Report of Meeting of the Juche Idea Study Group of England and UK KFA -Report back from Juche Korea ' 02.11.2019

                                         

The Juche Idea Study Group of England , UK Korean Friendship Association and Association held a very successful meeting on the 2nd of November at 1400 hours to hear a report-back of the recent delegation of the Juche Idea Study Group of England , Juche Idea Study Group of Scotland and UK KFA to the DPRK, the land of Juche . The meeting was held in the Lucas Arms , Kings Cross , London and was attended by members of the JISGE , UK KFA and ASSPUK , also members and activists from political parties.
  Dr Dermot Hudson Chairman of the Juche Idea Study Group of England and UK KFA Chairman, opened the meeting saying it was very important to increase solidarity with People's Korea by visiting it and that seeing once is better than hearing a thousand times.
 Speaking about his visit to the DPRK  he said that " Hostile propaganda claims that Pyongyang is a “city of the elite” but in fact Pyongyang has a number of factories and a lot of industrial workers live in Pyongyang as well shop assistants , waitresses, drivers , cleaners and also retired people. We sat in the garden outside the Munsu Water Park and saw many old people sitting down relaxing .We went up the famous Moran Hill which afforded us an excellent view of Pyongyang City . Walking around the Moran Hill we saw many Korean people strolling around in a carefree manner .....
 Visiting the DPRK for the 18th time I saw that the DPRK is prospering under the banner of self-reliance thanks to the leadership of the dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN .The prices in the hotel shop were the same as  September 2018 and the price of a Pyongyang Metro ticket  is stable at 5 won which is the same price as  September 2012 . I became even more convinced of the correctness and validity of the Juche idea .

 I was sorry to leave the DPRK , I would have liked to have stayed for a few more days if not weeks and months. Coming back to London I saw homeless sleeping on the floor just outside of Charing Cross underground station. In the DPRK we did not see a single person sleeping on the streets or in the Metro station. The contrast between the two systems is a stark and graphic one"
                                     

James Taylor UK KFA Communications Secretary said " the 74 th anniversary of the WPK was celebrated on October 10th, and we paid a visit to the Party Foundation Museum, where I was most pleased to see photos of Marx, Lenin and Stalin hanging in one of the main meeting rooms, and to the Workers Party Monument in central Pyongyang, an impressive and large structure decorated with murals depicting scenes from the Korean revolution. The surrounding area had a small park and a water feature, and despite being in the centre of Pyongyang was very quiet and relaxing. While on the subject of Pyongyang, it’s worth mentioning that we saw women riding bikes, disabled people, and even got stuck in the occasional traffic jam! Shocking news indeed for anyone who thought it was a ghost city where people only left the house to look busy when foreign tourists were around. In response to recent NK News stories, we also didn’t see anyone taking drugs or clearly on drugs. But for NK News, researching the facts of a story appears to be a major inconvenience not to be bothered with, as we at KFA have found out. Anyway, back to Pyongyang - we also travelled once more on the beautiful Pyongyang Metro, with its very ornate stations, travelling beyond the touristy two stops all the way to the recently refurbished Kaeson station. Yes, the Pyongyang Metro has more than two stops and appears to be fully operational as well! The stations were clean and Kaeson even included shops before the main entrance. We exited at Kaeson to explore the Arch of Triumph and enjoyed impressive views across the city from the top. "

A lively question and answer session followed .

Dr Dermot Hudson spoke about the 25th anniversary of the publication of "Socialism Is A Science " by the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL saying that "
I can remember reading this work with great excitement when it was first published in 1994 . At the time socialism in a number of countries had been frustrated and many communist parties were a poor state. The bourgeois imperialist mass media were trumpeting about the ‘collapse of communism ‘ ,”end of socialism “ and even the “end of history “ Many communists were sunk in disillusionment and others turned to dogmatism or nostalgia politics. However the great leader comrade
KIM JONG IL cut through the fog of confusion and disillusion by publishing  “Socialism Is A Science “ and many other excellent works."

Shaun Pickford the general of the JISGE said that the publication of "Socialism Is A Science " 25 years ago was a great event and that the publication of the work upheld socialist ideology/

The meeting discussed DPRK-US relations .

Dr Hudson said that the visits of respected Marshal KIM JONG UN  to Mt Paektu and Mt Kumgang  were events of great importance and supported the decision to remove south Korean buildings from Mt Kumgang .
                                     

An exhibition of publications from the DPRK  including new material and the works of President
KIM IL SUNG, Chairman KIM JONG IL and Marshal KIM JONG UN was held arousing a great interest .

Excellent refreshments were served.

Meeting concluded at 1700 hours .