Kim Jong Il, a Brilliant Theoretician and Politician
Thomas Loesch, General-Secretary of the DPRK-Austrian Friendship Society
ON February the 16th this year, the world’s progressive humankind celebrates a very meaningful birthday, the eightieth birthday of Leader Kim Jong Il. This date is worldwide known as the “Day of the Shining Star”.
In the beginning of the 20th Century Korea, lost its Independence and got occupied by the Japanese imperialists. Immediately, after the occupation took part, the Korean people started to fight for the liberation of their country. It took more than forty years to defeat the imperialists.
This could only happen, because of the brilliant leadership of Comrade Kim Il Sung. Leader Kim Jong II was born on the 16 February 1942 in the secret camp of mount paektu, during the fatherland liberation war.
From his early childhood on, Kim Jong Il was always on the side of Leader Kim Il Sung. The USA denied the wish of the Korean People to live sovereign life. They occupied the south of the Korean Peninsula and established there a puppet regime.
In 1950 the USA, together with the south Korean puppet regime started a war against the DPRK. During a three-year long war, the Korean people’s army under the leadership of President Kim Il Sung, defeated the US- Imperialists and their allies. The USA never accepted their defeat.
They US-administration try every opportunity to destroy the independence and sovereignty of the DPRK. The Juche-Ideology created by the great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung is the guiding line for the Korean people in their struggle for independence and sovereignty. From his childhood on, the dear Leader Kim Jong Il studied very intensive, the works of President Kim Il Sung.
When he was a student, he taught his colleges and even his teachers about the works of his father. In 1982 he systemized the works of Leader Kim Il Sung to the book “on the Juche-Idea”.
In this work, Leader Kim Jong Il explain in a very clear way the theory of the Juche-Idea. This book gives s not only the Korean people but also people all over the world a clear understanding of the philosophical principles of the Juche-Idea.
Thanks to the translation work, Juche-Follower all over the world have the possibility to study the Juche-Idea in their own language. Kim Jong Il was not only a teacher, but also a theoretician. He also developed the Juche-Idea according to the current situation.
During the “arduous march” in the middle of the 1990th when the Korean people suffer a lot of hardships, Comrade Kim Jong Il took all measures for the independence of the country. For this reason, Leader Kim Jong Il developed the Songun-politics.
Leader Kim Jong Il was not only a a great theoretician but also a great politician. Under his leadership the DPRK developed a lot of bilateral contacts to foreign countries. He travelled many times to foreign countries. He also invited a lot of foreign Heads of State. He developed the relationship with south Korea. In 2000 the joint declaration between the DPRK and the ROK was signed.
In 2007 another agreement was signed. Like his father Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il travelled hundred-thousands of Kilometres trough the countries, to inspected villages, factories, and army-units. On these occasions, he gave “On-the-Spot-guidance”, to help the people to fulfil their duty. He acted a real father of the people.
Until his last day, he worked very hard for the happiness of the Korean people.
Hie died on 17th of December 2011, during a travel back to Pyongyang from an “On-the-Spot-guidance” on the countryside.
Leader Kim Jong Il will live forever in the Heart of the Korean people.
Long live the Friendship between the DPRK and Austria. 
