DPRK Democracy is superior people-centred democracy .

                                                

Critics of People’s Korea like to talk about ‘democracy ‘ and claim that People’s Korea  is ‘undemocratic ‘ whilst praising Western countries , even asserting that they are ‘ meritocracy ‘.

Let’s look at the facts shall we ? . The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has a single chamber Supreme People’s Assembly elected by universal , direct , suffrage . All citizens over the age of 17 have the right to elect and to be elected.

What of the countries that  held up as ‘model democracies ‘  ? Well the US president is not actually elected by universal , direct , suffrage but  the weird electoral college system which allows for all kinds of jiggery pokery . It basically means the winner of a US presidential election is not necessarily the person who wins the most votes . Is that really democracy ?

Now the UK does not have the electoral college system . However , it does have an unelected second chamber , the House of Lords .  The House of Lords is made up of hereditary peers and those that have been appointed by the Prime Minister . Hardly democratic . Imagine the scandal , the hue and cry , if the DPRK had an unelected second chamber  ? You would never hear the end of it  !

In many capitalist countries suffrage is limited by residential and property qualifications which may exclude poorer people from voting . In the UK homeless people cannot vote because they do not have a postal address . In parts of the USA black people were excluded from voting .

It is a fact that in the parliaments of most capitalist countries there are either no workers or ver few . The UK lost its last representative of working class origin in December 2019.

The DPRK is a people's democracy , a socialist democracy . In People's Korea , deputies to the Supreme People's Assembly, the highest organ of power are honorable servants of the people . Ordinary workers are deputies to the Supreme People's Assembly.There is no need to compete for a place in parliamentary easy street but rather a matter of the people choosing the best people for the job , people they will have confidence in

The moral of this is that those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones . Those criticising People’s Korea need to realise that like charity , democracy begins at home .

Thanks to the Juche idea , the DPRK has a most advanced , superior people-centred democracy .

Taechong-ri , Unpha County newly built out of calamities

 

KCNA Commentary Brands Japan as Peace Wrecker

 Pyongyang, November 3 (KCNA) -- Japan is working hard to establish the maritime missile shield.

The Ministry of Defence is examining and pushing ahead with the plan for operating maritime Aegis system by introducing new-type Aegis ship and equipping large warships with ground Aegis system, after the withdrawal of the plan for deploying Aegis Ashore.

This is a challenge to regional peace and stability as it is a part of reckless arms buildup for turning Japan into a military giant.

The Japanese reactionaries remain unchanged in their moves for turning Japan into a military giant even after Suga took power.

After Abe's younger brother, who is no better than his brother in militaristic character, was appointed as defence minister, a new-type submarine was launched and the development of combat fighter of new generation started, all of which are putting spurs to arms buildup.

One of matters in which the Japanese reactionaries take interests is the establishment of the maritime missile defence system.

The Japanese right-wing forces are making every possible effort to establish the maritime missile defence system. It is well proved by the fact that the prime minister urges on its earlier establishment and the expense for the plan replacing the one for Aegis Ashore remains vague in the written estimate of defense cost for 2021, which can be increased to their hearts' content when compiling a budget for the next year.

Clear is the intention of the Japanese reactionaries who are making desperate efforts to establish the maritime missile defence system.

They are going to round off the preparations for reinvasion at an early date by further expanding the sphere of missile-involved operations.

The Japanese bellicose forces are now loudly talking about "threat" from the DPRK, China and Russia and dare say that their arms buildup aims at gaining military supremacy over Japan's neighboring countries.

Moreover, Japan's impudent behavior of justifying its past crimes clearly shows the belligerent and aggressive nature of the reckless arms buildup.

Japan is, indeed, the vicious wrecker of regional and global peace and stability.

The international community will never pardon the reactionaries of the island country engrossed in turning Japan into a military giant. -0-

KCNA Report on Achievements Made in First Month of 80-day Campaign

 Pyongyang, November 3 (KCNA) -- The Korean Central News Agency released a report on Monday on the achievements made by all the regions, fields and units of the country in the efforts to accomplish the targets for the first month of the 80-day campaign.

According to the report, all the people across the country came out in the general revolutionary campaign for the fresh progress and prosperity.

The headquarters at all levels from Pyongyang to the lowest unit set targets to be attained during the campaign and pressed for measures for their execution and meticulously organized operations and commanding.

The Party organizations at all levels let all the Party members and other working people properly know about the idea of the letter of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and waged powerful organizational and political work to arouse their mental power and creative enthusiasm to the maximum.

The emergency anti-epidemic work has been further intensified to defend the security of the country and the people and to devotedly safeguard the 8th Congress of the Party from the worldwide health crisis which is getting serious as the days go by.

Notices and instructions from the central emergency anti-epidemic field were updated and delivered and anti-epidemic measures were enforced on a high level.

All the fields and units thoroughly carried out emergency anti-epidemic measures taken by the Party and the state, firmly maintained steel-like anti-epidemic system and order and maintained and consolidated the stable and perfect anti-epidemic situation.

Scientific research institutions established our own disinfection system and have pushed forward in real earnest the work to guarantee the emergency anti-epidemic campaign in a scientific and technological way.

The great army-people unity and the might of coordinated operations were demonstrated in the campaign for recovery from damage.

Service personnel of the People's Army and members of the division of Party members from the capital city performed miracles and feats in the van of the campaign for the recovery from the damage and in the 80-day campaign, and officials, working people, youth and students across the country sent lots of encouraging letters to them.

In the first month of the campaign more than 2 000 modern dwelling houses were newly built across the country.

Thanks to the struggle waged by the members of the division of the Party members from the capital city and soldier-builders, villages of new dwelling houses appeared one after another in Hongwon and Riwon counties in South Hamgyong Province, Kimchaek City in North Hamgyong Province, and Cholwon, Phyonggang, Changdo, Ichon, Hoeyang, Phangyo, Kumgang and Kimhwa counties in Kangwon Province.

People moved to new houses in Taechong-ri, Unpha County, North Hamgyong Province which has turned into model village in socialist farm.

Keeping step with the achievements made in the construction of dwelling houses in the areas for recovery from damage, the projects for rehabilitating railways, iron bridges and facilities have been successfully pushed ahead.

In the fields of forestry, agriculture, city management and land and environmental conservation, the rehabilitation of more than 30 bridges, improvement of rivers in more than 70 places, projects of over 10 reservoirs, more than 50 waterway projects and structure rehabilitation projects were concluded.

The agricultural front is all alive for the successful conclusion of the farming for this year and preparations for farming for next year.

Thanks to the efforts exerted by agricultural workers across the country harvesting of rice and corn was completed across the country and thrashing has reached 74 percent.

The officials and working people in the agricultural field are stepping up the autumn ploughing and production of self-sufficing manure for the preparations for farming for next year.

The fighting spirit of the people runs high in all sites for the economic construction.

Kumyagang Power Station No. 2 was built and commissioned as a model of minor power stations of the country and the Munphyong Smeltery has had its lead refining system updated as labor-intensive, energy-efficient, cost-saving and land-saving one.

The project for updating and modernizing the Kumsong Tractor Factory and the construction of low-temperature drying distiller of the Myonggan Chemical Factory and rayon pulp production process of the Chongjin Chemical Fibre Mill are being pushed forward on a full scale.

The workers of the large-scale industrial bases including the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex and the Namhung Youth Chemical Complex are pressing for the projects for the expansion of production capacity to consolidate the pillar of the self-supporting economy

Modern production processes conducive to the promotion of people's health and improvement of people's living standard have been built in the Unjong Tea Drink Factory and the Sinuiju Textile Mill and they are nearing their completion.

The targets for the first month of the 80-day campaign have been accomplished on such major indices as electricity, iron ore, steel, coal and cement in the industrial field including metal, chemical, power, coal and machine industries and railway transport.

The report stressed that the achievements made in the first month of the 80-day campaign clearly prove the iron truth that the all-people offensive is sure to triumph as long as there are the leadership of the Party Central Committee and the ranks of the single-minded unity which has embodied the staunch attack spirit. -0-

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Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Sends Congratulatory Message to Participants in Conference of Representatives of Branches of Chongryon-2020 (Third Conference of a New Heyday)

 Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a congratulatory message to the participants in the Conference of Representatives of Branches of Chongryon-2020 (Third Conference of a New Heyday) on November 1.

The full text of the congratulatory message is as follows:

To Participants in the Conference of Representatives of Branches of Chongryon-2020 (Third Conference of a New Heyday)

I warmly congratulate the Conference of Representatives of Branches of Chongryon (General Association of Korean Residents in Japan) which is being held amid the great interest and expectation at home and abroad in the meaningful period when the strength and invincibility of our Republic is being demonstrated worldwide. I extend warm compatriotic greetings to the participants in the conference and other officials of Chongryon and compatriots resident in Japan.

This is a conference with a proud history and tradition, which has aroused the patriotic enthusiasm of the masses of compatriots from all walks of life in every historic period of the development of the movement of Koreans in Japan; it has thus expanded and consolidated the mass basis of Chongryon and produced remarkable successes in implementing the patriotic tasks.

There are many organizations of overseas compatriots of other countries in the world, but there is no other organization than our Chongryon which has its lowest-echelon units in all parts where the Korean compatriots live and the leaders of whose lowest-echelon units get together on a regular basis to hold a large-scale conference.

In the past leaders and other officials of the branches of Chongryon have performed many feats, indeed, for achieving national reunification and the prosperity of their homeland and strengthening and developing the movement of Koreans in Japan, regarding the great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il as the fathers of their nation and saviours of their lives.

The harsh conditions and circumstances in the alien land, where suppression and discrimination that infringe upon and threaten the dignity, interests and lives of our compatriots exist constantly, have never brought peace and stability to the Korean community in Japan; however, as there have been many ardent patriots like the officials of branches of Chongryon, who are thoroughgoing in their spirit of national independence and value things of their own, there is today's Chongryon that shines as a model organization of overseas compatriots and its patriotic work is so vigorous.

I offer high tribute to the branch leaders of the first generation and other branch officials of the elder generations who have played the role of firm cornerstones of their socialist homeland and Chongryon with sweat and sincere devotion throughout the whole period, from the first days of the patriotic cause up to now. They have built up the branches, the basic organizations of Chongryon, and undertaken all the burdens, large and small, for the patriotic cause as they would do their own family affairs.

I would like to take this occasion to extend my greetings of gratitude, together with the hearty encouragement from the people of their homeland, to all other officials of basic organizations of Chongryon and other patriotic compatriots who have always deeply sympathized with their homeland and Chongryon for their hardships, and invariably devoted their all for the development of the community of the Koreans in Japan and for the all-round rejuvenation of the movement of the Koreans in Japan, no matter whether they are recognized or not and whether they are rewarded or not.

The heavy yet important tasks Chongryon has assumed at present and the tenacious challenges that hover over the community of Korean compatriots require that the branches, the basic units of Korean compatriots for living and direct undertakers of the patriotic tasks, enhance their functions and role in every way possible than ever before.

Chongryon should consistently hold fast to the instructions of Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on consolidating its branches and give stronger impetus to the struggle for making all its basic organizations reliable cornerstones for the patriotic cause.

It should build all its branches up into powerful patriotic collectives, which are imbued with the great Kim Jong Il's patriotism and advance, closely united in single mind and will.

Branch officials should find out every suitable method which the compatriots would favour, accept and respond to, and conduct information and cultural activities in an aggressive manner, thus training them all to be ardent patriots who have cherished the Juche-oriented faith and the spirit of love for their homeland and nation.

They should remarkably spruce up their branches into those in whose work the masses of compatriots have become masters and take an active part, so that the businesspeople and compatriots of all other strata would enhance their sense of responsibility and perform their duties as masters in the campaign for setting an example of patriotism.

By giving top priority to thoroughly implementing the mass line, leaders and other officials of the branches should rally more compatriots into the ranks of patriots, so as to expand and strengthen the mass foundation of Chongryon without interruption.

They should develop all the branches of Chongryon into friendly neighbourhoods overflowing with the beautiful traits of mutual assistance and firmly rallied through virtue and affection.

They should orient the activities of their branches to strengthening the blood-sealed ties with the compatriots, and all their officials should strive to relieve them of the worries and agony they experience in their family businesses and lives and defend and promote their rights and interests, thus ensuring that the climate of making selfless, devoted efforts for their good prevails in their organizations.

In particular, they should make the perfect preparations more perfect and devote themselves lest a single family of the compatriots would suffer from the heart-breaking pain due to the malignant infectious disease sweeping the world.

They should build all the branches into durable bases for maintaining the national identity.

Regarding national education as the great foundation of the movement of the Koreans in Japan, branch officials should not spare time and efforts to bring up the children of the Korean compatriots into pillars, who will carry forward the baton of Chongryon and patriotism, and should briskly conduct various national cultural and sporting activities with Koreans' schools as centres.

They should launch a vigorous struggle for encouraging the compatriots to enjoy using our language, both written and spoken, and preserving the excellent folk customs and traditions of the Korean nation, so as to lead all of them to live with dignity as genuine Koreans who are possessed of the soul of Korea and the spirit of their nation.

They should develop all the branches into the bulwarks of patriotism, which can make characteristic contributions to the efforts for achieving independent national reunification and building their homeland into a powerful socialist country.

As in the past, so in the future too, branch officials and other compatriots should always breathe the same breath as and keep pace with the people of their homeland and build higher the monument to patriotic devotion on the sacred road for the prosperity of their homeland.

All the branches should make an active contribution to implementing the historic cause of national reunification by paying due attention to achieving the national unity with the compatriots living outside the organizations; they should also create an external environment favourable for the existence and development of the community of the Koreans resident in Japan by taking the initiative in conducting activities for friendship with the Japanese people.

Organizations, affiliates and other organs at all levels including the Central Standing Committee of Chongryon should direct all their energies to paying special attention to and strengthening the branches, remembering that now the decisive link in the whole chain of efforts for strengthening Chongryon and the shortcut to bringing earlier the new heyday of the movement of the Koreans in Japan lie in strengthening the basic organizations.

All the organizations and affiliates of Chongryon should set up their work system more progressively to help the lowest-echelon units, build up the ranks of branch officials and regularly help the leaders of branches so that they can properly play their roles.

Chongryon officials should make strenuous efforts to put its backward branches on a normal track, so as to turn all its basic organizations into lively, working entities that shine their brilliance of patriotism in the work for their homeland and nation.

Whenever I think of the basic organizations of Chongryon that remain stout in various parts of the alien land, I always recollect the unassuming, devoted efforts made by its branch officials, and I will render unstinting support and sincerity for the community of the Koreans resident in Japan that brims over with the Juche character and national identity and for the better welfare and brighter future of our compatriots.

Believing that this conference will prove significant in intensifying the work of the branches and developing it onto a new, higher stage and set up a milestone in ushering in an upsurge of the campaign for setting an example of patriotism, I sincerely wish great success in its work. -0-

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Sends Wreath to Bier of Late Ra Myong Hui

 Pyongyang, October 31 (KCNA) -- Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday sent a wreath to the bier of Ra Myong Hui, a heroine of the Republic and a war veteran, to express deep condolences over her death.

In February, Juche 47 (1958), the period of the harshest trial in the history of our Party, Ra Myong Hui, serving in the Korean People's Army, made a contribution to exposing and frustrating the plot hatched by the anti-Party and anti-revolutionary factional elements against the supreme interests of our revolution, and thus performed great feats in devotedly defending the leader.

The wreath was placed before the bier of the deceased. -0-