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KIM JONG IL BIOGRAPHY 2 KIM JONG IL BIOGRAPHY 2 PYONGYANG, KOREA JUCHE 95 (2006) KIM JONG IL BIOGRAPHY 2 Foreign Languages Publishing House Pyongyang, Korea Juche 95 (2006) 1 CONTENTS CHAPTER 14. 1974, A PIVOTAL YEAR··················································1 1. Succession of the Revolutionary Cause of Juche ····································1 The People’s Wish ··················································································1 Acclaimed as Kim Il Sung’s Successor ···········································6 2. For Modelling the Whole Society on the Juche Idea ························10 February Declaration······································································10 For Modelling the Whole Party on the Juche Idea ··························13 To Make the People Regard Faithfulness as Their Life and Soul····18 Intensifying the Work of the Mass Media·······································20 3. Opening Up the New Age of the Speed Campaign···························24 CHAPTER 15. FOR MODELLING THE ENTIRE ARMY ON THE JUCHE IDEA····················································31 1. As the General Task for Army Building···········································31 2. Party Leadership Is the Lifeline of the People’s Army ·····················32 3. Unit of Combatants Devoted to Safeguarding Their Leader ·············38 4. With Unparalled Pluck and Outstanding Strategy ····························46 CHAPTER 16. THE BUILDING OF THE WORKERS’ PARTY OF KOREA AS A MOTHERLY PARTY ···························· 54 1. Protector of the People’s Destiny·····················································54 Bearing Full Responsibility for the People’s Destiny ·····················54 Loving Care That Makes People Immortal ·····································58 Embracing All the People·······························································64 2. As Befitting the Officials of the Motherly Party·······························69 2 CONTENTS Party Officials Must Become True Servants of the People··············69 To Make Officials Share Weal and Woe with the People ···············75 A Year of Rectifying Erroneous Work Method and Style···············81 CHAPTER 17. INHERITING AND DEVELOPING THE REVOLUTIONARY TRADITIONS OF JUCHE IN AN ALL-ROUND WAY···············87 1. Building Bases for Education in the Revolutionary Traditions·········87 Construction of the Wangjaesan Revolutionary Site·······················87 To Build a Grand Monument on Lake Samji ··································92 2. Intensifying Education in the Revolutionary Traditions ···················97 3. “Produce, Study and Live like the Anti-Japanese Guerrillas!”········ 102 CHAPTER 18. FOR KOREA’S STYLE OF REVOLUTION AND CONSTRUCTION···································································107 1. New Method of Leadership for Revolution···································· 107 2. Initiating the Three-Revolution Red Flag Movement ····················· 111 3. “Give Free Rein to the Revolutionary Spirit of Self-Reliance!” ····· 115 4. “Live Our Own Way!”··································································· 120 CHAPTER 19. DEVOTION TO THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE··········· 123 1. Qualities of an Ordinary Person ·····················································123 In Casual Wear············································································· 123 A Catnap and Balls of Cooked Rice ············································· 127 2. Field Guidance Trips······································································ 132 In Mines······················································································· 132 On Farms ····················································································· 137 3. Saving Time··················································································· 141 CHAPTER 20. ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIXTH CONGRESS OF THE WORKERS’ PARTY OF KOREA···················· 145 1. The Sixth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea······················· 145 With Greater Political Enthusiasm and Labour Achievements······ 145 Indefatigable Energy ·································································· 150 CONTENTS 3 2. Consolidating the Foundations of the Party···································· 156 3. Bolstering the Function and Role of the People’s Power················ 159 CHAPTER 21. TO PASS ON KIM IL SUNG’S REVOLUTIONARY EXPLOITS THROUGH GENERATIONS ····················· 166 1. Ideological and Theoretical Achievements Enriched······················ 166 2. Monumental Edifices Mushroom··················································· 169 3. A Grand Political Festival······························································ 183 CHAPTER 22. CREATION OF THE “SPEED OF THE ’80S” ·············· 190 1. Model Creations············································································· 190 2. Successful Fulfilment of the Second Seven-Year Plan ··················· 194 3. Production of Modern Large-Sized Machines and Equipment········ 199 4. The West Sea Barrage Built across Eight km of Water ·················· 204 5. The “Pyongyang Heyday”······························································ 209 CHAPTER 23. HOLDING HIGHER THE BANNER OF JUCHE-ORIENTED SOCIALISM··························· 216 1. Building the Workers’ Party of Korea into the Juche-Oriented Revolutionary Party········································· 216 2. The Method of Economic Management Based on Collectivism ····· 220 3. For the Improvement of the People’s Living Standard ··················· 225 4. For a Continuous Upswing in Socialist Construction ····················· 230 CHAPTER 24. THE EFFLORESCENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIALIST CULTURE··········································· 235 1. For Carrying Out the Theses on Socialist Education ······················ 235 2. Developing National Science and Technology onto a Higher Plane ······································································· 241 3. A Grand Garden of Juche Art and Literature·································· 247 4. Rapid Development of Public Health Service ································ 260 5. Advancing a Juche-Oriented Policy on Physical Culture and Sports········266 4 CONTENTS CHAPTER 25. LOFTY LOVE FOR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN ·········· 274 1. For the Reunification of the Country·············································· 274 2. Developing the Work of Chongryon to a Higher Stage ·················· 280 3. Rallying Firmly around the Great National United Front ··············· 289 CHAPTER 26. FOR INDEPENDENCE, PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP ·· 295 1. A Historic Visit to China ······························································· 295 2. The 13th World Festival of Youth and Students······························ 301 1 CHAPTER 14 1974, A PIVOTAL YEAR 1. SUCCESSION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY CAUSE OF JUCHE THE PEOPLE’S WISH The year 1974 was significant in that Kim Jong Il was acclaimed as successor to President Kim Il Sung. The event provided a sure guarantee for inheriting and accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche through generations. Inheriting the revolutionary cause of the leader is a fundamental problem that decides the destiny of a revolution. The cause of the leader is a long-term undertaking that should be executed through generations. Therefore, there arises the problem of defending the revolutionary cause pioneered by the leader and inheriting it. What is essential in inheriting the revolutionary cause of the leader is to solve the problem of his successor. The successor occupies an absolute position and plays a decisive role in defending and carrying forward the revolutionary cause of his predecessor. The historical experience and lesson of the international communist movement have shown that, if the problem of the successor is not solved properly in the period when one generation of the revolution is replaced by another, the helm of the party and state falls into the hands of political careerists and plotters, and the revolutionary cause of the leader is stopped halfway and its lifeline is severed. The problem of succession is that of inheriting the position and role of the political leader, and the principle arising here is to, first of all, acclaim a proper man as the successor. 2 CHAPTER 14. 1974, A PIVOTAL YEAR A working-class party must acclaim as successor to the leader an outstanding man who is faithful to the ideology and leadership of the leader, and who is possessed of the requisite personality and qualifications with which to realize his political leadership over the whole society. The convention so far was that the successor to a leader was designated by the leader himself or appointed at a congress or plenum of the party. But in the case of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Kim Jong Il, who had accomplished imperishable exploits by leading the Party and the revolution with a high level of statesmanship, won the respect and trust of the Party and people as their recognized leader, and the people regarded him as the successor to President Kim Il Sung. In those days Kim Jong Il was a young statesman in his early thirties. The Korean people’s infinite respect for him emanated from his high profile. With regard to a great man, some said that he should be a renowned ideologue or philosopher with clear-thinking brains; others insisted that he should be an inventor who has startled the world or a man of literature whose works are loved by the people, and still others said that he should