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China-Japan-Koreas

All My KCNA

2004-11-21

Today's Headlines From KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY of DPRK...

S. Korean Government Employees' Union Calls General Strike

This sort of thing never happens in the north, proving that the North Korean people are happier with their lot and that North Korean troops are more willing to pot a few strikers to prove it.

Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation Inked between DPRK and Turkey
... The agreement was inked by Kim Ha Dong, DPRK ambassador e.p. to Turkey, and the secretary of State in charge of foreign trade of the government of Turkey...

Routine diplomatic background noise...

U.S. Nuclear War Plot against North Flailed
...If the United States refused to give up its hostile policy toward the DPRK and pushed forward its plan for a nuclear war, Hanchongryon would not pardon it but immediately enter into an all-out death-defying struggle, the statement declared. It urged the U.S. to lend an ear to the warnings of the Korean nation and promptly scrap its plan for a nuclear war against the north and abandon its hard-line policy.

Hanchongryon (south Korean Federation of University Student Councils) echoes the party line from Pyongyang. Routine face-making and threats of Dire Consequences if we step out of line.

Army-People Power Station Commissioned
Army-People Power Station No. 410 was commissioned in Kim Hyong Gwon County, Ryanggang Province. ... Vice Marshal of the KPA Kim Il Chol, minister of the People's Armed Forces, was among those present at the ceremony.

Longer, lower, leaner, wider. Runs on white slag or birch bark. Produces 32,000 gallons of Juche per hour. Kimmie couldn't make it.

S. Korean Ultra-right Conservatives' Acts Assailed
...The south Korean ultra-right conservatives are making desperate efforts to survive and grab "power" come what may. Herein lies the gravity of the situation....

Rodong Sinmun commentary, with moderate levels of "pro-Japanese treachery and pro-U.S. flunkeyism." No mention of Kimmie...

Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Work Marked
It is 20 years since leader Kim Jong Il's famous work "On Improving and Strengthening Land Administration" was made public... Minister of Land and Environment Preservation Jang Il Son... called upon all the officials and working people to turn out in a gargantuan campaign to convert the country into a socialist land of bliss and fairyland in the Songun era under the great Songun leadership of the Party and translate Kim Jong Il's far-reaching plan into reality.

Finally Kimmie appears, though not as the Dear Leader. No field guidance, no 13-holes-in-one golf games...

Message of Greetings to Omani Sultan
Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, Wednesday sent a message of greetings to Sultan Qaboos Bin Said on the occasion of the national day of Sultanate of Oman...

Kimmie unable to make it to the Western Union to send his own message to another head of state in diplomatic background noise...

U.S. Intention to Keep JSA in Panmunjom under Its Control Assailed

Bitching by the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland over a minor decision re Panmunjom. No Kimmie.

Protocol Signed between DPRK and Russia

Diplomatic background noise, forestry department. No Kimmie. Barely any content.

Land Administration Successful in DPRK

Kimmie reappears in the person of his famous work "On Improving and Strengthening Land Administration". He is merely "the leader," no capitalization, apparently no longer Dear, certainly not Great, like Pop was.

New Species of Animals Sent to Central Zoo

Includes parrots, white tigers, and bears that were presented to leader Kim Jong Il (again, neither Dear nor Great, nor even capitalized). "Parrots and tigers and bears! Oh, my!"

Protocol Signed

Railway protocol, in fact. Understandable that Kimmie might want to stay away from trains.

S. Korean Authorities' Anti-North Burlesque under Fire

Indignation over who has more control over Koreans living in Japan, north or south. No mention of Kimmie, no Songun, no Juche, not even a bit of Flunkeyism. Boring.

Meeting of Asian Countries for Cooperation in Railways Held

Featured a congratulatory speech of Im Chol Ung, which we're sure was rollicking good fun. But no Kimmie.

Shucks. KCNA without Kimmie is like a snarl without teeth. I'm deeply, yea, fraternally worried. Should I send a "get well" card? Or could he be in stable condition already?

Posted by:Fred

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