At present holding fast to the principle of national independence is a fundamental requisite for any country in defending its destiny and developing itself in keeping with its own will and desire.

Under the Songun politics consistent with the principle of national independence the DPRK is firmly defending its sovereignty and vigorously promoting the building of a thriving nation despite the continuous danger of war by the imperialist reactionaries.

That Songun politics is run through with the principle of national independence means that its fundamental goal is to defend national sovereignty and achieve national prosperity, and that the politics makes it possible to attain the goal without fail.

First of all, it enables a nation to firmly defend and fully exercise its sovereignty.

It is an inviolable independent right of any country to solve by itself all problems arising in carving out its destiny with its own determination.

But such a sacred right is now facing continuous defiance and threats by the imperialists.

Since the end of the cold war, in particular, they have openly pursued world domination policy, and militarily infringed upon the sovereignty of independently-acting countries and those offending them even a little.

Songun politics helps to meet the imperialists’ ruthless offensive of force with a powerful offensive of arms and firmly defend national sovereignty.

It ensures that priority is given to military affairs as the most important of national affairs and primary efforts are put into strengthening a revolutionary armed force so as to strengthen the defence capabilities of a country in every way.

Consequently the sovereignty of a country comes to be creditably guaranteed by its military power in any circumstances.

In the DPRK, under the Songun politics, the revolutionary armed force is firmly defending the Workers’ Party of Korea, its socialist government, the country and the nation, and it is fully exercising its sovereignty in solving any problem by means of its strong military power.

Songun politics also makes it possible to achieve genuine national prosperity of the country in an independent manner.

Only when a politics is geared to not only defending a country and nation but actively contributing to its development and prosperity, can it be called a typical politics run through with national independence and patriotism.

Meanwhile, Songun politics sets a patriotic goal of building a thriving country as soon as possible, where the national power is strong, everything is prosperous, and the people lead the happiest life, and is leading to victory the struggle for its realization.

In the past period of putting socialism into practice, the military affairs and socialist construction were regarded as different from each other, and it was a universal opinion that putting efforts into the former would interfere with the latter to a certain degree.

Songun politics puts an end to such an opinion, and ensures that an innovation is made in the building of a great, prosperous and powerful socialist nation by closely combining the strengthening of military power with socialist construction. In Korea, under the Songun politics, the People's Army has developed into the one of strong ideology and faith loyal to the socialist cause.

It is firmly defending the sovereignty of the country and nation, and making a breakthrough in the building of a thriving nation by undertaking difficult projects in the economic sector. The revolutionary spirit of self-reliance and fortitude and the militant way of work originated by the People's Army soldiers have spread all over Korea, contributing to achieving continuous innovations in every field of the economic sector.

The realty of Korea proves that Songun politics is just a principled and righteous political mode that embodies the principle of national independence.

 

 

First Knock on Door to Thriving Nation

 

On April 5 the DPRK’s space engineers succeeded in inserting trial communications satellite Kwangmyongsong 2 into orbit by launch vehicle Unha-2.

The satellite launch was a full show of the might of the DPRK’s Juche-oriented industry that had been built up in the face of manifold difficulties and the level of its science and technology and a convincing proof that its statement about the construction of a thriving nation is not an empty talk.

The Workers’ Party of Korea is now leading the army and people to implement its plan to open the gate to a powerful nation without fail in 2012 that marks the 100^th birthday of President Kim Il Sung.

The launch of Kwangmyongsong 2 was the first knock on the door to a prosperous nation.

Success in blasting off the home-made satellite at one go has given the Korean people a great national pride.

A satellite is an aggregate of advanced technologies.

Kwangmyongsong 2 and the launch vehicle Unha-2 are the DPRK’s proud creations which are a 100% home-made from the design to the manufacture, assembly, launch site and observation after the launch.

The aeronautic and space engineers have broken the technological bottlenecks in the satellite development and launch with the fullest display of quest and indefatigable efforts, raising the nation’s outer space technology onto the world level.

The DPRK’s satellite launch has made a huge contribution to global peace and security.

Peace is the wish of humankind and the use of outer space for peaceful purposes is the common desire of the world community.

The DPRK’s satellite launch was a clear demonstration of the will of the Korean army and people to contribute to regional peace and security and technical progress of humankind.

The event in the DPRK evoked a tidal wave of response throughout the world. It pushed the imperialists and reactionaries who had tried wildly to stifle the DPRK to a tight corner and provided the world’s progressives with confidence.

It made the Korean people realize once again the great vitality of the WPK’s line of Songun revolution.

The DPRK’s success in satellite launch is attributable to the sagacious leadership of Kim Jong Il who has attached utmost importance to the buildup of its political and military power and scientific and technological development despite encounters of a host of trying ordeals.

It is his far-reaching intention and firm will to build a powerful socialist country of Juche that is on the highest level in the aspects of politics, military, the economy and science and technology.

He is energetically steering the great campaign to turn the DPRK into a country whose power is mighty and whose people are well off.

The DPRK is now on the status of a political and military power and is dashing toward its great target of a prosperous nation by relying on its huge economic potential and a high level of science and technology.

The satellite launch has fully showcased the validity of the WPK’s policy of regarding science and technology as the lifeline of building a powerful nation and turning the country into that with advanced technologies by training a large number of technological talents.

The successful insertion of satellite into orbit is the priceless fruition of the heroic performance of the reliable scientists and technicians who have devoted their intelligence and passion to the prosperity of the country.

The Korean scientists believe that though science has no national boundary they have a socialist country.

On August 31 1998 they succeeded in putting the first home-made experimental satellite Kwangmyongsong 1 into orbit at one go and a decade later they launched Kwangmyongsong 2 on the basis of rapid progress in the satellite development.

The scientists, technicians and workers have given their all, even their lives, to the buildup of the national power. Their burning passion and lofty patriotism were the key factor that brought about the nation’s great event.

They are the patriots and heroes who have brought about a dramatic turnabout in the construction of a thriving nation.

Greatly encouraged by the national event, the Korean people are now speeding up their advance towards a powerful nation.