Korean people's struggle for removal of concrete wall supported
Pyongyang, January 4 (KCNA) -- Organizations and personages in different countries issued statements in support of an appeal sent by the DPRK government, political parties and organizations to their counterparts all over the world.
Figures of 14 social organizations in Nepal including Manik Lal Shrestha, chairman of the Nepal-Korea Friendship Association, and the coordinator of the Kathmandu Coordinating Commission of the Peace Action Committee of Nepal, released a joint statement on Dec. 24 last year.
They in the joint statement expressed resentment at the interference and domination of the imperialists that artificially divided the Korean nation who lived as a homogeneous nation in the one and same land for 5,000 years.
Fully supporting the Korean people's struggle for the removal of the concrete wall, they urged the South Korean authorities to drop separatist anti-national stand to meet the Korean people's unanimous desire for national reunification.
The Yemen-Korea Friendship Association in its statement dated Dec. 25 last year held that the South Korean authorities should promptly pull down the concrete wall in response to the demand of all the Korean people and the world's peace-loving people, allow free visits and contacts between the north and the south and ensure freedom of the South Korean democrats for pro-reunification activities.
The statement also demanded that the United States lend an ear to the demand of the international community for the demolition of the concrete wall and refrain from instigating South Korea to confrontation with the north.
110 babies born on New Year's day
Pyongyang, January 4 (KCNA) -- 110 babies were born at the Pyongyang Maternity Hospital on the first day of the meaningful year 2000.
Of them, 16 babies (8 boys and 8 girls) were born from 00:00 to 01:00.
Pak Yong Ran residing in Yomju county, North Phyongan Province, gave birth to her daughter at 00:04 that day.
Among the births are twin brother and sister. Their mother is Tong Jin Ok in Dohung-dong, Moranbong district, Pyongyang.
Doctors and nurses of the hospital and women now in the hospital described the birth of twins on the New Year's day as an "auspicious event in the year 2000 and sign of the country to be thriving."
The birth of so many babies, the future of the country, on the first day of this year is the world's praiseworthy event in the new millennium.
New millennium postcard to Kim Jong Il produced
Pyongyang, January 4 (KCNA) -- The Sol computer society of South Korea reportedly manufactured a computer postcard "a new millennium postcard addressed to the respected Kim Jong Il" on the occasion of the meaningful New Year 2000.
Printed in the postcard are words highly praising Kim Jong Il as the sun of the 21st century and a picture of the ten objects which have been known from olden times as things making people enjoy longevity. This carries the best wishes of the South Korean people for his long life in good health.
The postcard indicates that invariable are loyalty and filial piety of the South Korean people determined to entrust their all to the Marshal and hold in high esteem and follow him for ever though there is a limit to the lifetime of the ten things.
Turning out as one in this year's general advance
Pyongyang, January 4 (KCNA) -- Papers here today call upon all the Korean people to turn out as one in the general advance this year under the slogan "Glorify this year, the WPK's 55th anniversary, with signal victory in the crucible of greatly increased activity of Chollima."
Rodong Sinmun in an editorial terms the joint editorial of the newspapers of the party, army and youth which was carried on the occasion of the New Year as a militant banner the whole party, the entire army and all the people should put up.
The joint editorial calls, among other things, for effecting another Chollima upsurge in socialist construction to glorify the 55th anniversary of the foundation of the Worker's Party of Korea to be marked this year as a grand festival of victors.
The 55th anniversary of the party foundation is a great auspicious event of exalting forever the history of glorious revolutionary struggle and feats of the founder and builder of the great party of Juche type and a grand festival of those with the strongest faith and will who are making a general advance toward a high eminence of a powerful nation, pulling through manifold difficulties and ordeals, the editorial says.
It is the great pride of the Korean people to have the ever-victorious party which has covered a road of victory and glory for more than half a century, the party which is demonstrating its dignity as a guide of the socialist cause while steadfastly carrying forward the only one tradition, it notes, and continues:
When all the party members and other people come out as one in this year's general advance with a new determination and readiness and perform astonishing feats in all units and domains of the revolution and construction, the history and feats of the WPK led by the great leader Kim Jong Il will shine more brightly.
An editorial of Minju Joson says: To glorify the year 2000 as a year of a leap forward in the building of a powerful nation is a worthwhile work to demonstrate the invincible might of Korean-style socialism and proudly demonstrate to the world once again the spirit of Kim Il Sung's Korea which is shining with dignity and honor.
All the working people should make a general advance with redoubled courage and in high spirit.
Typhoon to be renamed
Pyongyang, January 4 (KCNA) -- Typhoon is to be renamed from January 1, 2000 according to the decision of the 32nd meeting of the typhoon committee.
It was decided at the meeting that the typhoon which has hitherto been called in American English should be given 10 names in each Asian country that made proposals, according to needs and desire of the Asian countries to deepen the mutual understanding and unity on the principle of independence and equality.
The names of typhoon chosen in the DPRK are Kirogi, Toraji, Kalmaegi, Maemi, Meari, Sonamu, Podul, Pongsonhwa, Mindulle and Nalgae.
Typhoon is to be given numbers with one year as a cycle.
Typhoon will be called by turns every year by 140 names as proposed by 14 countries including the U.S., according to the English alphabetical order.
For example, the third typhoon this year will be called Kirogi in Korean. If typhoon occurred for the 14th time this year, the third typhoon next year would be called Toraji.
The new name of typhoon can be pronounced according to the proposed country's language or to the meaning of word of the language of the respective country.
Firm resolve of Korean people in New Year
Pyongyang, January 4 (KCNA) -- The Korean people, braving stern trials of the 1990s, have greeted the hopeful year 2000.
They are now in high spirit to accelerate the general advance for the building of a powerful nation.
Firm is the determination of heroes and heroines of the times intensely loyal to the party and the leader.
It is a proud tradition of the heroic Korean people to register victory only. Let us build a higher tower of success in the revolutionary spirit of ever victory, holding tightly the steed by the bridle provided by the respected leader Kim Jong Il. This is the pledge of Jong Song Ok, DPRK heroine and marathon queen.
Heroine Hyon Yong Ra, a researcher at the nonferrous metal institute under the Academy of Sciences, is devotedly working in the fervent spirit of inquiry. She has set it a goal to finish her current up-to-date scientific research assignment before the 55th anniversary of the Worker's Party of Korea (October 10), upholding the party's line of attaching importance to science and technology.
Pak Ok Hui, another heroine who set a model in three-crop farming in mountainous areas in the northern part of the country last year, is working harder, determined to carry on a larger scale the three-crop farming this year and contribute to solving the urgent food problem for the nation.
Hero Kim Yu Bong, a coal cutter at the February 8 Jiktong Youth United Coal Mine, set it his goal to carry out the coal production plan for this year earlier than all other cutting workshops across the country and is now bring about good result in production from the beginning of the year.
Another hero Ri Ung Chan, ranger at the Kangdong county, Pyongyang, Forest Administration Agency, is working hard for afforestation, while hero Ho Yong Gu, head of the Taehongdan county power station construction corps, is devoting his energies and wisdom to electrifying the county as a whole.
Their noble spiritual world and fighting spirit have become a model for all other people.
The Korean people are now speeding up the canter march to glorify this year as a year of general advance for making decisive progress in the building of a powerful nation under the slogan "Let us all become heroes in a drive to glorify the 55th anniversary of the party foundation."
Mass rally held
Pyongyang, January 4 (KCNA) -- At least a hundred thousand Pyongyangites held a rally at the Kim Il Sung square this afternoon to evince their determination to carry through the tasks set forth in the joint New Year editorial.
The joint editorial of the newspapers Rodong Sinmun, Joson Inmingun and Chongnyon Jonwi issued on the occasion of the New Year Juche 89 (2000) called on the party, the army and the people to glorify this year, the WPK's 55th anniversary, with signal victory in the crucible of greatly increased activities of Chollima.
A report was made by Kang Hyon Su, chief secretary of the Pyongyang city committee of the WPK, which was followed by speeches of people from all walks of life.
They said that last year the Korean people laid a solid foundation for the building of a powerful nation and grew strong enough to advance faster in future.
Thanks to the clear-sighted wisdom and wise guidance of the great leader Kim Jong Il, many model units were created and a new breakthrough was made toward the building of a powerful nation, they said.
We must make a leap forward in building a powerful nation and demonstrate the invincible might of socialism of Korean style all over the world by effecting a great revolutionary upsurge marking the 55th anniversary of the foundation of the WPK, single-heartedly united around the great Marshal Kim Jong Il, they said, and continued:
They underscored the need to accelerate the general march of the New Year, firmly maintaining the line of attaching great importance to the ideology, the military and science and technology.
All of us must work harder and become pacemakers in the second Chollima advance working miracles as the workers of the Songjin Steel Works did, holding high the slogan "Let us all become heroes in a drive to glorify the 55th anniversary of party foundation " in the same spirit that was displayed during the "arduous march" and forced march, they noted.
The Marshal is leading the building of a powerful nation and the red flag of the revolution associated with the whole life of the fatherly leader Kim Il Sung is fluttering high, they said, evincing their resolution to glorify the year 2000 with signal victory in the crucible of greatly increased activities of Chollima.
A resolution was adopted at the rally.
Hong Song Nam, Kim Ki Nam, Kim Jung Rin and other senior party and state officials were present at the rally.