Really interesting speech. It's always fascinating how candid he is. I really do think KJU is a true believer in communism, i am never certain if that was the case for his father, who would not often proclaim himself a communist like this.
Beloved Comrade Kim Jong Un delivered a programmatic speech at the closing ceremony of the 3rd Training Course for Propaganda Sector Officials of the Workers' Party of Korea.
(Pyongyang, September 22, Korean Central News Agency)
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea Comrade Kim Jong Un delivered a programmatic speech at the closing ceremony of the 3rd Propaganda Workers' Training Course of the Workers' Party of Korea on September 21 .
Comrades!
I believe that this training session was conducted well in accordance with the intended purpose of making it an important opportunity for innovation in ideological work.
Above all, I believe that the immutable principle of our party's ideological supremacy, the shared aspiration for a new era of ideological work, and its necessity have been fully recognized.
As I attended the opening session and received reports on the daily progress of the classes, I could feel the high determination and passion of the participants, who are maintaining an awareness and attitude of wanting to learn even one more thing, while united in a sense of the urgent historical mission to transform ideological work.
As the General Secretary, I cannot contain my joy upon witnessing the passionate attitude of these comrades.
It has been confirmed once again that propaganda workers are certainly more politically sensitive, quick to be inspired, and passionate than those in other professions.
In my view, with such ideological preparation and spiritual uplift of the propaganda corps, I am convinced that we can expect more vigorous struggles and actual changes in the strengthening of the ideological front and ideological work from now on.
Although the training period was only a few days, making it impossible to master all aspects of practical propaganda work, and I believe that continuous learning and development are necessary in future practice, I believe this served as an important opportunity to renew the sacred revolutionary awareness and immense sense of responsibility regarding the need to multiply our ideological resources a hundredfold and firmly secure the succession of our cause.
I think that is important.
The problem will be the implementation from now on.
Rather than countless resolutions affirmed by words, the propaganda of truth that ignites a spark in the public consciousness and stirs the public's hearts even once, and the dignified agitation that boosts the public's motivation and adds courage to the public—this is more important and valuable.
I would like to say a few more things today for the officials of the propaganda sector, who are the core vanguard soldiers of our Party, ahead of the closure of the river.
Comrades!
We need to always be aware of what kind of people we, the communists, are.
It is the ideology of subjectivity that must remain unchanged forever, even if everything else in this world changes, and it is precisely that we are thorough ideology supremacists.
Nothing can replace the power of revolutionary ideology, and even less can it win.
The reason we can now have absolute confidence regarding our future is that we possess ideological resources accumulated during the long process of revolutionary struggle, the power of which will continue to be unleashed infinitely.
Our Party's greatest asset is its great revolutionary ideology, along with its powerful propaganda and agitation force that transforms it into a force for transformation, and our Party's victorious leadership is based on the power of our Party's unique propaganda and agitation.
We must have this verified as a proud history of perfectly realizing what we idealized and aimed for.
As everyone is experiencing, the struggle we face is not a re-enactment of the goals set in the past years, but a clear sublimation and can be described as another transformation in the steadfast revolutionary course.
Since we have drawn that path and shouldered that heavy burden ourselves, we must accomplish it with our own hands and strength.
What is essential and urgent in the new struggle administration is not any material foundation, but the patriotic zeal and extraordinary courage of all officials, party members, and citizens, and the ideological mobilization power that amplifies them and transforms them into pioneering and creation.
Now is the time for everyone, from leading cadres to a single citizen living at the far end of the country, to stake their destiny and future on the nation's development, align their wisdom and passion with the goals of the new stage, and overcome all challenges and obstacles with indomitable fighting spirit and active creativity.
For our Korean revolutionaries, the path of being dominated by and conforming to objective factors is unsuitable; we must steadfastly adhere to the unique principle of pioneering the way forward and seizing opportunities solely through the principle of ideology, which powerfully mobilizes and incites the immense spiritual potential and patriotic vigor of the entire people.
We must hold even higher the banner of ideological unity that no one else can raise no matter how much they want to, and the philosophy of ideological theory that only our Party, which is revolutionizing with the great people, can put forward, and take a more clear revolutionary stance to surely achieve our ideals.
Comrades!
Now that the training session is over, the eyes of the Party masses and the people will surely turn to the work attitude and demeanor of our propaganda workers and closely watch their future activities.
In fact, our people are now looking forward to new changes and innovations in propaganda and agitation work and cultural creation work that will inspire and make their struggles and lives more colorful.
The tasks of the Party’s propaganda sector have become significantly heavier than before, and furthermore, the demands of the Party, the revolution, and the times placed upon propaganda workers are extremely high.
Kim Jong UnComrade emphasized that as the scope of advance expands and the pace quickens, challenges and difficulties inevitably grow larger, and that overcoming them is a task requiring responsible and serious study and effort for each individual; he spoke as follows:
Our party's propaganda work must change significantly and become more sophisticated, in-depth, and effective than in the past.
This can be described as a critical juncture and a major obstacle for propaganda workers.
Officials in the propaganda sector must resolutely overcome this crisis with a doubled sense of mission and struggle, and ensure that this training session is recorded in the history of our Party as a groundbreaking turning point that led to innovation and development in all aspects of ideological work.
The content of ideological education work must be developed and enriched to align with the demands and style of the new era.
The power of ideological work is determined by its content, and the development of content requires the development of form, method, and means.
Even though today's era is changing and developing radically and in various ways, relying on outdated content and data from the past or repeating identical theories and arguments is truly an anachronistic backwardness.
As our ideals and goals are rising and being realized through rapid implementation in all fields of social life, including the economy, national defense, and culture, and as significant changes are taking place in our people's living environments, the content of our Party's ideological work must also be restructured and enriched in a fresh manner in accordance with these changes.
This is by no means intended to exclude or improve upon traditional content in ideological education work, but rather to make it a process of deepening and developing it in accordance with the demands of the advancing revolutionary cause.
Therefore, new innovations and revolutionary changes in propaganda and education work must properly begin with further deepening and developing the content of ideological education.
Kim Jong UnComrade mentioned the importance of conducting propaganda and education work in accordance with the principles and in accordance with reality, and continued as follows:
There is no better way than to clearly and fundamentally make people recognize the righteousness of our cause and the inevitability of victory, so that our truthful and superior ideas and policies are solidified as the beliefs of the entire public and transformed into a great force that boldly overcomes difficulties and trials.
If the principles of objects, phenomena, and life, as well as the laws of perception, are excluded from propaganda work and are instead injected schematically and mechanically, the truth may be distorted and misled, and it will only induce skepticism and rejection.
There is no room for argument that ideological education must not only align with the principles but also be firmly grounded in reality.
The power of truth possesses absolute strength that cannot be compared to any flowery rhetoric.
Kim Jong UnComrade stated that while there were ten or a hundred prescriptions for educating people in the past, there must be a thousand or ten thousand prescriptions in the present era, and mentioned the following:
Connecting with people's specific living circumstances, environments, and psychology is what it means to truly have your feet firmly planted in reality.
If you are a propaganda worker, you must always delve into people's inner thoughts and emotions and place yourself within them, ensuring that even when creating a single point or giving a single explanation, it creates a connection and leads to a substantial change in perception.
As the times progress, our forms and methods of propaganda and education must also constantly evolve.
The novelty and influence of ideological education work are largely determined not only by content and methods but also by form and means.
Just as clothes make the man, even excellent propaganda and educational material cannot attract the public's interest and attention, nor can it influence their thoughts and sentiments, without the aid of new forms and means.
It is human psychology to feel a sense of rejection even if the words are correct, if the method is cliché.
Kim Jong UnComrade continued by saying that the lesson of history is that depending on how much importance the Party and the state building socialism place on ideological work and how they carry it out, ideology can become an inexhaustible force for victory and success or a terrible poison for frustration and failure.
If we boast about the erection of modern buildings and the transformation of the nation's appearance without focusing on ideological education and mental armament, and without ceaseless innovation, it will be tantamount to tearing down the nation's greatest resource to build a tower of ideology.
The progress of the times is the flow of people's struggles and lives; therefore, to embody the spirit of the times in ideological work, we must deeply study the people of today and explore and apply new forms, means, and methods suited to them.
In the propaganda sector, even with ideological education content on the same subject, one must find and grasp forms and means that can attract people, concentrate thought and research to achieve greater effects, and make the creation of new things a daily trend.
We must not stop at merely conducting propaganda and education work; instead, we must continuously improve it by scientifically and quantitatively analyzing the extent of its effectiveness and determining which means, forms, and methods are most effective.
Furthermore, efforts must be devoted to utilizing modern information and technological means to enhance the speed and effectiveness of propaganda and education work and to thoroughly crush the spread of reactionary ideology and culture.
Comrades!
Upon closer examination, the demand for innovation in ideological work boils down to a demand for the awareness and capability enhancement of officials in the Party's propaganda sector.
For our ideological work to inspire the revolutionary spirit and fighting spirit of the masses and lead the era, propaganda workers themselves must possess an extraordinary sense of responsibility and dedication.
Since propaganda and education work involves dealing with the diverse psychology of people, the effort required for even a single lecture or economic agitation is not light.
The dignity of propaganda workers, who know how to perceive hard work not as suffering but as the spirit of revolution, is formed and solidified precisely through an extraordinary sense of responsibility.
The minds of propaganda officials must always be dominated by a sense of responsibility that if they step back, their unit, region, and department will collapse, and they must be filled with contemplation and inquiry on how to improve propaganda work.
It is the responsible attitude of a party campaign official to be able to sense the psychology of the crowd from a single word or glance, and to respond swiftly to negative ideological elements with a sense as keen as when a blade touches the body.
The role of a campaign worker, who can be said to live carrying the ideology on their back, is carried not only in the course of work but also in daily life.
If propaganda workers responsible for transmitting the Party's ideology and policies say one thing in front of others but act differently behind their backs, it will foster distrust among the masses and lead to the consequence of destroying the ideological stronghold with their own hands.
Even if lightning strikes their heads and a knife is held to their throats, officials in the propaganda sector must not compromise with negative phenomena that contradict the Party's ideology and socialist principles, and in particular, must never get involved in power abuse, bureaucracy, or illicit enrichment.
Decisively raising the level and capabilities of propaganda officials is an urgent priority directly linked to the practical innovation of ideological work.
Although the Party as a whole continues to emphasize the need for Party officials to possess writing and eloquence skills, these qualities are becoming even more vital and essential for propaganda officials.
Party propaganda officials must be fully proficient in the Party's ideology and policies, always be prepared to inspire the masses with the Party's voice at any time and place, and properly guide and assist the work of grassroots propaganda officials, and must not cease their efforts to improve their own qualifications.
Party officials must become well-rounded individuals who are knowledgeable not only in political and ideological aspects but also in practical economics and modern science and technology, and who possess rich cultural sophistication and sentiment.
Today, regardless of the field or unit, more talent is required, but in the propaganda sector, every single person must become a talent.
The propaganda sector must take revolutionary measures to decisively enhance its level of political theory and practical capabilities, and I believe it is only natural that such work should begin with the Central Party’s Propaganda and Agitation Department.
The innovative, creative, and offensive ideological warfare required by today's era must be properly operated and vigorously driven by the Central Party's Propaganda and Agitation Department.
We must regain our true nature and momentum as a department dedicated to overseeing the Party's ideological work and making propaganda and agitation our full-time occupation, through the powerful execution of a major ideological war.
We must lead the meticulous planning of Party-wide ideological innovation, scientifically formulate tactical measures that guarantee realism and novelty, and make it a daily routine for the department to strictly review and counter the status of propaganda and agitation work regarding its effectiveness.
If the level and work style of the officials in the Central Party’s Propaganda and Agitation Department change, it will have the effect of changing the professional qualifications and work ethic of all propaganda officials throughout the Party.
Kim Jong UnComrade emphasized that in the new era of transformation, all ideological work must become indispensable ideological and spiritual nourishment for everyone and the driving force of true life and struggle. He continued his remarks by mentioning that all participants should apply the principles, techniques, and methods learned in the training to their work practice, constantly learn and consolidate them through practice, and continue to discover new keys for the innovation of ideological work to further enrich the ideological assets of our Party.
>>2920459<ContinuationComrades!
Election workers of every sector and every line!
Ideology is the fuel of the Korean revolution yesterday and today, and the primary resource for our nation-building.
It is an unsurpassed honor and a special glory to live and work as a propaganda worker for the Workers' Party of Korea, taking ideology as the primary weapon and leading the revolution with the power of ideology.
I believe that all participants in the training session will bravely shoulder the responsibilities bestowed by the times and the revolution, and play a pioneering role in persistently writing textbooks of ideological revolution that our Party history will remember and that will be handed down forever alongside our era of transformation.
Through this opportunity, I feel reassured witnessing firsthand the responsible attitude, courageous spirit, and conspicuous confidence of my comrades.
In our journey to bring about great ideals and a beautiful future through the irresistible force of thought , greater successes and transformative achievements will be endlessly engraved.
I declare the conclusion of the 3rd Training Workshop for Propaganda Sector Officials, confident that all participants and officials will hold high the banner of the great ideology-first principle and vigorously open the path of advance for a new era with the passion and courage befitting ideological guards of the Workers' Party of Korea. (End)
Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Department Director of C.C., WPK (Regarding recent mine incidents currently in the media)Pyongyang, September 30 (KCNA) – Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued the following press statement titled "Ringleaders of provocation should be prepared for paying price for the farce of their own making" on Sept. 29:
Recently, the ROK military gangsters committed another provocation against the DPRK, announcing the "investigation results" in connection with the incident of mine explosion that occurred in the southern border area.
It is too low and dirty as befitting the tribes of the ROK.
Of course, such a farce is by no means a new.
When the mine explosion in question occurred on September 21, we had already anticipated the scenario of Seoul and seen through the true intention of the conspiratorial farce being staged by the ROK military gangsters.
In conclusion, the incident is a clear farce reminiscent of the "wooden-box mine incident" which disturbed the world more than ten years ago, in consideration of the time and method of provocation.
At that time the puppet forces forcibly linked the "mine explosion incident" that occurred on the western border with the DPRK and continuously escalated the tension under the pretext of it.
What should not be overlooked is the fact that the armed gangsters of the ROK are now cooking up the groundless results and "justifying their conduct" for political and military provocation against the DPRK, openly talking about "reasonable and corresponding enforcement of measures".
How can we sit and watch their despicable act of rashly doubting anyone after exploding a mine of doubtful provenance and talking about the breach of the Armistice Agreement.
Where can we find else such an absurd, malicious and gangster-like attitude?
The rulers of Seoul including those of the "People Power Party" have already unanimously said that the withdrawn loudspeaker against the DPRK should be set up in keeping with the futile bravery of the new minister of Defense.
It is absurd that they made a conclusion about the origin of the said mine exploded in the barren land which they had never set foot for more than a half century.
It is the height of impudence that the tribes of the ROK are trying to fabricate "material evidence" for proving it after shifting the blame for the incident onto the other.
We are closely watching why the ROK military rogues need the "mine incident" at this time in connection with their extremely scandalous acts which have been witnessed repeatedly in the southern border area in recent days.
The enemies' provocative acts near the southern border area are going beyond the limit with each passing day.
As the world knows, our army has been building the barriers in the southern border area as part of the work of strengthening the border two years ago, and this is only a thorough exercise of sovereignty unrelated with any military purpose.
However, the ROK military warmongers are seriously threatening the personal safety of our soldiers through warning broadcasting and warning shots, teasing our personnel mobilized for building the border barriers about the groundless "crossing of the border".
Especially from August, the enemy has been engaged in warning broadcasting and warning shots every day.
The "crossing the border" of our soldiers touted by the ROK military is a deliberate and planned strained assertion to shift the responsibility for escalating tension on to the DPRK.
Clearly speaking, our soldiers have never crossed the border.
This is a clear cavil and a provocation.
The ROK military should think first of all about what the world will say about its inability to distinguish its own land and other's land, failing to properly distinguish the boundary which can be confirmed by the naked eye.
We will never remain a passive onlooker to the hostile acts causing great concern in the border area.
When a single bullet is hit on our land, they must be prepared for a lot.
If the ROK military gangsters fire at our soldiers carrying on the permanent project for the southern border, not warning shots, our border units will take immediate and merciless retaliate attack.
The counteraction principles against them have already been issued to the border defence units and the army of the DPRK decided to take measures to increase the tactical counterattack means in the direction of the demilitarized zone of the 21st Infantry Division of the 3rd Corps of the ROK army where the provocations are frequent in recent days.
Explicitly speaking once again, it is clear that if the frequency of malicious accusation and provocation against us in the border region are frequent and lead to an encroachment on our actual territory and military sovereignty, the rogue group will have to face a situation that has not yet been experienced.
I seriously warn you that it would be a good idea to weigh the relative advantages with reasonable thinking.
If you are going to display "bravery" with an unpopular barbarous courage, you will only face a miserable and catastrophic position.
The dramatic culmination of the farce of Seoul will never be fun and the responsibility for all consequences will be entirely for the party to the provocation. -0-
http://www.kcna.kp/en/article/detail/d2f0e6206efdd90a0da4c4c8b579b12a New cod is hardcore anti dprk propaganda, CNN also just released "new" footage of the countryside aka footage of the countryside more than 20 years ago (during the march) intermingled with "new" footage thats also roughly 15 years old at this point. I guess after people figured out that people like Yeonmi were straight up lying they gotta double down on the propaganda.
Kim Yo-jong, Department Head of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issues a statement(Pyongyang, October 2, Korean Central News Agency)
Kim Yo- jong, Department Head of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea , issued the following statement on the 2nd.
The enemy is indeed the enemy.
This is the major conclusion we reach once again through Seoul's new original clown show.
Seoul has once again clearly and unfilteredly revealed its wicked true nature of intending to plunge the situation on the Korean Peninsula into a critical state for their own selfish purposes.
They hastily reached the preposterous conclusion that the landmine explosion incidents in the border area were caused by someone's "secret and intentional planting of landmines" and released an "official statement" that was extremely clumsy.
He even went so far as to mention some kind of "apple."
They are utterly pathetic.
We need to think about it rationally.
Why do you imagine that we would have done something to get involved with Korea?
We need to first understand exactly what the true intention is behind fortifying the border.
To explain it simply and clearly, the purpose is to close the door forever so that there is no need to face Korea, and even wild animals cannot enter.
To be honest, the mere thought of being conscious of the Korean people gives us goosebumps.
Aren't they the kind of people who call a flock of birds "Northern drones"?
Our greatest wish is to forever sever our ill-fated ties with those people with whom facing them brings nothing but headaches.
We do not allow even the slightest space or room to be involved with or associate with Korea in any form.
It seems that the parties involved in the suspicious accident that defies common sense have found themselves in a difficult and awkward position where they cannot even offer an excuse, and their habitual obstinacy has returned.
It is really boring, terrible, and sickening now.
We are witnessing something truly absurd once again.
Seoul must stop playing petty games and immediately stop its foolish schemes to tarnish our nation's image.
Korean people choose the word "provocation" the most among the expressions they always use against us, but I wonder if they actually know the proper meaning of "provocation" when they use it.
Common sense dictates that a "provocation" refers to acts such as shifting blame onto others when they are in a hurry, as is the case now, or the recent drone launch incident carried out against us by the Yoon Suk-yeol clique and the current ruling authorities.
Another ridiculous thing is that while the lower-ranking individuals, who are like minnows, are busy finding fault with others by making announcements of investigation results and official statements, the person called the President appeared at some kind of commemorative ceremony and expressed his "will" to consistently take practical measures to lower military tensions.
It is the climax of a clown show that is truly too good to watch alone.
It seems the second act of the self-made clown show has begun.
It seems he intends to portray the world in a chaotic manner and then take on the role of the righteous protagonist.
I don't know who the lead and supporting actors are, but anyway, I hope they gain a lot of popularity for their performances in "righteous roles."
Those who devoted themselves to the scriptwriting, directing, and acting of the clown show should rightfully be rewarded with valuable "awards." (End)
>>2925227Never heard of it, but it makes sense metaphorically at least, the whole world shakes in fear and anticipation of the peoples Korea.