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NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 36 (January 8, 2008)
*** TOPIC OF THE WEEK (Part 2)
North Koreans Rally Across the Country for New Year Projects
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- Mass rallies were held across North Korea to encourage
residents to implement the tasks proposed in a joint editorial on New Year's Day.
The country's news outlets also made extensive news coverage of North Koreans'
energetic study of the editorial and determination to implement the tasks set
forth in the editorial.
The (North) Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said 100,000 residents of Pyongyang
gathered at Kimilsung Square in the capital on Jan. 5 to pledge their commitment
to the New Year economic drive set up by leader Kim Jong-il.
The joint editorial, which was published by the organs of the North's three major
institutions -- namely the party, the military and the Kimilsung Socialist Youth
League -- announced the North's policy priorities for the year.
Kim did not appear at the rally in Kimilsung Square, according to a report by the
Korean Central Broadcasting Station (KCBS). Attending the rally were Premier Kim
Yong-il, Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) Choe Thae-bok, Vice
President of the SPA Presidium Yang Hyong-sop, Workers' Party Central Committee
Secretary Kim Jung-rin and other key officials of the North's Cabinet, as well as
other state and capital city organizations.
North Korea customarily holds a series of mass rallies across the country after
rolling out New Year policies through a joint newspaper editorial. This year's
editorial, issued on Jan. 1, reaffirmed Pyongyang's commitment to rebuild the
country's ailing industrial infrastructure and denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
Pyongyang citizens vowed to "widely open the gate to a powerful, prosperous
nation by 2012 by reaching a revolutionary peak in all sectors of socialism like
the time when the Chollima movement reached its peak after the war," the
broadcaster said. The rally was also reported by Radio Pyongyang.
The Chollima movement, named after a mythical winged horse, was initiated by
North Korean founder Kim Il-sung in 1956 to mobilize North Korean citizens to
rebuild the country from the rubble of the Korean War (1950-53).
The revival of the post-war movement signaled Pyongyang's desperate efforts to
resuscitate the country's ailing economy -- particularly to solve food shortages
"on our own," analysts say.
In addition to the economic issues, the citizens in the rally also pledged their
loyalty to Kim's "military-first" or Songun policy and all-out efforts to
increase production in electricity, coal, agriculture and daily equipment, the
reports said.
Mass rallies took place in the Jagang, South Hwanghae, Kangwon and Ryanggang
provinces on Jan. 6 to vow to implement the "militant tasks laid down in the
joint New Year editorial in hearty response to the letter of the employees of the
Chollima Steel Complex," according to the KCNA.
Attending the rallies were leading officials of local party, power and economic
organs and working people's organizations, people from all walks of life and
youth and students, the news agency said. "Read out there was the letter of the
employees of the complex addressed to all other working people across the
country," reports said.
They resolved to renew their determination to make a leap forward on all fronts
through a great revolutionary surge by fully displaying great mental power
augmented in the crucible of the Songun revolution, reports said.
The KCNA also reported on Jan. 6 that North Koreans are studying the content and
ideology in the joint editorials to make a great leap in all fields in
constructing Kangsong Taeguk, a great, prosperous and powerful country.
To this end, North Korean news media have sent out a series of programs
explaining the contents of the joint editorial so people in the country can
easily understand for their future action.
Meanwhile, the North's factories, businesses and cooperative farms are launching
various programs on their own so workers are able to study the main contents of
the country's new policy priorities and tasks in the New Year.
Following Pyongyang's New Year message, North Korean media began to report North
Koreans' brisk work in its agriculture and energy industry. "The heat wave of a
production increase" swept through Pyongyang Thermal Power Complex, North Korea's
first thermal energy plant, to "achieve the energy production plan for the first
day of the New Year by 110 percent," the KCBS reported on Jan. 2.
The radio station also reported that workers fixed irrigation ditches and blasted
a mountain to create a mine in response to the New Year message.
In other activities, North Korea's chemical industry vice minister said his
country will normalize the production of chemical fertilizer by the year 2012,
the 100th birthday of the North founding leader Kim Il-sung. In an interview, Han
Sung-jun said if the technical renovation is finished soon, the country's
production of chemical fertilizer and caustic soda will be sufficient for
domestic use without relying on imports.
Meanwhile, light industry Vice Minister Jo Jong-ung said that of daily
necessities, clothing will be emphasized this year, adding the textile division
is one of the most important parts in the basic livelihood of residents, together
with food and housing.
The North's main newspapers also called for the construction of the socialist
country. "The joint editorial serves as a militant banner as it fully reflects
the plan and determination of leader Kim Jong-il to bring about historic leaping
advances on all fronts of the socialist construction and open the gate to a great
prosperous powerful nation without fail," said the Rodong Sinmun on Jan. 6 in an
editorial.
The newspaper for the Workers' Party said, "All the officials and members of the
Party and other working people should glorify this year as a year of the great
revolutionary surge through an all-people general offensive true to the idea and
spirit set forth by the joint editorial."
"The economic potential of the DPRK remarkably augmented by Kim Jong-il on the
basis of the examples set in the creation and construction in the 21st century
one by one in the course of his Songun leadership and the modern science and
technology serves as a solid foundation whereby the country can make a historic
leap forward in all fields," the newspaper said.
(END)
North Koreans Rally Across the Country for New Year Projects
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- Mass rallies were held across North Korea to encourage
residents to implement the tasks proposed in a joint editorial on New Year's Day.
The country's news outlets also made extensive news coverage of North Koreans'
energetic study of the editorial and determination to implement the tasks set
forth in the editorial.
The (North) Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said 100,000 residents of Pyongyang
gathered at Kimilsung Square in the capital on Jan. 5 to pledge their commitment
to the New Year economic drive set up by leader Kim Jong-il.
The joint editorial, which was published by the organs of the North's three major
institutions -- namely the party, the military and the Kimilsung Socialist Youth
League -- announced the North's policy priorities for the year.
Kim did not appear at the rally in Kimilsung Square, according to a report by the
Korean Central Broadcasting Station (KCBS). Attending the rally were Premier Kim
Yong-il, Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) Choe Thae-bok, Vice
President of the SPA Presidium Yang Hyong-sop, Workers' Party Central Committee
Secretary Kim Jung-rin and other key officials of the North's Cabinet, as well as
other state and capital city organizations.
North Korea customarily holds a series of mass rallies across the country after
rolling out New Year policies through a joint newspaper editorial. This year's
editorial, issued on Jan. 1, reaffirmed Pyongyang's commitment to rebuild the
country's ailing industrial infrastructure and denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
Pyongyang citizens vowed to "widely open the gate to a powerful, prosperous
nation by 2012 by reaching a revolutionary peak in all sectors of socialism like
the time when the Chollima movement reached its peak after the war," the
broadcaster said. The rally was also reported by Radio Pyongyang.
The Chollima movement, named after a mythical winged horse, was initiated by
North Korean founder Kim Il-sung in 1956 to mobilize North Korean citizens to
rebuild the country from the rubble of the Korean War (1950-53).
The revival of the post-war movement signaled Pyongyang's desperate efforts to
resuscitate the country's ailing economy -- particularly to solve food shortages
"on our own," analysts say.
In addition to the economic issues, the citizens in the rally also pledged their
loyalty to Kim's "military-first" or Songun policy and all-out efforts to
increase production in electricity, coal, agriculture and daily equipment, the
reports said.
Mass rallies took place in the Jagang, South Hwanghae, Kangwon and Ryanggang
provinces on Jan. 6 to vow to implement the "militant tasks laid down in the
joint New Year editorial in hearty response to the letter of the employees of the
Chollima Steel Complex," according to the KCNA.
Attending the rallies were leading officials of local party, power and economic
organs and working people's organizations, people from all walks of life and
youth and students, the news agency said. "Read out there was the letter of the
employees of the complex addressed to all other working people across the
country," reports said.
They resolved to renew their determination to make a leap forward on all fronts
through a great revolutionary surge by fully displaying great mental power
augmented in the crucible of the Songun revolution, reports said.
The KCNA also reported on Jan. 6 that North Koreans are studying the content and
ideology in the joint editorials to make a great leap in all fields in
constructing Kangsong Taeguk, a great, prosperous and powerful country.
To this end, North Korean news media have sent out a series of programs
explaining the contents of the joint editorial so people in the country can
easily understand for their future action.
Meanwhile, the North's factories, businesses and cooperative farms are launching
various programs on their own so workers are able to study the main contents of
the country's new policy priorities and tasks in the New Year.
Following Pyongyang's New Year message, North Korean media began to report North
Koreans' brisk work in its agriculture and energy industry. "The heat wave of a
production increase" swept through Pyongyang Thermal Power Complex, North Korea's
first thermal energy plant, to "achieve the energy production plan for the first
day of the New Year by 110 percent," the KCBS reported on Jan. 2.
The radio station also reported that workers fixed irrigation ditches and blasted
a mountain to create a mine in response to the New Year message.
In other activities, North Korea's chemical industry vice minister said his
country will normalize the production of chemical fertilizer by the year 2012,
the 100th birthday of the North founding leader Kim Il-sung. In an interview, Han
Sung-jun said if the technical renovation is finished soon, the country's
production of chemical fertilizer and caustic soda will be sufficient for
domestic use without relying on imports.
Meanwhile, light industry Vice Minister Jo Jong-ung said that of daily
necessities, clothing will be emphasized this year, adding the textile division
is one of the most important parts in the basic livelihood of residents, together
with food and housing.
The North's main newspapers also called for the construction of the socialist
country. "The joint editorial serves as a militant banner as it fully reflects
the plan and determination of leader Kim Jong-il to bring about historic leaping
advances on all fronts of the socialist construction and open the gate to a great
prosperous powerful nation without fail," said the Rodong Sinmun on Jan. 6 in an
editorial.
The newspaper for the Workers' Party said, "All the officials and members of the
Party and other working people should glorify this year as a year of the great
revolutionary surge through an all-people general offensive true to the idea and
spirit set forth by the joint editorial."
"The economic potential of the DPRK remarkably augmented by Kim Jong-il on the
basis of the examples set in the creation and construction in the 21st century
one by one in the course of his Songun leadership and the modern science and
technology serves as a solid foundation whereby the country can make a historic
leap forward in all fields," the newspaper said.
(END)
