Kim il sung used the juche ideology and its emphasis on the supreme importance of man and its message of selfsufficiency to stir up nationalism and revolutionary energy in the north korean people. Kim ilsung, on our partys juche ideology and several issues about the dprk governments domestic and foreign policy, the selected writings of kim ilsung, 6. Kim il sung and kim jong il collected works online. We informed him of the efforts of south koreabased us writer b r myers to smear the great juche idea, tarnish the dprks reputation and undermine support for the dprk. According to these sources the earliest mention of juche was in a june 30, 1930 speech by kim ilsung, who was then 18 years old. Kim ilsung, the answer to the question raised by the chief editor of the ghanian governments organ ghana times, the selected writings of kim ilsung, 8. Dogmatism and formalism and establishing juche in ideological work, kim.
Full text of revolution and socialist construction in. Full text of the literary ideas of kim il sung and kim. History of revolutionary activities of president kim il sung 2010 anecdotes of kim il sungs life, vol. Kim il sung made a historic speech the mission and main task of the korean. The speeches and writings of kim il sung kim il sung, li yuksa, li yuksa, eldridge cleaver on. Note that documents are in pdf according to international standard isoiec 320001. In july 1994, kim ilsung, president of north korea died. In 1998 the former north korean operative kim yonggyu, who was then working at a research institute in south korea, put out a 36page paper entitled kim il sungs secret teachings in regard to operations against the south kim ilsong ui taenam kongjak kwallyon pimil kyosi. After four years of deliberations, an arms for uranium pact was signed between the two in 20. On the establishment of the workers party of north korea and the question of founding the workers party of south korea 1946 on eliminating dogmatism and formalism and. Learn more about kims life and career in this article. Selected writings of kim il sung see other formats.
Kim il sungs son, kim jong il published major works on juche philosophy throughout the 1970s, and major works in 1982 and more. Their work reveals that, with the death of stalin in 1953, international communism lacked a strong central figure for kim to follow. He was the countrys premier from 1948 to 1972, chairman of its dominant korean workers party from 1949, and president and head of state from 1972. Kim il sung celebrated his 80th birthday in april 1 2, the last surviving. This thesis attempts to answer the questions of why and how juche ideology and the cult of personality surrounding kim ilsung were successfully implemented in north korea. Unfortunately, there is only one book translated and published in greece, with 8 kim il sung speeches, and it is outofstock. Tasks of the peoples government in modeling the whole of society on the juche idea. Kim ilsung and christianity in north korea journal of. Visitors to the offices of highranking officials in robert mugabes beleaguered government in recent weeks have noticed the same book open for study.
Juche ideology, created by founder kim ilsung, governs all aspects of north korean society. Sovietdprk relations and the roots of north korean despotism, 1953. Kim il sung quotes author of the selected works of kim il. Kim il sung on eliminating dogmatism and formalism and establishing juche in ideological work speech to party propagandists and agitators december 28, 1955. It was even reported in 2007 that members of mugabes government began reading the book, juche. Generally understood as a unique north korea concoction of different philosophical elements, juche is considered by many as the guiding force behind north koreas behavior in foreign.
Full text of revolution and socialist construction in korea. This article is within the scope of wikiproject korea, a collaborative effort to build and improve articles related to korea. Internationally, kim il sung used the juche ideology as a justification for the elimination of the influence of the ussr and the prc. The speeches and writings of kim il sung kim il sung, li yuksa, li yuk sa, eldridge cleaver on. On kim yonggyus the secret teachings of kim il sung. The juche religion north korea international politics. On eliminating dogmatism and formalism and establishing. The speeches and writings of kim il sung, to better understand north koreas eternal president and subsequently their own leader. The word juche is probably one of the most frequently associated with the north, making appearances in much of the research about and news coverage of north korea.
Grace lee 105 korea the political philosophy of juche. C this article has been rated as cclass on the projects quality scale. It was the literary output attributed to him that did more than anything else to popularise the concept of the juche idea authored by his. In 1935, kim took the name kim il sung, meaning kim become the sun. Marshal kim ii sung, legendary hero of the peoples democratic republic of korea and all third worlders, heretofore an enigma to the west, now comes to us in his own speeches, party writings, and interviews, revolving around the theme of juche pronounced choo che, i. Professor kim was shocked to hear that myers has peddled the myth that the juche idea is based on racial nationalism. In exchange for arms and ammunition of unspecified quantities, the north koreans.
On eliminating dogmatism and formalism and establishing juche. I should have originally mentioned, this is not an official translation. The kim il sung and kim jong il elibrary is provided by the korean friendship. Some may actually believe this stuff, but its more that they want to understand where the president is coming from, one insider told me. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. A typical definition, offered in a book entitled comrade kim il sung, an ingenious thinker and theoretician, says the juche idea is a powerful ideotheoretical weapon with which all. Once kim il sung died in 1994, his son, kim il jong, whom he chose to be his successor, was in power of north korea. The speeches and writings of kim il sung by ilsong kim book kim il sung in the khrushchev era. The speeches and writings of kim il sung by marshal. It is a historical analysis of the formation of the north korean state that considers developments from the late 19th century to. To the guy looking for a few zingy quotes to spice up a speech. He added to the juche religion and stated that his father must be worshipped along with himself as the son of god. However, some of kim il sungs major emendations occurred in 1967, and 1972 when it was written into the north korean constitution. Of course he was succeeded by his son, kim jongun that, although not yet thirty years old, is.
The government owned newspaper,the herald, published articles praising the successes of juche and north korea. But in contrast to their custom with other speeches, editors of kims works have. It postulates that man is the master of his destiny. The antijapanese armed struggle of the korean people, organized and waged under the personal leadership of comrade kim il sung. Full text of the literary ideas of kim il sung and kim jong il. On the establishment of the workers party of north korea and the question of founding the workers party of south korea 1946 on eliminating dogmatism and formalism and establishing juche in ideological work 1955. The speeches and writings of kim il sung the results of the agrarian reform and future tasks prodigy of human thinking sinnyonsa 1980nyon 1wol 1il the dprk represents genuine peoples power and is a banner of the unity and solidarity of the masses on the fivepoint policy for national reunification noson mondai kaiketsu no keiken on. The speeches and writings of kim il sung by ilsong kim 1972, hardcover at the best online. Its understandable, as juche is explained exceptionally poorly by most contemporary sources and understanding it takes some digging into the writings of kim ilsung and kim jongil, and for these reasons i wanted to make a post explaining juche as well. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. The political philosophy of juche grace lee introduction the political philosophy known as juche became the official autarkic state ideology of the democratic peoples republic of korea dprk.
Lankov 2002 and szalontai 2005 have provided indepth accounts of sovietnorth korean relations. For instructions on how use this banner, please refer to the documentation. Kim ilsung, communist leader of north korea from 1948 until his death in 1994. The ardent heart of the great leader of progressive mankind has ceased to beat.
Kim il crazypants sung, originally kim songju 15 april 1912 8 july 1994 is the great military leader who singlehandedly conquered the japanese with his bare hands the dead leader of north korea and the inventor of the juche cult ideology, a bizarre variant on stalinism that borders on unintentional selfparody, including declaring kimil sung to be eternal president of north. The speeches and writings of kim il sung, li yuksa ed. Kim il sung on eliminating dogmatism and formalism and establishing juche in ideological work. North korean sources trace the origins of juche to the 1930s. Zimbabwe, under the rule of despot robert mugabe, has long been a friend of the kim family and recently aided the north korean nuclear weapons program. It was the ideological and theoretical exploits of kim jong il, his son and successor, who took that central emphasis on independence and applied it to wider spheres such as philosophy to build a universalist ideological edifice around the juche idea. The dprk has, to my knowledge, published no transcript of the speech. Kim jong ils birthday is one of the biggest national holidays in the dprk and designated on february 16, 2012, it is called the day of the shining star.
I have been noticing a lot of interest surrounding juche as a political ideology, as well as a lot of confusion as to what juche actually is. Im also interested in finding good pieces of historic text, from kim il sung, kim jong il and wpk to attempt a translation to my native language greek. Kim il sung eventually began to teach the north koreans that there is no god and instead he must be worshipped. In 1956, kim ilsung declared juche to be the guiding principle of the north korean economy. After the devastation of the korean war, north korea began to rebuild its economy with a base in heavy industry, with the aim of becoming as selfsufficient as possible. Analysts often invoke north koreas juche ideology of selfreliance to explain everything from the countrys personality cult to its military belligerence. Talk with the panamanian journalist delegation, september 1, 1974 kim il sung.