Jong Man Ho

Vice-president, Kim Il Sung University

Today the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea displays its might in the world as a great country that is dignified with independence and self-respect, advances and develops by dint of self-reliance and reliably defends its dignity and sovereignty on the strength of self-defence capabilities.

The strong DPRK is a brilliant fruition born by the unusual intelligence and wise leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who carries forward President Kim Il Sung’s and Chairman Kim Jong Il’s ideas and line of independence.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un said.

“A socialist State can defend the country’s prestige and the people’s destiny, and build and perfect socialism as suited to its situation and by its own efforts, only by maintaining the principle of independence and a definite Juche-oriented stand in all its activities.”

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un is a prominent leader who considers independence as a lifeline of existence and development of the state and reliably defends dignity of the country and destiny of the people under the banner of independence, thus starting a new history of achieving national prosperity with self-reliance.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un advanced revolutionary fighting policies and immortal guiding principles whose fundamental basis is independence to provide a powerful weapon capable of placing the DPRK’s independent dignity onto the highest phase.

Correct political lines and practical programmes advanced by a leader is a prerequisite to progress and prosperity of a state.

Dignity and position of a relevant state are decided by whether its policies and fighting programmes are run through with independence and self-respect or they are attached to flunkeyism and dependence. It is an immutable truth proved by the history of state politics covering thousands of years that dignity of a state is trampled down and destiny of its people cannot be defended if it does not keep independence and self-respect.

During the past 10-odd years, elementary principles of international relations, approved and regulated by mankind, such as the respect of state sovereignty and territorial integrity, the peaceful settlement of international disputes and the nonintervention in internal affairs were trifled frequently and high-handedness and arbitrariness of specific countries got more rampant, on the world political arena. In those years, many countries regarded it as a daydream to realize their independent dignity on the international arena which is lack of justice and impartiality and accepted it as a destined fate to be a political victim of others.

The ideas and fighting policies the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un advanced since 2012 serve as a fundamental source that enabled the DPRK to become a great country dignified with independence and prosperous with its own efforts braving all difficulties.

Ideas and theories put forward by the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un are run through with independence. Ten-odd years ago, that is, in the first period of his revolutionary leadership, he solemnly declared that the road to socialism is the permanent strategy of the Republic. This was an expression of his strong faith and will to consummate to the end the state building idea and cause of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il who founded and led the DPRK with the banner of independence.

In particular, that he kept independence as a political philosophy of our state and the lifeline of existence and development of the Republic was an epoch-making occasion that enabled to put its dignity on the highest phase by firmly maintaining the independent stand in the state building and activities.

His noble intention to make our state a powerful country dignified with independence and to make ours the independent people is reflected in the original line of simultaneously carrying on the economic construction and the upbuilding of nuclear forces, in the idea of holding fast to self-reliance as a political line of the Workers’ Party of Korea and in the idea of consolidating motive forces of the Republic in every way by accelerating comprehensive development of socialism.

Scientific lines and policies make today great and tomorrow more glorious and brilliant. The strategic line to increase the state defence capabilities to maximum enabled the DPRK to overcome the most severe difficulty that it has never experienced since its founding. The idea of ceaselessly strengthening internal forces of the Republic enabled to consolidate self-supporting foundations for the national economy and continuously produce creations that can proudly be called things of our own. The idea on the comprehensive development of socialism, the idea of making a leap forward by dint of science and guaranteeing the future by dint of education, the programme for a new agricultural revolution and other ideas and lines advanced by the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un firmly guarantee the bright future of our state that will be dignified as the best and the most powerful country in the world.

As the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un’s revolutionary idea of independence illuminates the way ahead of us, dignity of our state and people will be greater, and more progressive, modern and heroic character of our Republic will be displayed to the full, and any hostile forces will never disturb its advance.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un wisely led in the van the DPRK people’s general onward march toward a new phase of national prosperity under the banner of independence, thus placing the state dignity and position on the highest level unprecedented in national history.

When lines and policies are scientific, their practice is also scientific.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un is a peerless patriot who ushered in a new era of self-respect and prosperity, the era of our-state-first principle by organizing and conducting a vigorous offensive struggle to turn all the encountered obstacles into a big victory, and an unparalleled great person who guarantees the present and the future of the Republic by dint of irretrievable military and technological strength.

The journey made by the DPRK for the past 10 years was the most difficult one in which it suffered such severe obstacles and trials that it has never experienced. It was beyond the existing common sense not to fall into a standstill or a collapse even under conditions, which are too extreme for a nation to cope with, but to maintain firmly one’s own view and mode of development whose core is independence and to develop toward a higher goal.

However, the DPRK created the world startling remarkable events in succession even in the severe conditions thanks to the offensive revolutionary ideas and the patriotic and devotional revolutionary leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

He considered it as an important matter of national self-respect and a pressing issue related to supreme interests and safety of the state to build the most powerful state defence capabilities no one dare attack and organized and guided the forced campaign to accomplish the cause of the state nuclear forces, thus providing Juche Korea with absolute strength.

Thanks to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un’s direct guidance, the great cause of building the world strongest nuclear forces was accomplished and the powerful Juche weapons came into being in succession and, as a result, military and technological strength of the Republic has been turned into the irretrievable one.

In particular, the state nuclear force policy, which reflects independent determination of the government of the Republic and its will to defend sovereignty and interests of the state, was legalized officially. Accordingly, the DPRK was able to put an end to the era in which big powers intended to bargain its interests at their will, and make its people enjoy happiness and benefits through generations in a dignified and powerful country without knowing any war disasters forever.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un wisely led the efforts to defend lifeline of the self-supporting economy and place the overall economy on an orbit of sustainable development with self-reliance as a lifeline of self-respect and self-development and as a powerful driving force. Thanks to his tireless labour, new criteria and examples have been created in all fields of the socialist construction in keeping with the developing times and the increasing desire of our people, and innovation and creation, advance and leap forward become a climate of the society.

Thanks to his unlimited patriotic devotion, a golden age of construction continues while displaying the reserved strength of our state, overall construction of culture including science, education and public health enters a new stage of development, a new era of changing local areas and farming villages ushers in, and our country launches the campaign to attain the grand goal to bring about a new phase of the state development, the comprehensive development of socialism.

Unfolding unprecedented events with his distinguished and seasoned leadership, he raised the position of our Republic remarkably in the international arena and changed dynamic structure of the world politics in a fresh manner with his independent politics, independent diplomacy.

There are many countries in the world and they have their political leaders, but there is no such a great man as the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who raised the national strength and position to the highest level of the times in such a short period of time.

“A great and intelligent, strong and smart leader who can appear once in a few centuries” and “the most ideal state leader of the present times”—this is the impression of the world people about illustrious greatness of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un whom the reputed statesmen praise highly.

Indeed, the past 10-odd years, in which socialist Korea advanced with him at the top post of the Republic, were the days of excitement and jubilation that proved once again before the world the truth that a great leader trains his people into great ones and gives birth to a great era.

Victory is in store for the country and people that champion independence and justice.

The DPRK is glorious today and will be more brilliant and prosperous in the future, too, as it has the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who opens up a new heyday of the state development with the uplifted banner of independence.