KIM IL SUNG WORKS WORKING PEOPLE OF THE WHOLE WORLD, UNITE! KIM IL SUNG WORKS 33 January–December 1978 FOREIGN LANGUAGES PUBLISHING HOUSE PYONGYANG, KOREA 1 9 8 8 CONTENTS NEW YEAR ADDRESS January 1, 1978 ......................................................................................................................1 ON ESTABLISHING TWO-CROPPING AREAS AND SPECIALIZATION IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION Speech at a Consultative Meeting of Agricultural Workers, January 26, 1978 ....................................................................................................9 LET US FULLY APPLY THE JUCHE METHOD OF FARMING TO BRING ABOUT A NEW UPSURGE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION Speech at the National Agricultural Conference, January 27, 1978 ...................................21 LET US MOBILIZE PARTY MEMBERS AND OTHER WORKING PEOPLE IN CARRYING OUT THE SECOND SEVEN-YEAR PLAN AHEAD OF SCHEDULE Speech at the 16th Plenary Meeting of the 5th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, January 28, 1978..............................................................41 LET US FURTHER DEVELOP POULTRY FARMING BY SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF PROTEIN FEED Speech Delivered at a Consultative Meeting of Officials from the Poultry and Livestock Sectors, February 7, 1978.................................................55 ON IMPROVING PROCUREMENT WORK Speech Delivered at a Consultative Meeting of Officials in the Procurement Sector, February 7, 1978......................................................................68 1 SOME PROBLEMS IN WORK AMONG SCHOOLCHILDREN Speech Delivered to the Officials of the Central Committee of the League of Socialist Working Youth and of the Education Commission, February 8, 1978............................................................................................77 LET US DEVELOP THE FISHING INDUSTRY AND INCREASE THE CATCH Speech at a Consultative Meeting of the Officials of the Fishing Industry, February 14, 1978 .........................................................................89 ON EASING THE STRAIN ON RAIL TRANSPORT Speech at a Consultative Meeting of the Officials of the Rail Transport Sector, March 13, 1978......................................................................................117 ON SOME PROBLEMS ARISING IN GENERATING ELECTRICITY AND IN IMPROVING HEALTH CARE Speech Delivered to the Senior Officials of the Economic Affairs Departments of the Party Central Committee and the Administration Council, March 21, 1978..............................................................128 SPEECH AT A CONSULTATIVE MEETING OF SENIOR OFFICIALS OF THE ADMINISTRATION COUNCIL March 30, 1978...................................................................................................................141 ON THE WIDE-SCALE RECLAMATION OF TIDAL FLATS AND THEIR CULTIVATION Speech at a Consultative Meeting of Agricultural Officials, April 3, 1978.......................151 ON INCREASING LOCAL BUDGET REVENUE Speech at a Joint Meeting of the Political Committee of the Party Central Committee and the Central People’s Committee, April 11, 1978.........................164 TALK WITH THE DELEGATION FROM THE JAPAN COMMITTEE FOR SUPPORTING THE INDEPENDENT AND PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION OF KOREA April 17, 1978 .....................................................................................................................171 2 THE SOCIALIST LABOUR LAW OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA Adopted at the Second Session of the Sixth Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, April 18, 1978 .....................................................................................176 Chapter 1. The Fundamental Principles of Socialist Labour .............................................176 Chapter 2. Labour is the Noble Duty of the Citizen ..........................................................179 Chapter 3. The Socialist Organization of Labour ..............................................................180 Chapter 4. Socialist Distribution by the Work Accomplished...........................................183 Chapter 5. Labour and the Technical Revolution; Improvement of the Working People’s Technical Skill.........................................................185 Chapter 6. Labour Protection .............................................................................................187 Chapter 7. Labour and Recreation......................................................................................189 Chapter 8. State and Social Benefits for the Working People ...........................................190 ON ENHANCING THE ROLE OF THE OFFICIALS OF THE PEOPLE’S GOVERNMENT ORGANS Speech Delivered to the Officials of People’s Government Organs, April 20, 1978 ..................................................................................192 1. On Thoroughly Implementing the Socialist Labour Law ..............................................192 2. On Enhancing the Function and Role of Local Government Organs............................197 3. On Taking Good Care of the People’s Life....................................................................200 4. On Improving Guidance to Make the People More Law-abiding .................................210 5. On Offering Efficient Support to Pyongyang ................................................................213 TALK TO A DELEGATION FROM THE JAPAN SOCIALIST PARTY May 13, 1978 ......................................................................................................................215 TALK TO THE EX-PREMIER OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERU May 24, 1978 ......................................................................................................................222 3 ON MAKING GOOD PREPARATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR’S FARMING Speech at a Consultative Meeting of the Officials in Charge of Agriculture, June 12, 1978............................................................................231 TALK TO THE DELEGATION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL LIAISON COMMITTEE FOR THE INDEPENDENT AND PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION OF KOREA June 15, 1978......................................................................................................................260 ON SOME IMMEDIATE ECONOMIC TASKS FACING NORTH PHYONGAN PROVINCE Speech at an Enlarged Plenary Meeting of the North Phyongan Provincial Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, July 25-26, 1978 ........................267 ON OUR COUNTRY’S EXPERIENCE IN THE SOLUTION OF THE RURAL QUESTION Talk to State and Economic Officials, July 28, 1978.........................................................318 1. On the Agrarian Reform.................................................................................................319 2. On Agricultural Cooperation..........................................................................................335 3. On the Ideological, Technical and Cultural Revolutions in the Rural Areas ................360 4. On the Status and Role of the County in the Construction of a Socialist Countryside..............................................................................................377 LET US STEP UP SOCIALIST CONSTRUCTION UNDER THE BANNER OF THE JUCHE IDEA Report at the National Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, September 9, 1978 ..............................................................................................388 1. Let Us Thoroughly Embody the Juche Idea in State Activity and Energetically Conduct the Three Revolutions ........................................................391 2. Let Us Smash the “Two Koreas” Plot and Peacefully Reunify the Country.................404 3. Newly-Emerging Powers, Unite and Fight against Imperialism and All Other Forms of Dominationism ...................................................411 4 A CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO THE TEACHING STAFF AND STUDENTS OF KIM CHAEK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY September 26, 1978 ............................................................................................................419 LET US BRING ABOUT A RADICAL IMPROVEMENT IN EDUCATION THROUGH THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE THESES ON SOCIALIST EDUCATION Speech delivered at a National Meeting of Educational Workers, October 1, 1978 ..................................................................................................423 ON THE MAIN TASKS FACING THE KANGWON PROVINCIAL PARTY COMMITTEE Speech Delivered at the Enlarged Plenary Meeting of Kangwon Provincial Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, October 5 and 6, 1978 ..............................................................................443 ON ESTABLISHING A PROPER SYSTEM FOR GUIDING THE FISHING INDUSTRY AND STRENGTHENING THE MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THIS INDUSTRY Speech at a Consultative Meeting of Officials from the Fishing Industry in South Hamgyong Province, October 12, 1978................................................482 TALK TO THE CHIEF EDITOR OF THE JAPANESE POLITICAL MAGAZINE SEKAI October 21, 1978 ................................................................................................................502 ON IMPROVING THE MANAGEMENT OF THE LAND AND OF THE URBAN COMMUNITIES Speech Delivered at a Consultative Meeting of the Senior Officials of the Ministries of Land Administration and Urban Management, November 9, 1978......................................................................517 LET US FURTHER ACCELERATE SOCIALIST CONSTRUCTION THROUGH EFFICIENT FINANCIAL