Report of Online Meeting of UK KFA and the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea 12.04.2020

On the 12th of April the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea , the UK Korean Friendship Association and the Association for the Study of Songun Politics together with KFA branches from other countries held an online meeting to mark the 108th anniversary of the birth of the great leader President KIM IL SUNG. The meeting was participated in by people from Britain , Ireland , Australia , Greece,  Serbia Slovenia and USA .
   Greetings to the meeting were received from the Brazilian Centre for the Study of Songun Politics and a speech from KFA Brazil
  Dr Dermot Hudson chairman of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea and Chairman of UK KFA introduced the meeting by stressing the importance of the birth anniversary of the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG  and recalled being in the DPRK for the 100th anniversary of the birth of President KIM IL SUNG and the World Juche Congress and attending the military parade on April 15th at which respected Marshal KIM JONG UN spoke for the first time in publoc . Shaun Pickford also recalled seeing respected Marshal KIM JONG UN speak and also wave at the crowd . Comrade Pickford noted that unlike leader of capitalist countries , respected Marshal KIM JONG UN is close to the people.
   A representative of KFA Australia said that President KIM IL SUNG was the great leader who fought for independence and built socialism in the land of Korea . He also pointed out that the DPRK is a country free from Covid 19.
The Chairman of the Juche Idea Study Group of Ireland said that "
"On the 15th April 1912 a Revolutionary Hero was born, a man who would change the world and face up to imperialism with his legacy being everlasting, and an inspiration to everyone around the world.
President KIM IL SUNG led a heroic and victorious battle in the battle against Japanese imperialism in Korea.  Further in President KIM IL SUNG’s life he would establish the Korean People’s Army (KPA) and lead the heroic and victorious battle against the united states imperialists"

A representative of the KFAUSA brought the greetings of KFAUSA to the meeting and said that he respected the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG  . He said he met DPRK students studying whilst studying at Beijing University and joined with them in paying respect to the great leader President KIM IL SUNG .

The chairman of KFA Serbia said " Kim Il Sung will forever stay in hearts and minds of the Korean people as a founder of a true Korean People’s Republic, liberating Korean people and severing chains of working masses by implementing self-reliance in the building of Korean socialism, making the DPRK an independent power, where Korean people have all the power to build their country independently in their own way. Long live the memory of Great Leader Kim Il Sung and long live the true People’s Republic he founded!"

A member of KFA Greece praised President KIM IL SUNG and the Juche idea  , also the fact that the DPRK has no Covid 19 .

The speech of a regional representative of KFA Brazil was read by Dr Dermot Hudson , it said in part " In times of coronavirus, the inexhaustible splendor of Kim Il Sung, the Sun that illuminates  the way forward until independence, gives humanity the hope and courage to face these days and to take charge of their destiny in their own hands, to finally free themselves from capitalism and build a world in which the life of the people comes first and they plays their role as owner and shaper of everything"

Dr Dermot Hudson spoke about the life and revolutionary activities of the great leader President KIM IL SUNG . He said that President KIM IL SUNG was born into a poor and humble family who were also a family of great Korean patriots . Dr Hudson recalled visiting the birthplace of President KIM IL SUNG at Mangyondae . President KIM IL SUNG always believed in relying on the people and authored the Juche idea .He freed Korea from the rule of Japanese imperialism and built a socialist paradise with free housing , free health  , free education and no taxation . He also played a great role in the international revolutionary movement , meeting leaders such as Stalin, Mao , Che  and Fidel . He also campaigned energetically for the reunification of Korea.

The meeting discussed ways of improving the work of the Juche Idea Study and UK KFA , there was an experience of different experiences.

A message to respected Marshal KIM JONG UN was adopted.

Meeting concluded at 17.30 hours