UK KFA statement on the 81st anniversary of the foundation of the Korean People's Army

UK KOREAN FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION

London 25th of April 2013

         Today the 25th of April is the 81st anniversary of the Korean People's Army. It was founded in 1932,deep in the forests of Manchuria by the great leader President Kim Il Sung , as the Korean People's Revolutionary Army. It became the Korean People's Army in February 1948 when it was transformed into regular standing army to defend the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
from imperialist incursion and invasion.
                 The foundation of the KPA  as the KPRA in 1932 marked the birth of the first people's armed force in Korea. The KPA was and is distinguished from the armies of imperialist countries because it is a people's army composed of the sons and daughters of the workers and peasants. It protects the lives of the people and their independence  It is also distinguished from other armies because it is based on Juche and self-reliance.
                              The KPA under the command of the great leader generalissimo Kim Il Sung fought two severe revolutionary wars , first against Japanese imperialism in the 1930s and 1940s and then against Yankee imperialism in the 1950s. It faced down the continuous provocations of US imperialism throughout the period following the Korean war . Under the command of generalissimo Kim Jong Il it won victory in the 'war without gunshots' against the US imperialists in the 1990s and 2000s.
                                 Now the KPA under the command of dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un is defending the independence of the DPRK and its socialist system against all manner of threat, provocation and pressure by US imperialism and other  imperialists.
Seeing the grand parade of the Korean People's Army on April 15th 2012  UK KFA believes that the leadership of dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un the
 KPA  is sure to triumph and win final victory.

UK KFA