#National Juche Party

[pasparal]

Abu Friday — ابو جمعة Source: National Juche Party (Twitter)

[themisinformer]

Kim Jong Un Debunks Rumors of Food Shortages By Showing off Slice of Bread

PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA - In a bold move aimed at quelling rumors of food shortages in the country, North Korea’s Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un, made a rare public appearance this week to display a single slice of bread during a Live Workers’ Party summit, proving once and for all that food in North Korea is plentiful.

Holding the slice of bread high in the air so everyone could see it, Kim would address citizens by proclaiming, “The western world and its media have been spreading vicious lies about our great nation. But look, right here! A slice of bread, fresh from our prosperous nation.”

In a speech that was broadcasted to state television, Kim declared the slice of bread as “a shining example of North Korea’s agricultural strength,” and reassured citizens that there are, indeed, many more slices of bread for all citizens to enjoy — somewhere.

Kim emphasized that the bread was of the highest quality, made from “the purest grains of the Juche ideology,” and claimed it was “more filling and nutritious than any western food.”

North Korean media has described the slice of bread as “a symbol of prosperity and abundance,” with some official reports claiming it could feed 12 whole people in the entire country due to its sheer density and flavor. According to reports, government scientists are already working on a groundbreaking new plan to use the slice of bread as a base ingredient for a day’s worth of family meals.

[legalkimchi]

It's weird to me when white leftists defend North Korea.

For one, they don't really know much about it. Mostly it is based off the assumption that if a nation is the enemy of the United States, they can't be that bad. They are just demonized by American propaganda.

I understand that impulse.

But as someone who does research north korea, I feel like you are missing the point and making yourself look... silly? You lose some credibility.

See, some of it comes from the want to defend a communist country. Except, north korea is not a communist country. Not even nominally. Under Kim Il Sung, it started to transition from Marxism to the state ideology of Juche Sasang.

Juche seems to have a foundation of Marxism, but it shifts into a hypernationalist, militaristic, quasi-religious ideology.

Juche sees itself as an evolution of Marxism. Think of how Christianity views Judaism. Juche is critical of the original Marxist koreans that founded the communist party of korea (the original cpk which proceeded the workers party of korea or WPK)

Kim il Sung purged most of the other leaders of the communist groups in the north after the korean war.

In subsequent years, Kim il Sung pushed Juche Sasang as the new ideology of the DPRK. This was associated with a push towards a "military first" approach. In fact, newer North Korean constitutions removed references to communism, and established Supreme leadership from the communist party, to the military.

This shift also pushed north korea into its current state of regime.

I can't stress this enough. North Korea is NOT a communist nation. The people do not own the means of production and do not direct the politics of the nation or the economy.

Rather, through Juche, the Supreme leader is the autocratic and absolute ruler. This isn't propaganda, this is from the DPRK constitution. This isn't conjecture, this is what the North Korean news says about itself. For English speaking folks, check out KCNA. That's north koreas state news service. (Aka their propaganda) this is their own messaging. (Though they say the Supreme leader speaks "for the people")

North Korea, by any political definition, is an fascist Monarchy.

An absolute, hereditary ruling family, that leads a military regime.

Please stop defending them because they used to be communist. It is not a great look.

I could go into the corruption of South Korea as well. Maybe another time.

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

December 17, 2011: Death of Comrade Kim Jong Il, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army.

"Under the banner of anti-imperialism and independence, the Workers' Party of Korea and the Korean people will firmly unite with the socialist countries, the international working class, the non-aligned nations and all the progressive people the world over, actively struggle for the victory of the Korean revolution and the world revolution, and creditably discharge their national and international duties.

"The cause of socialism and communism pioneered by Marx will emerge victorious without fail, and the ideal society of humanity where the Chajusong of all peoples are fully realized will surely come.

"As in the past, so in the future, our Party and our people will dynamically struggle to hasten the resplendent future of communism, holding aloft the revolutionary banner of Marxism-Leninism and the Juche idea."

- Kim Jong Il, Let Us Advance Under the Banner of Marxism-Leninism and the Juche Idea

[greatwyrmgold]

Something just occurred to me about the Imperial Scholars at Ostania's Eden Academy. They're called Imperial Scholars. As in, symbolically connected to an emperor or empire.

Ostania and Westalis are loosely analogous to East and West Germany. They're two similar countries on opposite sides of a great cold war, Ostania has undertones of communism in its propaganda, Westalis seems to be capitalistic, the maps we see put the two countries in a Germany-looking region, and they have "east" and "west" in their names.

I mention this obvious fact because East Germany destroyed its symbolic attachment to Prussian aristocracy and the Kaiser, trying to build a separate national identity out of the lower classes of German history. And a big part of this was the very same ideology that Ostania echoes, the idea that people should be treated equally and not privileged because of birth or wealth.

Now, obviously Ostania doesn't live up to that ideal. There's massive wealth disparity in both east and west, and Eden Academy is both evidence of this and helps perpetuate it across generations. It's a school for heirs of the rich and powerful, plus a few promising peasants.

But countries like East Germany try to pretend that these trends don't happen, that progeny of powerful Party members or what-have-you only get prominent political positions because they're the best for the job. (Good thing we capitalist countries don't have anything like that?) It's remarkable that Ostania is nominally egalitarian, but still promotes its imperial past like that.

There's always Occam's Razor, the "curtains are blue" argument. Maybe Tatsuya Endo just didn't put that much thought into the ideology of Ostania. And yeah, we don't see much evidence that Endo put as much thought into the ideology or history of Ostania as the characters inhabiting Berlint or the effects of the recent war.

But that feels like a lazy answer. What other answers could there be?

East Germany is not the only country to steep its propaganda in Marxist language. The USSR and PRC both tried to cut ties with their imperial pasts like East Germany. North Korea, not so much. North Korean Juche is a syncretic belief system combining elements of Confucianism, Christianity, Cheondoism (a modern Korean religion), and Mao's strain of Marxist-Leninism. Juche is a communist ideology that emphasizes the individual and the nation-state. I don't think I understand how it works, how all of this oil and water blends into one worldview, but I don't have to.

Juche developed under unusual circumstances. North Korea had to remain Communist for political reasons, but also had to legitimize the Kim dynasty's rule over Korea. That's how you get a people's republic ruled by a de facto god-king. (Half a century of isolation and propaganda don't hurt.)

What kind of pressure could make Ostania both emphasize its supposed egalitarian nature and celebrate its inegalitarian past? It probably isn't influence from a powerful ally like the USSR; by all indications, Ostania is at least a B-tier world power. And it probably isn't trying to justify any particular dynasty remaining in power; while there are Imperial Scholars, there's been no mention of an emperor. So it's kinda like the opposite of Juche? Maybe?

I feel like the back half of this post has just been me spinning my wheels, trying to think of a reason for Ostania to promote both superficial egalitarianism and bald-faced imperialism. Even with the irrelevant cul-de-sac digressions removed, it feels bloated yet barren.

I hope someone seeing this stuff from a different perspective can come up with an interesting idea, because mine clearly isn't working.

[crionic-soc]

To go along side my other article this is a visual mapping of the niece (Sic) far-right spaces I came across whilst exploring political groups on Robolix, with a focus on the group Patriot Imperium. The mapping in this chart also helps me piece together the links between these groups and bring together a wide range of data from a variety of sources. These images help build an ethnographic picture and provide an overview of what these small political spaces are like with in many cases this being an extension of phenomena, imagery and memes found in politifram. The material here has mainly been gathered from what's been published by Patriot Imperium followers on a variety of sites and social media. Much of it came from from YouTube clones such as BitChute or WorldTruthVideos which aren't moderated tightly.

Patriot Imperium and Anarcho Primitivism To get around bans Patriot Imperium appears to create puppet groups with a majority of these engaging with some form of anarcho primitivism or agrarianism. This links to an aspect of their ideology with their ex-leader being a fan of the esoteric neo-fascist Julius Evola's 'Revolt Against The Modern World' which denounces the regressive aspects of modern civilisation and instead argues for a traditionalist society. Using AnPrim groups as cover also giving them the potential to recruit given how well known the AnPrim position is online.

The SIEGE-pill As a group Patriot Imperium look to James Mason and his book SIEGE as and (sic) ideologue. SIEGE is an anthology of pro-Nazi essays and advocates for violent action to destablise society. The group partake in trying to SIEGE-pill other individuals on Roblox servers through signs, names and flags. The skull 'SIEGE mask' is also very popular with the Roblox group. The 'SIEGE mask' was popularised by the IRL neo-nazi group Atomwaffen, a source of inspiration for Patriot Imperium who's (sic) flag is inspired by the Atomwaffen flag. A Patriot Imperium follower even asked James Mason on a stream via paid donation what his opinion was on Patriot Imperium and name dropped the groups leader to which Mason replied that he hadn't heard of them.

National Jucheism Juche is the state ideology of North Korea described as an ultra-nationalist deviation of Marxist Leninism, its the banner and ideology of another puppet group used by Patriot Imperium followers. They are active on their YouTube channel which posts a variety of content for both Patriot Imperium and the Juchest party with these videos being very clearly marked out by the Juche and Khmer Rouge flags in their corners. The group also posts excessively about Pol Pot and the Cambodian Khmer Rouge party. They mesh Pol Pot thought with the anarcho primitivism discussed earlier to create the 'Anti-Urbanite Action' group which rallied against 'Glasses wearing urbanites'. [...]

The story of Patriot Imperium and the creation of the National Juche part is told through the National Juche YouTube channels aesthetic of overlaying 60s communist revolutionary films and music with text describing the groups Roblox actions. They often use the narration of these films to tell events that have happened in Robolox. The one below describes the leader of Patriot Imperium getting doxxed and the group being targeted bu the Roblox anti-fascist group Fifth International who are labelled as anti-revolutionary soldiers in the film. The Juche part is then described as carrying on the spirits of PI.

It's through the National Juche group that Patriot Imperium members came into contact with the Valkit party who's story is told in my other article. They interacted with the Valkist leader by exposing that previous to the Valkist party he had participated in breaking terms of service by putting up swastikas in the public nUSA server and interacting with figures KKK uniforms (sic). This was not done with the intention of making the server a better place but instead because PI followers saw these actions as encroaching on their job of causing chaos in server. This is again told through the National Juche Broadcasting style with this message overlaying a state mandated theatre performance from North Korea.

The current status of Patriot Imperium is ambiguous, according to the Fifth International wiki they've disbanded, but considering that in late January 2022 the Fifth Inernation (sic) wiki was comprimised and displayed swastikas, members doxxing and copy paste text about Big Chugus (sic) from know your meme, Patriot Imperium still appears active in some form. It seems that despite all the pressure against the group a section of dedicated players are clinging onto the name and trying to continue the legacy of PI. But activity promoting Patriot Imperium has grown more and more sparse in the last few months, it's unclear as to if these dedicated players will attempt to continue the Patriot Imperium name or maintain the same style of group with the same ideology under a different title and drop trying to promote PI.

[whatisonthemoon]

The Revolutionary Analysis on the Non-Socialist “DPRK”

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), or North Korea, is often promoted as “already existing socialism” by so-called “Marxist-Leninists,” however, Marxist-Leninist Maoist theorists have a different view. The guiding principle of the country, Juche, which emphasizes self-reliance and independence, is seen by Maoists as a deviation from Marxist principles of collective ownership and control of the means of production. Maoists also argue that the state's emphasis on centralization and authoritarian control, as well as its monopoly on power and control over the means of production, is counter to the ideals of socialism and indicative of state capitalism, rather than socialism. Maoists believe that the development of socialism requires a revolutionary struggle and the establishment of democratic and participatory structures, which are currently lacking in the DPRK. According to the Norwegian Maoist media group Tjen Folket, Juche has little in common with Marxism. “Juche is idealistic and has a religious character. The leadership is not working to spread revolution in the rest of the world. It has a friendly relationship with Chinese state capitalism and was strongly against the Cultural Revolution in Mao’s time.”

The August Incident, which took place in 1956, marked a turning point in the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and the Korean communist movement. The contradictions within the WPK reached a boiling point, resulting in the struggle between the left and right lines in the party. The Korean communist movement had its roots in the occupied Korean people's resistance against the expanding Japanese empire, with exiled Koreans joining the Communist Party of China. After World War II, the Soviet Union liberated the northern part of Korea while the US occupied the south, leading to the division of the country into a socialist north ruled by the WPK and a capitalist south ruled by the USA-backed Syngman Rhee.

Kim Il-Sung was elected chairman of the WPK a year before the Korean War and led a purge against the left line, which he saw as a threat. In 1956, Kim Il-Sung visited the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe with a state delegation, four months after Nikita Khrushchev’s secret speech where he broke with Stalin and Marxism-Leninism. The left line in the homeland attempted to address the right line's opportunism and revisionism, but they were outmaneuvered, purged, some even murdered. The August Incident solidified the right line's power and marked the end of the left line's influence in the WPK and the Korean communist movement. Though Maoist organizations hold a critical line on Juche and the Workers Party of Korea, some Maoists acknowledge the positive developments in the DPRK in terms of addressing social welfare concerns and advancing the rights of workers. The state's efforts to provide universal healthcare and education and its focus on economic self-sufficiency are seen as steps towards socialism. They have also provided material support the National Democratic struggle in the Philippines. Some Maoists view the DPRK as a progressive state, but not a fully socialist one.

The August Incident marked a turning point in the WPK and the Korean communist movement, solidifying the right line's power and ending the left line's influence. The views of Maoist theorists and the troubling events of the August Incident reveal that the political and economic conditions of the DPRK are complicated, but that at the root of their government’s problems is the economic isolation forced on them by the United States. While Marxist-Leninist-Maoists view the country as a progressive state, they acknowledge that it still has a way to go in terms of fully achieving socialism. 

[grigorianlive]

📢 THE BIG DICTATORS from the entire globe

Chapter 1

Before we start this heading in our blog, I’ll say as a side notice, that all dictatorships are bad. And sadly, there are thousands, billions of people affected by these regimes. It’s also bad that a lot of people are saying good stuff about such dictatorships - that means that they have been caught mentally by propaganda.

Here, I’ll be talking about some of the worst dictators and some mysteries behind them. We’ll start with Asian dictators.

Let’s take a start with Kim Jong Un and his family

North Korea | Communism in XXI century

On the photo: poster from “Hall of Shame” exhibition, hosted by Peter Grigorian in Munich, Germany with the “nuclear idiot” title behind. Peter Grigorian (c)

After the WW2, the Korean Peninsula was divided between USSR and Western block - the Korean Peninsula was occupied by Japanese fascists. The North Korea became the satellite of USSR, the South Korea became an independent country.

In 1950’s North Korea wanted to unite the entire Peninsula under the regiment of Pyonyang. And at the time, the situation in North Korea regarding economics, food, job, etc. was a lot better than on South. That’s why a lot of people (ironically) wanted to communists and fleet to North Korea - later all these people have regretfully breathed about their mistake made years earlier because the situation in South Korea got a lot better than at North and the country became one of the highest economics Centre in Asia and entire world.

What about the leaders? Well, the first leader of North Korea was the colonel of Soviet Army Kim II-sung - he began to officially rule the country in 1948. After his death in 1994 he was replaced by his son Kim Jong-il - he died in 2011 and was replaced with the current leader Kim Jong-Un.

As you see, North Korea is ruled by a dynasty of Kims. And if you’ll see the photos from North Korean communistic demonstrations closely, you’ll see the portraits only of two previous leaders of KPDR (Korean People’s National Republic) - they are called as the “stars of nation” in North Korean propaganda. Well most of historians relate this phenomenon to the term of personality cult, but this is a little bit wrong and here’s why.

Let’s take it to simplicity. See, the personality cult takes place when the government wants to take people’s attention on one person - they constantly put the portraits of the leader, write the songs glorifying the leader and some long and boring speeches with the same context. But in case with KPDR, the Kim Jong Un is not shown on portraits - although Kim Jong Un is called the sun of nation among KPDR citizens, KPDR propaganda mostly talks about the beginner of this glorious golden dynasty - the Kim II-sung. This is called the family dynasty cult.

What about the people who don’t follow the communistic ideals of the country? Well, those are sent to concentration camps (let’s call them CCs). Remember Goulag in USSR? Well, in KPDR there are a lot more of these. Here’s the information what is available on the Internet.

On the photo: the map of the North Korean CCs. Translation: geschlossen (DE) -> closed, aktiv (DE) -> active, Leute (DE) -> people. Peter GRIGORIAN (c)

The CCs in KPDR contain of two zones - with high and low control. The high control zone is for people who are not worth (according to KPDR’s ideology Juche) having freedom - they are kept in the CC all the way until the prisoners die. In such zones, Pyonyang puts the people who have prepared the anticommunist rebellion, prepared the assassination of the KPDR’s leader or someone else among Communist Party, etc. The Low Control zone has a lot of similarities with the high control zone, but there are two differences: because of the people in high control zone are not worth of life and Juche ideology, there are no portraits in the territory, whereas in the low control zone has all the symbolics of KPDR, including portraits of Kim II-sung and Kim Jong-il. Also, in a low control zone, there’s a chance that you may legally leave this place in a while.

Conclusion: as we already confirmed, Korean People’s Democratic Republic is not people’s democratic at all - it’s a communistic dictatorship in style of Stalin but with other element on the place of the variable {x} in personality cult formula we discussed earlier in this blog.

Thanks for reading =) Hope you liked it!

P.S. all articles of The Big Dictators thread will be marked with #thebigdictatorsshow tag for you not to miss our next articles in this thread!

[cult-of-the-girl-offensive]

On North Korea

Dear Tumblr,

Please consider that the following positions are all internally consistent:

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea had greater initial legitimacy than South Korea. It was also a Marxist-Leninist party-state modelled after the USSR in many ways.

The DPRK launched an invasion of South Korea, in part motivated by South Korean killings of Communists and other progressives, and in part motivated by nationalism and an ideological drive to unite the peninsula.

The Korean War was characterized by roaming death squads which slaughtered large numbers of civilians suspected of ideological disloyalty en masse, often following close behind the frontlines.

America spent a large amount of time, money, and ordinance obliterating almost all of North Korea's infastructure during the Korean War, killing millions of civilians.

Post-war, an American garrison has consistently remained in South Korea, and South Korea's nationalist regime embarked on an American funded program of industrialization.

Kim Il-Sung outmaneuvered and purged his pro-Chinese and pro-Soviet rivals within the Workers Party of Korea, and established Kimilsungism as the guiding ideology of the state.

Both Koreas remained highly militarized states with a tight grip on their population, and both propagandized the war they thought would inevitably restart.

North Korea, as the more industrialized part of the peninsula, and the one led by a leadership who actually implemented things like "universal healthcare" initially had a stronger economy and noticeably higher standard of living.

South Korea's technocratic industrial strategy however, as dependent as it was on global market access and the deliberate repression of workers, had greater success than North Korean voluntarism, even if both regimes initially focused on heavy industry.

The North Korean government was active in supporting third world anti-colonial struggles and for a time became somewhat of an international socialist icon.

Tendencies towards personalist rule in North Korea were reinforced by Kim Jong-Il's ascendency and the formalization of Juche as state ideology, which failed to address growing cracks in the state.

In South Korea a brutal and often violent struggle for liberal democracy against military rule eventually won out, bolstered by America's relaxation of its grip following the end of the Cold War (see American foreign policy documents on "controlled democratization" in Latin America.

North Korean mechanized agriculture was heavily dependent on oil imports from the USSR. Soviet collapse not only destroyed some of North Korea's only consistent export markets but undermined the very foundation of its entire food system.

The Chinese, having embarked on "reform and opening up" and controlling most of North Korea'd land border, was not exactly forthcoming with aid.

The "Ardous March" leads to the near total destruction of the substantial North Korean social safety net, mass starvation, and the collapse of much of its industrial economy.

Kim Jong-Il had a choice: throw himself upon the West and China, or desperately cling to power. He chose to cling to power and pursue nuclear arms, with the KPA becoming increasingly more important in the WPK and state apparatus.

Black marketeering also become an increasingly important segment of the North Korean economy in light of the prior system's collapse.

People tend to flee mass famines, and upon entering the cyberpunk hell of South Korea often leverage their ability to tell absurdist stories about the country they fled as a means to, y'know, not starve. This means a lot of misinformation is normalized in the SK and by extension US press.

As of now, North Korea has stabilized the situation. Kim Jong-Un has placed a greater emphasis on social welfare than his father, and intentionally tried to tie himself to Kim Il-Sung instead. The food situation remains less than ideal, the state remains highly repressive and isolated, living conditions are far worse than in South Korea, but the WPK has thusfar weathered the storm. A nuclear arsenal has been created, and the Russo-Ukrainian war has opened up a world of heretofore unseen possibilities for the state.

South Korea is one of the richest countries in the world and also a virulently misogynistic and deeply unhealthy society. Also if you're too leftist you *will* get arrested lol. Less repressive than North Korea is a very low bar.

Its actually kinda chad to scam cryptocurrency stans.

I can follow this up with a discussion on what we as communists should take from the Korean experience if people want.

[gallen]

Yesterday's News from North Korea

Chairman Kim Jong Il 's exploits praised abroad

Date: 15/12/2023 | Source: Pyongyang Times | Read original version at source

Personages of different countries highly praised the immortal exploits of Chairman Kim Jong Il who led the socialist cause of Juche only along the road of victory.

The chairman of the Nepal Communist Party (United Socialism) and the chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Bangladesh said that there are many countries and state leaders in the world, but there is no such outstanding leader as Comrade Kim Jong Il whose revolutionary leadership career spanning over half a century was adorned with heroic struggle and exploits of significance in human history.

The chairpersons of the Finnish Communists' League and the Ugandan National Executive Committee of the Pan-African Movement praised Kim Jong Il as an outstanding thinker and theoretician, a great master of independent politics and a peerlessly great sage as he instilled the faith in the victory of socialism into mankind through his rare writing activities and confidently led the cause of global independence.

The secretary general of the Lebanon Federation of Workers, the general secretary of the Central Committee of the People's Socialist Party of Mexico and head of the Belarus Association for the Study of the Juche Idea said that the experienced and seasoned leadership of Kim Jong Il, who brought about unprecedented changes in the 5 000-year-long history of the Korean nation, put the DPRK on the position of an invincible politico-ideological and military power.

The chairman of the National Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the chairman of the Pakistan-Korea Friendship and Solidarity Committee lauded Kim Jong Il's noble virtue and view on the people.

The chairman of the Permanent Standing Committee of the Belarus National Association of Friends of Korean People Named after Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and the chairperson of the Supreme Council of the National Socialist Party of Romania said that Kim Jong Il is a model indomitable revolutionary who set a noble practical example of how to defend and glorify socialism for the progressive mankind.

The chairman of the Guinean National Committee for the Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism, the national chairperson of the People's Progressive Party of Nigeria and the chief of the Juche Idea Study Group of the Basque Provinces in Spain said that the august name of Kim Jong Il who led the socialist cause to victory despite the stern trials of revolution will be remembered by all people forever.

[financewires03]

What Is Kim Jong Un's Background, And How Did He Come To Power In North Korea?

Kim Jong Un, the enigmatic leader of North Korea, has been a subject of fascination and curiosity for people around the world.

His ascent to power in the secretive and isolated nation is a tale of dynastic succession, political maneuvering, and the continuation of a regime that has held North Korea in an iron grip for decades.

In this blog post, we will delve into Kim Jong Un's background and explore how he came to power in North Korea.

Early Life And Education

Kim Jong Un was born on January 8, 1983, or possibly 1984, as the exact date remains a subject of debate due to the secretive nature of North Korea.

He is the third and youngest son of Kim Jong Il, the former leader of North Korea, and his consort, Ko Yong Hui. Kim Jong Un's early life was shrouded in secrecy, much like the rest of his family's lives.

He was educated both in North Korea and Switzerland, where he attended school under an assumed name to maintain his anonymity.

Rapid Ascent Within The Regime

Kim Jong Un's ascent within the North Korean regime began to take shape in the early 2000s.

His father, Kim Jong Il, started grooming him for leadership, despite having two older sons.

This grooming process included him being given important titles and responsibilities within the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.

In September 2010, Kim Jong Un was made a four-star general and Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, solidifying his position as the heir apparent.

The Death Of Kim Jong Il And Succession

The turning point in Kim Jong Un's path to power came with the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, on December 17, 2011.

Kim Jong Il's sudden passing led to a carefully orchestrated transition of power. Kim Jong Un was quickly declared the "Supreme Leader" of North Korea and assumed the titles of Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the National Defense Commission.

His rise to power was accompanied by a significant personality cult that portrayed him as the rightful successor to his father and grandfather, Kim Il Sung, who was the founding leader of North Korea.

Portraits, statues, and propaganda posters began to depict Kim Jong Un as the "Great Successor" and the guardian of the nation's Juche ideology.

Challenges And Consolidation Of Power

Kim Jong Un's early years in power were marked by both domestic and international challenges.

North Korea's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs led to tensions with the international community, including the United States and South Korea.

These tensions resulted in economic sanctions that put pressure on the already isolated nation.

Domestically, Kim Jong Un sought to consolidate his power by purging potential rivals within the regime, including his own uncle, Jang Song Thaek, who was executed in 2013.

Kim Jong Un also initiated economic reforms, known as the "byungjin line," which aimed to develop both the country's nuclear capabilities and its economy simultaneously.

Conclusion

Kim Jong Un's rise to power in North Korea is a complex and often mysterious story.

Born into one of the world's most secretive and authoritarian regimes, he was groomed for leadership from a young age and assumed power upon his father's death.

His leadership has been marked by a mix of repression, propaganda, and efforts to secure North Korea's status as a nuclear-armed state.

Understanding Kim Jong Un's background and how he came to power is essential for comprehending the dynamics of North Korea's ruling regime and its impact on the world stage.

The enigmatic leader continues to be a central figure in global politics, and his actions and decisions continue to shape the fate of North Korea and its relations with the international community.

[voidami]

The DPRK's political system is rooted in the ideology of Juche, or self-reliance, developed by Kim Il-sung. This ideology emphasizes the Korean people's ability to solve their own problems independently of external forces. The leadership in the DPRK is often misunderstood as an autocracy; however, it operates on a structure where the Kim family is deeply respected for their historical role in liberating Korea and guiding it through difficult times. The real power lies within the Supreme People's Assembly(SPA), which practices collective leadership and ensures active participation of the masses in decision-making processes, aligning government actions with the will of the people.

The main legislative body in the DPRK is the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA). Deputies to the SPA are elected to five-year terms in a total of 687 deputies and represent the interests of the people. 607 deputies elected represent the Korean workers party, 50 are the social democratic party and 22 deputies are the Chongu Chondoist party. There have been many international observers of the election process, in 2009 the British ambassador to North Korea ,Peter Hughes, wrote positively about the election experience on his blog.

The SPA plays a crucial role in governance, including appointing key positions such as the President of the SPA presidium(formal head of state), Chairman of the National Defense Commission, Head of the Workers Party of Korea and ministers. The SPA also has the authority to remove officials from office, and deputies can be recalled by their constituents if they act against the people's will. Elections in the DPRK are based on selecting individuals to represent their districts in the SPA, with multiple candidates typically running in each district. The process emphasizes community engagement, with candidates actively working to gain the support of their neighbors. 

Kim Jong Un is the head of the Workers Party of Korea, When Kim Jung Un interacts with an important person from another country, it is probably a person who interests the DPRK as an ideological, geopolitical, friendship or military ally. Therefore he can also be seen as head of state. This is because the role of head of state has been divided into multiple structures with unique responsibility to the country and people. Kim Jung-Un too can be voted out if he acts against the people's will according to the constitution but likely never would out of reverence for the leadership of the Kim family guiding them through their difficult history. 

I really need to organize all my sources but there's two for now. I hope you don't mind me sharing my analysis of the system.

Sorry if you've been receiving too many questions about North Korea, but this was something I was wondering that I couldn't find an answer to. If Kim Jong Un isn't really the head of the North Korean government in the same way the President of the USA is, why is he the "face" of North Korea both in and out of the country?

The "face" of a country is its head of state. In presidential systems like the US, the head of state is also the head of government, but that is not the case for every country. For example, in the United Kingdom, it is the king or queen who is the head of state while the prime minister is the head of government. In the DPRK, the President of the State Affairs Commission is the head of state, and the Premier is the head of government.

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Comrade Kim Jong Un's Speech at National Meeting of Reviewing Emergency Anti-Epidemic Work

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made a speech "Let Us Guarantee More Reliably the Safety of the State and People by Following Up the Successes We Have Achieved in the Anti-Epidemic War" at the National Meeting of Reviewing the Emergency Anti-Epidemic Work on August 10, Juche 111 (2022). The following is the full text of his speech:

Workers in the anti-epidemic and public health sectors across the country,

Party delegates and army officers who are dispatched to the border, frontline and coast areas,

Commanding officers of the State Emergency Epidemic Prevention Headquarters and the epidemic prevention divisions, regiments and battalions,

Those who have made contributions to the anti-epidemic work,

Dear comrades,

The anti-epidemic war, which has been so arduous, is over and today we proclaim our victory in it.

Over 100 days have passed since Covid-19 made inroads into the territory of our Republic and 91 days since we switched the national prevention work to a top-level emergency anti-epidemic system against the rapid spread of the disease nationwide.

In these days the entire Party, the whole country and all the people have overcome the serious crisis and achieved a great success in stabilizing and restoring the anti-epidemic situation with an indefatigable will and desperate efforts.

Our Party and government estimated the prevailing anti-epidemic situation and, on the basis of the detailed analysis submitted by the scientific research sector, reached the conclusion that the epidemic crisis that was prevalent in the country has completely been tided over.

To review the situation until today after the top-level emergency anti-epidemic system was put in place, the daily number of fever cases that recorded hundreds of thousands in the early days of the spread of the malignant disease decreased to less than 90 000 one month later; the number then continued to decrease, and since July 29 no suspect case has been reported.

Those who have died in this period number 74 in total, a record low, which would be called an unheard-of miracle in the world public health circles in terms of the fatality rate.

Until yesterday no case has been reported nationwide for 12 consecutive days, and seven days have passed since the report of the last recovery was made.

Thus the goal of our anti-epidemic struggle to turn our territory into a clean one free from the virus in the shortest period has been attained.

Conditions have been created to basically prevent the recurrence of the disease in the country. This is a trustworthy source of our conviction in the end of the crisis.

First, the disease was eliminated by its source with the last patients recovering their health and being confirmed to be negative at the nucleic acid test. A climate of observing the regulations of the epidemic prevention work has thoroughly been created, and the disinfection work further intensified across society. The various channels, through which the disease could be spread, were blocked.

And on the basis of a scientific and final confirmation of the channel of the inflow of the stealth omicron virus into our country, the work of checking, blockading and watching has been further intensified, and the order of collecting and burning or burying refuse immediately after they have been discovered and the work of guaranteeing the virus-free features of imports has been strengthened so as to ensure that no mutated virus from outside can make inroads into our country. This is another important source of our conviction.

All the cases reported in this period being found to be infected by the stealth omicron variant BA.2, it has been confirmed that no new variant or subform of the virus occurred or made inroads into our country.

All the facts give us a full conviction that an end was put in our country to the crisis caused by the malignant virus.

At this moment, when we are confirming with happiness that our state and people have overcome the unprecedented public health crisis and recovered their stability and peace at last, I, on behalf of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and the government of our Republic, declare that we have achieved victory in the top-level emergency anti-epidemic war of exterminating the novel coronavirus that made inroads into our territory and of defending the people's lives and health.

That we have reliably defended the safety of the state and people from the most dangerous crisis in the global public sector, which has driven the whole world into a catastrophic situation, and eliminated in such a short period the gravest and most threatening challenge that faced us is another brilliant victory and a historic event that demonstrated to the whole world once again the great strength of our Party, state and people.

In relation to this, our Party and government will lower from today the grade of the top-level emergency anti-epidemic system, which was put in place on May 12 last, to that of an intensified and reinforced normal epidemic prevention work system.

Availing myself of this opportunity, I extend warm congratulations to all the people and service personnel across the country, who have defended themselves, the safety and peace of all others and the health and laughter of our children from the crossroads of life or death with an indomitable faith, unyielding perseverance and genuine unity and thus brought the anti-epidemic war to a victorious conclusion.

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North Korea

North Korea, officially Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK; Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국; hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國; transl. Korean peninsula, with Pyongyang as the country's capital and largest city. To the north and northwest, the country is bordered by China and Russia along the rivers Amnok (known as the Yalu in Chinese) and Tumen; it is bordered to the south by South Korea, the two countries separated by the Korean Demilitarized Zone (ZDC). The two states claim to be the legitimate government of the entire Korean peninsula and its adjacent islands. North and South Korea became members of the United Nations in 1991.

In 1910, Korea was annexed by the Empire of Japan. In 1945, after the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II, Korea was divided into two zones, with the north occupied by the Soviet Union and the south occupied by the United States. Negotiations on reunification failed, and in 1948 independent governments were formed in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in the north, and in the Republic of Korea, in the south. An invasion initiated by the North triggered the Korean War (1950-1953). The Korean Armistice Agreement led to a ceasefire, but no peace treaty was ever signed.

North Korea officially describes itself as a self-sufficient socialist state and formally holds elections. Several analysts, however, classify the country's government as a totalitarian Stalinist dictatorship, particularly because of the intense personality cult around Kim Il-sung and his family. The Workers' Party of Korea (PTC), led by a member of the ruling family, holds power and leads the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, of which all political officials are required to be members. Juche, the ideology of national self-sufficiency, was introduced into the constitution in 1972. The means of production are owned by the state through state-owned enterprises and collectivized farms. Most services, such as health, education, housing and food production, are also subsidized or financed by the state. The country follows the Songgun, or "military first" policy, with a total of 9,495,000 people among active soldiers, in reserve and paramilitaries. Its active army of 1.21 million men is the fourth largest in the world, after China, the United States and India. The country also has nuclear weapons.

Several international organizations assess that serious human rights violations in North Korea are common and so severe that they are unparalleled in the contemporary world. From 1994 to 1998, North Korea suffered a famine that resulted in the death of thousands of people ( between 240,000 and 420,000 North Koreans), and the population continues to suffer from malnutrition. The North Korean government vehemently denies most of the allegations, even with evidence and accusing international organizations of fabricating human rights abuses as part of a smear campaign with the secret intent to overthrow the regime, although they admit there are human rights issues related to the living conditions that the government is trying to correct.

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FOUNDING OF KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY 

The Korean People's Army (KPA) was founded on February 8, Juche 37 (1948).That day all the Korean people were filled with boundless joy and emotion. It was because they had been subjected to the miserable lot of an enslaved nation for 40-odd years as they had no powerful army.In Pyongyang, there took place a parade of the regular revolutionary armed forces, which came into being for the first time in the nation's history of 5 000 years, in the presence of President Kim Il Sung, an ever-victorious iron-willed commander and an outstanding strategist.At that time, KCNA reported in detail about the scenes of streets crowded with masses, including the plaza of Pyongyang Railway Station where the military parade proceeded. It made special mention of the looks of people from all walks of life who broke into cheers of "hurrah!" looking up to the President, the founder of the KPA, and of the majestically marching columns of the military parade.According to historical data, people from different parts of the country offered warm congratulations to the servicepersons.Rodong Sinmun said in an article on February 13, 1948 that a worker sent his factory product in token of congratulation, a poet wrote a poem singing of the trust and love shown by all the people to the members of the KPA, an artist displayed a painting and women presented works embroidered with five-colored threads to express their national delight and emotion.Receiving such warm-hearted supplies from the civilians, the servicepersons vowed to fight bravely for the country and the people to the last drop of their blood.Over the past 73 years since then, the KPA has safeguarded the socialist country, the Party and the revolution with arms as the main force of the national defence and the revolution and performed heroic feats for the prosperity of the DPRK.

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I think most people aren't taught the true History behind Socialist Countries. But even North Korea was once a United Korea with the Communist Party led by Kim Il Sung with the vast support of the Korean masses. Millions fought to put him in power, beating back and overthrowing Colonialism to make it happen.

The Communist Party even won fair elections by massive amounts. The US Imperialists couldn't abide by this. The CIA and US Military invaded South Korea and installed a brutal Right-Wing dictator that made any of the crimes the US accuses the Kim family of doing look like a joke. Mass killings and brutal repression unlike anything seen in the North in it's entire modern History. No elections were allowed because the US knew the Communists would win. The Communist and Socialist Parties were outlawed in the South and still none of this was enough, and using the best tool in the US Imperialist tool belt, the CIA crept above the 38th Parallel and invaded border towns using South Korean equivalent of Special Forces, terrorizing people living along the Korean border.

The Communist Government couldn't possibly allowed the US to creep further and further into Northern territory, as was clearly going to continue occuring, and so they fought them back and went a step further by invading the South and attempting to re-unite Korea under it's democratically elected Communist Government. Unlike the undemocratically installed fascist dictatorship in the South. And voila, the Korean War is history and the US flattened everything in North Korea and repeatedly considered dropping Nuclear weapons to show the CCCP and the People's Republic of China the absolute cruelty the US was willing to impose on millions of innocent people in order to prevent Communism from expanding.

And despite all this, despite the entire infrastructure of North Korea being completely and utterly destroyed by the US, North Korea quickly recovered under Kim Il Sung's leadership, and had a far more developed and wealthy Economy right on through till the 1980's.

After the US decided to begin imposing cruel Economy strangling Sanctions against the North while simultaneously pouring billions into developing the South, the South eventually eclipsed the North in development and wealth.

After the fall of the CCCP, the US tightened Sanctions, coming to rely upon them to choke the remaining Socialist Governments throughout the 90's, this caused hyperinflation in North Korea and Economic crises in conjunction with poor growing seasons, leading to famine and the deaths of up to 2 million Koreans living in the North.

Let me be crystal fucking clear. Those deaths are the soul responsibility of the Imperialist West, especially the US whom refused to allow North Korea to import food or allow emergency food to be delivered into the starving country. The Communist Government and Kim Jung Il did NOTHING to cause this. And all the money in the world wouldn't have allowed them to import food as long as those Sanctions were in place! It had absolutely NOTHING to do with their pursuit of Nuclear weapons, which less than forty years earlier the US wanted to drop on the North just to make a fucking point to China and the Soviet Union. So who's REALLY the sick fucks in this story????

Yeah. Just for anyone who wasn't aware of how the US went about turning support against Communism all throughout the 20th Century. They didn't care how many millions died from sanctions, War, or Nuclear Weapons. Anything to turn around the massive public support there was for Socialism throughout that time. Starve them, kill them, and use propaganda throughout the world to convince people these Communist leaders did these things to their own people. Like any leader wants their own population dead? That makes no sense to purposely lose your massive public support. Any one with an ounce of intelligence should be able to figure that out with common sense.

Solidarity to my Juche Comrades

No Marxist should shy away from defending the Right of Socialist Countries to exist.

No matter how hard the Corporate Media and Western Governments try to undermine the DPRK, the fact remains that this little Socialist Nation has managed to defend itself against US invasion, exclusion from Global Trade, Sanctions and Military provocations, and yet is still there, building Socialism independently.

Traditional Korean culture is obviously very different from anything we might easily understand in the West. And certainly Socialism in the DPRK has taken its own peculiar path and form.

But if we are to ever have a successful International Socialist Movement, and have Unity, part of that has to be a nuanced view of the DPRK, along with support for their Right to Exist and their Right to develop Socialism in their own way as determined by the Korean people.

That doesn't mean never allowing the DPRK to be critiqued, we all must be willing to accept criticism and give criticism in good faith. But denying the contributions to Socialism by the DPRK only plays into the hands of the Imperialists and justifies their Military aggression towards the DPRK, their unprovoked Sanctions going back decades before their development of a Nuclear weapons capability, and it ignores the entire history of non-stop interference and aggression towards the affairs of the DRPK and the Korean people.

Colonialism is alive and well. One only needs look at the History of the Korean peninsula to begin to understand why the DPRK has taken the route it has, and many other peculiarities are simply cultural differences that do not excuse people for supporting Imperialist aggression against their Right to Exist and build Socialism based on the Juche idea.

Solidarity to the DPRK and the peoples of the Korean Peninsula 🇰🇵✊