The Workers Party of Korea which will shortly celebrate the 75th anniversary of its foundation on the 10th of October . Seventy Five years ago the great leader President KIM IL SUNG formed the Workers' Party of Korea as the Communist Party of North Korea shortly after the liberation of Korea from several decades of horrendously despotic Japanese colonial rule , the Workers Party of Korea(WPK) was the harbinger of a new People's Korea , guiding the anti-imperialist , anti-feudal democratic revolution , the socialist revolution and building of socialism . The WPK was and is the supreme general staff of the Korean revolution .
Right from the start the WPK was a people -orientated party .Its symbol was a hammer , writing brush and a sickle which represented not only workers and peasants but the intellectuals . This made it different to other communist parties Thus it was an inclusive party representing the whole of the popular masses including workers , peasants and working intellectuals giving the party a solid mass basis. This reflects the history of the struggle to found the Workers' Party of Korea which goes back to the days of the anti-Japanese armed struggle led by comrade KIM IL SUNG . He rejected the stale , stereotyped methods of the factionalists and flunkeyists (those who worshiped big powers ) who instead of going among the masses tried to form parties from ' the top down ' , consisting of middle class intellectuals ,bourgeoisie and ruined aristocracy . Instead President KIM IL SUNG formed the Down -With-Imperialism Union in 1926 which draw support from the younger generation of youth and students untainted with factionalism and flunkeyism . Rather than the party being formed at once the party 's foundation was a process and the core elements of the party were forged in the fiery crucible of the anti-Japanese armed struggle .
President KIM IL SUNG declared that ' The People are my god ' and worked hard to realise this principle when building the Party and the state in the newly liberated land of Korea.
From the early days of its foundation in October 1945 the WPK always fought hard for the interests of the people , it followed a people-orientated policy an embodiment of the Juche idea which stipulates that the masses of the people are the masters of the revolution and construction , therefore all work must be carried out in their interests . A most radical land reform was carried out in March 1946 that long after Korea's liberation and only 5 months after the party 's foundation . This distributed land free of charge to landless and land short peasants ,at the same it did not compensate the landlords . Landlordism and feudalism were wiped out at a stroke. Other advanced democratic reforms to emancipate people from exploitation , oppression such as the Labour Law, which limited working hours to 8 hours and introduced social insurance .and the Law on Sexual Equality ' which liberated women from double and triple oppression .
President KIM IL SUNG even instructed that a dangerous electrical steel furnace, which had claimed the lives of many workers during Japanese imperialist rule , should be blown up even though the country badly needed steel , the lives of the workers were more precious .Similarly president KIM IL SUNG forbid the mining of gold on Mt Myohyang as it would ruin this scenic spot .
The WPK always applied the mass line as well as the class line. Under the leadership of President KIM IL SUNG the WPK developed the Chongsanri method and Chongsan Ri spirit which is named after village of Chongsan Ri where President KIM IL SUNG stayed for 15 days in 1960. The Chongsan ri method means officials going down to the basic units and helping them , learning from them at the same time . President KIM IL SUNG explained the Chongsan ri method as "The basic requirement of Chongsan-ri spirit is to thoroughly defend the interests of the popular masses, rally the entire people around the Party and convert all the works into that of popular masses themselves. The main of Chongsan-ri method is that superiors help their subordinates, go out to the spot to grasp the actual conditions and find correct ways to solve the problems, give priority to the work with the people and fully mobilize the people’s revolutionary enthusiasm and creativity to carry out their assignment."
Chairman KIM JONG IL defined the WPK in a new way in his work published in October 1995 ' THE WORKERS’ PARTY OF KOREA IS THE PARTY OF THE GREAT LEADER COMRADE KIM IL SUNG' in which he wrote " Our Party is a motherly party, which takes care of the destiny of the popular masses under its charge, and its politics is a benevolent one in that it is the politics of love for the people and trust in them
Indeed WPK is the mother party which takes care of the peoples lives. Free education and free health e 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. Even in the difficult period of the 'arduous march ' the Soya bean milk vans for children continued to deliver milk to kindergartens.
Respected Marshal KIM JONG UN himself strongly stressed the people-first principle and people-orientated policy both at the 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea in May 2016 , the 5th plenary meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in December 2019 and a number of enlarged meetings of the Political Bureau of the Workers Party . In past years great projects such as the construction of Changjon Street , Mirae Scientists Street and Samjiyon City . Recently some parts of the DPRK suffered flood damage causing destruction of housing but in the space of 40 days new and better homes were constructed . Now the heroic builders are dashing forward to complete the construction of the Pyongyang General Hospital before the 75th anniversary of the WPK .
People's Korea is a people's paradise thanks to the Workers Party of Korea , founded by great President KIM IL SUNG , guided by Chairman KIM JONG IL and today led by Marshal KIM JONG UN , and which is a truly people-orientated party based on the Juche idea.
Dr Dermot Hudson .
Chairman British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea
Chairman UK Korean Friendship Association
President Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK
Chairman British Solidarity Committee for Peace and Reunification on the Korean Peninsula.
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