KIM JONG IL BIOGRAPHY 4 PYONGYANG, KOREA JUCHE 106 (2017) KIM JONG IL BIOGRAPHY 4 Foreign Languages Publishing House Pyongyang, Korea Juche 106 (2017) 1 CONTENTS CHAPTER 42. CELEBRATING THE 90TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF PRESIDENT KIM IL SUNG ....................................... 1 1. With Proud Results in Building a Thriving Country........................................1 2. As a Grand Political Festival in Praise of the Sun............................................4 3. Arirang, a World-Class Masterpiece Singing the Praises of the Leaders.......10 CHAPTER 43. WITH A STEADFAST WILL FOR SONGUN.................. 16 1. Advancing Guideline for the Songun Revolution ..........................................16 2. Demonstrating the Might of the Powerful Revolutionary Army of Paektusan.................................................................20 To Train the Service Personnel to Be Strong in Ideology and Faith ............20 To Bring About a Fresh Turn in Increasing the Combat Efficiency of the Army.............................................................27 With Paternal Feeling and Affection............................................................31 3. Further Consolidating the Unity between the Army and the People ..............36 To Strengthen the Army into an Army for the People .................................36 To Imbue the Whole Society with the Spirit of Prioritizing Military Affairs.....................................................................40 4. Building the Country into a Dignified Nuclear State .....................................44 5. Meting Out a Resolute Punishment to the Provokers.....................................48 CHAPTER 44. DEMONSTRATING THE COUNTRY’S MIGHT AS A POLITICO-IDEOLOGICAL POWER.......................53 1. Adding Eternal Brilliance to the History of a Harmonious Whole.................53 2 CONTENTS 2. Developing Party Work as Demanded by the New Century ..........................58 Establishing the Party’s Unified Leadership System....................................58 Effecting a Fresh Turn in Ideological Work.................................................64 Making the Party Apply the Revolutionary Art of Leadership.....................72 3. Improving the Work of Working People’s Organizations..............................77 4. Directing Great Efforts to Strengthening the Government of the DPRK........82 CHAPTER 45. TO ADD LUSTRE TO THE REVOLUTIONARY TRADITIONS OF PAEKTU .............................................90 1. Preserving the Revolutionary Battle Sites and Other Historic Places in Their Original State.........................................................................90 2. Conducting a Wider and Deeper Study of the Revolutionary Traditions .......94 3. Promoting Tours of Revolutionary Battle Sites and Other Historic Places ....98 4. Effecting a Fresh Turn in the Educational Work at the Bases for Education by Means of Revolutionary Relics ........................................100 5. Looking Round the Historic Sites in Hoeryong............................................106 CHAPTER 46. TO BUILD AN ECONOMIC GIANT ............................. 111 1. Stepping Up the Modernization of the National Economy...........................111 2. Advancing the Line of Economic Construction in the Songun Era ..............117 3. Kindling Flames for a Great Leap Forward and Innovations .......................124 CHAPTER 47. HOLDING FAST TO THE LINE OF PRIORITIZING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ................................... 131 1. Inspiring Scientists and Technicians to Further Efforts................................131 Arranging a Grand Meeting of Scientists and Technicians ........................131 Visiting Research Institutes........................................................................135 2. For a Fresh Leap in Developing Science and Technology ...........................141 Directing Close Concern to Developing Cutting-Edge Science and Technology ............................................................................141 Arousing Scientists and Technicians to the Modernization of the National Economy ...........................................................................144 CONTENTS 3 For More Sci-Tech Achievements Conducive to the Improvement of the People’s Livelihood......................................................................... 148 3. Successful Launch of Artificial Satellite Kwangmyongsong 2 ....................152 CHAPTER 48. USHERING IN A GOLDEN AGE OF CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION IN THE SONGUN ERA...................156 1. To Train the Dependable Backbone of the Songun Revolution ...................156 2. For a Fresh Turn in the Development of Art and Literature.........................162 3. Carrying Out the People-Oriented Healthcare Policy ..................................169 4. To Turn Songun Korea into a Sports Power ................................................174 5. Preserving and Sustaining National Traditions ............................................ 178 6. Establishing a Sound and Cultured Way of Life ..........................................183 CHAPTER 49. TO MARK THE CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF PRESIDENT KIM IL SUNG ....................................186 1. Kindling the Flames of a New Revolutionary Upsurge................................186 Torch of Kangson ......................................................................................186 Historic 150-Day Campaign and 100-Day Campaign ...............................191 2. Leading the Vanguard Sectors of the National Economy to Bring About an Upswing in Production...................................................196 For a Great Leap Forward in Building the Huichon Power Station ...........196 To Establish the Juche Orientation in Metallurgical Industry and Develop Coal-Mining Industry and Rail Transport.............................201 3. To Push Back the Frontiers of Science and Technology..............................206 Industrial Revolution in the New Century–Introduction of CNC Technology...................................................................................206 Cascades of Vinalon and Fertilizer and Juche Orientation of the Refractory Industry..........................................................................208 4. For a Radical Improvement of the People’s Livelihood............................... 214 Boosting Agriculture and Fishing Industry................................................214 For the Betterment of the People’s Lives...................................................219 4 CONTENTS CHAPTER 50. PROVIDING A FIRM GUARANTEE FOR CARRYING FORWARD THE REVOLUTIONARY CAUSE OF SONGUN..................................................... 226 1. Inheritance of the Revolution Means Inheritance of Arms...........................226 2. Ensuring That Kim Jong Un Stands at the Helm of the Songun Revolution.............................................................................230 CHAPTER 51. UNFOLDING A NEW ERA OF THE MOVEMENT FOR NATIONAL REUNIFICATION ............................... 235 1. Providing a Correct View of Nationalism ....................................................235 2. Mounting Enthusiasm for Independent Reunification..................................240 3. October 4 Declaration for the Improvement of North-South Relations, and Peace and Prosperity .............................................................................251 4. Leading Overseas Compatriots to Cherish National Dignity and Pride........256 CHAPTER 52. CONDUCTING ENERGETIC EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES.............................................. 264 1. Developing the DPRK-China Friendship .....................................................264 2. Ever-Developing DPRK-Russia Friendship.................................................270 3. For the Development of Relations of Friendship and Cooperation with Several Countries......................................................275 4. Leading the DPRK-US Showdown to Victory.............................................281 5. Confronting Japan’s Hostile Policy with a Harder Line...............................287 CHAPTER 53. WITH A SINGLE MIND OF PATRIOTISM .................. 293 1. Motherland and the People He Loved Most .................................................293 With an Ennobling View of the Motherland, People and Future Generations ..................................................................293 Cherishing the Country and the People in His Heart..................................298 2. Long Journey of Patriotic Devotion .............................................................302 Following the Road of Songun without Interruption..................................302 CONTENTS 5 For the Prosperity of the Country ..............................................................305 CHAPTER 54. HIS LAST YEAR OF GREAT DEVOTION....................311 1. At the Outset of the Year 2011.....................................................................311 2. To Solve the Food Problem..........................................................................317 3. Kindling the Flames of Hamnam .................................................................322 4. To His Last Day in December......................................................................329 CHAPTER 55. IMMORTALIZATION OF THE SONGUN SUN OF JUCHE...............................................................333 1. Great Loss to the Nation ..............................................................................333 2.