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Full text of "' Peoples Korea Today' Issue 34 ( October 2023 )
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The glorious memory of the heroes;
is the source of strength,
and revolutionary unity,
aJi the socialist Korea of Juche
Issue 34 ( October 2023 )
WYSA Wz} FAO! 412 Year Juche
The official monthly journal
of Korean Friendship Association UK
Issue 34 (October 2023)
- Photo on the cover.
'The glorious memory of the heroes,
is the source of strength and revolutionary unity,
of the socialist Korea of Juche'
Somerset United Kingdom
ARTICLES
26th - Anniversary of the election,
of Comrade KIM JONG IL as General Secretary,
of the Workers' Party of Korea
( KFA UK, pages 7 - 8 )
'75 Years of Victories and Glories'
( Shaun Pickford, Staffordshire Branch of the KFA UK, pages 9 - 11)
17th - Anniversary of the DPRK's First Nuclear test
( Dr Dermot Hudson, pages 11 - 12 )
'97th anniversary of the foundation,
of the Down With Imperialism Union'
( Dr Dermot Hudson, pages 13 - 15 )
Message of Korean Friendship Association Poland,
to the European Regional Forum for Friendship,
Solidarity and Exchange with the Korean people,
under the title of 'Tuche Korea 75 years'
( Korean Friendship Association Poland, pages 15 - 16)
'Down with the Crown? absolutely,
but in the UK only, and first stop the lies!'
( Alan Bolon, pages 17 - 20)
'On the 78th Anniversary of the foundation,
of the Workers Party of Korea'
( Dr Dermot Hudson, pages 21 - 22)
‘Answering the lies of "The Sun’ Newspaper'
( Dr Dermot Hudson, pages 23 - 24)
‘President Kim Il Sung,
a great internationalist and friend
of Chairman Mao Zedong'
( Dr Dermot Hudson, pages 24 - 26 )
"Weird Westerners like Juche?
Yes, but from the essence of the true of this idea,
not from lies expanded by Black Red Guard!'
( Alan Bolon, pages 27 - 29)
‘Statement of Korean Friendship Association UK,
the SONGUNO007 YouTube Channel,
the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea,
and Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK,
in regard to the Slanderous and Criminal Attack,
by US YouTube channel"
( KFA UK, SONGUNO007 YouTube channel, pages 29 - 30 )
KFA UK ACTIVITIES
STATEMENTS & NEWS
Report of 1st Joint Songun - Juche Idea Study Meeting
30rd of September 2023
(KFA UK, page 31)
Yoon Suk - yeol,
is not welcome in the UK!
(KFA UK, page 32)
Report of Korean Friendship Association UK,
9th 'Film Night',
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25th of September 2023
(KFA UK, page 33)
A support message,
from the Swiss Korea Committee,
( Korean Friendship Association Switzerland )
(Swiss Korea Committee [ Korean Friendship Association Switzerland ], pages 33 - 34 )
A support message,
from International Central Committee
for Songun Study, Bangladesh
(ICCSS, Bangladesh, pages 34 - 36 )
A support message,
from Korean Friendship Association Cambodia
(KFA Cambodia, page 36 )
A support message,
from 'People's Korea Initiative' organisation, Poland
(People's Korea Initiative, Poland, page 37 )
Thanks message,
from Organizing Committee of the International Festival,
in Praise of the Great Persons of the Mount Paektu,
Pyongyang DPRK
(KFA UK, page 38)
Report of the 2nd session,
of the European Regional Forum for Friendship,
Solidarity and Exchange with the Korean People,
"Juche Korea 75 - Years'
9th of September 2023
(KFA UK, pages 39 - 41)
The Association For the Study of Songun Politics UK,
the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea,
the UK Korean Friendship Association,
and the British Solidarity Committee,
for Peace and Reunification in Korea,
today issued a joint statement,
about the 78th anniversary of the occupation of south Korea,
by US troops and the criminal division of Korea,
by the US imperialists
( ASSPUK, BGSJI, UK KFA, BSCPRKP, pages 41 - 42)
The Association For the Study of Songun Politics UK,
the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea,
the UK Korean Friendship Association,
and the British Solidarity Committee,
for Peace and Reunification in Korea,
today issued a joint statement,
to mark the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the foundation,
of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK ),
by the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG
( ASSPUK, BGSJI, UK KFA, BSCPRKP, pages 42 - 44)
DPRK NEWS
9th Session of 14th SPA of DPRK Held
(KCNA, pages 44 - 50)
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Makes Speech
at 9th Session of 14th SPA
(KCNA, pages 51 - 59)
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Has Photo Session,
with Members of Delegation,
Who Accompanied Him on Russia Visit
(KCNA, page 60)
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Banquet Given to Celebrate Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un's
Successful Visit to Russia
(KCNA, page 60)
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Arrives in Pyongyang
(KCNA, pages 62 - 63)
16th Politburo Meeting of 8th Central Committee,
of Workers' Party of Korea
(KCNA, pages 63 - 64)
President Putin Hosts Reception
in Welcome of Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un
(KCNA, pages 65 - 67)
New Milestone for Development of DPRK - Russia Relations
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Has Historic Meeting
with President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
at Vostochny Spaceport
(KCNA, pages 67 - 69)
Paramilitary Parade Held
to Celebrate 75th Birthday of DPRK
(KCNA, pages 70 - 79 )
Great Event Heralding Arrival of New Era,
Turning Point in Bolstering up Juche - based
Naval Force Ceremony of Launching Newly - built Submarine Held
with Splendor in Presence of Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un
(KCNA, pages 79 - 84)
SOUTH KOREA NEWS & REUNIFICATION
A poor farce
( Pyongyang Mission of the AINDF, pages 84 - 85 )
Opposition to Japan and Yoon Suk - yeol!
( Pyongyang Mission of the AINDF, pages 85 - 86 )
Discontinue north - targeted war drill!
Dissolve subordinated war alliance!
( Pyongyang Mission of the AINDF, pages 86 - 87 )
US Occupation of South Korea Should Be Ended
( Pyongyang Mission of the AINDF, pages 87 - 89 )
Ever - increasing action against Yoon Suk - yeol
( Pyongyang Mission of the AINDF, pages 89 - 90 )
LIFE AND CULTURE im PEOPLES KOREA
World's Cultural Heritages in Kaesong
( Voice of Korea, pages 90 - 95 )
Kumgang, a World - famous Mountain
(KPEA, pages 95 - 97)
Goals of a Student Inventor
( Paektu Solidarity Alliance, page 98 )
Tracing Back in Memory
( Paektu Solidarity Alliance, pages 99 - 100 )
Ordinary Workers
( Paektu Solidarity Alliance, pages 101 - 103 )
CLASSIC WORKS OF THE GREAT KOREAN LEADERS
Kim IL SUNG
'With the Century' - 'The Anti Japanese Revolution'
Chapter 5 - 'People in Arms'
part 34 - 'The September 18 Incident'
( pages 104 - 114 )
USEFUL LINKS & EDITORIAL INFORMATION
( pages 115 - 123)
POEM OF THE MONTH
'Victory of the Three Flames'
( Author: Tvrtko Balié )
(page 124 )
LIST OF KEYNOTE DPRK ANNIVERSARIES DURING THE YEAR
( page 125 )
26th - Anniversary of the election,
of Comrade KIM JONG IL as General Secretary,
of the Workers' Party of Korea
The decision to unanimously elect the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL as the
general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea,26 years ago, reflected the yearning
of the WPK members and entire Korean people to have the great leader comrade
KIM JONG IL as the general secretary of the Workers Party of Korea. It was also a
manifestation of the deep trust and support for the great leader comrade KIM JONG
IL who had been leading the party for many years after starting work at the Central
Committee of the WPK in 1964. The great leader comrade KIM JONG IL was the
successor to the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG who carried forward the Juche
revolutionary cause and cause of Juche party building.
As the dear respected leader Marshal KIM JONG UN pointed out;
The most important guarantee for victory
in the revolution is to strengthen the party,
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the General Staff of the revolution,
and solidify the driving force of the revolution
by uniting the service personnel and people around it'
The great leader, comrade KIM JONG IL as general secretary of the WPK was
always among the KPA soldiers and people uniting them around the Party, the
general staff of the revolution.
The WPK under the leadership of the great comrade KIM JONG IL pushed
forward with the Songun revolution with the KPA as the core force of the revolution.
The Songun politics of the Workers' Party of Korea were developed in depth and
scope by the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL as general secretary of the WPK.
The WPK enhanced its leadership over the revolution, defeating the anti - socialist
machinations of the imperialists, renegades and opportunists.
During the tenure of the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL as the general
secretary of the WPK big strides were made in developing the economy and
improving living standards as well as in the work of defence up - building.
Today the achievements of | comrade KIM JONG IL was elected as general
secretary of the WPK in the field of party building shine ever more brightly and we
Juche Idea and Songun idea followers recall his exploits as WPK general secretary.
The work done by comrade KIM JONG IL laid a firm foundation for the present
and the future.
The cause of Juche - party building started by comrade KIM IL SUNG and comrade
KIM JONG IL is splendidly carried forward by Marshal KIM JONG UN who is leading
the WPK to victory under the banner of self - reliance.
( Korean Friendship Association UK )
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Over the course of social - historical development, politics constituted one of the
basic spheres of human activity. The role and influence of politics are immeasurably
greater in a socialist society, where the working masses play the leading role.
Having gained a deep insight into the decisive role political life has on society the
three Great Leaders of the Korean Revolution, Kim IL Sung, Kim Jong IL, and Kim
Jong Un evolved theories on state power. The 75th anniversary of the founding of
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea gives us the opportunity to reflect on the
unique history and essence of state power in the DPRK.
An examination of the roots of the DPRK's foundation can be found in the
revolutionary traditions of the Anti - Japanese National Liberation Struggle of the
1930s and 1940s. A Peoples Revolutionary Government was set up in the areas that
had been freed from colonial rule along the Tumen River, between Manchuria and
Korea. The programme of the Association For the Restoration of the Fatherland,
which was issued on May 5th, 1936, called for the establishment of a Peoples
Democratic Government after liberation. When Korea gained its freedom from
Japanese Imperialism on August 15th, 1945, the process of building a new state
structure began. A pressing question before the liberated Korean people was What
kind of state power should be built? Kim IL Sung addressed this point on October
3rd, 1945, stating that Korea should take the road of progressive democracy. The
concept of progressive democracy was more attuned to the conditions of Korea,
which had emerged from feudalism and colonialism. In point of fact, neither Soviet-
style proletarian democracy nor a US kind of bourgeois democracy would have been
applicable to the needs of the Korean revolution at the time.
The first state power organ to be set up in Democratic Korea was the Provincial
Peoples Committee of North Korea and this was replicated with Peoples Committees
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in the counties and provinces all over Korea. A 20 - point platform was adopted by
the PPCNK which led to the victory of the anti - imperialist, peoples democratic
revolution in Korea. Radical reforms were carried out in the agrarian sector, major
industries were nationalized, education became universal, women's rights were
guaranteed and workers' rights were implemented by the PPCNK. The task was to
formulate these achievements in state power. and Kim IL Sung proposed that an
independent and sovereign state should be built in the shape of a Democratic
People's Republic of Korea. On August 25th, 1948, the election of deputies to the
Supreme Assembly, took place in all parts of north and south of Korea. In the
northern half, where the election was held without incident, 99.97 per cent of voters
participated and in the southern half, the election took place defying the
suppression by the puppet regime, with 77.55 of voters casting their ballots. On the
basis of the results of the north - south General Election, the 1st session of the
Supreme Peoples Assembly was conveyed in Pyongyang on September 2nd, 1948
and was attended by 572 deputies. The Great Leader Comrade Kim IL Sung was
elected the Premier of the Cabinet, the Head of State of the DPRK. On September
Oth, 1948, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea was proclaimed to the world.
With the establishment of the DPRK, the Korean people became a dignified people
who would determine their fate independently. The Democratic Peoples Republic of
Korea is the only authentic state in Korea, which commands the unanimous
support of the entire people. The founding of the DPRK is an acknowledgment of its
democratic and sovereign nature carrying forward the Anti - Japanese
Revolutionary Traditions.
Political life in the DPRK is a universal one and a daily routine for every member of
society. The DPRK gives the opportunity to the working people to exercise their
leading role in the state power and participate actively in governmental
administration. All citizens aged 17 years and over have the right to elect and to be
elected irrespective of gender, occupation, party affiliation, and property status.
There is the right to recall any deputy of the Supreme Peoples Assembly. All
elections are universal and equal by secret ballot. The social composition of the
deputies to the Supreme Peoples Assembly is as follows: 37 percent from the
working class, 10 percent from the cooperative peasantry and 20 percent are
women. In total, the number of deputies to the SPA is currently 687. To give one
example of how socially inclusive the democratic process is in the DPRK, Jo Kil Nyo
a Street Cleaner from the Phyongchan District, Pyongyang had been elected as a
SPA Deputy. There are representatives from the Workers' Party of Korea, the Korean
Social Democratic Party, the Chondoist Chongu Party, the General Federation of
Trade Unions, and youth and women's groups who are deputies to the Supreme
Peoples Assembly.
Under the guidance of Kim Jong Un, the state mechanism of the DPRK was
updated and perfected. The State Affairs Commission of the Democratic Peoples
Republic of Korea was instituted as the highest body of the state in June 2016 and
streamlined the governmental system. In view of changing circumstances, the
Socialist Constitution of the DPRK has been amended several times in the last 5
decades. The Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un is now the president of the State
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Affairs Commission of the DPRK.
As part of a delegation of the UK Korean Friendship Association, I had the privilege
of seeing the vibrant reality of Socialist Korea on the occasion of the celebrations of
the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea in
September 2018. Always memorable was witnessing the parade on the Kim IL Sung
Square in Central Pyongyang for the DPRK's foundation day and viewing the mass
games ‘The Country of The People' staged in The May Day Stadium. Being in
Pyongyang for the 70th - anniversary commemorations of the Republic was a living
testimony to the socialist civilization of the DPRK. It can be said that the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a society of the future already in the
present, a model of Communism for all of humanity.
Reflecting on the 75th anniversary of the Republic, it can be regarded that the
form of government in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea is the most
democratic one corresponding to the aspirations of the popular masses and based
on the united forces of the population. Democracy in a lot of countries around the
world is a commodity that is brought and sold to the highest bidder and there is
apathy and alienation among the ordinary citizens towards the electoral processes
in those nations. In contrast, the decision - making process in the DPRK at all levels
is actively taken part by the majority of the people. A genuine people's government
that represents and safeguards the interests of the working people, including the
workers, peasants, and intellectuals is operating in the DPRK. On the 75th
anniversary of its foundation, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea is looking
more magnificent and glorious as a great and independent socialist power.
GLORY TO THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA!
LONG LIVE THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA,
THE HOMELAND OF THE GREAT JUCHE AND SONGUN IDEAS!!
( Shaun Pickford, Staffordshire Branch of the Korean Friendship Association UK )
17th - Anniversary of the DPRK's First Nuclear test
It has been 17 years but it seems like only yesterday since People's Korea, the
land of Juche and land of Songun, conducted its first nuclear test which shook US
imperialism and world imperialism to the foundations. It was on October 9th 2006
that the DPRK carried out its first ever nuclear test. The Korean Central News
Agency reported that:
"The field of scientific research in the DPRK successfully conducted
an underground nuclear test under secure conditions on October 9th,
Juche 95 ( 2006 ) at a stirring time when all the people of the country
are making a great leap forward in the building of a great
prosperous powerful socialist nation.
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It has been confirmed that there was no such danger
as radioactive emission in the course of the nuclear test
as it was carried out under a scientific consideration and careful calculation.
The nuclear test was conducted with indigenous wisdom and technology 100 percent.
It marks a historic event as it greatly encouraged and pleased the KPA
and people that have wished to have powerful self - reliant defence capability.
It will contribute to defending the peace and stability
on the Korean Peninsula and in the area around it'
It was a truly epochal event heralding the advance of the DPRK to the status of a
nuclear power.
It was a powerful manifestation of the will of the DPRK led by great Songun
commander generalissimo KIM JONG IL to defend itself against US imperialism
which had many times threatened to lay waste to the DPRK. The nuclear test was a
great victory for the DPRK, it greatly increased the self defensive power of the DPRK.
It was a victory of Songun and an example of Songun revolutionary leadership in
practice.
The DPRK pursued and today pursued a just and revolutionary line of
independence a true embodiment of the Juche Idea and the Songun idea The first
nuclear test was a fiery act of defiance against US imperialism as well as is a
powerful blow against US imperialism and dominationism as well modern
revisionism and also globalisation.
The first nuclear test of the DPRK signified the emergence of the DPRK as a
nuclear power. This is a fact that no one should challenge or deny. The DPRK is
thanks to Songun and the leadership of generalissimo KIM JONG IL and Marshal
KIM JONG UN is now on an equal footing with the US and other big powers.
LONG LIVE SONGUN POLITICS !
LONG LIVE PEOPLE'S KOREA!
( Dr Dermot Hudson, Deputy Editor / Reviewer 'PKT',
General Chairman KFA UK )
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'O7th anniversary of the foundation,
of the Down With Imperialism Union'
On the 17th of October 1926 the revolutionary red banner of Juche was first
raised in Korea with the formation of the 'Down - With - Imperialism - Union' which
was also known as the TD. The DIU was the first genuine communist revolutionary
organisation in Korea. The formation of the DIU marked a clean break with the
stagnant ideas of factionalism, flunkeyism and dogmatism thus, it was a decisive
leap forward in the task of building a revolutionary working - class party in Korea.
The DIU completely broke with opportunism and also the national reformism of
bourgeois nationalists. As comrade KIM IL SUNG said to the meeting that founded
the DIU;
Trreconcilable contradictions exist between the imperialists
and people in the colonies and these contradictions are sharpening
with the passage of time.
Because these contradictions are antagonistic
they cannot be settled by any kind of 'compromise '
and will only be solved when imperialism is overthrown'
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Thus, the Korean revolution was set on the correct path. The foundation of the
DIU by the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG heralded the dawn of a new era of
independence in which the popular masses became masters of their fate, masters of
their destiny.
Indeed as the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG said:
The formation of this union,
the first genuine communistic revolutionary organisation in our country,
was the historic announcement of a new beginning for our revolution.
With the formation of the DIU our people's revolutionary struggle
began to progress with the principle of independence
and this was when our Party began to strike its glorious roots'
The DIU proudly proclaimed its aims were to win independence and liberation for
Korea, to carry out the socialist revolution in Korea, to build socialism and
communism in Korea and to carry out the world revolution. Thus for the first time
in history the lines of national liberation and socialist revolution were combined.
Moreover the relationship between the national tasks of the working class and its
international tasks was affirmed. Both the line of combining national liberation with
socialism and the line of inter - relating the national and international tasks of the
struggle were a prototype form of the Juche idea of the great leader comrade KIM IL
SUNG. Independence and self - reliance were the cornerstones of the DIU.
The DIU was a new kind of revolutionary organisation founded among the youth
and students of Korea. The great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG had prepared the
ground for the formation of the DIU by leading many struggles amongst the youth
and students including a strike of school students against reactionary teachers.
These struggles fostered core elements of the revolution. It was not formed from the
factionalists who indulged in empty talk and who were divorced from the popular
masses as they were drawn from the middle class, bourgeoisie and ruined
aristocracy. The DIU fought for the revolution on the basis of independence. As the
great leader comrade KIM JONG IL wrote: 'The formation of the DIU was a historic
declaration of a fresh start for the Korean communist movement and the Korean
revolution. Now, the Korean communist movement and national - liberation movement
bade farewell to the old generation, contaminated by flunkeyism and dogmatism, and
welcomed a new age based on the principle of independence. The establishment of
the DIU was the beginning of the struggle to found a new type of party, a
revolutionary party of the Juche type, which was different from the one which had
previously existed in our country.
The DIU was the foundation stone of the Workers' Party of Korea. The idea and
lines of the ‘Down - With - Imperialism Union' were brilliantly implemented and
carried forward by the Workers' Party of Korea founded by the great leader comrade
KIM IL SUNG and developed by the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL. As the great
leader comrade KIM JONG IL said in his work: 'The Workers Party of Korea is a
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Juche - type revolutionary party which inherited the glorious traditions of the DIU ...'
'... Our Party which has followed a unique path since it started to take root with the
formation of the DIU is a new type of revolutionary working - class party.
Ours is a Juche - type revolutionary party which is guided by the Juche idea and
carried out its revolutionary activities independently and creatively in keeping with
the interests of our people and conditions in our country. By establishing Juche
thoroughly in all spheres of Party building and activity with the Juche idea as its
unalterable guide, it has been able to strengthen and develop into an indestructible
revolutionary party ...'
Under the leadership of the dear respected leader Marshal KIM JONG UN, the
Chairman of the Workers Party of Korea, the Korean people and WPK carry
forward the militant revolutionary anti - imperialist traditions of the DIU and are
advancing towards final victory under the banner of self - reliance and self-
development first. We salute the anniversary of the formation of the DIU.
( Dr Dermot Hudson, Deputy Editor / Reviewer 'PKT',
General Chairman KFA UK )
Message of Korean Friendship Association Poland,
to the European Regional Forum for Friendship,
Solidarity and Exchange with the Korean people,
under the title of Juche Korea 75 years'
August 31, 2023
Dear Friends, People of Korea!
On the Ninth of September, Juche 112, marks the seventy - fifth anniversary of
the Founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. On this occasion, we,
the Korean Friendship Association Poland, would like to extend our warmest
congratulations to you.
After 38 years of Japanese fascist and imperialist occupation, the Korean people
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were finally able to breathe freely again in the same air that set the proud flag of an
independent Korea in motion. The scars left by this cruel time of captivity have
made the Korean people's body even stronger, ready to self - determine its fate once
again, and to stand up for its own independence against the brutal machinery of
capitalism and imperialism, constantly trying to bring back times rightfully past. A
few years later, the same nation defeated the united forces of the world bourgeoisie
led by the United States of America, fighting under the illegally appropriated aegis
of the 'United Nations’, proving to the whole world once again that Korea is not
begging for freedom, it is fighting for it, and that anyone who perfidiously threatens
the independence and integrity of Korea will face the unconquerable wrath of the
Korean people and the workers of the whole world.
After a bloody, difficult and relentless struggle for independence - who knows it
better than you! - Korea has shown with the red glow of socialism, under the
leadership of the vanguard of the proletariat in the form of the Workers' Party of
Korea and its glorious Leader, Comrade Kim Il Sung. In the course of the battle for
the defence of Korea, which has been going on for decades to this day, the leading
role of the Workers' Party of Korea and its Leader as the vanguard of the proletariat
of all Korea has become apparent. This is well known to the puppet authorities of
the self - proclaimed ‘south Korea' - a creation set up by the Americans, former
Japanese collaborators and other enemies of the people crawling out of the darkest
depths of the Peninsula in order to restore the shackles on the hands of the Korean
people which they themselves broke under the leadership of Comrade Kim Il Sung.
They are carrying out more and more, probably in their view ‘bold’, acts of
aggression together with their masters from across the Pacific, but their supposed
courage' always ends as soon as the Korean people show their strength again to the
whole world through the latest technological wonders, such as ICBMs. This proves
the validity of the Songun policy devised by the brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Il.
Years have passed and many socialist countries, including our own Poland, have
been destabilised by internal revisionists as well as pro - American agents. In the
face of this state of affairs, one more role of the Workers' Party of Korea and its
Leader Comrade Kim Jong Un emerges to us. It is not only the vanguard of the
Korean people, but also of the people of the whole world. Oppressed workers,
peasants, intellectuals and all other classes of people, today carry their gaze
towards the top of Paektu Mountain with awe and hope. The struggle waged by the
Korean people today is the struggle of us all, the struggle of the people against their
oppressors. And the Ninth of September, that glorious day in the history of the
whole world when the independent Democratic People's Republic of Korea was
founded, reminds all people around the world that triumph is near.
Long live the Democratic People's Republic of Korea!
( Korean Friendship Association Poland )
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Down with the Crown? absolutely,
but in the UK only, and first stop the lies!
$ Down with the Crown
Have you noticed how the media has been looking
down their noses at the unelected North Korean
dictator for using a luxury armoured train? One
commenter even said that he was arriving in Russia
for his meeting with Putin ‘like royalty’. A Freudian
slip surely as he's an absolute Monarch in all but
name. There is never any criticism of our unelected
Head of State for using a luxury tax-payer funded
train for some reason. Here's a picture of it.
Recently, on the Facebook page of the site called 'Down with the Crown', which I
visited, there was a short but eloquent in its stupidity post about DPRK. seeing this
false and untrue information, I decided to put some comments on the page which
was then deleted with the result that I was blocked by the page administrators.
The amount of stupidity in this very short post is truly shocking
The first stupid lie is the well - known and spread by the Western imperialist
propaganda hostile to the DPRK, that the DPRK is a monarchy managed by a ruler
of the nature of a monarchy and run like a monarchy.
By claiming that Kim Jong Un is the monarch, the authors of this post show
profound ignorance about the political realities in the DPRK.
Marshal Kim Jong Un is fully elected head of state and in a way that is much more
democratic and associated with democracy than in Western countries. Being the
head of state, he is also the general secretary of the communist party WPK, which
in its class structure includes the working class, the working peasantry, the
intelligentsia, and therefore all classes and social layers of the people, which,
through democratic centralism operating in this party, have full influence on the
election of their leader.
This is the aspect of linking the head of state with the leader of the communist
party, which is the guiding force in building a strong society based on discipline and
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respect for everyone - it is the element that combines the democratic method of
election with leadership over the entire state of a popular, general social nature,
and not led by rich social classes of circles. Financial and capital that have power
over the political and economic system and create choices for themselves in the
delusion of ‘freedom and democracy'
The provision in the ‘Socialist Constitution’ of the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea in Article 101 and 102, is also against the monarchist principles of electing
the head of state, which clearly and clearly constitutes a method of electing the
head of state through elections and not
'The Chairman of the State Affairs Commission
of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
is elected at the Supreme People’s Assembly '
( Article 101 of the ‘Socialist Constitution’
of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea )
Article 101 also stipulates the time frame for the exercise of power by a person
elected by the masses through democratic elections and not a monarchist
appointment.
The term of office of the Chairman of the State Affairs Commission
of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
is the same as that of the Supreme People's Assembly'
( Article 102 of the 'Socialist Constitution'
of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea )
It is quite opposite to system of monarchy. Monarchy is a political system,
functioning in the state, in which power is kept by person, reigning monarch until
the end of his life. Monarch is appointed not by society with the participation of all
social classes, including workers, but by specific groups and classes that have
power over this society and elect the monarch as a representative some family that
had previously ruled and secured their interests in the exploitation of this society.
In the monarchy system as UK example, is ceremony of coronation, golden coaches,
and anointing with 'magic oil’ etc.
All this proves that the backwards and century style of monarchism does not exist
in the DPRK.
An important difference in the comparison of the monarchist system to which the
authors refer, attributing it in their stupidity to DPRK, is the issue of the
responsibility of the person exercising state power.
The Chairman of the State Affairs Commission
of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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is responsible to the Supreme People's Assembly'
( Article 106 of the ‘Socialist Constitution'
of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea )
In a monarchy such as in the UK is, as the monarch Queen Elisabeth before and
King Charles III at present, is not responsibility for parliamentary decisions made at
the highest level on important state matters, but in this strange and anti -
democratic system, the monarch is in position with the legal power to ... dissolve
this parliament! It happened in 1830 and can happen again, if the ruling classes in
parliament will proceed any polices or activities hostile or against the monarch. This
puts the monarch in a very privileged position where he is not responsible for
anything in the state policy conducted by the parliament and at the same time, he
can consider it at any time. Such privileges and mechanisms do not exist in the
DPRK political system and are alien to true democracy based on the will of the
majority, on the will of the people.
Comparing Marshal Kim Jong Un to a monarch is not only stupid but also
extremely contrary to the truth, because Marshal Kim Jong Un does not own any
property or have any personal wealth. All his facilities and properties in use to order
his duties belongs to the state, belongs to DPRK. How does this apply to the
monarchy system in the UK, we can answer this ourselves by paying for our living
from our taxes, from our work to for financial support and without our consent for
the royal family. just only one the biggest Buckingham Palace as the official seat of
the British monarchy has 755 rooms, including 52 bedrooms for members of the
royal family and guests, 188 bedrooms for employees, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms.
With its vast rooms and acres of gardens, the palace is the official residence of the
king ... and it is just one of many royal estates paid for by taxes. How much does it
cost? As example from March 2020 to March 2021 shows that the royal family cost
taxpayers £85.9 million - this is the amount of the sovereign subsidy. Also, it was
£3.5 million higher than in 2019.
Also is worth to stressed that under the monarchy system the position of 'head of
state'is not elected.
The next lie presented in this post is the issue ( as the authors from ‘Down with
the Crown' believe ) of using public financial resources, coming from taxes from
society, to finance the armed train in which Marshal Kim Jong Un came to Russia.
First, the presented photo and other press reports do not show this weaponry on
this train. The train itself with the locomotive is nothing like the super modern and
fast Chinese or Japanese trains made by capitalist corporations. On the contrary.
This train, where Marshall Kim Jong Un travelled to Russia met president Putin,
with its electric locomotive is a product of engineering from the 1970s. A series of
similar electric traction machines that served long - distance railway routes (
including the former post - Soviet but still serving Trans - Siberian Railway BAM ),
and in other post - socialist countries such as Poland with a series of universal
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electric locomotives of the ET, EU, EP type, also Bulgaria and Romania. The use of a
train with such technical standards is not, as some people might complain, that
there is poverty and backwardness in DPRK, but quite the opposite. It is an
expression of the attitude of a true leader of the people, who is not afraid to travel in
the uncomfortable and unarmed train of previous years. Traveling by electric train
is also better for environmental protection reasons than air travel or other means of
transport powered by combustion engines, of fuel engine.
Therefore, travelling by electric train, is much cheaper and environmentally
friendly than air or any other kind of travel.
The harm of this post is not only in the fact that it shows untruth and a double lie.
Because in DPRK there are no taxes that could sponsor a train for government
representatives from public money, and it is extremely rude to compare the regime
to the political system of a socialist country such as DPRK. This harmfulness also
lies in the fact, that the party presents hostility towards the socialist country.
Which is allegedly on the Left of the political system and is against the monarchy -
and in its ignorance it attacked a country that has nothing to do with the
monarchy, country which for years fought against the occupation of foreign
Japanese monarchy troops in his territory and paid for it with the blood of his
citizens. Country at the forefront as a pioneer in the most advanced socialist system
in the world and anti - monarchy style of politic based on man - centred philosophy
of Juche.
The authors of 'Down with the Crown' does not know the reality of the DPRK at all.
In the DPRK no train is financed by public taxes of DPRK citizens, because taxes do
not exist in DPRK. They were abolished in 1974, which is a phenomenon of the
effectiveness and efficiency of the socialist economic system, where the socialist
planned economy on the higher level of his developing as in the DPRK, does not
need a tax system, because the value of the goods and services it produces in the
nationalized means of production - working for each member of society - is subject
to social distribution according to their needs.
This post is a clear example of how nonsense and lies about the DPRK are born
out of ignorance or knowledge derived from the Western 'mainstream' media and ...
ill will. If the authors of this post from the ‘Down with the Crown' organization were
really factual and serious, they would first get acquainted with all the facts of this
visit and, above all, with the reality of the DPRK, and not write nonsense about the
regime, thereby repeating Western hostile propaganda. We must be vigilant against
this kind of lies and expose them with full force and fight this kind of
disinformation. We must to reject fake Left and liberal propaganda against DPRK.
Defend People's Korea with No Ifs or Buts!
( Alan Bolon, Main Graphic Editor 'PKT',
Organisation Secretary/Security Officer KFA UK,
Chairman West of England Branch KFA UK )
‘On the 78th Anniversary of the foundation,
of the Workers Party of Korea'
President KIM IL SUNG on the 10th of October 1945, 78 years ago founded the
Workers Party of Korea ( WPK ) which became the organiser and guide of the
Korean people and the supreme general staff of the Korean revolution. It has led
seven decades of successful socialist construction in People's Korea. It is rooted
firmly in the revolutionary traditions of the 'Down With Imperialism Union' and the
anti - Japanese revolutionary struggle.
The Korean people under the banner of the red flag of the WPK built an advanced
socialist system. Korea was transformed from being once a colony into a powerful
socialist country of Juche , a country that is independent, self- sufficient and self -
reliant in defence. The DPRK became an invincible socialist military power.
The WPK is the mother party that takes care of the peoples lives. Free education
and free health care were introduced, long ago. Indeed the free health system was
introduced in the flames of war in 1953. Korean people receive great social benefits
such as free housing and taxation was abolished in 1974. Now under the leadership
of dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN the WPK is pushing forward all manner of
projects to improve living standards. Thus, the DPRK is becoming a people's
paradise the envy of the world people and the model that the world revolutionary
people can only dream of.
The WPK under the guidance of the great leaders comrades KIM IL SUNG, KIM
JONG IL and respected Marshal KIM JONG UN has united the people solidly
around itself, achieved single - hearted and single-minded unity the like of which is-
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not seen anywhere else in the world. The WPK has achieved total oneness of
ideology, a unique feat in the international communist movement. The leader, party,
army and people form an integral harmonious whole. No other country in the world
knows such unity and amity. This is due to the outstanding leadership of the great
leader comrade KIM IL SUNG and his Juche - oriented theories on party building.
This has been splendidly carried forward by the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL,
who has built up the WPK as the party of the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG.
Now the dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN has ensured that the WPK is and
will always be the party of the great leader President KIM IL SUNG and general
Kim Jong Il.
The Workers' Party of Korea has staunchly fought against modern revisionism,
opportunism, flunkeyism, dogmatism and factionalism. It has upheld the red flag of
socialism opposing the attempts of the modern revisionists, renegades and
imperialists to stifle socialism. Under the leadership of dear respected Marshal KIM
JONG UN the WPK smashed the attempt of the counter - revolutionary factional
clique in December 2013.
The WPK has always maintained revolutionary and class principles, holding high
the red flag of socialism even when others threw it down. Today many revolutionary
parties and people look up to the WPK as a model of party building. The WPK has
withstood the tests of time and it is a most durable party that guides the building of
socialism in Korea and is true to its basic principles.
Today the Korean people are advancing under the leadership of the WPK towards a
thriving socialist country under the banner of self - reliance.
LONG LIVE THE WORKERS' PARTY OF KOREA !
LONG LIVE SELF - RELIANCE !
LONG LIVE THE GREAT KIMILSUNGISM - KIMJONGILISM !
LONG LIVE DEAR RESPECTED MARSHAL KIM JONG UN !
( Dr Dermot Hudson, Deputy Editor / Reviewer 'PKT',
General Chairman KFA UK )
Answering the lies of ’The Sun? Newspaper'
On September 9th ( coincidentally the DPRK's foundation day ), The Sun'
newspaper, the infamous and notorious trash tabloid, carried an article titled
Arena of Ghosts' denigrating the DPRK's famous May Day Stadium, which is a great
achievement of People's Korea. Of course we would never expect truth and accuracy
from the 'Sun' newspaper which is full of soft pornography as well as Tory and racist
propaganda aimed at lumpens nor would we expect 'The Sun' the to be sympathetic
in the slightest to the DPRK which is a proud independent socialist country. ‘The
Sun' is one of those publications in which the only accurate thing about it is the
date it was published.
Where The Sun'is correct is that the May Day Stadium is the biggest stadium in
the world with a seating capacity greater than Wembley or Old Trafford. However
The Sun' then goes on to denigrate and pour cold water on this great achievement
of the DPRK by claiming that the stadium is unused, ‘eft to rust' and a silly bit
about people being forced'to go to the stadium. Of course 'The Sun' does not say
anything about the high ticket prices for football matches in the UK. For example,
for Millwall the price of a single ticket for a match starts at £22 and for £473 for the
cheapest season ticket! Sport in the UK has long been commercialised and turned
into a business for profit. This is not the case in People's Korea where sport serves
the people and is not used to make money for big monopoly capitalists. In People's
Korea sports facilities are free to use and the cost for tickets to sporting events is
low, in fact in some cases it is paid by workplaces or trade unions.
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It is not true that the May Day Stadium is rarely used. Back in June this year it
was used for an anti - US rally.
The Sun' in their article mentions an international wrestling event in 1995 that
was held at the May Day stadium but fails to mention the World Festival of Youth
and Students that was held in 1989.
The Sun' comes out with claptrap about people being forced to' attend events at
the May Day Stadium. KFA UK has been to many events at the May Day stadium
such as Arirang' and the 'Glorious Country' mass games. Not one looked like they
were forced to attend. In fact everyone seemed very eager and enthusiastic to get
into the stadium and there was minimal crowd control and yet no sign of
hooliganism and violence that is seen at English football matches.
What Sun' writer cannot understand is the patriotism of the people of the DPRK,
their enthusiasm for the socialist system and loyalty to the Workers Party of Korea.
People participate in mass events with enthusiasm no one forces or compels them
to.
( Dr Dermot Hudson, Deputy Editor / Reviewer 'PKT',
General Chairman KFA UK )
President Kim Il Sung,
a great internationalist and friend
of Chairman Mao Zedong'
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Many people wrongly think that Juche is "nationalist', this is totally wrong
because in fact, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea punched above its
weight by giving massive internationalist assistance to many revolutionary and
national liberation movements as well as developing relations with socialist
countries on the basis of proletarian internationalism. The great leader President
Kim Il Sung was a great internationalist. One leader whom President Kim Il Sung
had a long standing friendship with was Chairman Mao Zedong of the People's
Republic of China. President Kim Il Sung met Chairman Mao Zedong at least 7
times from 1954 to 1975. Chairman Mao Zedong was among the few leaders in the
socialist countries that President Kim Il Sung met more than two or three times. If
you visit the International Friendship Exhibition in Mt Myohyang in the DPRK,
which houses the gifts sent to the great leaders of Korea, you will see the train that
Chairman Mao Zedong sent as a gift to President Kim Il Sung. The relations
between the Korean and Chinese peoples and their leaderships go back a long way.
In the 1930s the Korean People's Revolutionary Army led by President Kim Il Sung
fought together with Chinese anti - Japanese armed units.
After the end of World War II in 1945, the army of the reactionary KMT under the
command of Chiang Kai - shek launched a massive offensive against Mao Zedong's
communist forces. Mao Zedong's army lost all territories and was pushed to the
border with Korea and China. The Soviet Union, which recognized the Chiang Kai -
shek government as the official government of China, refused to support Mao
Zedong. Mao Zedong's special envoy rushed to Pyongyang and asked President Kim
Il Sung for help. In addition to 100,000 weapons recovered from the capitulated
Japanese army, President Kim Il Sung dispatched competent military commanders,
anti - Japanese guerrillas and tens of thousands of young Koreans including
commanders of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army such as comrade Kang
Kon. The Chinese People's Liberation Army ( PLA ), was able to use the liberated
part of Korea as a rear base and for rest and recuperation for PLA troops.
When the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949 the DPRK was first to
recognise it. During the Korean War which is known as the Fatherland Liberation
War in the DPRK, the Chinese people led by Chairman Mao Zedong sent people's
volunteers to the DPRK under the slogan: "War to Resist US Aggression and Aid
Korea'. In the early 1960s when some socialist countries acting under the baton of
the USSR and the revisionist Khruschov took to modern revisionism causing a split
in the international communist communist movement. The Workers Party of Korea
led by President Kim Il Sung opposed modern revision along with the Communist
Party of China.
The Soviet revisionists tried to ostracise and exclude China because of its anti -
revisionist line but President Kim Il Sung made sure that the DPRK never broke
relations with China. Visits and exchanges between the DPRK and China continued
even when the USSR was fiercely denouncing China. The WPK argued strongly
against the Communist Party of China being excluded from international meetings
of communist and workers parties. The Workers Party of Korea did not attend the
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1969 Conference of communist and workers parties because the Communist Party
of China and other anti - revisionist parties had been excluded.
President Kim Il Sung met Chairman Mao Zedong for the last time in April 1975
and 18 months before Chairman Mao Zedong passed away. Chairman said:
] received the news of the visit of President Kim Il Sung to China a week ago,
and that he arrived in Beijing.
In those days I kept thinking of Comrade Kim Il Sung.
Yesterday and today, in fact,
I could not sleep for the joy of my upcoming meeting with President Kim Il Sung ...
After I am gone,
we will continue to advance world revolution,
and the international communist movement
should be in charge of Comrade Kim Il Sung .
About world revolution no one can lead it,
except for Kim Il Sung.
My sincere request to you, Comrade Kim Il Sung,
is to continue and now lead the cause of world revolution
and the international Communist movement '
Just before parting Chairman Mao said:
Apparently, this is for us the last farewell.
My closest friend and brother - this world is lucky to have a great personality
like Kim Il Sung.
This causes my boundless happiness.
The fate of the world revolution and the international communist movement are on
your shoulders, Comrade Kim Il Sung.
I wish you a long life and good health.
This is my last wish'
President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Mao Zedong were leaders who fought for the
cause of the victory of socialism.
( Dr Dermot Hudson, Deputy Editor / Reviewer 'PKT',
General Chairman KFA UK )
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"Weird Westerners like Juche?
Yes, but from the essence of the true of this idea,
not from lies expanded by Black Red Guard!
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What Is Juche And Why Do Weird Westerners Like It?
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The number of attacks and scams in the passing year 2023 on the Korean
Friendship Association will rise to a record. The number of hostilities in this year is
in the history of our organization's activities as exceptional. The echoes of the
stupid antics of probably the anarchists, from 'Down with the Crown' have not yet
faded away, but a new attack has appeared from channel on You Tube of so called:
Black Red Guard".
What is important is the fact that after commenting on this video material, the
owner of the video channel deleted it and disabled the possibility of adding any
comments. This proves that they are afraid of other opinions and criticism.
Generally, assessing the substantive level of this video, it can be said that it is not
only a repetition of well - known lies and manipulations of a hostile nature to the
realities of both DPRK, as well as a complete lack of understanding and stupid,
childish ridicule of the Juche philosophy by people who are not only hostile to
DPRK but also mentally limited, retarded and unable to learn and speak about the
true essence of both the philosophy of Juche and the goals of the KFA UK
organization with their activities. Apart from being a cheap show, it is also a
testimony to 'Black Red Guard' mental state which places itself in the position of
‘Slander and falsification
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The strangeness they accuse us of, is precisely the discovery of our own value as a
person with the features of independence, creativity and consciousness. All this
comes from understanding and learning the idea of Juche. It liberates the human
individual to the right of self - determination about his or her own fate and gives the
power to transform the world despite the imposed regimes and shackles of
enslavement. It gives us the strength to oppose and fight against the exploitation
and oppression that are served to us by the imperialist classes, which the authors
of this slander video serve in their stupidity.
A factual and logical analysis of Juche philosophy along with a real assessment of
the KFA's activity is beyond the capabilities of such pseudo - leftist organizations as
Black Red Guard' is, they are too primitive for that It is weird that this organisation
refers to Maoist traditions about which they have no idea. If they would have, they
would not analyze anything based on mockery and irony and lies but would look at
it with a factual method based on facts, on the real essence of things, as Maoism
uses it.
Therefore, if you refer to the actual achievements, activities of the KFA and the
actual, truly history of the creation of the Juche philosophy and its value for
humanity, it will show a completely different picture.
Because a true assessment and discussion based on facts and knowledge would
ultimately expose the reality in DPRK and the lies about our organization KFA as a
falsifier.
But all this requires effort, time and effort. Black Red Guard' prefers to make easy
a theatrical spectacle fully of insults and ridicules. What testimony this gives to
them - let the reader answer for himself.
When mentioning Comrade Mao, it is worth highlighting one of his quotes:
To be attacked by the enemy is not a bad thing but a good thing'
Tt is good if we are attacked by the enemy,
since it proves that we have drawn a clear line of demarcation
between the enemy and ourselves'
Why? Because it this proves our strength and effectiveness in what we do to
defend the people's Korea with no ifs and no but's.
So, why did ‘Black Red Guard' use mockery and a cheap show full of lies and false
slanders copied from Western propaganda? What could have pushed these people to
put together such a stupid video?
They could have been pushed down to this path, by the rotten root of liberalism,
which is now very widespread on the left. There is a mass of various 'colored' and
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modern pseudo - Marxists' who judge everything and everyone through their prism
of false revolutionism, which is in nature that rejects the historical and epochal
achievements of Juche philosophy, and its contribution to the international
communist movement. Instead, we have a display of mockery and theater where
everything and everyone is made fun of prepared slanders and lies.
Moreover, Black Red Guard' activities is one of the activities of pseudo - false
leftist groups. The so - called: pseudo - false leftist groups are colored into various
shades' and "political colors' of revisionism, where the root is liberalism and that
have nothing to do with Marxism. It shows their emblem in which they humiliate
the worthy international symbol of working class as it is the hammer and sickle, by
inscribing it in shameful colors.
Thus, Black Red Guard' serving the enemies of true values, the same ones who sit
at the helm of imperialist oppression and international exploitation, for which both
the DPRK as well as our organization, KFA is a 'thorn in their eye’, because it stands
firmly on the foundations of truth. On the foundations of the invincible Juche
philosophy.
If this pseudo - organization Black Red Guard' that runs such cheap and
primitively stupid sensation on You Tube thinks, that we are weird because we like
Juche, then it should be said with all the power that it is proud to be weird!
( Alan Bolon, Main Graphic Editor 'PKT',
Organisation Secretary /Security Officer KFA UK,
Chairman West of England Branch KFA UK )
'Statement of Korean Friendship Association UK,
the SONGUNOO7 YouTube Channel,
the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea,
and Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK,
in regard to the Slanderous and Criminal Attack,
by US YouTube channel'
On the 19th of September, the US YouTube channel 'Black Red Guard', which is
run by a US citizen who is a member of a faction of the ruling Democrat party,
published a video titled: 'What Is Juche And Why Do Weird Westerners Like It?'. The
very title is profoundly slanderous and malicious. It is an insult to Juche idea
followers and supporters of People's Korea. The very title denigrates those who work
hard to support People's Korea. Moreover, the video aims at demonising not only the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, but also those who support it. It is no
different to propaganda from the imperialist mainstream media.
The video uses, without the consent or permission, materials from the
SONGUNOO7 and Korean Friendship Association of the UK YouTube channels. This
is an illegal action.
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The 'Black Red Guard' YouTube channel turned comments off so that people could
not reply.
Frankly speaking there is little to answer in the Video as it is mostly cheap
propaganda and a series of vile personal attacks. All 'Black Red Guard' does is to
repeat mainstream media propaganda against People's Korea. The video reaches a
new level of buffoonery by even claiming that the DPRK plans to ‘liberate the US' and
liberate Britain'. A large part of the video is just libellous and mendacious personal
attacks.
The real aim of 'Black Red Guard' is to try and stifle, to silence supporters of
People's Korea on social media.
Whatever ‘Black Red Guard' may try to claim or pretend his video serves the US
imperialist propaganda machine and is objectively an agent of US imperialism.
We will not be silenced by such scum! Let's increase our efforts on social media 10
times and 100 times!
We appeal for more support and solidarity!
Korean Friendship Association UK,
British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea,
Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK,
SONGUNOO7 YouTube channel.
( Korean Friendship Association UK, SONGUNOO7 YouTube channel )
KFA ta UK ACTIVITIES
STATEMENTS & NEWS
Report of 1st Joint Songun - Juche Idea Study Meeting
30rd of September 2023
A joint Songun - Juche Idea Study Meeting with Questions and Answers
„organised by the Korean Friendship Association UK, the British Group for the
Study of the Juche idea and Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK was
held on the Saturday 30th of September at 1500 hours BST via Skype. Participating
were members of KFA UK and the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea
from London, the West of England, Staffordshire and other parts of Britain as well
as the People’s Korea Initiative of Poland.
Dr Dermot Hudson, Chairman of KFA UK and Chairman of the BGSJI introduced
the meeting.
Comrade Alan Bolon, Organisation Secretary of KFA UK and head of KFA UK West
of England read out an extract from the book 'Global Farmy Songun Internationale’
by Dr M Jahanghir Khan of Bangladesh. Which gave a detailed explanation of
Songun politics. The extract pointed out that Songun politics means giving priority
to the armed forces but is totally different to military governments in the capitalist
world.
Participants said that: In People's Korea, the military works together with civilians
in constructing new housing and infrastructure facilities. In capitalist countries, the
military is often involved in imperialistic ventures under the guise of ‘peacekeeping
operations’, which, in reality, result occupation, much like how the Polish military
occupied part of Iraq in the past' and that: 'The KPA's being armed ideologically
certainly plays a part’.
Dr Hudson read out some of the questions and answers from the booklet
Questions and Answers on the Songun Idea.
A short film Initiation of the Songun Idea' was shown.
It was proposed that people should send in questions in advance for the next
session. The online meeting concluded at 1635 hours BST
( Korean Friendship Association UK )
Yoon Suk - yeol,
is not welcome in the UK!
The Korean Friendship Association of the UK ( KFA UK ), issued the following
statement today concerning the proposed visit of the south Korean puppet fascist
dictator Yoon Suk - yeol in November;
It was announced in the British media that Yoon Suk - yeol, the puppet fascist
ruler of south Korea, has been invited to visit Britain in November.
KFA UK declares that south Korean fascist puppet ruler Yoon is not welcome in
Britain!! Yoon is a new Hitler and a warmaniac. The visit will be at the expense of
the British taxpayer and is a complete waste of money.
South Korea is not an independent country but a fake country, a colony of the US.
It is also becoming increasingly dependent on Japan.
All of the puppet rulers of south Korea, Yoon is the worst ever. He is an extreme,
Yankee - loving sycophant who sang the song "American Pie' in front of the Yankee
imperialist war boss Biden. Yoon is also kowtowing and grovelling to the Japanese
imperialists, the sworn enemy of the Korean nation. Yoon is a millionaire several
times over and is exploiting the south Korea people.
Yoon has declared the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK ) and its
Korean People's Army ( KPA ) as the principal enemies of south Korea. He is
scheming to carry out an attack on People's Korea in cooperation with the US and
Japanese imperialists. Yoon has formed the so - called "Nuclear Consultative group'
with the US and is planning to have US nuclear submarines permanently deployed
in south Korea. Yoon has reduced inter - Korean relations to nothing and is
bringing the outbreak of a second Korean war and a nuclear war closer.
Domestically Yoon is reducing living standards and also repressing the trade unions
as well as pro - reunification patriots and followers of the Juche idea.
By inviting Yoon the British authorities are dragging Britain into a possible conflict
on the Korean peninsula.
In the interests of peace the visit should be cancelled !
Down with the south Korean puppet regime !
We call for support for activities to oppose Yoon's visit to Britain !
No to Yoon's visit !
( Korean Friendship Association UK )
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Report of Korean Friendship Association UK,
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Korean Friendship Association UK held its 9th 'Film Night' ( 25th of September )
at 1830 hours BST. Participating were KFA UK members and officials from London,
West of England and other parts of the UK. also joining in were friends from Turkey,
Korean Friendship Association Germany and the "People's Korea Initiative' of Poland.
The film ‘Kwangju Appeals' was shown. This was a historical drama which tells the
story of the Kwangju student incident. The sheer brutality of Japanese brutality is
depicted graphically. A basic theme of the film is that non - violence is useless. The
conciliatory nature of the bourgeois nationalists is also shown. A participant said
that: Tt was really a very important and impressive film’.
The short documentary 'Korea's Songun Miracle' was shown.
The film night concluded at 20.15 hours BST.
( Korean Friendship Association UK )
A support message,
from the Swiss Korea Committee,
( Korean Friendship Association Switzerland )
Dear comrade Dermot, dear comrades from KFA UK,
The Swiss Korea Committee ( KFA Switzerland ), protests against the slanderous
video "What is Juche and why do weird Westerners like it?', produced by the US
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YouTube channel: 'Black Red Guard'. The video, made by a US citizen affiliated with
the Democratic Party, is a dirty and reckless anti - DPRK propaganda provocation.
The Democratic Party, the party to which US President Biden belongs to, clearly
demonstrate that no other that the US government and its president are the
masterminds of this ugly provocation which aims to stifle the DPRK.
The demonisation of socialist Korea and its supporters and comrades cannot
intimidate us. It is a helpless cry against the ever raising sympathy of progressive
people for the DPRK.
These agents of US imperialism are afraid that the DPRK could attract more and
more people who are suffering of misery of capitalism. The ridiculous phrases about
the liberation of the US' and ‘liberation of Britain', which is not at all a goal of the
DPRK which respects other nation's sovereignty, clearly shows this.
There are the US who try to destroy the DPRK, not vice - versa.
We denounce also the personal attacks against supporters of the DPRK and
against the KFA UK.
Using materials from SongunOO7 and the KFA UK is illegal and criminal also.
Dear comrades, we express our firm solidarity with you who were slandered by
these villain propaganda. We wish you success in fighting against it. Comradely
regards;
Swiss Korea Committee ( KFA Switzerland )
( Swiss Korea Committee [ Korean Friendship Association Switzerland ] )
A support message,
from International Central Committee
for Songun Study, Bangladesh
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International Central Committee for Songun Study,
protesting against the bad activities
of the USA YouTube channel.
Dr. M Jahangir Khan, President, ICCSS:
We the ICCSS ( International Central Committee for Songun Study -
Bangladesh ), very strongly hate the attack of the USA YouTube channel on The
immortal Songun and Juche study and its activities of Association of the study of
Songun politics UK and Juche Idea study of UK. Really world progressive People feel
sadness of the ugly deals. In the sense of humanity all truth is in the rights of the
proletariat as potential of popular masses of the world. Why the USA YouTube
channel makes the inhuman and unfair attitude to others.
They should learn more and identify the real truth. We are the thousands of
members of ICCSS protesting the bad activities. Be open to all for activities of
humanity and truth.
More than 70 000 foreigners from political, social and other circles and gave wise
analysis and solutions to numerous problems related to events and political issues
of international significance, thus throwing light on the road for the world,
progressive people to follow.
Numerous foreigners, irrespective of ideology, political view, nationality, religious
belief, race and language, were fascinated by his warm love of mankind, great
magnanimity, unexcelled wisdom and outstanding strategy. Jimmy Carter, former
US President, said that President KIM IL SUNG was as great as George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, the most illustrious early US presidents,
all combined. And Luise Rinser, a German woman writer, said that he was a godlike
man.
Because of its originality, truthfulness and scientific accuracy the Juche idea
gripped the hearts of many people around the world. The International Institute of
the Juche Idea and continental institutes of the idea were established. And over 1
100 organizations for the study and dissemination of the Juche idea are now active
in more than 100 countries.
He was also a veteran statesman who had made an undying contribution to the
cause of global independence by means of his outstanding leadership. Because he
steered the movement for global independence at the helm while leading Korea and
its people for nearly half a century, the cause of independence for mankind could
develop along its right track without the slightest deviation. When socialism
collapsed in several countries between the late 1980s and the early 1990s, he led
the Korean people to unwaveringly hold fast to the banner of socialism. He ensured
that this country extended firm international solidarity to all the countries aspiring
after independence and offered unstinted material and spiritual assistance to non-
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aligned and other developing countries in their revolution and construction. The
Great Anti - Imperialist Revolutionary Cause of the Asian, African and Latin-
American Peoples is Invincible, the Peoples of the Third World Advancing under the
Uplifted Banner of Independence Will Certainly Win Their Revolutionary Cause, Let
Us Shatter Imperialist Moves towards Aggression and War and Safeguard Peace and
Independence and his many other works greatly encouraged the countries and their
peoples that turned out in the struggle for the building of a new society and for
anti-imperialist independence.
Very honest and sincere thanks and support Association of the study of Songun
politics UK and Juche Idea study of UK. ICCSS will be always cordial companion of
global BRAVE Dr Dermot Hudson.
( International Central Committee for Songun Study - Bangladesh )
A support message,
from Korean Friendship Association Cambodia
KFA-Cambodia
@KFACambadia
Dear comrades,
On behalf of the Korean Friendship Association in Cambodia, we would
like to express our solidarity and 100% support with the Korean
Friendship Association UK.
KFA Cambodia stands and works alongside KFA UK to provide the world
with accurate news about the DPRK.
( Korean Friendship Association Cambodia )
A support message,
from 'People's Korea Initiative' organisation, Poland
STATEMENT
People’s Korea Initiative (20.09.112)
Ladies and Gentlemen,
On behalf of the People's Korea Initiative, we would like to
express our strong solidarity with the Korean Friendship
Association UK, which is facing attacks from revisionist groups.
Our Initiative supports organizations that promote friendship
between Korea and other nations and disseminate accurate
information about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(DPRK). Therefore, we view with concern any attempts to
discredit your efforts, which may disrupt your work.
We believe that your activities are a crucial part of promoting
the true image of the DPRK, and our solidarity remains
unwavering. Together, we stand united in the pursuit of justice
and truth.
Yours sincerely,
Chairman of the People's Korea Initiative
( People's Korea Initiative, Poland )
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Thanks message, E
from Organizing Committee of the International Festival, :
in Praise of the Great Persons of the Mount Paektu, |
Pyongyang DPRK
September 15*, Juche 112(2023)
Pyongyang 5
London
Dr. Dermot Hudson
Vice Chairman, the Organizing Committee of the International Festival in Praise of the
Great Persons of Mt. Paektu
Secretary general, the European Regional Preparatory Committee for the 70^ anniversary
of Victory of the Korean people in the Great Fatherland Liberation War and the 75*
founding anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
Chairman, the UK Korea Friendship Association [:
Dear Comrade,
I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for taking initiative in organizing the
regional preparatory committee for the first time in Europe and promoting its works to the
minute details on the occasion of the 70“ anniversary of Victory of the Korean people in the
Great Fatherland Liberation War and the 75" founding anniversary of the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea, following to the decision by the Organizing Committee of the
International Festival in Praise of the Great Persons of Mt. Packtu(the OCIFPGPP) in its last
enlarged meeting in June 8".
During the celebration period of this year, activities of the UK Korea Friendship
Association and the European Regional Preparatory Committee gave great inspirations and
encouragement not only to the Korean people, but also all friendship and solidarity
organizations with the Korean people across the world. These activities have contributed to
the OCIFPGPP's work destined for consolidating the friendship with the Korean people in E
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with great successes also in the future by acting in concert with activities of the OCIFPGPP
in praising the great leaders of the Korean people and strengthening friendly relations and
solidarity with the Korean people.
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Report of the 2nd session,
of the European Regional Forum for Friendship,
Solidarity and Exchange with the Korean People,
Juche Korea 75 - Years'
9th of September 2023
The 2nd Session of the European Regional Forum for Friendship, Solidarity and
Exchange with the Korean People Juche Korea 75 years’.
Hosted by the Korean Friendship Association of the UK was held on the 9th of
September at 1500 hours BST via Zoom. It was joined by participants from the UK ,
Austria, Finland, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, Russia, Croatia, Greece,
Russia, Bangladesh and China.
Dr Dermot Hudson, chairman of KFA UK and secretary general of the European
Regional Preparatory Committee for the 75th anniversary of the DPRK opened the
meeting and read out the congratulatory message for the Korean - Europe Cultural
Exchange Promotion Agency and from other DPRK organisations and international
bodies.
Dr Hudson read out the message from KFA Scotland which stressed that: 'The
courageous defence of their independence and sovereignty allowed the DPRK to forge
its path under the Juche philosophy, fully developing the people's talents. The DPRK
has created a society of the highest art, culture, science and technology. A socialist
paradise where humans can reach of the highest art, culture, science and technology.
A socialist paradise where humans can reach their true potential.
The head of KFA Austria in his speech to the meeting said that: 'We must get
educated and tear down the walls of lies built around us to prevent us from learning
the truth about Korea and sharing it with our fellow people. The ‘news’ out there are
mostly pure fiction and propaganda to keep you uninformed tools of the will of the
ruling class. Thats what the so - called ’media’ are for. Not information, but
manipulation’.
The delegate of KFA Croatia stressed that the DPRK is totally independent and not
a puppet of anyone else.
The head of Staffordshire KFA UK branch and secretary general of the British
Group for the Study of the Juche Idea said that the DPRK is ever victorious.
Moreover it is genuinely democratic, he pointed out that: 'the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea is the most democratic one corresponding to the aspirations of the
popular masses and based on the united forces of the population. Democracy in a lot
of countries around the world is a commodity that is bought and sold to the highest
bidder and there is apathy and alienation among the ordinary citizens towards the
electoral processes in those nations. In contrast, the decision - making process in the
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DPRK at all levels is actively taken part by the majority of the people’.
The general secretary of KFA Switzerland said that: 'Over the past 75 years, the
DPRK has made remarkable strides in various fields, including education, healthcare,
and technology, all while upholding the principles of socialism and self - reliance’.
The head of KFA Greece noted that: "We are certain that the DPRK will live to
proudly see even the 100th Anniversary of its existence and we will be there to
celebrate together and help our People come closer to the Korean People as much as
possible every time'. He also brought the greetings of the general secretary of KFA
Greece to the meeting.
The official delegate of KFA Spain and director of the Juche Idea Study Group of
Madrid stressed that: 'The DPRK is an example of independence and socialism for all
the oppressed and progressive peoples of the world, who are fighting for true
sovereignty and for the construction of communism. It is a giant nuclear power and a
prosperous and real socialist state. Therefore, in internationalist and anti - imperialist
solidarity, we humbly defend and will forever defend Songun Korea by any means
necessary.
Dr Hudson read out the translation of the speech of the Belarus CPSU and
Belarus DPRK Friendship Society named after Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
The head of the Chollima Youth Front of Poland in his speech stated that: 'Today,
alongside the global progressive community, we mark the splendid establishment of
the DPRK 75 years ago, a historic milestone achieved after years of subjugation and
Japanese occupation’.
The meeting was addressed by Alexander Mostov head of the International
Solidarity Group with the DPRK who said that: Jt is our duty to strengthen the
movement of international solidarity with the DPRK and do our best to frustrate the
US propaganda campaign aimed at dehumanizing the DPRK in the eyes of the world
community .
Speakers from the Russian, Chinese and German branches of the International
Solidarity Group with the DPRK addressed the meeting pointing out the resilience
and durability of the DPRK as well as its achievements in education.
Poems from Nepal and Croatia were read out as well as the poetry of KFA UK
organisation secretary comrade Alan Bolon.
The documentaries: ‘A New Era of Overall Development Brought by Great
Leadership ( 2020 - 2023 )' and People's Country ' were streamed. Also some clips of
the grand militia parade for the 75th anniversary of the DPRK were shown. The
music 'We Will Travel the One Road Together' was played.
Concluding, Dr Hudson thanked KFA Germany for their assistance. He stressed
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the need to increase activity to defend People's Korea. He expressed his hope that
one day the flag of the DPRK will fly again over Seoul, Pusan and Taegu.
The event concluded at 1815 hours BST.
( Korean Friendship Association UK )
The Association For the Study of Songun Politics UK,
the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea,
the UK Korean Friendship Association,
and the British Solidarity Committee,
for Peace and Reunification in Korea,
today issued a joint statement,
about the 78th anniversary of the occupation of south Korea,
by US troops and the criminal division of Korea,
by the US imperialists
It has been 78 years since the US occupied south Korea by force and seized
control of south Korea. A dark day in history.
On the 8th of September 1945 US troops landed in south Korea. Korea had
already been liberated on the 15th of August by the heroic guerrillas of the Korean
People's Revolutionary Army commanded by the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung.
The Korean people were out to build a new life but in south Korea the US troops
ruined this. Right from the start the US troops committed atrocities against the
Korean people. One of their first actions was to suppress the people's committees
that had been set up by the people in south Korea. They brutally suppressed the
communist and progressive forces in south Korea killing many people. The US
troops drenched Jeju Island in blood when the people there rose up. It is the US
that created various fascist dictatorships in south Korea such as the Park Chung
Hee fascist regime ( a prototype for pro imperialist reactionary fascist dictatorships
in the oppressed countries of the third world ). It was the US that instigated the
Kwangju massacre in 1980 in which over 2,000 people died.
The US imperialists, the chieftain of world imperialism and ringleader of
international reaction committed the very serious criminal action of dividing Korea,
a homogeneous nation which had existed for more than 5,000 years. Korea was a
civilised nation when America was just a wilderness. Indeed the Korean nation
existed long before the US did. The occupation of south Korea by US troops today is
the main factor causing Korea's division. The very presence of US imperialist troops
in south Korea is an insult to the Korean people.
The 78 years of the occupation of south Korea by the US troops have been 78
years of misfortune and crime. They have been 78 years of oppression of the south
Korean people by the US troops. The US troops in south Korea enjoy extra-
territorial privileges in south Korea which means in effect that they can act like
colonial overlords in south Korea and can commit crimes such a murder, rape, theft
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and drug dealing with impunity. The south Korean people are forced to pay taxes
for the 'upkeep' of the US troops and their bases. This is simply a form of colonial
tribute. South Korea has become an anachronism, a colony of the modern type in
the 21st century.
Another enormous crime committed by the US in Korea was dividing the Korean
nation which had been a homogeneous nation for 5,000 years. The US imperialists
have inflicted the severe emotional pain of division on the Korean people.
It is high time for the US to leave south Korea for good and allow the Korean
people to settle their own affairs. Yankee Go Home !
US OUT OF KOREA!
YANKEE GO HOME!
KOREA IS ONE!
( ASSPUK, BGSJI, KFA UK and BSCPRKP, London 5th of September Juche 112 [2023] )
The Association For the Study of Songun Politics UK,
the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea,
the UK Korean Friendship Association,
and the British Solidarity Committee,
for Peace and Reunification in Korea,
today issued a joint statement,
to mark the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the foundation,
of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK ),
by the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG
On the 9th of September 1948, 75 years ago, the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, a Juche - oriented socialist state, was born. It is a testimony to the vitality of
the Juche idea and the correctness of the policies laid down by President KIM IL
SUNG, Chairman KIM JONG IL and respected Marshal KIM JONG UN that the
DPRK is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
The foundation of the DPRK was the birth of a new state of Juche in the far east !
The DPRK was the first people's democracy in Asia, a new kind of people's power.
With the foundation of the DPRK the Korean people took power in their own hands.
The DPRK inherited the proud traditions of the anti - Japanese revolutionary
armed struggle led by the great leader President KIM IL SUNG. Indeed the anti -
Japanese revolutionary armed struggle is the root of the DPRK.
The foundation of the DPRK was a powerful inspiration to the oppressed peoples
of the world, groaning under imperialist oppression, in their struggle for
independence and national liberation. It was also a great inspiration to the
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international proletariat advancing towards socialism.
The DPRK under the wise leadership of the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG
fully completed the tasks of the anti - imperialist, anti - feudal democratic
revolution in a short space of time and switched over to the socialist revolution
proving the validity of the Juche - oriented theory on continuous revolution. The
DPRK is not a replica of another country and pursues independent Juche - oriented
policies. It is based firmly on the principles of independence, self - sufficiency and
self - defence. As great generalissimo KIM JONG IL said:
Our Republic is an independent socialist State
that absolutely maintains its Juche character
and thoroughly preserves its national identity in its development and activities.
The Juche character and national identity are the independence
and lifeline of a country,
a nation and the masses of the people.
The struggle of the masses for independence is waged with the country and nation
as a unit, so the party,
the government and the masses of each country should conduct the revolution
and construction independently and creatively as masters’.
Indeed the DPRK is known by friend and foe as the most independent state in the
world.
Under the wise leadership of President KIM IL SUNG the DPRK created a people -
centred socialist system in which there is no exploitation and oppression. The
improvement of the people's living standards is the supreme principle of state
activity and this is underpinned by legalisation. The DPRK introduced free medical
care and free education. It abolished taxation in 1974. The DPRK is a people's
paradise. As the great eternal leader President KIM IL SUNG said:
‘Our people are now enjoying fully independent and creative lives
in the embrace of the Republic, as masters of the state and society.
In our country all the people exercise their full rights to independence
through their active participation in the political life of the state.
They are adding lustre to their worthwhile lives through their creative struggle
to achieve the high aim set by the Party, helping and leading each other forward,
closely united on the basis of revolutionary constancy and comradeship.
All the material and cultural needs, such as food, clothing,
and housing, are met by the state,
which also provides them with secure jobs according to their abilities.
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They are leading equally happy lives,
receiving the benefits of free education,
free medical care and so on from the state and society’.
Today the DPRK is marching ahead holding high the banner of Juche, the banner
of self - reliance bravely defying the sanctions of the US - led imperialist hostile
forces.
Glory to the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the glorious Democratic People's
Republic of Korea, the homeland of Juche!
( ASSPUK, BGSJI, KFA UK and BSCPRKP, London 2nd of September Juche 112 [2023] )
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The 9th Session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly ( SPA ) of the DPRK took
place at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on September 26 and 27.
The session was convened at a time when all the people across the country are
further accelerating the struggle to glorify this significant year as a year of great
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turn and change to be remarkably recorded in the development course of the DPRK
by further promoting the great national pride and patriotic enthusiasm of having
splendidly celebrated the 75th founding anniversary of our powerful and dignified
state as a great revolutionary event to be specially etched in history.
Present there were the deputies to the SPA, and as observers officials concerned in
Pyongyang and local areas including those of the Central Committee of the Workers'
Party of Korea ( WPK ), the SPA Standing Committee, the Cabinet, armed forces and
law enforcement organs and financial sector.
Taking the platform were Kim Tok Hun, member of the Presidium of the Political
Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, vice - president of the State Affairs
Commission of the DPRK and premier of the Cabinet, Choe Ryong Hae, member of
the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, first vice -
president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and chairman of the SPA
Standing Committee, Ri Pyong Chol, member of the Presidium of the Political
Bureau and secretary of the C.C., WPK, and other senior officials of the Party, the
government and the military, the chairman and vice - chairpersons of the SPA,
members of the State Affairs Commission and vice - chairmen, the secretary general
and members of the SPA Standing Committee.
The session decided its agenda items:
First, on amending and supplementing some contents of the Socialist Constitution
of the DPRK.
Second, on deliberating and adopting the law of the DPRK on ensuring the rights
of the disabled.
Third, on deliberating and adopting the law of the DPRK on irrigation.
Fourth, on deliberating and adopting the law of the DPRK on public servants.
Fifth, on reviewing the enforcement of the law of the DPRK on financial sector.
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Sixth, on naming the National Aerospace Development Administration of the DPRK
the National Aerospace Technology General Bureau of the DPRK.
Seventh, on the organizational matter.
Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the
State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, attended the discussion
of the first agenda item as an observer.
When the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un appeared at the venue of the session,
all the participants broke into enthusiastic cheers, looking up to him, the symbol of
all victories and glory of our Party, state and people and representative of the great
dignity who opened up a new turning point of building an independent and self-
defensive state and bolstering up the national defence capabilities and is leading
confidently the long - term struggle for the overall development of Korean - style
socialism to dynamic success.
Pak In Chol, chairman of the SPA, presided over the session.
As the session was declared open, the national anthem of the DPRK was played.
Deputy Choe Ryong Hae, chairman of the SPA Standing Committee, made a report
on the first agenda item.
The reporter said that the SPA is to discuss and adopt the amendment to the
Constitution in order to stipulate the position of the nuclear force in the national
defence and the principle of state activities on the building of the nuclear force in
the Socialist Constitution, the basic law of the Republic and the great political
charter for building a powerful socialist country.
The revolutionary development of the nuclear force of the Republic and the signal
successes in its economic and cultural fields and remarkable changes in the
international arena, which have been witnessed over the past one year since the
promulgation of the law on the state's policy on the nuclear force at the historic 7th
Session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly, clearly proved the validity and
vitality of the codification of the state's policy on the nuclear force, he said.
He referred to the weighty significance of fixing the principle of state activities on
the building of modern nuclear force and the mission of the armed forces of the
DPRK for the times in the Socialist Constitution on the basis of the successful
codification of the state's policy on the nuclear force.
Saying that reflected in the draft amendment and supplement are the contents
that the DPRK, a responsible nuclear weapons state, develops highly nuclear
weapons to ensure the rights to existence and development of the country, deter
war and defend peace and stability in the region and the rest of the world, and that
the mission of the armed forces of the Republic is to defend the national sovereignty
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and territorial integrity and the rights and interests of the people, protect the
socialist system and the gains of the revolution from all threats and guarantee
peace and prosperity of the country with powerful military capabilities, he brought
up the draft amendment and supplement for discussion at the session of the SPA.
The session adopted an ordinance of the SPA of the DPRK 'On Amending and
Supplementing Some Contents of the Socialist Constitution of the DPRK' with
unanimous approval.
The unanimous adoption of the crucial agenda item for formulating the DPRK's
policy on the nuclear force as the basic law of the state, in the wake of codifying the
policy at the 7th Session of the 14th SPA, is a historic event as it provided a
powerful political weapon for markedly strengthening the national defence
capabilities including the nuclear force, consolidating the institutional and legal
foundation for security guarantee and protection of national interests based on
them and accelerating the comprehensive development of Korean - style socialism.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made a speech.
He expressed his heartfelt thanks to the deputies to the SPA who exercised the
most historic right of voting in reflection of the general will of all the Korean people
and added a brilliant page to the history of the DPRK's Constitution, and extended a
noble tribute to all the people.
He reviewed the proud successes made this year, which is of great significance for
the Korean revolution greeting a new period of upsurge and change in the cause of
building a powerful socialist country. And he referred to the orientation and policy
tasks for the future struggle and called for concluding the year 2023 with a proud
victory by waging a stubborn and substantial struggle till the end of the year.
When Kim Jong Un finished his speech, all the participants gave enthusiastic
cheers and applause, full of emotion and joy at having received the ever - victorious
action programme for dynamic strengthening of the matchless national power of
socialist Korea, an immortal programme promoting the building of an ideal society
for the people.
His significant speech serves as a militant banner and a great revolutionary
document bolstering in every way the invincible might of our Republic, a true
independent power and a genuine people's power, and dynamically propelling the
fresh victory and great advance of the cause of building a socialist power of Juche.
The session discussed the draft laws of the DPRK on ensuring the rights of the
disabled, irrigation and public servants as next agenda items.
Deputy Kang Yun Sok, vice-chairman of the SPA Standing Committee, made a
report on the second, third and fourth agenda items.
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The reporter noted that relevant draft laws reflect the principled issues arising in
thoroughly guaranteeing the WPK's policy for ensuring the rights of disabled
persons and the fulfillment of the programme for the rural revolution in the new era
and further consolidating and developing the state social system.
He explained chapter by chapter the contents of the relevant draft laws, including
the regulations for thoroughly ensuring the socio - political, economic and cultural
rights of disabled persons and making sure that they enjoy a worthwhile life as
masters of the state and society, the legal requirements for realizing the irrigation of
agriculture at a higher level and ensuring the sustained and stable development of
agricultural production and the regulations for ensuring the correct implementation
of the Party and state's policies and improving the state management by building up
the ranks of public servants.
The SPA Standing Committee brought up the draft law of the DPRK on ensuring
the rights of the disabled, the draft law of the DPRK on irrigation and the draft law
of the DPRK on public servants for discussion at the session, under Article 95 of the
Socialist Constitution.
Speeches on the second, third and fourth agenda items were made by Deputies
Kim Sung Du, Ho Song Chol, Pak Myong Son, Sin Kwan Bong, Jon Sung Guk and
Ho Song Ho.
Speakers recognized that the law of the DPRK on ensuring the rights of the
disabled provides all persons with disabilities with better working and living
conditions and develops the trait of helping them throughout the whole society and
thus makes it possible to display the advantages of the Korean - style socialist
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They also expressed their opinion that the law on irrigation is of important
significance in propelling the increased grain production and the socialist rural
development by accelerating the perfection of the overall irrigation system of the
country and the law on public servants serves as an institutional guarantee for
ensuring the smoothness of state activities by improving the political
consciousness, practical qualifications, strong organizing ability and executive
ability of public servants, the direct performers of the state administration.
After examining and supplementing the deputies' constructive opinions, the
session adopted the ordinances of the SPA of the DPRK 'On Adopting the Law of the
DPRK on Ensuring the Rights of the Disabled’, 'On Adopting the Law of the DPRK on
Irrigation' and 'On Adopting the Law of the DPRK on Public Servants'.
The session discussed 'On reviewing the enforcement of the law of the DPRK on
financial sector' as its fifth agenda item.
Deputy Pak Jong Gun, vice - premier of the Cabinet and concurrently chairman of
the State Planning Commission, made a report.
The reporter analyzed and reviewed the success, experience, deviation and lesson
drawn from the enforcement of the law on financial sector, with regard to the
importance of the work to put the state financial system on a scientific basis in
-keeping with the requirements of the developing reality, and referred to the urgent-
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practical matters arising in substantially propelling the development of the state's
economy by reinforcing and perfecting the unified financial control system of the
state.
Other speakers expressed their determination to make every sector and unit
strictly abide by the requirements of the law on financial sector by redoubling their
efforts, aware of the heavy duty before the Party, the state and the people and thus
financially guarantee the implementation of the resolutions of the 8th WPK
Congress.
At the session, a resolution on the fifth agenda item was adopted with unanimous
approval.
The session discussed 'On naming the National Aerospace Development
Administration of the DPRK the National Aerospace Technology General Bureau of the
DPRK' as its sixth agenda item and adopted a resolution on it with unanimous
approval.
The session discussed the organization matter as its seventh agenda item.
Members of the Cabinet were newly appointed.
An Kyong Gun was appointed as minister of Machine - building Industry, Ri Sun
Chol as minister of State Construction Control, Jon Chol Su as minister of Land
and Environment Protection, Kim Kwang Jin as minister of Food Procurement and
Administration and Paek Min Gwang as president of the Central Bank.
Members of sectional committees of the SPA were recalled and by - elected.
Deputies Choe Kun Yong, Pak Chang Ho and Ri Yong Chol were by - elected as
members of the Legislation Committee of the SPA.
Pak In Chol, chairman of the SPA, made a closing address.
The 9th Session of the 14th SPA successfully finished its work amid the
revolutionary consciousness and enthusiasm of the participants to fully discharge
their important obligations as representatives of the people and masters of
administration, single - mindedly upholding the great Party Central Committee that
is powerfully demonstrating to the whole world the dignity and mightiness of the
DPRK with its extraordinary idea and leadership.
( Pyongyang, September 28
Korean Central News Agency )
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Makes Speech
at 9th Session of 14th SPA
Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of
the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, made an important
speech at the 9th Session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly ( SPA ) of the
DPRK.
He said:
Dear Comrade Deputies,
Respected Comrade Chairman of the SPA Standing Committee and Comrade
Chairman of the SPA, Observers,
Today our revolution has entered an era of new progress and dynamism, in which
we dynamically advance towards the eminence of an invincible socialist power
independent in politics, self - supporting in the economy and self - reliant in
national defence, on the basis of the invaluable successes achieved through an
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arduous and strenuous struggle.
In particular, this year marking the 75th founding anniversary of our Republic
and the 70th anniversary of the victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War is a
year of great significance for our revolution which has entered a period of new
upsurge and great change in the accomplishment of the cause of building a
powerful socialist country.
The Party Central Committee called for further boosting the fighting morale of all
the people this year, an important occasion in the course of the development of our
socialism and the history of our Republic, to make the year 2023 a year of great
turn and change to be etched in the history of our Republic's development, and set
forth strategic tasks for its implementation.
All the service personnel of the People's Army and people, who have always
responded to the call of the Party and the revolution with their full display of
patriotism and loyalty, have made proud successes in all fields of socialist
construction by boldly waging a devoted struggle to carry out the major Party and
state policy tasks set forth at the Eighth Congress of the Party and the plenary
meetings of the Party Central Committee.
Through national political and cultural events and on many other occasions, we
have fully demonstrated our political and ideological might with the single - minded
unity of the Party and the people as its core, and have gone all out in the struggle
for ensuring the stable development of the national economy and bringing about a
substantial change in the improvement of the people's living standard, and this
results in a sign of marked growth in all sectors of economic construction.
The amazing reality in the development of agriculture, where bumper harvests are
being reaped despite severe natural disasters, and the miraculous changes being
witnessed in different parts of the country, including new streets and houses that
spring up with the appearances beyond recognition every day, promise us a bright
prospect for providing our people with affluent and highly civilized living conditions.
The greatest success we have achieved this year is that we definitely ushered in a
heyday of leaps forward in strengthening the national defence capabilities and
nuclear war deterrent of the country.
The major tasks of the Five - Year Plan for the Development of the Defence Science
and Weapons System have been successfully carried out and a radical leap was
made in the development and introduction of powerful nuclear attack means and
new strategic weapon system of our own style. Thus, we demonstrated the reliability
of the nuclear strategic force of our Republic to the whole world, exposing the
hostile forces to insurmountable threat and striking terror into their hearts.
Today the strategic strength of our state, the nuclear war deterrent, is being
remarkably bolstered and steadily strengthened to the extent incomparably greater
than the past decades.
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This eye - opening success, which actually shows great military muscle of the
Republic fully equipped with strong and overwhelming defensive and offensive
capabilities, clearly and definitely proves the courage and decisive action ability of
the DPRK not to tolerate any acts of violating its sovereignty and right to existence.
This is just the fruit and brilliant miracle our great people have achieved by their
own efforts and with their own hands.
The Supreme People's Assembly, the supreme power organ of the DPRK, achieved
another significant and epoch-making political success to be specially recorded in
the 75 - year - long history of its dignified state - building activities and the glorious
history of the development of the DPRK at the 9th session of its 14th term.
The present SPA successfully carried out the work of reflecting the actual state of
our national power in the new era in the constitution of the country, along with the
adoption of various laws related to state administration, economic development and
people - oriented policies. As a result, the current session has been recorded as a
historic one which added a remarkable page to the constitutional history of the
DPRK.
It is of very deep and weighty significance that we have adopted the decision with
unanimous approval to supplement Article 58 of Chapter 4 of the Socialist
Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea with new contents - to
ensure the country's right to existence and development, deter war and protect
regional and global peace by rapidly developing nuclear weapons to a higher level -
just in this assembly hall where the codification of the policy of the state nuclear
force solemnly took place in accordance with the general will of all the Korean
people just one year ago.
This resulted in the successful implementation of the essential historic and
political task, whose fulfillment was indispensable to ensuring the successes
achieved by our people through their sacred struggle and the nuclear force policy of
our state with the supreme law of the Republic, he said, adding:
The DPRK's nuclear force - building policy has been made permanent as the basic
law of the state, which no one is allowed to flout with anything. This is a historic
event that provided a powerful political lever for remarkably strengthening the
national defence capabilities, including the nuclear force, for firmly consolidating
the institutional and legal foundations for guaranteeing security and protecting
national interests by relying on it, and for accelerating the overall development of
our style socialism.
Saying that only the country which is strong with the faith of all its people
determined to readily dedicate themselves to preserving their self - respect and
dignity they regard dearer than their lives, and only the government and people that
accomplished the great cause of building a nuclear - armed nation by waging an
unprecedented, long and arduous struggle generation after generation in actuality,
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regarding it as the most precious absolute strength for independence, justice and
development, can perform such a miracle, Kim Jong Un, in his capacity as
president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, expressed sincere thanks to the deputies
for having most responsibly exercised their voting right in the very important and
significant state affair discussion for constitutionally consolidating the gains of the
great and sacred struggle of all the Korean people.
He went on:
The Socialist Constitution of the DPRK is a legal foundation guaranteeing the
dignity, sovereignty and independent development of our state and people and a
political charter indicating the orientation of the victorious advance of the revolution
and construction.
The crystal - clear stipulation of the keynote policy of bolstering the nuclear force
in the supreme state law, which will permanently exist along with socialist Korea, is
the most just and reasonable crucial step which fully meets not only the urgent
requirements of the present era but also the lawfulness and the long-term
requirements of building a socialist country.
It is the fact recognized by the world that the DPRK inevitably had access to
nuclear weapons for self-defence and developed its policy of bolstering up the
nuclear force into a law, for it is standing in protracted confrontation with the U.S.,
the world's biggest nuclear weapons state and the most dangerous war state, and
its vassal forces.
The present situation, in which the structure of the ‘new Cold War' is being
materialized on a global scale and the existence of sovereign states and the right to
existence of their people are seriously threatened by the reactionary imperialist
forces keen on realizing their ambition for hegemony and expansionist fantasy,
proves that our Republic was entirely just when it made a decisive decision to build
a nuclear force in the face of all sorts of trials and fix it as an irreversible state law.
Had our Republic merely pinned its hopes on the nuclear umbrella of others,
exposed to the ever - increasing nuclear blackmail and threats from the U.S., and
failed to boldly decide on the line of arming itself with nuclear weapons, captivated
by gestures of 'goodwill hyped up by the imperialists and spurious temptations,
and stopped or retreated from the already started arduous journey, it would have
certainly suffered a nuclear holocaust and total destruction long ago, and it would
have been impossible to imagine the present proud reality in which it enhances the
national prestige and might and steers the world toward justice while resolutely
countering the enemy's outrageous challenge and pressure.
The U.S., which had already set it as its state policy to physically remove our state
and even ignited a war to do so in the last century, has maximized its nuclear war
threats to our Republic by resuming the large - scale nuclear war joint drills with
clear aggressive nature and putting the deployment of its strategic nuclear assets
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near the Korean peninsula on a permanent basis after starting the operation of the
Nuclear Consultative Group' aimed at using nuclear weapons against the DPRK in
collusion with the 'Republic of Korea', while frequently revising the aggression war
scenario for realizing the 'end of regime' in the DPRK.
Worse still, the accelerated establishment of the triangular military alliance with
Japan and the ‘Republic of Korea' finally resulted in the emergence of the ‘Asian -
version NATO', the root cause of war and aggression. This is just the worst actual
threat, not threatening rhetoric or an imaginary entity.
Now that the U.S., steeped in the Cold War mentality, has gone to extremes in its
anti - DPRK military provocations, it is very important for the DPRK to accelerate
the modernization of nuclear weapons in order to hold the definite edge of strategic
deterrence for more thoroughly deterring and controlling those provocations and
fulfill its mission as a responsible nuclear weapons state in the struggle to preserve
stability on the Korean peninsula and its vicinity.
But it is not merely based on the analysis and study of the current ever-
aggravating situation only that the government of the Republic has brought up for
discussion at the SPA such an important agenda item as stipulation of the policy of
strengthening the nuclear force in the constitution.
As long as our Republic exists as a socialist state and as long as the tyrannical
nuclear weapons of the imperialists trying to stamp out independence and socialism
exist on the earth, we must neither change nor concede the present position of our
country as a nuclear weapons state, but, on the contrary, continue to further
strengthen the nuclear force. This is the serious strategic judgment made by our
Party and government.
Looking back on history, mankind has desired the world without nuclear weapons
since the emergence of nuclear weapons and the first nuclear holocaust on this
planet. And our Republic, a direct victim of nuclear blackmail since the outbreak of
the Korean War in 1950, had made constant peace - loving efforts to make the
Korean peninsula and the region nuclear - free.
But the U.S. imperialists have persistently escalated their nuclear threat to our
Republic, once a non - nuclear state, for decades in disregard of all our peace -
loving proposals, for the mere reason that its idea and system are different. Due to
this, our socialist construction has faced and undergone enormous obstacles and
grave difficulties, and even the existence of our state has been exposed to critical
emergency many times.
This made our Republic keenly realize the immutable truth that it should certainly
counter the hostile forces' nuclear threat in kind, and the necessity of preserving
and strengthening as eternal state strategic assets the nuclear weapons it is
possessed of and preventing anyone from doing harm to them in any case, no
matter the lapse of time and the shift in generation.
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We must take due pride in having legalized the state nuclear force policy and even
squarely stipulated it in the constitution and thus set an example in the building of
an independent and self - defensive state and the strengthening of the national
defence capabilities and, on the basis of this historic success, wage a more vigorous
struggle for the overall development of Korean - style socialism, he said.
Saying that the important task facing the WPK and the DPRK government, the
fulfillment of which should be pushed ahead with nonstop in implementing the
present - stage fighting programme set forth at the 8th Congress of the WPK, is to
rapidly bolster up both in quality and quantity the nuclear force, he stressed the
need to push ahead with the work for exponentially boosting the production of
nuclear weapons and diversifying the nuclear strike means and deploying them in
different services.
Re - clarifying in detail the foreign policy of the WPK at present, he referred to the
principled problems arising in proactively conducting the external activities on the
basis of the policy.
He urged the external affairs sector to consistently hold fast to the external
strategy of the Party Central Committee and conduct in a broad and prospective
way the external activities for creating conditions and environment in favor of the
Korean revolution and further promote solidarity with the nations standing against
the U.S. and the West's strategy for hegemony while firmly adhering to the
revolutionary principle and the stand of independence at the fore of the struggle of
the anti - imperialist independent countries.
He went on:
The current Supreme People's Assembly is also to deliberate and adopt sectional
laws for further promoting the people - oriented policies of the government of the
Republic and putting the major economic affairs of the country on a stable track.
Of course, it is a precious success that we have provided a legal weapon for
propelling the socialist construction more powerfully as required by the times and
the developing revolution. What is more important is to ensure that the decisions
and instructions of the Party and the state are carried out thoroughly to make a
substantial advance and leap forward in all fields and all spheres.
The historic struggle of our Party and people to implement the resolutions of the
Eighth Party Congress, which set forth the new five - year plan for the
comprehensive development of socialism, has now entered an important period.
Whether or not the miraculous victories and successes achieved in the brave spirit
of uninterrupted progress in the face of the unprecedented manifold national crises
ever since the founding of the country lead to greater victory and success depends
on how to work in the remaining period of a little over two years.
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While further consolidating the successes and experience gained in the struggle so
far in all aspects of politics, economy and culture, we should put constant spurs to
carrying out without fail the plans and immediate tasks set forth by the Party
Congress and the plenary meetings of the Party Central Committee and converting
them into excellent entities without an inch of deflection.
Today the most pressing task for the government of our Republic is to bring about
a substantial change in the economic work of the country and in the solution of
problems arising in improving the people's livelihood by successfully attaining the
12 goals for the development of the national economy and other economic
objectives.
The Cabinet and other state economic guidance organs and the provincial, city
and county people's committees should have a clear grasp of the overall economy of
the country and the economic work in the relevant areas and conduct economic
operations and guidance more closely and vigorously in keeping with the ever -
changing actual conditions and circumstances so that the goals and tasks for
economic development set by the Party and the state are fully attained in a perfect
way.
The economic sectors in charge of implementing the 12 goals for the development
of the national economy should bring about a fresh upsurge in production and
innovative successes in the fighting spirit and stamina of the preceding generations
who ushered in the great Chollima era in the history of the Republic, and give more
powerful impetus to the overall socialist economic construction.
In particular, the agricultural sector should turn out more courageously in
implementing to the letter the programme for the rural revolution in the new era set
forth by our Party and the powerful support of the state should be steadily
augmented to make our people's centuries-old desire a great reality as soon as
possible.
The government of the Republic, which regards it as the supreme principle of its
activities to prioritize the interests and demands of the people and hold them
absolute, should continue to direct primary efforts to promoting the people's well -
being.
To push ahead with the work for building 50 000 flats in Pyongyang Municipality
and for regional construction and rural construction in a big way, implement
correctly the Party's childcare policy and light industry policies and steadily spruce
up the land and improve the ecological environment are the important tasks that
should be carried out to bring about fruition without fail in the light of the popular
character of our state.
The government of the Republic should bring about a clear and decisive
improvement in science, education, public health and other fields of socialist
culture in keeping with the rise in our national dignity and prestige.
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We should confidently push ahead with the work to successfully implement the
state strategy and plans for the development of science and technology decided by
the Party Congress and the plenary meetings of the Party Central Committee,
improve the country's educational structure, content and methods in a qualitative
way so that advanced education can be given and consolidate the overall public
health foundation on a high level so that the advantages of the most popular health
system can be displayed.
The literature and art, media and sports sectors should achieve proud innovative
successes conducive to demonstrating the development of our Republic and further
enhancing its prestige and patriotic enthusiasm and revolutionary spirit of our
people.
Stressing the need for the DPRK government to regard it as a task which should
not be neglected even for a moment to establish the strong official discipline in the
country and a good communist climate throughout society and make all the fields
and spheres seethe with the development - oriented mode of creation and
revolutionary work style, he said:
Stronger Party, administrative and legal measures for this have been taken with
the Eighth Party Congress as an occasion, but a very serious shortcoming was
revealed intensively in the recent national disaster prevention work. This fact goes
to prove that such wrong practices as disorder, irresponsibility and indifference
chronically exist in the work of the state leadership bodies and officials.
The government of the Republic should continue to wage a unified and intensive
control and struggle vigorously so that all institutions, enterprises and citizens obey
the centralistic discipline of the state, strictly abide by the laws of the country and
suppress all sorts of anti-socialist and non - socialist practices with a high degree of
political consciousness and sense of responsibility.
The precious tradition of the revolutionary mass movement, an all - people
patriotic movement displayed in the stirring annals of our revolution, should be
made to show its vitality so that it can be reliably inherited and developed through
generations, and all sectors, spheres and units should be actively encouraged to
ceaselessly create and develop new things, with priority given to the fundamental
and long-term interests of the state.
Saying that it is very important to enhance to the maximum the role of the
deputies, representatives of the people, in successfully carrying out the responsible
and important tasks facing the DPRK government at present, he earnestly
requested the deputies to the SPA to personify exceptionally high patriotism and
spirit of love for the people and devote themselves to the development of the state
and the interests of the people.
The deputies to the SPA should always and keenly realize what great trust and
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weight of the state and the people are stored in the sacred call of the supreme
representative, whom the people elected with trust, and do their best to remain
infinitely faithful to their heavy missions and responsibility, he said, and went on:
You should not forget even for a moment that those who support the state and the
people with conscience, faith and heart are genuine representatives and deputies of
the people.
As the deputies to the SPA have had the honor and dignity of being the
representatives of the people and the supreme power organ under the care of our
Workers' Party, they should get a better understanding of all the policies of the WPK
than anyone else and always be full of mind to do more beneficial and admirable
things for the Party, the state and the people. And they should proudly bring about
practical achievements for the country and the people through their devoted efforts.
All of you should bear in mind once again how honorable and worthwhile it is to
become the genuine people's representatives and servants upholding most
zealously, resolutely and ardently with loyalty and uprightness our dignified
Republic which is now fully demonstrating the national prestige, power and glory all
over the world.
Dear Comrade Deputies,
We have only a few months till the end of the year 2023 we saw in with fresh
confidence and expectations. We are faced with heavy duty to proudly conclude
with more splendid achievements this eventful year.
The practical success under the present favorable situation, in which the political,
material and technical conditions and foundations for building a powerful socialist
country have been firmly established and a strong legal guarantee for the building
of nuclear force was provided, depends entirely on how the deputies here and all the
citizens strive. I firmly believe that all those present here will faithfully discharge
their very responsible and heavy mission and duty they have assumed before the
Party, the revolution, the country and the people, for the eternal prosperity of our
great state and the well - being of our great people.
On this significant occasion when I feel proud again about the great strength and
prestige of our Republic, I ardently appeal to all to turn out in the sacred patriotic
struggle for the development of our great country and thus brilliantly adorn this
year as a year of proud victory.
For our great people, For the dignity and honor of our state,
Let us all struggle energetically with one mind and one will.
( Pyongyang, September 28
Korean Central News Agency )
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Has Photo Session,
with Members of Delegation,
Who Accompanied Him on Russia Visit
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Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of
the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on Wednesday had a
photo session with the members of the DPRK delegation who accompanied him on a
visit to the Russian Federation.
The participants were very excited and delighted as they came to have a happy
time with the great honor of having assisted the respected Comrade Kim Jong
Un on his historic visit to the Russian Federation.
When Kim Jong Un appeared at the venue of the photo session, all the
participants broke into thunderous cheers of 'Hurrah!', looking up to him who
performed immortal exploits through energetic external activities and high -
intensity work at train day and night during his long foreign tour.
Acknowledging the enthusiastic cheers, he highly appreciated the efforts made by
the delegation members to ensure the successful visit to Russia and had a
significant photo session with them.
Expressing deep gratitude to Kim Jong Un, all the participants hardened their
strong will to fulfill their duty and responsibility for the country and people, true to
the leadership of the great Party Central Committee.
( Pyongyang, September 22
Korean Central News Agency )
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Banquet Given to Celebrate Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un's
Successful Visit to Russia
The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
( WPK ) gave a banquet on Wednesday evening, in congratulation of the successful
visit of Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president
of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, to the Russian
Federation.
The Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK highly appreciated the respected
Comrade Kim Jong Un's official goodwill visit to the Russian Federation as an
eventful occasion in opening up a new chapter of the DPRK - Russia relations with
independence against imperialism as an ideological basis.
When General Secretary Kim Jong Un appeared at the banquet hall amid the
playing of welcome music, all the participants greeted him with enthusiastic
applause, looking up to him who is devoting himself to the people's wellbeing and
the national interests and prosperous development of the DPRK.
Invited to the banquet were members of the DPRK delegation who
accompanied Kim Jong Un on a foreign tour.
Present there were Presidium members and other members of the Political Bureau
of the C.C., WPK.
Ri Il Hwan, secretary of the WPK Central Committee, made a congratulatory
speech at the banquet.
Upon authorization of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, the
speaker highly appreciated and congratulated Comrade Kim Jong Un's successful
visit to Russia once again and courteously proposed a toast to the health of Kim
Jong Un, representative of the great dignity of the WPK and the DPRK and symbol
of all victories and glory and to the eternal prosperity of the DPRK and its people's
happiness.
( Pyongyang, September 22
Korean Central News Agency )
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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Arrives in Pyongyang
Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of
the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, arrived in the capital
city of Pyongyang by his private train on Tuesday evening.
The Pyongyang Railway Station was turned into a veritable sea of flowers carrying
the ardent passion of all the people across the country, who had eagerly waited for
the day when he would return home in good health from foreign tour.
Present at the station to greet him were Kim Tok Hun, Jo Yong Won and Choe
Ryong Hae, members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central
Committee of the WPK, and other senior officials of the Party, the government and
the military.
The guard of honor of the Korean People's Army ( KPA ) lined up there.
When the private train of Kim Jong Un entered the yard of the station amid the
welcome music, the people at the station broke into ardent cheers of "Hurrah!" with
their deep yearning.
Kim Jong Un got off the train and sent warm greetings to the cheering masses.
The crowd warmly greeted him, who wished the people well - being and success in
their work when he crossed the border for his foreign visit and extended first
greetings to the people at dawn when he returned home.
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There was a ceremony of greeting the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.
Kim Jong Un reviewed the KPA guard of honor.
A boy and a girl presented fragrant bouquets to him.
Leading officials of the Party, the government and the military extended warm
congratulations to him, who returned home in good health after conducting the
immortal external revolutionary activities, to be recorded forever in the history of
development of the DPRK - Russia friendship, reflecting the unanimous desire of all
the people and the KPA men and officers.
Kim Jong Un exchanged greetings with them and warmly waved his hands to
acknowledge the enthusiastically cheering citizens.
( Pyongyang, September 20
Korean Central News Agency )
16th Politburo Meeting of 8th Central Committee,
of Workers' Party of Korea
The 16th Meeting of the Political Bureau of the 8th Central Committee of the
Workers' Party of Korea ( WPK ) took place at the office building of the WPK Central
Committee on September 20.
. Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, attended the
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meeting.
Present there were members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and members
and alternate members of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee.
The meeting heard a report on the result of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un's
official goodwill visit to the Russian Federation.
Upon authorization of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, Kim
Song Nam, department director of the C.C., WPK, made a report on General
Secretary Kim Jong Un's visit to the Russian Federation.
The report informed of the detailed fact that Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the
Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea, visited various regions of the Russian Federation from September
12 to 17 at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. It also
referred to the fact that the recent visit put the DPRK-Russia relations on a new
strategic level in response to the demand of the new era and brought a radical
change in the world geo - political situation.
The report analyzed the significance of Kim Jong Un's visit to the Russian
Federation and introduced the long - term plans for developing the DPRK-Russia
relations.
The Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK highly appreciated that Kim Jong Un's visit
to the Russian Federation attained the desired results, and warmly congratulated
his successful foreign tour.
Kim Jong Un extended deep thanks to the Political Bureau for its high
appreciation and expressed his firm will to faithfully carry out the honorable duty
for the country and its people.
Arranging the work to actively implement constructive measures for further
strengthening the traditional DPRK - Russia good neighborly and cooperative ties
and further activating the bilateral relations in all fields and developing them onto a
new high level at the practical stage for consolidating the successes made in the
visit, he stressed the need to strengthen close contacts and cooperation among
relevant fields of the two countries to expand and develop cooperation in every field
in an all-round way and thus make a substantial contribution to the promotion of
the well-being of their peoples.
The Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee discussed a series of ways for
practically and comprehensively applying the successes made by the General
Secretary through his external activities.
( Pyongyang, September 22
Korean Central News Agency )
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President Putin Hosts Reception
in Welcome of Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, hosted a
reception on Wednesday in welcome of the Russia visit by Kim Jong Un, general
secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea ( WPK ) and president of the State Affairs of
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK ).
Before the reception President Putin presented the respected Comrade Kim Jong
Un with a gift as a token of the meeting.
Kim Jong Un expressed thanks for it and offered his gift to Putin.
Invited to the reception were DPRK Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, Marshals of
the Korean People's Army Ri Pyong Chol and Pak Jong Chon, Minister of National
Defence of the DPRK Kang Sun Nam, O Su Yong and Pak Thae Song, secretaries of
the WPK Central Committee, and other accompanying officials.
Attending the reception on the Russian side were Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov,
Deputy Prime Minister and concurrently Minister of Industry and Trade Denis
Mantrov, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk,
Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy to the Far East Federal Region Yuri
Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, Deputy Head of the Presidential
Administration and Press Secretary of the President Dmitri Peskov, Alexandr
Kozlov, minister of Natural Resources and Ecology and chairman of the Russian
side to the DPRK - Russia Inter - Governmental Committee for Cooperation in
Trade, Economy, Science and Technology, Minister of Transport Vitaly Saveliev and
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other leading officials, officials concerned and Alexandr Matsegora, Russian
ambassador to the DPRK.
When the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un appeared at the reception hall, guided
by President Putin, all the participant warmly greeted with a loud applause the top
leaders of the two countries who are further strengthening the firm and true DPRK -
Russia friendly bonds.
President Putin made a congratulatory speech at the reception.
Saying that he warmly welcomes once again Kim Jong Un, president of the State
Affairs of the DPRK who is an honored guest of Russia, and other friends from the
DPRK, President Putin referred to the development history of the friendly and
comradely goodwill relations between the Russian Federation and the DPRK.
The Russia - DPRK relations are invariably oriented to comradely and good
neighborly relations as ever, he said, affirming the steadfast will of the Russian
government to make consistent efforts for the development of the relations between
the two countries and the wellbeing and prosperity of their peoples.
Kim Jong Un made a reply speech.
Saying that he was very pleased to meet President Putin and share a significant
seat full of comradely friendship by visiting the Russian Federation again in four
years and five months, he expressed his thanks to President Putin and officials
concerned from the capital and of the Far Eastern Region for making great efforts to
ensure his successful visit.
He also conveyed the militant respect and warm fraternal greetings of the DPRK
people to all the Russian people who have turned out in the historic cause of
building powerful Russia and firmly defending the strategic interests of the country.
He expressed his will to work out a far - reaching plan for the DPRK - Russia
relations in the new era, stable and future - oriented, together with Putin, and to
dynamically promote the powerful nation - building cause in the two countries and
realize genuine international justice under the plan.
The reception proceeded in a familiar and amicable atmosphere overflowing with
friendly feelings.
At the end of the reception, Kim Jong Un courteously invited Putin to visit the
DPRK at a convenient time.
Putin accepted the invitation with pleasure and reaffirmed his will to invariably
carry forward the history and tradition of the Russia - DPRK friendship.
Kim Jong Un said goodbye to Putin, wishing him good health and steady and good
success in his important and responsible work for building powerful Russia.
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He left for his next destination, being given a warm send - off by leading officials of
Russia and the guard of honor of the three services of the armed forces of the
Russian Federation.
The historic meeting and talks between Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Vladimirovich
Putin serve as an epoch-making event that put the traditional and strategic DPRK -
Russia friendship, cooperation and good neighborly relations on a new higher level
and powerfully encouraged the just struggle for accomplishing the cause of
independence against imperialism.
( Pyongyang, September 14
Korean Central News Agency )
New Milestone for Development of DPRK - Russia Relations
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Has Historic Meeting
with President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
at Vostochny Spaceport
Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of
the State Affairs of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, had a historic
meeting with Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, at
the Vostochny Spaceport in Amur Oblast of the Far Eastern Region on September
l3.
The traditional relations of friendship between the DPRK and the Russian
Federation, consolidated in trials of history generation after generation and century
after century, are further developing into the invincible comrade - in - arms
relations and the ever - lasting strategic relations amid the deep friendship and
special fellowship between Comrades Kim Jong Un and Putin.
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The Vostochny Spaceport was in a warm welcoming atmosphere to greet Kim Jong
Un paying an official goodwill visit to the Russian Federation for the new
development of the DPRK - Russia friendly and cooperative relations with proudly
excellent history and tradition.
The private train of Kim Jong Un arrived at the Vostochny Spaceport at 13:00
local time.
When he got off the train, the guard of honor of the three services of the armed
forces of the Russian Federation courteously received him with deepest respect.
He exchanged greetings with Alexandr Kozlov, minister of Natural Resources and
Ecology, and other Russian leading officials and headed for the venue of the
meeting with President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
He was accompanied by Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the DPRK, Marshals of
the Korean People's Army Ri Pyong Chol and Pak Jong Chon, Kang Sun Nam,
minister of National Defence of the DPRK, O Su Yong and Pak Thae Song,
secretaries of the C.C., WPK, and other senior party, government and military
officials and suite members.
The national flags of the DPRK and the Russian Federation were fluttering before
the carrier rocket assembly and test complex where the top leaders of the DPRK and
Russia would meet.
When Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the WPK and president of the State
Affairs of the DPRK arrived, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian
Federation, warmly greeted him.
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He gladly met and exchanged friendly greetings with President Putin.
President Putin warmly welcomed him visiting the Russian Federation again at a
significant and crucial time for the development of the Russia - DPRK relations.
Expressing thanks to President Putin for warmly inviting and receiving him despite
his busy schedule for leading the overall state affairs, Kim Jong Un said that he was
pleased with the meeting being held in a very exceptional and special environment.
He, together with President Putin, visited the Vostochny Spaceport.
He was guided by Yuri Borisov, general manager of the Russian state - run
corporation Roscosmos, and Nikolai Nestechuk, director general of the Center for
the Operation of Ground - based Space Infrastructure.
The Vostochny Spaceport is a comprehensive space launching base of Russia that
has contributed to the remarkable growth of space development by successfully
ensuring the launches of space capsules and satellites for different applications,
playing an important role in promoting the socio - economic development of Amur
Oblast and the Far Eastern Region.
Visiting the carrier rocket assembly and test complex, together with President
Putin, Kim Jong Un was briefed on the detailed technical features of Soyuz - 2,
Angara and other type carrier rockets and their assembling and launching
processes. He also looked round the Soyuz - 2 carrier rocket launching complex and
the Angara carrier rocket launching complex under construction, being told about
the state of their operation and construction, successes and experience gained by
Russia in the field of space industry and the prospects for future development.
Highly appreciating the fact that the Vostochny Spaceport, successfully built
under the strategic space development plan of President Putin, has achieved
invaluable successes, he sincerely hoped that the noble spirit and traditions of
strong Russia which explored the path to space would be successfully carried
forward.
He expressed deep thanks to President Putin for personally organizing the visit to
the important spaceport with sincerity and accompanying him during the visit.
Putin showed his private car to Kim Jong Un before having a warm talk.
Kim Jong Un left his autograph in the visitors book - The glory of Russia that
produced the first conquerors of space will be immortal. Kim Jong Un 2023. 9. 13.
( Pyongyang, September 14
Korean Central News Agency )
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Paramilitary Parade Held
to Celebrate 75th Birthday of DPRK
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The DPRK, a great country whose name included ‘people’ at the time of its
founding for the first time in the history of the nation spanning 5 OOO years and
which has vigorously advanced towards a new victory and prosperity, paving a
broad avenue for building a rich country with strong army under the noble idea of
believing in the people as in Heaven and the unfurled banner of independent
politics, self - supporting economy and self - reliant national defence, has greeted
its 75th founding anniversary.
The people of the DPRK have brought the dignity and honor of their country, the
world's only politico - ideological power and the strongest military power, to the
peak of the century with the tremendous strength stemming from their firm single -
minded unity under the leadership of the ever - victorious Workers' Party of Korea.
Shining in the biography of such heroic people's great struggle, victories, gigantic
creation and revolution is the militant course of the Juche - oriented paramilitary
forces that have firmly supported the prosperity of the country with rifle in one
hand and sickle, hammer and pen in the other.
A paramilitary parade took place with splendor at Kim Il Sung Square in the
capital city of Pyongyang on September 8 to celebrate the 75th founding
anniversary of the DPRK.
The square, where the parade of the paramilitary forces which have performed
feats in accomplishing the sacred cause of founding and developing the DPRK
would take place, was full of excitement and joy of the spectators significantly
celebrating the birthday of their great powerful country.
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Ace air sportspersons dropped in group displaying peculiar skills while flying the
national flag of the DPRK in the night sky above Pyongyang, adding to the festive
mood.
An air squadron, in formation depicting the number '75', made congratulatory
flight, letting off fireworks, to represent the history of the great country.
Then followed a performance of a combined military band playing military music.
With the joy of the day when the birth of an independent and sovereign state was
announced to the whole world with the playing of the solemn national anthem
reflecting the will of the people to outpace the whole world with the unity in their
strong truth - based intention, the bandsmen represented with live melody and
dynamic rhythm the nation - building history of Juche Korea which has
demonstrated its might as the country of miracles and heroes for a long time, and
members of the Korean People's Army guard of honor demonstrated their great rifle-
handling skills.
The columns of paramilitary paraders entered the square reflecting the strength of
the great power and the spirit of the brave people dashing toward the bright future
by making rapid leaps forward along the road of prosperity by dint of self - reliance.
The paramilitary forces of the DPRK, the revolutionary armed force of the Party
and the guards of the DPRK government, have developed into a reliable wing of the
People's Army, the backbone of national defence, and into the pivotal force for the
defence of the rear and home towns, under the leadership of the WPK to
successfully fulfill its honorable mission and duty of defending the country and
building socialism and make a great contribution to consolidating the all - people
and nationwide defence system.
Every column of paraders was filled with a strong will to make achievements in
every workplace of creation and construction with hammers, sickles and pens in
their hands in peacetime and to hold arms in contingency to mercilessly punish and
annihilate the enemies.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un observed the paramilitary parade for
celebrating the 75th founding anniversary of the DPRK.
Amid the playing of welcome music, he appeared at the tribune of the parade
square.
All the participants raised stormy cheers of 'Hurrah!', looking up to him who has put
the national power and the prestige of the country on the highest level ever in the
history of the nation and translated into reality the long - cherished desire for
building a powerful country with his outstanding nation - building idea, tested
leadership ability and tireless devotion.
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Kim Jong Un warmly waved back to the enthusiastically cheering paraders and
participants in the celebrations.
Taking the tribune were Kim Tok Hun, member of the Presidium of the Political
Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, vice - president of the State Affairs
Commission of the DPRK and premier of the Cabinet, to be followed by other
leading officials of the Party and the government.
Kim Jong Un and his respected daughter, together with Marshal Ri Pyong Chol,
- Marshal Pak Jong Chon and commanding officers of the military, took the reserved.
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seats for VIPs.
Kim Jong Un and senior officials of the Party and the government were presented
with bouquets by lovely children.
Veteran cadres who had worked for a long time in the Party and the government
took the tribune.
Invited to watch the parade were the Chinese party and government delegation led
by Liu Guozhong, vice - premier of the State Council of China, and members of the
Russian Army Academic Song and Dance Ensemble Named after Alexandrov who
are on a visit to the DPRK to celebrate the 75th birthday of the DPRK, and
diplomatic envoys of China and Russia in Pyongyang.
The reserved seats were taken by the participants in the celebrations of the 75th
DPRK birthday.
A ceremony for hoisting the national flag of the DPRK was solemnly held.
Holding up the national flag of the DPRK, members of the KPA honor guard,
escorted by the guard of the national flag, entered the square full of joy of the
people significantly celebrating the 75th birthday of their glorious country.
The sacred national flag of the DPRK shining as a symbol of justice and
invincibility was hoisted slowly amid the solemn playing of the national anthem of
the DPRK.
All the participants paid the highest tribute to the national flag of the DPRK, the
dignified state.
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Fireworks were let off to fill the square of parade with excitement and joy, along
with a surge of the unshakable will of all the people to ardently love and glorify
forever the socialist country, which has always emerged victorious supported by
their desire and power since it was built true to their intention.
A 21 - gun salute was fired amid the playing of the song 'The Glorious Country’.
Then followed a review of the preparations for the parade.
O Il Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, reviewed the
parade units which lined up to be inspected for the preparations of the paramilitary
parade for celebrating the 75th birthday of the DPRK.
O Il Jong courteously reported to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un that the
paramilitary parade for celebrating the 75th birthday of the DPRK was ready.
The grand parade of the paramilitary force, a powerful combat force spurring the
thorough preparations for all - people resistance after constituting the two pillars of
the armed forces of the DPRK together with the People's Army, began.
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Entering the square first was the column of the division of the capital city Party
members, the powerful hard core of the WPK, who have fully displayed the might of
the special detachment in the forefront for defending the people as befitting the
loyal guards standing closest to the Party Central Committee to safeguard the
supreme general staff of the Korean revolution.
Following the column of the Worker - Peasant Red Guards ( WPRG ) of Pyongyang
Municipality, the column of the WPRG of North Phyongan Province standing guard
over the western border gateway of the country, and the column of the WPRG of
South Phyongan Province, a satellite province defending the capital city of
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Pyongyang, marched past the square grandly, holding aloft the red flags.
The columns of the WPRG of North and South Hwanghae provinces, the outpost
soldiers' units of the agricultural front playing the primary role in upholding the
intention of the Party Central Committee which set the goal of grain production as
the first of the 12 major goals for national economic development, went past the
square.
They were followed by the columns of the WPRG in Jagang and Kangwon
provinces, which marched past the square with the great pride of being the creators
of the spirit of the era who became the beacon and cornerstone of the country's
advance and leaps forward with the spirit of self - reliance and fortitude, eloquently
proving how the revolutionary cause was defended and how the idea and line of the
WPK preserved in the tempest of history.
Holding their invincible arms reflecting the appearance of the country getting
stronger with the passage of time, the columns of the WPRG units in North and
South Hamgyong provinces defending the nation's leading industrial complexes,
those standing guard in Ryanggang Province like a strong fortress for protecting the
sacred place of the revolution, the area of Paektu, and those of all municipalities
under central authority marched past the square full of invincible spirit.
Spectators on the platform extended militant salute to the columns marching with
a single fervent desire to fully discharge their sacred mission and duty on the two
fronts of national defence and socialist construction with the pride, confidence,
optimism and courage unique to the defenders of a great power dynamically
advancing under the uplifted banner of socialism, and to emerge victorious by
displaying the heroic spirit and mettle of the WPRG prepared as a match - for - a -
-hundred force when the time for a great war for national reunification comes.
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The paraders chanted 'Hurrah!' at the top of their voices as a token of their highest
tribute to the great Party Central Committee which is ushering in a new heyday of
strengthening the WPRG with its profound military theoretical wisdom and
energetic leadership after setting a goal of raising the military technical might of the
WPRG to the level of the People's Army in conformity with the characteristics of
modern warfare and the actual conditions of the country.
The columns of the WPRG units of Kim Il Sung University and Kim Chaek
University of Technology, which have glorified their proud history and traditions of
regarding loyalty to the Party and the leader as their lifeblood generation after
generation, being renowned as the highest seat of Juche - oriented education and
model universities for training revolutionary talents, marched past the square fully
demonstrating the might of the units of warriors dashing through thick and thin in
response to a call to arms by the Party.
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They were followed by the columns of the WPRG units of the Hwanghae Iron and
Steel Complex and the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex, which are standing
guard in the metal and chemical industrial sectors, the twin pillars of the self-
supporting economy, and of those in other key industrial sectors making joint
innovations and boosting production to hit the main target of economic
construction and the major thrust of the campaign for implementing the decisions
of the 8th Party Congress.
The columns of the WPRG members of the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang Textile Mill
and the Wonhwa Farm of Phyongwon County, who are renowned as innovators and
bumper - harvest farmers when they work at their factory and farm, and become
crack shots when they hold arms to contribute to labor and national defence,
marched past the square representing the validity and vitality of the Party's Juche --
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oriented idea of building the militia forces.
Then the column of the WPRG unit of the State Academy of Sciences, a large
contingent of scientists taking the lead in the drive for achieving the self-reliant
prosperity by dint of science and technology appeared on the square, which was
followed by the columns of the WPRG units of the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry
of Physical Culture and Sports and the Ministry of Public Health which
demonstrated their single patriotic will to devote all their wisdom, sweat and
passion to ushering in a heyday of socialist culture.
The column of the Young Red Guards, cherishing the noble soul of the anti-
Japanese Children's Vanguard and the wartime children's guerrillas, marched past
the square in high spirit, filled with a steel - strong determination to firmly defend
their campus and beloved home towns and villages.
Spectators on the platform warmly encouraged the paraders who were
demonstrating to the world the great vitality of the line of putting all the people
under arms and the powerful entity of the all - people defence system, which can
never be found in any other part of the planet.
The square was rocked by the chants of slogans of faith and will made by the
paraders in reflection of their pledge to always hold in high esteem Kim Jong Un, a
world - famous peerless brilliant commander with matchless courage and pluck and
great leader who is opening up the bright future of the country, paving a broad
avenue toward victory and prosperity with his warm love and trust in the people.
Mechanized columns of the Worker - Peasant Red Guards launched their advance,
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fully demonstrating the might of a great country, where all the people hold arms to
thoroughly implement the Party's military line for self - defence, and the whole of
which has turned into an impregnable fortress.
The columns of motorcycles with high mobility, anti - tank missile launchers
towed by tractors playing the leading role in the mechanization of farm work in the
socialist countryside, anti - aircraft artillery pieces which built iron protective walls
in the sky above every village and workplace, and the multiple rocket launchers in
camouflage demonstrating the combat capabilities of the WPRG, roared past the
square with full readiness to deal merciless blows at the aggressors.
The mechanized columns demonstrated to the world that the greatness of the
revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK lies in the fact that it has not only
matchless regular army but also powerful militia forces capable of fighting any
military operation and battle in modern warfare independently.
All the participants paid the highest glory and warmest thanks to Kim Jong Un,
peerless patriot and ever - victorious iron - willed commander, who brought about
the strongest national defence capabilities, for which no hostile forces dares to
provoke, and thus provided an eternal guarantee for genuine peace and eternal
victory and prosperity of posterity.
At the end of the parade, fireworks and balloons were displayed again and cheers
of 'Hurrah!' resounded far and wide.
Kim Jong Un waved back to the enthusiastically cheering crowds for a long time.
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The paramilitary parade for celebrating the 75th founding anniversary of the DPRK
wil be etched in history as a historic event which strikingly demonstrated the
revolutionary stamina and indomitable fighting spirit of the Korean people who are
achieving fresh miracles and victories in socialist construction and bolstering of
national defence capability by dint of their great loyalty and patriotism, united close
around Kim Jong Un with one mind and purpose.
( Pyongyang, September 9
Korean Central News Agency )
Great Event Heralding Arrival of New Era,
Turning Point in Bolstering up Juche - based
Naval Force Ceremony of Launching Newly - built Submarine Held
with Splendor in Presence of Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un
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Ceremony of Launching Newly - built Submarine Held with Splendor in Presence
of Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.
A new powerful entity has emerged to demonstrate the rapid development of the
Juche - based naval force all over the world in the glorious journey of ushering in a
new era of a great prosperous and powerful country with the world - renowned
tremendous national defence capabilities, unprecedented in the nation - building
history of the DPRK, under the outstanding leadership of the ever - victorious
Workers' Party of Korea ( WPK ).
The heroic munitions industrial workers, scientists and technicians, boundlessly
loyal to the revolutionary cause of the WPK, built a Korean - style tactical nuclear
attack submarine and presented it as a gift to the motherland celebrating its 75th
founding anniversary.
The submarine-launching ceremony heralded the beginning of a new chapter for
bolstering up the naval force of the DPRK and made clearer the steadfast will of the
WPK and the government of the DPRK to further strengthen the state nuclear
deterrence both in quality and quantity and by leaps and bounds for regional and
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global peace and security.
The ceremony was splendidly held on Sept. 6 in the presence of Kim Jong Un,
general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, with attendance of leading officials of the
Party, government and military, including Marshal Ri Pyong Chol, Marshal Pak
Jong Chon, Premier of the Cabinet Kim Tok Hun and Admiral Kim Myong Sik, amid
the great joy and excitement of commanding officers and seamen of the East Sea
Fleet of the Navy and all the workers, scientists and technicians of the Pongdae
Dockyard.
The venue of the ceremony was full of deep gratitude and reverence for the WPK,
the great motherly Party, which has realized the long - cherished desire of the
nation by leading the great development of the self - reliant defence industry, the
revolutionary industry, to further strengthen the nuclear force representing the
national prestige and honor and the absolute might of the Republic and consolidate
the irreversible status of the country.
When the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un arrived at the submarine - launching
venue, all the participants broke into enthusiastic cheers as a token of their
admiration for the iron - willed brilliant commander and outstanding leader of the
people who is paving a broad avenue toward great victory and prosperity with his
world-famous matchless pluck and courage, ardent love and trust in the people,
and tireless dedication to the building of a prosperous country with powerful army
Amid the solemn playing of the national anthem of the DPRK, the guards of honor
of the Navy of the Korean People's Army ( KPA ) slowly hoisted the national flag
associated with the noble soul of the service personnel of the Navy who have fought
to defend the vast sea of the country for more than 70 years, and symbolic of the
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eternal dignity and invincibility of the DPRK.
Then, Marshal Ri Pyong Chol conveyed the order of the Central Military
Commission of the WPK on the transfer of the tactical nuclear attack submarine to
the Navy of the KPA.
According to the order of the Central Military Commission of the WPK, the tactical
nuclear attack submarine No. 841, the first of its kind, was transferred to the
relevant submarine squadron under the East Sea Fleet of the KPA Navy and named
the Hero Kim Kun Ok’.
Kim Jong Un conferred the transfer certificate on the commander of the
submarine squadron under the East Sea Fleet of the Navy.
He made a meaningful speech congratulating the launching ceremony.
Saying that the submarine No. 841 'Hero Kim Kun Ok' to be launched today will
perform its combat mission as one of core underwater offensive means of the naval
force of the DPRK, he highly praised it as the first entity, produced by the noble
ideal and peerless creation struggle of the WPK and its revolutionary industrial
workers, in the great cause of building an advanced maritime power.
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He noted that the Party Central Committee decided to make greater leaps forward
in the shipbuilding industry of the country in order to substantially guarantee a
new heyday of bolstering up the naval force. There is no room to step back in the
drive for the expansion of the naval vessel - building industry as it is the top priority
task to be fulfilled without fail, he said, clarifying the strategic and tactical plan to
continuously enhance the modernity of underwater and surface forces and push
-forward with the nuclear weaponization of the Navy in the future, too. 5
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When Kim Jong Un finished his congratulatory speech, all the participants broke
into cheers of 'Hurrah!' to express their ardent loyalty.
The scientists, technicians and workers of the Pongdae Submarine Factory
extended deep thanks to Kim Jong Un who is ushering in a heyday of bolstering up
the naval force, clearly indicating the orientation of the development of the Korean -
style submarine industry and the way for developing new - type submarine.
Kim Jong Un had a photo session with senior officials of the Party and the
government, leading commanding officers of the Navy and senior officials of the
submarine factory in commemoration of the launch.
Marshal Ri Pyong Chol ordered the launching of the submarine after being
informed by the manager of the factory that it was ready to be launched.
When the signal was given, the newly built submarine was launched amid the
shower of confetti and release of balloons, reflecting the excitement and joy of all
the participants witnessing the historical moment of epochal significance in
bolstering up the naval force.
Kim Jong Un repeatedly praised the workers in the munitions industry, saying
that thanks to the inexhaustible strength and enthusiasm resulting from the loyalty
and patriotism displayed by them upholding the revolutionary defence-building
policy with pure conscience, sense of obligation and devoted implementation, it was
possible to demonstrate the might of the country once again ahead of the 75th
founding anniversary of the Republic. He expressed belief that the officials and
workers of the factory would continue to add glory to their great honor as the
genuine patriots contributing to the development of the naval vessel - building
industry in the new century and the front - line fighters defending the arsenal for
the defence of the territorial waters.
On September 7, he inspected the tactical nuclear submarine 'Hero Kim Kun Ok'
preparing for a shakedown cruise.
A ceremony was hosted by the East Sea Fleet of the KPA Navy, to which the
tactical nuclear attack submarine was assigned, to greet the Supreme Commander
of the DPRK armed forces at the dock.
Kim Jong Un reviewed the honor colours of the East Sea Fleet of the KPA Navy and
the guards of honor.
He was greeted by Admiral Kim Myong Sik, commander of the KPA Navy, Vice -
Admiral Kim Chang Guk, political commissar of the KPA Navy, commanding officers
of the East and West Sea Fleets of the KPA Navy and military and political officers of
submarine squadrons.
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He entered the tactical nuclear attack submarine to acquaint himself with its
weapon system and underwater operation capability.
Saying that to arm the navy with nuclear weapons arises as an urgent task of the
times and a crucial requirement for building the revolutionary armed forces, the
fulfillment of which brooks no further delay, he stressed the need to enable the
Navy to successfully carry out its strategic duty by hastening the transfer of
underwater and surface vessels equipped with tactical nuclear weapons to the
Navy.
He expressed expectation and belief that the officers and sailors of the submarine
would become the model of the navy and the example to the whole army not only in
the politico - ideological, spiritual and moral readiness but also in rounding off the
preparations for a revolutionary war and continue to create new myth of the heroic
navy in the van by firmly carrying forward the great sailor spirit of the preceding
generations as befitting the ones of the submarine named after Hero Kim Kun Ok,
the hero commanding officer of the first generation of the naval force of the
Republic.
He had a photo taken with all the sailors of the submarine with the submarine
Hero Kim Kun Ok'in the background.
All the commanding officers and sailors of the submarine 'Hero Kim Kun Ok' made
a firm pledge to demonstrate their bravery as death - defying seamen and strong fist
of the navy, regarding as lifeblood of their destiny the boundless love and trust by
the great brilliant commander who provided them with an invincible treasured
sword capable of defeating any formidable enemy, prayed for their safe navigation
and feats and indicated the ever - victorious route aboard the submarine.
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The ceremony of launching a tactical nuclear attack submarine, held just before
the 75th founding anniversary of the DPRK, will be etched in the history of the
country as a historic event worthy of special note in the history of bolstering up the
Juche - based naval force and the history of building the state nuclear force in the
great era of Kim Jong Un, and as a significant occasion that solemnly declared the
start of the advance toward the attainment of the grandiose goal for turning the
country into an advanced maritime power.
( Pyongyang, September 8
Korean Central News Agency )
SOUTH KOREA NEWS & REUNIFICATION
A poor farce
The south Korean warmongers held an event to ‘commemorate’ the 73rd
anniversary of the Incheon landing operation.
It is so ridiculous that they style it a victory’.
The Incheon landing operation conducted in September 1950 was no victory for
the US.
At that time, MacArthur mobilized more than 50,000 troops, hundreds of warships
and a large number of planes for the operation.
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However, he faced a tougher resistance from the KPA soldiers with only four coast
artillery pieces for 3 days.
It was little short of a disastrous defeat.
It is clearly recorded in the history of the Korean War.
Nevertheless, they make far - fetched assertion about the Incheon landing
operation today, seventy - odd years after the war.
History of the defeat in the Korean War can neither be erased nor be denied no
matter what tricks the aggressors play.
( Pyongyang Mission,
of the Anti - Imperialist National Democratic Front of south Korea )
Opposition to Japan and Yoon Suk - yeol!
Several civic organizations in south Korea launched a candlelight campaign in
condemnation of Yoon Suk - yeol backing Japan's discharge of nuclear wastes.
The participants staged a demonstration carrying placards reading "no dumping
wastewater posing a grave threat to people's life!" and 'denounce the Yoon regime
speaking for Japan in disregard of security of the people!'.
They strongly accused the Japanese government and the Tokyo Electric Power
Company of committing the most disastrous environmental crime in human history
saying that Japan is not only a war criminal state of the Second World War, but
also a criminal state threatening mankind with radioactive terror.
In denunciation of Fukushima wastewater discharge
Kishida is an unethical culprit reducing the ocean to the disposal site of nuclear
waste, Yoon Suk - yeol is a pro - Japanese traitor winking at Japan's discharge of
water contaminated by radioactivity, they cried out.
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Condemn Japan discharging radioactive waste!
Let us safeguard our sea by our own effort!
( Pyongyang Mission,
of the Anti - Imperialist National Democratic Front of south Korea )
Discontinue north - targeted war drill!
Dissolve subordinated war alliance!
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In demand of discontinuance of the aggressive war drill against north Korea,
and dissolution of subordinated war alliance
The Preparatory Committee for Promoting Reunification for the National
Independence and Great Unity held a press conference in demand of cessation of
nuclear war drill against north Korea and dissolution of war alliance before the US
embassy in Seoul.
Ulji Freedom Shield is neither 'annual' nor 'defensive', the Yoon regime mobilized
over 4,000 organs related to government and non - government with more than
600,000 people in the drill, such a war exercise threatening people's safety and
disturbing peace in this difficult situation when the people are floundering in an
-economic ebb should be brought to an end, the participants censured.
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The tripartite military cooperation between the US pursuing hegemonic policy,
Japan dashing toward a military power and the ignorant Yoon regime blindly
following them is a war community as well as a war alliance in reality, the reckless
act of Yoon posing himself as a shock brigade of the US is not only an unconditional
pro - American sycophancy but also a war move against north Korea, they revealed.
People's safety and peace can never be safeguarded as long as pro - US and pro-
Japanese traitor Yoon remains in power, Yoon who jeopardizes safety of the people
and gives up peace on the Korean Peninsula without national dignity deserves
public punishment, let us bring Yoon regime to a stern punishment for the sake of
people's safety and peace, they asserted.
They chanted slogans such as 'Scrap hostile policy toward north Korea!', 'Call off
south Korea - US joint war drill!, 'Opposition to the US - Japan-south Korea tripartite
war alliance! and 'Oust Yoon regime, anti - national warmongers.
( Pyongyang Mission,
of the Anti - Imperialist National Democratic Front of south Korea )
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In opposition to the aggressive alliance between the US, south Korea and Japan
It has been 78 years since the US army occupied south Korea.
On September 8, 1945, the US army set foot on south Korea in the guise of a
liberator. On this day, south Korea was turned into a habitat for all misfortunes
and sufferings.
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The occupation of south Korea by US was not a liberation but a tragedy that
reduced south Korea to a colony of US and forced it to division and war.
From the first day of the occupation, the US slaughtered innocent people
indiscriminately and plunged the Korean Peninsula to a war by igniting the Korean
War. During the past seventy - odd years, an unprecedented fascist reign lasted
under the manipulation of the US, and thus democracy and civil rights has been
seriously trampled down in south Korea.
As a result, south Korea became a backward society of the 21st century.
South Korea has lost sovereignty, the right of wartime operation control to the US
and the ability of self - support. It is the very country where only submission to the
outside forces and foreign manners are rampant.
The USFK are hell - bent on large - scale arms buildup and war drills against
north Korea, thus screwing up the situation.
Of recent, the US is compounding the danger of war by introducing nuclear
strategic weapons into south Korea regardless of time.
History proves that peace and security of the Korean peninsula can never be
guaranteed and the miseries and sufferings of people cannot disappear as long as
the US forces remains in south Korea.
So the south Korean people are taking more intense action for peace against the
US and war now.
They brand the US - south Korea joint military drill as a grave maneuver for a
preemptive attack on north Korea and strongly demand suspension of it.
Such slogans as ‘Stop the US - south Korea joint military drill inviting a war!', 'Scrap
the hostile policy toward north Korea!', 'Opposition to the unequal military alliance!’
and 'US out!' are cried out in different parts of south Korea.
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Discontinue a war exercise fostering the crisis of war! Drive Yoon out! Oust Yoon!
Nevertheless, the US turns a blind eye to the request of the Korean nation and the
traitorous clique of south Korea persistently implore the US to stay forever.
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What is worse, they committed a folly to increase the funds needed for the
occupation of the USFK, not satisfied with carrying out north Korea - targeted war
drill with the US.
It is an urgent and unanimous will of the Korean nation to drive out the US and
pro - American traitors.
The whole Korean nation should turn out in the struggle to put an end to the
occupation of south Korea by the US and drag down the traitorous Yoon clique from
power.
( Pyongyang Mission,
of the Anti - Imperialist National Democratic Front of south Korea )
Ever - increasing action against Yoon Suk - yeol
The south Korean people are seething with indignation at Yoon Suk - yeol.
It is the popular will to dethrone Yoon putting pressure upon the people and
fawning upon the US and Japan as soon as possible.
Oust Yoon, a henchman of Japan
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A child, carrying a satchel with a poster of 'Condemn the Yoon regime' on her back
( Pyongyang Mission,
of the Anti - Imperialist National Democratic Front of south Korea )
LIFE AND CULTURE im PEOPLES KOREA
World's Cultural Heritages in Kaesong
Kaesong, one of the major tourist attractions of Korea, is a city with many historic
relics.
It existed for about 500 years as the capital city of the Koryo Dynasty
(918 - 1392 ) which was the first unified state in the history of the Korean nation.
Some of the historic relics in Kaesong were registered as the world's cultural
heritages in June Juche 102 ( 2013). They are the Mausoleum of King Wang Kon,
the Mausoleum of King Kyonghyo, the Kaesong Castle, the South Gate of Kaesong,
Sonjuk Bridge, the Monument to Loyalty of Jong Mong Ju, the Sungyang School,
the Koryo Songgyungwan University, Manwoltae, the Kaesong Chomsongdae
Observatory, Seven Tombs and Myong Tombs.
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Those are the mausoleums of Wang Kon, the founder - king of Koryo, and
Kyonghyo, the 31st king of Koryo.
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The Kaesong Castle was built as the capital castle ( outer castle ) of Koryo between
1009 and 1029 and the South Gate of Kaesong between 1391 and 1393. There is a
bell of Yonbok Temple at the gatehouse of the South Gate of Kaesong, which weighs
about 14 tons.
Sonjuk Bridge and Monument to Loyalty of Jong Mong Ju
Sonjuk Bridge is one of the oldest stone bridges remaining in Korea at present.
Jong Mong Ju was killed on the bridge, who was a high - ranking official, able
military strategist and diplomat in the closing years of the Koryo Dynasty.
The monument was built in praise of his loyalty.
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Sungyang School
The Sungyang School was built at the site of the house in which Jong Mong Ju
had lived. It was used as a place for disseminating Confucianism as well as for
education at that time.
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The Koryo Songgyungwan University, one of the oldest educational institutions of
the world, was built in 992 into the highest educational institution of the state
during the Koryo Dynasty. A lot of famous persons were produced there.
Manwoltae
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Manwoltae is the site of royal palace during the Koryo Dynasty. Many historic
remains were unearthed there.
Kaesong Chomsongdae Observatory
The Kaesong Chomsongdae Observatory was an establishment for astronomical
weather observation. Only its pillars remain at present. The Kaesong Chomsongdae
Observatory belongs to the observatories in the earliest period of the world.
Myong Tombs
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The Seven Tombs at the foot of Mt. Mansu belong to the Koryo Dynasty. They are
regarded as those of persons related to the royal family in the closing years of the
Koryo Dynasty in consideration of their scale, structure and relics.
There are three Myong Tombs. One of them is recognized as the tomb of the 29th
King of the Koryo Dynasty.
The historic relics associated with the wisdom and talents of the Korean nation are
preserved with care thanks to the state policy for protection of the national
heritages.
( Voice of Korea )
Kumgang, a World - famous Mountain
Kumgang, situated in the northern part of the Thaebaek Mountains in the middle
of the eastern coast of Korea, is known as a mountain of unparalleled scenic beauty
in Korea and a world-famous mountain.
The mountain, 60km long from north to south and 40km long from east to west,
covers an area of 530km?. It presents majestic natural scenery, which features 12
000 mysteriously - shaped peaks with Piro ( 1 639m ) as the main peak, myriads of
fantastic rocks and cliffs, deep gorges, big and small waterfalls, crystal - clear
streams flowing along the valleys and pools, beautiful sea ( East Sea of Korea ) and
lakes, rare animals and plants.
As it forms a world - class biodiversity and coastal biosphere reserve protection
network, the mountain, a tourist resort with many historical relics that showcase
the long history of the Korean nation, was registered as a world biosphere reserve in
July 2018.
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Goals of a Student Inventor
These days, the Korean people are conducting the socialist patriotic movement to
make a contribution to the building of a powerful country. The enthusiasm for
assisting the socialist countryside materially and morally gets higher in particular.
Some time ago, a student of the Hamhung University of Hydraulic Engineering
devised and manufactured more than 100 rotary sprinklers and donated them to a
number of farms in South Hamgyong Province.
Those rotary sprinklers are said to have great economic effectiveness as they
sprinkle water over the crops evenly and far.
The name of the student is Cha Kwon Ung, a well - known inventor of the
university. He grudged the time to study hard with a goal to finish the university
course with honours. But the top grade was not all of his goal. He also set a goal to
make research findings giving a substantial help to the country by conducting the
scientific research during his university days. As a result, he could make a number
of valuable inventions with high scholarly performance and extraordinary zeal for
pursuit.
Those sprinklers invented by Cha Kwon Ung are said to be a little different from
his major. But he thought that it is a duty of a student to have a real ability capable
of doing all things urgently required by the country. He made up his mind to invent
new rotary sprinklers with great profitability and sent them to the countryside.
The student inventor, who has grown up learning in the grateful country to his
heart's content, is engaged in study and scientific research so as to prepare himself
as a patriotic youth and young talented person always standing in the van of the
socialist patriotic movement.
( Paektu Solidarity Alliance )
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Tracing Back in Memory
Ri Yong Hui in Neighbourhood Unit No. 48, Ponghak - dong of Pyongchon District, Pyongyang
In the twilight of one's life, one often recalls one's bygone days, I think.
I am more than 80 years old now.
But I vividly remember the days when I had the honour of meeting the great
leader Kim Il Sung twice in November and December Juche 52 ( 1963 ).
I cannot forget the 21st of November in Juche 52 ( 1963 ) when I met Kim Il
Sung for the first time.
That day, Kim Il Sung visited the Junggu Greengrocery in Central District where I
was working toward the evening when the day's service work was coming to an end.
He entered the greengrocery with a bright smile on his face. He learned about our
services in detail, examining apples in a box and asking about the volume of sale for
a day and the price of apples. Looking up to him, the saleswomen including me
could not but reproach themselves at that time.
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It was because until that time we were rendering services to our customers with
the viewpoint that we should only sell the fruits and vegetables.
That day, Kim Il Sung gave the officials valuable instructions on rendering good
services such as the issue of purchasing fruits and vegetables and the issue of
increasing the variety of goods, before leaving the greengrocery.
Afterwards, we buckled down to the work for improving the services true to his
instructions.
We renovated the greengrocery under the guidance and help of the Pyongyang City
People's Committee and organized a detailed work to secure, transport and store the
goods purchased from the provinces. At that time, some of the saleswomen were
reassigned to the shops in the district as a step for improving the services and
according to it, I came to work at the then Namsan Greengrocery in Central District.
To my surprise, however, I had the honour of meeting Kim Il Sung again at my
greengrocery on December 15 that year.
That day, he recognized me making a bow to him. He was pleased to see the
counter full of fruits and said the varieties of fruits would do and called for
purchasing a lot and rendering better services, not being satisfied with what we had
done.
Listening to him, I felt that selling fruits and vegetables is an honourable work to
materialize his warm love for the people.
With his instructions as the criterion of my services, I devoted my all to supplying
different kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables to the people in the district.
Even after I retired on a pension, I often go to the greengroceries where I had
worked.
Each time I feel happy, thinking of Kim Il Sung who infused me with the spirit of
genuine service for the people.
That's why I always tell the service workers of the new generation to render better
services, bearing in mind his warm love for the people.
( Paektu Solidarity Alliance )
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Ordinary Workers
In the Democratic People's Republic of Korea there are many patriotic workers
who devote all their efforts and passion to the prosperity of the country.
The married couples - Ri Jin Hyok and Han Ok Gyong and Jang Thae Jin and Kim
Su Rim - are leading a worthwhile life at the Aeguk Knitwear Factory, thinking first
of the state affairs before the the family affairs.
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Though they haven't worked long at the factory, they have introduced tens of
technical innovation proposals into production processes, making a contribution to
over fulfilling their assignments under the national economic plan every year. That's
why they are loved and respected as conjugal innovators.
Workteam Head O Sun Nam at the Rangnang Disabled Soldiers' Essential Plastic
Goods Factory, well - known as a master of machines and worker - inventor, is a
Merited Mechanic who has not only set an example in the management of the
equipment but also made a contribution to improving the technical knowledge and
skills of all his workteam members.
In Wonsan City Highway Facilities Management Station there are hundreds of
women employees who have been taking care of roads in the city for more than 10
-or 15 years with attachment to their jobs. Official Kim Song Gwang says: It's not so-
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easy to take care of roads almost every day. The roads in the city get cleaner thanks
to their devoted efforts for the country, I think’.
Workteam Head Jo Myong Nam at the Pyongyang Textile Machine Factory is
working hard with pure conscience.
He says: T am an ordinary worker. Whenever people call me deputy to the Supreme
People's Assembly respectfully, I think it is possible only in our grateful socialist
system. At the same time I make a resolve to do more things for the socialist
motherland.
Such ordinary workers, who devote all their efforts thinking first of the state
affairs before their family affairs, are opening up a new era of national prosperity
and development.
( Paektu Solidarity Alliance )
CLASSIC WORKS
OF THE GREAT KOREAN LEADERS
Kim IL SUNG
"With The Century’
The Amii - Japanese Revolution"
(April 1912 ~ June 1926 )
Chapter 5 - "People itn Arms”
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"The September 18 Incident"
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When the revolutionary organizations in Antu became active, I went out to the local
organizations in the Helong, Yanji and Wangqing areas in the summer and early
autumn of 1931 and rallied the masses who had dispersed following the May 30
Uprising.
The September 18 incident occurred when I was conducting brisk activities based in
Dunhua, establishing contact with the comrades in Antu, Longjing, Helong, Liushuhe,
Dadianzi and Mingyuegou. At the time I was working with activists from the Young
Communist League in a rural village near Dunhua.
Early on the morning of the 19th of September Chen Han - zhang arrived suddenly
in the village where I was staying and told me that the Kwantung Army had attacked
Fengtian.
"It's war! The Japanese have at last started the war.”
Groaning, he plumped down on the earthen verandah like a man with a heavy
burden. The word war that came from his lips sounded pathetic.
The incident had been foreseen long before and its date virtually coincided with our
guess, but I was shocked when I thought of the calamity it would bring to hundreds
of millions of Chinese people, as well as to the Korean people, and of the great change
that would affect my fate.
Later we learned what had happened from various sources. On the night of the 18th
of September 1931 the railways of Japan's Manchurian Railway Company were
blown up in Liutiaogou west of Beidaying in Shenyang. The Japanese imperialists
then launched a surprise attack on the absurd excuse that Zhang Xue - liang's army
had blown up the railways and attacked the Japanese garrison, and they occupied
Beidaying and seized the airport in Fengtian on the morning of the 19th.
After Shenyang, Dandong, Yingkou, Changchun, Fengcheng, Jilin, Dunhua and
other big cities in the northeast of China were occupied in succession by the
Kwantung Army and the army stationed in Korea which had crossed the River
Amnok. The Japanese aggressor army occupied almost all
of Liaoning and Jilin Provinces in less than five days and surged
towards Jinzhou, extending the front. They were advancing at lightning speed.
The Japanese imperialists shifted the responsibility to China, distorting the truth of
the incident, but no one in the world believed their version, for people knew only too
well the nature of the crafty Japanese. As those who concocted the incident later
admitted, it was the secret service of the Kwantung Army that blew up the railways
of the Manchurian Railway Company and touched off the incident. In an article
published in those days we disclosed that the Liutiaogou incident was caused by the
Japanese imperialists as part of this scheme to swallow up Manchuria.
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On the morning of the 18th of September 1931 when the Kwantung Army was on
standby prior to the Manchurian incident one of the plotters, Colonel Dohihara Kenji (
chief of the secret service in Shenyang ), unexpectedly appeared in Seoul. During a
call on Kanda Masatane, senior officer of the staff of the Japanese army stationed
in Korea, he gave a roundabout account of the aim of his visit to Korea, saying that
he was visiting him because of his annoyance at the press. What he meant was that
he had come to Korea to avoid the harassment to which he would be subjected by
the press when the Manchurian incident broke out.
At the same time General Watanabe Jotaro, commander of the Japanese air force, is
said to have visited General Hayashi Senjuro, commander of the Japanese army
in Korea in Seoul to take a rest, hosting a banquet at the Paegunjang restaurant.
Their trip was very peaceful and leisurely.
When I read this historical account, I was reminded of the fact that Truman had
stayed at his villa without any particular reason at the time of the outbreak of the
Korean war. We find common features in the September 18 incident and the Korean
war not only in the fact that these two wars began without any declaration of war,
but also in that those who provoked the two wars displayed the craftiness and
impudence that are incidental to imperialists and their disposition to invade and
dominate other countries.
Some say that history is a sequence of non - repetitive events, but we cannot entirely
ignore the similarity and common trends existing in different events.
We had always known that Japan was going to swallow up Manchuria by
provoking the like of the September 18 incident. We foresaw it when the Japanese
imperialists had Zhang Zuo - lin assassinated by a bomb, when the Wanbaoshan
incident took place with the result that the Korean and Chinese peoples were pitted
against each other and when they created the incident in which Captain Nakamura,
who was serving with the staff of the Kwantung Army and was spying in the guise of
an agronomist, “disappeared.”
I was particularly shocked by the Wanbaoshan incident. Wanbaoshan is a small
rural village about 20 miles northwest of Changchun. The Wanbaoshan incident was
a dispute over the irrigation canal in the village between the Korean immigrants and
the Chinese natives. The Korean immigrants had dug the canal to draw water from
the River Yitong with a view to turning the dry fields into paddies, but the canal
encroached upon the fields of the Chinese natives. Also the damming of the river
might cause floods in the rainy season. So the natives were against the project.
The Japanese egged the Korean peasants on to complete the project, and thus
extended the dispute into Korea, causing casualties and damage to property. Thus
they deftly used a local dispute, common in the rural villages, to cause discord
between nations.
If the Japanese had not sown discord, and if farsighted men from among the Korean
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and Chinese peoples had followed the dictates of reason, the dispute would have
been a brief quarrel and would not have developed into a fight. The incident sowed
great misunderstanding, mistrust and antagonism between the Korean and Chinese
peoples.
I considered the matter all night without sleeping. Why should the peoples of the two
countries who were suffering similar misfortune because of the Japanese imperialists
fight a bloody battle with their fists? What a shame it was to be feuding with each
other because of a canal when the two nations should fight the common anti -
Japanese war! Why did the misfortune arise and who caused it? Whom did it benefit
and whom did it harm? It suddenly struck me that the incident was a prearranged
farce, a prelude to something terrible. Above all it roused my suspicion that the
Japanese consul in Changchun was out to “protect” the interests and rights of the
Koreans, while meddling in a casual conflict between peasants. It was in fact a
political farce that should have been exposed to public ridicule that those who had
taken away the farmland of Korea through the predatory “Land Survey Act" and
pursued a murderous agricultural policy were suddenly out to “defend” the Korean
peasants in the guise of protectors. I was suspicious of the fact that the branch office
of the newspaper Kyongsong Ilbo had hastily reported the dispute in Wanbaoshan
to its head office and that an extra issue was hastily put out and distributed in the
homeland. Did this not mean that the best brains of Japanese imperialism had
thought up a terrible trick, deftly using a small local dispute, and that it had worked?
What was the purpose of it? The Japanese imperialists were evidently making hasty
preparations for something while we were putting in order the revolutionary
organizations in the mountain recess of Jiandao.
The “disappearance” of Captain Nakamura in the summer of that year when the
aftermath of the Wanbaoshan incident was still evident brought Sino - Japanese
relations to the brink of war. Simultaneously with this incident alarming events were
taking place in Japan proper. Some young officers in Tokyo got together and held a
memorial service for Nakamura at the Yasukuni Shrine, drew a Japanese flag with
their blood and put it up on top of the shrine to fan the war fever of the nation.
Various organizations with interests in Manchuria held a joint meeting to discuss the
problems of Manchuria and Mongolia and told people that the use of force was the
only way to settle the problems there.
At that time I judged that the invasion of Manchuria was only a matter of time. 1
had ample grounds for this.
As was mentioned in Tanaka’s Memorial to the Throne, it was basic Japanese
policy to swallow up Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia and then China so as to
dominate Asia. Militarist Japan, ambitious to become the leader of Asia, was
advancing steadily in accordance with her national policy.
The Japanese imperialists massed the Kwantung Army in Shenyang and
completed their arrangements for an attack, using as an excuse the “disappearance”
of Captain Nakamura.
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Chen Han-zhang was very worried at this. He said, “The Japanese army is going to
invade Manchuria, yet we are as good as empty - handed, What should we
do?" He had put some hope in the Zhang Xue - iang - led warlords of the
Kuomintang. They were irresolute so far, but once the sovereignty of the nation was
violated, they would have to resist in the face of the pressure of hundreds of millions
of Chinese people, even if only to save their face, he thought. I said to Chen Han-
zhang, “It is absurd to expect that the warlords of the Kuomintang will resist.
Remember Zhang Zuo - lin's assassination in a bombing. Clearly it was the work of
the Kwantung Army and they obtained convincing proof of the fact, but the warlords
of the Northeast Army made no inquiries into the matter and did not call the
Kwantung Army to account. They even received the Japanese who went to offer their
condolences and pay their respects to the departed. How can this be attributed only
to their prudence, weakness and irresolution? The Kuomintang is throwing an army
of hundreds of thousands of men into the central soviet region in Jiangxi Province in
an attempt to destroy the communist party and launch 'punitive operations' against
the Worker - Peasant Red Army. The ulterior motive of the Kuomintang is to annihilate
the communist party and the Worker-Peasant Red Army even if it means yielding part
of the territory to the Japanese imperialists. It is the line of the Kuomintang to
eliminate the communist forces and control the political situation in the country before
beating back the foreign enemy. Zhang Xue-liang, who began leaning towards the
Kuomintang after his father's death, is blindly following its cursed line. Therefore, he
will not resist the Japanese and it is absurd to pin your hopes on him."
He listened to me attentively but did not express any support for my view. Nor did
he relinquish his hope in the warlords, and he said, *Even if Zhang Xue - liang follows
the line of the Kuomintang, surely he will resist the aggressors, since he is likely to
lose northeast China, the political, military and economic base of his army."
Then the September 18 incident broke out and the hundreds of thousands of men of
Zhang Xue - liang's army surrendered Shenyang without offering any resistance.
That was why Chen Han - zhang had come running to me, his face pale and shaking
his fist.
“Comrade Song Ju, I was naive and an idle dreamer.”
His whole body was shaking. He reproached himself in excitement, saying, “I was
foolish enough to think that Zhang Xue - liang would defend northeast China. He isa
coward and a beaten general who did not resist Japan, thus breaking faith with the
Chinese nation. When I went to Shenyang before, the whole city was swarming with
his troops. Every street was alive with troops shouldering new rifles. To think that an
army of such strength retreated without firing a shot! How lamentable! I can't
understand it."
That morning Chen Han - zhang, who was normally cool and mild, could not keep
his feelings under control and was shouting. Later Zhang Xue - liang came to support
resistance to Japan and contributed to collaboration between the Kuomintang and
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the Chinese Communist Party, but his failure to act at the time of the Manchurian
incident lost him popularity.
I showed Chen Han - zhang into my room and said quietly, “Comrade Chen, don't
get excited. We expected the Japanese army to invade Manchuria, didn't we? Why
then are you making such a fuss? From now on we must closely watch developments
in the situation and prepare ourselves to counter them."
"Of course we must. How annoying! I seem to have pinned too great a hope on
Zhang Xue-liang. I could not sleep all night, and this morning came straight here.
"Comrade Song Ju, do you know how strong is the Northeast Army under the
command of Zhang Xue - liang? It is 300,000 men strong. I say, 300,000! It is a huge
army. To think that a 300,000-strong army gave up Shenyang in a night without
firing a shot. Is our Chinese nation so inferior and powerless? Is the homeland of
Confucius, Zhu - ge Liang and Du Fu and Sun Yat - sen in such decline?”
Thus Chen Han-zhang lamented, beating his chest. Tears trickled from his eyes. It
was natural that he should lament the tragic fate of his nation. He was lamenting out
of the pure feeling of someone who loves his country. His lamenting was his
inalienable right.
I once wept secretly in a pine grove in the homeland, thinking of the homeland that
had been trodden underfoot by the Japanese. It was on Mangyong Hill on the evening
of one Sunday when I had been in a gloomy mood all day, unable to calm my anger
on returning from the walled city of Pyongyang where I had seen an old man, his
body covered in bruises, writhing in agony as he was kicked by the Japanese police.
That day I was in a rage like Chen Han - zhang, thinking: How was it that our
country with its proud history of 5,000 years should suffer the disgrace of being
ruined in a day? How could we wipe away the disgrace? In this light Chen Han-
zhang and I suffered the same disgrace. Formerly common ideas had brought us
closer. From then on the same status promoted our friendship. In adversity people
become more intimate with one another and their friendship and affection deepen. In
the past the Korean and Chinese peoples and communists had fraternized easily with
each other because they shared a similar status, goal and cause. Imperialists form
temporary alliances for profit, whereas communists forge firm internationalist unity
for the liberation and welfare of humanity, the goal of their common struggle. 1
regarded Chen Han - zhang’s sorrow as mine and the sufferings of the Chinese
people as ours.
If Jiang Jie - shi, Zhang Xue - liang and other heads of the political and military
circles who had command of several million men had had such patriotism and insight
as this youth from Dunhua had, the situation would have developed otherwise. If
they had put the fate of the nation ahead of their interests and the interests of their
groups and collaborated with the communists instead of opposing them, and roused
the whole nation and the entire army to a war of resistance, they would have
frustrated the invasion of the Japanese imperialists at the start and defended the
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country and people with credit.
But they gave no thought to the homeland and nation. Prior to Japan's invasion of
Manchuria, Jiang Jie - shi restricted the army’s potential resistance by issuing to
Zhang Xue - liang's Northeast Army a written command to the effect that *In the case
of a challenge by the Japanese troops prudence should be exercised to avoid conflict, "
which later roused the resentment of hundreds of millions of Chinese people.
Even after the outbreak of the September 18 incident Jiang Jie - shi’s government
in Nanjing issued a capitulationist statement to the effect that the Chinese people
and army should maintain their composure and exercise patience instead of resisting
the Japanese troops, and this dampened the morale of the army and nation. The fate
of Manchuria was as good as decided before the September 18 incident. The
government in Nanjing even sent delegates to Tokyo and held secret negotiation with
the Japanese government in which the Japanese were told that Jiang Jie - shi did not
scruple to commit such a treacherous act as agreeing to yield to Japan the border
area between the Soviet Union and China on the condition that Japan would not seize
other regions of China.
Jiang Jie - shi did not hesitate to commit the reckless act of sharing out to the
Japanese a large piece of territory, abandoning his self-respect as the Head of State
with a population of hundreds of millions and an area of several million square
kilometres, because he feared the struggle of the people against the landlords,
comprador capitalists and Kuomintang bureaucrats more than a Japanese attack.
The 300,000 - strong Northeast Army fled, abandoning the whole of
vast Manchuria with its inexhaustible natural resources, in the face of the Kwantung
Army whose strength was less than one - 25th of its own.
I said to Chen Han - zhang, who was so indignant at the nation's min, “Now it is
impossible to believe in any party, military clique or political force. We must believe
only in ourselves and our strength. The situation requires that we arm the masses
and come out in an anti - Japanese war. The only way out is to take up arms.”
Chen Han-zhang grasped my hands firmly without saying a word.
I passed the whole of that day with him to divert him. I suffered the sorrow of a
ruined nation more than Chen Han - zhang. He had lost part of his country, whereas I
was deprived of the whole of mine.
He invited me to his house, so the next day I left for Dunhua with him.
The September 18 incident shook not only Korea and China but also the rest of
the world. The world, which had been alarmed at the annexation
of Korea by Japan, raised a cry of protest at the September 18 incident. Mankind
thought of the incident as a prelude to another world war.
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Japan described it as an unexpected local incident which could be settled through
negotiations between China and Japan, but the world's people did not believe her
version. Public opinion in the world denounced Japan's attack on Manchuria as a
violent act of aggression against a sovereign state and called for the withdrawal of
the Japanese troops from the occupied area.
But the imperialists, headed by the US imperialists, assumed a sympathetic
attitude towards the aggressive act of Japan, secretly hoping that Japan would
turn her spearhead to the Soviet Union. The League of Nations sent the Lytton - led
fact-finding commission to Manchuria, but it failed to discriminate clearly between
right and wrong, adopting an ambiguous attitude, and did not even call Japan the
aggressor.
The incident shook the continent, the large army of Zhang Xue liang's military clique
was routed in a day by the sweeping attack of the Japanese troops, and the morale
of hundreds of millions of people was destroyed. The myth of the “invincible Japanese
army" born of its victory in the Sine - Japanese War and Russo - Japanese War
became the reality. Waves of rage and horror swept not only Korea and Manchuria
but also the rest of Asia. In the face of this terror all the armed forces, political forces,
revolutionary organizations, public - spirited men and distinguished figures of
different hues began to show their true colours.
The September 18 incident drove most of the remaining, disintegrated troops of the
Independence Army into the mountains and pushed those who advocated the
cultivation of strength into the embrace of the Japanese imperialists. Soldiers from the
Independence Army, dejected, returned home, burying their rifles in the ground, while
the national reformists advocated collaboration with Japan. The public - spirited men
who had clamoured for a war of resistance for the salvation of the nation and had
made a declaration of independence, went into exile abroad, singing
the Nostalgia. Some independence champions fled to Jinzhou, Changsha or Xian,
following Zhang Xue - liang's retreating army and abandoning the former base of
their activities.
The complicated process of the break-up between patriotism and betrayal of the
nation, resistance to Japan and collaboration with her, and self - sacrifice and self -
preservation proceeded rapidly within the nation after September 18. Each person
attached himself to the positive or negative pole according to his view on life. The
Manchurian incident acted as a touchstone revealing the tendency and true intention
of each member of the nation.
I continued my discussion with Chen Han - zhang on the September 18 incident in
Dunhua for a few days. At first I, too, was extremely alarmed. I judged that the time
had come for us to take up arms, but I did not know what to do and how to act, with
the Japanese troops surging in en masse. But I soon recovered my composure and
coolly watched the situation develop.
At that time I thought a great deal about the influence Japan's invasion
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of Manchuria would have on the Korean revolution.
With the sending of Japanese troops to Manchuria and its occupation we had the
enemy at our side. The Japanese police authorities intensified their crackdown
on the Korean independence champions and communists, getting help from the
Chinese reactionary warlords on the strength of the *Mitsuya agreement," but the
instances were few in which the army and police
from Korea entered Manchuria across the border. The agreement with China did
not allow the Japanese army and police to cross the border.
It was generally the police of the Japanese consulate in Manchuria who searched
for and arrested the Korean revolutionaries there.
Before the Manchurian incident the Japanese army in Korea was not allowed to
enter Manchuria. When withdrawing from Siberia during the Russian civil war, two
companies of the Korea occupation army were stationed in Hunchun on the
agreement of the Chinese side. These were the only troops occupying Korea that
were stationed in northeast China.
However, with the September 18 incident Manchuria swarmed with Japanese
troops. Tens of thousands of soldiers surged into Manchuria
from Korea; Shanghai and Japan. Manchuria became the front where friend
fought foe. The border between Korea and Manchuria was as good as removed
with the invasion of the Japanese troops.
The occupation of Manchuria by the Japanese troops caused great difficulties to us
in our struggle, which we were waging with Manchuria as our base. We felt
threatened by the Japanese army and police authorities in our activities, since one of
the aims of Japan’s invasion of Manchuria was to suppress the mounting national
liberation struggle of the Korean people there and promote the maintenance of peace
in Korea.
I realized that the iron club of the “new public peace maintenance act” enforced
in Korea would fall on the heads of the Koreans in Manchuria.
If Japan established a puppet state in Manchuria, it would present a great
obstacle to us. In fact, “Manchukuo,” which was set up by Japan later, became a
great hindrance to us in our activities. Japan’s occupation of Manchuria would
reduce the hundreds of thousands of Korean people, who lived there with a fence
around them, to misery.
So an end was to be put to the freedom of the Korean immigrants who lived out of
the reach of the government-general administration in a place that had been free of
Japanese. Leaving their home towns to seek a lwing in a foreign country was to
become pointless for Koreans.
But we did not consider only the unfavourable aspects of the September 18 incident.
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If we had resigned ourselves to pessimism and merely lamented, considering only the
unfavourable aspects of it, we would have remained dejected and failed to rise.
I was reminded of a Korean saying *If one wants to catch a tiger, one must enter the
tiger's den." The philosophy of life our ancestors had grasped and formulated over
several thousand years told me the profound truth.
I thought: Manchuria is a tiger’s den; in this den we must capture the tiger called
Japanese imperialism; now is the time to take up arms and fight; if we do not fight to
a finish at a time like this, we shall never prove our worth.
With this thought I made a firm resolve to rise, without losing the opportunity.
For victory in the future war the Japanese imperialists will intensify their colonial
rule in Korea and become hell - bent on economic plunder to supply their war needs.
National and class conflicts will grow extremely acute and the anti - Japanese
feelings of the Korean people will mount. So if we form armed ranks and begin the
anti-Japanese war, the people will actively aid and support us materially and
morally.
Hundreds of millions of Chinese people will also rise in a nationwide anti - Japanese
war of resistance.
The invasion of Manchuria will be escalated into aggression in China proper
and China will be enveloped in the flames of an all - out war. It goes without saying
that the Chinese people, who have a strong sense of independence, will not look with
folded arms on the danger facing their homeland. By us stand numerous Chinese
communists and patriots who are burning with the desire to frustrate the imperialists'
aggression and defend their national sovereignty, and hundreds of millions of
Chinese brothers who love freedom and independence. Those who sympathize with
us Koreans as stateless people will become reliable allies and fight our enemy in the
same trench with us. The Chinese people, a great ally with an allied army, will
always stand by us.
If Japan extends the war into China proper, she will come into head-on collision
with the interests of the Western powers, which will lead to another war. If the Sino -
Japanese War becomes protracted and Japan becomes involved in another world
war, she will suffer difficulties due to shortages of manpower and material resources.
That Japan has swallowed up Manchuria means a further extension of the area
controlled by her. The extension of the area she controls will inevitably weaken her
ability to rule. Japan will not be able to maintain the rigidity of her colonial rule.
The whole world will denounce imperialist Japan as an aggressor and Japan will
inevitably be isolated in the world.
All this will be strategically favourable for our revolution. This is what I thought.
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With the general retreat of Zhang Xue - liang's army and the sweeping attack of the
Japanese aggressor army, a marvellous opportunity was created for us. The officials
of the government and administration offices and security police stopped work and
fled in all directions. The local offices of the rule of the warlords had all shut their
doors within a few days.
With the flight of Zhang Xue - liang's army the ruling system of the warlords was
paralysed.
The Japanese aggressor army failed to direct its efforts to the maintenance of public
peace, being bent on following up its success in the war. As a result, chaos prevailed
for some time in Manchuria. We decided that the situation would persist for a while
until the Japanese imperialists established their new ruling system on the continent.
This void afforded us a golden opportunity to form armed ranks without anxiety. The
opportunity was not to be lost.
The revolution was approaching a fresh turning point.
The time had come for each person to decide what he should do to carry out the
duties devolving on the Korean revolution and to devote himself to fulfilling them.
The September 18 incident was aggression against the Chinese people and, at the
same time, an attack against the Korean people and communists in Manchuria. So
we Korean communists had to counter it.
I decided to speed up the formation of armed ranks.
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