Subash Kaji Shrestha

Former Deputy Mayor,

Dhulikhel Municipality

Deputy Secretary General,

Asian Regional Institute of the Juche Idea

Chairman,

Study Forum for Self Reliance, Nepal

First of all, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the organizing committee and all distinguished participants for inviting me as Deputy Secretary General of ARIJI and Chairman of the Study Forum for Self-reliance, Nepal to this meeting and giving the opportunity to present my speech on “Importance of Study and Dissemination of the Juche Idea in the Struggle for Defending and Realizing the Independence in the Present Stage, and Success and Experiences Gained in the Activities”.

The Juche idea is a man-centered philosophical thought. For this reason, it is a thorough revolutionary philosophy, a political philosophy. As the Juche idea is an idea which was created in an arduous struggle to respond to the demand of revolutionary practice and developed and enriched in the course of giving answers to the ideological and theoretical questions arising in the revolutionary practice, it is a powerful ideological and theoretical weapon to highlight the absolutely correct way of revolutionary struggle.

The Juche idea first, newly raises the relationship between the world and man, and man`s position and role in the world, as the fundamental question of philosophy, and clarifies the fundamental principle that man is the master of everything and decides everything. The question of man’s position and role in the world is not a pure question of human being, but a question of world outlook in light of putting man in the centre of philosophical consideration. That is why the principle that answers this question becomes the principle of man-centered world outlook, and at the same time becomes the principle that serves shaping man’s destiny.

The Juche idea, also, gives a new view of the world that the world is dominated and transformed by man and that it develops by man's volitional action and role, in the direction of serving man and in keeping with the development of man. Like this, the characteristic of the Juche idea that is fundamentally different from all the former philosophical thoughts is that this idea newly raises the fundamental question of philosophy by focusing on man and shows the viewpoint and attitude toward the world by regarding man as the main factor.

Herein lies the reason why the Juche idea is a thorough revolutionary philosophy. Besides, the Juche idea is not only a revolutionary philosophy but also a political philosophy that clarifies the basic principle of politics. The destiny of the masses is shaped along with the development of society, which is guided by politics. So, only a philosophical ideology clarifying the basic principles of politics in a scientific way can make a real contribution to shaping the destiny of the masses. The principles of the man-centered philosophical world outlook and the socio-historical outlook as well as the principles of the outlook on the revolution that are all elucidated by the Juche idea, are not only the most scientific principles of world outlook but also the basic principles of politics that guarantee social development straightforwardly. In this sense, the Juche idea is regarded as a political philosophy. The characteristic of the Juche idea as a philosophical thought is that this idea is not only a man-centered philosophical thought but also a thorough revolutionary philosophy or a political philosophy.

The era of Juche in which the people’s struggle for independence has been conducted in a more wide and diversified manner than ever before, needed the outlook on the world that enables the masses to shape their destinies independently and creatively with high awareness of being masters of their destinies. This is the question that can be only solved when the question of the position and role of man in the world is raised and given solution to. In meeting with this demand of the new era, the Juche idea raised newly the position and role of man in the world as the fundamental question of philosophy and solved it, thus providing a new starting point in the development of philosophical thoughts.

Now, I would like to share my experiences gained in the activities since studying the Juche idea and disseminating in the various sectors of my socio-political life. Till now more than 50 groups of people have witnessed the Juche land visiting through different organizations involved in studying the Juche idea, self- reliance, Songun politics, peaceful reunification and friendship and each year the number is increasing. After returning back from the DPRK and witnessing the wonder of Juche land, they are publishing their impressions in books and articles in different daily, weekly and monthly papers and journals of Nepal, which has been a great source to the Nepalese people to know more and more on Juche Korea.

I myself have glorious experience of being the person who visited the DPRK maximum amongst the Nepalese keeping as a record till this date. Under my leadership as chairman of Study Forum for Self-reliance which was established and before that as Chairman of the Committee for Supporting Korea’s Reunification, Kavre, Nepal, more than 100 persons from Nepal have visited the DPRK and attended seminars on the Juche idea in the DPRK and in Nepal also who are educated as the Juche follower.

Self-reliance, Juche and Songun organizations of Nepal have been organizing talk programs, functions, film shows and book exhibitions on different national holidays of the DPRK such as the Day of the Sun, the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung ( April 15), the Day of the Shining Star, the birthday of the great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il (February 16), National Day of the DPRK (September 09) the month of international solidarity with the just struggle of the Korean people (June 25-July 27), tributes and memorial functions dedicated to President Kim Il Sung (July 08) and Comrade Kim Jong Il (December 17) and birthday and day of demise of Mother Kim Jong Suk, the great anti-Japanese war heroine.

We hope that respected Marshal Kim Jong Un, his Party and his people will contribute to achieving independence and prosperity of the entire people of the world and establishing stable and lasting peace on this planet in a brilliant manner.

Let us all contribute to building a world where every people and every nation is truly independent with sovereignty maintained and decides their own way to establish a socialist society equipped with people’s power that conforms to their democracy, their history and their identities.

Entire progressive and peace-loving people of the world have admired the immortal guideline for the independent development of the country and for which they are struggling hard to live prestigious life independently in a peaceful environment.

To achieve the above mentioned goal, the IIJI, the ARIJI, other regional institutes of the Juche idea in other continent of world and each and every national level group for the study of the Juche idea and self-reliance should encourage all of their members to participate in the meetings and seminars of self-reliance and organize their tour to the DPRK, where they can have actual feeling and firsthand information on the reality. It is said that seeing is 1 000 times better than listening or reading. If we experience visiting the DPRK once, we can realize how much the western world is propagating negatively and behaving with our dear socialism.

We have enough ground to cooperate with each other to disseminate the Juche idea for our self-reliance and for our inner desire to live in a peaceful society independently. This, I am sure, will be an expression of our solidarity and our good faith to the DPRK comrades.

Availing myself of this opportunity I, on behalf of entire Juche idea followers and Juche Idea Study Groups of Nepal and members of our Forum for Self-reliance Studies, Nepal and on my behalf, extend our best wishes to the respected Marshal Kim Jong Un who is leading the ever-victorious struggle of the DPRK people, to realize fresh success for achieving independent and peaceful reunification of Korea and to build Korea- a strong socialist nation in the world and to achieve the final victory of the Juche cause!

In conclusion, I would like to express the deep thanks to the organizing committee for organizing this important meeting which will extend an active support and solidarity to the DPRK people in their just struggle to achieve independent and peaceful reunification of Korea, permanent peace in Korean peninsula and to build a strong and prosperous socialist nation in the world, at the same time, to all comrades and the friends present here.