ASSPUK, BGSJI, UK KFA and BSCPRKP support statement of Spokesperson for the National Coordination Committee for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea:

ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF SONGUN POLITICS UK
 email juche007@yahoo.co.uk
                                 
                                             

                                       London 30th of May Juche 109(2020)

 The Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK(ASSPUK), the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea (BGSJI) , UK Korean Friendship Association (UK KFA ) and the British Solidarity Committee for Peace and Reunification on the Korean Peninsula(BSCPRKP)   issued the following joint statement in support of the statement of the Spokesperson for the National Coordination Committee for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea:
  The Spokesperson for the National Coordination Committee for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (a body set by the DPRK to counter money-laundering in accordance with international law ) issued a statement concerning the US  allegations about 'cyber threat ' from the DPRK .
   This is just another malicious twist to the massive propaganda campaign  against People 's Korea involving false accusations about   nukes, missiles, “human rights”, “sponsoring of terrorism” and “money laundering.”. It is misinformation aimed at tarnishing the image of the DPRK and slandering Juche-based .
  As clarified by the spokesperson of National Coordination Committee for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism of the DPRK , the DPRK has nothing to do with cyber threats . It has been proved by international experts that the DPRK was not involved in cases of cyber warfare.
 Moreover it is our belief that the USA is making these kind of false allegations in order divert attention from the deep internal crisis of the US and the chaos that is consuming the US .

ASSPUK
BGSJI
UK KFA
BSCPRKP

Answer of Spokesperson for DPRK Foreign Ministry

Pyongyang, May 30 (KCNA) -- A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) gave the following answer to a question put by KCNA on May 30, concerning the decision made at the meeting of National People's Congress of China on enacting the law to safeguard the state security in Hong Kong.

It is a legitimate step that China has adopted a decision for establishing and perfecting a legal system and an enforcement mechanism based on the Constitution of China and the Basic Law of Hong Kong with the purpose of safeguarding the state security in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at the Third Session of the 13th National People's Congress.

In recent years, a grave situation is being created in Hong Kong, which leads to threatening the principle of "One Country, Two Systems" and the national security of China. This is the product of a plot by the outside force and its vassal forces which seek the division and disintegration of China by tarnishing the image of socialist country and fomenting and escalating a social disorder.

Since Hong Kong issue is an issue pertaining thoroughly to the internal affairs of China, any country or force has no rights to say this or that about the issue. We categorically oppose and reject the outside interference detrimental to the security and the social and economic development of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is an inseparable territory where the sovereignty of People's Republic of China is exercised and its Constitution is applied.

We fully support the measures taken by the Party and government of China for safeguarding the sovereignty, security and territorial integrity of the country and achieving stability and prosperity of Hong Kong based on the policy of "One Country, Two Systems". -

Press Statement by Spokesperson for the National Coordination Committee for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Recently, the United States is letting loose an unheard-of vociferation about “cyber threat” from the DPRK.

We know well that the ulterior intention of the United States is to tarnish the image of our state and create a moment for provoking us by employing a new leverage called “cyber threat” together with the issues of nukes, missiles, “human rights”, “sponsoring of terrorism” and “money laundering.”

The previous incidents of cyber-attack which the U.S. had linked to us were clearly proven to be the acts of international hackers, and even the experts in the U.S. have officially admitted them.

It is none other than the U.S. that does not hesitate to abuse even the modern civilization – the creation of humankind – as a means of plots and fabrications in a bid to taint the countries of their “disliking” with all sorts of slanders and disgrace.

Such farce by the U.S. is nothing new to us.

To put it clearly, our state has nothing to do at all with what is claimed by the U.S. to be a “cyber threat.”

The U.S. should be clearly aware that worthless and worn-out plots and fabrications invented continuously by themselves will no longer work against the international community.

Pyongyang, May 28, Juche109(2020)

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Receives Congratulatory Letter from Chongryon

Pyongyang, May 29 (KCNA) -- Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un received a congratulatory letter from the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) on May 25 on the occasion of its 65th birth anniversary.

The letter paid tribute to President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on behalf of all the Chongryon officials and other Koreans in Japan and extended the greatest glory and warm thanks to Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.

It said that the past 65 years covered by Chongryon were a praiseworthy and glorious period when it provided the origin of the Juche-oriented movement of overseas compatriots and fully demonstrated to the world its dignity as a victor thanks to the outstanding idea and wise leadership of the peerlessly great men of Mt Paektu.

After learning in detail about the movement of Koreans in Japan, the President advanced an original policy to save the movement from crisis, and personally formed Chongryon, the first overseas compatriots' organization of Juche, the letter added.

Kim Jong Il indicated the path to be followed by Chongryon with his brilliant intelligence and strengthened the ranks of its officials into the ones of single-minded unity steadfast in ideology and faith, the letter said, adding that even in the period when the country underwent the arduous march, he firmly defended Chongryon with the treasured sword of Songun.

The letter said that Kim Jong Un sent his instructions and congratulatory letters and messages including the May 25, 2015-dated letter "Let Us Usher in a New Golden Age of the Movement of Koreans in Japan True to the Intention of the Great Comrade Kim Jong Il", a great programme for the movement of Koreans in Japan, and led the work of Chongryon to victory in the new century of Juche, thus adding luster to the leadership feats performed by the great leaders for Chongryon.

The letter praised Kim Jong Un as the tender-hearted father taking in his arms Chongryon and Koreans in Japan, and as the outstanding leader indicating the road ahead of the movement of Koreans in Japan and encouraging them to new innovations.

The letter respectfully wished Kim Jong Un good health on behalf of all the Chongryon officials and Koreans in Japan. -0-

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Sends Greetings to Ethiopian President

Pyongyang, May 28 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Thursday sent a message of greeting to Sahlework Zewde, president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

The message extended warm congratulations to the president, government and people of Ethiopia on the occasion of its national day in the name of the government and people of the DPRK.

The message said that the Korean people sincerely wish the friendly Ethiopian people ceaseless successes in their efforts to achieve the country's stability and development and national prosperity.

It expressed the belief that the traditional relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would steadily grow stronger in conformity with the requirements of the new era and the desire of the peoples. -0-

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Sends Greetings to Azerbaijani President

Pyongyang, May 28 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Thursday sent a message of greeting to Ilham Aliyev, president of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The message extended warm congratulations to the president, the friendly government and people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of its national day, the national holiday of the Azerbaijani people, in the name of the government and people of the DPRK.

Expressing the belief that the long-standing relations of friendship and cooperation between the DPRK and Azerbaijan would invariably develop in conformity with the aspiration and desire of the peoples of the two countries, it sincerely wished the president and people of Azerbaijan greater success in their efforts for the prosperity of the country. -

US must apologize

US must apologize South Korean people from all walks of life launched their actions to denounce the US, the real chief criminal of the Gwangju massacre, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Gwangju Popular Uprising. A press conference was held outside the US embassy to condemn the US, the real author of the Gwangju massacre.    A press conference was held outside the US consulate in Busan at which they shouted slogan “The US, which abetted and engineered the Gwangju massacre, must apologize”. A performance of Chun Doo-hwan is aiming a gun at the Gwangju citizens under the control of the US Corpses of the uprisers, killed by the martial law force.

Applied Work .

Rodong Sinmun Calls for Consolidating Ideological and Cultural Position in Every Way

Pyongyang, May 26 (KCNA) -- It is an important requirement for bringing earlier the victory in the on-going frontal breakthrough to further consolidate the ideological and cultural position, says Rodong Sinmun Tuesday in an article, and goes on:

The on-going offensive for making a breakthrough head-on is a worthwhile struggle to open up a new broad avenue in socialist construction under the uplifted banner of self-reliance, and a great ideological campaign for consolidating our revolutionary position, class position in every way.

When the revolutionary idea and culture get dominance, the spirit of self-sustenance and self-reliance is fully displayed and miraculous successes and innovations admired by the peoples of the world are created.

The challenges and barriers to our revolutionary advance do not exist merely in the economic field. The imperialists' moves for ideological and cultural poisoning are getting evermore vicious to disintegrate us from within by benumbing our people's revolutionary consciousness, class consciousness and by shaking the foundation of our socialist system. If we fail to build the ideology and culture of our own style, it would entail irrevocable consequences.

At the historic Fifth Plenary Meeting of its Seventh Central Committee that set forth the idea on launching an offensive for making a breakthrough head-on, our Party stressed the need to wage an intensified campaign against anti-socialist and non-socialist practices and tighten moral discipline throughout society.

Success in strengthening our internal motive force in every way and creating socialist civilization depends on the struggle for consolidating the ideological and cultural position. -0-

Difference in Housing Problem between Socialist and Capitalist Societies

Pyongyang, May 27 (KCNA) -- The enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in last February dealt with practical measures to propel the construction of houses in Pyongyang and local areas.

Under the third-stage project for sprucing up Samjiyon City, the framework for one hundred and tens of blocks of houses has been completed as of now. And hundreds of houses in tens of blocks sprung up in a mining village of Sinhong Workers' District, Hochon County, South Hamgyong Province.

Meanwhile, a project for building houses for more than 1 000 families is going in earnest around Pyongyang International Airport. And a large number of houses are under construction in Ryongchon County of North Phyongan Province and other areas of the country.

All those houses built at state expense are allotted free of charge, and this principle is legally ensured in the DPRK.

Ri Ok Gum, a resident in Ryomyong Street, Pyongyang City, told KCNA: Three years ago, foreigners visited my house and said it is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in their country. Their words made me so surprised.

This is the reality of the DPRK that the people don't know about house price and rent.

Generally the house price and rent are very expensive in capitalist society.

In the U.S. alone, more than 500 000 people are reportedly wandering from place to place without their own houses.

This fact in the aspect of housing problem well shows the difference between the socialist society of the DPRK based on the people-first principle and the capitalist society talking about "welfare for all". -0-

Che Guevara and People's Korea-translation of article from KFA Argentina

                           https://kfaargentina.wordpress.com/2018/12/04/el-che-guevara-en-corea-del-norte/
                          

In December 1960 the Argentine and Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara traveled to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) within the framework of the international tour that he carried out as a member of the Cuban government for which he toured different countries of the socialist camp in order to learn from the experience of other socialist countries and use it for Cuba's socialist construction /
                                                  
In the capital of the DPRK Pyongyang, Che Guevara was received by the Korean revolutionary leader Kim Il-Sung, President of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and after his stay in the Korean nation, Che left his words about his experience and what he felt about the Korean people and the development of socialism in the DPRK.They are reproduced below
                                                   
“Of the socialist countries that we visit personally, Korea is one of the most extraordinary. Perhaps it is the one that impressed us most of all of them. It has only ten million inhabitants and is the size of Cuba, a little less, about one hundred and ten thousand square kilometres. The same land area as the southern part of Korea, but half the population, was plagued by a war so fantastically destructive that nothing remained of its cities, and when one says nothing, it is nothing. It is like the small towns of guano that Merob Sosa and Sánchez Mosquera and those people burned here, and of which there was nothing left but ashes. Thus, for example, Pyonyang, which is a city of a million inhabitants, remained. Today there is not a single remnant of all that destruction, everything is new. The only memory that remains is, on all roads,

naenarakimilsung119They showed me many of the factories, all rebuilt and others made new, and each one of those factories had supported between 30 and 50 thousand bombs. If we get an idea of ​​what were 10 or 12 bombs thrown around us in the Sierra, which meant a terrible bombardment, and you had to have your courage to endure those bombs, which meant 30 thousand bombs dropped in one ground space, sometimes less than a cavalry!

Korea came out of the war without a standing industry, without a standing house, even without animals. At a time when the air superiority of the Americans was so great, and it no longer had anything to destroy, aviators had fun killing oxen, killing what they found. So it was a veritable orgy of death that hung over North Korea for only two years. In the third year the Mig-15 appeared and things have already changed. But those two years of war meant, perhaps, the most barbaric systematic destruction ever done.

Everything that can be said about Korea seems like a lie. For example, in the photographs you see people with hatred, that hatred of the peoples when it reaches the deepest part of the being, which is seen in the photos of caves where 200, 300 and 400 children, of an age of 3 or 4 years old, they are murdered there with fire and other times with gas. The dismemberment of the people, killing pregnant women with bayonets to make the child come out of the bowels, burning the wounded with flamethrowers ... The most inhumane things that the mind can imagine were carried out by the US Army of occupation. And it went almost to the edge of Korea with China, and it occupied, at one point, almost the entire country. Added to that, in the retreat they destroyed everything, we can say that North Korea is a country that was made of deaths. Naturally, he received the help of the socialist countries, especially the aid of the Soviet Union, in a generous and very extensive way. But what most impresses is the spirit of that people. They are a people that emerged from all this after thirty years of Japanese domination, from a violent struggle against Japanese domination, without even having an alphabet. In other words, it was one of the most backward peoples in the world in that sense. Today it has a national literature and culture, and a national order and practically unlimited development of culture. They have secondary education, which is up to the ninth grade, compulsory for everyone. They are a people that emerged from all this after thirty years of Japanese domination, from a violent struggle against Japanese domination, without even having an alphabet. In other words, it was one of the most backward peoples in the world in that sense. Today it has a national literature and culture, and a national order and practically unlimited development of culture. They have secondary education, which is up to the ninth grade, compulsory for everyone. They are a people that emerged from all this after thirty years of Japanese domination, from a violent struggle against Japanese domination, without even having an alphabet. In other words, it was one of the most backward peoples in the world in that sense. Today it has a national literature and culture, and a national order and practically unlimited development of culture. They have secondary education, which is up to the ninth grade, compulsory for everyone.

It has in the whole industry a problem that we wish we had today -which we will have in 2 or 3 years-, which is the problem of lack of labour. Korea is rapidly mechanizing all of agriculture to increase productivity and to realize its plans, and is also preparing to bring the product of textile factories and others to South Korea's brothers to help them bear the brunt of colonial rule. North American.

It is really the example of a country that thanks to a system and extraordinary leaders, such as Marshal Kim II-Sung, has been able to emerge from the greatest misfortunes to be an industrialized country today. North Korea could be for anyone here in Cuba, the symbol of one of the many backward countries in Asia. However, we sell them a semi-processed sugar such as raw sugar, and other still unprocessed products, such as textiles and they sell us milling lathes, all kinds of machinery, mining machinery, that is, products that need a high technical capacity to produce them. So it is one of the countries that we are most excited about. ”
                       

- REPORT OF A TRIP TO THE SOCIALIST COUNTRIES, DECEMBER 31, 1960 (PAGES 57 AND 58) ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA COMPLETE WORKS.
Our thanks to KFA Argentina .

Translation by UK KFA

Echo of May

SPA Presidium Sends Greetings to Chongryon

Pyongyang, May 25 (KCNA) -- The Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) of the DPRK sent a message of greeting to the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) on May 25 on the occasion of its 65th anniversary.

The message extended warm congratulations and compatriotic greetings to Chairman Ho Jong Man and all other Chongryon officials and Koreans.

The formation of Chongryon, a dignified organization of overseas citizens of the DPRK, was the precious fruition of President Kim Il Sung's unique idea on the overseas compatriots' movement and guidance on the movement, and the formation was a historic event which brought about a fundamental turn in the development of the movement of Koreans in Japan and carving out the destiny of Koreans in Japan, the message said.

It said that the 65 years after Chongryon formation were the period of victory and honor when the organization paved and glorified the new path of the overseas compatriots' movement in the era of independence under the guidance of President Kim Il Sung, Chairman Kim Jong Il and Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, adding that the years were also a patriotic period during which Chongryon made a great contribution to the country and nation.

The message said that Chongryon has thoroughly applied the immortal Juche idea to the building of the organization and all its patriotic activities with the idea as the only guidelines so as to strengthen and develop it into an patriotic organization in which the ideological system of Juche, the leadership system, was thoroughly established and which has the might of the single-minded unity. Chongryon has also prepared its officials and compatriots as people strong in ideology and faith and ardent patriots who are boundlessly loyal to their leader and motherland, the message added.

In the face of the persistent moves of the enemies at home and abroad for stifling the organization, Chongryon officials and compatriots in Japan have reliably defended their organization, the legacy of patriotism left by Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, and demonstrated to the whole world its true nature and might as an organization of overseas citizens of Juche Korea, the message said.

The message expressed the belief that the officials of Chongryon and compatriots in Japan would, in the future, too, add lustre to the organization, which shines by the august names of the peerlessly great men, as the patriotic pioneer, the example of patriotism and loyalty and the paragon of the movement of the overseas compatriots in the world. -0-

Introductory Course on the Juche Idea for new members of Juche Idea Study Groups

This course is aimed at new people coming into Juche idea study organisations . It includes both online and hardcopy reading material.

1 . Introduction 

What really is Juche ?- in answer to the Daily Mirror- by Dr Dermot Hudson Chairman Juche Idea Study of England

https://juche007-anglo-peopleskoreafriendship.blogspot.com/2017/09/what-really-is-juche-in-answer-to-daily.html

JUCHE IDEA -ANSWERS TO A HUNDRED QUESTIONS

http://juche007-anglo-peopleskoreafriendship.blogspot.com/2014/04/juche-idea-answers-to-hundred-questions.html

WHAT IS JUCHE ?

https://uk-songun-2018.neocities.org/web.archive.org/web/20180430150652/http:/www.uk-songun.com:80/index.php%3Fp=1_145_WHAT-IS-JUCHE-.html

Man’s Destiny and the Juche Idea 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19vBflycVwvY6Vgsoal5ufh1aYscouGcy/view?usp=sharing

2. The Core of Juche Idea and its basic principles

ON THE JUCHE IDEA  -KIM JONG IL 

http://www.korea-dpr.info/lib/Kim%20Jong%20Il%20-%204/ON%20THE%20JUCHE%20IDEA.pdf

On Establishing the Juche Outlook on the Revolution  KIM JONG IL 

http://www.korea-dpr.info/lib/208.pdf

On Some Problems in Education in the Juche Idea - KIM JONG IL 

(not online)

What is the View of the Juche Idea on the World”

http://www.bannedthought.net/Korea-DPRK/Ideology/JucheIdea-1-WhatIsViewOfJucheIdeaOnWorld-2014.pdf

The Torch of Juche that Illuminates Human Society”,

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xtlO98mwx0_anY5KACoL9cCxh8gQs-Jk/view?usp=sharing

Guiding Light of Destiny 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HneTIS2TVEq-HoRDATUBv0Xh0cFy75KF/view?usp=sharing

ON JUCHE IN OUR REVOLUTION VOL 1 -KIM IL SUNG

https://archive.org/details/KimJucheRevolutionVol1

Volumes 2 and 3 are not online but can be obtained second hand through booksellers

The Immortal Juche idea- Kim Chang Ha - 1984 -not online but second hand copies on Amazon

3. Application of Juche in practice /defending Juche 

Fundamentals of Rise and Fall of Country and Nation”

https://www.bannedthought.net/Korea-DPRK/Ideology/JucheIdea-3-FundamentalsOfRiseAndFall-2014.pdf

The Building of a Thriving Socialist Country”

https://www.bannedthought.net/Korea-DPRK/Ideology/JucheIdea-5-BuildingOfAThrivingSocialistCountry-2014.pdf

In Defence of Juche-based socialism 

https://juche007-anglo-peopleskoreafriendship.blogspot.com/2009/12/in-defence-of-juche-based-socialism.html

Juche-based economics work !-special article by Dr Dermot Hudson

https://juche007-anglo-peopleskoreafriendship.blogspot.com/2017/07/juche-based-economics-work-special.html

NATIONAL AND SOCIAL LIBERATION IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION PEOPLES KOREA, AN EXAMPLE OF INDEPENDENCE AND SELF RELIANCE- Shaun Pickford 

https://juche007-anglo-peopleskoreafriendship.blogspot.com/2013/12/national-and-social-liberation-in-age.html

https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/shaun-pickford/national-and-social-liberation-in-the-age-of-globalization-peoples-korea-an-example-of-independence-and-self-reliance-national-and-social-liberation-in-the-age-of-globalization-peoples-korea-an-example-of-independence-and-self-reliance/paperback/product-1rv5v7k4.html

IN DEFENCE OF JUCHE KOREA ! by Dermot Hudson

https://www.lulu.com/shop/dermot-hudson/in-defence-of-juche-korea/paperback/product-23322557.html

Supplementary Material/Appendices

1. Relationship of Juche to Marxism-Leninism

What is the Interrelationship Between the Juche Idea and Marxism-Leninism and What is the View of the Juche Idea on Marxism?

https://www.kfausa.org/interrelationship-juche-idea-marxism-leninism-view-juche-idea-marxism/

LET US ADVANCE UNDER THE BANNER OF

MARXISM-LENINISM AND THE JUCHE IDEA - KIM JONG IL 

http://www.korea-dpr.info/lib/Kim%20Jong%20Il%20-%204/LET%20US%20ADVANCE%20UNDER%20THE%20BANNER%20OF%20MARXISM.pdf

2. The DPRK’s independent and Juche-orientated development

Modern Korea- Kim Byong Sik

https://archive.org/details/ModernKoreaKimByongSik

DPRK: Seven Decades of Creation and Changes-

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xHaVJ_H5tvk4W8eiaGHVOG4rVz_tuUlC/view?usp=sharing

3. SONGUN 

Questions and Answers on the Songun Idea

http://juche007-anglo-peopleskoreafriendship.blogspot.com/2014/04/questions-and-answers-on-songun-idea.html

THE SONGUN-BASED REVOLUTIONARY LINE IS A GREAT REVOLUTIONARY LINE OF OUR ERA AND AN EVER-VICTORIOUS BANNER OF OUR REVOLUTION

 KIM JONG IL

http://onecoreanetwork.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-songun-based-revolutionary-line-is.html

Let Us Add Eternal Brilliance to Comrade Kim Jong Il's Great Idea and Achievements of the Songun Revolution- KIM JONG UN

https://juche007-anglo-peopleskoreafriendship.blogspot.com/2013/08/let-us-add-eternal-brilliance-to.html

In Defence of Songun - Dermot Hudson

https://www.lulu.com/shop/dermot-hudson/in-defence-of-songun/paperback/product-23262640.html

Punish homicide!

Punish homicide! On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Gwangju Popular Uprising, broad segments of south Korean people launched their action in demand of punishment of Chun Doo-hwan who turned Gwangju into a bath of blood and killed five thousand citizens brutally.          Democracy would not come true as long as Chun and his group and the United Future Party, a remnant of the military dictatorial group, remain unpunished. It called for the people to greet a new morning of democracy by liquidating the conservative elements, the Solidarity for People’s Sovereignty noted in a statement issued on the 40th anniversary of Gwangju Popular Uprising on May 17. Saying that putting an end to the US intervention in south Korean affairs and achieving national independence are the way to realize the desire of the uprisers, the statement called for building a new society by driving the US, the wire-puller of the Gwangju massacre, out of south Korea.

Order of Chairman of WPK Central Military Commission Issued

Pyongyang, May 24 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), signed an order on promoting the military ranks of commanding officers.

The order issued on May 23 is as follows:

It is the fixed faith and unshakable will of our party to firmly defend the sovereignty and dignity of the country, break through head-on the grim unprecedented hardships and win new victory in building a powerful socialist country in reliance on the strong militant spirit and the invincible might of the revolutionary armed forces.

Today the armed forces of the DPRK face a heavy historic task to further arm with the revolutionary idea, line and policies of the WPK as required by the prevailing situation, to reliably defend the party, the revolution, the country, people and socialism by bolstering the invincible military force in every way and to fully display the might as the pioneer of the times and the performers of miracles in the grand advance for achieving prosperity by dint of self-defence.

All the commanding officers of the armed forces of the DPRK must open the breakthrough of advance in the van of the gigantic struggle to significantly celebrate the 75th founding anniversary of the glorious WPK by holding fast to the party's leadership as lifeline and work unprecedented innovative successes in carrying out the cause of building a powerful army and the cause of socialist construction as a whole so as to glorify the noble honor as members of the great party's army, the great people's army.

I order to promote the military ranks of the major commanding officers as follows, firmly believing that all the commanding officers, key backbones of the armed forces of the DPRK, would honor their noble mission and duties in the sacred struggle to defend the party, the revolution, the country and the people.

According to the order of the supreme commander, Pak Jong Chon was promoted to vice marshal, Jong Kyong Thaek to general and Choe Tu Yong, Kim Jong Gil, Kwon Yong Jin, Kwon Thae Yong, Choe Kwang Jun, Han Sun Chol and Kim Pyong Sop were promoted to colonel general, Kim Kuk Chang, U Myong Nam, Sin In Yong, Kim Chun Gyo, Om Song Il, Kim Ju Sam, Jong Myong Do, Ri Kyong Chon, Ri Yong Chol, Hong Jong Duk, Jon Sung Nam, Ryo Chol Ung, Kim To Un, Pak Song Chan, Ro Yong Gil, Ri Il Nam, An Kwang Nam, Kim Chun Won, Kim Chun Bom and Rim Yong Chol to lieutenant general and Ri Song Min, Kim Pong Ho, Pak Yong Gwan, Kim Kuk Hyon, Ju Tong Chol, Jo Kwang Sok, Kim Kang Il, Pak Kyong Ho, Kim Hyo Nam, Kim Tong Chol, Ri Kyong Chol, Ri Chang Ho, Kim Chon Hyok, Ri Yong Chol, Ha Chol, Sin Kum Chol, Choe Chang Hu, Pak Song Ryol, Jon Chol, Nam Chol, Hyon Un Chol, Sin Chol Ryong, Mun Kwang Guk, Sim Tong Jun, Kim Yong Gun, Pak Il Hak, Kim Chol Man, Choe San Ho, Paek Ki Chol, Pang Kwang Nam, Yun Pok Nam, Kim Ryong Chol, Yun Il Nam, Yun Hwang Chol, Kim Hak Chol, Hwang Nae Yun, Jong Myong Nam, Sim Won Chol, Han Ju Song, Jon Kyong Sang, Kim Sun Chol, Ko Jong Chol, Jang Kun Pil, Pak Tong Gyu, Kim Myong Ho, Ri Jong Chol, Pak Il Su, Sim Song Bin, Han Yong Bom, Kim Kwang Hun, Ham Hyo Sik, Kim Myong Ho, Kim Kwang Su, Pak Song Ju, Kim Won Bong, Hong Myong Sok, Choe Hang Mun, Yun Chol Ho, So Kang Chol, Ri Chun Sam, Kim Myong Nam, Pang Ryong Il, Yun Hyo Song, Kang Kum Chol, Ri Yong Sop, Kang Chol Hyon, Kim Kyong Jung, Pae Tong Nam and Ri Ju Ho to major general. -0-

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Guides Enlarged Meeting of WPK Central Military Commission

Pyongyang, May 24 (KCNA) -- The Fourth Enlarged Meeting of the Seventh Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) took place at a stirring time when the entire Party and the whole society are pushing ahead with the great revolutionary advance for glorifying this year marking the 75th founding anniversary of the WPK as a year of opening up an epoch-making phase in the path of the development of the Korean-style socialism, true to the line and policy for achieving prosperity by self-reliance set forth by the great Party.

The meeting was guided by Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the WPK.

Attending the meeting were members of the WPK Central Military Commission, members of the Executive Committee of the Korean People's Army Committee of the WPK, commanders and commissars of the services and corps of the Korean People's Army, commanding officers of the Ministry of State Security, the Ministry of People's Security, the Guard Headquarters and other armed forces organs at all levels and vice directors of major departments of the WPK Central Committee.

The meeting discussed important military steps and organizational and political measures to further bolster up the overall armed forces of the DPRK politically and ideologically and in military technique to be able to firmly defend the political stability and sovereignty of the country and reliably contain the persistent big or small military threats from the hostile forces in view of the essential requirements to bring about further progress in developing the national defence capabilities and war deterrent under the internal and external situation created in the vital period in the development of our revolution, and dealt with an organizational matter.

The meeting reviewed and analyzed a series of drawbacks in the military and political activities of the overall armed forces of the DPRK including the People's Army, and discussed methodological issues for overcoming them and bringing about drastic improvement. Also discussed at the meeting were the issue of examining and setting right the unreasonable machinery and compositional defects and the core issues for further increasing the capabilities for militarily deterring the threatening foreign forces by rapidly increasing the self-reliant defence capabilities and organizing new units.

The meeting stressed once again the tasks facing the different sectors to thoroughly carry out the revolutionary military line and policies of the party.

Set forth at the meeting were new policies for further increasing the nuclear war deterrence of the country and putting the strategic armed forces on a high alert operation in line with the general requirements for the building and development of the armed forces of the country.

Taken at the meeting were crucial measures for considerably increasing the firepower strike ability of the artillery pieces of the Korean People's Army.

The meeting elected a vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and recalled or by-elected some of its members.

Ri Pyong Chol was elected as vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK.

The organizational matter was tabled at the meeting on dismissing or transferring or newly appointing commanding officers in major posts of the armed forces institutions.

The CMC of the WPK decided to promote the military ranks of major commanding officers of the People's Army in high recognition of their devotion and efforts to glorify this year marking the significant 75th anniversary of the glorious WPK as the first year of great victory in the frontal breakthrough.

The respected Supreme Leader put main emphasis on thoroughly realizing the party's monolithic leadership over the People's Army by consolidating the party organizations and political institutions at all levels within the People's Army and enhancing their function and roles, and on providing party leadership to conducting military, political, logistic and defence and all other affairs in line with the ideology and intention of the party under whatever circumstances. He specified key issues to be constantly maintained in the military and political performance of the armed forces of the DPRK, and tasks and ways.

He signed seven orders including the orders on new military measures discussed and decided at the Party CMC, an order on draft reorganization of machinery for enhancing the responsibility and roles of the major military educational institutions, the order on reorganizing the military commanding system to meet the mission and duty of the security institutions, and the order on promoting the military ranks of commanding officers.

The Fourth Enlarged Meeting of the Seventh Central Military Commission of the WPK organized and led by Kim Jong Un served as a historic turning point of great significance in increasing the capabilities of the revolutionary armed forces in every way and laying a solid foundation for further powerfully propelling the victorious advance of the revolutionary cause of Juche by dint of the invincible military force under the outstanding army-building idea and strategic plan of the WPK. -0-

Congratulations to the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (CHONGRYON) on their 65th anniversary

ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF SONGUN POLITICS UK  
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 London 25th of May Juche 109(2020)
  The Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK(ASSPUK), the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea (BGSJI) , UK Korean Friendship Association (UK KFA ) and the British Solidarity Committee for Peace and Reunification on the Korean Peninsula(BSCPRKP)   issued the following joint statement on the 65th anniversary of the foundation of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (CHONGRYON)
CHONGRYON was founded on the 25th of May 1955 as an organisation of overseas compatriots of the DPRK and an organisation to defend the rights of ethnic Koreans in Japan against oppression by the Japanese imperialist reactionaries. The great leader President KIM IL SUNG inspired the foundation of CHONGRYON and gave valuable teachings to you. CHONGRYON is a truly
Juche-orientated overseas compatriots movement.

Despite attempts at repression by the US imperialists and evil Japanese reactionaries CHONGRYON has stood the tests of time and survived many storms always defying all attempts to crush or undermine it. CHONRYON stands out as a shining example of an overseas compatriots movement and is a model for all ethnic minority organisations throughout the world.

The great leader chairman KIM JONG IL, the successor to the great leader President KIM IL SUNG and dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN also provided   important guidelines for developing the movement of Koreans in Japan on a new high stage in the period of historic turn in carrying forward the revolutionary cause of Juche.

We  wish CHONGRYON greater success in its work and meaningful celebrations of its 65th anniversary.

ASSPUK
JISGE
UK KFA

KCNA Report on Successful Completion of Large-Scale Irrigation System in South Hwanghae Province

                                                 

Pyongyang, May 23 (KCNA) -- The Korean Central News Agency Friday released a report on the successful completion of the large-scale irrigation system in South Hwanghae Province.

Builders and people in South Hwanghae Province have performed heroic feats by completing the second-stage waterway project in a little more than three years in the spirit of self-reliance and fortitude, true to the instructions of Chairman Kim Jong Il and the Party's policy, the report said, and continued:

The successful completion of the second-stage waterway project made it possible to fully supply irrigation water to the vast Western coastal granary, providing a firm foundation for decisively increasing the grain production.

The construction of the peculiar irrigation network of our own style in the western area of the country also makes it possible to save tens of millions kWh of electric power for pumping facilities every year and get a number of pumping equipment out of use, protect land by preventing flood damage in the area along the lower River Jaeryong and River Ryesong and spruce up the appearance of the land of the socialist country.

The completion of the waterway is the clear demonstration of our Party's great idea of the frontal offensive to accomplish the great cause of prosperity by dint of self-reliance by overcoming all sorts of challenges of history, the validity of its policy of agricultural irrigation system and the inevitable might of our state bringing about great changes by evoking the inexhaustible creative power of the popular masses.

The waterway is a monumental edifice in the era of the Workers' Party which was completed thanks to the instructions of Kim Jong Il and the far-reaching nature-remaking plan and energetic guidance of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.

In April Juche 100 (2011), Kim Jong Il issued an order of the chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission to commence the waterway project in two stages.

After seeing through the significance and importance of the project in decisively increasing the agricultural production in South Hwanghae Province, which takes lion's share of domestic agricultural production, he aroused the entire Party, the whole country and all the people to the grand nature-remaking project.

The waterway project began in January 2012 when all the people started their advance for the new century of Juche amid the fierce flames of devotedly implementing the instructions of the leader and upholding the policies of the Party.

The construction of waterway was a big construction campaign for building a gravity-fed irrigation network, the largest one, during which over 11 800 000 cubic meters of bedrock and earth should be excavated, dozens of waterway tunnels cut and over 190 km-long waterway with at least 770 structures of different kinds and huge siphons built.

The fierce hot wind of leap forward was raised from the beginning of the first-stage project.

Through 5 year-long arduous struggle for bringing nature under control with the spirit of self-reliance and self-development, the builders successfully completed the first-stage waterway project in South Hwanghae Province in the meaningful year when the Seventh Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea was held.

The second-stage waterway project began from January 2017.

The second-stage project was also a difficult and huge task to carry out gigantic amount of work for laying the foundation, which was as big as that of the first-stage project, such as removing earth, excavating bedrock and tamping concrete, and build a reservoir dam, over 80 km-long waterway, tunnels and hundreds of structures like siphons and culverts.

A fierce hot wind of creating new standards and new records was raised in the construction of Pongchonho Dam, the major front of the waterway project.

The building of spillway, which was said to take over 2 years, was finished in a short span of one year.

The building of reservoir dam with over 1 400 000 cubic meters of sand, stone and mud was carried out in three-dimensional way, and finally the dam with large letters "Self-Reliance" on its body took its shape in April, 2019.

The fierce hot wind was also witnessed at the construction sites of tunnels and waterway.

Thanks to the efforts of shock brigade members true to the Party's noble intention for the people, socialist fairylands for the people evacuated from submerged areas came into being and good species of trees and flower trees were planted in nearby mountains and fields to add beauty.

The completion of the waterway project in South Hwanghae Province proved once again truth that there is nothing impossible in the world as long as there are the leadership of the great Party and the inexhaustible might of people opening a broad avenue for leap forward under the uplifted banner of self-reliance, the report stressed. -0-