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WPK's Sixty-year-long History Lauded

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

    Pyongyang, October 10 (KCNA) -- Papers here Monday editorially stress that the 60-year-long history of the Workers' Party of Korea is a glorious history which has recorded great victories and epochal changes. Rodong Sinmun says that the WPK has been strengthened into the party of Kim Il Sung, its founder, for tens of years and is now demonstrating its dignity as a revolutionary party intensely loyal to his cause.
    The history of the WPK is a glorious one as it has left the most brilliant trace in the popular masses' noble cause for independence and socialism, the cause of building a revolutionary party in our era, the editorial says, and goes on:
    History has never seen such a patriotic party as the WPK which has creditably discharged its noble mission and duty for the nation, weathering through the hardships of the times, such a promising and revolutionary party as the WPK which has victoriously pioneered the road ahead of the country and the revolution with rich fighting experience and seasoned leadership.
    The history of the WPK has set an example of the times in party building and activities along the unique road indicated by the Juche idea. The history of the Party building is characterized by the building of an organizational backbone for founding the party and a mass foundation with a steadfast Juche-based stand and on Songun principle and by the unique settlement of all theoretical and practical problems arising in the party building and activities at every stage as required by the Korean revolution and the specific reality of the country.
    The history of the WPK is a proud history in which the cause of man-centered socialism has been successfully led and epoch-making changes brought about.
    The Party is proud of having developed Korea, a backward colonial and semi-feudal state even in the mid-20th century, into a strong country, independent in politics, self-sustaining in economy and self-reliant in national defence, and of having created and defended a new socialist life most advantageous in the world.
    The history of the WPK is a dignified one as it has firmly maintained its revolutionary character and principle despite grim trials. The Party has waged the struggle, considering the Juche idea and principle set forth by President Kim Il Sung and the revolutionary traditions of Mt. Paektu as its lifeline in the whole course of its history.
    The Korean revolution has experienced unprecedented hardship but the Party has always maintained its transparent and steadfast stand to defend its idea and principle and the basic interests of the people.
    The passage of times, the replacement of generations and worldwide political tempest and hardships could never change the revolutionary character of the WPK that has been consolidated in its long history.
    The biggest pride of the WPK's history lies in that the Party has been built in a prospective way so as to accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche which started with the foundation of the "Down-with-Imperialism Union."
    The high honor and dignity of the Party as the party of Kim Il Sung is infinitely shining thanks to the undisputed authority and political ability of leader Kim Jong Il.
    The Party is now demonstrating its honor as an invincible militant party which guides the popular masses' cause of independence, the Juche cause of socialism to a brilliant victory under the banner of Songun.
    The Party is a great guide which brightly illumines the way of the popular masses' cause of independence, the cause of socialism in the new century with its invincible Songun revolutionary idea and line.
    Thanks to the Songun leadership of the great Party, the Korean army and people are fully confident and optimistic about future and the country is demonstrating its dignity as an invincible country strong in ideology, a homeland of the Songun politics in the era of independence. The Party is the party of an impregnable fortress in which the whole party has formed an organizational integral whole, an integral whole of steadfast idea and will on the basis of the spirit of devotedly defending the headquarters of the revolution.
    Kim Jong Il, the supreme brain of the Songun revolution, is leading the WPK and loyal party members firmly equipped with the spirit of devotedly defending the headquarters of the revolution are forming an iron wall around him.
    The Party is demonstrating its might as a revolutionary party which reliably defends the independent dignity of the country and ushers in a brilliant new era of national prosperity in reliance upon the strong military might.
    The Party led by Kim Jong Il, a great master of revolutionary party building and a veteran statesman for the century, will always demonstrate its honor as a dignified and powerful revolutionary party which steers the era of independence in the van.
    The editorial calls on all the party members, KPA soldiers and people to uphold Kim Il Sung as eternal leader of the Party and revolution for all ages and eternally glorify his revolutionary history and exploits.
    Saying that it is the basic mission of the Party to thoroughly apply Kim Jong Il's Songun idea and leadership, the editorial stresses the need to wage a vigorous struggle to model the whole party and society on the Songun idea of Juche and consolidate the Songun revolutionary unity of the entire party and the whole army and all the people around the headquarters of the revolution.