14 years of guiding the revolutionary armed forces of Juche -special article by Dr Dermot Hudson

 

On the 30th of December 2011 the mantle of leadership of the revolutionary armed forces of Juche Korea passed to respected comrade KIM JONG UN when the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea appointed him as Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army .

One of first actions of respected comrade KIM JONG UN as Supreme Commander was to visit the historic Seoul Ryu Kyong Su No 105 Tank division of the Korean People’s Army , a unit steeped in revolutionary history for this was the unit which was first to rush into Seoul during the great victorious Fatherland Liberation War and it was here in August 1960 that comrade KIM JONG IL started his revolutionary leadership over the armed forces of Juche Korea.

Respected comrade KIM JONG UN put great effort and energy into building the revolutionary armed forces of People’s Korea into an invincible power that could fully safeguard the construction of socialism and provide security for the happy lives of the Korean people under the Juche-oriented socialist system . Respected comrade KIM JONG UN visited army units one after the other , even far flung ones and those on the frontline at Panmunjom, the place where socialism and imperialism confront each other at gunpoint .

It was respected comrade KIM JONG UN who put forward the Juche-based revolutionary line of building the economy and nuclear force in parallel . The DPRK became a socialist nuclear power of Juche and an ICBM power .The DPRK’s nuclear missiles  can reach the mainland of the USA.

Now the DPRK is building its own Nuclear-powered Strategic Guided Missile Submarine with a tonnage of 8,700 tonnes. This shows how powerful the DPRK has become . Under respected comrade KIM JONG UN the DPRK has become a world class military power and is able to sit down and negotiate as an equal with other countries .

Moreover under the leadership of respected comrade KIM JONG UN the KPA has been strengthened so much that it is able to give internationalist assistance to other countries and conduct overseas military operations in defence of anti-imperialism and independence .

I was able to attend in person the grand military parade in October, held to mark the 80th anniversary of the foundation of the Workers Party of Korea, this year and saw with my own eyes the great successes that had been made in building the KPA under the guidance of respected comrade KIM JONG UN .It was my first time to attend a DPRK military parade at night , previously I had only attended parades during the day time . This parade was not held under easy or ideal conditions but in the rain and wind . Other countries would not have been able to do this but People’s Korea , Korea of Juche was able to do this . The parade included the KPA fighters who had fought for the liberation of Kursk  and also new ICBMs . A friend from Italy said to me as the new ICBM rumbled past , “That is for Washington”.

The 14 years of respected comrade KIM JONG UN’s guidance over the revolutionary armed forces have been 14 years of victory and glory.

Dr Dermot Hudson

Chairman Korean Friendship Association UK

Chairman British Group For the Study of the Juche Idea

Hon Secretary General Global Farmy for the Study of KIM JONG UN People’s First Policies