• Thursday, 07 September 2023 | 12:20
• Juche Korea: 75 Years for Independence, Justice and Defense of Peace

On September 9, 1948, the DPRK, the first people’s democratic state in the East, was founded.

Korea was turned into a colony of Japanese imperialists during 1905-1945. Kim Il Sung, hero of the Korean nation, waged an arduous anti-Japanese struggle for 15 years to win back the country. In August, 1945, Korea was liberated by the general attack of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army led by him and all-people resistance.

After liberation, he led the people to build a new Korea in which exploitation and oppression were abolished and all the working people could lead a happy life. Such democratic reforms as agrarian reform, law on nationalization of major industries and law on gender equality were put into force; this enabled the peasants to become owners of land, the workers to become masters of their factories, and the women to be fully-fledged masters of society. People, who had been oppressed and exploited for thousands of years, became masters of the country, many of them being elected deputies to power organs. The founding of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea constituted a new, brilliant page of the history of the Korean people’s struggle for building an independent and sovereign state.

The history of 75 years of the DPR Korea was beset with continuous trials and difficulties; the road to independence that the country had chosen was never plain sailing, typical challenges being the fierce Korean war (1950-1953), war threat which has lasted for scores of years, and extreme economic difficulties in the late 1990s caused by the imperialists’ manoeuvres to isolate and stifle the country. Such were very difficult to overcome. Nevertheless, the Korean people never gave up their choice, overcame all the challenges facing the country, and turned the country into a powerful state, independent in politics, self-supporting in the economy and self-reliant in national defence, a power admired by the world.

Korea, a backward, colonial agrarian country in the past, realized the epochal task of socialist industrialization in such a short span of 14 years. It also built self-supporting national economy, composed of powerful heavy industry which is capable of manufacturing state-of-the-art equipment like artificial satellite and CNC machine as it wanted, modern light industry and other branches. At its Eighth Congress held in 2021, the Workers’ Party of Korea, the ruling party of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, set it as a major goal of the new five-year plan to build 50 000 flats in Pyongyang, the capital city. In April 2022, 10 000 flats were inaugurated in the Songsin and Songhwa area as the first entity, showing its efforts to attain the goal. On April 16 this year, another 10 000 flats were inaugurated as the first stage in the Hwasong area, the second stage of the 50 000-flat construction project in Pyongyang.

All these are fruition of the spirit of absolute and unconditional service for the people, the view on the people, of the WPK that regards the work of bringing wellbeing to the people as its top priority task and has set it as something it aspires to do to provide the citizens of the capital with more stable and cultured living conditions.

In the people-centred socialist country, in which people are the masters of everything and everything serves them, such national measures for the people have been put into force as free medical care and universal free compulsory education, and building houses at state expense. Before liberation, there was not even one university, and the country had only a dozen scientists and technicians; now the country has developed into a civilized state with hundreds of universities and more than one million intellectuals, and there is no illiterate person. It is the only tax-free country in the world. The human rights of the working people are fully guaranteed, and the country has become a large harmonious family, in which all the people help and lead one another forward.

The Korean people, who had been subjected to the fate of colonial slavery, directed their first and foremost efforts to strengthening their national defence capabilities. Through the scores of years of arduous efforts, they have built up their defence capabilities with which they can repulse any aggressive forces. Now, it has attained the status of a strategic nation recognized by the whole world.

That the country, which has a small territory and population and where backwardness and poverty prevailed, achieved such a status in only 75 years is ascribable to the guidance by its great leaders. President Kim Il Sung and General Kim Jong Il were great persons whom the world still admires and respects boundlessly.

For me as a representative of young generation of Mongolia it’s been honor to become part of the movement which created by great leaders of DRPK.

Great leader Kim Il Sung was like grandfather to me. Early ages of my life I heard stories about his heroic actions against Japanese imperialists and his great leadership manners during the Korean War. I think my family is blessed that my grandfather and great leader Kim Il Sung fought together against American aggression during the Korean war and they won a victory together. This victory was not only Korean victory it was Mongolia victory too. ‘Cause Mongolians took that American aggression to Korea as aggression to Mongolia. That’s why my grandfather ambassador of Mongolia to DPRK stayed during the war and fought together with Korean people against powerful aggressor.

Back in 2018 I had great opportunity to visit beautiful country of Korea. This visit opens my eyes and made it clear about my destiny.

That year I made decision I would dedicate my life to improve friendship ties of two nations which created by my grandfather and the Great leader Kim Il Sung.

Now days in Mongolia not too many younger people know about the truth of this horrible war crime that US committed in soil of Korean peninsula. But I think it’s my duty that show to Mongolian younger generation about the truth of this horrific war crime that US army committed and act of bravery of Korean people against the aggressor.  Now days Korean peoples are showing great example to world that one nation can stand up against dominant power. This example inspires millions of people of the world to stand for them self and gave motivation for them to develop by themselves not relying on any other party.

I am the third generation which following the path of friendship which created by Great leader Kim Il Sung and my grandfather Jamsran Sambuu. I truly sure that this friendship path will continue for long time.

Today Leader Kim Jong Un, an outstanding political leader in modern ages, is enjoying the attention of the whole world. His lead in the creation of a peaceful environment on Korean peninsula and in Northeast Asia is striking the world with admiration. The DPRK will surely shape a more splendid future under his leadership.

Long live to Great Korean People and the dear leader, Marshal, president of state of DPRK Kim Jong Un. 

S.Ulemj
Executive Director of the J.Sambuu Foundation for development of the Mongolian Herders