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NORTH KOREA THIS WEEK NO. 481 (January 3, 2008)
*** NEWS IN BRIEF (Part 1)
North Korea announces top 10 athletes of 2007
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korea's news outlets announced on Dec. 27 the country's top 10 athletes of 2007.
The North's Korean Central Television Broadcasting Station quoted Ri Kyong-il, director of the national sports guidance committee, as saying the sportsmen and sportswomen fully displayed the dignity and honor of the country in international events.
According to the broadcaster, they include Kye Sun-hui, who won her fourth successive world judo championship this year, Ri Kum-suk and Ri Myong-ok.
Kye captured the gold medal in the women's 57-kg category of the 2007 World Judo Championships in Brazil in September. She has been chosen nine times for the top 10 list, more than any other athlete in the country. The North's media call Kye an "admirable daughter of the nation."
Ri Kum-suk received the AFC Women's Player of the year award at the First AFC Women's Awards Ceremony by the Asian Football Confederation in early November.
Ryu Myong-ok emerged as a female world boxing champion in matches for the title of the WBCF in October.
The other seven athletes are from the weightlifting, shooting, gymnastics, diving and judo fields, according to the report.
The North has announced the list of top 10 athletes based on results at home and abroad each year since 1992.
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North Korea evaluates major works of 2007 positively
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Dec. 30 gave a positive evaluation of its major works during the year, saying, "Signal successes have been made in each part of the country such as politics, economy and culture in 2007."
The Rodong Sinmun, organ of the North's ruling Workers' Party of (North) Korea, said, "The political and military might of the DPRK (North Korea) has been strikingly manifested and signal successes have been made in building an economic power this year."
This year, the people of the DPRK commemorated the 95th anniversary of the late President Kim Il-sung's birth and celebrated the 75th birthday of the (North) Korean People's Army, the organ said.
The election of deputies to local power organs helped consolidate the foundation of the people's power in the DPRK, demonstrating the invincibility of (North) Korean-style socialism, it claimed.
In the economic sector, technology was improved and production was increased at major economic facilities, while such projects as the Samsu Power Station, the Thaechon Youth Power Station No. 4 and the Orangchon Power Station No. 1 were built and ones of key significance for developing the economy were pushed forward, it said.
"This year witnessed stirring events in the struggle for national reunification and in the development of the international relations to be recorded long in the nation's history," it said, citing the historic second inter-Korean summit in October.
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North Koreans greet new year with optimism: reports
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korean people are greeting the year 2008 with great optimism and hope, the North's news outlets said on New Year's Eve, stressing the 60th anniversary of the communist country's foundation.
The Rodong Sinmun, organ of the ruling Workers' Party of (North) Korea, on Dec. 31 said the North had many accomplishments in agriculture, people's daily lives, science and technology in 2007, while in the new year, which marks the 60th anniversary of the communist state's foundation, it will earn many fruits of change.
The organ also claimed the new year will be a year of national celebration and victory in the nation's history, adding that pride, trust in the leader and the party as well as optimism among the soldiers and people are evident everywhere in the country.
Meanwhile, the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency said on Jan. 1 that Pyongyang is in a festive mood on New Year's day.
"The working people of all strata and school youth and children are hardening their resolution to rally closer around the headquarters of the revolution and strive harder to achieve prosperity and development of the DPRK (North Korea) and accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche (self-reliance) this year, too," it added.
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