Korea, a Socialist Paradise Free from Exploitation and Oppression

THE UK Korean Friendship Association (UK KFA ) today issued the following statement in support of the appeal of the Asia- Pacific Solidarity Committee for Korea's Peaceful Reunification to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the demise of the great leader President KIM IL SUNG , eternal president of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

We strongly support the appeal of Asia Pacific Solidarity Committee for Korea's Peaceful Reunification to commemorate the great career and revolutionary life of the great leader President KIM IL SUNG on the 20th anniversary of his passing away on the 8th of July.

It is vitally and crucially important to uphold the memory of the great leader President KIM IL SUNG who was the author of the Juche Idea and Songun idea and the benevolent liberator of the Korean people.

The great leader President KIM Il SUNG proclaimed that the "people are my god " and made sure all policies were truly people-orientated . The great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG introduced free education, free medical care and virtually free housing and food. Taxation was abolished, this is a miracle of modern history. People's Korea became a socialist paradise free from exploitation and oppression.

The great leader President KIM IL SUNG always mixed with the people continuously giving on the spot guidance. Throughout his leadership of the DPRK, as chairman, premier and President, the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG always mixed with the people. During the Korean War he said that if people eat millet, then he too would eat millet.

In the early years of the construction of the new democratic Korea, great comrade KIM IL SUNG personally participated in the Potong river improvement project and  transplanted rice seedlings on the Mirim plain . The great leader comrade Kim Il Sung devised the method of on the spot guidance and gave guidance to ordinary units thousands of times travelling thousands of miles the length and breadth of Korea. President KIM IL SUNG continued to give on the spot guidance right up to the very end of his life.

The great leader President KIM IL SUNG was an able theorist and philosopher who authored over a 1,000 books . His works were translated into many languages. He fought for the advancement of independence all over the world and against imperialism, headed by US imperialism. The great leader President KIM IL SUNG made a great contribution to peace in Asia and the world.  He worked tirelessly for the reunification of Korea laying down the three cardinal principles of reunification.  The great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG was truly a great man. He will be alive forever in our hearts and the hearts of the world people.

Moreover UK KFA believes that it is vital to uphold the memory of the great leader Presisent KIM IL SUNG and the Juche Idea in order to counter the vicious anti -socialist, anti DPRK offensive of U.S. and world imperialism against People's Korea which is upholding independence and socialism. ***

26th of May 2014

UK-Korea Friendship Association