It was on September 9th 1948 that President KIM IL SUNG founded the great Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , a powerful state of Juche and an invincible socialist country . The foundation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK ) was met with the rousing cheers of the people because for the first time in the thousands of years of history the Korean people had their own state , a state not ruled by a landlord or capitalist and not ruled by imperialists or outsiders, a state ruled by the people
The very name , Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is unique and represents the interests and aspirations of the Korean people to have their own state that is democratic and people oriented ! . I myself always liked the name Democratic People’s Republic of Korea because it sounded different to other socialist countries and special . Yes it is special because the DPRK is a people centred socialist country . The DPRK is truly democratic because it has a people’s government which fits the definition of democracy as rule by the people for the people .
The DPRK is rooted in the traditions of the anti-Japanese armed struggle During the anti-Japanese armed struggle in the early 1930s People's Revolutionary Governments were formed in the liberated areas of the guerrilla zones. The People's Revolutionary government was the prototype of people's power,a forerunner of the DPRK. They carried out land reform and enforced an 8 hour day for workers . The DPRK was the first state of people's democracy to be founded in the far east as the People’s Republic of China came into being one year later in 1949 . The DPRK blazed an untrodden trail. After Korea’s liberation from Japanese imperialist rule in August 1945 the Korean people under the wise leadership of the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG fully completed the tasks of the anti-imperialist , anti- feudal democratic revolution which completely eliminated the oppression of Japanese imperialism and the feudal landlords . People’s committees organs of popular rule were set up .
The anti-imperialist , anti-feudal democratic revolution was not carried out in smooth conditions but in an atmosphere of intense struggle against class enemies , reactionaries and opportunists of all kinds . The landlords opposed the Agrarian reform which distributed land free of charge to the honest working farmers of People’s Korea . Moreover the US imperialists had seized the southern part of Korea ,threatening the liberated Korean people and sent agents and saboteurs into the northern half of Korea to sabotage and disrupt the revolution.
The need arose for the Korean people to set up their own people’s democratic state to protect the gains of the people and Korea and carry the revolution forward. Thus on the 9th of September 1948 after having concluded elections to the new Supreme People’s Assembly in August , the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was founded under the leadership of President KIM IL SUNG , a genuine creation of the Korean people. As President KIM IL SUNG said “Through a long and arduous revolutionary struggle the genuine communists and patriots of Korea achieved the historic cause of national liberation and established the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in their freed country.”
The DPRK took the road of independent development and the road of socialism . As respected Marshal KIM JONG UN said in his speech for the 77th anniversary of the foundation of the DPRK last year “The truth is that socialism we chose is the one and only right road.
It was on the strength of the justice and truth embodied in socialism that we have won all the glory we are enjoying today; having established a powerful political system and built a great national strength, we will not allow the destiny of our country to be left to any foreign forces’ devices.
Today all the people’s belief in socialism of our style and their strenuous efforts to defend and add lustre to it without fail are vigorously promoting our national development to open a new phase of prosperity”
After completing the tasks of the anti-imperialist , anti- feudal democratic revolution in a short space of time and switched over to the socialist revolution proving the validity of the Juche-orientated theory on continuous revolution .Socialist transformation of production relations was completed in 1958 thereby creating an advanced , people-centred socialist system.
The DPRK has consistently implemented people centred policies even under conditions of extreme blockade and sanctions. The DPRK has free health care, free education (including university level), low cost food and many other benefits .
Today under the dynamic leadership of respected Marshal KIM JONG UN the DPRK has embarked on a massive housing construction programme as well as a programme of developing regional areas . Visiting the DPRK in 2024 and 2025 I witnessed astonishing progress . The DPRK is becoming even more prosperous . It is the ever-prospering state of Juche .
.Dr Dermot Hudson
Chairman Korean Friendship Association of UK
Chairman British Group For The Study of the Juche Idea
Hon General Secretary Global Farmy Study for KIM JONG UN’s People First Policies
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