher stage. He has wisely led the army and the people to usher in a great heyday of army-people unity in recent years.
As the beautiful trait of the army-people unity is blossoming under his wise leadership, the People's Army is displaying its might as an invincible army with a powerful support base.
Rodong Sinmun on failure of s. Korea's "new economy policy"
Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today carries an article analyzing the total failure of the "new economy policy" which Kim Young Sam of south Korea has pursued since he came to power.
Its failure is illustrated by the largest-ever debts, an unbroken chain of large-scale irregularities caused by the great confusion of financial market, bankruptcy of many businesses and unprecedented unemployment, the daily says, and continues:
As the south Korean economy is a model of export-oriented colonial economy, its payment deficit in foreign trade is one of main things showing the bankruptcy of the economy.
Kim Young Sam promised to turn current payment deficit into trade surplus from 1995. Last year, however, south Korea's trade deficit soared to d23,700 million, fully revealing the impracticability of the "five-year plan of the new economy".
According to even the underestimated data released by the puppet clique, last year's payment deficit climbed to the record of d23,000 million, 2.3 times 1995's.
This year's payment deficit in foreign trade is likely to reach d30,000 million.
The invisible payment deficit takes nearly a half of last year's current payment deficit.
The "financial and economic board" announced that south Korea's foreign debts reached d111,000 million as of the end of last year.
With the rapid increase of foreign debts and financial shortage caused by the great confusion of financial market, businesses have been declared insolvent en masse.
The Hanbo business group, the 14th largest in south Korea, went bankrupt in January this year and the 26th largest Sammi business group and the 19th Jino business group defaulted on debts. Thirteen of the 30 leading business conglomerates suffered losses last year.
In the first four months this year 4,756 businesses went insolvent.
This year's unemployment has increased 1.6 times last year's, reaching the highest on record in ten years.
As long as the puppets' traitorous, corrupt and reactionary politics continues, the south Korean economy can never get itself out of bankruptcy.
Pakistani figures call at Korean Embassy
Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- Personages of Pakistan paid calls at the DPRK Embassy in Islamabad on June 17 and 20 on the threshold of the third death anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.
The visitors laid floral baskets and bouquets before the portrait of President Kim Il Sung and paid homage to him.
Hwakar Yuddin Chowdhury, Chairman of the Pakistani Awakening Association, said President Kim Il Sung was a great man of the world and a great thinker and theoretician, who enjoyed highest respect from not only the Korean people but also the world's progressives. His idea and feats will remain forever in the hearts of the people, he added.
Zafar Bakhtawari, Chairman of the Pakistan-Korea Friendship Association, said the death of the President is the greatest sorrow to the Pakistani people and all the progressives of the world as well as to the Korean people.
Kim Young Sam "Government" of s. Korea urged to step down
Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- The European regional headquarters of the National Alliance for the country's reunification (Pomminryon) published a statement on the situation on June 18, demanding the resignation of the Kim Young Sam puppet regime in south Korea.
The statement said that the fascist repression committed by Kim Young Sam group during his office has far surpassed that of the successive military dictatorial regimes. The crackdown upon the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils (Hanchongryon) is a product of the traitor's desperate efforts to shift the blame for all the incidents on to students and save himself from crisis, it denounced.
The statement urged the Kim Young Sam regime to immediately stop the moves against "Hanchongryon", abrogate the "National Security Law" and discontinue cooking up cases for "security-oriented" rule at once.
It also held that Kim Young Sam should open to the public the truth behind the "Presidential Election" funds to face a judgement by the people and release rev. Kang Hui Nam, Chairman of the South Headquarters of Pomminryon, the representative of the Buddhist Human Rights Committee and other pro-reunification patriotic figures.
U.N. under-secretary general visits Unpha area
Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- Yasushi Akashi, under-Secretary General of the United Nations, and his entourage looked round reconstruction site of flood-hit arable land in Unpha and visited farmers' houses, nursery and other places in the area on Wednesday afternoon.
He said he could know well on the spot that the flood damage in 1995 and 1996 was very heavy and that the people in the area have achieved great successes in the work to clear away flood damage with their own efforts and support from the international community.
But he felt an urgent need for the international community to redouble humanitarian support to people in the flood-hit areas who are scarcely living on a little food, he added.