Juche-based anti-imperialist force of Songun ! Tribute to the 90th anniversary of the foundation of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army -special article by Dr Dermot Hudson

                                                                         

 

Yesterday, the 25 of April , the Korean people celebrated the 90th anniversary of the foundation of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army , the forerunner of today’s Korean People’s Army . The occasion was marked by an incredible night time military parade . 

Thanks to the revolutionary traditions that were  established in the days of the anti-Japanese armed struggle   commanded by President KIM IL SUNG who had formed the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army(KPRA ) as the Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Army on the 25th of April  1932 , the Korean People’s Army (KPA ) is a might and invincible revolutionary armed force that is anti-imperialist, Juche-based and Songun based.

President KIM IL SUNG adhering to the principle of Songun that the revolution is advanced and defended by the arms  put the formation of an Anti-Japanese People’s Guerrilla Army as an urgent task . On the 16th of December 1931 he declared that “ Weapons are our life and soul! Oppose armed force with armed force!”―this must become our fighting slogan at present” The Anti-Japanese People’s Guerrilla Army was founded before the Party in Korea.

Having no state backing or stable rear or outside assistance , the  KPRA fought in the spirit of self-reliance and made its own weapons such as the Yongil bomb.

Based on the Juche Idea the KPRA fought uncompromisingly against the Japanese imperialist aggressors to liberate the country . Under the leadership of President KIM IL SUNG  unique Juche-based tactics were applied .

The KPRA became the KPA in February 1948  , thus the guerilla force was transformed into a standing and regular armed force . The KPA underwent a baptism of fire in 1950 to 1953 when the US imperialists , south Korean puppets and 15 pro -US satellite states invaded the DPRK . The KPA inheriting the line of revolutionary anti-imperialism from the KPRA vanquished the US imperialists who cried that they had to conclude an armistice without a victory .

When the modern revisionists preached ‘peaceful co-existence ‘ and wanton capitulationism in the early 1960s , Generalissimo KIM IL SUNG opposed modern revisionism and militantly declared that the KPA was an army of the revolution and an army of the working class.

On the 6th of February 1963 at the Mt Taedok army post Generalissimo KIM IL SUNG put forward the slogan of  “  A Match for  a Hundred “ . The KPA was an army not simply strong in terms of weaponry or numbers but in terms of ideology.  Comrade KIM IL SUNG made sure that class and revolutionary principles were adhered to  and  the revisionist and opportunist " non-class" theories were soundly smashed. The leadership of the party over the armed forces was maintained and enhanced unlike some countries where socialism was frustrated. When one sees military parades of the KPA you will saw not only the national flag of the DPRK  but the  flag of the Workers  Party of Korea fluttering on the tanks and lorries of the KPA eloquently symbolising that fact the KPA is the army of the Workers Party of Korea .

  The line of self-reliance that had been born in the flames of the Anti-Japanese armed struggle was continued and enhanced . After liberation President KIM IL SUNG ensured that the DPRK established its own independent munitions industry and developed it .   The KPA under the Songun revolutionary leadership of the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL the KPA grew stronger in terms of ideology and politics but also materially. It is now equipped with the latest weaponry and has nuclear capability. The KPA  now possesses the most up to date military hardware such as its own tanks the Chonma-ho and  Pokpung-ho  tanks and now has the Hwasongho 17 ICBM .

Thanks to the leadership of great generalissimo’s KIM IL SUNG and KIM JONG IL which is today continued by dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN, the KPA  has travelled the road of victory and glory . It has come a long way since Generalissimo KIM IL SUNG first raised the flag of the Anti-Japanese People’s Guerrilla army  in Manchuria. The KPA is a mighty Juche-based anti-imperialist force of Songun  !

Dr Dermot Hudson

President Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK

Hon Secretary General International Central Committee for Songun Study.

Chairman Juche Idea Study Group of England .

Chairman Korean Friendship Association of the UK.