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Rodong Sinmun on Songun Idea

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

   Pyongyang, October 6 (KCNA) -- Songun idea is an idea of giving importance to the army and military affairs as it clarifies the position and role of the army in the revolutionary struggle for independence. Juche idea considers it as its basic requirement to fully realize the independence of the popular masses and the Songun idea indicates the way of most thoroughly meeting this requirement of the Juche idea. Rodong Sinmun today says this in a by-lined article. It continues:
    The Songun idea overcame the limitations of the preceding theory which viewed the conditions of the social revolution with main emphasis on its objective and economic factors and clearly elucidated the profound truth that revolution means army building and vice versa. A rifle serves as the most treasured sword to be held tightly in the whole course of revolutionary struggle to realize the independence of the masses.
    A rifle serves as a powerful weapon for achieving the social and political independence of the people by rejecting national and class subjugation and an effective treasured sword to smash the imperialists' policies of aggression and war and advance the masses' cause of independence.
    It is the immutable truth of revolution clarified by the Songun idea of the Workers' Party of Korea that tremendous military power alone guarantees the sovereignty and independence of the country and the nation and a victory of socialism and attaching importance to the army is the best way of achieving the popular masses' independence and carving out their destiny.