When the Farmers of Korea Became Master of the Land ! -Special Article by Dr Dermot Hudson

Today 5th of March is a most historic and significant day in People ‘s Korea . 80 years on the 5th of March 1946 President KIM IL SUNG led the Provisional People’s Committee of North Korea (PPCNK ) adopt the Law on Agrarian Reform , a fundamental measure which completely changed forever  the balance of wealth and power in the northern part of Korea.

The Agrarian Reform of People’s Korea  was a most thorough and revolutionary one . All land owned by absentee landlords or over 5 hectares in size was confiscated without compensation being paid to the former landlords and was distributed to the people free of charge. Thus  1 million hectares of land possessed by the Japanese imperialists and their stooges and landlords were distributed to poor peasants and farmhands of 720 000 households free of charge.

Unlike other countries including some socialist countries there was zero compensation for former landlords and the land was distributed to  peasants completely  free of charge . Some neo-colonial countries failed miserably to carry land reform in the interests of the ordinary people. For example in Kenya the ‘willing selling , willing buyer ‘ principle was enforced  meaning that the land owned by the former colonialists remained in their hands.

The Agrarian Reform in People’s Korea smashed feudalism and landlordism at one stroke instead of gradual ,piecemeal reforms.The Law was carried out at lighting speed , it was stipulated that it should be carried by the end of March and the law carried out within the time span of 20 days , an amazing achievement. Centuries of oppression and exploitation by the feudal landlords vanished within a few weeks .he working farmers , the poor peasants of the northern half of Korea became masters of the land and masters of their fate.

The Agrarian Reform in People’s Korea not only freed the working farmers from exploitation , oppression and poverty but broke the shackles on the agricultural productive forces .

The Agrarian Reform paved the way for the socialist transformation of agriculture over the Fatherland Liberation War in the 1950s . Today People’s Korea is a socialist country and is one of the most egalitarian countries in the world . Everything is owned by the people and there are no rich and poor . There is free medical care, free education and virtually free housing . Income differentials are very low , in fact probably the lowest in the world.

Many countries even developed ones  failed to achieve a far -reaching and fundamental land reform .In the UK today it is a fact that most of the land is owned by big landowners, monopoly capitalist corporations and property companies and banks . A ‘Guardian ‘ article from 2019 stated that in the UK half of the land is owned by less than 1 percent of the population. The semi-feudal leasehold system remains in the UK; attempts to even make minor reforms to it have failed miserably . Thus People’s Korea succeeded where others failed .

Today the farmers of People’s Korea , the socialist paradise , celebrate 80 years being the master of the land.

Dr Dermot Hudson

Chairman Korean Friendship Association of UK

Chairman British Group For The Study of the Juche Idea

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

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Inspects Destroyer Choe Hyon

Pyongyang, March 5 (KCNA) -- 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, inspected the Destroyer Choe Hyon on March 3 and 4 to observe its crew members' combat and political training and the shakedown for assessing its operational executive capability.

Accompanying him were Jo Chun Ryong, secretary of the WPK Central Committee, Kim Jong Sik, first vice department director of the WPK Central Committee, Senior Vice Admiral Pak Kwang Sop, commander of the Navy of the Korean People's Army, and officials in the warship-building sector.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was greeted by the leading officials of the Nampho Shipyard on the spot on March 3.

He mounted the Destroyer Choe Hyon to inspect the situation of the sailors' operation of the destroyer and the process of the shakedown for assessing the destroyer's performance and operational executive capabilities.

He praised the sailors of the destroyer for having achieved successes in the new year combat and political drill for perfectly acquiring the military and technological qualifications, the level of which was set by the Party Central Committee for the operation of the new-type destroyer.

On the destroyer he acquainted himself with the sailors' preparedness for controlling warship and handling various weapon systems.

A shakedown cruise took place in his presence that day to estimate the maneuverability of the destroyer.

The crew members of the destroyer were filled with high confidence of carrying out the shakedown under his supervision.

Kim Jong Un highly appreciated that the maneuverability of the warship meets the requirements of operational performance and the warship control system is excellent.

Expressing satisfaction over the smooth tests of all systems of the destroyer for its commissioning for operations, he said:

"The tests of operational efficiency of the new-type destroyer, a new symbol of sea defence capability of our state, are going on smoothly as planned.

This is an appraisal, from another point of view, of the advantages of the design of the vessel.

Every year during the new five-year plan period we must build two surface warships of this class or of a higher class, and correctly implement the gigantic plan of increasing the fighting strength of surface warships.

Ensuring the concentrated and sustained character of the capability of the national defence economy is a major guarantee for the implementation of this plan.

We have sufficient potentials, i.e., powerful researchers group and shipbuilding industry.

Our Navy's forces for attacking from under and above water will grow rapidly.

The arming of the Navy with nuclear weapons is making satisfactory progress.

All these successes constitute a radical change in defending our maritime sovereignty, something that we have not achieved for half a century.

Our Navy will have a powerful offensive capability, which is, in effect, a capability for defending ourselves.

If any forces are apprehensive about our efforts to build up our defence capabilities, this means that they are precisely our enemy.

I will have a strongest navy built.

As I have stressed before, I am sure that the course of implementing the national defence development plan for the coming five years will be a course of transforming once again the structure of our armed forces; we will build reliable defence capability.

We will guarantee the defence of national sovereignty, not in spoken or written words, but through capability for real actions and through practice."

Reiterating the goals to be attained by the warship-building industry in the period for implementing the five-year plan, he specified the state-sponsored measures to be taken to modernize the Navy and a series of tasks such as intensified cooperation between the Second Economy Commission and the national defence scientific research group.

He oversaw a sea-to-surface strategic cruise missile test launch conducted on the warship on March 4.

He said that the test was an important core element in estimating the operational capabilities of the warship.

The test launch was successfully carried out.

He expressed great satisfaction at the sailors' very good readiness for a strategic attack.

He said that such a demonstration of great power is not only a clear expression of the will to defend the national sovereignty based on firm self-confidence but also a responsible exercise of its war deterrent.

That day he inspected the third Choe Hyon-class destroyer under construction at the shipyard.

He highly praised and encouraged the workers of the shipyard, renowned for its tradition and might of self-reliance as a reliable large-scale warship-building base of the country, and the technicians and officials in the warship-building sector, who are striving with high morale to successfully build another Choe Hyon-class destroyer until the birthday of the WPK this year, when its historic Congress was held, by further enhancing the spirit they displayed in making a breakthrough in implementing the historic cause of rapidly turning the country into a maritime power of the 21st century through the building of the first new-generation multi-purpose destroyer.

Saying that the officials and workers in the warship-building sector should faithfully uphold the Party's line of building a military power with the completion of powerful new-type warships, he called for making strenuous progress of uninterrupted innovations and consecutive leaps forward to accelerate the dramatic transformation of the Navy.

His inspection of the destroyer and the shipyard served as a significant occasion for signaling that the strategic plan of the Party Central Committee, aimed at gradual and qualitative strengthening of the naval forces that will shoulder the crucial mission in carrying out the national defense strategy and exercising the war deterrent, has begun demonstrating its might through actual development. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.03.05.)

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Oversees Shooting Contest of KPA Snipers

Pyongyang, March 5 (KCNA) -- A shooting contest of snipers from Korean People's Army units at all levels took place at the Pyongyang Training Base No. 60 under the Capital City Defence Corps on March 3 to mark the Sniper's Day of the KPA.

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, oversaw the contest.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was accompanied by Jo Yong Won, Kim Jae Ryong and Ri Il Hwan, members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK, and other major leading cadres.

He was greeted on the spot by commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence and military and political commanding officers of the KPA large combined units.

The contest was aimed at steadily improving the marksmanship of snipers whose role is more highly valued in modern battlefields.

It was attended by snipers selected from the special operations units of different services of the KPA and its large combined units at all levels.

In the contest, the special operations brigade of the Air Force came first, the 4th Corps second and the 1st Corps third.

It was followed by demonstration shootings by snipers of the Company of Snipers under the Operations Bureau of the General Staff. Then combatants of the special operations units gave a demonstration of their might.

Saying that the combat capability and role of snipers are more highly valued in the composition of our armed forces, Kim Jong Un noted that it is an essential requirement for implementing the Party's line of building a powerful army and modernizing it to bring about a rapid and qualitative change in enhancing the combat capability of snipers in conformity with the developing aspects and trend of modern warfare.

He said that it is very important to frequently organize drills under the simulated conditions of an actual war and shooting contests which will give rise to the spirit of emulation among the units in order to train all the snipers of the KPA units at all levels into crack shots capable of dealing a fatal blow to the enemy in any weather and seasonal conditions and day and night.

Noting that the crack-shot marksmanship should be a symbol and feature of the matchless combat capability of the Korean People's Army, he gave important guidelines for training a-match-for-a-hundred all-round snipers well-versed in the Juche-oriented marksmanship. -0-

 

Decision of Standing Committee of DPRK SPA

Pyongyang, March 4 (KCNA) -- A central election committee was organized for the election of deputies to the 15th Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

According to a decision of the SPA Standing Committee issued on March 3, the central election committee was formed with Kim Hyong Sik as its chairman, Jon Kyong Chol as vice-chairman, Ko Kil Son as secretary general, and Jang Chang Hyok, Han Yong Guk, Pang Tu Sop, Kim Kum Chol, Ri Myong Guk, Mun Chol, Han Jong Hyok, Jon Hyang Sun, Pak Hui Chol and Jon Song Min as members. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.03.04.)

Decision of SPA Standing Committee of DPRK

Pyongyang, March 4 (KCNA) -- The Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea announced its decision on holding the election of deputies to the SPA of the DPRK.

According to the decision issued on March 3, the election of deputies to the 15th SPA will be held on March 15, 2026 in accordance with Article 90 of the Constitution of the DPRK. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.03.04.)

BGSJI and KFA UK on International Women's Day

    BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA

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       London  4  of March 2026
The British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea (BGSJI) and the Korean Friendship Association of the UK ( KFA UK) issued the following joint statement on the occasion of International Working Women's Day on the 8th of March ;
                                                                     

On the 8th of March it will be International Working Women's Day. The 8th of March, International Women's Day is celebrated throughout the globe, however, it only has real meaning in Juche Korea led by dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN. In Juche Korea, women enjoy real equality. On the 30th of July 1946, the Law on Sexual Equality was passed and  Article 77 of the DPRK Socialist Constitution states ". Women are accorded equal social status and rights with men. The State shall afford special protection to mothers and children by providing maternity leave, reduced working hours for mothers with several children, a wide network of maternity hospitals, creches and kindergartens, and other measures. The State shall provide all conditions for women to play their full roles in society." More legalisation guaranteeing women's rights was passed later on.
  The great leader President KIM IL SUNG defined women as one of the two wheels of the revolutionary chariot, without them there can be no revolution.
  In Juche Korea, prostitution was abolished in 1946,. There is no pornography, no sex industry nor
Western style 'sexual culture' that degrades women.
  People's Korea is a model of true Juche-orientated women's liberation!

We congratulate all women friends of People's Korea on International Women's Day.

LONG LIVE INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN'S DAY.
BGSJI
KFA UK 

                                            
                                             

         
   

BGSJI and KFA UK on the 9th Congress of the Workers Party of Korea .

 BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA

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                  London  2nd of March 2026
   The British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea  (BGSJI),  and the  Korean Friendship Association of the UK(KFA UK ) issued the following joint statement hailing the successful holding of the 9th Congress of the Workers Party of Korea ;

                                           

The Workers Party of Korea (WPK) , the supreme general staff of the Korean revolution , held its 9th Congress from the 19th of February to the 25th of February  .The Congress was attended by 5,000 delegates and 2,000 observers making it a very large scale political event . The Congress re-elected respected comrade KIM JONG UN as General Secretary of the WPK and elected a new Central leadership which included comrade Kim Yo Jong .

The 9th Congress reviewed the achievements of the past five years since the 8th Congress of the WPK in January 2021. Under the difficult conditions of intense sanctions by the imperialists , the global health crisis and repeated natural disasters as well as an increasingly unstable international situation , the DPRK made significant achievements such as the building of 50,000  new homes in Pyongyang and 110,000 news homes in the rural areas . The 20 x10 Regional Development policy has been rolled out .  Additionally many health , cultural and leisure facilities have been created  Self-reliance has been increased on a scientific and planned basis.

As pointed out by the Korean Central News Agency " The expanded policies for the people clearly show the advantages of the socialist system in our country, which attaches importance to the popular and people-oriented ones, and prove the truth and vitality of our Party's people-first politics."

Great success was made in the work of enhancing the national defence capacity of the DPRK including the integration of the state nuclear policy of the DPRK into the Constitution of the DPRK meaning that the DPRK;s nuclear status is completely irreversible which is a powerful deterrent to war and which safeguards the independence of the DPRK and the socialist system . As stated in the report of the Congress "The DPRK's nuclear force is now fulfilling its mission of physically and strongly deterring any war of aggression in a responsible manner.".

The past five years have also seen the expansion of the DPRK's international relations with many successes been registered in that field.

Looking forward to the next five years respected comrade KIM JONG UN called for the Party to " to consistently adhere to the principle of resolving all problems by dint of ideology and the spiritual strength of the masses and wage a more vigorous struggle against all sorts of negative phenomena going against the people-first principle."

Thus the WPK will adhere to its tried and tested line of prioritising ideological work as well as struggling against anything that goes against the people-first principle . Indeed in his concluding speech respected comrade KIM JONG UN strongly emphasised the line of the three revolutions -ideological , cultural and technical -saying that  "These three revolutions are our Party’s general line in building socialism." . The three revolutions including the ideological revolution will be stepped up during the forthcoming period.

The DPRK's nuclear force will also be strengthened during the coming five year period .At the same time the conventional forces of the DPRK will be strengthened.

The 9th Congress also discussed the international situation . Respected comrade KIM JONG UN noted that " The world realizes though belatedly that as long as imperialism exists, international law and order are nothing but meaningless empty commitments and that the just advocacy of law and order alone can defend nothing.

It is the truth proved by the present world and the law-governed principle in the international arena dominated by the gangster-like logic of jungle law that strength respects strength and to arm oneself with such powerful force as nuclear weapons is the only means capable of putting an end to the imperialist ambition for aggression."

Moreover  comrade KIM JONG UN said that "Whether it is peaceful coexistence or eternal confrontation, we are prepared for everything, and that choice is not made by us.

We have long prepared ourselves to deal with the hostile entity, the U.S., and will, in the future, too, more courageously and intensively carry out what we have done so far to better prepare for all forms of challenges that can be inferred."

It was reaffirmed that the ROK is the no 1 hostile state . Comrade KIM JONG UN pointed out that "The possibility of the ROK's complete collapse in the extension of the action cannot be ruled out."

To conclude the 9th Congress of the Workers Party of Korea laid down a militant and dynamic fighting programme which will led the DPRK into the next decade and to greater victories in the Juche revolution

We congratulate the WPK on the successful holding of the 9th Congress of the WPK and support the programme that has been set out at the Congress.

Long Live the Workers Party of Korea !

BGSJI

KFA UK