Work of Kim Jong Il published in Poland
Pyongyang, October 20 (KCNA) -- The famous work of General Secretary Kim Jong Il "Let Us Reunify the Country Independently and Peacefully through the Great Unity of the Entire Nation" was published in booklet by the Cieszy Publishing House of Poland on Oct. 11.
The work is a historical letter sent by Kim Jong Il on April 18, Juche 87 (1998) to the national symposium held on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the north-south joint conference.
The work comprehensively deals with the President Kim Il Sung's idea of great national unity and valuable experience and exploits performed in the struggle for its realization and sets forth the five-point policy of the great national unity reflecting the outstanding history of national unity.
15th anniversary of Yun I Sang Music Institute
Pyongyang, October 20 (KCNA) -- The Yun I Sang Music Institute marked the 15th anniversary of its foundation.
The President Kim Il Sung and Marshal Kim Jong Il had "Yun I Sang Music Institute" founded in September, Juche 73 (1984), considerate of the request of Yun I Sang and his wife to set up a national music institute in Pyongyang.
The President highly praised Yun I Sang for his creative activity abroad for the country and the nation and for his demonstration of the talents of the nation among the modern music circle of Europe, and appreciated the performance of his cantata "My Land, My Nation".
The Marshal saw to it that the Yun I Sang orchestra was newly formed and Yun I Sang Music Institute and Yun I Sang concert hall were built in the capital city with a view to building up the institute into a center for exchange of reunification music more contributable to the music art development of the country and national reunification.
Since its foundation the institute has held 17 rounds of Yun I Sang concerts and seminars on music engaging itself in publication and dissemination propaganda activities and performances.
A meeting was held to commemorate its 15th anniversary yesterday.
Present were Minister of Culture Kang Nung Su, Yun I Sang's widow Ri Su Ja and her daughter, director of the Korean Art Institute in Japan and vice-director of the Yun I Sang Music Institute Ri Chol U and others.
Choe Chang Il, director of the institute in his report said that the achievements of the institute, are entirely the brilliant fruition of the wise leadership and deep care of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and referred to the tasks to more vigorously conduct scientific researches and performances contributable to the building of a powerful nation of Juche, development of Juche-oriented music art and accomplishment of the cause of national reunification.
Chairman of broadcasting trade union sentenced to prison term
Pyongyang, October 20 (KCNA) -- The South Korean ruling quarters on Oct. 16 sentenced Pak Yong Chun, chairman of the trade union of the South Korean "Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation," to one year in prison and two-year stay of execution and Hyon Sang Yun, chairman of the trade union of the "South Korean Broadcasting System," and three others to two-year and six-month prison terms and three-year stay of execution, a Seoul-based radio reported.
They went on a strike in July for democratic broadcasting law with the five-point demand including insurance of independence of the broadcasting committee.
Attempt to suppress members of Minjurochong
Pyongyang, October 20 (KCNA) -- The South Korean authorities are scheming to call and investigate the chief vice-chairman of the metal federation of the South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (Minjurochong) and another one, a radio report from Seoul said on October 13.
The authorities repeatedly asked them to accede to the investigation under the pretext of investigation into the activities in the north of the delegates of Minjurochong and football team who had participated in the "football meet of workers in the north and south for reunification" held in Pyongyang in August.
The authorities are attempting forcibly to call and investigate them when they refused the investigation.
Anniversary of S. Koreans' resistance hailed
Pyongyang, October 20 (KCNA) -- The spokesman for the National Democratic Front of South Korea released a statement on Oct. 14 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Pusan and Masan resistance for democracy in 1979, Seoul-based radio Voice of National Salvation said.
Patriotic people including students in South Korea conducted a popular uprising in Pusan and Masan and other areas 20 years ago and toppled the "Yusin" dictatorship of Park Chung Hee, leaving a proud record in the history of the anti-fascist pro-democracy movement.
20 years have passed since then, but there is no change in South Korea, he said, and denounced the present regime for its treacherous and fascist moves.
All the situation under the Kim Dae Jung "government" clearly shows that sovereignty and reunification of the nation and democratic policy cannot be expected without putting an end to the U.S. policy of colonial military occupation and the fascist dictatorial ruling system existing with its backing, he said.
He called upon patriotic people from all walks of life to turn out as one in the struggle to set up an independent and democratic government, holding higher the banner of anti-U.S. independence and anti-fascist democracy in the patriotic spirit of the April 19 Uprising, Pusan and Masan resistance for democracy, the May 18 and June popular uprisings in 1980.
Yun I Sang concert opens
Pyongyang, October 20 (KCNA) -- The 18th Yun I Sang concert opened here yesterday on the occasion of the 15th foundation anniversary of the Yun I Sang Music Institute. The opening performance was seen by Song Sok Hwan, vice-Minister of Culture, and other officials concerned, working people and artistes in the city.
Yun I Sang's wife and daughter and overseas compatriots on a visit to the socialist homeland were among those in the audience.
Put on the stage were his music pieces including his early song "Letter," a symphonic poem "Kwangju will always be remembered" and a piano concerto "Rafmaninov no. 2."
The performers including the artistes of the National Symphonic Orchestra were acclaimed by the audience for their enthusiastic and successful presentation of several music pieces including Yun I Sang's peculiar music pieces based on the national tradition.
The concert will run till October 21.
Warhawks in ridiculous dream
Pyongyang, October 20 (KCNA) -- The South Korean rulers recently staged a war drill called "demonstration bombing exercise" in the firing range in Pochon county, Kyonggi Province, to "commemorate" the 50th anniversary of the founding of "air force".
Rodong Sinmun today in a signed commentary assails this as a north-targeted war exercise staged under the signboard of countering "provocations" from someone.
Recalling that the South Korean chief executive, while watching this exercise, asserted that the "engagement policy towards the north" should be pushed on the basis of the "joint actions" of the U.S., Japan and South Korea, the commentary notes:
This can be uttered only by war servants of outsiders, a group of traitors keen on the moves to bring the holocaust of nuclear war to the nation in conspiracy with forces of imperialism.
The South Korean people are shaking with grudge and indignation at the U.S. who committed massacres of civilians in different parts of South Korea, including Yongdong during the Korean War. If the rulers had have even the slightest wish to work for the country and the nation and achieve the reunification, they would have not vindicated the aggressors.
We remain increasingly vigilant against the dangerous saber-rattling of the rulers of the "people's government" to hurt the DPRK through joint actions with outsiders.
We declare once again it is a ridiculous dream for the enemy to try to destroy the DPRK well known to the world as a powerful socialist state, independent, self-supporting and self-reliant in defence.
Rodong Sinmun commemorates Cuban Cultural Day
Pyongyang, October 20 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today dedicates a signed article to the Cultural Day of Cuba.
The Cuban people has made a great success in the building of national culture including education, public health and sports even under the persistent pressure and blockade of the imperialists, the paper says, and goes on:
The Cuban party and government have paid their great efforts to the building of socialist and genuine popular culture. They are firmly taking the socialist measures for culture including the free medical system and free educational system.
Marking the Cultural Day of Cuba, the Korean people sincerely wish the Cuban people greater successes in the construction of the national culture in the future, too.
KCNA on S. Korean chief executive's ridiculous dream
Pyongyang, October 20 (KCNA) -- The South Korean chief executive at a luncheon with "advisers on reunification" on October 13 said that a "pragmatic approach" is "expected" from the north and it is "necessary to patiently pursue the engagement policy towards the north," according to a report.
This is nothing but a ridiculous attempt to beautify a vicious policy toward the north which is on the verge of bankruptcy.
No sooner had the South Korean chief executive put forth an "engagement policy" towards the north than the Korean nation in the north, south and overseas denounced it as an anti-national and anti-reunification policy.
We declared that if he really wants the improvement of inter-Korean relations he should take the road of independence and great unity of the nation and, for the present, rescind the "security law" and all other institutional and physical barriers blocking the reconciliation, unity and reunification of the nation.
However, he shunned all this and has aggravated the inter-Korean relations. He importunately peddled the "engagement policy," obsessed by the dream of destabilizing the DPRK under the manipulation and patronage of outsiders.
He said that the north misunderstood the "engagement policy" first but now understands it considerably. His utterances indicate that his ambition to induce the DPRK to "reform" and "opening" has reached a shameless and ridiculous phase.
He is well advised to behave with discretion, clearly mindful of who is his opponent and what the present state of inter-Korean relations and the history of the Korean nation require.
School flourishing under leader's profound care
Pyongyang, October 20 (KCNA) -- There is Pyongyang Senior Middle School no. 1 on the bank of Pothong River.
General Secretary Kim Jong Il, always deeply concerned about the development of education, sent many modern educational facilities to the school. Lately he provided computers and experimental apparatuses of various types to it.
Under his deep care the school has turned into a model school equipped with all necessary educational facilities including excellent school buildings and fixtures.
The school was rebuilt on an expansion basis in Juche 73 (1984).
Its plottage is over 70,000 square meters. The total floor space of buildings is 30,000 square meters while a practice ground covers 11,000 square meters.
The 10-storeyed main building has a "room for the study of the President Kim Il Sung's revolutionary activities" and laboratories and a room for video-recording. It has classrooms and rooms for circle activities and teaching aids furnished with TV sets, video cassette recorders, projectors and recording facilities.
Besides the main building, the school has auxiliary buildings with cultural and welfare facilities including a hall with hundreds of seats, an indoor swimming pool and a gymnasium.
It has also a large playground, greenhouse and meteorological observatory.
The teachers and employees of the school are exerting efforts to improve the level of instruction and education and train able scientists and technicians needed for the building of a powerful nation.
Struggle to liquidate pro-Japanese elements supported
Pyongyang, October 20 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Committee for Investigation into Damage Done by the Japanese Imperialists During Their Occupation of Korea made public a statement yesterday stressing that the daily mounting struggle for liquidating the pro-Japanese elements in South Korea must be escalated into a struggle against the anti-U.S., anti-outsider struggle to eliminate the elements to the last one.
The statement said:
The problem of liquidating the pro-Japanese elements should have been solved long ago when the Japanese were defeated. But the U.S. landed in South Korea to replace the Japanese, turned the pro-Japanese elements into their stooges and cooked up "government" with the pro-U.S. and pro-Japanese stooges as its main axis.
This is not a simple matter of liquidating some pro-Japanese elements and setting straight the disgraceful Japan-toeing history but an important matter of defending the interests of the country and the nation and establishing national sovereignty.
Today South Korea has become a colony of modern version where the national dignity and sovereignty have utterly been trampled down by the U.S. aggressors.
The U.S. protected the pro-Japanese quislings, turned them into pro-U.S. forces and put them forward as its stooges in South Korea following Korea's liberation on august 15, 1945.
The South Korean people should escalate the struggle for liquidating the pro-Japanese elements into a struggle against the U.S.-led outside forces and intensify the struggle to thoroughly get rid of not only the erstwhile pro-Japanese traitors but also the pro-U.S. and pro-Japanese dual quislings in power who have reduced South Korea into a colony of outsiders to seek their own luxury and glory.
S. Korean authorities urged to respond to confederal formula
Pyongyang, October 20 (KCNA) -- The South Korean authorities must make a policy switchover from an anti-north confrontation policy to a pro-north reconciliation policy and positively respond to the proposal on founding the Democratic Confederal Republic of Koryo (DCRK) before it is too late, if they truly value the interests of the country and the nation, declared Nouri Abdel Razzak, secretary general of the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization, on Oct. 13 when interviewed by a KCNA correspondent to Egypt in the month of supporting the DCRK founding proposal.
He went on:
The proposal on founding the DCRK put forward by the President Kim Il Sung is a reunification proposal fully reflecting the stark reality of Korea.
Under the situation where different ideas and social systems have existed in the north and the south of Korea for over half a century and none of them wants to give up its own, it is the best way of achieving Korea's reunification at the earliest possible date to establish a reunified state of the nation by means of confederacy on the conception of the one nation, one state and two systems and two governments.
The proposal was put forward long ago, but it has not been realised due to the U.S. interference and the South Korean authorities' separatist policy.
As the proposal is also in the interests of the U.S., it must not block the way of reunification of Korea but do something helpful to the materialization of the proposal.
Japan's past not yet liquidated
Pyongyang, October 20 (KCNA) -- Asahi Shimbun of Japan on Oct. 15 reported that the South Korean and Japanese peoples were loudly voicing the maintenance that Japan has not yet liquidated its past.
Referring to the fact that recently the newspaper Asahi of Japan and the Dong-a Ilbo of South Korea conducted a joint public opinion poll as regards the liquidation of Japan's past, the paper said that 94 percent of respondents in South Korea and 70 percent of pollees in Japan negatively said no when asked if the matter of the past history including Japan's colonial rule has been resolved.
The paper said they answered "Japan's apology for its past crimes are not sufficient," "Japan's understanding of the history and the description of textbook are problematic" and "Japan's consciousness of discrimination against the Korean nation still remains unchanged."
KCNA on war policy veiled by "engagement"
Pyongyang, October 20 (KCNA) -- The chief executive of South Korea premier Kim Jong Phil read a "policy speech" yesterday.
Turning to the policy toward the north in the "speech," he asserted that the so called "engagement policy" was very successful and for that thanks to their efforts the north-south relations and the Korean peninsula are heading for "peace, reconciliation and cooperation."
This is a completely wrong picture of reality and a sheer lie.
The political and military confrontation and tensions between the north and south have further aggravated since the appearance of the present chief executive. This proves that the "engagement policy", the policy of the South Korean authorities towards the north, is, in essence, a policy of north-south confrontation and an anti-north war policy.
The South Korean authorities sparked the west sea incident driving the situation to that on the eve of war.
Even under the mandate of the "IMF" they put spurs to the arms buildup massively introduced war equipment and unveiled their plan to develop missiles targeted at the whole area of the DPRK.
It is entirely thanks to our patient efforts for peace and tolerance shown in consideration of the interests of the whole nation that a new war has not broken out in the Korean peninsula under this situation.
Nevertheless, the South Korean chief executive in the speech clamored about the west sea incident like a thief crying "stop thief." He did not forget to cry over the "military adventure" by someone and called for establishing a perfect military posture to promptly counter any "provocation" and strengthening "security cooperation" with the U.S. and "military diplomacy" towards the neighboring countries in a bid to create a "climate" favorable to them.
In a word, this is nothing but a revelation of the intention of the South Korean chief executive start a new war in Korea at any cost by doggedly pursuing the war policy veiled by the signboard of "engagement" put up by him as a war servant of outsiders.
"Contact", "dialogue" and "cooperation" on his lips are nothing but hypocrisy and a smokescreen to hide there actionary nature of his "engagement policy".
Our people and army and the whole nation will resolutely repudiate the "engagement policy". Only a miserable destruction awaits the South Korean rulers who prolong their remaining days through north-south confrontation, moves for permanent national division and a fratricidal war.
FM spokesman on LWR project
Pyongyang, October 20 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry today issued a statement on the lapse of five years since the DPRK-U.S. agreed framework was adopted.
Recalling that five years ago the DPRK adopted the agreed framework with the U.S. From the stand of good faith to build confidence with the U.S., too, and develop relations with it in keeping with the changed international situation and the trend of the times toward peace, the statement said:
The agreed framework could be adopted under the abnormal situation where the DPRK and the U.S. had been in the belligerent relationship for half a century after the war.
This is the product of our consistent and sincere efforts to terminate the hostile relations and ensure peace and stability on the Korean peninsula.
The agreed framework serves as a fundamental groundwork for the development of the relations between the DPRK and the U.S.
Following the adoption of the agreed framework we froze at once all our nuclear activities and have done everything possible such as totally lifting economic restrictions on the U.S.
But, what the U.S. side has done since the adoption of the agreed framework over the last five years is quite contrary to what we have done.
The U.S. is still pursuing its hostile policy towards the DPRK.
The U.S. side has paid only a lip service to the construction of LWR and delivered on the basis of serious fluctuation heavy oil which it promised to offer to us as substitute energy until the completion of the LWR project, thus creating a great confusion and difficulties in our economic performance.
Today when it is 5 years since the adoption of the agreed framework the U.S. side does not hesitate to say that the commitment is unlikely to be implemented until the year 2003. Moreover, it has not yet begun implementing the measure it took to partially lift economic sanctions according to the framework.
We can conclude that the U.S. Side has maintained an insincere approach to the framework for the past 5 years. Its implementation requires both sides to display a high degree of political will. Now that the DPRK side has done everything possible so far, now is the time for the U.S. side to show a good faith by taking a prompt measure to sincerely implement what was agreed between the U.S. and the DPRK.
If the construction of the LWR is further delayed as now and the failure to complete it until the year 2003 becomes clear, the U.S. side will be held wholly responsible for that and it will have to meet undesirable consequences.