• International E-seminar in Celebration of the 80th Birth Anniversary of General Kim Jong Il

FEBRUARY 16th will mark the 80th birth anniversary of Kim Jong IL, which will be commemorated both in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and internationally. Delegations of KFA UK and the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea  have had the privilege of paying our respects to Kim Jong IL at the Kumsusan Palace on several occasion  I can testify that it was an incredibly moving experience to have seen the Great General Kim Jong IL in the Palace of The Sun

Some people in this country will ask the question: why do we celebrate the birthday of a foreign leader? 

The answer to that query lies in the fact that Kim Jong IL made not only an outstanding contribution to the Korean Revolution, but also to the cause of global independence. Kim Jong IL's greatest offering to the world revolution was his systematization of Kim IL Sung's Juche Idea into a comprehensive and compact framework. Kim Jong IL devoted many of his works and essays to the further development of Juche philosophy. The Juche Idea is demonstrating its validity and vitality as an ideology for the complete emancipation of humanity.

A great feature of the Juche Idea is that it proclaims the most revolutionary principles without falling into the traps of dogmatism and leftism. The basic principles of the Juche Idea are independence, creativity and consciousness, setting man, the social being totally free. Indeed the Juche Idea is a revolutionary ideology fit for purpose in the 21st century.

The works and teachings of Kim Jong IL are being studied and disseminated throughout the world, and here in Britain interest in the Juche Idea among progressive people is growing. Kim Jong Un defined the ideological system of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism as an integral theory and practice, Kimjongilism is a brilliant and creative ideology of our times.

Kim Jong IL put Songun Politics at the forefront of the Korean Revolution. with his Songun Revolutionary Leadership.  Songun Politics shattered the schemes of the United States and its allies to isolate and suffocate the DPRK, and paved the way to the building of a prosperous and powerful socialist country. Korea in the first part of the 20th century had been a ruined nation without a functioning defence force and had become a colony of Japanese Imperialism.

The Korean people will never endure such a loss of national dignity due to Songun Politics. To give anecdotal example whenever I have travelled to the DPRK, I have not encountered a single incident where US warplanes fly over the skies of the DPRK, as did in Iraq and in other countries, this fact is down to Songun Politics. A vivid expression of Songun Politics in modern history was when the forces of the Korean People's Army apprehended the US espionage ship "Pueblo" on January 23rd, 1968.

Under the Songun Revolutionary Leadership of Kim Jong IL , the DPRK became a nuclear weapons' status country, the DPRK broke the US Imperialists' monopoly of nuclear arms on the Korean peninsula with the first nuclear test of October 2006. Songun Politics brought about the development of a nuclear and missile deterrent, which guarantees the defence of Korean style socialism and, peace and security on the Korean peninsula. Consolidating and expanding the Songun Political Methodology of Generalissimo Kim Jong IL, Marshal Kim Jong Un has built up a strike force of ICBMs such as the Hwasong 14 and 15 in 2017, which can reach the heart of the imperialist enemy's territory.

Songun Politics made the DPRK a country which independent of the great powers, a nation which admired by its friends and feared by its foes. In the DPRK where the revolutionary soldier spirit prevails throughout society,  People Korea has turned into an impregnable socialist fortress in which the Leader, the Party and People act as one.

Reunification was always of the utmost importance for Kim Jong IL.  During his lifetime Kim Jong IL put forward the proposition that Korea can only be reunified by the Korean people themselves, whether they be in the north, in the south or overseas. This approach to the issue of Korean reunification is called "Urimnzokkiri" or "By-Our-Nation Itself". In other words, the reunification of Korea can only be decided by the citizens of Pyongyang and Seoul and in other parts of Korea, and not in the cabinets & boardrooms of Washington DC, London and Tokyo.

Korean reunification can only be brought about independently and peacefully, and by means of confederation. At Kim Jong IL's  initiative, the north-south summit meeting was held in Pyongyang on June 15th, 2000.  The June Declaration opened up a new era of cooperation between the north and south of Korea in such areas as separated families, the return of the unconverted prisoners from the south, and in economic, cultural and public health spheres. With a clear understanding of the importance of exchange between the north and south in realising Korean reunification, Kim Jong IL paid great attention to the implementation of the June 15th Joint Declaration..

Chairman Kim Jong IL in all of his revolutionary activities defended and consolidated the legacy of President Kim IL Sung in all aspects of social life. Kim Jong IL devoted his life to the well-being of the Korean people and it did everything to give them the best material and ideological lives possible. The works of Kim Jong IL give a deep sense of inspiration to those peoples around the globe seeking social and national liberation.  The revolutionary heritage of the Great Leader Generalissimo Kim Jong IL is being translated into practice and carried magnificently by the Dear Respected Marshal Kim Jong Un.

LONG LIVE THE GREAT LEADER CHAIRMAN KIM JONG IL!

GLORY TO THE 80TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT KIM JONG IL.