Left Review Online May 2, 2021
President Kim Il Sung (1912-1994), founding father of socialist Korea, had deep relations with religious figures. From his childhood, he was exposed to the religious world. He would often go to the church with his mother when he was a child. His maternal grandfather, who engaged in education...more
Kaoru Yasui was a professor and doctor of law at Hosei University of Japan and the first director-general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea. In the 1950s, he conducted positive social activities against atomic and hydrogen bombs, and for this won the International Lenin Peace Prize...more
President Kim Il Sung is among the students taking part in the construction of Pyongyang in June 1957. On the Day of the Sun, the Korean people feel deep yearning for President Kim Il Sung who always found himself among them and held them in high esteem. His...more
President Kim Il Sung regarded children as the kings or queens of the country, loved them fervently and made them the happiest in the world. This has not been found yet in any other country. The Pyongyang Students and Children’s Palace is the epitome of his love for...more
Despite the protracted and ever-growing economic blockade and military threats by the hostile forces that are not happy with its independent advance and development, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is steadfastly following the road of its development. Moreover, the country is dynamically advancing to achieve the ambitious...more
Pyongyang. The 6th Conference of Cell Secretaries of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), which is of great significance in the implementation of the decisions of the historic 8th Congress of the WPK and the organizational and ideological strengthening of the whole Party, closed on April 8 after...more
Dear comrade cell secretaries, The Sixth Conference of Cell Secretaries of the Workers' Party of Korea is being held when the whole country is in a remarkably high spirit in the efforts for implementing the decisions adopted at the Eighth Congress of the WPK and the Second Plenary...more
Pyongyang. The 6th Conference of Cell Secretaries of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was opened in the capital city of Pyongyang on April 6 amid the great interest and expectation of all Party members and people all out in implementing new strategic line and struggle policy of...more
Kathmandu. The International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS) condemns the joint US-South Korea War Drill that started on March 8. In the ILPS press statement signed by Chairperson Len Cooper, it states, "The International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS) joins the Korean people and the people of the...more
A few years ago Internet websites carried a scene, which surprised the world people. The Korean People’s Army soldiers were rushing to the sea to send off their Supreme Commander Kim Jong Un on his way back after inspecting their unit defending a far-flung island. Oblivious of the...more
Esteemed Comrade Gustav Husak, Esteemed Comrade Lubomir Strougal, Esteemed guests from Czechoslovakia, Dear comrades and friends, The people at all levels in Pyongyang City have gathered here today, overjoyed to welcome you, goodwill envoys from the brotherly country of Czechoslovakia. In the name of the Central Committee of...more
February 16 is the birthday of Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il, Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Commemorating his birthday, peoples of the world recall him with deep respect and emotion. He was a veteran statesman who achieved great exploits...more
The politics based on the people-first principle is the basic political mode of socialism. It is the politics of regarding the masses of the people as masters of the revolution and construction, relying on them and making selfless, devoted efforts for the good of them. It is rooted...more
The Korean People’s Army, the regular armed force of the DPRK, was founded on February 8, 1948. The founding of the Korean People’s Army provided the country with military guarantee for following the road of independent development. The Korean People’s Revolutionary Army, the KPA’s predecessor, was founded on...more
No one can match the invincible Korean People’s Army, and what is the secret? The first one is that the KPA has been led by outstanding leaders. President Kim Il Sung (1912-1994), who founded the KPA and defeated the US and Japanese imperialists in one generation, was an...more