Juche 91(2002) Today Poster: Mass Gymnastic and Artistic Performance “Arirang”
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∆ Thanks to His Parental Care ∆ Musan Workers 4 Korea Juche 91(2002) Today Poster: Mass Gymnastic and Artistic Performance “Arirang”. KOREA TODAY Published in English, Russian, Chinese, MONTHLY JOURNAL French, Spanish and Arabic No.4 (550) Juche 91 (2002) CONTENTS President’s Everlasting Achievements ......…….......….........2 Thanks to His Parental Care …........4 A Parent of All Schoolchildren …......7 Brief History of the Revolutionary Activities of President Kim Il Sung..........................…........8 With the Passage of Time.......……17 Torch of Ranam Lights the Whole Country ......................……....18 The National Mineral Resources Front Cover: On the Way to Symbol of Our Principles Mansu Hill on the Day of Survey Group .....................…........22 and Faith (p. 31) the Sun Five-Point Policy of Great The Day of the Sun, April The gun of revolution National Unity—A Programme 15, is the birthday of President President Kim Il Sung held up for Reunification ..........…........…..23 70 years ago is still firmly Kim Il Sung. Every year on this maintained, on the strength of From Kim Il Sung’s Reminiscences day, the Korean people visit his the army-centred idea of “With the Century” statue on Mansu Hill to renew leader Kim Jong Il. Fighters from Northern their pledge to faithfully imple- Manchuria ......................…….…...24 ment the President’s instruc- The Woman Who Lives on tions. in the Minds of the People....…......27 Photo by So Myong Gun Victorious Spirit of the Pyongyang Declaration .........…....30 KPA Celebrates 70th Back Cover: Mangyongdae Funfair Anniversary of Its Founding .........32 Photo by Kim Jong Su Mangyongdae, the Place Dear Birth of 300th Set of to People’s Hearts ........…..............36 Triplets (p. 42) The Foreign Language Magazines, Pyongyang Women With a Dream .......…....... 41 The 300th set of triplets The Motherland to Which He DPRK was born at the Pyongyang Returned in His Last Years…..…..44 Maternity Hospital in Decem- On World Health Day .............…..46 Address: Sochon-dong, ber last year. Their mother, Sin Outrageous Crackdown ......……...47 Sosong District, Yong Ok, works at the Pyongyang, DPRK Tonghung Cooperative Farm Massacres Will Never Be in Kim Hyong Gwon County, Forgotten........................…............48 Ryanggang Province. No. 13502 No. 282-10 President’s Everlasting HE Korean people areAchievements now celebrating the reliance and self-defence, where man-centred social- 90th birthday of President Kim Il Sung ism has been realized, by carving out the road of T (April 15, the Day of the Sun) during a peri- socialist construction in a unique way. od in which they are hastening their vigorous In leading the Korean revolution he broke new advance to build a strong nation. ground: establishing a new type of working-class On this occasion, they are filled with more party, revolutionary armed forces and people’s ardent yearning and deep reverence for President power. He also saw that an independent national Kim Il Sung. economy was firmly built in this land. During a life spanning more than 80 years he cre- Today our people are putting spurs to the build- ated a new history carving out the destiny of the ing of a prosperous socialist power by relying upon nation and performed immortal exploits which will go the invincible revolutionary armed forces, the power down in the annals of the era of independence. Under of the state and the immense potential of the econo- his superb leadership, the Korean people brightened my, under the guidance of the WPK, the seasoned the 20th century with victory and glory. Today they general staff of the revolution, unaffected by the feel an infinite warmth welling up in their hearts, political and economic upheaval affecting the world. knowing that they lived under the wing of a truly This is entirely due to the revolutionary achieve- great and benevolent, fatherly leader and at the same ments of President Kim Il Sung, who provided the time, evince their resolve to complete his revolution- people with the political, military and economic ary cause under the guidance of Kim Jong Il, General muscle to complete the cause of Juche. Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea. The President regarded “The people are my President Kim Il Sung was a distinguished God” as his lifetime motto and bestowed warm thinker and theoretician of the 20th century, a great paternal love on the people, sharing the sweets and master of leadership who performed ever-victorious bitters with them. It was this that made it possible to feats, and a great sage of revolution gifted with lofty turn the whole of society into a single, great, personality and virtue. harmonious family based on revolutionary He fathered the Juche idea, developed it in depth comradeship and a sense of duty, turning Korea into and led the people to bring about a revolutionary a country of single-hearted unity. turn in their ideology. His love for man, the nation and the country The Korean people successfully pushed forward ensured that the people of south Korea and overseas with the revolution and construction in line with the compatriots were united with those of the DPRK ideas and intentions of the President, making the 20th under the banner of the great unity of the whole century a century of prosperity in which a fun- nation, and that the 70 million Koreans were able damental change was effected in the revolution and to dynamically hasten the nationwide march for the construction, and a century of glory in which the independent reunification of the country. nation’s dignity has been demonstrated all over the His whole life ran through with a lofty sense of world. responsibility for the destiny of the nation and President Kim Il Sung set an example by bril- boundless devotion to the world revolution. liantly carrying out revolutionary tasks of various President Kim Il Sung put forward the outstand- forms over many stages. ing ideas and strategy for making the world indepen- He steered to victory the two stages of the social dent, and spared no efforts to put them into effect. He revolution (the anti-imperialist, anti-feudal demo- rendered sincere aid to the revolutionaries and ordi- cratic revolution and the socialist revolution), the nary people of other countries at great expense. His reconstruction of the country on the ruins following noble traits and obligation to their cause are cherished Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule (1945) dearly in the hearts of progressive humankind. and the Korean war against the US imperialists (1950- His ideas and achievements are the assets with 1953), and the two revolutionary wars to liberate the which the Korean revolution can advance unwaveringly country and safeguard national sovereignty. He built up along the road of independence in the 21st century, too. a strong country of independence, self- The 21st century is the century of independence. 2 Quotes from Kim Jong Il “President Kim Il Sung is the great father who holds dear all the people and leads them, and the benevolent sun whom all the people follow and look up to.” “The founder king of our nation is Tangun, but the father of socialist Korea is the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung.” “The validity of his ideas, leadership and virtue is the three traits characteristic of the greatness of President Kim Il Sung.” Following the road of independence is the irre- economic power of the state to the last moments of his sistible trend of the new century. life. His last message to the Korean people was an The President trained the Koreans to be an inde- earnest request for them to achieve national prosperity, pendent people invested with a strong national pride upholding the leadership of Kim Jong Il. and ardent patriotic spirit. To say what they want to in The history of the revolutionary struggle of the any circumstances and follow the road of Juche they Korean people in the new century will be a struggle have chosen, irrespective of the road others choose to through which a new surge will be brought about, take—these are the revolutionary traits of the Korean based on the idea and great cause of the President. people. As long as there are great people fighting with The historic path the country traveled in the the unbending conviction in independence their leader 20th century, full of glory, left the imperishable gave them, the honour of the Korean nation will be dis- traces of President Kim Il Sung and leader played more highly in the new century. Kim Jong Il. The two leaders worked together The ideas and achievements of the President are through many years of a century dotted with storms the sure guarantee which enables the Korean people and stresses, creating the history of ever-victorious to implement army-centred policy. leadership together. Always beside the President as The army-centred policy being carried out in an he steered a path through the twists and turns was all-round way by Kim Jong Il, the Supreme Kim Jong Il, and beside Kim Jong Il, under whom a Commander of the Korean People’s Army, is the new era of Juche-oriented revolution has been ush- everlasting method of revolutionary politics and the ered in, always stood President Kim Il Sung. almighty weapon for socialist construction. The leadership of General Secretary Kim Jong Il The establishment of the foundations for army- of the WPK, who is in the vanguard of the Korean centred politics by President Kim Il Sung ensured revolution in the new century, is geared to carrying that the KPA could be trained to be a strong army, into effect President Kim Il Sung’s vision. each of whose members is a match for a hundred The achievements made by President Kim Il Sung foes.