The Korean Friendship Association of the UK(KFA UK) , the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea(BGSJI) and the Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK(ASSPUK) held the 2nd Joint Songun-Juche Q and A on the 6th of November 2023 via Skype at 1830 hours GMT. Participating were members of the KFA UK , BGSJI and ASSPUK from London , West of England ,Staffordshire , Scotland and Yorkshire . The event was also joined by members of KFA Germany and the People’s Korea Initiative of Poland.
Dr Dermot Hudson Chairman of the KFA UK and Chairman of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea responded to 3 questions raised by KFA Germany about the nature of the democratic system in the DPRK , about countering hostile people and about how we can spread the truth about People’s Korea. In his response Dr Hudson explained that "The 24/7 demonisation of the DPRK and propaganda against it can result in a mass psychosis . It is similar and probably worse than the anti-communist hysteria in the US and other Western countries during the McCarthy period , when simply being accused of being a communist was enough to end someone’s career or even get someone jailed.’ He went on to point out that “The DPRK is far more democratic than people in the imperialist countries can imagine…They are people’s committees and people’s assemblies in the DPRK at district ,city , and provincial level . At the national level there is the Supreme People’s Assembly” . He also pointed out that “far too much attention is paid to so -called ‘defectors ‘. In actual fact fewer people left than left Cuba or left the old GDR . Moreover , revolutions result in members of the former ruling class or bourgeoisie often seeking refuge abroad as the prospect of having to work in a factory or pick turnips on a collective farm or clean toilets horrifies them so they leave . Many who left the DPRK are former capitalists and landlords or even revisionist or capitalist roadist elements or those who committed serious crimes”
Dr Hudson concluded by saying that the work of KFA UK and the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea on social media needed to be greatly expanded as social media is still very much dominated by anti-DPRK hostile forces.
Alan Bolon , Organisation Secretary of KFA UK and head of KFA UK West of England , said some people can be very sceptical . However people believe that humans landed on the moon even though they were not there and that the earth orbits the sun , even though it is not apparent .
The head of Staffordshire KFA UK said that the work of KFA UK is good and that KFA UK is the ‘go to place’ for DPRK solidarity with No Ifs or Buts’
The head of KFA Scotland said that he believed that anti-DPRK propaganda would be overcome and broken down.
Answering a question from KFA Scotland about food production and abnormal weather , Dr Hudson said that the DPRK has taken a number of measures to counter the effect of floods and typhoons . He said that the DPRK builds up food reserves . In the past the DPRK had exported food ,for example in the 1970s 500,000 tons of rice were exported one year.
The head of Staffordshire KFA and secretary general of the British Group for the Study of Juche idea raised a question about the use of the words Chajusong and independence .
Alan Bolon KFA UK Organisation Secretary and head of KFA UK West of England put a question about public transport in the DPRK . Dr Hudson said Metro , bus and trolleybus are all popular in Pyongyang but probably Metro is most popular . Both rail and bus plus internal flights are used to move between cities in the DPRK.
Dr Hudson read some passages from the book “Questions and Answers on the Songun Idea “.
The event concluded at 2020 hours GMT.
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