A people’s leader even in wartime -special article for the 73rd anniversary of the Victory of the Korean People in the Fatherland Liberation War

President KIM IL SUNG led the Korean people to repulse the unbridled aggression of the Yankee imperialists who along  with the fascist puppets of the ROK and 15 pro-American satellite states attacked the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(DPRK) , the homeland of Juche  in June 1950. During the Fatherland Liberation War President KIM IL SUNG served as the Chairman of the Military Commission as well as Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army and Premier of the Cabinet.

 The Korean people won a great victory against the US imperialists who were forced to conclude an armistice on the 27th of July 1953 . President KIM IL SUNG who was the legendary anti-Japanese guerrilla commander who won independence from Japanese colonialism, became known as the ever-victorious iron-willed brilliant commander who vanquished the US imperialists.

However President KIM IL SUNG was more than a great military commander and a gifted military strategist  who defeated two imperialisms- US and Japanese , he was also a true people’s leader and tender-hearted father of the people who took care of people’s living conditions even in the days of war and also planned for the future of the country .

Although the DPRK was bombed day and night by the US imperialist and everything was blown to smithereens , no one starved to death and there was no one begging or war orphans wandering the streets.  President KIM IL SUNG living a frugal life declaring that   “When the people have to live on foxtail millet, we must also eat foxtail millet.”

 President KIM IL SUNG  had the levels of food rations and consumer goods for industrial workers, technicians and office workers increased, and systematically lowered the prices of goods. It seems unthinkable that prices could be lowered in wartime when in capitalist countries prices increase every day in peacetime.

 I remember reading the 1972 “Short Biography “ of President KIM IL SUNG which recounted how the US imperialists smashed all the soy jars when they occupied a village .On learning about  this President KIM IL SUNG ordered lorryloads of soy sauce as well as rubber shoes  to be sent to the village.

In November 1952 President KIM IL SUNG had  Cabinet Decision No. 203 “On Enforcing Free Medical Care System for the People” adopted and in January 1953 the free medical care system of the DPRK came into effect even in the flames of war . President KIM IL SUNG also made sure that social assistance was organized widely for the families of patriotic martyrs, disabled soldiers and the dependents of the People’s Army soldiers, that schools and orphanages for the children of patriotic martyrs and schools for disabled soldiers were set up in many places, that clothes and food were supplied to the war vic­tims by organizing a rescue commission, and that primary schools and orphanages for the war orphans were established.

Even at the height of the war when the US imperialists were dropping tons of bombs on the DPRK President KIM IL SUNG envisaged the reconstruction of Pyongyang . In January 1951 he instructed that a master plan for the reconstruction of Pyongyang be drawn up . In order to facilitate this President KIM IL SUNG had the Universities re-opened so cadres needed for the reconstruction of Pyongyang could be trained . This is truly remarkable ! Probably no other leader in the world planned reconstruction at the height of a war .

No other leader could both lead his people to victory and at the same time take care of their livelihoods and plan for future reconstruction . We salute President KIM IL SUNG on July 27th Fatherland Liberation War Victory Day !

Chairman Korean Friendship Association UK

Chairman British Group For the Study of the Juche Idea

Hon Secretary General Global Farmy for the Study of KIM JONG UN People’s First Policies

Glory to July 27th Fatherland Liberation War Victory Day !

 

Glory to the 73rd anniversary of the victory of the Korean people in the great Fatherland Liberation War against the US imperialist aggressors !

Under the leadership of President KIM IL SUNG , an ever-victorious iron-willed brilliant commander and gifted military strategist , the Korean people and KPA , inflicted a massive defeat on the US imperialists .

The cheers of victory of July 27th 1953 echo loudly today

Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Department Director of C.C., WPK

Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued the following press statement on July 27:

The ASEAN Regional Forum foreign ministers' meeting, recently held in the Philippines, made public a poor chair's statement distorting the essence of the situation in the Korean peninsula and calling for "complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula".

I express strong dissatisfaction with the forum's undisguised hostile attitude of going along with the U.S. trumpeting about "denuclearization", ignoring the constitution of the DPRK and running counter to it, and resolutely denounce and reject this with the sternest rhetorical expression.

Such an act of the U.S. and its vassal forces to change the status of the DPRK as a nuclear weapons state, permanently settled by its state constitution, only with a piece of document without any legal restraint is nothing but a foolish attempt.

If the ASEAN Regional Forum is to fulfill its mission as a consultative body truly promoting regional peace and security, it should guard against an opportunity and space of being misused as a hired mouthpiece for the U.S.

It is a failure in strategic thinking and logic and a manifestation of a stupid and foolish wild dream to still adhere to the "denuclearization of the Korean peninsula" which had already lost its meaning conceptually and practically.

There will never be a change in the existing situation according to rhetoric or "hope" of any outside force.

The present geopolitical crisis being created by the U.S. and its vassal forces proves once again that national security is an absolutely important matter that can never be entrusted to others.

Resolute and clear is the DPRK's stand that nuclear deterrence is the ultimate shield for national sovereignty and the supreme guarantee for defending sovereignty.

Whatever others may say, the position and significance of existence of the DPRK as a responsible nuclear weapons state to keep the balance of strength and ensure the geopolitical security in and over the Korean peninsula are final and irreversible.

The DPRK's nuclear capability will be updated steadily without a momentary stagnation. -0-

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt Taesong to Mark 73rd Anniversary of Victory in Fatherland Liberation War

 Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt Taesong to Mark 73rd Anniversary of Victory in Fatherland Liberation War

Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade 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 the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt Taesong on July 26 to mark the 73rd anniversary of the victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War.

Present there were members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and other leading officials of the Party, government and armed forces organs, officials of the WPK Central Committee, the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, the Cabinet, commissions, ministries and national agencies and commanding officers of the Korean People's Army.

The KPA guard of honor lined up at the cemetery.

The national anthem of the DPRK was played.

A wreath bearing the august name of Comrade Kim Jong Un was placed at the wreath-laying stand amid the playing of the wreath-laying music.

Wreaths in the name of the WPK Central Committee, the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, the SPA Standing Committee of the DPRK and the Cabinet of the DPRK were laid at the cemetery.

Comrade Kim Jong Un, together with all the participants, paid a silent tribute to the memory of the revolutionary martyrs who devoted their precious lives to the sacred cause for the independence and sovereignty of the country and the defence of its sovereignty and the people's wellbeing and happiness.

There took place a march-past of the KPA guard of honor.

Comrade Kim Jong Un placed flowers before the busts of Kim Chaek, Kang Kon and Choe Hyon on Jujak Peak who made a distinguished contribution to the war victory, with deep reverence for the revolutionaries of the first generation who created and glorified the ever-victorious tradition and history, fighting in the bloody anti-Japanese war and the flames of the Fatherland Liberation War under the leadership of President Kim Il Sung.

He said that the fighters' absolute loyalty to the leader, spirit of devotedly implementing the revolutionary tasks and courageous will without impossibility were developed into the ideological and moral qualities of the defenders of the country in the 1950s and this was the basic foundation that made the victorious wartime generation the most heroic generation of the DPRK and the model of the indomitable Korean people.

He affirmed that the glory of July 27 would continue with greater and more dynamic victory in the course of advance of our cause sacred with great pioneering and succession and that our country associated with the patriotic soul of the forerunners would be prosperous forever as a powerful socialist state.

He paid high tribute to the revolutionary martyrs who created the precious revolutionary spirit and tradition to be handed down to posterity and laid the eternal foundation for the national prosperity, praying for their immortality as a model of brilliant life and struggle for all the successive generations of the DPRK and a mainstay of their firm faith. -0-

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery on Occasion of V-Day

Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) -- All the people and service personnel of the Korean People's Army in the DPRK significantly celebrate July 27, a symbol of heroism and invincibility of the DPRK, paying high tribute to the honorable first defenders of the state and creators of the precious tradition of victory shining as the gold star of immortality along with the honor of the great victor nation.

The respected Comrade 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 the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery on July 26 on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of the war victory.

Comrade Kim Jong Un gladly met with war veterans and warmly wished them good health and long life.

Present there were members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK and other leading officials of the Party, government and armed forces organs, war veterans, persons of wartime merits, bereaved families of war martyrs, students of revolutionary schools and Pyongyangites.

The guard of honor of the Korean People's Army lined up at the cemetery.

Comrade Kim Jong Un placed a flower at the memorial "Soul of Heroes" and paid high tribute, praying for immortality of the martyrs who recorded the first page of the defence of the country, adding majestic shine to the dignity of heroic Korea with their precious blood in the first period of the foundation of the state.

A gun salute was fired in memory of the Fatherland Liberation War martyrs.

Comrade Kim Jong Un went round the cemetery.

He said that although many years have passed since the ceasefire of the war, the great victory won by the young DPRK in the cradle to devotedly defend not only the dignity and sovereignty of the state but also the global peace and security in a heavy and hot war against the U.S. imperialists, the chieftain of imperialism, and their followers is shining as the most eye-opening and signal victory and eternal biography of heroes unprecedented in the human history of wars.

He stressed that the miracle of July 27 won by the ordinary army and people on this land with ardent love and indomitable might should be the precious ideological and moral wealth and infinite latent energy of the Korean revolution to be invariably and thoroughly carried forward regardless of the replacement of generations and the growing gains of the revolution in the long journey of building a power.

He affirmed that our cause of building a rich country with a strong army would emerge victorious when we always remember the worthwhile spirit of self-respect, matchless stubbornness and noble self-sacrificing spirit displayed by the wartime generation who pioneered the heroic history of the Republic with their blood and remain faithful to their intention and will.

The participants laid flowers at the graves of the martyrs, recalling the brilliant names and images and heroic lives of the martyrs and praying for their immortality.

Fireworks were displayed in the sky of July as a manifestation of respects to the immortal and legendary feats of the sung and unsung war martyrs.

The heroic merits of the participants in the Fatherland Liberation War and their immortal exploits, recorded in the revolutionary history of our people with the brilliant gold letters, will be handed down to posterity. -0-

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Cemetery of CPV Fallen Soldiers on Occasion of 73rd Anniversary of Victory in Fatherland Liberation War

                                            

                                           

Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade 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 the Cemetery of the Fallen Soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers in Hoechang County of South Phyongan Province on July 26 on the occasion of the 73rd anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War and paid high tribute to the fallen soldiers.

He was accompanied by Jo Yong Won, Kim Song Nam and Ju Chang Il, secretaries of the C.C., WPK, Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the DPRK, No Kwang Chol, minister of National Defence, and Pak Jong Chon, adviser to the Ministry of National Defence.

The guard of honor of the Korean People's Army lined up at the cemetery.

The national anthems of the People's Republic of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea were played.

A wreath in the name of Comrade Kim Jong Un was laid at the cemetery.

Comrade Kim Jong Un paid a silent tribute to the memory of the fallen soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers.

Then he visited the grave of Mao Anying at the cemetery. He placed a flower at the grave and paid homage.

The ennobling soul and self-sacrificing spirit of the brave CPV soldiers, who shed their blood to assist the DPRK people in the war of justice in the most difficult and fateful years, are clearly associated with the victory won by the DPRK people and they are shining as the foundation for the DPRK-China friendship with socialism as its core.

The DPRK people will never forget the merits and heroic feats of the excellent sons and daughters of the Chinese people who unsparingly dedicated their hot blood and precious lives, fighting shoulder to shoulder with our army and people in the same trench of the unprecedented death-defying struggle for repelling the imperialists' invasion. -0-

 

From Voice of Korea-History and Tradition of Victory

From Voice of Korea.

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History and Tradition of Victory

  The Korean people celebrate July 27 as the great V-Day every year.

  The history of war victory of heroic Korea created in the 1950s under the outstanding leadership of the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung, founder of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is shining all the more thanks to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the DPRK.

History of War Victory

  The Korean War ignited by the US imperialists on June 25, 1950 was a war of aggression to stifle the young DPRK in the cradle and realize their ambition for world domination.

  It is called the Fatherland Liberation War in the DPRK.

  In the past Fatherland Liberation War, the Korean people inflicted an ignominious defeat upon the US imperialists in hearty response to the outstanding military ideas and strategy of Comrade Kim Il Sung.

  Lecturer Hwang Ryon at the Korean Revolution Museum said that during the war, Comrade Kim Il Sung presented outstanding military ideas, and bold and mysterious strategies, tactics and war methods of Korean style and applied them skilfully, and continued:

  "The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung presented outstanding military ideas and war methods including the idea on transforming the Fatherland Liberation War into an all-people war, the idea on ensuring definite politico-ideological and strategic and tactical upper hand of the army in the whole course of the war, the idea on meeting the material demand of war by our own efforts, large-unit and small-unit activities, regular warfare, guerrilla warfare, mountain warfare and night warfare.

  The Juche-oriented military ideas and war methods of his nullified the upper hand of the US imperialists in number and military technique and enabled the Korean people to win victory."

  The original war methods of Korean style were created by the outstanding military ideas, strategies and tactics of Comrade Kim Il Sung, including the aircraft-hunting team movement, tank hunters' team movement, tunnels warfare and the position warfare, which could not be found in the history of world wars.

  Comrade Kim Il Sung brought about the victory in the war with his love for and trust in the people and the service personnel of the People's Army.

  With the theory that the people and service personnel are the performers of war and the Supreme Commander exists for them, he had a rest home built worrying about the health of soldiers fighting on the heights and took measures to enforce the universal free medical care system for the people.

  Thanks to his love and trust, the brave soldiers of the People's Army blocked the enemy's pillboxes with their chests and became human bombs to destroy the enemy's tanks, displaying matchless heroism.

  Those days since the fireworks of war victory were set off were the history of fireless war of the DPRK against all the hostile forces including the US imperialists.

  In the 1990s which was recorded as the period of ordeals in the history of the DPRK, the US-led imperialist allied forces made more desperate efforts than ever before to isolate and suffocate the DPRK, loudly talking about the so-called "theory of its collapse".

  In those days, the great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il defended the country with his original Songun (military-first) politics.

  Thanks to his unusual military wisdom and matchless courage and confidence, the destiny of the country could be safeguarded and the history of victory of the DPRK go on.

  Today the history and tradition of victory of the DPRK are successfully carried forward by the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, another iron-willed, brilliant commander.

Tradition of Victory Will Be Eternal

  The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un is energetically leading the people, service personnel of the People's Army and the coming generations to steadily carry forward the noble soul and spirit of the great victorious wartime generation.

  He made public famous works and thus provided a great programme for invariably carrying forward the tradition of victory won by the victorious wartime generation and made the whole country pulsate with the spirit of defending the country.

  He armed the coming generations with the heroic fighting spirit displayed by the army and people in the Fatherland Liberation War and saw that they could inherit the spirit generation after generation, lecturer An Yon Mi at the Korean Revolution Museum said and continued:

  "When he visited the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un said the spirit of defending the country, whose core is the spirit of resolutely defending the leader, the spirit of patriotism and the heroic spirit of self-sacrifice displayed by the service personnel of the People's Army during the Fatherland Liberation War, is the most valuable ideological and spiritual heritage the new generations should inherit. And he stressed that the people, service personnel of the People's Army and the new generations should keep the spirit of defending the country and mass heroism displayed in the 1950s as a precious ideological and spiritual wealth and carry them forward generation after generation."

  Comrade Kim Jong Un had the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum built into a monument of the times so that the history and tradition of victory in the great years could be handed down as a valuable revolutionary legacy of Juche Korea forever.

  He came out to the spot to choose the site for the museum and took necessary measures ranging from the designing to the formation of construction forces and the supply of materials. Examining the historic relics and other exhibits to be displayed at the museum, he ascertained the historic materials.

  Afterwards, he came to the construction site several times and led all the elements to be completed on the highest level so that the visitors could have a deeper understanding of the outstanding military wisdom and Juche-oriented tactics of Comrade Kim Il Sung.

  He made it a tradition to invite the representatives of war veterans to Pyongyang and significantly celebrate the V-Day every year.

  He put forward the victorious wartime generation as the most heroic generation who laid the firm foundation of the DPRK even in the tempest of history and as models of the great and indomitable Korean people.

  He invited to the Eighth Conference of War Veterans the lecturers in the field of preserving revolutionary relics related to the war victory and led them to discharge their mission as powerful disseminators and educators infusing the people, service personnel and rising generations with the heroic fighting spirit and traits of the great years as the eternal soul.

  Comrade Kim Jong Un presented it as the general line of building the revolutionary armed forces to make the People's Army the ever-victorious one, so that the tradition of victory could be invariably carried forward.

  He put forward the idea on three elements of the armed forces--service personnel, arms and ideology--and gave a definition that ideology is the core element defining character, aspect and might of the armed forces.

  He guided the military drills of the large combined units of the People's Army on the spot, giving invincible wisdom and courage to the service personnel.

  A rapid progress was made in the strengthening of the defence capabilities under his energetic guidance.

  Comrade Kim Jong Un accomplished the historic cause of completing the state nuclear forces and strengthened and developed the DPRK into a military power any hostile forces dare not challenge.

  The line of simultaneous building of the economy and nuclear forces, the adoption of the policy of strengthening the nuclear forces as part of the constitution and the absolute weaponry intensively representing the progressiveness, modernity and heroism of the state show that the tradition of victory won by the victorious wartime generation goes on in the powerful country no formidable enemy can invade.

  The immortal exploits performed by Comrade Kim Il Sung for victory in the war and the tradition of victory created by the participants in the Fatherland Liberation War serve as the most valuable ideological and spiritual treasure to the new generations.

  The brilliant history of war victory of the DPRK shows that the history of victory is great and the tradition of victory is eternal only under the guidance of an outstanding leader.