Opinion

People-first politics: Basic political mode of socialism

Left Review Online February 9, 2021

People-first politics: Basic political mode of socialism

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

Kim Il Sung and Founding the Regular Armed Force of the DPRK

Left Review Online February 8, 2021

Kim Il Sung and Founding the Regular Armed Force of the DPRK

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

The Korean People’s Army Is Invincible

Left Review Online February 5, 2021

The Korean People’s Army Is Invincible

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

A great program of struggle that leads the construction of Korean socialism to a new victory

Left Review Online January 9, 2021

A great program of struggle that leads the construction of Korean socialism to a new victory

At the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, which became a significant political incident in the development of the revolution with our Party, there was a report on the 7th project summation of the Party Central Committee from January 5th to 7th, Juche10 (201). Comrade Kim...more

The Korean revolution will greet an era of a new leap forward and upswing: Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un

Left Review Online January 7, 2021

The Korean revolution will greet an era of a new leap forward and upswing: Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un

Dear delegates, The Eighth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, for which millions of our Party members have made preparations with sincerity and to which they have so looked forward with their hearts burning with patriotism and loyalty, has been convened at an important and crucial time...more

China boosts confidence for global poverty reduction

Left Review Online January 6, 2021

China boosts confidence for global poverty reduction

Through the joint efforts of all parties led by the government, China has lifted its rural population out of absolute poverty and removed all poverty-stricken counties from the poverty list, accomplishing the target of eradicating extreme poverty by the end of 2020, the Poverty Alleviation Office of the...more

Full text of Xi Jinping’s 2021 New Year address

Xi Jinping January 1, 2021

Full text of Xi Jinping’s 2021 New Year address

Comrades, friends, ladies and gentlemen, greetings to you all! The year 2021 is arriving. From China's capital Beijing, I extend my New Year wishes to you all! 2020 was an extraordinary year. Facing the sudden coronavirus pandemic, we put people and their lives first to interpret the great...more

Ties between the Supreme Commander and War Veterans

Left Review Online December 30, 2020

Ties between the Supreme Commander and War Veterans

Quite moving was the image of Supreme Commander Kim Jong Un, when he said, “Esteemed comrade war veterans,” making a bow to the participants at the Sixth National Conference of War Veterans, held in Pyongyang in July. He said that the war veterans, who had brought about the...more

Ruling party rift overshadows political stability of Nepal

Long Xingchun December 22, 2020

Ruling party rift overshadows political stability of Nepal

Nepalese President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Sunday dissolved parliament at the request of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli's cabinet and announced that general elections would be held in April and May 2021(over a year ahead of schedule), according to media reports. The Nepal Communist Party (NCP), the country's...more

Statement by Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez at the thirty first Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Left Review Online December 7, 2020

Statement by Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez at the thirty first Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly

December 3, 2020. Mr. Secretary General; Mr. President; Distinguished Heads of State and Government; Heads of delegations; I would like to thank the Republic of Azerbaijan, the current president of the Non-Aligned Movement, for the initiative to convene this Special Session of the General Assembly. An articulated response...more

Beijing prepared for Trump’s final madness, hysteria on China policy

Yang Sheng and Chen Qingqing November 22, 2020

Beijing prepared for Trump’s final madness, hysteria on China policy

China has been prepared for a "final act of the madness" from the Trump administration and its staged hysteria on China-related issues, as it is highly likely that the incumbent US president will take much more extreme measures on issues such as the South China Sea, the island...more

Biden will retool trade talks with China: Economist Stephen Roach

Hu Yuwei November 22, 2020

Biden will retool trade talks with China: Economist Stephen Roach

Editor's Notes: With Joe Biden being declared the winner of the US presidential election, many have discussed what changes his administration might bring to China-US relations. Policymakers and analysts around the world are speculating what policies and tools Biden will use to deal with China. Global Times (GT)...more

How damaged is the US democracy?

Gunter Schoech November 6, 2020

How damaged is the US democracy?

On November 3, the world's oldest continuous democracy still in existence, the US, will hold not only presidential elections, but also vote for representatives for both houses of Congress. This is a fine time to take a closer look under the hood and see how democratic the US...more

Taiwan question a matter for both sides of Straits: Pro. Dennis V. Hickey

Lu Yuanzhi November 6, 2020

Taiwan question a matter for both sides of Straits: Pro. Dennis V. Hickey

Editor's Note: The US has repeatedly played its cards on the Taiwan question. This has significantly irritated the Chinese mainland. Will Washington shift its Taiwan policy from strategic ambiguity into strategic clarity? Will military clashes break out between China and the US because of the Taiwan question? In...more

Though I Am Disabled, My Dream Has Come True – Pae Ok Rim

Left Review Online November 4, 2020

Though I Am Disabled, My Dream Has Come True – Pae Ok Rim

In May 2017, a Pyongyang exchange group of persons with disabilities gave successful performances in London and other places in Britain, following its performance tour in Britain and France in February 2015. Among the performers was a blind woman, Pae Ok Rim by name, who sang the world-famous...more