Tuesday, 15 April 2025

President KIM IL SUNG – The greatest leader of all time



The communist movement had many great leaders. It´s great founders, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels developed socialism from a utopic idea into a science. The great Lenin analysed capitalism in it´s early imperialist period, further developed scientific socialism and created the great soviet union, liberating the peoples of Russia from Tsarist  tyranny. Comrade Ernst Thälman, who was murdered by the German fascist, because he wouldn´t give up his communist ideals. All this people gave all their live for peace and the well-being of the people. 


But the greatest of all this revolutionaries is the great leader President KIM IL SUNG. During his youth Korea was a colony of the brutal Japanese imperialists. President KIM IL SUNG knew that:


The Korean nation is facing a question of life or death today—it either perishes for ever under the colonial yoke of the Japanese imperialists or rises up in a fight to survive. If it merely laments over its ruined land and tolerates the unheard-of Japanese tyranny, our nation will fall never to rise again, but if the whole nation rises up and fights defying death, it will greet the dawn of liberation.“


 When he became leader of the anti- Japanese revolutionary movement in Korea. The movement was in a great crises. President KIM IL SUNG described it as followed:


After the Korean Communist Party was dissolved in 1928, most of the factionalists—the self-styled “leaders” of the Korean revolution—gave up the revolutionary movement and turned philistines for their own comfort. On the other hand, some factionalists prompted by political ambitions and a desire for higher positions drove the people into a reckless uprising only to shed blood in vain. A typical example is the recent May 30 Uprising in east Manchuria. Without correctly analysing and assessing the revolutionary situation, the factionalists forced the peasants to join the reckless uprising. And so the barehanded rebels were brutally mown down by the bayonets of the Japanese imperialist army and police and the reactionary warlords, with the result that the revolutionary forces suffered tremendous losses and the revolution faced overwhelming difficulties. The uprising exposed and destroyed many revolutionary organizations, the revolutionary spirit of the anti-Japanese masses was lowered, and we had to experience bitter trials in our revolutionary struggle“ 


He further said about the self proclaimed leaders of the Korean revolution:


„Those who professed themselves to “guide” our people’s anti-Japanese national-liberation movement were divorced from the masses; they gathered together a few high-ranking officials solely to indulge in empty talk and quarrel, instead of mobilizing the masses of people for the revolutionary movement.“


President KIM IL SUNG not only analysed the mistakes of the previous „leaders“ of the revolution. He showed his comrades the true path to liberation by creating the great Juche-idea:


Experience shows that in order to lead the revolution to victory, one must go among the masses of people and organize them, and solve all problems arising in the course of the revolution independently on one’s own responsibility in accord with the actual conditions, instead of relying on others.

Drawing on this lesson we regard it as most important to take the firm standpoint that the masters of the Korean revolution are the Korean people and that the Korean revolution should by all means be carried out by the Korean people themselves in a way suited to the actual conditions of their country.

Only when we adopt this standpoint towards the revolution can we map out a correct line and policy and achieve the sacred cause of national liberation.


By mobilizing the masses and solving all problems according to the own conditions President KIM IL SUNG liberated Korea and created the Democratic People´s Republic o Korea (DPRK) in the northern half of the Korean peninsula, while in the southern part the American occupiers created the puppet state „Republic of Korea“ (ROK). Under President KIM IL SUNGS leadership the DPRK became a strong and prosperous state. He abolished taxation and established free housing, free universal healthcare, free education and the right to work. All his life he offered his hand to his brothers and sisters in the south for reunification, but the south Korean puppet rulers sabotaged the talks and made reunification impossible. He always opposed the split of the communist movment and called for the unity of the socialist states. 


His work got continued by his successors. Comrade KIM JONG IL developed a nuclear program, making the DPRK into a nuclear power of Juche and guaranting the independence of the DPRK. Today Marshal KIM JONG UN developed the DPRK into an ICBM-power, further strengthening it´s independence. With the new 20X10-policy he is strengthening the industrial basis of socialism in rural areas and brings culture and healthcare to the people in rural areas. 


Glorry to President KIM IL SUNG!

Glorry to comrade KIM JONG IL!

Glorry to Marshal KIM JONG UN!

Contribution of KFA Scotland to the online meeting 12.04.2025

 

Comrades,


It is an honour for me to speak to you today as we celebrate the 113th anniversary of the great leader and president Kim Il Sung, whose intelligence, wisdom, creativity and love for his people led to the Korean people's victory. These attributes, combined with his indomitable will and courage, led him to unite and organise the advanced anti-imperialist workers and peasants to kick out imperialism and build socialism of a new type.


As a necessary part of winning the struggle against imperialism, comrade Kim Il Sung had to develop the field of Marxism and scientific socialism to adapt to the unique circumstances in Korea and the historical state of world socialism, including great successes but also failures, often related to ideology and revisionism. The result was the birth of the Juche philosophy and the foundations of Songun philosophy, which his successor, generalissimo Kim Jong Il, fully developed. His great work laid the path that the great leaders Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un have followed and extended to lead the Korean nation to an incredible state of technological and cultural development despite the never-ending attack by US imperialism.


The Juche philosophy that Kim Il Sung developed, building on top of previous socialist ideology and historical struggles, opened a new era in socialist ideology and development. It taught us the importance of belief and confidence in the unbounded creativity and capabilities of our own people and our own nation. It taught us the incredible role of spirit and ideology in the final result of any struggle between socialism and imperialism. It taught us that man is the centre of everything and that self-reliance, independence and dignity are undeniable consequences of that fact, leading to a national commitment to these principles. Juche built on previous socialist development but was a fundamentally original contribution. Its focus on independence and creativity highlighted the importance of rejecting dogma and flunkeyism, aspects that were critical in the victory of Korean socialism over imperialism, as we saw recently in the great film 72 hours.

On this day, while celebrating comrade Kim Il Sung's life, we can recognise that the Juche philosophy of self-reliance, independence and sovereignty has never been more critical. In Britain, our dependence on foreign sources of energy and goods leaves us incredibly vulnerable to insecurity due to fluctuations in price and availability. The ruling bourgeoisie has destroyed our industry, making us entirely dependent on others, like children.


This process has hurt not just our material security. It has hurt our spirit and psychology, surrounding us with pessimism. We must study Juche and help the workers of our nation understand we have everything on this island and within ourselves to survive and thrive, that we must trust in our creativity and capabilities and that we must rebuild our industries and our communities and collectively regain mastery of our destiny on this land. 


I pay my respects to the towering achievements of great leader Kim Il Sung and express my gratitude for what he gave the world proletarian movement for socialism; for independence, sovereignty and an end to exploitation. He has passed, but he remains a great inspiration to all who study his work. May we work hard to spread the great knowledge he left us and emancipate ourselves from slavery under imperialism. 


Long live Generalissimo and President Kim Il Sung!

Long live the Juche idea

Long live People’s Korea!


Manse!

Report of Online Meeting for the 113th Anniversary of the birth of President KIM IL SUNG and the 93rd anniversary of the foundation of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army.

 

The Korean Friendship Association of the UK together with the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea held a successful online meeting to honour the 113th anniversary of the birth of the great leader President KIM IL SUNG and the 93rd anniversary of the foundation of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army (the forerunner of today’s Korean People’s Army ) on the 12th of April at 1500 hours BST via Skype . 


Participating were members and officials of the Korean Friendship Association UK (KFA UK ) and British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea from London , Staffordshire and Scotland plus international guests from KFA Andalusia (Spain),KFA Canada , KFA Bulgaria , KFA Greece , the People’s Korea Initiative of Poland , Netherlands and the USA .


A message of greetings from comrade Alan Bolon , KFA UK Organisation Secretary and head of KFA UK West of England was given .


Dr Dermot Hudson Chairman of KFA UK and Chairman of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea  made a keynote address on the subject of President KIM IL SUNG and the Juche Idea and said in part “ 

People’s Korea is indeed a land of miracles . In today’s meeting we will focus on what is behind these miracles ; the founder of People’s Korea ,President KIM IL SUNG and the Juche idea . The Juche Idea is the guiding ideology of the DPRK which has given birth to real and tangible achievements , it is not an abstraction.


 President KIM IL SUNG was born on the 15th of April 1912 . His achievements are many and varied . It is a simple fact that without President KIM IL SUNG today Korean people would not be speaking Korean but would be speaking Japanese .

 Undoubtedly , one of his greatest achievements was the creation of the Juche Idea .”


The Chairman of Staffordshire KFA UK and secretary General of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea said in his presentation that President KIM IL SUNG created the Juche idea based on the ideas of Chiwon (“Aim High “)  and Marxism -Leninism . The Juche idea is not an abstraction but fully reflected the demands of the popular masses . President KIM IL SUNG rejected dogmatism as well as factionalism.


The head of KFA Scotland in his speech pointed out that “ As a necessary part of winning the struggle against imperialism, comrade Kim Il Sung had to develop the field of Marxism and scientific socialism to adapt to the unique circumstances in Korea and the historical state of world socialism, including great successes but also failures, often related to ideology and revisionism. The result was the birth of the Juche philosophy and the foundations of Songun philosophy, which his successor, generalissimo Kim Jong Il, fully developed. His great work laid the path that the great leaders Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un have followed and extended to lead the Korean nation to an incredible state of technological and cultural development despite the neverending attack by US imperialism


Dr Hudson read out the contribution of KFA Germany which said in part “the greatest of all these revolutionaries is the great leader President KIM IL SUNG. During his youth Korea was a colony of the brutal Japanese imperialists”


The representative of KFA Canada gave a speech praising the exploits of President KIM IL SUNG.


The general secretary of KFA Greece brought the greetings of KFA Greece to the meeting and praised the DPRK’s self-reliance and the correctness of the Juche Idea advocated by President KIM IL SUNG.


The representative of KFA Andalusia (Spain) pointed out that the 13th of April is the 33rd anniversary of the award of the title of Generalissimo to President KIM IL SUNG . She praised the exploits of President KIM IL SUNG for his work in building socialism.


A Myanmarese progressive in the USA praised the DPRK and President KIM IL SUNG for maintaining revolutionary principles.



Dr Dermot Hudson made a short speech on the 93rd anniversary of the foundation of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army the forerunner of today’s Korean People’s Army explaining that “ The Korean People’s Army(KPA) origins go back to the 25th of April 1932 rather than simply the 8th of February 1948 when the KPA was founded as a regular revolutionary armed force . In fact the KPA was founded as the Anti-Japanese People’s Guerrilla Army , which later became the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army(KPRA ) in March 1934  , on the 25th of April by the great leader President KIM IL SUNG in Antu, Manchuria where many Koreans had been exiled to because of the harshness and barbarity of Japanese imperialist colonial rule in Korea”.


A short documentary film “Father of the People “ was shown.


The meeting concluded at 1700 hours BST



A Country Where People Are Masters From Voice of Korea



 From Voice of Korea 


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A Country Where People Are Masters

  The great leader Kim Il Sung is the saviour of the nation and father of socialist Korea who built a genuine people's country on this land.

  He set out on the road of revolution in his teens to win back the country occupied by the Japanese imperialists.


  Having deeply seen through the demand of the independent era in the initial period of his revolutionary struggle, he elucidated the new truth that the masters of revolution are the masses of the people and the revolution should be carried out independently and creatively by believing in their strength and relying on them and created the immortal Juche idea.

  The Juche idea is, in a word, an idea that one is the master of one's own destiny and has the strength to shape one's destiny. In other words, it is an idea that the masses of the people are the masters of the revolution and construction and they have the strength to promote them.

  By authoring the Juche idea, Kim Il Sung opened a new path of the revolution on which the masses of the people hew out their destinies independently and creatively as masters of their own destinies.

  He led the 20-year-long bloody anti-Japanese war to victory and finally accomplished the historic cause of national liberation on August 15, 1945.

He successfully carried out the democratic reforms and laid a foundation for building an independent, sovereign state in a short span of time even in the difficult and complex circumstances after liberation. He founded the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, where the people became masters of the country, on September 9, 1948.

  He carried out the socialist revolution in an original way according to the specific reality of the country and victoriously led the socialist construction at several stages and thus built socialism of Juche which wonderfully embodied the independent demand of the people.

  Socialism of Korean style, the greatest patriotic legacy left by Kim Il Sung, is people-centred socialism that embodied the people-oriented philosophy, the genuine outlook on the people.

  Kim Il Sung provided the Korean people with a genuine life and cradle of happiness and his undying feats will shine for all ages.


Secret of Great Victory in War From Voice of Korea


                                               

From Voice of Korea

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Secret of Great Victory in War

  The great leader Kim Il Sung was an iron-willed, brilliant commander who emerged ever-victorious with his outstanding military strategy and commanding art.

  He humbled the US imperialists boasting of being the "strongest" in the world for the first time in history and led the Fatherland Liberation War to a brilliant victory, demonstrating the spirit of heroic Korea all over the world.


Victory of Ideology

 

  War can be called a decisive battle based on physical strength and at the same time, a confrontation in ideology and military wisdom and strategy.

  The brilliant victory in the past Fatherland Liberation War was that of the Juche idea authored by Kim Il Sung and the military idea based on it.

  Kim Il Sung presented the idea on turning the Fatherland Liberation War into an all-people war, the idea on definitely ensuring the politico-ideological and strategic and tactical superiority of the army in the whole process of the war, the idea on satisfying the material need of the war with our own efforts, the idea on correctly combining large and small units operations and regular and guerrilla warfares and fighting mountain warfare and night warfare well.

  All his ideas were the most scientific and revolutionary ideas stemming from the principle of the theory of ideology of Juche and they were the original ones of Korean style based on the specific reality and conditions of the country.


Victory of Strategy and Tactics


  Kim Il Sung turned adversity into favourable conditions with his outstanding and seasoned commanding art, actively opening the turning phase of war victory.


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Secret of Great Victory in War

  The great leader Kim Il Sung was an iron-willed, brilliant commander who emerged ever-victorious with his outstanding military strategy and commanding art.

  He humbled the US imperialists boasting of being the "strongest" in the world for the first time in history and led the Fatherland Liberation War to a brilliant victory, demonstrating the spirit of heroic Korea all over the world.




Victory of Ideology

 

  War can be called a decisive battle based on physical strength and at the same time, a confrontation in ideology and military wisdom and strategy.

  The brilliant victory in the past Fatherland Liberation War was that of the Juche idea authored by Kim Il Sung and the military idea based on it.

  Kim Il Sung presented the idea on turning the Fatherland Liberation War into an all-people war, the idea on definitely ensuring the politico-ideological and strategic and tactical superiority of the army in the whole process of the war, the idea on satisfying the material need of the war with our own efforts, the idea on correctly combining large and small units operations and regular and guerrilla warfares and fighting mountain warfare and night warfare well.

  All his ideas were the most scientific and revolutionary ideas stemming from the principle of the theory of ideology of Juche and they were the original ones of Korean style based on the specific reality and conditions of the country.


Victory of Strategy and Tactics


  Kim Il Sung turned adversity into favourable conditions with his outstanding and seasoned commanding art, actively opening the turning phase of war victory.


 

 

  He applied strategies and tactics such as immediate and overall counterattack against the enemy's sudden invasion, consecutive attacks on all fronts and siege warfare to annihilate the enemy group, formation of the second front with regular units behind the enemy lines, mountain and night warfares, active position warfare, assault, sniper group's movement, aircraft-hunting team movement and tank hunters' team movement. They were the wise, peculiar and outstanding strategy and tactics no military strategist in all ages and countries had ever presented.

  So the former President of Portugal, who was the chief of staff of the Portuguese army during the Korean War, said: "At that time the operational plan was made by the United States after several discussions with tens of generals who were chiefs of staff and military experts of Western countries on the side of the United States. But General Kim Il Sung defeated it single-handedly. Witnessing it with my own eyes, I learned that General Kim Il Sung is the only gifted military strategist and great brilliant commander in the world."


Victory of Spiritual Strength


  The decisive factor deciding the fate of war lies not in any weapons or military equipment but in the ideological and spiritual state of man handling them. This was the viewpoint of Kim Il Sung on the war.

  The service personnel of the Korean People's Army went over to an immediate and decisive counterattack from the beginning of the war to turn the tables and give consecutive attacks to the enemy in firm unity around Kim Il Sung with the faith that they can win a sure victory in the war as long as they are led by him.



 

  They devoted their lives to defending even an inch of land without hesitation and the people in the rear turned belt with bare hands to make hand grenades and produced foodgrains in the hail of the enemy's bullets during the war.

  Indeed, the spirit of defending the country and mass heroism displayed by the brave soldiers of the People's Army and people were the secret of the brilliant victory in the Fatherland Liberation War.


April edition of "Independence Star " , the journal of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea.

 

His Lifelong Creed--"Go among the People!From Voice of Korea







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  The great leader Kim Il Sung found himself among the people all his life.

  He called at every place of this country for the people and everyone cherishes a vivid memory of him.

  In the last period of his life, he said he had believed in the people, struggled for them and lived among them and that his was the life devoted to the country and nation and the one of struggle waged with the people.

  The people he valued so much were not a group of superhuman beings or some special men.

  They were those who had been deprived of political rights as a ruined nation under the colonial rule of the Japanese imperialists for over 40 years, those working diligently at the factories and farms and the intellectuals contributing to the prosperity of the country with science and technology

  The Korean Revolution Museum in the capital city of Pyongyang displays lots of photographs and historic materials and relics showing the great personality of Kim Il Sung.

  Lots of people visit the museum with ardent yearning for him.

  Merited Lecturer Jang Yong Suk said to the visitors:

  "The great leader Kim Il Sung called at all parts of the country including remote mountain villages, fishing hamlets and farms.

  The Korean people remember the benevolent image of Kim Il Sung who sat on a straw mat without ceremony to discuss farming at a farm, felt a net with fishermen at a fishing hamlet and inspired the colliers to increased production at a coal face.

  In his reminiscences 'With the Century' Kim Il Sung wrote about his view of happiness as follows:

  It gives me particular pleasure or happiness to be among the people, discover amongst them excellent people who can set an example for the whole country and debate state affairs, their living and our future."

  Kim Il Sung led the Korean revolution to victory without any mistake in his lines and without any slightest deviation in his leadership practice for tens of years on the basis of his lifelong creed "Go among the people!".