On the auspicious occasion of 93rd Birth Anniversary of the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG
KIM IL SUNG
The Great Leader And Pioneer of
World Revolution
– Manju Ratna Sakya
President , Nepal Journalists Association
Chief Editor & Publisher: ‘Arpan’ Weekly
April 15th is the Birth Anniversary of President of KIM IL SUNG , the Great and beloved leader of the entire Korean People . The Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG, the sun of the Korean people was born in Mangyongdae , bearing the hope of mankind . The birth of the President KIM IL SUNG was a glory to the oppressed Korean people and a glory to all mankinds . It ushered in an era of a true life and an era of independence of the land of Korea. . This year on the occasion of 93rd Birth Anniversary and 11th Anniversary of the demised day of the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG, all the Korean people are expressing their deepest thanks and respect to him who had devoted all his life to the sacred cause for freedom and independence of the people and for social progress and made brilliant achievements for the mankind.
The Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG was the great thinker and theoretician who fathered the Juche idea, the great guiding idea of revolution which represents the whole historic period the present and the future and illumines the way ahead of era.
President KIM IL SUNG, the ever victorious iron willed brilliant commander led to victory the Korean war unleashed by the imperialists , bought about the beginning of a downhill turn for them for the first time in history and firmly defended the revolutionary gains . Basing himself on the Juche idea , he set forth the original theories on the socialist revolution and wisely led the popular masses to put them into reality . He proposed a unique policy of transforming the economic forms along socialist lines prior to technical reconstruction under the conditions that people demanded it and there were revolutionary forces prepared to carry it out and led the people to implement it and thus established in a short time the socialist system under which all people are equally well-off free from exploitation and oppression.
Frankly speaking, President KIM IL SUNG was not only the Great Leader of the entire Korean People but he was also one the beloved leader of all the progressive people of the world too.
President KIM IL SUNG wisely led the socialist construction with his unusual intelligence and turned Korea once backward into a dignified, powerful socialist industrial state. He organized and guided the socialist construction boldly & skillfully and converted Korea in war ruins into a powerful independent socialist state with strong heavy & modern light industry and developed agriculture in a very short time of 14 years after the war. He created the world startling brilliant literature and arts and established the most superior popular educational and public health system in Korea.
President KIM IL SUNG gave full answers to all questions of any journalists arising from the world revolutionary movement which has become complex and diversified in the present era.
He made a great contribution to unity and solidarity of the third world countries and the new emerging countries by proposing the policy that they should strengthen their unity and cooperation on the principle of complete equality , independence, mutual respect, non-interference in each other’s domestic affairs and mutual benefit to cope with the divisive, alienating and subversive moves of the imperialists.
President KIM IL SUNG received many foreign politicians and public figures visiting Korea and had friendly talks with them and inspired them in confidence in victory of their struggle.
Any foreign visitors to the DPRK who had the honor of meeting President KIM IL SUNG entranced by his benevolent simple character. It is due to the greatness of both the idea of independence and the respected leader of the Korean people President KIM IL SUNG that more and more people are now following the ideal of an age of independence.
Many leaders, public figures and scholars from various countries of the world who met the President KIM IL SUNG express that they become familiar with the President KIM IL SUNG and came to talk with him without reserve before they knew it. This may be ascribable to his broad mindedness, great influence, modesty and simplicity.
The Korean people who are closely united around the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG, the sun of the Korean people and march forward under his dynamic leadership certainly won brilliant victories in the revolution in the work of construction and in the cause of national reunification . Contribution of the Great Leader
The achievements accomplished by the Korean people under the dynamic leadership of the beloved President KIM IL SUNG, the founder of the great Juche idea had provided inspiration not only to the people of Korea along but also to the people of the world struggling for the promotion and consolidation of national independence and peace . The ideological and theoretical activities and the immortal exploits of the respected beloved leader will remain enshrined in golden letters in the world history of revolution. It is the unusual accomplishment of the far-sighted leadership of the Great Leader who led the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle and the Fatherland Liberation war to victory and built up a powerful independent national economy in Korea and the constant high speed of economic development .
The contributions rendered by the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG had produced splendid results in almost all the fields of society . The happy and prosperous Korean people are still enjoying under the rays of the ‘ Theses on the socialist rural question in our country ‘ published by the Great Leader.
The unique virtues and qualities of the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG are such that a well know critic of Japan who unable to understand the world trend had wondered about many countries was deeply touched at the Juche idea created by President KIM IL SUNG and visited Korea. After returning home he wrote an article ‘President KIM IL SUNG moves Asia and the world.’
Today, President KIM IL SUNG is not with us but the world people respect President KIM IL SUNG as the Great Leader because he fathered the immortal Juche idea and thus illustrated the path ahead of mankind and accelerated the world revolution powerfully.
President KIM IL SUNG was in the forefront in the building of socialism and communism. During his time, the economy of Korea which the enemy claimed would not rise in a hundred years was restored in less than three years above the pre-war level. The historic task of socialist industrialization was carried out in a little over ten years and an independent national economy capable of developing by itself despite global economic turmoil was established. He also illuminate the road to the complete and final victory of socialism setting himself its example to the world.
Unique and Dynamic Personality of the Great Leader
It is indeed not an easy task to assess and evaluate the multifaceted talents and capacity of the most unique and dynamic leader of the entire Korean people President KIM IL SUNG to deal effectively with matters concerned with almost all parts of state affairs as well as the unusual contributions in making the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea play considerable role in the world history . It was he who through his far-sightedness , wisdom and courage had protected ahead the nation’s survival and progress from various challenges and threats from within and without .
The personality of President KIM IL SUNG symbolizes the entire and incessant contribution he had rendered for the economic, social and cultural development of DPRK. The history of DPRK remains incomplete if it does not shed light on the historic deeds of President KIM IL SUNG accomplished in the larger interests of his country and people. What have been published with regard to the unique qualities of President KIM IL SUNG’s life and personality were found to be concrete realities which I myself witnessed and experienced during our visit to DPRK in June 1979.
It is this personality of President KIM IL SUNG which had permeated in the heart of the entire Korean people and it is because of this that they have engaged themselves so heroically in the task of their national reconstruction. We personally witnessed this fact during our visit to DPRK. That a nation’s overall development was possible only under the leadership of such a personality as had identified himself with the lives and aspirations of his people was borne out in the personality of President KIM IL SUNG. Had this national personality of President KIM IL SUNG not been so before the world, Korea and the Korean people would surely have not been able to emancipate themselves from their agony and troubles. The development campaigns launched in the political, economic, social and cultural fields by President KIM IL SUNG demonstrate beyond even the least suspicion that President KIM IL SUNG was always prepared and determined as ever for laboring hard for the bright future of his country and people. He had dedicated himself to the overall development and fulfillment of the larger interest of his country and people. These constructive contributions made in the larger interests of DPRK reflect without any diminution the personality of President KIM IL SUNG. It was under the dynamic leadership of this illustrious personality that DPRK become able to occupy its place of pride among the developed nation of the world.
It would not be inconsistent here to claim that President KIM IL SUNG’s personality had not remained confined only to any limited area but had expanded over the entire regions of the nation. In fact, the multi-faceted personality of President KIM IL SUNG had become a golden page in the history of multi-lateral progress of DPRK.
The Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG had so closely identified himself with the urges and aspirations of the people that there is nothing in the DPRK which does not carry the distinct impact of that great personality. The Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG had personally visited each and every nook and corner of the DPRK to understand for himself the hardships and problems of his people. The revolutionary idea formulated by President KIM IL SUNG is Kimilsungism with the Juche idea as the essence.
The revolutionary idea propounded by President KIM IL SUNG was an inheritance and development of Marxism-Leninism and it forms the highest pinnacle of the revolutionary ideas of the working class. In this sense, it may be said that the revolutionary idea of President KIM IL SUNG is not a mere present day Marxism–Leninism and it is proper that the Korean people call it Kimilsungism after his death also. President KIM IL SUNG, like the rising sun in the Far East had one of the most far-sighted leadership among all Marxism–Leninism leaders in the contemporary world. His success was ever uncontested leader of the DPRK, reflected absolute support to and trust in the Great Leader as a token of the unanimous desire of the Korean people entrusting all their destiny to him. Korean people hold him high veneration for he laid them through thick and thin.
The pace at which the great Korean people have attained progress in almost all fields of socio-economic structure of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is the direct result of the wise and dynamic leadership of respected and beloved leader of the entire Korean people, President KIM IL SUNG who was adored as brilliant master of creation and construction. It was he who had performed immortal feats for the cause of human liberation and of socialist construction.
The experiences demonstrate that when he formulates line and policy at each stage of the revolution, he forces the distant future not only taking into account the present and sets a clear direction and objective of struggle for the masses.
Wise and Dynamic leadership of the Great Leader
The fact is already before the world still now about how the pace of economic, social and cultural development of DPRK had accelerated in an unprecedented manner under the dynamic leadership of the Great and beloved leader of the entire Korean people, President KIM IL SUNG. The historic event of how Korea and the Korean people have emancipated themselves from the situation of dependence on others under the far-sighted policy and dynamic leadership of the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG who believes in the fact that the progress of the country is possible only through the spirit of dedication to duty, labor and wisdom of the Korean people themselves. There is no exaggeration to maintain that the sacrifice and peerless contribution rendered by President KIM IL SUNG in tiding over any difficulty and troubles for the overall development of the country and the people have been enshrined in golden words in the memorable pages of the history of Korea.
It was the far-sighted policy and able leadership of the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG that had played the mainly instrumental role in arraying Korea and the Korean people in an atmosphere of independence after having incessantly fought against Japanese and U.S. imperialism. The heroic role played by the Korean people under his revolutionary leadership too occupies a place of pride in the history of Korea. There cannot be two opinions about the fact that the brave activities and the struggleful life of the Korean people equipped with revolutionary ideals constitute the main background of the speedy progress of Korea. The fighter’s role which the Korean people developed and consolidated in the struggle for their country’s independence without wavering even in the least in face of the having full faith in the ultimate victory through the adherence of the principles of mutual help and following single mindedly the policy and directives enunciated by President KIM IL SUNG during the course of struggle has become such an immortal part of history which will continue to inspire the entire peace loving people of the world.
Inspired always by the political personality of the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG who was accustomed to the ways of a revolutionary family life had contributed untiring labor for the larger development of Korea when Korea has been achieving new heights every week on the road of development. There will be no exaggeration to claim that the far-sighted leadership and fatherly affection of President KIM IL SUNG had placed the country very much ahead of many Asian countries. He loves his people very much in the same way as does his own children. The sentiments, gratitude and esteem expresses for him present a living example of how much the entire Korean people were impressed by the personality of President KIM IL SUNG who had never alienated himself from the feeling that the weal and woe of his people are his own weal and woe. The unprecedented progress achieved in the field of education, agriculture, industry, culture etc. under the dynamic leadership of the Korean’s beloved leader President KIM IL SUNG had brought Korea in line with the other developed nations of the world.
While on a visit to DPRK, we personally realized that the speedy progress which is being made by Korea in accordance with the principle and the pace of Chollima being practiced under the able leadership of President KIM IL SUNG had become an imitable lesson for all developing countries. What we witnessed during our tour of different parts of DPRK proved that Korea had in fact become well established and developed. The Korean people have now become not only able to fulfill their essential needs but are also making tremendous headway in the direction of attaining self-reliance. Consequently, the Korean people are today free from the problem of unemployment. The entire working people have received the opportunity of choosing professions of their own propensity by in keeping with their desire and enjoy full state guarantee for the security of their job. I am confident that the contributions which the ideological unity, technological and cultural revolution have rendered in augmenting production and accelerating the pace of progress will go a long way in further consolidating the gains of the Korean development in the future. It was under the far-sighted and dynamic leadership of President KIM IL SUNG that Korea had attained full national independence, economic self-reliance and ability to defend itself without obtaining any foreign assistance, thus turning itself an internationally recognized developed country.
Reunification of Korea, Imperative for Peace
The speedy progress of DPRK has set off a wave of jubilation throughout the world and it is undoubtedly as event of very significance. Even so it is a matter of deep regret for any peace loving people of the world to see this country remaining trunketted even in this age. The Korean people had sometimes to fight against the Japanese militarism and sometimes against the armed aggression by the US imperialism for the sake of their national independence and this presented before the world a struggleful history of this nation. When the division of this country between the northern and southern regions is a matter lacerating the heart of any human being, it is quite natural that the pain of the Korean people themselves should surpass that of any other in measure and feelings over this unfortunate situation. Under such circumstances therefore, reunification of Korea has become a matter of foremost imperative and DPRK has throughout been making endeavors to this end.
The speedy progress being achieved by the Korean people under the judicious and dynamic leadership of the great personage, President KIM IL SUNG was undoubtedly a matter of extreme pleasure not only for the Korean people alone but also to the entire peace loving people of the world. We in Nepal take particular interest in and rejoice at this inspiring progress of the great Korean people. The divided situation of Korea is a matter of constant pain to any freedom loving people of the world. This alone is the main and stands out as a very prosperous nation in the world today, the division of the country into two sectors –north and south is indeed the main national problem for Korea. It is in view of this that the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG had made untiring endeavors towards attaining reunification of Korea ever since the founding of the DPRK. The three principles and five programs put forwarded by President KIM IL SUNG in June 1973 in connection with the solution of this issue have evoked international praise. The UN General Assembly had helped world public opinion to stand in favor of the justified stance of the Korean people by supporting the proposal for achieving peaceful reunification of Korea. Korea has a five thousand year old history and only one language, one culture and one civilization. It is therefore a matter of pain for any freedom loving people of the world to see this country remaining trunketted for many years. Korea is one nation and it cannot be divided into two nations. There cannot be two opinion on the fact that reunification of Korea should be accomplished into one nation, bound by the same & one ethnic and cultural fabric. The Korean people are determined to attain reunification of their country still under the most inspiring and esteemed leadership of the great and beloved leader of the Korean people Comrade KIM JONG IL who is the General Secretary of the WPK.
The proposal for attaining peaceful and democratic reunification of Korea without any foreign interferences in therefore very justified and significant under the present context. It is inevitable therefore that an atmosphere of mutual understanding and trust should be promoted and relations between the two should be developed so that a climate conducive to promoting national unity be built and the lofty task of peaceful reunification of the country achieved .
We sincerely wish the earliest possible materialization of the reunification of Korea as proposed by President KIM IL SUNG.
Face to Face Talk and Interview with the Great Leader
President KIM IL SUNG
On the official invitation of the Government of DPRK, a four member high level Nepalese journalists delegation of Nepal Journalists Association had visited DPRK from 12th June to 22nd June 1979. In the delegation, Mrs. Subha Laxmi Sakya, Mr. N.K. Aryal and Mr. Gopal Gurung were the members.
The Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG despite his very busy engagements in Party and state activities granted us audience as well as interview at Chongjin on 19th June 1979 and the way he intimately embraced me by calling me as an old friend, left indelible imprint on my heart. I felt very lucky to have a great opportunity with the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG face to face and heart to heart talk .This can never be effaced from my memory. This day is, therefore, a very important day in my life.
The Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG answered all of my questions. Before answering of my questions, the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG told me : " I should have met you in Pyongyang. But being away on a local tour of guidance, I was obliged to request you to come a long way here. I am very sorry for this. I would like you to understand this circumstance.
I bid you a hearty welcome on your visit to our country.
I express my thanks to you for your great efforts to promote friendship between the Korean and Nepalese peoples and for the active support and encouragement you have given our people.
I am especially grateful to you, the Chairman of the Nepalese Journalists Association, for your positive support and encouragement to the Korean people’s struggle for national reunification and socialist construction, and also for the congratulatory messages you have sent me several times. Although this is my first meeting with you, I feel as if I am meeting an old friend. Today’s meeting has made us close friends.
I present you my thanks for the cordial words you have spoken about this country and about myself. I am also thankful for your active support to our people’s cause of national reunification.
Today I meet you in the recess of a conference. Although our time is limited, I will briefly answer your questions. "
After that the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG gave the answer which I put before him. Among all the questions in regard to the friendly relations between Nepal and DPRK, President KIM IL SUNG replied "You said that the friendly relations are developing favorably between Korea and Nepal , which I think is very important.
The Kingdom of Nepal and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea now have a great friendship. We deem this friendship fully in accord with the interests of our two peoples.
Our two countries, both located in Asia, champion independence. We are also member states of the non-aligned movement. I think this provides the basis of unity to our two countries.
We highly appraise and actively support the policy of the Kingdom of Nepal for developing into a peaceful, neutral and independent country.
Last year younger brothers of the King of Nepal visited our country, and it greatly contributed to the friendship between our two peoples.
In future, too, we will continue to strive for strengthening the friendship and solidarity between the Kingdom of Nepal and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , between the Nepalese and Korean peoples.
I hope that our two peoples will march forward shoulder to shoulder for the unity of the independent national states and the non-aligned countries.
Our two countries are developing nations, so we must cooperate and make interchanges and share good experiences with each other in all fields, further strengthening friendship and solidarity.
I believe that your efforts for cultivating friendship between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Kingdom of Nepal will further promote the friendly relations between our two countries.
I am very glad to see you today . I hope you will continue to work for the friendship between the two countries as good friends of the Korean people.
I am very grateful that you have come here to see me today, and hope that back home you will kindly convey to your people the best wishes of our people for them " .
During the meeting, we had the fortunate opportunity of knowing and acquainting ourselves with the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG commanding international veneration and esteem from a very close quarter and the impressions of the same are even today indelible in my mind and heart. We ourselves feel sometimes wonderstruck to see how the impressions of President KIM IL SUNG’s personality have been immortal on our heart and then put a question and ask as to why it could become so. Then immediately we recall the most affectionate and friendly manner in which the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG treated us and the members of our delegation during that visit and some to the conclusion that was mainly the reason behind that. The day we happened to personally meet President KIM IL SUNG symbolizes, we feel, the fulfillment of our long cherished dream and aspirations. We are indeed very much indebted to President KIM IL SUNG for the precious time he allotted to grant me an interview, and feel that the affections and most cordial treatment he meted out towards us, we and our colleagues on the occasion too was equality significant. It was indeed a very unique occasion for us to have received such a fraternal treatment from the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG. The simplicity and deep affection with which President KIM IL SUNG held conversation with me and replied to my various questions confirmed in our minds and hearts the truth that it is these qualities and virtues of this most distinguished personality of President KIM IL SUNG which in fact are responsible for taking Korea on the path of progress and prosperity.
Visit to DPRK again and again
Likewise, I got the opportunity to visit DPRK with my wife Mrs. Subha Laxmi Sakya on the official invitation of Govt. of DPRK again from 7th March to 19th March 1980. from 8th October to 18th October 1980 and from 20th November to 1st December 1990. During my visit to DPRK on November 1990, I also get the great opportunity to put the questions before the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG on 29th November 1990 in Pyongyang.
In regard to my question about the friendly relations between Nepal and the DPRK to further strengthening these ties of friendship and mutual cooperation and understanding, President KIM IL SUNG gave the answer : "Historically, the relations between Korea and Nepal have been developing favorably. Since the establishment of the diplomatic relations between the DPRK and the Kingdom of Nepal in May 1974, the peoples of the two countries have been supporting and cooperating with each other in the political, economic, cultural and other fields. At present the relations of friendship and cooperation between Korea and Nepal are developing still better with every passing day, thanks to the joint efforts of their governments and peoples.
Both Korea and Nepal are independent countries that value the ideals of non-alignment, peace and friendship. Ours are the relations of genuine friendship and cooperation on equal terms, based on mutual understanding and confidence.
Our two countries have good prospects for developing these relations continuously and favorably in the future.
Korea and Nepal are situated in Asia. Today’s Asia is entering a new stage of development, focusing the attention of the international community. The Asian people are industrious, talented and strong in the spirit of independence. Judging from its natural and geographical conditions, Asia has great potentials for rapid progress. The Asian people must oppose imperialist aggression and intervention, rid themselves of backwardness and poverty handed down from the past, and build an independent, peaceful and prosperous new Asia. To this end, the Asian countries must further develop solidarity and cooperation.
Expanding and developing the relations of friendship and cooperation between Korea and Nepal will not only help the two peoples build a new society but also contribute to strengthening solidarity among the Asian people and cooperation among the Asian nations.
It is the consistent foreign policy of the Government of our Republic to unite with the peoples of all countries who champion independence and to further the relations of friendship and cooperation with the Asian countries in particular. The Government and people of the DPRK will, as in the past, make every effort to develop the many-sided relations of friendship and cooperation with the Nepalese people under the banner of independence, peace and friendship.
Availing myself of this opportunity, I send warm greetings to the friendly Nepalese people and wish them a fresh success in their efforts to safeguard the independence of the country and their unity of the nation and to build a new society which is democratic and non-aligned. "
During our visit, we came across living example of how the state has made all necessary provisions to systematically raise the living standard of the Korean people in all fields. The credit to all this goes to the Great Leader President KIM IL SUNG. It is the result of this contribution that the entire Korean people are today prosperous and happy. We had notices the record of the tremendous progress made in the field of education during our visit to Korea and we found that the country had gone further ahead in those fields when we visited Korea again and again. The entire Korean children have been provided with all modern facilities and DPRK is the only country in the world where education and medical treatment are completely free. There are provisions for the welfare of the old people and the women fold too and they have been emancipated from various problems. To be true, the society of DPRK has become free from all kinds of exploitation which is a great victory for the entire Korean people.
DPRK is developing vary fastly because there is no political problems. Each and every Korean people have the feeling of national unity, nationalism, to save the sovereignty and to develop their country in full swing without any foreign interferences. I have also found that the relations between the Korean people and the Government is just like the relations between water and fish.
Actually speaking, DPRK is still progressing under the dynamic and far-sighted leadership of the Great Leader Comrade KIM JONG IL. On this happy occasion, I and the on behalf of Nepal Journalists Association sincerely wish a long life and good health of His Excellency Comrade KIM JONG IL, the General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Chairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK, Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army and the Great Leader of the Korean people and prosperity of the Korean people.
Long-live Nepal-DPRK friendship and relations !