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Rodong Sinmun on Songun Idea

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, June 16 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today runs an editorial article calling upon the Workers' Party of Korea, servicepersons and people of Korea to regard Juche-based Songun idea of leader Kim Jong Il as the eternal lifeline of the Korean revolution and accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche. The article says:
    The Songun idea represents an ideological banner that provides a sure guarantee for the victory of the socialist cause and the most powerful weapon for foiling the double-dealing tactics of the imperialists aimed to destroy socialism politically and militarily.
    The armed forces in the revolutionary cause of Songun display matchless strength as they are strong in idea and faith. They serve as an all powerful treasured sword capable of coping with any strategy of the enemies.
    The Songun idea is the revolutionary strategy with which to increase the driving force in every way with the revolutionary army as the mainstay, the army standing guard over the most vital line in defending socialism and the most revolutionary, militant and powerful contingent of society. The idea represents a revolutionary line on dynamically pushing ahead with the overall socialist construction on the principle of putting priority to military affairs.
    The army represents the banner of independence and prosperity that all the countries and nations should hold aloft in preserving the Juche character and national identity in our era and a powerful weapon to establish fair international relations on the basis of equality and mutual respect.
    The idea calls for attaching importance to the army and projecting it as it fights for justice and independence against imperialism and loves the country, the nation and the people, while maintaining principle and merciless towards the enemy. It is a great idea, strategy and method to honorably defend the sovereignty of the country and nation and transform nature, society and man in conformity with the demand and desire of the popular masses for independence at present.
    All the people should cherish the faith that the strict application of the Songun idea provides a sure guarantee for defending the sovereignty of the nation and increasing the national power and prepare themselves as the absolute followers and steadfast defenders of the idea and carry it into practice to the letter so as to consolidate the singlehearted unity of the revolutionary ranks based on the idea.
    Today we attach importance to military affairs in order to defend the valuable system and idea, the products of the blood and sweat shed by the people, not to threaten others. As we value our own sovereignty, we respect that of other country and nation. Just is our Party's line of attaching importance to military affairs because it is the line to defend the dignity and sovereignty of the people and the gains of the revolution by reacting to the enemy's hardline policy with the toughest policy.
    Today military power precisely means economic power and vice versa.
    We should pay primary attention to the development of the defence industry in the 21st century to provide a military and technological guarantee for the security of the socialist homeland and the victory of the revolution and develop both light industry and agriculture with it as a model and basis.