Songun politics has a great tradition
and meets the demand of the era in a Juche-oriented way
(by Kim Ju-yeon)
1. Prelude
Seeing off the 20th century the Korean people as well as the world progressive humankind hoped that the 21st century would be an era vibrant with independence, peace, co-existence and prosperity.
But now war frenzy overwhelms the voice of rationalism and peace and unilateralism and destruction, not co-existence and prosperity, are rampant.
Because of our nation will of anti-US national independence and the might of Songun of north Korea the nation-wide movement for national independence and reunification in the Korean Peninsula gets momentum despite the US moves to stifle north Korea politically and militarily and quell the anti-American mood of the entire Korean nation.
The Songun idea and politics of north Korea are the master key to turn the 21st century started from the intricate situations into the one of independence and peace.
Why we should comprehend Songun well is because we must know north Korea correctly and cherish the pride of our nations great potentials, and thanks to north Koreas Songun politics, justice of the exciting era keeps its vitality and we can picture the future of the independence cause of mankind.
2. What is Songun?
The Songun politics of north Korea is to precede military affairs as the foremost one of the state affaires. In other words it is to increase the national defense capacity by giving priority to military affairs.
And to defend the homeland, revolution and socialism and push ahead with overall socialist construction energetically in reliance on the mettle and militant power of the People's Army.
This Songun politics is the embodiment of the Songun idea rooted from the tradition of the anti-Japanese struggle led by President Kim Il Sung.
The anti-Japanese struggle was enhanced to the full-fledged stage in the course of forming the Korean People's Revolutionary Army under the revolutionary banner of Arms against arms??/SPAN> since the aggressive moves of Japanese imperialism got more desperate.
President Kim Il Sungs anti-Japanese revolution was just the embodiment of the Songun idea.
The President pioneered the anti-Japanese revolution with gun-precedence and gun-philosophy holding the two pistols, the legacy from Kim Hyong Jik, the President??/SPAN>s father.
The idea of gun-precedence was originated from the anti-Japanese guerilla war commenced at the cost of lives to gain the arms.
Chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission Kim Jong Il inherited such gun-first idea, i.e. the Songun idea of President Kim Il Sung, developed it ideologically and theoretically and fathered the Songun politics, a political mode of socialism.
NDC chairman Kim Jong Il held up Songun which gives importance to the military affaires, not economy, and formularized it as a political mode of socialism when north Korea underwent the most severe hardships after President Kim Il Sung passed away, the US moves to strangle north Korea reached the extreme and its economy was under indescribable situation owing to the consequent natural disasters and the collapse of the socialist markets.
What is the newly emerged demand of the era in which the Songun idea and the Songun politics have been emerged?
The Songun politics, first of all, reflects the necessity of the era to build a powerful and prosperous state for every nation and country under the circumstances of the prevailing unilateralism.
And it represents the changed role of the classes and strata in the revolution and construction.
The independent era when the people emerged as masters of their own destiny and especially the new exciting era requires a higher-level independent subject and upholds it.
It is nothing other than the revolutionary army in the Songun politics which gives priority to the military affairs.
It has been proved that the army displays the independent character in a higher level as a militant group full of high loyalty to the leader, revolutionary character and discipline, and a group that undertakes both the revolution and construction.
3. The revolutionary soldier spirit
The spirit passing through the Songun idea and Songun politics is the revolutionary soldier spirit.
This spirit consisted of the spirit of devotedly defending of the leader, devotedly implementing the leader??/SPAN>s intention and orders and heroic self-sacrifice.
Its might was clearly proved in the spirit of being human bombs, devotedly implementation and the mass heroism, which prevailed throughout the army appalling the US during the period of the Arduous March.
The revolutionary soldier spirit strikingly strengthens the subject of revolution through the absolute loyalty to the headquarters of the revolution and the militant and comradely unity.
The unity of the comrades with the guns is based on the revolutionary soldier spirit of the Songun era and is stronger than the like of which has existed in history of humankind.
The revolutionary soldier spirit became the spirit of a firm conviction and volition for the revolution and construction and optimism for the future.
4. Conclusion
The Songun idea and Songun politics are the idea and politics which lead the new stage of the Juche era.
The Songun idea and Songun politics are a great banner that the Korean nation and the entire humankind should support and hold up in order to put down the imperialists. craziness and add the luster to the 21st century as a century of independence, peace and prosperity.
The Songun politics is a politics realizing the core spirit of the Juche idea
(By Kim Hyun-hwan, head of the Institute of the Independent Ideas in US)
The main contents of all the works of President Kim Il Sung and NDC chairman Kim Jong Il are that the politics which defends and realizes independence of a country, nation and people, the subject of social reform is the most scientific and powerful policy.
President Kim Il Sung formed the armed forces first, not a party, from the outset of the anti-Japanese struggle and waged the struggle for the national liberation in reliance on the military power.
In particular the north Koreans struggle for safeguarding Juche socialism in the 1990s graphically demonstrated the important role the armed forces play in defending the country, nation and the destiny of the people.
The north Korean army and people have pursued the Songun politics single-heartedly uniting around the leader under the do-or-die will to defend Juche socialism to the end.
In this course the Songun politics was completed as a major political mode of north Korea and the Songun era has been emerged in which the social reform and socialist construction are proceeded in conformity with the requirement of the Songun politics.
And then the Songun politics became a powerful weapon in north Korea for safeguarding independence of the country, nation and people and realizing the countrys prosperity.
In retrospect to the 1990s it is proved that the military might is just socialism and independence, a lifeline of humankind.
It is a clear evidence of the might of the Songun politics that the US has invoked aggressive wars against sovereign states throughout the world but never dared to provoke a war against north Korea.
The reality shows that the military capabilities of north Korea are the powerful weapon which steadily keeps the fundamental principles of the revolution of Juche socialism.
The Songun politics is the most powerful politics that realizes the countrys prosperity by virtue of the revolutionary soldier spirit, the most revolutionary spirit.
The revolutionary soldier spirit comprises the spirit of devotedly defending the leader and single-mindedly uniting around him, the spirit of implementing the tasks to the last surmounting every difficulty and the spirit of the heroic sacrifice.
It is a lofty spirit symbolizing the Songun era and an ideological and spiritual weapon creating miracles in the social reform and socialist construction.
The Songun politics is a politics of loving the country, nation and people with the true love and trust for the people as the fundamental spirit.
The Songun politics of north Korea is a benevolent politics based on the infinite love and trust toward the people.
It is originated from the noble love to safeguard the people's destiny from the aggressive moves of the imperialist allied forces, and guarantee more independent and creative life for them.
President Kim Il Sungs spirit of ever-victoriousness when relying on the strength of the army and people overflows the principles of the Songun politics.
For the north Korean people the Songun politics is their lifeline.
The Songun politics will surely succeed for it enjoys the absolute support and trust of the people.
Songun politics rallying the people as one in mind
through love, trust and obligation
(Kim Sok-hun, researcher of the Institute of the Independent Ideas in US)
For a social reform movement the single-minded unity of the people rallied around the leader is more powerful than nuclear weapons.
North Koreas single-minded unity is a unity based on the genuine love and trust between comrades sharing the same ideology and intention, a unity which gets more resplendent in a time of trial, not withers, and a unity glorious with 80 year-long history and root from the anti-Japanese struggle.
It is characterized by a unity in idea, purpose and moral obligation, which combines in an organic manner the unity of the army and people centering on the leader with single idea, the Songun idea, with the unity of the revolutionary comradeship and obligation.
Leader Kim Jong Il, center of this unity, is the highest incarnation of the comradeship and a genuine human possessed of faithfulness, generosity and plenty of affection.
The north Korean leader boasts very often of the people saying that were blessed with the people and there is no such a good people in the world as ours, and the people hold President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il in high esteem holding that they are blessed with the great leaders.
Its another unique trait of north Korea to wholeheartedly sing of the boast of the leader and people.
The loyalty of the north Korean army and people, who trust in the leader and follow him more ardently in the severe times, is based on their absolute confidence in leader Kim Jong Il, an incarnation of love, trust and obligation.
For the north Korean army and people the acknowledgement of the greatness of their leaders is not a knowledge gained by learning but a faith and obligation they realized from experience.
That is why the north Korean people consider the devotedly defending of the leader as the lifeline of the single-minded unity and are full of desperate volition to defend the leader regarding the death on the way as an honor.
The north Korean single-minded unity was emerged from the beginning of the revolution as a new type of unity quite different from all other unities in its ideological basis and nature.
The young revolutionaries of the first generation were attracted ideologically and intentionally by President Kim Il Sung and personally fascinated by him and created the brilliant stage of the single-minded unity by rallying firmly around him with ardent love, trust and faithfulness under the Hanbyul spirit.
Though the Korean revolution underwent manifold trials and hardships north Koreas single-minded unity has never changed but consolidated as a peerless adamant and pure crystal through experiencing all the difficulties and trials.
North Korea military deterrent is further strengthened thanks to the single-hearted unity.
The north Korean army and people will rally more firmly around leader Kim Jong Il with comradely love, trust and faithfulness and bring about peace on the Korean Peninsula by checking the nuclear war of the imperialist allied forces and concluding a peace pact with the US.
Songun politics is a politics guaranteeing peace and
reunification of the Korean Peninsula
(By Kim Hyun-hwan, head of the Institute of the Independent Ideas in US) The Songun politics initiated by NDC chairman Kim Jong Il is a patriotic politics which safeguards not only the socialist system of Juche but also peace of the entire Korean Peninsula and dignity and interests of the nation.
The ever growing enthusiasm for the national reconciliation, unity and reunification originates in essence from the might of the Songun politics.
North Korea Songun politics is a treasured guideline to have our nation reject outsiders domination and interference in solving the countrys reunification problem, and steadily adhere to the principle of national independence.
Since north Korea Songun politics reliably guarantees peace and reunification cause of the Korean Peninsula despite of the US intervention, our nation is developing the reconciliation and cooperation true to the spirit of the national cooperation of By our nation itself.
North Korea Songun politics replete with indomitable spirit not to tolerate any foreign aggressors or anti-reunification forces at home have all the fellow countrymen cherish the national pride and firm conviction of the victory of the reunification cause and the entire nation self-confidently develop the reunification cause on an independence track.
The entire 70 million Koreans have begun to believe that as far as north Korea possesses the war deterrent consolidated by the Songun politics the US wont dare to trigger a war in the Korean Peninsula and Korea reunification will surely be realized.
The Songun politics is a politics which further strengthens the unity of the independent patriotic forces for reunification.
It is also a politics of national unity and a patriotic politics embodying the spirit of love and trust embracing all the fellow countrymen. The Songun politics safeguards the entire nation from any imperialist aggression by strengthening the defense capabilities.
Though a lot of tribulations and trials lay on the way of our nation struggling for independent reunification, no force on earth can stem the swift stream of the era of independent reunification, advancing under the spirit of By our nation itself as long as there is Songun politics, a guideline for national independence and unity.
The 70 million fellow countrymen should conduct more dynamically the reunification movement and make this year which marks the 5th anniversary of the publication of the June 15 joint declaration and the 60th anniversary of the country??/SPAN>s liberation as the year of reunification, with the unwavering belief that as long as there is the Songun politics no war can be broken out on the Korean Peninsula and the independent reunification, the nations desire, will surely be realized.