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Building of Economic Power Called for

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

   Pyongyang, September 7 (KCNA) -- The work to lay a material and economic foundation of socialism is closely related to the work to consolidate the socialist system such as augmenting the political and ideological might, building up its military position and stepping up cultural construction, says Rodong Sinmun Friday in a signed article.
    Nothing is more important for the DPRK than building an economic power now that it has unbreakable single-minded unity and powerful national defence capacity, the article says, and goes on:
    To dynamically step up the construction of an economic power is an important political work aimed at helping the people enshrine firm faith in socialism and an important work to encourage them to fully demonstrate the independent dignity of Korean-style socialism.
    It also provides a sure guarantee for foiling the imperialists' sanctions and blockade and firmly defending the socialist system.
    Absolute and unshakable is the Korean people's faith in socialism.
    Only when the building of an economic power is energetically stepped up to enable the people to lead a happy life with nothing to desire more in the world will their shouts of "Long live Korean-style socialism!" ring out louder on this land and will the political and ideological basis of the socialist system grow stronger than ever before.
    Korean-style socialism based on the Juche idea is demonstrating its dignity all over the world as socialism with strong Juche character and national identity.
    It was thanks to the powerful military power and the solid independent economic foundation that the DPRK has firmly maintained the independent stand in politics and reliably defended Korean-style socialism despite worldwide political upheavals and economic fluctuation and fully exercised independence in external relations.
    The DPRK has firmly protected socialism to the last, foiling the enemies' sanctions and blockade despite the worst adversity, an object of the world's big concern, because it laid a solid economic foundation with much effort long ago and has waged a bold offensive to build an economic power in a do-or-die spirit.