Pyongyang, April 24 (KCNA) -- April 25, Juche 21 (1932) is the day when President Kim Il Sung founded the Korean People's Revolutionary Army (KPRA), the first revolutionary armed forces of Juche type in Korea.
Embarking on the road of revolution in his teens with high ambition to liberate Korea usurped by the Japanese imperialists, the President clarified the truth that the independence of the country should be achieved only with arms.
At the historic Kalun Meeting in 1930, he founded the Juche idea, the guideline of the Korean revolution, and set forth the line of anti-Japanese armed struggle based on it. And he formed the Korean Revolutionary Army (KRA), a political and paramilitary organization of Korean communists, for the preparation of armed struggle.
Under his guidance, the KRA members pushed ahead with the works to train the backbone of armed struggle and secure arms and accumulate military experiences while laying a mass foundation for the armed struggle.
The line of armed struggle was developed in depth through the Mingyuegou Meeting in December 1931, at which an anti-Japanese revolutionary war was declared to annihilate the Japanese imperialist aggressors under the slogan "Oppose arms with arms, and oppose counterrevolutionary violence with revolutionary violence!".
After this meeting, the President stepped up the building of stationary revolutionary armed forces as the first work to launch the armed struggle.
Thanks to his energetic guidance, the reliable backbone of armed ranks was built up, guerrilla groups were organized on a wide scale and the decisive struggle was waged to wrest weapons from the enemy.
On the basis of such detailed preparations, the President founded the KPRA (the then Anti-Japanese People's Guerrilla Army).
Thus, the Korean people could victoriously stage the struggle for national liberation on a new high stage with the genuine revolutionary army guided by an outstanding leader for the first time in their history. -0-
More From KCNA.kp (En)
Pyongyang, January 30 (KCNA) -- The Central Committee of the General Federation of Science and Technology of Korea is conducting
January 30, 2026
Pyongyang, January 30 (KCNA) -- The Central Committee of the General Federation of Science and Technology of Korea is conducting
Pyongyang, January 30 (KCNA) -- The Wonsan Leather Shoes Factory in the DPRK is associated with the immortal traces of the
January 30, 2026
Pyongyang, January 30 (KCNA) -- The Wonsan Leather Shoes Factory in the DPRK is associated with the immortal traces of the
Pyongyang, January 30 (KCNA) -- Kim Chaek University of Technology in the DPRK has built a new intelligent tele-education system
January 30, 2026
Pyongyang, January 30 (KCNA) -- Kim Chaek University of Technology in the DPRK has built a new intelligent tele-education system
Pyongyang, January 30 (KCNA) -- A regional construction campaign for 2026 started in the DPRK, demonstrating the steadfast
January 30, 2026
Pyongyang, January 30 (KCNA) -- A regional construction campaign for 2026 started in the DPRK, demonstrating the steadfast
Pyongyang, January 30 (KCNA) -- A conference of the Headquarters of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea was held
January 30, 2026
Pyongyang, January 30 (KCNA) -- A conference of the Headquarters of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea was held
Pyongyang, January 30 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made a speech at the ceremony marking the start of the regional
January 30, 2026
Pyongyang, January 30 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made a speech at the ceremony marking the start of the regional
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- National-level hospitals in the DPRK are steadily improving medical service by applying advanced
January 29, 2026
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- National-level hospitals in the DPRK are steadily improving medical service by applying advanced
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Thursday: - The
January 29, 2026
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Thursday: - The
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- The metallurgical industry of the DPRK is pushing ahead with the work to ensure this year's
January 29, 2026
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- The metallurgical industry of the DPRK is pushing ahead with the work to ensure this year's
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- A meeting to review agriculture for 2025 took place at the Cabinet on Jan. 27 and 28 through video
January 29, 2026
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- A meeting to review agriculture for 2025 took place at the Cabinet on Jan. 27 and 28 through video
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- The Jagang Provincial Forestry Management Bureau in the DPRK is making innovations in the winter
January 29, 2026
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- The Jagang Provincial Forestry Management Bureau in the DPRK is making innovations in the winter
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- Koryo medicine pharmaceutical factories in Pyongyang, the capital city of the DPRK, put their
January 29, 2026
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- Koryo medicine pharmaceutical factories in Pyongyang, the capital city of the DPRK, put their
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un , president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, was
January 29, 2026
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un , president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, was
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- Modern houses have appeared at the Churung Farm in Samchon County and the Sinhwanpho Farm in
January 29, 2026
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- Modern houses have appeared at the Churung Farm in Samchon County and the Sinhwanpho Farm in
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a 100th birthday spread to Ju Chun Jo, a woman living in
January 29, 2026
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a 100th birthday spread to Ju Chun Jo, a woman living in
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- North Hwanghae Province of the DPRK have remodeled the Unpha Cement Factory and the Unpha
January 29, 2026
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- North Hwanghae Province of the DPRK have remodeled the Unpha Cement Factory and the Unpha
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- North Hamgyong Province of the DPRK strives to strengthen the designing forces of cities and
January 29, 2026
Pyongyang, January 29 (KCNA) -- North Hamgyong Province of the DPRK strives to strengthen the designing forces of cities and
Pyongyang, January 28 (KCNA) -- Various central organs in the DPRK are pushing ahead with the project for regional development.
January 28, 2026
Pyongyang, January 28 (KCNA) -- Various central organs in the DPRK are pushing ahead with the project for regional development.
Pyongyang, January 28 (KCNA) -- Jagang Province of the DPRK pushes ahead with the work for protecting the ecological environment.
January 28, 2026
Pyongyang, January 28 (KCNA) -- Jagang Province of the DPRK pushes ahead with the work for protecting the ecological environment.
Pyongyang, January 28 (KCNA) -- Along with a new era of the Korean-style rural development, farms in Changdo and Thongchon
January 28, 2026
Pyongyang, January 28 (KCNA) -- Along with a new era of the Korean-style rural development, farms in Changdo and Thongchon
More Articles
