Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Meets Sergei Shoigu at Office Building of C.C., WPK

Pyongyang, July 28 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, invited Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu, head of the military delegation of the Russian Federation paying a congratulatory visit to the DPRK on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War, to the office building of the WPK Central Committee on Thursday morning.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un had a souvenir photo taken with Sergei Shoigu before having a comradely talk with him in his office.

He had a detailed and candid discussion with Sergei Shoigu on the important issues of mutual concern of the two countries.

He referred to the WPK and the DPRK government's judgment and principled stand on the rapidly changing international security environment and the military and political situation of the Korean peninsula and exchanged views with Sergei Shoigu on many issues.

The talk also sincerely discussed some issues arising in further developing the strategic and tactical collaboration and cooperation between the two countries in the field of defence and security.

Then he had a luncheon with Sergei Shoigu.

Sergei Shoigu expressed sincere thanks to Kim Jong Un for paying special attention to him and his military delegation's Pyongyang visit and lavishing warm hospitality on them. -0-

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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Hosts Reception for Russian Military Delegation

Pyongyang, July 28 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, hosted a reception for the military delegation of the Russian Federation led by Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu on July 27, the war victory day.

Present there were Jo Yong Won and Ri Pyong Chol, members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, Kang Sun Nam, minister of National Defence of the DPRK, Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the DPRK, and other senior Party and government officials, and commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence and commanders of the services, large combined units and combined units of the Korean People's Army.

Prior to the reception, Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu courteously handed a gift from Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

Kim Jong Un expressed deep thanks to Putin for sending a significant gift to him.

Kim Jong Un entered the banquet hall together with Sergei Shoigu amid the playing of welcome music, being given a standing ovation by all the participants who greeted the meaningful moment, another event to be etched in the history of the traditional DPRK-Russia friendship.

Ri Pyong Chol made a speech at the reception.

Warmly welcoming the Russian Minister of Defence who is the closest comrade-in-arms and brother and all comrades of the Russian military delegation, who were present at the significant reception for marking the 70th anniversary of the great war victory, Ri Pyong Chol said that their visit to the DPRK served as an occasion for powerfully demonstrating the might of unity and solidarity between the two countries which had been sealed at the cost of blood and have been growing stronger on the road of realizing the common ideal and goal.

He said the DPRK-Russia friendship, which the revolutionary forerunners of the two countries provided and cultivated with much care by fighting bloody battles together, is developing into the invincible comradeship and long-term strategic relations under the special care of Comrade Kim Jong Un and Comrade Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.

The armies and peoples of the two countries are safeguarding the sovereign rights, development and interests of their countries from the U.S. brigandish strategy for world domination by dint of ideologies and arms, and strongly supporting and encouraging each other to protect the regional and global peace and security and international justice by their concerted efforts, he said.

Upon authorization of Kim Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the DPRK and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, he extended the warmest militant regards, support and encouragement to the fighting Russian army and people on behalf of the DPRK government, armed forces and all the Korean people.

He expressed belief that the armies and peoples of the DPRK and Russia would always get united as genuine comrades and comrades-in-arms and emerge victorious thanks to the deep friendship between the top leaders of the two countries and the traditions of victory and the noble spirit bequeathed by the victorious wartime generations.

Then Sergei Shoigu made a speech.

He extended sincere congratulations to all the Korean people on the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War in reflection of the feelings of the Russian people.

The KPA has become the most powerful army in the world as it has honorably inherited the militant traditions of the Paektusan guerrilla army and the respected generations and striven to make itself strong, rallied close around its Supreme Commander, he stressed.

The KPA has faithfully upheld the leadership of the WPK, reliably defended the country from the imperialists' threat, devoted themselves to the people and made positive contributions to the economic construction, he said.

Wishing all the veterans who took part in the Fatherland Liberation War longevity in good health and the peoples of the two countries friendship and well-being, he expressed the willingness of the Russian Federation to develop the multi-faceted cooperation with the DPRK consistently.

All the participants toasted the good health of Kim Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, and Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation.

An art performance was given to welcome the Russian military delegation during the reception.

Kim Jong Un had pleasant chats with Sergei Shoigu and other major members of the Russian military delegation, deepening comradely friendship.

The reception proceeded in an amicable and friendly atmosphere. -0-

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Meeting Held to Mark 70th Anniversary of Victory in Fatherland Liberation War Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Attends Meeting

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Attends Meeting

Pyongyang, July 28 (KCNA) -- The great victory in the Fatherland Liberation War shining with legendary miracles is an unprecedented great event of special significance in the national and world history, in which the army and people of the DPRK made a history of heroic resistance striking the world people with admiration, consolidated the foundation for eternal victory and prosperity of the powerful DPRK and defended peace of humankind at the most acute outpost line of anti-imperialist independence under the leadership of the outstanding leader.

On the V-Day, an all-people and national holiday that gives the eternal glory and fame to the dignified DPRK, the whole country is paying the noble respects to the heroic generation who created the tradition of great victory with boundless loyalty, bravery and patriotism in the hard-fought war in the 1950s and has constantly developed the history of succession.

A meeting for celebrating the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War took place with splendor in Pyongyang, the capital city, on July 27.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, attended the meeting.

When the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un appeared at the platform of honor, all the participants raised enthusiastic cheers of "Hurrah!", looking up to him who represents the strength and dignity of the powerful DPRK and the symbol of eternal victory.

Acknowledging the enthusiastically cheering crowds, he warmly congratulated the Fatherland Liberation War participants and all the people across the country and the men and officers of the Korean People's Army (KPA) on the eternal V-Day of the glorious DPRK.

Taking the tribune were Kim Tok Hun, Jo Yong Won, Choe Ryong Hae and Ri Pyong Chol, members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, and other senior officials of the Party and the government, chief secretaries of the provincial party committees, leading officials of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, the Cabinet and working people's organizations and war veterans.

The tribune was also taken by Kang Sun Nam, minister of National Defence of the DPRK, Jong Kyong Thaek, director of the KPA General Political Bureau, Pak Su Il, chief of the KPA General Staff, and other commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence and commanders of the services and large combined units of the KPA.

Seen at the tribune were Sergei Shoigu, defence minister of the Russian Federation, and Li Hongzhong, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China.

Present at the meeting were war veterans and persons of wartime merits who are masters of the great heroic era, and activists in the traits of assisting the army, persons of distinguished services, labor innovators, descendants of martyrs, young builders, men and officers of the KPA and students of the revolutionary schools.

Present on invitation were members of the Russian military delegation and the Chinese party and government delegation on a visit to the DPRK for attending the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War and foreign diplomatic envoys here.

The national anthem of the DPRK was solemnly played.

Ri Il Hwan, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, made a speech in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the war victory.

Upon authorization of the Party and the government, the speaker offered heartfelt greetings to the respected war veterans and persons of wartime merits who performed immortal feats in the Fatherland Liberation War under the leadership of President Kim Il Sung, the brilliant military strategist and invincible and iron-willed commander, handed down to the Korean people the history and tradition of victory to be remembered with pride century after century and took part in the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the war victory to be specially recorded in history, in good health.

He also warmly congratulated all the people across the country and the KPA service personnel who greet the V-Day with high pride of having honorably safeguarded for 70 years the name and flag of the DPRK, defended by the first heroic generation of the DPRK at the cost of their blood, and fully demonstrated its dignity and might before the world.

And he extended heartfelt gratitude to the Communist Party of China, the government of the People's Republic of China and all the Chinese people who helped the DPRK's revolutionary war at the cost of blood and have invariably supported the just cause of the Korean Party and people, and warm greetings to the veterans of the Chinese People's Volunteers and bereaved families of those who took part in the war.

He said that the Fatherland Liberation War was unprecedented in terms of arduousness and fierceness as it was a war for defending the sovereignty, territory and people of the DPRK from the invasion by the formidable imperialist outsiders and a total war between the progressive and the reactionary for defending the socialist and democratic camp and peace of humankind from the arrogant scheme by the U.S. imperialists to dominate the whole world.

He noted that the confrontation between the young sovereign state and U.S. imperialism, which boasted of being "the strongest" in the world with the history of more than hundred years of aggression, was the harshest trial, but the DPRK and its people bravely turned out in the struggle for discharging their responsibility and mission given by the times and history and performed a miracle of frustrating the aggression offensives of the imperialist war maniacs.

Along with the war victory, the DPRK came to be clearly recognized by the world as a bulwark in the East that defends independence and justice by resolutely fighting against the most ferocious and formidable U.S. imperialism, and its dignified name and flag came to shine all over the world as a symbol of heroism and banner of victory in the anti-imperialist struggle, he said, referring to the historic significance and profound meaning of the victory in the war.

The historic significance of the war victory shining with gold letters in the history of the country lies in the fact that the history of heroic struggle of winning the greatest victory in the gravest circumstances was created and it was cemented into the tradition of the Korean revolution and the character of our national development, he said.

Thanks to the great history in which the war that could have been ended in a terrible tragedy was concluded with victory, a new history of the DPRK, in which it accomplished the great cause of building a powerful nation while setting up new milestone in such harsh annals, was created and legendary 70 years of defending the regional and global peace from all sorts of injustice and tyranny were recorded in the history of the country, he stressed.

The legendary annals and watersheds of changes that astonished the world over the past 70 years since the day of the war victory were all witnessed in the periods when the internal and external situation was complicated and the country faced difficulties, he pointed out, adding that all the heroic feats that stirred up the times were linked to the revolutionary spirit of the victorious wartime generation.

He said what the DPRK held fast to like the banner in the face of trials that are too severe for a country and nation was the history and tradition of war victory which transformed the most arduous years into ones of miracle and what its people cherished as an example of their life and struggle was the indomitable fighting spirit and legendary feats of the victorious wartime generation.

The speaker said that millions of young people, aware of the honor and mission of being descendants of the victorious wartime generation, rushed to the places called by the country to steadily carry forward the heroic epic of the Korean youth with youthful passion and fearless mettle. He went on:

And all the people strived to build socialism in the spirit of the wartime generation and with an indomitable will as intended by the Party Central Committee, thus proving once again the truth of history that nothing is more firm and reliable than the unity of the people rallied around the great leader and that no force is more powerful than their staunch anti-imperialist revolutionary spirit.

This gathering shared by the creators and eyewitnesses of history who achieved the fame of heroic Korea despite the worst-ever challenges and misfortune and the trustworthy descendents who carried forward their noble soul and lifeblood is like an epitome of the country's 70-year history showing how the lifeline of our revolution has been inherited, how the nature of our state has been preserved and how our national power has grown stronger.

All generations have been firmly carried forward by a single red bloodline and become a whole of one life thanks to the history and tradition of the great war victory no matter how much water flows under the bridge. Herein lies the factor that the orthodoxy of our revolution has been preserved to date, and the strength peculiar to our state which is free from degeneration and frustration.

It is the greatest honor and pride of our Party and people to have the history of victory that will defend the strong breath of the ever-victorious Korean revolution and add eternal luster to the mightiness and invincibility of the Republic.

The war provided the DPRK with the glory of victory and the intense experience that a horrible war should not be repeated as well as the goal of building a powerful country at all costs, the speaker said, stressing that if it had had the strength powerful enough to frustrate the U.S. imperialists' ambition for aggression, the war would not have ended in ceasefire on this land.

As they are mindful of that bitter experience and towering grudge and can no longer live as a target of aggression, the WPK and the DPRK government have made a strenuous advance to bolster up the military capability, regarding self-defence as a keynote policy despite all challenges and hardships of history, and history remembers how peace has been maintained and defended for many years on this land turned into a fierce theatre of confrontation between the two parties conflicting with each other ideologically and institutionally, he said, adding:

The history of strength of the DPRK and its people can neither be stopped nor delayed as the U.S., an aggressive and hegemonic entity exists on this planet. If the U.S. imperialists run amuck, failing to clearly understand the trend of the times and the changed reality, and ignite another war in Korea, they are certain to be buried in the grave of history together with their excessive ambition.

The speaker said that 70 years ago the Korean people waged a heroic struggle, enjoying selfless mental and material assistance from the peace-loving peoples of the world and thus created a great history in which justice beat injustice and progress overwhelmed reaction.

During the Fatherland Liberation War, the Chinese party and government dispatched their excellent sons and daughters to the Korean front despite difficult conditions and thus devotedly contributed to the victory in the war and made a great contribution to safeguarding the security of their country and defending the socialist eastern outpost, he said.

The Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) formed a good tradition of winning victory by dint of revolutionary unity after becoming one with the Korean People's Army in the staunch revolutionary spirit against imperialism while fighting in the same trench together with the KPA, he said, adding that the Korean party and people of will never forget the militant feats and historic achievements performed by the officers and men of the CPV and will always remember them in the future, too.

The speaker once again warmly welcomed General Sergei Shoigu, defence minister of the Russian Federation, a friendly neighboring country, who came to Pyongyang in congratulation of the great holiday of the DPRK and extended heartfelt militant salute to the Russian government, army and people who have turned out in the historic struggle for defeating the groups threatening and damaging its sovereignty, security and interests and building powerful Russia.

Saying that as long as there exist dominationist forces and high-handed practices to cook up and incite bloody confrontation, coup and war in different parts of the planet in pursuance of hegemony and expansion and restrict and hurt other countries, no country and region can be safe, he stressed that the DPRK government and people will stand firmly on the side of those countries against the U.S. hegemony and fight in the same trench with them.

He affirmed that the Korean people would fight unyieldingly and staunchly, united around the great Comrade Kim Jong Un for eternal peace, prosperity and development on this land, for the immortality of the noble sacrifice and beautiful soul of many sung and unsung brave soldiers and for the great powerful country where their desire would be translated into reality and for the eternal prosperity of the beloved DPRK which will shine for all ages.

At the meeting, Sergei Shoigu read out a congratulatory speech sent by Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, to the participants in the meeting for celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Korean people's victory in the Fatherland Liberation War on the occasion of the victory day.

All the participants expressed their gratitude with the ardent applause for the speech of President Putin who extended heartfelt congratulations to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un and the participants on the glorious holiday of victory of the Korean people.

Jo Yong Won, Presidium member of the Political Bureau and secretary for Organizational Affairs of the WPK Central Committee, conveyed a congratulatory message from the WPK Central Committee to all the people and service personnel who have made immortal contributions to glorifying the tradition of victory of heroic Korea.

All the participants were impressed by the congratulatory message that reviewed the 70-year history of struggle which firmly linked the idea of pioneering the Korean revolution to the new century and clearly proved before the world the scientific accuracy and immortality of our idea and cause as the immutable truth that no one can deny and that showed the unwavering will of the WPK to defend the country, associated with the sacred life of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il, and the socialist system upheld through the heroic struggle and costly self-sacrifice of the revolutionary forerunners and demonstrate the honor of victors forever.

They more deeply cherished the conviction that the ever-victorious history and tradition will be immortal as they hold in high esteem Kim Jong Un, peerless patriot and great defender of peace who is firmly turning the heroic fighting spirit of the victorious wartime generation into the blood vessel of the Korean revolution and ushering in a new era of a prosperous and powerful country independent in politics, self-supporting in the economy and self-reliant in national defence.

The meeting served as a significant occasion that fully displayed the unshakable faith and will of the WPK and the people of the DPRK to build the country, defended by the forerunners at the risk of their lives, into a eternally thriving socialist power with the transparent spirit of defending the country and the revolution as a treasured sword of victory and the invincibility of Korean-style socialism. -0-

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A Great Victory of A Revolutionary People guided by the great Juche Idea !-contribution of Dr Dermot Hudson

On the 27th of July, the people of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(DPRK) and the revolutionary people of the world will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War against the US imperialist aggressors, the sworn enemy of not only the Korean people but the entire world progressive and peace-loving people. July 27th is regarded as ‘Victory over America ‘ day, the second liberation day of the DPRK, the first being August 15th when Korea was liberated from Japanese imperialist colonial rule. As respected Marshal KIM JONG UN said "Our July 27 is the second Day of Liberation when our people defended with honour their country's dignity and sovereignty from the brigandish aggression by the U.S. imperialists, and also the day of proud victors that put the U.S. imperialists, who were recklessly attempting to gain hegemony in the world and enslave it, on a downhill march towards ruin”

Although 70 years have now passed since US General Mark Clark soberly admitted that “In carrying out the instructions of my government, I gained the unenviable distinction of being the first United States commander in history to sign an armistice without victory." July 27th shines brightly as it was a victory of a small country over a big country, a victory of a former colony over an imperialist power, the United States. The Fatherland Liberation War shattered all kinds of illusions such as illusions about the so-called ‘humane’ nature of US imperialism but it also disproved the myth that only big powers could defeat US imperialism. As President KIM IL SUNG wrote a decade after the Fatherland Liberation War “Even small countries can defeat big enemy, once they establish Juche, unite the masses of the people and valiantly rise in battle despite sacrifice. This is a very plain truth of our times which has been borne out by actual life”

The United States had been a victorious nation in World War and had emerged as the boss of world imperialism. The US imperialists had been victorious in dozens of wars that they had launched since the appearance of the US in the 18th century. The US imperialists had long coveted Korea and began to stretch their tentacles of aggression to Korea in the 19th century when it sent the armed pirate ship the “General Sherman" into Korea.

When the Fatherland Liberation War was started on the 25th of June 1950 by the south Korean fascist puppets acting on the orders of the US imperialists, few expected the DPRK to win let alone even survive . There is no doubt that the Korean people's victory over the US imperialist aggressors some 70 years ago was a superhuman feat . The struggle between the young Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) and the US was an unequal one, this is of course an understatement. It was a real David and Goliath battle. The US was much bigger than the DPRK in terms of size and population. Moreover, the US war machine was backed by a massive industrial base and advanced technology. The DPRK had only been founded less than 2 years before the war began, in fact, some 21 months before but now had to face a titanic war with the giant of US imperialism, the chieftain of world imperialism.How could a small country like People's Korea fight against the US and its puppets and vassals? The answer was in the powerful revolutionary leadership of Marshal KIM IL SUNG , the Juche idea and the Songun idea as well as the heroic self-sacrificing spirit of the Korean people and the young Korean People's Army.

   Marshal KIM IL SUNG turned the table on the arrogant Yankees and the south Korean puppets who had boasted that they would have " breakfast in Haeju, lunch in Pyongyang and dinner in Sinuiju'' (Haeju being a town in the far south of the DPRK and Sinuiju being a town on the Chinese border) but this did not happen, instead, the victorious KPA wiped out the south Korean puppet forces and liberated south Korea, Seoul was liberated on June 28th the third day of the war.Let us note that a certain big country has failed even after nearly 18 months to advance to the capital city of a neighbouring country under fascist rule, even though the neighbouring country had once been an integral republic of the country concerned.

The hated colonial fascist reactionary ruling machines were smashed and land was distributed to the peasants free of charge. Basically the DPRK carried out a successful operation for the ‘de-fascistation ‘ of south Korea.

 The US started to heavily bomb all of Korea and drew into the war forces from some satellite countries. This did not stop the advance of the Juche-oriented Korean People's Army commanded by the great leader Marshal KIM IL SUNG. The KPA smashed the Yankees at Osan . Torpedo boats of the KPA Navy sank US cruisers and destroyers.

 The great leader Marshal KIM IL SUNG personally commanded the Taejon liberation battle. Here the KPA, on its own and without outside help, faced the US 24th Army Division. The US 24th Division had been victorious in the Battle of Mindanao in the Philippines in the 2nd World War and its commander General Dean had been a US commander in Europe in World War Two. The U.S. 24th division was totally destroyed in the Taejon battle on July 20, which was the 20th day after its arrival in south Korea. General Dean, the commander of the Division, was captured by a young soldier of the Korean People’s Army. He was the first division commander of U.S. imperialist aggression forces to be taken prisoner in the Korean War. This was a great feat of the heroic Korean People's Army to have captured a Yankee general.

The US threw into the war unprecedented numbers of troops and amounts of materials.  In fact, 73 million tons of war materials were used in the war .The war raged on until July 27th 1953 when the US kneeled down and signed the Armistice Agreement.

During the three-year-long Fatherland Liberation War, the U.S. imperialists lost over 1,567,000 men, including more than 405,000 of their own armed forces, and an enormous amount of combat equipment and war supplies, including over 12,200 aircraft, more than 560 warships and ships, over 3,200 tanks and armoured vehicles of different types, more than 13,350 trucks and 7,690 artillery pieces of various types. The loss suffered by the US imperialists was nearly 2.3 times greater than what they had suffered in the four years of the Pacific War during World War II. Even official US statistics showed during each of the three years of the Korean War they lost double the number of troops lost in each year of the Vietnam War. Later comrade KIM IL SUNG declared that “In this great struggle our people fought determinedly as one in mind under the correct leadership of the party and government and thereby withstood the harsh trials of war honourably and won a historic victory inflicting an ignominious defeat on US imperialism and its running dogs”.

The victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War was achieved due to the brilliant commanding art of President KIM IL SUNG and his Juche-based tactics. Moreover, the Korean people and army had fought in the spirit of self-reliance and had united around their supreme commander Generalissimo KIM IL SUNG and the great Workers Party of Korea.

July 27th shines today as a great victory of a revolutionary people guided by the Juche idea!

Dr Dermot Hudson

Official Delegate , Korean Friendship Association UK 

Chairman Korean Friendship Association UK

Chairman British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea .

Speech of KFA Germany to the Online Meeting for the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War

Dear comrade Dr. Dermot Hudson, dear comrades of KFA UK and all other branches of KFA 

we from KFA Germany want to thank you for preparing and holding this meeting on this very important anniversary. I want to talk a bit about how the DPRK could beat the self-crowned world-power USA 

When the US imperialists launched a war of aggression against Korea in Juche 39 (1950), they expected a quick victory. The US has a land area 78 times that of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), plus a population ten times larger than that of the People's Republic of Korea. Also, the DPRK was founded only two years before, while the USA had already existed for 174 years and was able to expand its empire enormously in the course of the Second World War. 15 satellite states supported the USA in its war of aggression and the aggressors attacked the young republic with the most modern weapons. And yet this year we celebrate the 70th anniversary of Korea's victory in that war. How could the Korean people be victorious against this seemingly much superior force?

Friedrich Engels wrote in "On the Advantages of the Communist System": "And bear in mind, gentlemen, that the member of such a society (meaning the socialist one), in the event of a war which could, in any case, occur only against anti-communist nations, has a real fatherland, a real hearth to defend, that he will therefore fight with enthusiasm, with perseverance, with bravery before which the machine-like skill of a modern army must fly apart like chaff. Consider what wonders the enthusiasm of the revolutionary armies of 1792 to 99 has done, which after all fought only for an illusion, for a sham fatherland, and you will have to realise what strength an army must be which fights not for an illusion, but for a tangible reality. "

The strength of an army that fights for a real fatherland is shown by the Korean People's Army, which defeated the much better-equipped and numerically superior US aggressor army.

The military genius of the great leader President KIM IL SUNG was also decisive for the outcome of the war. While many of his advisors advised him to adopt the military strategies of the Soviet Union, President KIM IL SUNG applied the strategies from the anti-Japanese liberation struggle. The Soviet Union's strategies had been designed for Europe and were unsuitable for the mountainous terrain of Korea. Instead, President KIM IL SUNG created new fighting methods such as tunnel-based fighting, movement of aircraft fighter groups, movement of tank fighter groups, intensive use of artillery fire in mountains and activities of mobile artillery companies.

Even today, the Korean people, under the leadership of Marshal KIM JONG UN, are successfully resisting the embargo and all other aggressions of US imperialism. Only recently, under the leadership of Marshal KIM JONG UN, the test firing of an intercontinental ballistic missile was carried out, which is a clear warning and deterrent to the US imperialists, as well as their puppets and vassals.

 

I want to wish you in the name of all members of KFA Germany best of luck with your meeting

Down with US imperialism!

Down with the south Korean puppet regime!

Long live the Democratic People's Republic of Korea!

Long live the Korean People's Army!

In the name of all members of KFA Germany

Speech of Dr Dermot Hudson to the Online Meeting of KFA UK , BGSJI and ASSPUK for the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War

Speech to online meeting 

July 27th, Fatherland Liberation War Victory Day, is known as the second liberation day of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(DPRK). I will like to briefly recall my visit to the DPRK in July 2013 for the 60th anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War. Many delegations thronged to Pyongyang for the celebrations. Notably KFA President Alejandro Cao De Benos led a big delegation of KFA International and KFA Spain. There was also a Spanish Communist Youth delegation which included KFA members. My good friend Martin Lotscher from KFA Switzerland was there. Also, a famous Russian woman writer who lives in Ireland and is a KFA member was there. There were many friendship and solidarity organisations present as well as different communist and workers' parties. Ramsey Clark the former US attorney general and peace campaigner was there.   A huge horde of Western capitalist journalists was visible.

The military parade for 60th V Day was truly out of this world. DPRK military parades are always good. With this one the helicopters actually flew along the approach roads to KIM IL SUNG square and then swooped over the square, it was amazing. The colours were bright. I remember a friendly boy student from the Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies kindly lent me his handkerchief to put on my head. Later in the trip I had a long talk with him about the abdication of Edward the 7th .

On July 27th Victory day we enjoyed a special lunch in the revolving restaurant at the top of the hotel. You could actually see the military vehicles for the parade lining the streets of Pyongyang.

                                           

I also remember the grand opening ceremony for the new Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum. Respected Marshal KIM JONG UN opened the museum. When we inside it was incredible to see. Also, they were serving free cold drinks. In the evening there was a spectacular firework display the like of which I had never seen before. Afterwards, we were treated to a great banquet.

It was not all banquets, parades and ceremonies. We participated in practical solidarity actions. There was a big International Peace March. This started with a rally at the monument to the Three Charters for Reunification. We marched with banners and then got on coaches to go to Kaesong. At Kaesong, we went to Panmunjom and then in the afternoon we marched through the streets of Kaesong. The young women of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries carried our KFA UK banner through the streets. I felt proud. Then there was a mass rally of about 10,000 people at which I was one of the speakers. It was incredible.

July 27th 1953 was the day when the US imperialists finally admitted they could not militarily defeat the DPRK and signed the Korean Armistice Agreement which actually contained a clause stipulating the withdrawal of all foreign forces from the Korean peninsula but the US reneged on this later. Mark Clark the commander of US forces in the War wrote `` "In carrying out the instructions of my government, I gained the unenviable distinction of being the first United States commander in history to sign an armistice without victory.’  and US General Bradley admitted that it was ‘ The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy’. These were confessions of US commanders that they were defeated in the Fatherland Liberation War.

 The Fatherland Liberation War is known as the Korean War in the West and is sometimes referred to as the “Unknown War “, this is because the US was defeated but they wanted to cover up their defeat and also the fact they provoked the war. The right-wing and extremely anti-communist  US military historian Bevin Alexander, who himself had been a US army officer during the Korean War, referred to the Fatherland Liberation War as being ‘the first war we lost’. Max Hastings another right-wing historian and former journalist wrote that “many American career officers were  dismayed by the precedent Korea established: the United States had failed to fight a war to a victorious conclusion.”  

   The US lost: 1,567,128 men including 405,498 US soldiers, 1,130,965 south Korean puppet troops, and 30,665 soldiers of their satellite states were killed, wounded or captured; 12,224 aeroplanes including "air fortress B-29" were downed, damaged or captured, 7,695 guns, 3,255 tanks and armoured cars were lost; and 564 warships and vessels including the heavy cruiser Baltimore and the flagship of Seventh Fleet Missouri were sunk or damaged. The loss suffered by the US imperialists was nearly 2.3 times greater than what they had suffered in the four years of the Pacific War during World War II. Even according to the heavily doctored and downplayed statistics of the US military, the US lost more than 15 times as many troops in the three years of the Fatherland Liberation War than in nearly 20 years of the Afghan War where they lost 2,324 troops and  9 times as many in 8 years of fighting in Iraq. However much the US tried to dress it up or downplay it, they suffered a total military disaster in Korea. 

  

 The great leader President KIM IL SUNG said “In this great struggle our people fought determinedly as one in mind under the correct leadership of the party and government and thereby withstood the harsh trials of war honourably and won a historic victory inflicting an ignominious defeat on US imperialism and its running dogs”

                   

Some people attribute the Korean people’s victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War against the US to the internationalist assistance that was given to the DPRK from the People’s Republic of China and the former USSR believing that only big countries can make a difference or only big countries can solve problems. Of course, it needs to be stated that in fact, it was not just the big socialist countries that helped the DPRK but all the socialist countries. There was also a powerful solidarity movement with the DPRK waged in many countries including even the US. In fact, Italian-American congressman Vito Marcantonio voted against the war in the US Congress. In the UK  the Communist Party of Great Britain and “Daily Worker “ opposed the war, as did some Labour MPs to their credit, for example, the famous Welsh MP S O Davies.. In the oppressed colonial countries, the revolutionary peoples intensified their anti-imperialist struggles. In particular, the revolutionary forces of Malaya and Thailand stepped up their armed struggle. However, the best internationalist aid and assistance have no effect unless the revolutionary forces of a given country  unite and wage a powerful struggle. History knows many examples of revolutions that were given unstinting assistance but came to nothing because the internal revolutionary forces were not strong enough and the quality of leadership was lacking.

   As Generalissimo  KIM IL SUNG pointed out  “Even small countries can defeat big enemy, once they establish Juche, unite the masses of the people and valiantly rise in battle despite sacrifice. This is a very plain truth of our times which has been borne out by actual life."

    During the Fatherland Liberation War, the Korean people fought in the spirit of self-reliance. During the first stage of the war the Korean People’s Army under the command of Generalissimo KIM IL SUNG and entirely on its own liberated Seoul, the south Korean puppet capital on the third day of the war. The forces of the heroic KPA defeated the so-called "Invincible US 24th Division" on the 20th of July 1950 at Taejon and took its commander General Dean prisoner. Dean was the first US general to be captured by an opposing side. Dean’s general’s pips and boots can be seen in the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in Pyongyang where you can also see a wonderful diorama of the battle of the Battle of Taejon. Within 6 weeks the KPA had liberated 90 per cent of the territory of south Korea and 92 per cent of the population. A truly amazing feat.

The US imperialists and reactionaries had made a big miscalculation and greatly underestimated the DPRK, the Korean People’s Army(KPA)  and the Juche-based military tactics of generalissimo KIM IL SUNG who accumulated vast and unrivalled experience in the 15-year-long anti-Japanese armed struggle.

    Great generalissimo KIM IL SUNG employed unique Juche-based tactics during the Fatherland Liberation War. Based on the Juche idea that people are the masters, generalissimo KIM IL SUNG attached importance to the decisive role of people rather than weapons during the war. Basically, he believed that the outcome of war is simply not decided by weapons but by those who hold those weapons.

 Generalissimo  KIM IL SUNG  initiated an immediate counter-attack on the aggressors when they provoked the war on the morning of the 25th of June 1950. Marshal KIM IL SUNG called a cabinet meeting where he made a speech titled ‘ Let Us Wipe Out the Invaders by a Decisive Counter-Offensive “ and ordered the Korean People’s Army over to an immediate counter-offensive. Thus the KPA and KPSF went over to an immediate counter-offensive pushing the south Korean puppets back. This was something unprecedented in the history of warfare!During the Second World War, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium and France all fell to the invasion of Nazi Germany, seemingly powerless to resist let alone organise a counter-offensive. Even the Soviet Union in June 1941 was not able to go over to a counter-offensive immediately. By launching a counter-offensive quickly Generalissimo KIM IL SUNG snatched away the advantage of surprise from the south Korean puppets and US imperialists.

The KPA under the command of generalissimo KIM IL SUNG also created other original tactics such as tunnel warfare. The DPRK later sent tunnelling advisors to Vietnam during their war against the US.An article by overseas Korean writer Han Ho Suk wrote that  “North Korea's expertise in digging tunnels for warfare was demonstrated during the Vietnam War. North Korea sent about 100 tunnel warfare experts to Vietnam to help dig the 250 km tunnels for the North Vietnamese and Viet Gong troops in South Vietnam. The tunnels were instrumental in the Vietnamese victory”.Also, there was the original idea of opening a second front behind enemy lines, the creation of aircraft hunting and tank hunting teams and guerrilla warfare.

Revolutionary peoples of the world praised the DPRK’s victory in the Fatherland Liberation War. A Cuban Minister stated “The firm position and confidence of the Korean people and their valour offer a model for the peoples of Vietnam, Cuba, the Congo and other countries of the world” .Gaston Soumialot President of the supreme council of the Revolution of the Congo also wrote in 1968 "Marshal Kim Il Sung is widely known to the whole world as a gifted military strategist ....The US imperialist aggressors who had been bragging about their so-called 'mightiness' in Korea scored a failure in Korea for the first time in their 114 wars of aggression.”

During the Fatherland Liberation War the mask of ‘civilisation ‘ and ‘humanity ‘ was torn off the US and there were exposed as mass murderers and aggressors who even used biological and chemical weapons against the Korean people. The Fatherland Liberation War showed that there can be no ‘peaceful co-existence between imperialism and socialism and that there must be an uncompromising struggle against imperialism.

Although the guns fell silent on the 27th of July 1953, there was never a permanent or binding peace treaty and the US still has troops in south Korea and has dispatched a nuclear submarine to south Korea . If the US provokes a war the US will suffer a 2nd and a 3rd July 27th and the Korean people led by respected Marshal KIM JONG UN will win victory and reunify the country!

Glory to the Korean people and the KPA on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War against the US imperialists!

Grand Performance Given to Celebrate 70th Anniversary of Great War Victory Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Enjoys Performance with Goodwill Missions on Visit to Pyongyang

Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) -- A grand celebration performance was given at 00:00 on July 27, adding to the joy and excitement of celebrating the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War shining as a symbol of heroism and justice along with its great eminence of victory in the course of the development of the dignified Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), as a grand festival of glory and succession to be specially recorded in history.

The performance venue was overflowing with the great pride and self-confidence of significantly greeting the war victory day, the holiday of the DPRK and all its people, with the priceless honor and dignity offered by the victory in the three-year war and the 70-year-long indomitable struggle for preserving that victory - 25 568 days since July 27, the historic day when the first people's country in the East, a new-born republic, won a victory in the war for repulsing the brigandish armed invasion by the U.S. imperialism, the ringleader of the imperialists, in the middle of the 20th century called the "century of war".

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, enjoyed the performance.

Prior to enjoying the performance, he had a warm and friendly talk with Li Hongzhong, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (PRC) who is on a visit to the DPRK on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the great war victory.

Li Hongzhong, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People's Congress of the PRC who is leading a Chinese party and government delegation on a visit to Pyongyang, courteously handed to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un a personal letter sent by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the CPC and president of the PRC, on the occasion of the war victory day.

Expressing thanks for it, Kim Jong Un offered his heartfelt thanks to Xi Jinping.

He told Li Hongzhong that the significance of July 27, the war victory day common to the Korean and Chinese peoples, was further highlighted as they were present together to celebrate it. Noting that Xi Jinping dispatched a party and government delegation to the DPRK in the current crucial period, he said that it showed the general secretary's will to attach great importance to the DPRK-China friendship.

Saying the Korean people will never forget the fact that the brave soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers shed blood to bring about the war victory and their noble spirit and soul though many years have passed and generation has been replaced with new one, he affirmed that the WPK and the DPRK government will as ever strive to further strengthen the friendship and solidarity with the fraternal Chinese people and always advance hand in hand with the Chinese people in the struggle for socialism.

When Kim Jong Un appeared at the theatre auditorium with the heads of the delegations, stormy cheers of the audience shook the theatre.

Pretty children presented fragrant bouquets to Kim Jong Un.

Children presented bouquets to the heads of the delegations.

Members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, cadres of the Party, the government and the military, and the participants in the celebrations including war veterans and persons of wartime merits watched the performance.

Present there on invitation were members of the Chinese party and government delegation and the Russian military delegation.

The performance was given by leading art troupes including the State Merited Chorus, the Ensemble of the State Affairs Commission and the Wangjaesan Art Troupe, and social and military art troupes and artistes and students of art education institutions.

Put on the stage of the performance which started with overtures "Tell, Fireworks of War Victory" and "July 27, Our Victory Day", were wartime songs, hymns for the war victory, songs of faith popular during the years of succession and other numbers.

Through the immortal hymn "Cantata to Marshal Kim Il Sung", the performers sang highly of the greatest-ever feats of President Kim Il Sung, who trained the Korean people to be the strongest ones with indomitable spirit and matchless strength punishing the imperialist tyranny and made a history of miraculous war victory admired by mankind in the grim period when the U.S. imperialists, who boasted of being the world's "strongest", had gone to extremes in their arrogance and arbitrary practices and thus brought about a fierce storm of independence against imperialism and the revolution for national liberation.

When the venerable image of the President declaring victory at the military parade for celebrating the war victory was shown on the background screen along with his friendly voice resounding throughout the venue, the audience broke into loud applause with boundless reverence for the peerlessly brilliant commander who reliably protected the destiny of the country and peace of humankind by winning a great victory in the fierce anti-imperialist, anti-U.S. sacred war with his Juche-oriented military idea, outstanding strategy and tactics and iron faith and will.

"Song of National Defence", "To a Decisive Battle" and other wartime songs, which resounded all over Korea fighting against aggressors, touched the audience, bringing back the memory of the legendary years.

Through the numbers representing the endless advance by the defenders of the country under the hail of bullets and shells and their hand-to-hand combats for annihilating the enemies, and through the numbers pulsating with the patriotic passion and emotion lavished by them out of their confidence in victory during the three-year-long war woven with life and death, blood and tears and love and hatred, the performers impressively sang of what a stern death-defying resistance the heroic army and people of the DPRK waged to preserve the dignity and prestige of their country.

When Chinese and Russian serial songs specially selected for goodwill missions visiting Pyongyang were put on the stage, the audience felt their hearts overflowing with conviction and friendship that the history and traditions of friendship and solidarity formed and consolidated in the joint struggle for independence against imperialism would be steadily carried forward and developed century after century.

The performance ended with the finale "The People Offer Glory to the Party" and "July 27, Our Victory Day".

At the end of the performance, the audience again broke into enthusiastic cheers.

Kim Jong Un warmly acknowledged their cheers, congratulating the performers on their successful performance. -0-

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