The KPA was founded orginally as the Anti Japanese Peoples Guerilla Army by the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung,a gifted military strategist and ever victorious iron willed brilliant commander.By using protean tactics and true military genius General Kim Il Sung defeated the million strong army of Japanese imperialism.
The KPA,under the wise leadership of great marshal Kim Il Sung,took over and carried forward the traditions of the anti Japanese armed struggle.The KPA inflicted a crushing defeat on the US imperialists in the great Fatherland Liberation War of 1950-1953.The KPA also defeated the US in the 'Pueblo incident','EC121 incident' and 'Panmunjom incident of 1976'. Under the wise leadership of the great leader comrade Kim Il Sung the KPA grew into steel strong ranks each soldier being a match for a hundred enemy soldiers.
Supreme Commander Kim Jong Il has successfully carried forward and developed the President's cause of building the army. He set it forth as the primary task of the revolution to train the People's Army as an invincible revolutionary army and has wisely led the struggle to carry it out.
He advanced the theory of modeling the whole army on the Juche idea, a theory of building army centering on the leader, providing an immortal programme for building the revolutionary armed forces in our era as it comprehensively indicates the general goal, duty, fundamental principle and ways of building the revolutionary army in the service of the cause of socialism.
He has pursued the unique Songun politics in the 1990s, bringing about a new drastic turn in increasing the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK. The Korean People's Army has grown to be a matchless fortress and shield defending the sovereignty of the country and socialism, the reporter said, adding that it has turned into matchless combat ranks possessed of strategy and tactics peculiar to the country and equipped with offensive and defensive means powerful enough to wipe out any formidable enemy at a single stroke backed by the independent and modern national defence industry.
Today the KPA under the wise leadership of its
supreme commander comrade Kim Jong Il stands on the frontline
against US imperialism and all reactionary forces and is
firmly defending Korean style socialism centred upon the
popular masses.
Rodong Sinmun on Immortal Exploits
Pyongyang, April 21 (KCNA) -- It is the immortal exploits of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il and a sure guarantee for the victory of Korean-style socialism to have built up an invincible revolutionary force in revolutionary spirit and socialist patriotism. Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article.
The people's army is creditably discharging its mission and duty as the leading force of the revolution with boundless loyalty to the party and revolution and ardent patriotism, the article points out, and goes on:
The political and ideological traits of the servicepersons of the People's Army, who have been revolutionized and replete with socialist patriotism, are intensively manifested in defending the headquarters of the revolution at the cost of their lives. It is the true feature of the people's army to burn their hearts with determination to glorify a precious life in defending Kim Jong Il.
It is the unanimous will of the Korean people to share intention with him to the last and to defend Korean-style socialism at the cost of their lives as the people's army believes and follows him and upholds his Songun leadership in the van. The political and ideological traits of the people's army are manifested in performing undying heroic feats in the struggle for the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the people in the revolutionary soldier spirit and in firmly defending the sovereignty of the country and the nation by arms with transparent anti-U.S. class consciousness. His long journey of Songun is embroidered with ardent love and devotion to the country. As the people's army models after such patriotism, it displays mass heroism and matchless devotion to perform new miracles and feats in all parts of the country. It is the firm stand of the army that it cannot live under the same sky with the U.S. imperialists and the class enemies who imposed immeasurable misfortune and sufferings upon the Korean people and it will mercilessly wipe out the enemies if they dare to ignite a war in this land.
The army with bitter hatred for the enemy and warm love for the socialist country is firmly defending the country from the aggressive moves of the U.S. imperialists.