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Korean Revolution Developing under Banner of Independence

KCNA

    Pyongyang, October 16 (KCNA) -- October 17 is the 77th anniversary of the Down-With Imperialism Union (DIU). The DIU, organized by President Kim Il Sung, was the first revolutionary organization of Juche type in Korea.
    Since it held aloft the banner of independence, the Korean revolution has traversed the course replete with victory and glory for nearly 80 years.
    While leading the revolution, Kim Il Sung had strictly adhered to the principle of independently shaping and implementing all policies by the Korean nation itself in accordance with the demand and interest of the Korean revolution.
    He advanced policies of anti-imperialist, anti-feudal democratic revolution, foundation of an independent party, armed struggle, united front, etc. in the period of the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle. All of them made it possible to reject flunkeyism, dogmatism and imitation and adhere to the principle of independence for the first time in the leadership over the revolution and construction.
    After the liberation of the country, he shaped in a unique way the policy of building the Party, state and army, the policy of all democratic reforms and the policy of intellectuals. He also put forward the policy of putting the socialist transformation of the economic form above the technical reconstruction and the basic line of socialist economic construction -- simultaneously developing light industry and agriculture while giving priority to the growth of heavy industry -- according to the will of the Korean people.
    From the independent view of point, he laid down and implemented all the lines and policies including the general line of socialist construction with the ideological, technical and cultural revolutions as the main content.
    It was entirely thanks to the revolutionary line of independence, self-reliance and self-supporting in defence set forth by him that Korean socialism has advanced successfully, unaffected by the complicated situation and the political vortex which swept the globe.
    Today the Korean revolution is victoriously forging ahead along the road indicated by the independent and unique revolutionary line based on the Songun idea advanced by leader Kim Jong Il.