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National Seminar Held on Exploits Performed by Three Generals in Leadership over Youth Movement

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

    Pyongyang, January 16 (KCNA) -- A national seminar on the exploits performed by the three generals of Mt. Paektu in the leadership over the youth movement took place at the April 25 House of Culture Monday on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League. Presented at the seminar were six papers that made a profound scientific and theoretical explanation of the undying leadership exploits performed by the three generals of Mt. Paektu in pioneering, strengthening and developing the Korean youth movement.
    The floor was taken by Kim Kyong Ho, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League, anti-Japanese revolutionary fighter Kim Ok Sun, Kim Jong Suk, editor-in-chief of Minju Joson, Kim Yong Sik, first secretary of the Committee of the Korean People's Army of the Youth League, and others.
    Speakers at the seminar noted that President Kim Il Sung who established the glorious tradition of the Juche-oriented youth movement in the period of the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle laid down the line of building the popular and monolithic youth organization even under so difficult and complicated situation right after the liberation of Korea and proclaimed the foundation of the Democratic Youth League to the world on January 17, Juche 35 (1946).
    Recalling that Kim Il Sung gave a genuine origin to the Juche-oriented youth movement, set an example of world historic significance in building revolutionary youth organizations and strengthened and developed the youth league to be an organization intensely loyal to the Party and the revolutionary cause, they stressed that his revolutionary exploits would shine forever.
    They explained the immortal leadership feats Kim Jong Il has performed by putting up the slogan "Love the Youth!" and placing the work of the youth league on a new higher stage as required by the developing revolution.
    Pointing out that Kim Jong Il was the first in history to formulate the idea and theory of the youth movement based on the revolutionary outlook on the leader, they noted that he made sure that the youth league was renamed the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League and has strengthened and developed it into the youth organization of the President, the reliable ranks of members of the young vanguard of Songun by providing wise leadership and showing profound care for it.
    The path of victory and glory covered by the youth league is closely associated with the undying exploits performed by anti-Japanese war hero Kim Jong Suk who performed distinguished feats in establishing the glorious revolutionary tradition of the Korean youth movement and energetically led the work of the youth league after liberation, they added.
    They called upon all the officials of the youth league and other young people to resolutely uphold and glorify the undying exploits performed by the three generals of Mt. Paektu in developing the Korean youth movement and accomplish generation after generation the revolutionary cause of Juche that started in the Paektu forest, true to the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il.
    Present at the seminar were Kim Jung Rin, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, participants in the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the youth league and members of the delegation of Korean youths and students in Japan and the delegation of the Youth Federation of Korean Nationals in China.