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The Chinese government on Thursday supported remarks by China’s Vice President Xi Jinping that China‘s entry into the Korean War was “a great and just war for safeguarding peace and resisting aggression” from the U.S.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu made the Chinese government’s position clear, saying that Xi’s remarks are the decided view of the Chinese government, while South Korea and the U.S. government have denounced them.
Chinese President Hu Jintao and Xi on Monday met with veterans and heroes of the Chinese People’s Volunteers (CPV) to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the volunteer army entering the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to help in the war to resist U.S. aggression, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Xi said in his speech that China’s entering was “also a great victory gained by the united combat forces of China’s and the DPRK’s civilians and soldiers, and a great victory in the pursuit of world peace and human progress.”
The Chinese people will never forget the friendship established in battle with the DPRK’s people and army, Xi added.　
The Xinhua and the Chinese Communist Party’s organ People’s Daily, however, ran an article on their websites Thursday to acknowledge that the Korean War was started by North Korea’s invasion based on former Soviet Union documents.　
　
NIS Director Won hints at inter-Korean summit
National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director Won Sei-hoon said Thursday, “Working level or separate solutions to issues such as Mt. Kumgang tourism cannot progress through the current state of inter-Korean relations,” according to the main opposition Democratic Party lawmakers.
He went on to say, “More large scale attempts are needed.” Won’s remarks were in response to Democratic Party Lawmaker Park Young-sun’s question, “Is the possibility of an inter-Korean summit off the table?” at a parliamentary audit. Some have interpreted Won’s remarks as a hint that higher-level contacts and negotiations, including a summit, are necessary between North Korea and South Korea.
　
S. Korean economy will grow 6 pct, BOK governor says. 　
The South Korean economy is expected to grow 6 percent this year thanks to its solid recovery, Bank of Korea (BOK) Gov. Kim Choong-soo said Friday.
The forecast given by him during a business forum is more upbeat than the central bank’s previous prediction of a 5.9 percent on-year expansion made in July.
Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics Co., the world‘s top maker of computer memory chips and flat-screen panels, reported on Friday a record quarterly net profit of 4.46 trillion Won ($3.96 billion) in the July-September period.
　
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