Tomorrow , 9th of September is the 77th anniversary of the foundation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK ) so we have this short seminar organised by to mark this occasion.
Because the DPRK is a state that is hated so much by the imperialists and constantly demonised and vilified by the mainstream media there are myths and misunderstandings around the foundation of the DPRK . One of common myths is that the DPRK is the creation of another state , of outside forces .
In fact Korea was liberated from Japanese imperialism by the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army which was founded and led by President KIM IL SUNG . It is true the Soviet troops were involved in the liberation of Korea but the USSR only entered the war on the 9th of August 1945 whereas the anti-Japanese struggle led by President KIM IL SUNG had started in 1930 and President KIM IL SUNG had formed the Down With Imperialism Union in 1926 .
After liberation in 1945 President KIM IL SUNG pledged that Korea would follow its own road , it would not copy another country . In fact the basis and inspiration for the DPRK was the People’s Revolutionary Governments that were established in in the guerrilla zones in the 1930s during the anti-Japanese armed struggle.
The Provisional People’s Committee of North Korea was established with comrade KIM IL SUNG at its head . In the northern half of Korea advanced democratic reforms such as the agrarian reform were carried out and independent policies were pursued .
Another myth is that the DPRK was only for the northern part of Korea and that it was undemocratic . Nothing could be further from the truth !.
The DPRK was founded by the will of the entire Korean people. In April 1948 President KIM IL SUNG called a consultative conference of politicians from both the north and south . A wide range of people attended the conference including some veteran Korean nationalist politicians from south Korea .It was agreed to form a unified Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and to hold elections in both north and south .In August 1948 these elections were held . In the north
99,98 percent of the people voted, in south Korea because of the US occupation and brutal fascist repression 77.25 percent of the people took part in the elections.On the 9th of September the newly elected Supreme’s People’s Assembly proclaimed the foundation of the Democratic People’s Republic and elected President KIM IL SUNG as Premier of the Cabinet .
In south Korea the US had brought back to Korea in 1945 one Syngham Rhee who had stolen funds from the independence movement was living a life of luxury in Hawaii with his Austrian born wife . An American writer Mark Gayn described Syngham Rhee as being ‘two centuries before fascism—a true Bourbon. “. So this was the kind of entity that the US created in south Korea ; more extreme than fascism and propped up by US bayonets .
For the people of the DPRK its foundation meant that people took power in their own hands and started to build a new people’s democracy and the first steps towards a new socialist society ..
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 international proletariat advancing towards socialism .
The DPRK was founded one year before the People’s Republic of China was founded . In 1948 in Asia some countries had not gained independence , for example Malaysia , Laos and Cambodia . Others such as the Philippines were ruled by reactionary puppet regimes . India had on paper gained independence but in reality still had a lot of British influence and had reactionary social structures . This puts into context the massive achievement that founding the DPRK represented .
The DPRK is the most independent country in the world , a true state of Juche . As Chairman KIM JONG IL wrote "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."
The DPRK does not have foreign troops stationed on its soil and it is not a member of the IMF, World Bank , WTO or APEC .
Since its foundation in 1948 the DPRK has advanced at the speed of Chollima , a legendary flying horse which was said to fly 400 kilometres per day ! . In 1953 free medical care was introduced in the DPRK when the country was in the flames of war and free universal compulsory education was introduced in 1959 . By 1958 the DPRK fully socialised the means of production ,distribution and exchange thereby creating an advanced socialist system without no source of exploitation and oppression .In the DPRK agricultural collectivisation or co-operativisation was carried out within 4 years whereas in the Soviet Union it took 8 years and in socialist Albania it took 15 to 20 years.
In the late 1950s Building workers created the Pyongyang speed by building a flat in 14 minutes .Industrial output growth hit a phenomenal 44 per cent in one year . A bumper harvest was reaped . The Five Year plan was fulfilled one year ahead of schedule on all indices.
During the period 1957-1970 the DPRK's economy grew by 19.1%. In the period 1970-1979 the DPRK's industrial output value grew by 15.9% annually and during the Six Year Plan period (1971-1976) it had grown by 16.3% per annum.`Between 1946 and 1984 industrial output value increased by 431 times and national income increased by 65 times and the annual rate of growth was 14.1%.
Today under the leadership of respected Marshal KIM JONG UN the DPRK is surging ahead at Chollima and Mallima speed with whole new streets springing up literally out of bare earth . I saw this with my own eyes ; Ryomyong Street was just flat ground in April 2016 but when I returned on year later in April 2017 a whole new street of skyscrapers and all kinds of modern cultural facilities had appeared . In the northern part of the DPRK a whole new city was built in Samijyon . Now a massive programme of construction in rural villages has been undertaken with 80,000 new homes built so far . The 20x 10 regional development policy has been rolled out with many new factories have been constructed . The DPRK is racing ahead towards a socialist paradise . So the people of the DPRK have plenty to celebrate on their national day .
Long Live People’s Korea
Long live Juche !
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