75 years along the road of Juche, self-reliance and socialism -contribution to the international friendship and solidarity forum -75 years of Juche Korea-Dr Dermot Hudson

 On the 9th of September 1948, a new socialist state was born, a socialist country of Juche, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK ) which was founded by the great leader President KIM IL SUNG. The DPRK outlived those socialist countries which were founded around the same time and indeed outlived the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR ). This is because Juche Korea is firmly based on the Juche idea, on independence and self-reliance. In the DPRK under the guidance of President KIM IL SUNG, Chairman KIM JONG IL and Marshal KIM JONG UN an authentic and durable socialism, Juche-based socialism has flourished.

From the first day of its foundation, the DPRK has advanced along the road of Juche, the road of self-reliance, independence and socialism. Juche Korea was not a copy of another country but a unique and original state that had grown from the anti-Japanese revolutionary armed struggle led by the great leader President KIM IL SUNG and fully inherited the revolutionary traditions of the anti-Japanese armed struggle. Indeed the prototype of the DPRK was the People’s Revolutionary Government established in the liberated guerrilla zones that were established during the 1930s. In Korea, the people did not form Soviets ( councils of workers, peasants and soldiers ) but instead formed people’s committees. President KIM IL SUNG put forward the unique and original line of founding a Democratic People’s Republic. Also in People’s Korea , the regular armed forces, the Korean People’s Army was formed in February 1948, more than 6 months before the DPRK itself was founded which was different to other countries.

As respected Marshal KIM JONG UN remarked “ Our socialism is an independent socialism strong in the Juche character and national identity.”

The DPRK based itself on the Juche idea and on independence never depended on outside forces but carved out its own self-reliant path.  Under the leadership of President KIM IL SUNG People’s Korea built an independent national economy which was symbolised by Vinalon, a synthetic fibre made from limestone and is known as Juche fibre. Thanks to the line of building an independent national economy put forward by President KIM IL SUNG, the DPRK scored great successes in economic development with the growth of industrial output hitting 44 per cent in 1957. People’s Korea became known as a ‘model country of socialism ‘  and was praised by the revolutionary people of the world, even by economic experts of the Western countries such as the renowned Cambridge economist Professor Joan V Robinson.

Under the leadership of President KIM IL SUNG the socialist transformation of production relations was accomplished in an original Juche-based way with the result that an advanced socialist system centred on the people came into being. This provided people with real benefits such as free education, free healthcare, free housing and low-cost public transport. Taxation was even abolished in 1974.

When socialism was frustrated in some countries in the late 1980s and early 1990s President KIM IL SUNG made sure that the DPRK proudly held high the red flag of socialism. After President KIM IL SUNG passed away in 1994 the imperialists hoped for a ‘policy change ‘ or the ‘collapse of the system ‘ but Chairman KIM JONG IL, the successor to President KIM IL SUNG, declared ‘Expect No Change from Me “. When repeated natural disasters hit the country  Chairman KIM JONG IL led the ‘arduous march ‘ and ‘forced march ‘ to victory overcoming all obstacles and difficulties in the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance.

The ideas, policies and lines of President KIM IL SUNG and Chairman KIM JONG IL are ably carried forward by dear respected Marshal KIM JONG UN the general secretary of the Workers Party of Korea. Respected Marshal KIM JONG UN stresses self-development and self-reliance. 

Today under the leadership of respected Marshal KIM JONG UN although the DPRK has had harsh and draconian sanctions imposed on it by the US-led imperialists, it is carrying out massive housing programmes. Whole new streets such as Changjon Street, Mirae Scientists  Street, Ryomyong Street, Songhwa Street and Hwasong Street have risen up one after the other, towering high into the sky symbolising the vitality of Juche-based socialism. Many new homes are also being built in the rural areas.

At the same time, the self-defence potentials of the DPRK have been boosted to a great extent. The DPRK has become a socialist nuclear power of Juche and an ICBM power. It is able to deter the threat of US imperialist aggression.

The 75 years of Juche Korea have been 75 years of victory and glory, 75 years of independence, self-reliance and socialism. Forward to the next 75 years of Juche socialism in Juche Korea!

Dr Dermot Hudson.

Secretary General European Regional Preparatory Committee for the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the DPRK

Chairman Korean Friendship Association UK

Vice-Chairman OCIFGPP 

Chairman of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea. A country of happiness and prosperity under the star of Juche style Socialism -contribution of Alan Bolon -KFA UK Organisation Secretary and head of KFA UK West of England

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It is worth recalling the history, of the creation of the current power of this country with its comprehensive prosperity and happiness of its citizens, who on the occasion of this anniversary will certainly be honoured if this unique anniversary is also noticed beyond the borders of their wonderful country. 

What are the ideological sources and ideological foundations of what today constitutes the strength of a developed socialist state on the level of an Asian superpower? To answer this question, we must go deep into the past. 

The Korean Revolution, which brought the present great and epochmaking achievements in socialist construction, began many years ago. The ideological foundations of this process include an example of a creative approach to Marxism - Leninism. The Korean path of revolution is a world phenomenon in the international communist movement, in the development of the thought and philosophy of Marxism - Leninism. The Korean Revolution liberated the masses of the people and created a state based on equality and justice.

 How was the idea of the Korean revolutionary way to liberate the country, the way to build up the Korean style of socialism created? What is the Korean revolution characterized? What are the characteristics of the Korean path to socialism? 

First of all, attention should be paid to the strongly emphasized role of man, individual in the process of revolutionary transformation of society and all spheres of the state's life, social, economic and political. The priority role of man which results from the philosophy of Juche, which places man in the centre with his inherent features, but it is not idealistic, as claimed by the revisionist view widespread in Western society, about the incompatibility of Juche with Marxism. These features, first discovered by Juche philosophy, define a special role and position of man in the world. Thus, they focus attention on the individual - part of the masses of the people.

 It allows us to see the individual man in the process of revolution, in order to develop man and fully satisfy his needs, aspirations. Thanks to this, the Korean revolution continues uninterruptedly, starting from the liberation from the Japanese occupation, through victory in the war against the American aggressors and the successive march of building socialism and many achievements and successes in these time, until now - continuation to single hearted and united society which is prospering and flourishing on the basis of Korean - style socialism. During the Japanese occupation (1910-1945), the Great Leader Kim Il Sung, first sought a way to activate the Korean nation under occupation, under the yoke of slavery, to organize active resistance, to oppose the Japanese occupiers and release enthusiasm from popular masses, to initiative energy for action to organize for fight to achieve liberation and independence of Korea. 

Kim Il Sung, in the process of searching for the Korean way of revolution, continued through his active and devoted life with the popular masses his searching for the proper and suitable path for the Korean nation for liberation. He was always listening to popular masses and Juche philosophy is based on practical aspects of human life. The Great Leader Kim Il Sung, also through his studies of Marxism and this philosophy of liberating the proletariat, in class struggles, created by combined wisdom the Juche philosophy being the root to the Korean path of revolution. The victorious October Revolution ( 1917 ) in Russia, brought hope to the world to popular masses around the world, and showed the direction on the way to building socialism in the first country of the USSR. The philosophy of Marxism brought with it revolutionary movements across the world. 

As we can see in the works of Kim Il Sung, he was looking for a way to liberate Korea based on the revolutionary ideology of Marxism adapted to Korean objective historical and social conditions: 

' ... It was not simply out of academic interest or from a spirit of inquiry that I spent night after night reading in my secondary school days. I did not delve into the books with the object of becoming a scholar or for the purposes of a career. How could we expel the Japanese imperialists and win back our country? How could we do away with social inequality and make the working people prosperous? These were the questions the answers to which I wanted to discover in the books. No matter what book I was reading and where, I was always seeking the answers to these questions. I am sure it was in the course of this that my position was established of approaching Marxism - Leninism not as a dogma but as a practical weapon and of searching for the truth not in an abstract theory, but always in the practice of the Korean revolution. In those days I read 'The Communist Manifesto', 'The Capital', 'The State and Revolution', 'Wage Labour' and 'Capital', and other Marxist - Leninist classics and books expounding them which I came in addition to political books, I read many works of revolutionary literature ... ' 'With the Century' Kim Il Sung. Chapter III. (1. 'The pursuit of progressive thoughts' )

 Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung, studied Marxist literature, spent many days and nights on learning and reflecting on creating the way to the Korean path of liberation. Marxism - Leninism inspired Comrade Kim Il Sung to create a way adapted to Korean society. 

These days enriched his creating process to Korean style revolution, also in the practical experiences and activity in 'Down With Imperialism Union' -organization - where Comrade Kim Il Sung slowly began to crystallize the original Korean revolution path, the path with its distinctive features based on man's features expanded by Juche Idea, and on alliance of social classes in the struggle for national liberation. On the alliance of the peasantry with the emerging and growing partisan army. This process was fully under the influence of the revolutionary spirit of Marxist ideology and its principles:

 ' ... A man can be said to have established his revolutionary world view when he becomes aware of his class position and interests, hates the exploiting classes, is prepared to safeguard the interests of his class and then embarks on the path of revolution with a determination to build a new society. I began to realize my class position through reading the Marxist - Leninist classics and other revolutionary books, became aware of many inequalities by observing social phenomena, conceived a growing hatred for the exploiting classes and exploiter society and, in the end, embarked on the road of struggle with a resolve to reform and rebuild the world. The more I read the works of Marx and Lenin and the deeper I became absorbed in them, the greater the urge I felt to disseminate their revolutionary theories among the young people and students as soon as possible ...' 'With the Century' Kim Il Sung. Chapter III. (1. 'The pursuit of progressive thoughts' )

 The application of the science and philosophy of Marxism was not an easy process. Comrade Kim Il Sung, had to face the objective historical and social conditions from this time to solve in new way, the way for create programme to liberation to the Korean nation and establish wider in the process of the build socialist construction. 

Comrade Kim Il Sung, in creating the Korean path of revolution, had to solve many problems, social, economical and military aspects as well. He was close to his friends and discussing many times the issues with ideological struggles and differences from Marxist view to apply to the Korean path of revolution: '... Once I asked him about the Marxist - Leninist propositions on the dictatorship of the proletariat. He explained to me the propositions of the Marxist - Leninist classics which interpreted the proletarian dictatorship from different angles at different stages of historical development. For his theoretical attainments and learning, he could be called a master of Marxism. But there was something that was beyond the reach of his knowledge, something he found it hard to answer. I asked him the question: Although the Marxist - Leninist classics say that the class emancipation of the working class comes before national liberation, is it not true that in our country the yoke of Japanese imperialism should be thrown off first before the class emancipation of the workers and peasants? This question was argued about a great deal among our comrades. We found that the Marxist - Leninist classics fell short of providing a theoretical explanation of the interrelations between the emancipation of the working class and national liberation. As for the national liberation struggle in colonial countries, there were many problems which required scientific elucidation. Pak So Sim answered my question only vaguely. I asked him another question: The Marxist - Leninist classics generally say that the revolution in the suzerain state and that in a colonial country are organically linked with each other and stress the importance of the victory of the revolution in the suzerain state. That means that our country will be able to attain its independence only after the working class of have won their revolution, doesn’t it? So should we wait until they win? ..'. 'With the Century' Kim Il Sung. Chapter III. (1. 'The pursuit of progressive thoughts' )

 As we can see, Comrade Kim Il Sung did not rely only on themselves and their own thoughts. He drew from the wisdom of other people, relied on the knowledge and experience of the popular masses, from peasants and other classes in Korean society. 

So, for example, the experiences of the Russian Revolution, although worth noting and modeling, could not be a profitable basis for the Korean way to be copied. It could not, because the class system of Korean society was different, and also different objective social and historical conditions.

 After many discussions, considerations and theoretical - writing work, and above all on the practice gained in partisan struggle, Comrade Kim Il Sung created the Korean way of revolution and national liberation: ' ... My accumulation of knowledge and experience in Jilin enabled me to build the framework of an independent revolutionary thought in the future ...' For the first time, the Korean path of revolution was featured in an epochal speech on the Meeting of Leading Personnel of the Young communist League and the Anti - Imperialists Youth League Held in Kalun 30th of June 1930. In this speech Comrade Kim Il Sung, for the first time outlined the fundamental principles that would guide the Korean Revolution in the future. These principles are based on relying on oneself, on using one's own strength and self - confidence. In this speech, the first features of the future national philosophy of Juche emerged. Comrade Kim Il Sung stressed that the Korean people must go their own way, relying on their own strength, not to copy anything from others, only this way will enable the Korean nation to free itself from the shackles of Japanese slavery. It was one of the foundations of Juche's philosophy in the emphasis on independence and unity in the outlined goals of the revolution. 

The principles guided Juche idea pioneering and remain brilliant achievements of philosophical thought of all times of the history of humankind until today. Juche idea remains a source of inspiration for more than 1,000 study groups around the world to this day. One of these groups fascinated by this epochal philosophical thought is the British Group For the Study of the Juche Idea. Korean Friendship Association UK, together with the British Group For the Study of the Juche Idea, conducted annual cyclic courses of lectures and study of the Juche philosophy and Songun Politics, which enjoyed great popularity and gathered a large number of active participants. Also at present, we publish our books and brochures and popularize the Juche idea, as of many worth mentioning 'Juche Philosophy. A short Study Guide' or 'KFA UK Juche Philosophy Study Course' by the common authors Dr Dermot Hudson and Alan Bolon, which is a broad and elaborate and comprehensive textbook for the study of this philosophy based on his own lectures. Moreover, we conduct deep studies of the Juche Idea in a broad scientific context, and the result of this is as example is the first part of 'Foundations of the theory of man’s development as a social being and in social life under the guidance of the Juche Philosophy' which will be continued and expanded in the future regarding to progress in study of Juche philosophy. 

Following the historical speech, in the Kalun in 1930, we can say that Comrade Kim Il Sung ignited a spark - that mobilized the popular masses to resist the Japanese occupiers and start the great flame of the Korean Revolution. The significance of this historic speech is much greater, it prepared popular masses, organized in a well way, all united front to difficulties and hardship in the process of liberation by active armed struggle. ' ... Next, in order to guarantee success in the Korean revolution, we must step up the work of founding a party. For the Korean revolution to be victorious there must be a Marxist - Leninist party, the General Staff of the revolution. Only a revolutionary party can formulate a correct line, strategy and tactics, mobilize the broad masses for a struggle against the Japanese imperialists, and build a socialist and communist society ...' Kim Il Sung 'The Path of the Korean Revolution' ( 'Report to the Meeting of Leading personnel of the Young Communists League and the Anti - Imperialist Youth League' ) Held at Kalun, 30th of June, 1930. 

So, as we see from the very beginning, Marxist - Leninist thought served as the foundation and the general ideological line of the future Workers' Party of Korea. It is worth stressing out, because in our time, modern revisionism, together with pro - Western opportunist influences, tries to distort and distort the truly Marxist face of the revolutionary communist party that is the workers party of Korea. Revolutionary path of Korean liberation is based on Juche philosophy. The Juche philosophy is an original idea combined with Marxist - Leninist elements in remaining relations to Marxism and expanded by experiences from the historical process of the Korean revolution on the Korean conditions. 

The Korean way of revolution is a wonderful example of the vitality of the teaching of Marxism - Leninism. An example of the unbounded spirit of the Korean nation that can and should be a model for the liberation of other nations that are under imperialist exploitation and strive for full independence. 

Moreover, it is an example that Marxism - Leninism is a true science based on reality and helps liberate man from all forms of slavery, exploitation and oppression. As Lenin said: ' ... All nations will arrive at socialism – this is inevitable, but all will do so in not exactly the same way, each will contribute something of its own to some form of democracy, to some variety of the dictatorship of the proletariat, to the varying rate of socialist transformations in the different aspects of social life ... ' ( V. Lenin 'A Caricature of Marxism and Imperialism Economics' pages 69 - 70 ) 

The Korean path of revolution, after the liberation and establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 1945, developed in line with the historical needs of the new people's republic. Comrade Kim Il Sung and then Kim Il Jong, developed the Korean revolution into three general areas: ideological, technical and cultural. These 'three faces' of the Korean Revolution, helped build a modern and developed state of people's democracy as is now. 

The Korean path to socialism is exceptionally rich and distinctive. It is unique on a world scale, primarily in the fact that, as one of the few, it is solid and durable, it is firmly established on the foundation of the ideology of the popular masses, which Kim Il Sung phenomenally formulated with focus on man and his needs in the Juche Idea. 

The Korean revolution is not a copy of any kind of revolution but has its own style and spirit. 

Nowadays, after many decades of splendid development of the DPRK, this revolutionary path is close to achieving a great goal - full communism in social and economic relations. No country in the world has come as close to the ideal of a communist state as the DPRK, and this is due to the steadfast and incessant march of the Korean people on the path of socialism, illuminated by the beacon of wisdom of their leaders with Marshall Kim Jong Un as a first. 

The invincible spirit of Mount Paektu, the spirit of struggle and sacrifice of the first partisans of the Korean People's Army lasts and will last forever in the hearts of the Korean people, it will mark and illuminate the Korean path of revolution, the path in the successful march to fully communism.

 Free health service with extensive social care, free accommodation and no taxes are a few from a long list to make DPRK a country of real socialism, socialist paradise with a social system that is friendly to people and focused on their needs, and the continuous improvement of their living conditions in every way.

 DPRK is a country that cares about its values and achievements. This is because, unfortunately, there are many enemies. The enemies have existed since DPRK was founded and even before. Peoples Korea since its founding has met with extremely hostile activities from imperialist countries led by the US. Therefore, the DPRK must protect and defend its socio - political system, it must always be vigilant and attentive to any attempts of hostile activity. By the way, Comrade Alejandro Cao de Benos who is the founder and president Korean Friendship Association said: 'You never will open the door to your house to a person that has been insulting your father, insulting you and something and threatening you and sanctioning you. If you do not know something, if for you DPRK is a black hole you say for me you do not know anything about DPRK. It is such a mysterious country, you know. It is a secret country - okay, it is fine. It is true It is a secret country, you can see that. It is a fortress we are very much protecting our system' ( From a movie: 'The Propaganda Game' ) It is a fortress indeed. 

This fortress has been built up by many decades for peoples as a land of happiness. It is a land where each citizen lives to the fullest of his possibilities and development and realizes his natural aspirations and needs without obstacles for all. Not for selfish reasons or for profit, as is the case in capitalist countries, but for the good of the whole, for the good of a whole society and therefore where there is a high degree of social discipline and activity for the good of the motherland and its development.

 The DPRK is a fully sovereign state. A state that is independent and not dependent on anything or anyone in political, economic and social spheres. DPRK is a country where power is in the hands of the popular masses. It means that every citizen of DPRK is allowed to contribute in democratic elections and express their opinions and ideas. Not like in imperialist countries where the ruling classes dictate who and where is taken the state power to express aspirations to secure the bourgeois interests of a group of capitalist corporations or owners of the resources of production. The economy in DPRK is planned according to the central plan and subordinated to the needs of the society and not for the profit of private owners. The wise and prudent DPRK state manages all areas of socio-economic life in accordance with the philosophy of Juche focused on man and his needs. The last decade of developing Peoples Korea shows clearly that the path from the beginning time, from foundations and guerilla's was and is absolutely right. People's Korea is growing in strength and power in the military and economic spheres. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is an 'Asian - superpower' in our age. All of this is happening through hardships and difficulties creed by the hostile imperialist countries with the US at the forefront. It is also under the conditions of hostile propaganda and numerous economic sanctions. The Juche philosophy, the philosophy of self-sufficiency and creativity where man is the center of everything under the guidance of brilliant leader beloved and respected Kim Jong Un, guides Peoples Korea, Korea of Juche to new victories and glorious achievements in the march towards communism. Long live Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea!

 Manse!

75 YEARS OF VICTORIES AND GLORIES-Shaun Pickford -head of Staffordshire KFA UK branch and secretary general British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea.

Over the course of social-historical development, politics constituted one of the basic spheres of human activity. The role and influence of politics are immeasurably greater in a socialist society, where the working masses play the leading role. Having gained a deep insight into the decisive role political life has on society, the three Great Leaders of the Korean Revolution, Kim IL Sung, Kim Jong IL, and Kim Jong Un evolved theories on state power. The 75th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea gives us the opportunity to reflect on the unique history and essence of state power in the DPRK

An examination of the roots of the DPRK's foundation can be found in the revolutionary traditions of the Anti-Japanese National Liberation Struggle of the 1930s and 1940s. A People's Revolutionary Government was set up in the areas that had been freed from colonial rule along the Tumen River, between Manchuria and Korea. The programme of the Association For the Restoration of the Fatherland, which was issued on May 5th, 1936, called for the establishment of a People's Democratic Government after liberation. When Korea gained its freedom from Japanese Imperialism on August 15th, 1945, the process of building a new state structure began. A pressing question before the liberated Korean people was What kind of state power should be built? Kim IL Sung addressed this point on October 3rd, 1945, stating that Korea should take the road of progressive democracy. The concept of progressive democracy was more attuned to the conditions of Korea, which had emerged from feudalism and colonialism. In point of fact, neither Soviet-style proletarian democracy nor a US kind of bourgeois democracy would have been applicable to the needs of the Korean revolution at the time.

The first state power organ to be set up in Democratic Korea was the Provincial Peoples Committee of North Korea and this was replicated with Peoples Committees in the counties and provinces all over Korea. A 20-point platform was adopted by the PPCNK which led to the victory of the anti-imperialist, peoples democratic revolution in Korea. Radical reforms were carried out in the agrarian sector, major industries were nationalized, education became universal, women's rights were guaranteed and workers' rights were implemented by the PPCNK. The task was to formulate these achievements in state power. and Kim IL Sung proposed that an independent and sovereign state should be built in the shape of a Democratic People's Republic of Korea. On August 25th, 1948, the election of deputies to the Supreme Assembly, took place in all parts of north and south of Korea. In the northern half, where the election was held without incident, 99.97 per cent of voters participated and in the southern half, the election took place defying the suppression by the puppet regime, with 77.55 of voters casting their ballots. On the basis of the results of the north-south General Election, the 1st session of the Supreme Peoples Assembly was conveyed in Pyongyang on September 2nd, 1948 and was attended by 572 deputies. The Great Leader Comrade Kim IL Sung was elected the Premier of the Cabinet, the Head of State of the DPRK. On September 9th, 1948, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea was proclaimed to the world. With the establishment of the DPRK, the Korean people became a dignified people who would determine their fate independently. The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea is the only authentic state in Korea, which commands the unanimous support of the entire people. The founding of the DPRK is an acknowledgment of its democratic and sovereign nature carrying forward the Anti-Japanese Revolutionary Traditions. 

Political life in the DPRK is a universal one and a daily routine for every member of society. The DPRK gives the opportunity to the working people to exercise their leading role in the state power and participate actively in governmental administration. All citizens aged 17 years and over have the right to elect and to be elected irrespective of gender, occupation, party affiliation, and property status. There is the right to recall any deputy of the Supreme Peoples Assembly. All elections are universal and equal by secret ballot. The social composition of the deputies to the Supreme Peoples Assembly is as follows: 37 percent from the working class, 10 percent from the cooperative peasantry and 20 percent are women. In total, the number of deputies to the SPA is currently 687. To give one example of how socially inclusive the democratic process is in the DPRK, Jo Kil Nyo a Street Cleaner from the Phyongchan District, Pyongyang had been elected as a SPA Deputy. There are representatives from the Workers' Party of Korea, the Korean Social Democratic Party, the Chondoist Chongu Party, the General Federation of Trade Unions, and youth and women's groups who are deputies to the Supreme Peoples Assembly.  

Under the guidance of Kim Jong Un, the state mechanism of the DPRK was updated and perfected. The State Affairs Commission of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea was instituted as the highest body of the state in June 2016 and streamlined the governmental system. In view of changing circumstances, the Socialist Constitution of the DPRK has been amended several times in the last 5 decades. The Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un is now the president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK.

As part of a delegation of the UK Korean Friendship Association, I had the privilege of seeing the vibrant reality of Socialist Korea on the occasion of the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea in September 2018. Always memorable was witnessing the parade on the Kim IL Sung Square in Central Pyongyang for the DPRK's foundation day and viewing the mass games "The Country of The People" staged in The May Day Stadium. Being in Pyongyang for the 70th-anniversary commemorations of the Republic was a living testimony to the socialist civilization of the DPRK. It can be said that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a society of the future already in the present, a model of Communism for all of humanity.

Reflecting on the 75th anniversary of the Republic, it can be regarded that the form of government in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the most democratic one corresponding to the aspirations of the popular masses and based on the united forces of the population. Democracy in a lot of countries around the world is a commodity that is bought and sold to the highest bidder and there is apathy and alienation among the ordinary citizens towards the electoral processes in those nations. In contrast, the decision-making process in the DPRK at all levels is actively taken part by the majority of the people. A genuine people's government that represents and safeguards the interests of the working people, including the workers, peasants, and intellectuals is operating in the DPRK. On the 75th anniversary of its foundation, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is looking more magnificent and glorious as a great and independent socialist power.

GLORY TO THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA!

LONG LIVE THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, THE HOMELAND OF THE GREAT JUCHE AND SONGUN IDEAS!!       

Shaun Pickford -head of Staffordshire KFA UK branch and secretary general British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea.

"People's Korea Today " issue 33 (September 2023)

 

Time for the US to go home ! On the 78th anniversary of the US occupation of south Korea years- ASSPUK, BGSJI , KFA UK and BSCPRKP

  ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF SONGUN POLITICS UK 

 email juche007@yahoo.co.uk

                                           

5th  September Juche 112 (2023)

The Association For the Study of Songun Politics UK (ASSPUK) , the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea, the  Korean Friendship Association  of the UK( KFA UK )  ,and the British Solidarity Committee for Peace and Reunification in Korea (BSCPRKP issued a joint statement about the 78th anniversary of the occupation of south Korea by US troops and the criminal division of Korea by the US imperialists:

                                                     

It is 78 years since the US occupied south Korea by force and seized control of south Korea. A dark day in history .

On the 8th of September 1945 US troops landed in south Korea. Korea had already been liberated on the 15th of August by the heroic guerrillas of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army commanded by the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung. The Korean people were out to build a new life but in south Korea the US troops ruined this. Right from the start the US troops committed atrocities against the Korean people . One of their first actions was to suppress the people's committees that had been set up by the people in south Korea. They brutally suppressed the communist and progressive forces in south Korea killing many people . The US troops drenched Jeju Island in blood when the people there rose up. It is the US that created various fascist dictatorships in south Korea such as the Park Chung Hee fascist regime( a prototype for pro imperialist reactionary fascist dictatorships in the oppressed countries of the third world). It was the US that instigated the Kwangju massacre in 1980 in which over 2,000 people died.

                   The US imperialists, the chieftain of world imperialism and ringleader of international reaction committed the very serious criminal action of dividing Korea, a homogeneous nation which had existed for more than 5,000 years. Korea was a a civilised nation when America was just a wilderness.  Indeed the Korean nation existed long before the US did. The occupation of south Korea by US troops today is the main factor causing Korea's division. The very presence of US imperialist troops in south Korea is an insult to the Korean people.

                                            The  78 years of the occupation of south Korea by the US troops  have been 78 years of misfortune and crime . They have been 78 years of oppression of the south Korean people by the US troops. The US troops in south Korea enjoy extra-territorial privileges in south Korea which means in effect that they can act like colonial overlords in south Korea and can commit crimes such a murder, rape, theft and drug dealing with impunity. The south Korean people are forced to pay taxes for the "upkeep" of the US troops and their bases. This is simply a form of colonial tribute . South Korea has become an anachronism, a colony of the modern type in the 21st century .

 Another enormous crime committed by the US in Korea was dividing the Korean nation which had been a homogeneous nation for 5,000 years . The US imperialists have inflicted the severe emotional pain of division on the Korean people.

  It is high time for the US to leave south Korea for good and allow the Korean people to settle their own affairs.  Yankee Go Home !

 US OUT OF KOREA !

YANKEE GO HOME ! 
KOREA IS ONE !

ASSPUK
BGSJI

KFA UK

BSCPRKPTime 

DPRK Taekwon-Do Players Prove Successful at Int'l Championship

Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- The 22nd Taekwon-Do World Championships took place in Astana, Kazakhstan from August 18 to 26.

The championships brought together more than 860 excellent men and women Taekwon-Do players from over 60 countries and regions including the DPRK, Russia, Mongolia, Greece, Argentina and South Africa. The DPRK players won 64 gold medals and 31 cups including the trophy and five individual technical prizes and came first in the countries' standings.

The championships were held, divided into senior, youth, juvenile and veteran categories. The DPRK players took part in senior, youth and veteran categories.

The DPRK players took the first place in the men's and women's team pattern competition of senior and youth categories, women's team pattern competition of veteran category (silver and gold level), women's team special techniques matches of youth category, men's and women's self-defense matches of senior and youth categories, men's and women's team sparring matches of senior category, women's team sparring matches of youth category, and women's team sparring matches (silver and gold level) and women's team demonstration matches of veteran category (silver level). -0-

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54 Years under Ray of Juche

 

54 years have elapsed since the AINDF was founded under the guidance of the great sun of the nation. With the foundation of the Revolutionary Party for Reunification (RPR) on August 25, 1969, the south Korean people could have an invincible vanguard party truly representing the interests of the people and resolutely carry on a righteous struggle for the social change. The RPR was renamed the National Democratic Front of South Korea, later to become the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front (AINDF) in keeping with the demands of the developing situation and the times. The AINDF has developed into the ranks of national salvation and a militant vanguard in which the monolithic ideology and leadership are firmly established. The AINDF made more strenuous efforts to imbue south Korea with the ardent reverence for the peerlessly great men who are possessed of extraordinary intelligence, distinguished leadership and noble virtues. Led by the great Juche idea, it has encouraged the patriotic people from every background to turn out in the struggle for independence, justice and democracy. The AINDF has even experienced heart-rending pains and hardships caused by the fascist clique and the outside forces for the sake of its historic cause. However, led by the peerlessly great persons revered by the entire Korean nation, the AINDF has made a sustained advance along the road of Juche. The AINDF will steadily accelerate the struggle to realize the national independence under the leadership of the respected President of the State Affairs Kim Jong Un, holding President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il in high esteem as the sun of Juche in the future. For the present, we will decisively hold in check the north-targeted war maneuvers of warmongers at home and abroad in a bid to plunge the Korean nation into a nuclear disaster and will kindle the fierce flames of a massive struggle to ensure the peace and security on the Korean Peninsula. Meanwhile, we will more energetically conduct a nation-wide campaign for ousting the traitorous Yoon's regime from the presidency which reduces south Korea to the tundra of democracy, public welfare and civil rights with the unparalleled fascist despotism and anti-popular misrule. The cause of the AINDF will for sure emerge ever-victorious as long as we are led by the banner of Juche idea under the wise leadership of the peerlessly great man.