World Congress on the Cause of
The
on the
Cause of
The
"World Congress on the Cause of Independence in the 21st Century" was
held on a grand scale in
Convinced
that this significant world congress held at the time when humanity's desire
for sovereignty, dignity and a just world has become intense, will be a
historical landmark in accomplishing the cause of independence in the 21st
century, we issue this declaration.
The
international situation has become more complex since we entered the 21st
century.
Despite
humanity's great expectations and efforts to live independently in a just and
peaceful world, sovereignty of countries and nations is still violated in the
international arena and human dignity neglected.
Adhering to
power politics and under the signboard of "globalization," the
imperialists have imposed their value system upon other countries, attempting
to check humanity's advance in the cause of independence and peace.
This has
caused social, political and economic confusion in many countries, hindering
seriously the independent development of humanity.
Under the
situation in which humanity's cause of independence is being confronted with
grave challenges, we, representing the world independent forces that love
justice and peace and value independence and dignity, declare as follows:
1. Humanity
will dynamically accelerate advance
along the road of independence
in the 21st century
The 21st
century is a century of transformation and victory in which the popular masses,
the driving force of history, will bring about a decisive turn in accomplishing
their cause of independence and building an independent world.
As history
shows, humanity's cause of independence is a protracted yet noble one in that
it advances and is accomplished through the process of surmounting all sorts of
challenges.
Nobody wants
to be subordinated to others and no nation tolerates its dignity to be
impaired.
This is the
valuable historical lesson and truth demonstrated in the 20th century during
which there prevailed the desire of humanity to build an independent world
through the common struggle against domination and subjugation.
In the new
century, humanity will surely build an independent new world, braving all
adverse and foul winds of the times.
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2. The Juche idea that propelled the
humanity's cause
of independence in
the 20th century will shed light
as a great humanity's
banner in the 21st century
The Juche idea is an idea
that has put human dignity and value on the highest plane, and a revolutionary
doctrine of the era of independence that illuminates the road to be followed by
the people in their struggle for independence.
The unprecedented events in the 20th century that
brought about fundamental changes in the position and role of human beings, and
the spirit and dignity with which the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has
defended its sovereignty based on its original army-based politics, in defiance
of terror and challenges on the part of hostile forces, are none other than the
fruition brought by the Juche idea.
The Juche idea, which has
struck root deep in the hearts of humanity and demonstrated its vitality in all
ordeals in history for its revolutionary character, scientific accuracy and
validity, will dynamically accelerate the human cause of independence as the
driving force of the development of history in the 21st century, too, as in the
20th century.
If we hold aloft the banner of the Juche
idea, the desire of humanity to build a new world that ensures an independent
life and creative activities, will surely come true.
The congress confirmed that the army-first idea that
General Secretary Kim Jong Il created by further
developing the Juche idea is a great revolutionary
idea of our times for defending the independence of countries and nations and
for advancing the people's cause of independence to victory.
3. Humanity will build a new, just
and peaceful world
under the banner
of independence in
the new century
Despite of the fact that the common desire of humanity
to live in a just and peaceful world has become even stronger after the
replacement of centuries, independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity
are yet not to be ensured in international relations.
It is the reality of international relations that
unilateralist, self-righteous and arbitrary forces are trying to control
international law and order against humanity's desire to build a just new
world.
This attests to the truth that all countries and
nations should maintain independence more firmly than ever before in order to
victoriously advance humanity's cause of independence.
This cause is accomplished with each country and
nation as a unit, and the people in each country and nation are the masters in
shaping the destiny of the country and nation.
It is self-evident that each country should have the
right to equal position and security, which can be guaranteed only when it
adheres to independent politics based on the Juche
idea.
All the countries and nations that value independence
should solve their problems arising in all
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fields such as politics, the economy, the military and diplomacy based
on the principle of national independence in their own way, maintaining an
independent stand in whatever adversity.
World peace and stability can be achieved only through
the struggle against the imperialists, the chief obstacle in the humanity's
cause of independence.
The progressive world's peoples should resolutely
fight against the imperialists by keeping the principled stand without wavering
in their struggle before their pressure and appeasement.
It is important for the people to unite under the
banner of independence to fight against arbitrariness and power politics on the
part of the imperialists who are trying to ignite wars of aggression in quest
of world supremacy.
Humanity advocating a just, peaceful and prosperous
new world will fight determinedly to establish a new international order based
on justice, equality and fairness to replace the old one based on domination,
subjugation and inequality.
In the new century, humanity will build a new world
which is independent, democratized, just and peaceful.
4. All countries and nations will strengthen unity,
cooperation and solidarity based on independence
The humanity's cause of independence is an each
nation's national cause, and at the same time a humanity's common cause.
"United, We Stand, Divided, We Fall"¯this
is the truth proved in the history of the people in their struggle for
independence.
It is in the turbulent torrent of
"globalization" that national, ethnic and territorial disputes and
religious confrontations have aggravated and that sovereignty and stability are
wantonly violated in different countries and regions.
"Globalization" is a modern version of
colonialism and a drug that hampers national development and prosperity.
Only when countries and nations hold aloft the banner
of unity and cooperation based on independence, can they properly face
reactionary forces' aggravating machinations such as interference, pressure,
appeasement and deceit.
With united efforts, all the countries and nations of
the world should face all vicious machinations and manoeuvres of those forces
that are attempting to subjugate the people on the pretext of
"globalization".
The world's progressive forces will smash the imperialist
schemes by keeping in their minds the danger and reactionary nature of
"globalization", and by strengthening regional cooperation on the
basis of independence.
5. Let us make the Juche
idea our faith and
put it into practice
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Humankind's cause of independence is achieved through a process of
materialization of a progressive idea in it. And, an independent new world is a
world where the Juche idea has been embodied in all
respects.
Such an ideology demonstrates its vital power only
when it has become the faith of the people.
Let us activate the study and dissemination of the Juche idea in a fresh way in accordance with the
requirement of a new century, and thus contribute to the independent
development of humanity.
The people's cause of independence is a historical one
that is carried forward from generation to generation.
Let us train core ranks of Juche
idea researchers in a far-sighted way.
The cause of independence that started in the 20th
century under the banner of the Juche idea, will
advance vigorously through generations in the new century, too.
The congress confirmed the unanimous desire and will
of the participants to add luster to the 21st century
as the century of independence.
The people's struggle for independence is just and its
victory is in store.
The human cause of independence that advances in the
21st century under the banner of the Juche idea will
surely win a victory, and the 21st century will add a brilliant page to human
history as a century opening up an independent new world.
Invincible is the human cause of independence in the
21st century.
Lecture given to delegations from the
world visiting the DPRK on Sun's Day
For Vigorously Advancing Study and
Dissemination
of Juche Idea
Throughout World
OGAMI Kenichi
Secretary General of the IIJI
Dear comrades and friends who have
gathered here from different parts of the world on this auspicious
occasion of the Sun's Day,
Allow me, first of all, to express my
heartfelt thanks and greetings of solidarity to you all who have
developed praiseworthy activities in
your countries and have come to the DPRK by
overcoming various obstacles.
The reason I am taking the rostrum now
is that I was requested to introduce some experiences attained in the
study and dissemination of the Juche idea on this occasion when delegates from various
countries have gathered.
It is true that considerable
achievements and exemplary cases for us to follow have been made in the study
and dissemination of the Juche idea in various parts of the world. What I am going
to introduce to you from now,
however, is confined to part of such
activities that have been performed in Japan where the office of the
International Institute of the Juche Idea (IIJI) is located. I
would like to remind you of the fact that our experience
in Japan cannot always apply to other
countries since each country and nation has its own specific history and
culture.
I hope that my report will be a help for
you in developing your activities in the future.
Many of the participants present here
today are youth and students.
Among them are a group of Austrian
students led by Prof. Kurt Ebert at Innsbruck University; a group of
student-youth from Mongolia led by Prof.
Nansalin Sarantuya;
students from Nepal; students learning at Moscow
University; students at Paris
University; a group of Japanese student-youth and so on.
Because many participants here represent
the younger generation, I would like to focus my talk on the history
of activities for the study and
dissemination of the Juche idea that have been
developed by Japanese youth and
students.
Seeking after the Guiding Principles in the New Era
It was around 1972, some thirty years
ago, that the study and dissemination of the Juche
idea started in Japan.
In those days, a post-war generation was
emerging throughout the world. They were all pursuing a new way
of life. The Nonaligned
Movement was making progress and an increasing number of African nations were
achieving national independence as the
people's tendency toward independence was gathering momentum
throughout the world. Japan was in an
age when a truly revolutionary thought and a totally new movement were
urgently required to emerge as campus
disputes had come to an end almost in universities.
Japanese students and youth in those
days, out of their serious concern over social confusion, were seeking
after an authentic guiding principle
enabling them to carve out a new era. Some depended on Marxism-Leninism,
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and some on other ideas, with which they
unleashed movements for social transformation. Nevertheless, their
efforts went through many twists and
turns after all.
Those youth and students in Japan, who
started studying the Juche idea at the initial stage,
learned the idea in
earnest as a real revolutionary idea,
and developed low-profile yet consistent activity among the people in distress.
It was during the course of studying the
guiding idea that these youngsters came across the "Kim Il Sung
Biography". They found in the
biography not only the true image of a real revolutionary whom they had long
sought but also a bright vista of their
future struggle. Then they came to firmly believe that President Kim Il Sung
was the real leader of revolution
carving out a new era and that the Juche idea was the
only guiding idea of
revolution.
The "Kim Il Sung Biography"
was so compelling that they further studied it day after day. At the same time,
they strengthened their activities to
form a Juche idea study group involving their
friends, trying to disseminate
the biography among even more young
people.
To Study the Juche Idea in Depth and Make It
Ones Own Faith
It was in December 1971 that the first Juche idea study group of student-youth came into existence
in Japan.
What we considered most important in
managing the study group of the Juche idea in those
days was this:
The youngsters, who had come to learn
the Juche idea first, should study it more in depth
than anybody else, and
thus make it their own faith by
recognizing it as the guiding principle of the times.
We, members of the study group of the Juche idea for the youth, studied the Japanese versions of
all the
works of President Kim Il Sung available
as well as the "Kim Il Sung Biography". We used to note down all the
Kim Il Sung works to absorb their
substance and, at the same time, expounded on our own the kernel to as many
other friends as possible.
Our colleagues who initiated such
activities strengthened their determination to live their lives applying the
Juche idea in practice within the campus or
at the workplace and to bring about social change.
As a result of our continued efforts
that gave precedence to studying the Juche idea and
making it our own
faith, more young people became our
lifelong comrades who were resolved to live for life following the Juche
idea.
A number of those youngsters who learned
the Juche idea did leave their home towns to settle
in different
parts of Japan to contribute to building
a national organization for the study of the Juche
idea. They have been
engaged in the study and dissemination
of the Juche idea ever since by remaining in the same
places they moved
to, and are still working there as
leaders of local study groups.
In the course of setting up Juche idea study groups throughout the nation, we had faced
various difficulties to
overcome.
All of our colleagues who had resolved
to commit their lives to the study and dissemination of the Juche
idea
by making the idea their own faith,
developed their selfless activities.
During the course of their devoted efforts
as such, however, we lost two invaluable comrades. We could
never forget them who died of illness as
early as in their thirties. In memory of the two comrades of ours, we
novelized their lives afterwards. And we
still visit their graves every year to renew our determination to
accomplish our cause.
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To Disseminate a New Idea among Youth and
Students
We also focused our efforts on the
dissemination of the Juche idea among, before anybody
else,
student-youth or the emerging
generation.
They are a generation that represents
the future. They can lead a new life because they can feel the breath of
a new era and are quick to accept a new
idea of the times.
Those young people who had studied the Juche idea earlier were given assignments to live in
various parts of
the country to perform their activities
to disseminate this idea among local youngsters.
It was in January 1974 that we began
activities for forming Juche study groups on a
nationwide scale under
the slogan, "Let us unfurl the
banner of Juche all over Japan !"
To this end, our colleagues went out to
such local areas where there were no study groups on the Juche
idea
and newly organized study groups by
themselves. In the case of university students, we sent them during their
summer vacations to various places of
Japan to develop their organizing activities. And after they graduated from
universities, we saw to it that they
moved to the same areas to consolidate the study groups they had organized.
Between 1974 and 1977 alone, such
persistent dispatch-and-migration organizing activities of ours were
continued by 100 groups involving 200
student-youth in total. As a result, we succeeded in organizing Juche study
groups throughout Japan in such a short
period of time as three years.
In March 1977, we declared that the
Japan Youth Juche Idea Study Society came to have its
affiliated local
organizations all over Japan. The
victory we won was attributable to the ardent enthusiasm and efforts displayed
by our youth and students. For instance,
our colleagues who were sent to certain local areas bought one-way
tickets and fended for themselves while
starting their activities. In the case of university students, they spent the
whole summer vacation for a month or two
engaging themselves in disseminating the Juche idea
in strange towns.
In the case of workers, they did so at
the cost of their positions in their home towns and found new jobs. Some
stayed where they were sent not for less
than one month, and some for as long as two years.
Thirty years have elapsed since youth
organizations for the study of the Juche idea were
set up throughout
Japan. Many of our colleagues have thus
remained ever since in the areas they were sent to develop their activity.
To Disseminate the Juche Idea among Broad
Sections of the Population
To cope with a new stage in which youth
study groups on the Juche idea were already
established throughout
Japan as I said before, we then focused
our efforts on the work to disseminate the Juche idea
among people from
all walks of life.
Our efforts to broaden the realm of our
activities as such resulted in an increase in students of the Juche idea
from various strata and of all ages who
included scholars, workers, teachers, women and the elderly.
As the study and dissemination of the Juche idea proceeded among broader sections of people, we
came to
employ a variety of activities.
They included performances of
traditional Japanese dances, dramas and songs and creation of novels and
other literary works. At the same time,
we started a variety of businesses as well.
Members of our local study groups rooted
themselves in the new offices, campuses or communities by
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working and thinking together with the
people around them so as to further promote the study and dissemination
of the Juche
idea.
Thus, on April 1, 1980, the Japan
Society for the Study of Kimilsungism was formed as a
national
organization, which was a declaration
that we would advance holding aloft the banner of Kimilsungism
and
continue to expand and consolidate the
ranks of its followers in the cause of changing Japanese society. It also
meant that our activity entered a new
phase: from the initial stage where the study and dissemination of the Juche
idea had been launched with youngsters
as a driving force to the new one where full-fledged activities came to be
started by broad sections of people
themselves.
In the Spirit of Self-reliance
Next, we developed our activity adhering
to the principle that we should solve all the problems facing us.
Every activity necessitates money. For
instance, all of you present here must have spent much money to visit
the DPRK
including travel expenses. This means that if you fail to solve everything
including the fund problem by
yourselves, you will have no other
choice but to depend on others in your activities.
In our case, activities for studying and
disseminating the Juche idea in Japan started with
solving the
financial problems by our own efforts.
This principle has remained unchanged ever since. Most of our income has
been covered by membership fees and
donations. Many a member in our study groups contribute not a small
portion of salaries they receive in
order to keep developing their activities on their own. And some are running
businesses to donate much of the
proceeds to facilitate the activities for studying and disseminating the Juche idea.
For instance, we set up a publishing
house many years ago as a part of our business. However, the process of
building it was that of struggles on our
part to create something out of nothing. In fact, no one of us had any
experience in such a business.
Nevertheless, our colleagues in charge of the work made their way. They did
acquire printing technique, purchased a
printing machine, often proofreading manuscripts through the night and
published books with utmost care and
attention.
We have translated the works of
President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong
Il. The two leaders
works that have been printed in Korean
in the DPRK have not always been translated into
other languages. You
need to wait, therefore, until many of
the latest works, in particular, are put into foreign languages for us to study
them. The situation being such, our
colleagues have taught themselves to master the Korean language so that they
may translate the original texts by
importing them from the DPRK, instead of waiting
until they are printed in
Japanese in the country.
We also established nursery schools and
private after-school classes in preparation for the day when our
colleagues would get married and have
children to rear so that they might be able to not only continue their
activities but also educate their
children as they wished. Those children, who have been educated in a collective
in
such educational institutions filled
with human warmth by our colleagues, are developing into trustworthy
successors to their parents committed to
the study and dissemination of the Juche idea.
Performing Activities in Conformity with the Reality of
Next, we have performed our activities
to study and disseminate the Juche idea in accordance
with the actual
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conditions in
In performing activities in
attractive for us to follow. To take the
DPRK s holidays or celebration events for example, we
have some
members occasionally join in such
events. But we put more emphasis on Japanese events so as to link our
activities more closely to the reality
of
When it comes to some expressions and
wording peculiar to the DPRK, we tend to avoid using
them as they
are and change them so that they may fit
in with the Japanese way and the feelings of the Japanese people.
Enhancement of Mutual Cooperation among Research Groups
Next, we have seen to it that all Juche idea research groups perform their activities by
maintaining close
cooperation with one another.
At present, there are three Juche idea-related national organizations in
Council of Societies for the Study of
the Juche Idea; the
of Kim Jong Il
Works; and the
organizations, there are various groups
intended to promote friendship with the DPRK
including the
Committee in Support of the Independent
and Peaceful Reunification of
for Cultural Exchange.
These organizations used to perform
activities separately in their early days and thus had failed to establish
mutual cooperative relations with one
another. Then, we researchers of the Juche idea
appealed to these groups to
work together and enhance cooperation
among them based on mutual respect.
As a result, the three said national Juche idea research organizations became able to work more
effectively
than ever before by promoting mutual
cooperation among them while making full use of the characteristics of
each organization. The Japan National
Liaison Council of Societies for the Study of the Juche
Idea comprises
local groups with each region as a unit.
It can be said, therefore, that this national organization is an alliance of
regional groups, whereas the Japan
National Liaison Council of Societies for the Study of Kim Jong
Il Works is a
national organization composed of
affiliated local study groups throughout
Study of Kimilsungism
is a national organization which enrolls students of
the Juche idea as individuals. These
three national organizations have
further intensified their activities by helping one another, while striving to
strengthen the overall movement in
Practical Activities for Making Ones Own Country Independent and
Democratized
Next, we have been actively pushing
ahead with the practical activities to make
democratic in the real meaning of the
words not simply by studying and disseminating the Juche
idea but by
applying it to the reality of
It may be safe to say that the Juche idea is not an idea solely for
people of the rest of the world to make
their countries independent to realize their happiness and to make the
world an independent community where
people may live in peace. The vitality of the Juche
idea lies, in the final
analysis, in the extent to which it may
awaken the people of each nation to be a powerful entity and in how much
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it can contribute to developing each
country as well as to promoting mutual cooperation among nations.
We, members of Juche
idea research groups in
independent and remake it, and for this
purpose a variety of campaigns commenced. It was in the 1980s that an
organization to develop a mass movement
intended to realize an independent
initiative. This organization has ever
since unleashed various forms of relevant movements. Such
campaigns have
been conducted, however, to fit in with
the reality of Japanese society and in a way that paid heed to the feelings
of the Japanese public, without using
the words the "Juche idea". Meanwhile,
we have published
a theoretical
quarterly journal which carries articles
and essays written by noted personages from various strata who advocate
the principle of independence, as well
as a monthly newspaper, both of which have won many readers.
In
of Ainus, an
indigenous people, by drawing on their own strength. As
for Okinawa, the southernmost islands
of
forces are concentrated on that small
land group. Our colleagues on
have conducted campaigns calling for the
withdrawal of
residents of
Among our members, workers remain active
in their labour unions; farmers are striving to create comfortable
rural communities; and teachers are
winning more colleagues for educational reform at schools. Our colleagues
engaged in caring for the elderly are
not only working in nursing homes for the aged run by themselves but also
serving others who are not enrolled in
such facilities.
In February this year, a big gathering
was held in
themselves, in which many physically
impaired and unimpaired youngsters took part. This event was sponsored
by members of our Juche
study groups.
Some become candidates running for local
assembly membership. And we are also actively engaged in local
election campaigns in different parts of
As a result of our activities as seen
above, we have demonstrated the validity and vitality of the Juche idea
and more and more people have come to
learn the idea in earnest and become interested in the Korean affairs.
Solidarity with the Korean People and Other Progressive Peoples of the
World
Next, we have developed our activities
to support the Korean people in their struggle and strengthen
solidarity with them.
We have attached great importance to
encouraging as many Japanese people as possible to visit the DPRK
before anything else. Then, we request
those visitors themselves to speak before many people of
they have experienced in that country.
We have also launched a variety of activities to promote solidarity with the
DPRK such as to invite delegations from the DPRK, introduce art activities in the country or develop a
movement
in support of
In the meantime, we have intensified our
activities in solidarity with progressive peoples of the world as well
as with various organizations to study
and disseminate the Juche idea all over the world.
When the
organized rallies and participated
almost daily in demonstrations in protest against the American aggression. We
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did the same at the time of the American
attack on
When academic meetings on the Juche idea were held in various places of the world, we,
Japanese students
of the Juche
idea, have had our representatives participate in such events as much as
possible. Entering
the 21st
century, we dispatched several people
from our side to
seminars on the Juche
idea, respectively.
On the other hand, we are very much
interested in receiving guests from various parts of the world to
promote mutual exchange on the
experiences accumulated in the study of the Juche
idea. For these years, we had
visitors from India and Ecuador for that
purpose. Some day in the future, too, we hope we can see you again in
your countries or in Japan to promote
exchange of experiences with each other. Also we look forward to seeing
you again in Pyongyang or in any other
third countries.
During the course of our activities to
study and disseminate the Juche idea, we have come to
have more and
more invaluable comrades in the world,
with whom we can share everything for life.
I am very happy to have a heartwarming meeting with all of you today. I
sincerely hope that this
meeting will
be an opportunity to forge our ties for
the future.
Learning in Depth from the Teachings of President Kim Il Sung and
General Secretary Kim Jong Il
Dear comrades and friends, who have come
from various countries of the world,
On the occasion of the Sun's Day, I am
looking back with deep emotions the teachings of President
Kim Il Sung. As in the case of many
other students of the Juche idea in the world, I have
been able to perform my
activity thanks to the great affection
President Kim Il Sung extended to me.
I had an opportunity to meet President
Kim Il Sung around 1980. Until that time we had known little about
General Secretary Kim Jong Il. So I earnestly requested President Kim Il Sung to
tell us more about General
Secretary Kim Jong
Il and to have more works authored by him be printed so that foreign people
could read them.
President Kim Il Sung accepted this
request of us and spared no effort in providing relevant assistance and
cooperation to us ever since.
The President would tell us about
General Secretary Kim Jong Il's
great qualities as a leader and encouraged
us by convincing us that victory and
glory were to be ours as long as we advanced with General Secretary
Kim Jong Il.
Today, the Korean people are staging
vigorous struggles to take over and complete the cause exploited by the
late President Kim Il Sung under the
leadership of General Secretary Kim Jong Il.
As the reality in Iraq shows, many
countries of the world have no means of effectively countering the
aggressive machinations on the part of
U.S. imperialism, and are desperately in search of how to promote
nation-building. The
frustrating such malignant intentions on
the part of the
mapped out by General Secretary Kim Jong Il. Moreover, they are engaged in transforming their
country into a
powerful and rich socialist nation.
We students of the Juche
idea believe that it is important for us to develop the study and dissemination
of the
Juche idea, while paying due attention to the
struggle of the Korean people led by General Secretary Kim Jong
Il.
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Let Us Develop Our Activities to Match a New Phase with Youth at the
Vanguard
Then, let me briefly mention what we
believe is important in studying and disseminating the Juche
idea
which has reached a new phase.
In
to study and disseminate the Juche idea. "Full-time workers means" those
people who take responsibility for such
activities by leaving universities or
jobs on their own accord. Recognizing the significance of the position and role
of the activities to study and
disseminate the Juche idea in terms of social
movements, we introduced a full-time
working system from the early stage of
our activities.
Japanese students of the Juche idea have independent offices as bases for their
activities. Each
office has
telephone and computers, so you can make
contact with them at any time from any part of the world.
There are some publications we have
issued. They include a monthly newspaper entitled "The Juche
Idea"
and a quarterly journal "The Study
of Kimilsungism". And occasionally we publish
books as needed. Intensifying
publication activities is of great
importance for all Juche idea research groups and for
new types of groups
intended to apply the Juche idea to the specific conditions of a given country.
Next, I would like to introduce how we
are studying the Juche idea.
It has been made obligatory for core
members of all our study groups to attend a study meeting every week.
Ordinary members are also obligated to
attend a study meeting once a week. At the same time,
they provide
learning opportunities to other people
in such a form as an open study meeting once a month on a regular basis,
and sponsor large-scale seminars several
times a year.
At the study meetings, they learn the
histories of revolutionary activities and ideas of President Kim Il Sung
and General Secretary Kim Jong Il, analyse the situation of
they can and should do to contribute to
transforming
They also hold regular meetings. At each
meeting, the leader of a study group proposes the tasks to be
fulfilled in different fields by the
members concerned, and reviews at the next meeting the fulfilment of the
assigned tasks and suggests the new
undertakings accordingly.
Conferences and study meetings are
usually held on weeknight once a week. They
may take place on
Saturdays or Sundays. They use summer or
winter vacations to hold a meeting for study and exchange, staying at
a resort hotel for a couple of days.
Members of Juche
idea study groups are operating various businesses while developing activities
to study
and disseminate the Juche
idea and applying it to the reality in
To take some examples, a graduate from
the medical department of a university has established a private
clinic and is serving the local
community in cooperation with nurses who are also members of a study group.
Some have set up a kindergarten or a
nursery school in order to nurse babies and take care of children with
warmth and sincerity. Some others are
operating nursing homes for the aged.
A woman member has set up a school of classical
Japanese dancing for the purpose of studying,
disseminating and preserving classical
art performances. Another member is engaged in preserving and
developing local traditional art
performances on a daily basis.
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anything, including the Juche idea in a friendly and warm atmosphere, while
relishing Japanese dishes.
What we have especially emphasized in
developing our activities now is that youth and students should stand
in the vanguard in the work to study and
disseminate the Juche idea as we had done in the
early stages.
It is against this background that a
separate delegation of Japanese youth and students has visited the DPRK
this time. And in the upcoming summer, a
delegation composed of Japanese youngsters only plans to make a visit
to the DPRK.
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work independently and successfully.
Many youth and students in local areas are also enrolled in organizations
concerned to study and disseminate the Juche idea.
I think it is of great importance for
you all here from various parts of the world to promote mutual exchanges
among youth and students and thus
strengthen their activities.
Youth and students are expected and
required to lead the activities to study and disseminate the Juche idea,
the guiding idea of the 21st century.
I look forward to the day when we can
meet again to exchange the experiences we will have gained in the
process of developing our work with the
same mind to gain fruitful successes.
I wish you to make new successes in your
countries by helping each other and taking care of yourselves.
Thank you very much for your kind attention.
(A lecture given at the People s
