BGSJI , KFA UK and the British Committee to Remember comrade KIM JONG IL on the 13th anniversary of the passing away of the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL

 BRITISH GROUP FOR THE STUDY OF THE JUCHE IDEA 

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                            4th    of December  Juche 113(2024)

     the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea(BGSJI, the UK Korean Friendship Association(UK KFA) and the British Committee to Remember Comrade Kim Jong Il   issued a joint statement on the 13th anniversary of the passing away of the great leader leader comrade Kim Jong Il:
   On the 17th of December it will be 13 years since the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il passed away so suddenly whilst giving on the spot guidance to key economic sectors . 
    The demise of the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il was the greatest loss of the Korean people as he was the benevolent father of the Korean people. It was also the greatest loss of the world revolutionary people and the Juche Idea and Songun Idea followers of the world . Although the heart of the great leader comrade Kim Jong Il ceased to beat on December 17th 2011 ,he is alive in the hearts and minds of the Korean people and world people and his ideas live on.
   The great leader comrade Kim Jong Il was a leader of extraordinary ability and fortitude. His accomplishments and achievements span many different fields and sectors from culture to military affairs. He was best known to the world people as the great defender of socialism and independence and the leader who developed the Juche idea and Songun idea. Indeed the name of comrade Kim Jong Il is intimately bound up with the administration of Songun politics.
    The great leader comrade Kim Jong Il led the Korean revolution for a period of more than five decades which began with his guidance to the Seoul Ryu Kyong Su no 105th tank division of the Korean People's Army on the 25th of August 1960 . Under the leadership of comrade Kim Jong Il the DPRK became a mighty power of ideology and politics and also a socialist military power possessing its own powerful war deterrent which made the imperialists shake with fear.
 Comrade Kim Jong Il was the loyal and faithful successor to the great leader generalissimo Kim Il Sung. He was the standard bearer of the Juche revolutionary cause which had been pioneered by the great leader generalissimo Kim Il Sung the eternal president of the DPRK .He ensured that the WPK became the party of the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung defending the monolithic unity of the Workers' Party of Korea, smashing the attempts of modern revisionists, opportunists ,factionalists and great power chauvinists to defile the revolutionary constancy of Juche. When the imperialist reactionaries and renegades of socialism sneered at socialism , demanding that the DPRK "open up" and "reform" he declared "Expect No Change from Me !.
Comrade Kim Jong Il defended and developed the purity of the Juche Idea . He systematised and enriched the Juche idea in his historic 1982 thesis "On the Juche Idea ". This work constitutes an almanac of the Juche idea which clarified its philosophical essence and that man has independence, consciousness and creativity. Thus the Juche idea shines out a philosophy for achieving the independence of the popular masses . The Juche idea is a powerful weapon for achieving human emancipation from all kinds of misery and oppression.
When socialism was frustrated in some countries owing to the treachery of modern revisionism  comrade Kim Jong Il energetically defended socialism and wrote brilliant works such as "Our Socialism Centred on the Popular Masses Shall Not Perish , "Abuses of Socialism are Intolerable" "Socialism Is A Science , " Giving Priority to Ideological work is essential for accomplishing socialism" and many others  provided a source of hope for the people aspiring to socialism.
 As the  supreme commander of the Korean People's Army comrade Kim Jong Il led the work of defence up-building and continued the cause of Juche-army building pioneered by the great leader President Kim Il Sung. Stressing the importance of the anti-imperialist military front he led the DPRK to victory in the DPRK-US confrontation smiting the reactionary US imperialists by carrying out 2 nuclear tests so that the DPRK became a global nuclear power , a proud independent socialist nuclear power of Juche. Thanks to this legacy bequeathed by comrade Kim Jong Il, the DPRK could sit  down and negotiate with the USA as an equal partner.

The great leader comrade Kim Jong Il led the struggle to build up the independent national economy . He made sure that the living standards of the Korean people were improved . Under his leadership the many social benefits enjoyed by the Korean people were preserved and further enhanced. He passed away whilst on a trip of on the spot guidance, thus he was working for the people right up to the last minute. He always wore plain clothes . He was the epitome of a true people's leader who believed in making flowers bloom on a rock if it was necessary  for the people.

The great leader comrade Kim Jong Il led the cause of anti-imperialist independence throughout the world.  The Juche Idea became a powerful compass for defeating imperialism. The many works written by comrade Kim Jong Il are a guiding compass for the fighting peoples of the world. The DPRK became associated with the defence of the socialist principle , thus encouraging the world people in their struggle for socialism.
    Although twelve years have passed since comrade Kim Jong Il passed away , the vitality of his ideas shines even brighter today and his work is carried forward by his successor dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un . People's Korea ,which was the legacy of comrade Kim Jong Il , today is prospering despite the extreme sanctions of the imperialists,

Today the Korean people under the wise leadership of the dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un are  faithful to the ideas and cause of great comrade Kim Jong Il and are stepping the struggle for socialist construction in the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance .

BGSJI
KFA UK 

British Committee to Remember comrade KIM JONG IL