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https://leftypol.org/leftypol_archive/res/12395.htmlAchievements in the comprehensive mechanization of rural economy
(Pyongyang, February 12, Korean Central News Agency)
According to the Rodong Sinmun, achievements have been made in the project to realize comprehensive mechanization of rural economy.
Since the New Era Rural Revolution Program was put forward, many agricultural machinery production units in various regions have been modernized and their capabilities have expanded. Every year, agricultural machinery manufactured by us has been supplied to rural areas across the country, increasing the proportion of mechanized agricultural work.
The completion of Phases 1 and 2 of the renovation and modernization project at the Geumseong Tractor Factory has laid a solid foundation for ensuring smooth production and product quality. The factory currently produces high-horsepower tractors in series, distributing them to farms across the country, significantly contributing to the comprehensive mechanization of rural economy.
Renovation and modernization projects for agricultural machinery units, including the Namsi Livestock Machinery Factory, Gangseo Sprayer Factory, and Sariwon Tractor Parts Factory, were completed one after another, and their material and technological foundations were also strengthened.
In 2023, 11,600 units of agricultural machinery will be produced and supplied to rural areas across the country, and the number of varieties will increase in 2024.
In South Hwanghae Province and North Pyongan Province, many new agricultural machines were installed, and the mechanization rate in Sukchon County, South Pyongan Province, rose to over 50%. In 2025, the mechanization rate of agricultural work increased compared to the previous year, contributing to the growth of grain production.
Following the dispatch of "Direct Alliance" tractors to tidal flat farms in South Hwanghae Province in 2024, the direct alliance organizations handed over high-efficiency agricultural machinery to the Sinuiju Greenhouse Farm last year to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Party.
The Agricultural Workers' Alliance organizations sent the Agricultural Workers' Alliance tractors and cultivators to the Ogye Farm in Anbyon County, Gangwon Province, and the Agricultural Workers' Alliance small tractors to the farms in Jangpung County, Gaeseong City.
Each city and county agricultural machinery workshop produced a variety of convenient and simple agricultural machines, parts, and accessories, contributing to the increased mechanization of agricultural work. (End)
The Rodong Sinmun emphasized that the new era local development policy is a revolutionary policy that embodies our party's unique national construction strategy.
(Pyongyang, February 12, Korean Central News Agency)
12 Some Rodong Sinmun newspapers, in their editorials written under personal pseudonyms, pointed out that the substantial and simultaneous development of local areas is a powerful demonstration of the absolute truth and transformative power of the new-era local development policy, which is the culmination of our Party's original national construction strategy.
The essay emphasized the following: “ This is a great revolutionary program that only our Party can formulate and articulate, a new era local development policy that aims to overcome the differences in living conditions between the capital and the provinces and the regional imbalances and to build an invincible socialist power that is strengthened from the bottom up .”
The New Era Local Development Policy is a policy that clearly articulates our Party's national construction plan to achieve comprehensive national revitalization and growth by strengthening the foundation and potential of local areas in every possible way and dramatically improving the basic material and cultural life of local people.
Our party's national construction strategy is to strengthen local governments, solidify the foundation, and build an even higher tower on that foundation.
The essence of the new era's local development policy is that all who are born in this land, whether they live in the capital or the countryside, in a city or a mountain village, should be able to enjoy a comfortable and civilized life under the state's socialist policies.
The new era local development policy is a culmination of our Party's strategy to prepare the local people spiritually and culturally and accelerate the comprehensive development of socialism.
The important political goal that our Party is trying to achieve while promoting the construction of local development policy targets is to change the ideological and mental state of all builders and make them creative people and builders of socialism.
Our Party's determination to accelerate local development as much as possible and to quickly build a dignified and powerful nation with strong national power and prosperity, a people's paradise envied by the world, remains unwavering. (End)
>>2662110KJU is my homie.
>>2680216under Kim Jong Il the party was sidelined and the military became the most powerful body in the country. in that time the rule that a party congress should be held every 5 years was ignored. however in the Kim Jong Un era the party is once again the prominent force and congresses were resumed.
>>2689761Thanks, i guess successful development and maturation of the nuclear weapons program gives them a safety umbrella for working under, too.
Is anyone looking for a VPS?
There a chinese hosting provider with a spoofed DPRK location
https://wap.ac/store/hk-e5-lxc-warpKim Yo-jong, Vice Director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Releases Statement
(Pyongyang, February 13, Korean Central News Agency)
The full text of the statement released by Kim Yo-jong, Vice Department Director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea , on the 12th, titled "South Korean authorities must take measures to prevent provocations that infringe upon sovereignty," is as follows.
I am glad that Minister of Unification Chung Dong-young officially expressed regret on the 10th regarding the anti-Republican drone intrusion incident that occurred at the beginning of the new year.
I consider this a relatively sensible action.
However, the Korean authorities should not try to gloss over the crisis they have caused with expressions of regret, but should instead devise measures to ensure that serious violations of sovereignty, such as the invasion of our Republic's territorial airspace, will not recur.
Let me be clear again: we have no interest in who the mastermind behind the anti-Republican drone intrusion is, whether it be an individual or a private organization.
What we are concerned about is the fact that a serious violation of sovereignty, an unauthorized invasion of our national airspace, was committed by South Korea.
We hereby warn that if any provocative incidents that infringe upon the inviolable sovereignty of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea recur, a harsh response will be taken.
Among the various counter-attack options, one will definitely be chosen and will transcend proportionality.
We warn that the Korean authorities must focus their attention on preventing recurrence of such foolish actions within the country.
>>2690380Anyone done it yet? i don't wanna get scammed. Haven't bought a vps in a decade, is this a reputable company?
>>2690527No idea. I found it on lowendtalk
Why does this old spy write fanfics where his DPRK counterparts regularly mog him viciously? I must understand.
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I was going through the menu for the third time when Inspector O appeared, as he often does, seemingly out of nowhere.
“I’m supposed to ask you some questions,” he said, waving away the waitress.
“Don’t we usually start with hello, Inspector, however brusque?” I always try to set up the guard rails and not give an inch at the beginning of our meetings.
“Of course, Church,” he beamed. “Thoughtless of me. I forgot you Americans are big on ceremony. Shall I bow as well?”
The guard rails flew off to the side. “Inspector, I’m extremely busy these days. I came all the way here to Astana in an economy seat because you said it was urgent. Why I can’t imagine, but I assumed you were serious. I’m tired, stiff, and this is not a garden spot. So why don’t we just skip your tap-dancing introduction and get to your questions!” I didn’t mean to be so vehement, but it had been a middle seat.
“Whoa! Church, calm down, let’s get you a drink. Vodka?”
“No, no liquor. Just order food, and while we wait, you ask your questions.”
“Excellent. Let me begin by saying we realize it’s important to start small.”
I looked at him closely to make sure he was serious. “I’m not hearing a question. Did I miss the question, or was it drowned out by the tap dancing?”
He held up his hand to signify he had more to say. “What we aren’t sure of, is how fast to go up the ladder.”
I groaned inwardly.
“Why the pained look, Church? It’s not a bad image, a ladder.”
“Let me guess. You are cleaning house gutters? Changing light bulbs? You want a serious answer? It probably depends, is it a step ladder, an extension ladder, a fish ladder?”
“Don’t mock me, Church.”
“Then don’t obfuscate, Inspector. What are we talking about here?”
“All right, normally you want context but now you are suddenly short tempered, impatient, and old man with feet that hurt. So let me race to the blue ribbon, grab the brass ring, lunge for the finish line, and don’t complain when you get there.” He lowered his voice and leaned toward me. “We think schools are important. That’s why we name schools after people.”
I sighed. This was going somewhere. I could sense it was going somewhere. “Yes, all right. You name schools after people. Do I know them?”
“Kim Il Sung University. Kang Kon Military Academy. Kim Hyong Jik University of Education. Just to name a few. I could go on.”
“No, please, don’t go on. No reason to go on. What I need is what I still don’t hear. The question that you brought me here to answer.”
Again he held up his hand to indicate I was speaking out of turn. “We know you tend to name big things, important things, after people. No need to comment, just nod. Airports for example. JFK, Dulles, Reagan. Am I right? Mostly though you don’t use personal names, mostly you identify places by location, which makes sense, so people know where they are. I admit, there can be other considerations and exceptions.”
“Inspector, my patience is running dangerously thin. You should stop creeping up on your question. For the love of all that is holy, just ask it.”
He shook his head slightly. “Let me say with deep sincerity, Church, we are impressed with the turn of events. What events you may ask. Buildings with the name of the leader. An outdoor square, yes. We have that. But a building? A cultural center? That never occurred to us. And now not only a tunnel but also a major airport? Astounding! We are astounded, truly. We don’t do that. We don’t dare do that, not yet.” He looked around the restaurant. “I’m instructed to find out who comes up with these ideas. Do you know?”
“Haven’t a clue.”
“I bet you do.” He grinned. “Naming something after a dead figure, well, maybe that’s not a big leap. But naming after the man currently in charge, so to speak, that bakes the pie.”
“…cake…takes the cake.”
“An airport and a rail tunnel! Astounding! There is a buzz at home in high places, growing lists of objects that are candidates for a new name, THE name, if only we had the chutzpah to do it.” O gave me a blank expression.
“I get your point. And no, I don’t have any idea how that is possible or who comes up with these things.”
“You could even rename the Washington monument, am I right?”
“Who knows, I mean, who the hell knows these days.” I was breathing heavily, maybe clutching my heart at this point. It was all a blur.
“Vodka,” O summoned the waitress. “This man needs a stiff drink. Bring the bottle.” He looked at his watch. “Very sorry, Church, but I’ve got a plane to catch. Take a look, the menu must have horse meat on it. Give it a try. Yummy.”
As he stood and turned to go, he smiled that smile that meant I should brace myself. “Oh, nearly forgot,” he said matter-of-factly. “We have, er, shall we say reliable information from an excellent source that your War Department has come up with a new slogan to use with your allies. Seems very clever, they can sing it in the shower every morning. Reflective of new policy, I suppose.” He paused, his voice got a steel edge. “I need confirmation.”
“Not from me you don’t. I don’t confirm things that I know nothing about. And I stay away from policy.”
“Ha. I told them that’s what you’d say.”
“Before you disappear, Inspector, perhaps you’ll satisfy my curiosity. What is this slogan that you say you nearly forgot, but you didn’t actually nearly forget. You saved it for the last. I know your game, Inspector.”
“Good for you,” he said. “An observant man.” He fished a small notebook from his jacket pocket and flipped some pages. “Ah, here it is.” He whistled a few bars. “Do you want to write it down?”
I was getting a funny feeling. “No, I’m sure I’ll remember. Just lay it on me.”
He whistled a few more bars, tipped an imaginary hat. “Let a smile be your nuclear umbrella,” he sang in a surprisingly good Irish tenor as he did a soft shoe out the door.
>>2690730He's secretly based and red pilled on juche and regrets using up his best years in the service of the vile western intelligence agencies
>>2690742this one was fun.
As usual, the table was in the corner. I sat down and waited. Inspector O looked up and stared. I waited. He stared. Finally, I thought it might be time to break the ice. Nothing too complicated.
“Hello.” I let a smile loose.
O pursed his lips. “Don’t sweet-talk me, Church. Did you or didn’t you read this.” He pulled a book from his briefcase and threw it on the table. “No tap dancing. Answer the question. Did you read it?”
I waited two beats so I could watch his eyes. “No.”
“Noted.” He wrote something on a piece of paper he took from his jacket. “Let me ask you something else. Were you a source?”
“For this?” I turned the book so I could read the title: “Nuclear War: A Scenario.”
“I didn’t ask what the title was. I asked if you were a source. Think carefully, Church.”
“No, I was not, not even remotely. Why would I be?”
O closed his eyes. “You have no idea what I have been through. We are both in big trouble. Are you sure you didn’t read it?”
I paused. “I may have glanced at it.”
O groaned and rocked back and forth. “Oy veh. He may have glanced at it, he says he may have glanced at it.”
“I take it there is something in there,” I pointed at the book, “you don’t like.”
“Something? Only something? Church, the entire premise is crazy. It makes us look like idiots. The army planning guys that barged into my apartment the other night had steam coming out of their ears. They screamed at me, ‘Does he think we are idiots?’ And by ‘he’ they meant you. They were so angry I thought they would tear me apart.”
“Why?”
“Because I talk to you. They think I’m SOC.”
“Which is?”
“Soft on Church.”
“Don’t you think that’s an overreaction? I had nothing to do with the book. And, OK, I agree, you are presented as stick figures led by a mad king. But that wasn’t the point of the book. It was just part of a scenario used to make a larger point.”
“Don’t say mad king again.”
I took a deep breath. “You’ll have to admit you invite this sort of thing. It’s easy to make you out as stick figures with a …”
O held up his hand. “Don’t say it.”
“…a leader. The author needed something to get the ball rolling, that’s all. The rest is actually a good read.”
“So, to get the ball rolling, she begins with our launching an ICBM at Washington, DC. For no reason, just out of the blue. Church! We aren’t crazy. Why would we do something like that?”
I shrugged. “You tell me and we’ll both know.”
“That’s not how we would do it.” He looked across the room for a moment, then reached into his briefcase and took out a small black notebook. “The whole idea is to avoid getting wiped out, not to invite you to do it.”
“In that case, don’t do anything. We have no intention of wiping you out on a whim.”
“Spare me. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But sooner or later it will happen. Your country thinks it should rule the world, and we should disappear. We disagree, and we aren’t going to be pushed around anymore.”
“In that case, what do you have in mind?”
O pointed at the black notebook. His eyes were blank, there was no expression on his face at all. He lowered his voice. “We will do what we have to do. And we won’t be crazy when we do it.”
“You’ll lose.”
“No, I don’t think so, Church. You may beat your chests and threaten us, but what if we discover a hole in your iron-clad defense? What if we already have?”
“You’re telling me you already have?”
“All I said was, ‘what if.’ And if we did, would we be crazy enough to attack your territory right off your butt?”
“Bat, right off the bat.”
“No, of course not. We’d want to make sure you were knocked back, uncertain, panicked. We’d want to make very sure of two things—one, that you knew we were serious about using nuclear weapons, and two, that your regional counterstrike assets were severely degraded.”
“Assets? Degraded? Inspector, since when is that in your vocabulary?”
“Don’t worry with my vocabulary, Church. I know lots of words you’ve never heard me say.”
“Like what? I’m curious.”
“How about duck and cover?”
“So. OK. I’m to understand you’re going to start by using nuclear weapons, but not against the continental United States? In that case, what’s the point? A lot of radiation in one half of the Peninsula, which the wind could blow any which way.”
He pointed to the black notebook. “The fickle finger of fate has written on the wall.”
“Don’t get mystical on me, Inspector.”
“If you’ve been paying attention, you will have realized we have lots of short-range missiles, nuclear capable. If you did the math, you’d realize we could wipe out all of your airfields on the Peninsula, and all of South Korea’s military airfields as well in less than 200 seconds. Out of the blue, no warning, just did and done. If you have any planes in the air, they’ll have nowhere to land.”
“Japan?
He shook his head slightly. “A smoldering mess.”
“The question remains, what’s the point? Just a bad hair day? I would have to say the outcome will be the same. We respond massively and wipe you out.”
He smiled. “You wish. You wish we will believe that. In fact, you think we fully understand that, and because we are quacking…”
“Quaking…”
“…in our boots, we will be good little boys. Church, don’t be foolish, don’t think we don’t know you will never intercept all of our missiles. And we know you know. A few will get through. Maybe only one will make it. All it takes is one megaton. When it explodes, you will lose a city. Not part of a city, but an entire city, all of it, city center and suburbs, bars, parks, schools, whatever. And when that happens, your grand country will dissolve into panic. You know that.”
“Is that a threat? It isn’t credible. You can loft all the missiles you want, that doesn’t prove they can fly to Los Angeles, or Chicago, or New York. And even if they do, you don’t have the warheads that will go the distance.”
“You don’t think so? Your President is willing to gamble on that, even this President? And what if next year we launch a test flight all the way into the Pacific, full range. How confident will you be after that? After we destroy your bases in South Korea and Japan, and we tell you to leave us alone, we realize you won’t like it, but you won’t gamble. You dare not, because we mean what we say. If we see anything coming at us, we won’t hesitate. And deep down, you know that.”
“Guam. You can’t touch Guam. It’s well defended and will be prepared after they see what has happened in South Korea. We have strategic bombers based in Guam. They are only a few hours away from Pyongyang. They’ll be in the air as soon as you do anything against us in South Korea.”
O raised an eyebrow. “Guam.” He pointed at the black book. “I think it’s filed under ‘d’ for ‘drones.’”
“What if we really believe you’ll launch an ICBM at us first, without warning?”
“Then you’ll be looking in the wrong direction. That’s good. Actually, now that I think of it, we should be plumping the idea. Misdirection, always a good deception tactic.”
I sat quiet for a moment. “Tell me you’re not serious about this. It still doesn’t make sense. Why do this? Why risk everything? Why cause so much destruction? For what?”
“You are a menace, not you personally. Your country, you are suffocating mankind, and much of the world has had enough of that. And you are keeping our country divided.”
“Reunification? I thought you had given up on that.”
“Not what we said, Church. Read what we said again.”
“How does destroying the South help reunification?”
“No one is talking about destroying the South. That would be stupid. We’re not stupid.”
I sat back. “So what happens now, Inspector? What if I still don’t believe you?”
“Church,” he put the black notebook back in his briefcase, then the book, “you’ll believe what you want to believe. Like Caesar said, “Fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt.”
“How would you know what Caesar said?”
“Been around the block, bud. Well, I can’t sit and palaver.” He stood up and motioned the waiter over. “Next time it’s on me, Church. Keep your chowder dry.”
“Powder,” I said, but he had already disappeared.
The Rodong Sinmun emphasized that the Workers' Party of Korea's founding principles are great, its succession is solid, and it will always be victorious.
(Pyongyang, February 14, Korean Central News Agency)
14 Some Rodong Sinmun, in an editorial written under a personal pen name, pointed out that the Workers' Party of Korea is the most authoritative and dignified revolutionary party that has firmly inherited the ideology and spirit of its founding and is carving the longest history of socialist rule, and that this is the reputation of the ever-victorious Workers' Party of Korea that no other party can possess or compare to.
The editorial emphasized the following, saying that today the Workers' Party of Korea is carrying forward the history of great founding and victories by holding in high esteem the respected Comrade Kim Jong-un, a peerless great man.
The Workers' Party of Korea is a revolutionary party that fights for the construction of an ideal society for the people.
The truth and sublimity of the founding ideology and spirit lie precisely in the fact that, in the difficult early days of the party's founding, when there was still no hope for the future, it set forth the grand goal of building a communist society in which the people's ideals would be fully realized.
The founding principles are grand and its path is clear, so our Party will boldly overcome the difficulties it encounters and build a people's paradise on this land where all dreams and ideals will shine brightly.
The Workers' Party of Korea is an undefeated party that steadfastly carries on the ideology and spirit of its founding.
The past decade has been a turbulent one, with our Party's authority and leadership significantly enhanced as we firmly uphold its original struggle program and character and firmly maintain its unique nature and style. The most valuable achievement in Party building during this period is the establishment of a lasting foundation for our Party to continue to strengthen and develop into a revolutionary party, one where the uniqueness of the Leader 's ideology and leadership is firmly guaranteed, a mass party deeply rooted in the people, and a true people's party dedicated to the people.
Our Party's determination to open the golden age of Party building by ensuring that the founding ideals and spirit pulse strongly throughout the Party is firm.
The absolute dignity and greatness unique to our Party, the sublimity and greatness of its founding ideology and spirit, and the eternal invincibility of the Workers' Party of Korea lie in its steadfast upholding of the founding ideology and spirit . (End)
How do westoids still believe the bullshit about haircuts in the DPRK? It literally stems from one picture of a barbers' shop catalog.
>>2692197They can go on 30 minute video essays talking about how not having a choice in haircut is like psychological manipulation and collectivism and whatnot, without even questioning if they've been fed bullshit by the CIA's radio free asia.
Why don't we start pretending that westerners are forced to have zoomer haircuts? Like that life is so oppressive in the west everyone is forced to have a broccoli haircut as to not offend their great groomer Donald John Trump.
>>2692197most normies can barely tell the difference between People's korea and occupied korea. all they know is what they heard in the news: there's starvation, shootings, people being fed to sharks, and enforced haircuts. why would they question it?
why did north korea not reform itself with dengism?
The goal of building 50,000 housing units in Pyongyang, set by the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, was successfully surpassed.
The completion ceremony for the 10,000-unit residential housing project in Phase 4 of the Hwaseong District was held with great success.
In this new era of comprehensive national revival, a remarkable milestone has been achieved in the brilliant consolidation of the construction of 50,000 housing units in Pyongyang, which has been vigorously implemented as the most important task of the historic 8th Congress of the Party.
In the Songsin, Songhwa and Hwasong districts alone, nearly 60,000 households of houses and public buildings, condensed with advanced civilization, have been built, creating magnificent streets of the people's new ideals and forming a complete modern urban administrative district. As a result, our Pyongyang has dramatically transformed itself into the capital of socialist Korea in just five years.
With the overfulfillment of the five-year plan for capital construction, the covenant made by the Workers' Party of Korea with the people in the name of the dignified Party Congress has been faithfully fulfilled, and through the grand struggle of the past five years, a textbook experience and a new standard of Juche-oriented architecture have been created that will enable us to powerfully lead the construction project on a nationwide scale that will be carried out on a wider scale in the 9th term of the Party.
This wondrous reality, symbolizing the era of great transformation, is another noble fruition of Comrade Kim Jong Un's grand vision and wise leadership, who set forth the glorious revolutionary task of transforming our Pyongyang into a world-class city where all the people's aspirations are realized, and who energetically led the entire process of the grand construction from the meaningful first groundbreaking, and is an immortal great victory of our Party's idea of prioritizing the people over the people.
The completion ceremony for the 10,000-unit housing complex in the fourth phase of the Hwaseong District, which concludes the monumental five-year capital construction plan, was held with great gusto on February 16, a special national holiday.
The completion ceremony hall was seething with the boundless pride of the capital city builders who had perfectly erected the grand architectural complex that would shine the light of the great Kim Jong-un era , waving the flag of the Pyongyang City 50,000-unit housing construction headquarters that the Party Central Committee had given, and prepared the greatest labor gift to the 9th Party Congress, and the great emotion and joy of the capital city citizens who were thrilled to experience the dazzling prosperity of Pyongyang.
Comrade Kim Jong Un , General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, attended the completion ceremony.
When Comrade Kim Jong Un arrived, all participants erupted in stormy cheers of “Hurrah!” in reverence for the great master of creation and outstanding revolutionary leader who is steadily unfolding a golden age of all-round socialist development where the people’s dreams and idealsare blossoming.
The completion ceremony was attended by members of the Party's central leadership organs, including leading officials of the Party, government, and military agencies, officials of ministries and central agencies, workers who will be building their nests on the new streets, military and civilian builders, young students, and Pyongyang citizens.
Comrade Ri Il-hwan, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea , completed the construction.
The speaker said that it was a moving moment to proudly declare that the plan to build 50,000 housing units in the capital city had been far exceeded thanks to the vigorous upsurge of the construction revolution in the great Kim Jong Un era , and sent warm congratulations and thanks to all the capital city builders, People's Army soldiers, officials and workers in related sectors who made it possible for our Party to keep the promise it made to the people on the occasion of the meaningful completion.
He said that socialism must be built from the hearts of the people and that the housing issue is the issue that our people are most concerned about, and that the construction of housing for 50,000 households has been given absolute significance as a long-cherished project of the Party and has always been carried out in a grand and exciting manner since its energetic start, supported by the noble intention and iron will of the Marshal who placed housing construction at the core of the construction policy presented at the 8th Congress of the Party and unconditionally carried it out regardless of conditions and circumstances.
He spoke passionately about the tireless work day and night and the endless devotion of the respected Comrade General Secretary , who had the fervent will to see the true face of the Workers ' Party of Korea in the image of a prosperous country and the image of the people who are always filled with happiness, and who wanted to give new houses to the working people as if they had fallen from the sky at once and see their joyful faces as soon as possible.
He said that the truly modern grand architectural complex is a symbol of our Party's great ideology and politics that warmly embraces the people and supports them like the sky, the most solid wall of single-hearted unity that nothing can break down, and a demonstration of the indomitable spirit and boundless strength of socialist Korea. He expressed his warmest gratitude to Comrade Kim Jong Un, who is building a socialist paradise on this land that is the envy of the world, with the unwavering heart of all the capital city builders, Pyongyang citizens and people of the entire country.
The speaker said that it is the sacred duty and honor of our generation to renew the face of the fatherland through a vigorous construction revolution and to create the most prosperous and civilized life with our wisdom and hands, and appealed to everyone to continue to strive hard to realize the great goal of building a civilized and prosperous country ahead of schedule, in order to make the capital city Pyongyang shine as the most beautiful and greatest city in the world overflowing with the people's happiness, following the new milestone of change indicated by the 9th Congress of the Party.
Comrade Kim Jong- un cut the ribbon marking the completion of the project.
At the completion ceremony, which marked a special occasion for the new era of prosperity in Pyongyang, fireworks and flower petals exploded and countless rubber balloons took flight, beautifully decorating the capital's sky.
Participants paid their utmost respect to the Marshal, who regards the well-being of all the people as the greatest national strength and who cultivates a garden of happiness where the entire country is filled with the enviable lives and bright smiles of the people .
Cute children presented fragrant bouquets of flowers to the respected leader .
Comrade Kim Jong- un met with workers who had been assigned new homes.
Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed his gratitude to those who offered their respectful greetings, wishing them happiness in their future lives in wonderful homes, and wished that all families starting their new lives would be filled with joy and happiness.
Citizens shed tears of gratitude as they embraced their benevolent father who allowed ordinary workers to enjoy privileges that no other people in this world could even imagine and even bestowed upon them the blessings of love.
Comrade Kim Jong Un met with labor innovators who made outstanding contributions to the construction of the capital city.
Comrade Kim Jong Un held their hands one by one and said that the important construction tasks resolved by our Party could be successfully completed because there were absolute implementers of the Party's policies like them, and that the Party Central Committee would continue to carry out even more grandiose construction campaigns in the future, believing in the revolutionary creative model and fighting spirit of the capital city builders, and warmly encouraged them, hoping that they would also vigorously display the honor and spirit of the capital city builders in the new grand construction campaign.
The capital city builders gave a round of applause, looking up to Comrade Kim Jong Un , who regarded the construction of 50,000 housing units in Pyongyang as the first step symbolizing the pioneering period of comprehensive revival, and who repeatedly showered them with love and trust throughout the entire period of the massive construction project, leading them by the hand toward creating a miracle, and then returning all the glory to them .
There was a performance to celebrate the completion.
The Hwaseong region was filled with patriotic songs that sang with high voices about the world's greatest motherland , where the people's paradise unfolds on a rocky hill overlooking the immigrant nation .
The songs of praise for the grand era of transformation, in which a flourishing socialist civilization is building a prosperous nation, filled the participants' hearts with great joy.
The national anthem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the most superior people's country where all wealth is created for the people and thoroughly enjoyed by the people, resounded solemnly.
In the evening of a beautiful capital city where the noble sentiments unique to our nation and our people flow passionately, amidst the passionate singing of the national anthem “Dear Parents,” celebratory shells exploded along the coastal areas.
Comrade Kim Jong- un toured the new streets of the Hwaseong district.
Comrade Kim Jong Un said that the reason the newly built Hwaseong district is so beautiful is not only because of the grand architectural complex that embodies advanced civilization, but also because it reflects the true happiness and bright appearance of the people, and that today is a truly meaningful day in the long history of the capital city of Pyongyang.
Comrade Kim Jong Un emphasized that our Party's belief, absolute view of the people, and thorough spirit of service are that we must do whatever the people want and whatever is for the people, and he said that our Party's struggle to bring forward a future in which our people can fully enjoy a civilized and prosperous life will not stagnate for a moment or deviate even an inch.
Comrade Kim Jong Un said that the construction of the capital city must lead our own development and civilization and be constantly promoted, and that the achievements we have made so far are truly great and precious, but compared to our dreams and capabilities, it is still only the beginning, and expressed his firm will to complete the Hwaseong area into a model area equipped with all political, economic and cultural elements and to renew the entire metropolitan area to bring a new era to life.
Comrade Kim Jong Un said that, based on the transformational achievements and experience achieved during the 8th term of the Party, the 9th Congress of the Party will set forth grander goals of governance and creation, and our people will once again witness five exciting years of their perfect implementation.
After the completion ceremony, attendees toured the unusual new street.
In the modern homes and unique service facilities that showcase a sophisticated blend of architectural artistry and advanced civilization, the participants were filled with boundless admiration and trust for the Mother Party, which realizes all the people's aspirations.
The successful completion of the construction of 50,000 housing units in Pyongyang City proved to the world the iron truth that our Party's determination for the people is science, practice, and victory. It also assured that our capital and our nation will prosper even more brilliantly along the new path of comprehensive socialist excellence to be unfolded by the 9th Congress of the Party. This unprecedented construction miracle has been etched brightly in the annals of the fatherland.
A grand ceremony was held to award Party and state commendations to the military builders and youth shock brigades who distinguished themselves in the construction of the Sinuiju Greenhouse Farm.
A ceremony to award Party and state commendations to the military builders and youth shock brigades who performed labor feats in the construction of the Sinuiju Greenhouse Complex Farm was held in Pyongyang on the 16th.
Soldiers and youth shock brigade members entered the April 25 Cultural Center, where the 9th Party Congress was to be held.
Attending the meeting were Comrade Choe Ryong Hae, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Comrades Ri Il Hwan, Pak Jong Chon and Ri Hi Yong, secretaries of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Comrade Jong Kyong Thaek, Director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, officials of the Party, government and armed forces, soldier-builders who performed labor feats in the construction of the Sinuiju Greenhouse Complex Farm, members of the Youth Shock Brigade, commanders of the People's Army, officials of the Youth League and young students.
Comrade Ri Il-hwan gave a congratulatory speech.
He presented the grand monumental creation for the welfare of our great people to the 9th Congress of the Party, and sent warm thanks and congratulations to the soldier-builders and youth shock brigades who have demonstrated to the world the revolutionary spirit and fighting spirit of our youth who have been at the forefront of upholding the Party's ideology and cause, and the superiority of socialism and its boundless development potential, on behalf of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea .
He expressed his conviction that all the soldier-builders and youth shock brigades would remain infinitely faithful to the leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea in the next stage of struggle for the dignity and prosperity of our beloved fatherland and would continue to shine brightly today's honor as courageous young fighters.
Comrade Choe Ryong Hae delivered the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Comrades Kim Young-sam, Baek Hak-myeong, and Ri Hyon-su were awarded the title of Labor Hero of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, along with the Gold Medal (with sickle and hammer) and the Order of National Flag, 1st Class.
The Kim Il Sung Medal was awarded to Comrades Jang Chol-yong, Ri Song-chol, and Jeon Hak-chol.
The Kim Jong Il Medal was awarded to Comrades Ri Dong-hyeok, Hong Yun-chol, and Kim Un-chol.
A commendation clock bearing the name of the great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il was awarded to Comrades Ri Chang Ho, Ri Myong Hyok, and Jang Du Il.
Commendations from Comrade Kim Jong Un , General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, were awarded to Comrades Kim Tae Ryong, Song Po Hyeon, and Hong Dong Chol.
The Kim Il-sung Youth Honor Award was awarded to 21 people, and the Kim Jong-il Youth Honor Award was awarded to 22 people.
The Order of National Flag, 1st Class, was awarded to 64 people, the Order of Labor Medal was awarded to 54 people, the Order of National Flag, 2nd Class, was awarded to 570 people, the Order of National Flag, 3rd Class, was awarded to 1,476 people, the Military Service Medal was awarded to 2,568 people, and the Merit Medal was awarded to 764 people.
Kim Yo-jong, Vice Director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Releases Statement
(Pyongyang, February 19, Korean Central News Agency)
Kim Yo-jong, vice director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea , released the following statement on the 18th.
I highly commend the fact that South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young officially acknowledged the South Korean drone provocation that violated our national airspace on the 18th and once again expressed regret and a commitment to preventing a recurrence.
Of course, you should not do foolish things that put yourself in danger.
Let me emphasize again that if any violation of the sovereignty of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is repeated, regardless of who is responsible or by whatever means, we will face a dire situation.
This is not a threat, but a clear warning.
Securing measures to prevent the recurrence of such serious sovereignty violations is entirely for the preservation of Korea itself.
Our military leadership will take measures to strengthen security along the entire southern border of the Republic of Korea, which borders South Korea.
Borders with enemy countries must be firmly established.
Imagine all this when you're hungover at work and just want to do your job.
The sound of drums in the ideological war that heightens the enthusiasm for increased production
(Pyongyang, February 19, Korean Central News Agency)
At the Kim Chaek Iron and Steel Complex, the drums of ideological warfare are beating loudly, adding vitality to the struggle to increase production.
The joint enterprise is intensifying its organizational work to concentrate the firepower of propaganda and agitation on the field so that the workers, laborers, and technicians can achieve higher Juche iron and steel production results.
Party propaganda workers who have gone to important production sites, including the Blast Furnace No. 2 Workshop and the Hot Rolling Workshop, are explaining the Party's ideology and intentions and encouraging workers and technicians to work hard.
The external lecturers of the joint enterprise are also constantly exploring and applying the content and format of their lectures to increase the effectiveness of their ideological work.
The working class here, encouraged by the dynamic and appealing economic agitation carried out by the agitators at Blast Furnace No. 1 and Steel Works No. 2, is continuing to innovate and advance while completing the daily production plan.
The Mobile Art Agitation Corps members are also giving wings to innovation and leaps forward to the steel warriors through artistic agitation that combines songs such as “We Are Koreans” and “Juche Iron is the Best” with powerful rhetorical works.
A powerful propaganda offensive, including broadcast propaganda that shakes the iron foundations, welcomes on the way to work, and intuitive agitation, is doubling the revolutionary fervor and fighting spirit of the Kim Chol working class.
The military working class held a grand ceremony to present 600mm large-caliber multiple rocket launchers to the 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea .
At the forefront of the new era national defense industry revolution persistently led by the great Workers' Party of Korea, the 600mm large-caliber multiple rocket launchers, which embody the spirit of decisive implementation and ardent patriotism of the working class in the military industry, which upholds the invincibility and might of our country and reliably guarantees the continuous evolution and radical leap forward of self-defense capabilities, were presented to the 9th Congress of the Party.
The working class of major military enterprises, which took the lead in implementing our Party's self-defense idea of defending the country, people and revolutionary cause with our own strength and the strategic line on national defense development, vigorously waged an unyielding struggle for creation and production increase, and prepared the main striking weapons that equip our heroic army with the strongest power as the most valuable and noble labor gift to be presented to the Party Congress.
The ceremony to present 600mm large-caliber multiple rocket launchers to the 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea by the military working class was held grandly in the capital city of Pyongyang on February 18.
At the 4.25 Cultural Center, the patriotic spirit of the national defense warriors who dedicated themselves to realizing the historical mission of fortifying the world's strongest self-defense force was vividly displayed, and the absolute weapons symbolizing the unwavering military strength of the Republic's armed forces were lined up, flaunting their might.
Comrade Kim Jong Un , General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, attended the presentation ceremony.
As Comrade Kim Jong Un appeared at the presentation ceremony, all participants paid the utmost respect and honor to the ever-victorious iron commander who has spearheaded the great cause of strengthening national defense capabilities, pioneered a new realm of our-style national defense development with his foresight, outstanding leadership, and courageous spirit, and firmly defended the dignity and well-being of our state and people.
Participants in the 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea , military industry workers, scientists, technicians, and the working class took part in the award ceremony.
A military enterprise employee gave a report.
He respectfully reported to Comrade Kim Jong Un that the working class of enterprises, with a single-minded determination to uphold the Party's cause of building a strong army with unwavering patriotic loyalty, increased production of 50 600mm large-caliber multiple rocket launchers over a two-month period and presented them to the 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea.
He respectfully presented Comrade Kim Jong Un with a letter containing the unwavering faith and determination of loyalty of the entire working class in the military industry to uphold the revolutionary cause of our Party with the miraculous achievements in the production of military equipment .
Comrade Kim Jong-un expressed his gratitude and gave a meaningful speech in return.
Comrade Kim Jong Un said that the working class of the military industry has prepared the most valuable gift to present to the Party Congress, and he respectfully proposed that we express our gratitude with enthusiastic applause to the working class and officials of major military enterprises who have rushed to the glorious Party Congress venue with powerful military equipment.
Comrade Kim Jong Un said that it is a matter of pride for our Party Congress to be faced with such an encouraging advance at this most crucial and responsible time, and mentioned the military value and effectiveness of the world's most powerful high-powered attack weapon and our Party's unwavering will to modernize its national defense capabilities.
Comrade Kim Jong Un said that the basic guarantee of the country's security environment lies in the firm confrontational attitude, the buildup of the strongest military power, and the thorough implementation of an offensive response method, and expressed his belief that the National Defense Research Group and the military industry working class will achieve more excellent and encouraging results in carrying out the important task of realizing the demands of the revolution and the strategic plan of the Party.
Comrade Kim Jong Un awarded the Kim Il Sung Medal to an important military enterprise that had made outstanding achievements in implementing the Party's new era defense industry revolution policy
Comrade Kim Jong- un presented a certificate of award for a 600mm large-caliber multiple rocket launcher to the Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army.
Comrade Kim Jong-un personally drove the artillery car and inspected the absolute weapons lined up in the Glory Square.
The square, where a special painting of the leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea for the realization of the historical cause of a rich and powerful country was unfolding, was filled with enthusiastic cheers.
Comrade Kim Jong Un repeatedly expressed satisfaction, saying that the 600mm large-caliber multiple rocket launcher is truly a proud piece of military equipment that can successfully realize our country's strategic plan to enhance its war deterrence capability, and highly praised the military working class, which resolutely supports the Party's cause with thorough ideological and mental strength and boundless creative power, as revolutionaries among revolutionaries and patriots among patriots.
The ceremony was filled with a fervent sense of gratitude and admiration for the great teacher and benevolent father who has carried out the proud footsteps of loyalty and feats, unwaveringly engraved in keeping with the original mission entrusted to the Party and the Fatherland, to the historic Party Congress and has elevated them to a pedestal of honor revered by the entire nation .
The working class in the military industry was brimming with the irresistible force of faith in following only our Party, with a hundredfold increased confidence and boundless creativity, and was brimming with fiery enthusiasm to gallop toward the higher heights of strengthening national defense capabilities that the 9th Congress of the Party would point to.
After the presentation ceremony, the delegates and spectators of the Party Congress looked around at the super-powerful military equipment presented to the Party Congress by the military working class.
The ceremony of presenting the military equipment to the 9th Congress of the Party by the military working class will be etched in history as a significant occasion that redoubled the unwavering will of the entire country's people to advance vigorously toward a new victory of the revolution, united as one under the red flag of the Workers' Party of Korea , with an iron faith in the legitimacy and invincibility of their cause and absolute confidence in the future of their country that will be infinitely strong and prosperous.
An opening speech at the 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea
(Pyongyang, February 20, Korean Central News Agency)
Dear Comrade Kim Jong Un delivered an opening speech at the 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea .
The opening remarks are as follows.
Dear comrade representatives!
Today, we open the 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea , which will mark another new milestone in the sacred struggle for the strengthening and development of the Party and the construction of socialism .
The past five years since the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea were a proud period in which the entire Party and all the people have united as one and opened a turning point in the accomplishment of our own style of socialist cause.
In our long history of socialist construction, there has never been a smooth period, but never before have we achieved such great successes while overcoming such difficult and challenging circumstances as we have over the past five years.
At the time the 8th Congress of the Party was convened, the subjective and objective conditions of our revolution were so severe that it was literally difficult to preserve itself.
Amidst the increasingly brutal blockade and sanctions imposed by hostile forces, a series of natural disasters and a global health crisis have severely hampered development in all sectors, posing a grave threat to the security of our nation and the well-being of our people.
Moreover, the country's economic development has not been able to escape the transitional and temporary approach that has persisted for decades, and no sector has any development orientation and is only concerned with maintaining the status quo.
However, the 7th Central Committee's work had to be concluded in a situation where the 5-year strategic goals for national economic development decided upon by the 7th Congress of the Party were seriously lacking.
But today, five years later, everything has fundamentally changed.
The 8th Congress of the Party sharply analyzed and criticized the unscientific nature of the five-year strategic goals for national economic development put forward during the 7th term, dealt a strong blow to all that was outdated, clearly regulated future work goals and development directions under the circumstances at the time, and presented precise policies for resolving major theoretical and practical problems.
The plan was ambitious in every way, but it was clear.
Our business plans, which started from the principle that we must do everything we can immediately and that we must start by making the impossible possible and do it at all costs, were established and decided upon after rigorous scientific review and discussion.
Although the circumstances at the time were very difficult, the Party, the people, and the military embarked on powerful practical actions with firm resolve, successfully implementing Party decisions in all areas, including politics, economy, national defense, culture, and diplomacy, thereby achieving notable, comprehensive, and epochal achievements and, in the process, significantly enhancing our subjective strength.
In particular, in the economic field, the basic front of socialist construction, the five-year plan for national economic development has been basically completed, and work to strengthen and improve the technical infrastructure and functions of major industrial sectors has been vigorously promoted, laying a certain foundation and potential that will enable many sectors of our economy to move forward in a planned and energetic manner, breaking free from long-term aging and stagnation.
Moreover, extensive plans to transform both the capital and the provinces and bring about real improvements in the people's lives were vigorously promoted at the Party and national levels, achieving the desired results and establishing the right direction for further active implementation of this work.
Externally, by irreversibly solidifying the nation's position, we have brought about a significant change in the world political landscape and its influence on our nation. This has also created favorable conditions and an environment for further vigorous advancement of our socialist construction.
Today, everyone is experiencing the reality of change every moment of every day at a pace unparalleled by any previous era, and has a clear understanding and confidence about the path ahead and the development prospects for our nation.
Five years ago, we convened the 8th Congress of the Party with the conviction, will, and determination to overcome the worst crisis facing the revolution through our own efforts and to open a new era of progress and development. Today, we are attending the 9th Congress of the Party, filled with optimism and confidence about the future.
This is truly a huge change and development, and a proud achievement at this stage.
Moreover, the precious fruits and monumental creations achieved in the course of the struggle to greet the 9th Party Congress with high political enthusiasm and labor-intensive achievements brilliantly tie together the course of the past five years, making this Party Congress a true success and a conference that promises even greater success.
The achievements made during the period of the general review are great achievements achieved entirely through the dedicated struggle of our Party members, workers, and People's Army soldiers who, enduring everything and unwaveringly upholding the Party's line and policies with all their heart and soul .
I would like to express my sincere and warmest gratitude to all Party members, workers, soldiers of the People's Army, and citizens who, with their steadfast and active pioneering spirit and indomitable fighting spirit, have contributed to turning the 8th Party period into a period of great upsurge in socialist construction and to welcoming the 9th Party Congress as a noble conference of summing up and a glorious conference.
I also pay my utmost respect to the revolutionary comrades and martyrs who dedicated their valuable lives to the great cause of the prosperity of the fatherland and the happiness of the people during the period of the final settlement.
I also extend my warmest greetings to all overseas compatriots, including the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), who share the same will and heart for the prosperity and development of the socialist fatherland.
Comrades!
This congress will accurately analyze and summarize the work of the 8th term of the Party, determine the line and policies for further developing our socialist construction to a higher level, and establish organizational and institutional measures to strengthen and reorganize the Party's leadership.
Today, our Party faces the weighty and urgent historical tasks of upgrading economic construction and the people's livelihood, and of rapidly transforming all areas of national and social life. This demands a more active and tenacious struggle, without allowing even a moment of stagnation or stagnation.
In particular, the new perspective planning period is a crucial time to fully advance the mid- to long-term plans established and launched to realize the people's century-old aspirations, including the new era local development policy and the rural revolution program.
In comparison, the current work of the Party, government agencies, and its officials contains a significant number of serious flaws and negative elements, such as deep-rooted defeatism, irresponsibility, conservatism, formalism, and immaturity in leadership ability. These are artificial obstacles that hinder the work of our Party and state, which aims for rapid development in all fields.
Therefore, we must not only be proud of the achievements made during the period of the general settlement, but also critically and developmentally review the shortcomings, formulate detailed and scientific plans for the next stage of the struggle, and strengthen the leadership capable of leading their implementation.
From this point on, in preparing for the 9th Party Congress, the Party Central Committee focused on correctly finding experiences and lessons from the achievements and shortcomings of the general review period and devising correct countermeasures accordingly.
In order to prepare effectively for the Party Congress, the Party Central Committee organized an extraordinary Party Congress Preparatory Committee, established necessary subcommittees, and dispatched understanding groups to each direction and sector to comprehensively understand the work of the relevant sectors and units over the past five years and accurately analyze the problems and their roots.
And we evaluated the activities of the members of the 8th Central Guidance Organ of the Party, how they played their roles, and how they properly led the development of their respective sectors and units.
The work of scientifically establishing development goals and plans for each sector and field during the new prospective planning period and submitting them to the Party Congress Preparatory Committee was underway, and departments of the Party Central Committee also submitted innovative and specific opinions on future plans and implementation measures.
In addition, in-depth research was conducted on issues related to the revision of the Party Rules, issues of reorganizing the Party's leadership, and issues arising from strengthening the Party's leadership function in line with the demands of the Five Major Party Construction Lines for the New Era.
In the run-up to the Party Congress, Party organizations at all levels across the Party conducted a summary of the work of their leading organizations, focusing on accurately identifying experiences and lessons learned. The election of Party Congress delegates and the recommendation of audience members were also completed.
Accordingly, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Party strictly reviewed the final qualifications of the Party Congress delegates elected at each provincial Party Congress.
As a result of the qualification examination, all comrades elected as representatives were evaluated as having the qualifications to be representatives as core members of our Party who have achieved notable results in promoting the work of their respective sectors and units and who can play a solid role in the struggle to implement the decisions of the 9th Party Congress in the future.
A total of 5,000 delegates participated in this conference, including 224 members of the 8th Central Guiding Organ of the Party and 4,776 representatives elected from party organizations across the Party.
Looking at the composition of the representatives, there are 1,902 party and political workers, 747 national administrative and economic workers, 474 military workers, 32 workers' organizations, 321 workers' organizations in the science, education, health, sports, culture and arts, and publishing and reporting sectors, and 1,524 field workers and core party members.
Among the representatives, 413 are women.
This conference is being watched by 2,000 audience members recommended by Party organizations at all levels, including officials from the Party Central Committee.
Dear comrade representatives!
We have now gathered at this meaningful convention hall, bearing the high honor and weighty mission of being delegates to the Party Congress, bestowed upon us by the Party members with their organizational will.
The interest and expectations of all Party members and the people of the entire country in the 9th Party Congress, which will be another milestone in our Party's sacred struggle to realize the people's rights and interests and aspirations, are extremely high, and the important task of making sincere, active, and responsible efforts to ensure that the Congress carries out its work successfully rests with all of us.
On behalf of all participants in this congress, the ninth in the glorious history of the Workers' Party of Korea , I solemnly swear that this congress will be thoroughly faithful to the great Kim Il Sung - Kim Jong Il ideology.
Convinced that this Congress will become a significant historical milestone, powerfully guiding the victorious advance of the Juche revolutionary cause thanks to the high political awareness and enthusiasm of all the delegates, I declare the opening of the 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea .
The 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea opens with great success.
(Pyongyang, February 20, Korean Central News Agency)
All Party members and people, who are absolutely confident that our revolution will continue to advance victoriously under the outstanding ideology, iron fighting power, and mature leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea , are offering the utmost respect and enthusiastic congratulations to the 9th Party Congress, which will be a political event to be recorded in the history of our Party's victory.
The 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea opened grandly in Pyongyang, the capital of the revolution, on February 19.
The Central Committee of the Party, which has been resolutely leading the first stage of pioneering and transformative struggles aimed at the comprehensive development of socialism by holding higher the banner of putting the people first, single-minded unity, and self-reliance, has convened the ninth Party Congress in the history of our Party to summarize the work of the general review period and formulate scientific struggle goals and strategies that meet the demands of the new revolutionary stage.
The convening of the 9th Congress of the Party, which points to a brilliant new outlook at a turbulent time when we are facing a period of great prosperity and unprecedented changes since the founding of the Party and the founding of the nation, is an expression of the solemn will of the Workers' Party of Korea to powerfully lead the Juche cause to new victory and a continuous upsurge by remaining infinitely faithful to the will of the people .
The past five years, during which we have advanced along the milestones of struggle set by the 8th Congress of our Party, have been the most responsible and sharpest processes that have determined the future key to the development of our Party and the nation. Our Party has firmly seized the strategic advantage and accelerated the advance of socialism in the face of unprecedented hardship and intensity, while powerfully displaying the dignity and heroism of our state and people.
Under the revolutionary and scientific leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea, our country and people have entered the historic jubilation of a turning point in the development of the nation in all respects, achieved a great transformation that practically proved the enlightenment of socialist civilization , and achieved a great victory that provided a decisive guarantee for the next stage of high tide.
For the Workers' Party of Korea, which is proving the might and invincibility of the Juche cause under the banner of the great Kim Il Sung - Kim Jong Il through the realities of a prosperous and powerful country, it is the most sacred duty bestowed upon us by the country, the revolution, and the people to unfold the blueprint for continuous new victories of our style of socialism on behalf of the destiny, future, faith, and wisdom of millions of Party members and tens of millions of people.
Representatives of the entire Party entered the 9th Congress of the Party with a positive enthusiasm to faithfully exercise the honorable mission and rights they have before the Party and the revolution.
Comrade Kim Jong Un , General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, ascended the podium at the congress together with members of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee.
All participants raised a storm of cheers of “Long live!” in praise of Comrade Kim Jong Un , who has led the Juche revolutionary cause to victory with his brilliant ideological and theoretical foresight and extraordinary leadership practices, and has bestowed upon our Party and people dignity and honor that will shine for generations to come.
The conference was attended by members of the 8th Central Committee of the Party, representatives elected from all levels of the Party's organizations, and observers.
Dear Comrade Kim Jong Un delivered an opening speech at the 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea .
Comrade Kim Jong Un said that the past five years since the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea was a proud period in which the entire Party and all the people have firmly united as one and opened a turning point in the accomplishment of the cause of socialism of our own style. He said that five years ago we convened the 8th Congress of the Party with the belief, will and determination to overcome the worst difficulties facing the revolution by our own efforts and definitely open a new era of progress and development, and today we are attending the 9th Congress of the Party full of optimism and confidence about the future, and that this is indeed a great change and development and an achievement to be proud of at the present stage.
Comrade Kim Jong Un, representing all participants in this conference, solemnly swore that the conference would be thoroughly faithful to the great Kim Il Sung - Kim Jong Ilism and declared its opening.
The national anthem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was solemnly played.
Comrade Jo Yong -won presided over the conference on the authority of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
The convention elected an executive.
>>2313037It's a material reality rather than a opinion.
>>2697551
Interesting, thanks. Source?
>>2698525They might want to secure more nukes before discovering too much Oil. Were reaching peak OIL soon so the global capitalists are looking to dominate as much of it's untapped reserves as possible.
>>2697418Fucking snobs, this is just a giant filibuster, nothing new. tapping themselves on the shoulder.
What a waste of a congress.
The 2nd session of the 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea is underway.
Comrade Kim Jong Un began the report summarizing the work of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
(Pyongyang, February 21, Korean Central News Agency)
The 2nd session of the 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea , which will mark a new milestone in the strengthening and development of our Party and the history of comprehensive socialist construction, was held on February 20.
Following the first meeting, the conference continued its discussion on the first agenda item, “Summary of the Work of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea .”
The conference heard about the progress of Party and state policy implementation during the period of the general review and evaluated that the remarkable achievements, experiences and lessons learned in all aspects of Party and state affairs, including politics, economy, culture, national defense and diplomacy, under the leadership of the 8th Central Committee of the Party headed by Comrade Kim Jong Un are a valuable stepping stone for moving our struggle to the next stage of development and a springboard for a leap forward that guarantees greater transformation and success.
The past five years, which have been marked by resolute struggles in the first stage of the path toward the comprehensive development of our own style of socialist construction, have been a period of great transformation and turning point of profound significance for our Party and the development of the revolution in its struggle to realize the independence of the masses of the people.
The Party Central Committee has consistently maintained a responsible work tone of prioritizing the interests of the state and the people over achievements in formulating Party policies and designing and implementing work, and has consistently upheld the principle of prioritizing the interests of the state and the people over achievements, leading the accelerated flow of change in all aspects of socialist construction and opening a new chapter in which the entire country progresses simultaneously and in a balanced manner.
In the struggle to implement the five major party building lines for the new era, the Party's leadership, organizational power and fighting power were further strengthened, and the appearance and spirit that can firmly carry forward the glorious 80-year history of ruling power for a hundred and a thousand years were established. Thanks to the spirited spirit and irresistible strength of all Party members and people united by patriotism, the five-year plans in various fields decided by the 8th Congress of the Party were successfully completed, and the creations of prosperity rose up in every corner, clearly demonstrating our political and economic potential that is growing stronger day by day.
The conference acknowledged that through the eight-period struggle aimed at new innovation, bold creation, and unceasing progress, the subjective power has been remarkably increased, a scientific foundation for development has been established that can advance to a new stage in all fields of socialist construction, and confidence and sufficient capabilities have been secured to further accelerate the national revival.
At the second day of the conference, there was an important report of great historical and practical significance in leading the pioneering period of comprehensive socialist development to a period of great upsurge.
Comrade Kim Jong Unbegan the report summarizing the work of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea .
All participants listened intently to the historic Central Committee report summarizing the past five years of remarkable progress and change, proudly summarizing the absolute faith in their own cause, their unwavering fighting spirit, and their aggressive struggle. (End)
The 3rd session of the 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea is underway.
The 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea is deepening its most comprehensive political activities in carrying out its leadership mission as the political staff of the socialist cause.
The three-day conference was held on February 21st.
Comrade Kim Jong- un continued his report summarizing the work of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
The report, which analyzed in depth the work of the Central Committee of the Party during the period of its general review, which has fulfilled its important mission and role as the vanguard of the revolution by opening a new era of unprecedented transformation and upsurge in the area of struggle, depth, and speed of development, stirred up a sense of boundless pride and self-esteem in pioneering a new golden age of strengthening the entire Party and an irreversible new trend of comprehensive national revival.
The business summary report declared a new struggle strategy that corresponds to the strong forward momentum and overwhelming confidence of our country and people, and set forth the prospective goals for each sector and the tasks and methods for their implementation.
The participants listened to the consistent work summary report with the unwavering will to put the overall socialist construction on the path of solid success and leap forward in the next five years through more vigorous and more energetic efforts at the most crucial stage that determines the success or failure of our cause, based on the valuable fruits and noble summaries achieved through arduous struggle, and further strengthened their confidence in the bright future of our cause.
The delegates expressed their full support for the report of Comrade General Secretary , which holds a landmark significance in advancing the historical process of strengthening and developing our great Party and building a powerful nation .
The Congress unanimously acknowledged that the 8th Central Committee report on the work summary is a revolutionary struggle guideline that will lead all the victories and glories achieved during the summary period to further leap forward, rapid change, and drastic progress by maintaining an innovative and offensive struggle spirit and method of advancement.
There were discussions about the first agenda.
Comrade Jang Kyong-guk, Secretary of the Sinpo City Party Committee and representative of the Hamgyongnam-do Party Organization, and Comrade Choi Son-hui, Minister of Foreign Affairs and representative of the Pyongyang City Party Organization, discussed the matter.
The discussants expressed their enthusiastic support and approval for Comrade Kim Jong Un's report , which summarized the mature demands of our revolution transitioning to a new stage of development, the scientific struggle line, and strategic and tactical issues .
All participants are seriously engaged in this important discussion, brimming with determination, confidence, and conviction. (End)
Over the past four years, approximately 113,000 new rural cultural housing units have been built nationwide.
(Pyongyang, February 22, Korean Central News Agency)
According to the Rodong Sinmun, since the New Era Rural Revolution Program was presented at the 4th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, over 113,000 new cultural housing units have been built in 1,860 rural villages on 500 farms across the country over the past four years.
At the 4th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea , Comrade Kim Jong Un set forth the decisive transformation of the rural landscape and environment as the most important task in socialist rural construction, and at subsequent plenary meetings of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, he unfolded a splendid blueprint for rural construction.
The Central Command for Rural Construction was organized, local architectural design and construction capabilities were established, and the material and technological foundations of the building materials industry and city and county construction brigades were strengthened. A national policy was developed to secure the necessary materials for rural housing construction, and large-capacity aggregate production bases and cement depots were established in cities and counties. A fleet of ships was established to transport cement to mountainous counties, utilizing the waterways of Lake Suphung, adapting to the unfavorable natural and geographical conditions.
In 2022, the first year of rural housing construction, approximately 25,600 modern cultural housing units were built nationwide. Since then, along with the annual celebration of new homes in socialist rural areas, countless rural villages across the country have undergone remarkable transformations over the past four years.
By designing and developing rural houses in a variety of ways to reflect the characteristics of the region, the types of houses have been constantly renewed.
Last year, 32,000 rural homes, thousands more than in 2022, were built across the country with diverse structures and shapes, further enhancing the unique charm of rural areas.
Modern public buildings and production buildings were newly constructed on farms throughout the country, including the Dapsang Farm in Unsan County, North Pyongan Province, and the Yeokgudo Farm in Paechon County, South Hwanghae Province, providing exemplary examples symbolizing the rapid development of socialist rural areas.
The proud transformation of our rural areas is a clear example of our nation's comprehensive development and future vision. (End)
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He emphasized that all of our people wholeheartedly hope that Comrade Kim Jong- un will lead this country.
(Pyongyang, February 23, Korean Central News Agency)
At the 4th meeting of the 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea held on the 22nd, Comrade Ri Il-hwan made a proposal regarding the election of the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea .
In his speech, he said that in order for our revolution to firmly maintain its lineage and successfully carry out the enormous struggle tasks of the new stage of development, the Party's leadership must be further strengthened, and this can be successfully realized only when the leadership responsibility is entrusted to a great man with outstanding and refined abilities who is the most loyal successor to the cause of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
He emphasized that thanks to the wise and strong guidance of Comrade Kim Jong Un, we were able to fill the days and months of the past five years with grand miracles and events that we could not have imagined even when times were smooth.
The ideas on building a comprehensively developed socialist state put forward by the great Comrade Kim Jong Un, the principles and strategies of political, economic, military and cultural construction for its realization, the “20x10 Policy for Local Development,” the line of building armed forces in the new era and the definition of the three major elements of military power, the theory that invasion can be prevented only when one has the strength to face down any enemy, and other programs that we have witnessed and encountered over the past five years are new and ingenious discoveries that were not present in the ideological and theoretical treasures accumulated by mankind and the treasure trove of our revolution spanning nearly a century.
Comrade Kim Jong Un, in such a severe and difficult situation, read the people's aspirations and determination to defend their Party and their regime and build their future with their own hands, and found therein the precious possibility of opening the way to revolutionary transformation, and boldly implemented it as a policy demand of a mature revolution.
Comrade Kim Jong Un's profound and energetic revolutionary thinking has reached every field and every area for the benefit of our people and our Korea, and in the world of his extraordinary exploration, clear development goals for each sector and unit and the means to ensure their implementation are specifically stated.
Comrade Kim Jong Un's unique way of thinking and extraordinary vision, which makes him the most averse to rigidity and schematics, always instills originality and perfection in any task, and constantly leads the trend of the times with innovative and renewing standards and new discoveries that make yesterday different from today and today different from tomorrow, have become an exemplary model for the development trend of our nation.
Comrade Kim Jong Un has solved complex and difficult theoretical and practical problems in the period of comprehensive development of socialism, unifying the exploration and implementation of new principles and methods and the verification of their scientific nature and vitality, thereby establishing and expounding ideological theories that will have a tremendous impact on the future development of our country.
The past five years, in which we have accelerated the all-people advance along a bold pioneering path unprecedented in history and achieved all the goals we have set forth, have clearly demonstrated the extraordinary leadership of Comrade Kim Jong Un , a rare political giant.
The five major lines of Party building in the new era, as articulated by Comrade Kim Jong Un 's revolutionary ideology, have become a significant milestone in our Party building to ensure the eternal plan of the Workers' Party of Korea by purely inheriting the ideology and spirit of its founding.
It is an inevitable historical event brought about by the great foresight of Comrade Kim Jong Un that the period of comprehensive socialist development coincides with the heyday of our Party's construction and that the five-year transformation process coincides with the process of implementing Party decisions by Party organizations at all levels.
The fact that the locomotive of our revolution has been able to shoulder the destiny of the fatherland and the people and to steadily lead the all-round development of socialism without a moment of stagnation is inconceivable apart from the extraordinary talent, commanding art, and leadership of Comrade Kim Jong Un, who has remarkably strengthened the People's Army as the revolutionary armed force of the Workers' Party of Korea and placed it in the vanguard of the struggle .
Comrade Kim Jong Un 's extraordinary affability and inspiring power , which made everyone he met boil with passion and joy wherever he went and touched the hearts of the people with just a single word, was an extraordinary mobilizing force that simultaneously roused the entire people and heightened their patriotic enthusiasm and creativity.
Comrade Kim Jong Un's noble image as a great man flows from his true and noble ideological feelings as a leader of the people who truly loves and cares for the people, andis based on his innate great qualities and talents as a great man.
The fervent feeling of patriotism that Comrade Kim Jong Un taught us as a living example has been planted in the hearts of people across the country, and today, whenever the solemn melody of the national anthem rings and we look up at the sacred national flag, we are enveloped in a unique solemnity that we have never felt before, and the chorus of “Long Live Our Republic” that powerfully echoed across the sky of the fatherland in response to Comrade Kim Jong Un’s resounding voice still rings in our ears and earnestly appeals for patriotism.
Comrade Kim Jong Un's lofty example of patriotism and his passionate appeal that made the hearts of millions of people beat high doubled the pride and self-esteem of all the people in our great nation, and the unique ideological sentiment that we are Koreans erupted powerfully as a courageous drive to make our nation rich and powerful.
During the Kim Jong-un era , we have entered the world of advanced civilization, continuously learning and practicing new things and innovation, creating our own civilization, and making great progress in ideology and culture.
Under the guidance of Comrade Kim Jong Un, who has put young people forward as part of the grand creative war and entrusted them with the basic construction work of great political significance, and has guided them through the process to display courage and youthful vigor and cultivate patriotism and revolutionary spirit, the ranks of successors to our cause are powerfully demonstrating their might as the main force building and bringing forward the bright future of socialism with their own hands.
In Comrade Kim Jong- un 's revolutionary world, there were no such words as stagnation or regression; there were only goals and solutions for advancement and innovation.
The proud solidarity of the five-year national economic development plan, the over-fulfillment of the construction of 50,000 houses in Pyongyang, the construction of modern rural houses across the country, the construction of tourist and cultural resorts, and many other beautiful achievements and miraculous records of struggle were achieved precisely by Comrade Kim Jong Un 's spirit of continuous revolution and proactive and aggressive leadership style.
From party work and national defense work, which determine the fate of the revolution, to creating famous songs that touch the hearts of the people, there is no field that Comrade Kim Jong- un has not touched.
Comrade Kim Jong Un 's leadership style of creating and generalizing models and examples of the new era in all fields and areas, and then putting forward and generalizing another model once one goal is achieved, has been the driving force behind the rapid and continuous development.
Comrade Kim Jong- un was strong with a sense of responsibility for the fate of the country and its people, and was even stronger with ardent love for future generations.
Securing the legal weapons and powerful force that can reliably guarantee the dignity and safety of our nation and the peace of future generations is the most valuable victory among the brilliant victories of the past five years, and it was a historic undertaking that only Comrade Kim Jong Un could have accomplished.
In today's world, where even the proper exercise of self-defense is condemned as illegal and military attacks on sovereign nations are carried out without warning, the entire administration, from specifying the policy of strengthening nuclear weapons in the Constitution of the Republic to securing that position with overwhelming force, was a desperate battle with grave challenges and layered difficulties at every step, a virtual war that could not be overcome even with ordinary willpower.
Comrade Kim Jong Un pioneered this harsh history, which no one in this world could handle or overcome, with superhuman mental strength. What he buried at every turn was not only his burning heart and agony, but also the most unwavering patriotic conviction and noble conscience.
It was because we had a truly outstanding leader who no one could compare to that that our country was able to be strong, our people were able to be healthy, and the miracle of our dignity and strength looking down on the world from the top of the world was born.
Because Comrade Kim Jong-un was present, we were able to win yesterday and are winning today.
Our party members and people are convinced of the absolute power and inevitability of victory that can overcome any adversity and achieve everything desired through Comrade Kim Jong Un's outstanding ideology and theory, strategy, outstanding political ability and leadership art, and astonishing courage and determination.
The speaker emphasized that all of our people entrust their fate, their families, and the future of their precious descendants to only Comrade Kim Jong Un , and that they wholeheartedly hope that Comrade Kim Jong Un will lead this country.
He gathered the unanimous wishes of all Party members and all the people and made a respectful proposal before this Congress to once again entrust the important duty of General Secretary , the highest position of the Workers' Party of Korea, the organizer and guide of all victories of the Korean people , to the great Comrade Kim Jong Un for the strengthening and development of the Workers' Party of Korea and the brilliant realization of its grand struggle program, for the prosperity of our country and the bright future of socialism . (End)
>>2700677>this is literally the only country in the entire world thats not cringeTRUE>>2701013Amendment of the Workers' Party of Korea's Rules at the 9th Congress(Pyongyang, February 23, Korean Central News Agency)
The 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea's resolution, "On Amending the Rules of the Workers' Party of Korea, " was adopted on the 22nd.
The decision is as follows:
The 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea deliberated on the revised Workers' Party of Korea Rules, reflecting practical issues arising in further improving the Party's unique appearance and leadership and in further normalizing and standardizing Party work and activities.
The Workers ' Party of Korea's rules clearly state that our Party's consistent stance and will to open the golden age of strengthening the entire Party by taking the Five Major Party Construction Lines of the New Era as its ideological and theoretical guidelines are to be upheld as the permanent Party construction lines of political construction, organizational construction, ideological construction, discipline construction, and work style construction.
In addition, the powers and work systems of the Party's central leadership bodies were clearly regulated based on the principle of thoroughly establishing the Party's central leadership system for Party building and overall Party activities and strengthening centralized discipline.
In order to realize the qualitative consolidation of the Party ranks and to maintain the scientific and fair application of Party discipline, some of the contents of the chapters and articles were revised in the direction of innovatively improving the Party's work, including strengthening institutional devices.
This Congress believes that the revised and supplemented Party Rules will further solidify the Party's organizational and ideological foundations and, by normatively and thoroughly guaranteeing its invincible guiding power, play a crucial role in brilliantly fulfilling the struggle program presented at the 9th Party Congress. Therefore, it has been decided to establish them as the Workers' Party of Korea Rules. (End)>this is literally the only country in the entire world thats not cringe and doesnt deserve getting nuked, everyone else needs to go ASAP
>>2701013>Comrade Kim Jong Un pioneered this harsh history, which no one in this world could handle or overcome, with superhuman mental strength.holy glaze
>>2702439This is how the Korean language translates to English when speaking on serious matters. You must be another product of US education. I dropped out and am self-educated, but I'm so glad I'm not some uncultured midwesterner and got to grow up in a major city. I've been to many places in the USA. It's insane how shut off to cultural awareness the rural / flyover suburb are.
Conclusions from the 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea
(Pyongyang, February 24, Korean Central News Agency)
Dear Comrade Kim Jong Un concluded the 9th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea .
The conclusion is as follows:
Dear comrade representatives!
This congress, the ninth in the history of our Party, is considering and discussing important struggle plans for advancing the comprehensive development of socialism to a new stage in the current internal and external situation, as well as issues aimed at the continued strengthening and development of the Party.
Through the data report and work summary report, the work progress of the 8th Central Committee of the Party was specifically analyzed and summarized, and the principled demands, struggle line, strategies and tactics, and basic tasks to be taken to further accelerate the revolution and construction in the future were clearly presented.
In particular, the comprehensive analysis of the five-year struggle from today's perspective has been a valuable opportunity to clearly identify the valuable experiences that must be maintained and developed in the future, as well as the biases and lessons that must be corrected, along with a proper sense of pride in the fruits of our perseverance.
Through this, all representative comrades would have been able to grasp the overall changes and level of development that had occurred in socialist construction and party construction during the period of the general settlement, and in connection with this, accurately assess the current status of their sector and unit.
As we face the struggle direction of the new five-year plan, I believe there must have been a solemn mindset to cultivate confidence and determination, recognizing what kind of stance and attitude we should have in the face of the demands of the revolution and the demands of the times, which must lead the past five years of transformation into five years of even greater transformation.
This conference also deliberated and adopted a draft amendment to the Party Rules, including some provisions of the Party Rules that were to be amended in accordance with the requirements of the Party's work practice at the 8th Central Plenary Session, and new regulations.
And the 9th Central Committee of the Party, which will organize and lead the implementation of the more extensive and weighty revolutionary tasks ahead, has been newly formed with solid and excellent comrades who enjoy the trust of the Party members, have been proven through practical struggles, and whose success is expected.
With this, this conference successfully summarized the work of the 8th Central Committee of the Party and transferred the leadership responsibility and role for the Party work and the overall revolutionary work to the newly elected 9th Central Committee of the Party.
Representative comrades!
At this congress, I was honored to be re-elected to the highest leadership position of the Workers' Party of Korea with the high and deep trust of all the delegates and members of the entire Party .
Although the great undertaking to realize the people's ideals has only just begun and there is still a long way to go before we can fully fulfill the promises we made to the people of Lucha, I deeply accept the fact that I have been entrusted with this sacred responsibility once again as a sign of the heavenly trust and expectations that I will work harder and strive harder.
I solemnly swear that I will always hold the mission and responsibility I have before the Party and the people most sacredly and with the utmost weight, and that I will thoroughly observe and implement the Party's rules and program, reliably safeguard the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's right to development and security, and dedicate myself wholeheartedly and devotedly to serving the people, sparing every second, without betraying the great expectations and trust of all the comrades of the representatives and millions of Party members.
The newly elected 9th Central Committee of the Party will faithfully repay the high trust and expectations of all Party organizations and members by fulfilling its responsible leadership role, and will receive a fair evaluation of its work by accelerating the development of our great nation and ensuring that more tangible benefits are delivered to our people more quickly.
Representative comrades!
The main remaining tasks for this conference are the establishment of a five-year outlook plan for each field and the adoption of the results.
The fundamental achievements of the Party Congress will depend on how the research, consultation, and decision-making are conducted to determine the direction of the struggle for the next five years and to determine the goals to be achieved in each field.
Therefore, since the last 8th Party Congress, this process has been given special importance and the focus of the congress work has been concentrated here.
I believe that this time too, all of our representative comrades will faithfully and seriously fulfill the heavy mission and responsibility they have shouldered before the fatherland, the revolution, and the people, and will devote their creativity and wholehearted effort to ensuring that each and every point becomes a transformative task for the five-year struggle.
In particular, newly elected members of the party's central leadership body must demonstrate a high degree of responsibility and prudence in formulating policy tasks, as the party convention's decisions serve as a consistent action plan for the duration of their term.
As mentioned in the report, this new five-year plan period will be a stage of stability and consolidation and gradual qualitative development for our economy.
Therefore, when finalizing plans for economic sectors, we must carefully balance the two aspects of qualitatively strengthening and further developing the existing foundation and capabilities, and this direction must also be maintained when discussing plans for other sectors.
Representative comrades!
Today's struggle for transformation, which includes the implementation of the new Five-Year Plan and the comprehensive development of socialism, demands that the three great revolutions of ideology, technology, and culture be carried out more vigorously in all sectors and all units.
The three great revolutions of ideology, technology, and culture are our Party's general line for socialist construction.
The entire process of our socialist construction has been consistent with the Three Revolutions, and we have advanced through the struggle to implement the Three Revolutions line.
Because there were three great revolutions that prioritized ideological reform and ideological revolution while also accelerating technological and cultural reform, our style of socialism was able to carve out a single path of advancement without being frustrated even in the face of severe difficulties.
The grand feat of all-round development can be achieved more quickly and effectively only when the Party strengthens its leadership in carrying out the Three Revolutions, elevates the state's leading role, and the masses themselves participate in this work as masters.
Reality shows that people's ideological consciousness, technological level, and level of civilization do not automatically improve just because working conditions and living environments change.
As a clear example, less than a year after the Party and the state built new modern production and service bases, they are failing to properly manage and operate them, and their management and control are being neglected. This is an extreme case of negligence and irresponsibility, and the chronic problem of not knowing how to value the products of Party policies and focusing only on immediate gains is resurfacing.
Managing and operating these precious creations, which were never easily achieved, so that they can become a powerful foundation for the development of a truly socialist society is a revolutionary task no less important and responsible than the massive construction project itself.
Revolution does not only mean material change and the creation of material wealth. The basic content of revolution is to change people's ideology and consciousness and to develop them into powerful beings with high creative power.
If we do not carry out the three great revolutions to free people from the shackles of old ideas and raise their conscious enthusiasm, technological level, and level of civilization, it is clear that no matter how much wealth we create, it will soon turn into nothing and in vain.
We must vigorously pursue the Three Great Revolutions to cultivate and nurture all people as new masters of a new era, to consciously fulfill their original mission, and to establish the Japanese New Year throughout society.
In particular, deepening the ideological revolution to revolutionize and proletarianize the military and workers has emerged as an urgent task.
We cannot think of successful progress in socialist construction without working to revolutionize and proletarianize the people who are the masters of society.
Therefore, it is important for the Party, labor organizations, and government agencies to organize and execute all their work from the perspective of carrying out the Three Great Revolutions, especially from the perspective of awakening and developing people ideologically and spiritually.
We must purposefully and consistently realize the Party's demand that workers and laborers internalize revolutionary ideological consciousness, the collectivist spirit of the working class, and the fighting spirit, from today's perspective.
Only when we raise new tasks suited to the advancement of the times in all aspects of ideology, technology, and culture and carry out innovative projects of natural transformation, human transformation, and social reform can we achieve continuous progress in socialist construction.
The 8th Central Committee of the Party's work summary report particularly emphasized the idea of accurately implementing the demands of the times for comprehensive development in socialist construction.
The demands of the new era are broadly categorized into five categories. Let's briefly summarize them again.
It is to ensure unity of action and establish strong discipline throughout socialist construction.
It is about constantly creating and innovating new things by breaking down old schemas, frameworks, conservatism, and empiricism.
It is about conducting business scientifically, predictably, and practically and valuing professional qualities.
It is to innovate the guidance methods and methods for production and construction and to enhance the commanding ability of the troops.
It is to thoroughly implement the principles of ideology first and people first.
This is a legitimate demand that has emerged as a practical matter, as we enter a period of comprehensive development, to improve and innovate all businesses. However, it is also an urgent task that arises from the serious lessons learned from the struggles of the past five years.
We all know that while the spirit of a new era is pulsating in every sector and unit of national and social life, especially in the economic sector, backward relics also coexist.
We cannot forever leave behind old and outdated relics, and we must be more bold in overcoming and eliminating backwardness and pedantry.
Since the Three Revolutions are essentially a struggle to eliminate all the old and create new things in the fields of ideology, technology, and culture, the contemporary demand for comprehensive development must be implemented in the process of carrying out the Three Revolutions.
We must vigorously advance socialist construction in our own way.
During the 8th term of the Party, we have accumulated experience in establishing short-term strategies and plans, responsibly implementing them, and using these as a solid foundation to expand and solidify our achievements.
Continuing to establish and faithfully implement a five-year plan as we do now is an essential step and process for building national strength and ultimately building an ideal society.
By going through this process and maturing in all areas, we can greatly increase our country's national power based on a solid foundation, as we envision.
In 10 or 20 years from now, we will be celebrating the 90th and 100th anniversaries of the founding of our Party. If we steadily promote national development and the improvement of the people's welfare with the same fighting methods as now, we will be able to transform the entire country and make all the people live well. At that time, our Party will be able to proudly say that it has been faithful to its mission and duty as a true people's party.
Representative comrades!
Just as the struggles of the past five years, which pioneered the era of comprehensive socialist development, have been like this, the struggles of the new five years will also depend entirely on our own subjective forces, the great strength of our people.
Just as we held high the ideals of putting people first, single-minded unity, and self-reliance as banners of struggle and advancement during the 8th term of the Party, we will continue to hold high these three ideals during the 9th term of the Party Central Committee.
Our ideals, goals, and the pace of our progress are constantly changing and developing, but the unique ideas of the Korean revolution—people-first, single-minded unity, and self-reliance—are unchanging, and the boundless power they embody will confidently propel our socialist construction toward a bright future.
No challenge, no change in circumstances can delay or stop our progress.
Let us all, with a hundredfold redoubled confidence, passion, and fighting spirit in the advancement of the socialist cause, fight vigorously to hasten the day when our people's ideals and aspirations will be splendidly realized. (End)
>>2698526I think oil is their biggest bottleneck, making them self sufficient would be huge tbh
>>2702659I've studied the korean language, that's just incorrect. It's a codified rhetorical style influenced by Stalin-era propaganda. Native Korean speakers outside NK would find that kind of wording unintentionally funny and absurd for the same reason English speakers do. That quasi-mythological cult of personality language makes them much prone to outside mockery and suspicion.
>>2702432Thanks. Had a lot of fun showing people this IRL whilst asking them to guess the country. :)
>>2702858Why are you talking about the south Korean dialectic in this thread?!? I never said a thing about it. North Korea purged foreign loanwords. There were differently linguistic shifts, according to the era and it never really changed.
So you aren't wrong. Imagine watching the state media in the US, or the old US propaganda films. It seems plain, or very exaggerated in its display by today's standards. American PR will still make propaganda on the same issues from that past, but in a more complex and subtle fashion than the old. In north Korea, this use of wordplay is a relic from that world. Even just watching old movies from that era, even if they're from your culture; they will seem unnatural or rather direct and exaggerating the social interaction. If there were a regular Korean guy in the 20s, who wanted to give someone highest compliments, the language would appear the same to an extent; it's beyond stalinism alone.
An undefeated party that has risen steadily through the power of thought
On February 25, 2014, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un presented the immortal classic work “Let Us Hasten the Final Victory through a Revolutionary Ideological Offensive” at the 8th Congress of Ideological Workers of the Workers’ Party of Korea .
This is a programmatic document that declares our Party's unwavering belief and will to carry forward the history and tradition of our revolution, which has advanced through the power of ideology, and to further raise the banner of ideology in the new era of the Juche revolution.
Our Party's long history, spanning over 80 years, is a history of ideological battles, overcoming overlapping difficulties and trials with the power of ideology and creating miracles and innovations that astonish the world in each era of revolution and construction.
The wise leadership of the respected Comrade General Secretary , who put forward the militant slogan, “Let us hasten the final victory through a revolutionary ideological offensive!” in his work and overcame all difficulties encountered through a great ideological battle , became the driving force that brought about a spirit of new creation and leap forward throughout the country.
By holding higher the banner of Juche ideology, our people have ushered in a new era of great change in all areas, including politics, economy, national defense, education, culture, and the improvement of people's living standards, over the past decade.
The proud achievements and miraculous events taking place in our country today clearly demonstrate the legitimacy and vitality of our Party's ideologically oriented line, which seeks to grasp ideology as an all-powerful sword and bring victory to the revolutionary cause of Juche. (End)
>>2704127Segment from “Let Us Hasten the Final Victory through a Revolutionary Ideological Offensive” chosen by me:
The Party's ideological front should actively encourage all Party members and other working people to follow in their forerunners' footsteps and become standard-bearers and meritorious workers in the struggle to champion the Party Central Committee by bringing about a revolutionary upsurge.
If all service personnel and people, rallied firmly around the Party, make substantial progress in socialist construction, those who are wavering for lack of confidence will be brought to their senses and the monolithic leadership system of the Party will be established solidly across the Party and society.
Another important task facing the ideological work of our Party is to raise a strong wind of ideological campaign to give an impetus to the struggle for defending socialism.
In the present era, as in the past, socialism represents the ideals of mankind, and it is an irreversible trend of the times.
We are now following the untrodden path of history as we risk the dignity of our independent people and the destiny of socialism in the struggle to repulse the imperialists' frantic attacks. Today the path of socialism and the inevitability of its victory depend on the struggle of the Korean revolutionaries.
In performing this honourable mission our Party and people have assumed for history, ideological workers, the red, hardcore elements of the Party, should become undying torchlight and loud bugles.
They should give Party members and other working people a clear understanding of the essence and character of the present struggle to defend socialism.
In the struggle we waged in defence of socialism in the 90s of the last century, we created a historic miracle of safeguarding our ideology and system against the allied imperialist forces' moves to isolate and stifle our country.
The ongoing struggle to defend socialism can be said to be aimed at prevailing over imperialism in all fields of social life by consolidating the victories and successes achieved so far and giving fullest play to the advantages and might of socialism.
Recently, our Party has put forward both the agricultural and scientific fronts as outposts for defending socialism. Its intention is to constantly remind our people that not only on the frontline where guns are levelled at each other but also in all other places where they live, they are engaged in invisible, fierce confrontation and competition against imperialists. If we, resting on our laurels and praising ourselves, do not give spur to the revolution and construction and thus fail to bring real benefits to the people, such socialism is doomed to lose its appeal.
We should build a thriving country at an early date by giving fullest play to the advantages and might of socialism, which capitalism can never imitate nor possess, so as to make socialism as different in all respects from capitalism as heaven is from earth.
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