KIM JONG IL BIOGRAPHY 1 KIM JONG IL BIOGRAPHY 1 Foreign Languages Publishing House Pyongyang, Korea Juche 94 (2005) ON PUBLISHING THE BIOGRAPHY OF KIM JONG IL Kim Jong Il was born at Mt. Paektu, the mountain associated with the noble cause of the Korean revolution, during the revolutionary struggle against Japanese imperialism. He grew up, leaving unique footprints in the sands of time. He became an assistant to President Kim Il Sung in the early 1960s, and was acclaimed as the successor to the President in the 1970s. Kim Jong Il developed Kim Il Sung’s Juche idea, and evolved the guidelines for the Korean revolution and the era of independence. Since the death of President Kim Il Sung, he has defended socialism in Korea by thwarting the manoeuvres of the allied imperialist forces to isolate and stifle the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. He has paved the way to build a great prosperous powerful nation under his Songun leadership of the revolution, and is leading the struggle to success. He has built up powerful and self-reliant defence forces, and opened up bright prospects for Korea becoming one again, on the basic principles of independent national reunification. Kim Jong Il is General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, and Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army. The editorial staff are proud to publish the English translation version of the Biography of Kim Jong Il (3 volumes). Juche 94 (2005) 1 CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. CHILDHOOD ······································································1 1. Born at Mt. Paektu, the Sacred Mountain of Revolution ····················1 2. The Vibrant Years of Building a New Nation ····································6 3. Receiving His Mother’s Last Wishes ···············································14 CHAPTER 2. DURING THE WAR··························································19 1. With the Conviction of Victory························································19 2. At the Supreme Headquarters···························································24 3. With the Children of the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School·········29 4. Organizing the Group for the Study of General Kim Il Sung’s Short Biography···············································································33 CHAPTER 3. THE ARDUOUS POSTWAR YEARS·······························39 1. Experiencing the Reality of the War-torn Country ···························39 2. “Passion Is the Source of Great Creation”········································43 3. At the Turning-point in the Efforts for the Establishment of Juche···49 4. Pioneering a March to Revolutionary Battlesites in the Mt. Paektu Area ·····································································52 5. Leading the Struggle to Defend the Leader ······································57 6. For the Establishment of the Party’s Ideological System··················60 7. Improving the Function and Role of DYL Organizations·················65 8. Training Students to Become Builders of Socialism·························70 2 CONTENTS CHAPTER 4. LEAVING THE IMPRINTS OF IMMORTAL ACHIEVEMENT AT KIM IL SUNG UNIVERSITY········77 1. O Korea, I Will Add Glory to Thee··················································77 2. The Basic Revolutionary Task of Students Is to Study Hard ············81 3. Participating in the Production Process and Labour ·························84 4. Strengthening the Organizational and Ideological Life·····················91 5. Taking Care of the Life of Foreign Students ····································96 CHAPTER 5. REVOLUTION REQUIRES A SOUND COMMAND OF THE MILITARY ARTS···················································100 1. Involved in Military Training·························································100 2. To Be Well-versed in Juche-oriented Military Ideas and Tactics····105 CHAPTER 6. PLACING EDUCATION ON THE TRACK OF JUCHE··············································································110 1. Shifting Political Economy to Juche Orientation····························110 2. Philosophical Studies Placed on the New Track·····························115 3. For a Juche-oriented Approach to Research on Korean History ·····120 4. Creating a Korean-style Method of Education································126 CHAPTER 7. IDEOLOGICAL AND THEORETICAL ACTIVITIES, ASSISTANCE TO KIM IL SUNG IN HIS WORK·········130 1. Clarifying the Position and Role of the Leader······························· 130 2. Demonstration of the Originality of the Revolutionary Idea of Kim Il Sung ··················································································134 3. Analysis of Modern Imperialism and Modern Revisionism············140 4. In-depth Development of the Juche-oriented Idea and Theory of Art and Literature ··········································································143 5. Graduation Thesis: The Place and Role of the County in the Building of Socialism ···························································148 6. Accompanying Kim Il Sung on Field Guidance ····························153 CONTENTS 3 7. Finishing the Course at the University ···········································162 CHAPTER 8. IN THE LEADERSHIP POSITION ·································164 1. Starting Work in the Party Central Committee·······························164 2. A Comprehensive Review of Marxism-Leninism ··························168 3. With Kim Il Sung’s Ideology at the Core ······································173 4. Purity of the Party’s Revolutionary Traditions Secured··················175 5. Mindful of the Safety of Kim Il Sung············································181 CHAPTER 9. FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LINE ON SIMULTANEOUS BUILDING OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY AND DEFENCE··········································188 1. For a Revolutionary Upswing in Socialist Economic Construction··································································188 2. Training the KPA to Be an Invincible Revolutionary Army···········195 3. Turning the Whole Land into an Impregnable Fortress ··················201 4. The Stratagem and Courage of the Brilliant Commander ···············205 CHAPTER 10. REVOLUTION IN ART AND LITERATURE ··············211 1. Far-reaching Plan for the Renaissance of the 20th Century ·············211 2. Building Up the Ranks of Revolutionary Men of Art and Literature···········································································217 3. The Portrayal of the Leader in Literature ······································· 224 4. Revolution in the Cinema·······························································230 5. Revolution in the Opera ·································································238 6. In the Spheres of Music and Dance, Fine Arts and Acrobatics ·······245 7. On the Art of the Cinema, a Full Text on the Juche-oriented Theory of Art and Literature ··························································253 CHAPTER 11. WISE LEADERSHIP TO GLORIFY THE FIFTH PARTY CONGRESS······················································261 4 CONTENTS 1. Efforts Devoted to the Party Congress ···········································261 2. Doing Party Work in a Fresh Way ·················································265 3. For Successful Implementation of the Three Major Tasks of the Technological Revolution ······························································272 Setting an Example of Full-scale Automation······························272 For Comprehensive Mechanization of Agriculture ······················277 CHAPTER 12. IN CELEBRATION OF KIM IL SUNG’S 60TH BIRTHDAY····································································283 1. Greeting April 15 as the Most Auspicious Holiday ························283 2. A Paean ·························································································289 CHAPTER 13. CHERISHING THE EARNEST DESIRE OF FELLOW COUNTRYMEN····························································294 1. For the Implementation of the Three Principles and Five-point Policy of Korea’s Reunification·····················································294 2. The Juche-oriented Line for the Movement of Koreans in Japan Put Forward ·····································································299 1 CHAPTER 1 CHILDHOOD 1. BORN AT MT. PAEKTU, THE SACRED MOUNTAIN OF REVOLUTION Kim Jong Il was born at the Paektusan Secret Camp in the Sobaeksu Valley, Samjiyon County, Ryanggang Province, on February 16, 1942. Mt. Paektu is the ancestral mountain of Korea or the cradle of the nation’s 5,000-year-old civilization. From there the Great Paektu Mountain Range stretches over the Korean peninsula, to form a 750-mile-long stretch of beautiful land. Mt. Paektu, the symbol of Korea, is known as a sacred mountain because it was there that the Korean revolution struck its roots: Kim Il Sung organized and led the anti-Japanese revolution to victory from there. Several miles southeast of Janggun (general—Tr.) Peak on the top of Mt. Paektu soars Jong Il Peak, through which the sparkling Sobaek Stream flows down the valley. The Paektusan Secret Camp was situated in that valley. The Paektusan Secret Camp, which was set up in September 1936, was the headquarters of the Korean revolution until the country was liberated. The camp was made up of two log cabins, with the larger cabin serving as Headquarters. It was in the smaller cabin, with no formal address or number