In a world that has descended back into the recesses of barbarism, there is one country which upholds the values of human dignity, and that nation is the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. The DPRK became the beacon of socialism and independence precisely due to the wise and creative leadership of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong IL. Kim Jong IL inherited the revolutionary cause of the Great President Kim IL Sung and kept that legacy pure and intact. One of Kim Jong IL's greatest contribution to the International treasure house of Socialist thought and practice was the systematization and consolidation of the Juche Idea into a comprehensive and compact framework. The writings of Kim Jong IL on philosophy, culture and many other topics stand as milestones in the development of social sciences an...

Unequaled Patriot Chairman  Kim Jong Il  is eternal as he led the cause of socialism to victory by making titanic contributions  on behalf of humankind. He has been praised as the most outstanding leader and great sage of the revolution.    Regarding accomplishment of the revolutionary cause of Juche pioneered by President  Kim Il Sung  as his lifelong mission, he made undying achievements at the van of the revolution and construction, performing great feats to be always remembered by the nation and history. He formulated the revolutionary idea of the President as Kimilsungism to provide a powerful ideological weapon for the independence cause of popular masses and the victorious advance of the socialist cause. He propounded unique ideas and theories to lighten the road to socialism and encouraged his people to perform miracle with his rare insight and organizing ability. He built the people-centered socialism in which people are m...

                                            Legacy of Kim Jong Il, Great Leader of Korea  In the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is often said that when a person dies, his or her actions are interrupted, except in three cases: permanent charitable acts, knowledge he or she left behind for others to use, and a well-raised child. Leader Kim Jong Il, loving friend of all people, left all three to continue blossoming in the world after his tragic death. Throughout his life, Great Leader comrade Kim Jong Il worked hard, day and night for the well being of the people, saying that if the people want it, then we must make flowers bloom on a rock. Chairman Kim Jong Il was a true people's leader who worked all his life for the people often denying himself rest and sleep, he never took it easy. Kim Jong Il, besides being the leader of Peoples' Korea, he was also inter...

                                                          As we approach the 8th anniversary of the demise of the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL  we reflect more and more deeply on his great achievements which were indeed very vast as comrade KIM JONG IL was truly a master of all trades ; ideology , philosophy, politics , economics , military affairs , literature , art and much more . During my recent visits to People's Korea I have witnessed the DPRK overcoming the imperialist and UN sanctions by upholding the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance under the leadership of respected Marshal KIM JONG UN the great successor to the Chairman KIM JONG IL.  Self-reliance is very much associated with the leadership and ideas of comrade KIM JONG IL. Back in the 1970s , on the 25th of December 1978  comrade KIM JONG IL made a speec...

A REVOLUTIONARY LIFE – REMEMBERING COMRADE KIM JONG IL by James Taylor, KFA UK.                                           “Expect no change from me”. So said Comrade Kim Jong Il at a time when the imperialist world was talking of the possibility of ‘reform and opening up’ taking place in People’s Korea, when the revisionist socialist countries had submitted to capitalist barbarity and their achievements torn up in the face of an onslaught of shock privatisations, unemployment, increasing homelessness and despair. The working classes of Eastern Europe and Russia were finding out the hard way how neoliberalism imposes itself. Comrade Kim Jong Il ensured that Korea continued down the victorious road of socialist construction and wisely made no apologies for it, elucidating his views in numerous important works, from On the Juche Idea in 1982 and, more extensively, in his 1994 trea...

                                        The Advancement of the Great Revolutionary Idea of Songun is a Selfless Gift of Great Leader Kim Jong Il to the Socialist Thought               Ever since the Great Revolutionary Idea of Songun was first outlined by the Great Leader Kim Il Sung, and then comprehensively developed in depth by Great Leader Kim Jong Il, mainly in immortal classic works such as “The Songun-based Revolutionary Line Is a Great Revolutionary Line of Our Era and an Ever-victorious Banner of Our Revolution”, published in January of 2003, it has been more and more evident to the Socialist and Independence movements throughout the whole world that the implementation of the Great Revolutionary Idea of Songun through Songun Politics is the only efficient way to safeguard the Peoples’ Revolution, fight imperialism and achieve the fina...

On December 17,itwill be 8 years since General Kim Jong Il passed away, while on a field guidance tour. Comrade Kim Jong Il dedicated his entire life to defending and promoting the cause of socialism and communism, of safeguarding the Headquarters of the Revolution, led by President Kim Il Sung and serving the people wholeheartedly. Comrade Kim Jong Il was born on February 16, 1942 at the Paektusan Secret Camp, located on Mount Paektu, the sacred place of the Korean Revolution. His parents, President Kim Il Sung and Comrade Kim Jong Suk, were both legendary anti-Japanese revolutionaries. Kim Jong Il was born at a time of turbulent historical change that saw the birth of the great event of national liberation. The flames of the Second World War were spreading all over the globe. While Nazi Germany was invading the Soviet Union, imperialist Japan was hell bent on spreading the war of aggression in an attempt to realize its wild dream of a "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sph...

                                                                            The battle against revisionism is a fundamental task of contemporary Marxism, both in theory and praxis. There have been various strands of Marxism considering themselves to be anti-revisionist, notably the most widely accepted strand to bear the banner of anti-revisionism, Maoism proper and Mao Zedong-Thought. Aside from these two most prominent strands, especially relevant in praxis pertaining to the more than 25 million Koreans living under its jurisdiction today, and equally as impactful towards an even larger number of people in the south of the Korean peninsula and abroad, is Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism, the systematization of Juche and Songun. Comrade Kim Jong Il’s work “Socialism is a science”, written in N...

                   It has been eight years since the great and outstanding Leader Kim Jong Il physically left us . A brilliant son of the working class  who dedicated himself to his last moments for the sake of it, something unmatched in the world. Kim Jong Il lived closely connected with his people. In such a way that not even during the most acute tensions and provocations did he  consider abandoning socialism - the achievement and greater good of the Korean people. Not even impaired health has been able to stop his energetic work for the people. Kim Jong Il spent sleepless nights working fully to resolve all the problems that arose in the socialist construction. Always, like a great comrade and leader who honors his duty, among people and listening to them. He made countless contributions to the flourishing of Korea, was an outstanding artist who developed the most admirable songs and majestic monuments that perp...

                                                The years pass so quickly, Yet the ache of grief still knifes the heart. For the fluidity of life continuing, rushing in to fill the space left by one so cruelly torn from us, Cannot ever completely fill the void. Against the crushing inevitability of death, what can a soul do? Save to leave as best they can, Heroic deeds as the breeze of their passing by. There have been many towering figures of great achievement. We knew such a man. He firmly grasped the burnished torch handed to him, And ran his proud lap in the race of history, Before passing it on, flame burning brighter still. It is our turn to carry the fire now. We will be your living testimony. We shall cherish your memory. And as you would wish us to do, Turn our tears into strength. KFA UK South Coast 

                                                              It was about 5.30 am on a cold and bleak winter morning on Monday 19th of December 2011. It was pitch black outside . I woke up to find a text message from a supporter of our Juche Idea Study Group of England , which read , as I remember , ‘very sad loss, condolences to all “ . I was very tired hardly awake . I was puzzled by the message , who could it refer to .     So I turned on the Radio and heard the news that the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL had suddenly passed away .17 years before in July 1994 I heard the news of the demise of the great leader comrade KIM IL SUNG starkly announced on BBC Radio Four.     I found it hard to believe that comrade KIM JONG IL who had been seen giving on the spot guidance to the Kwangbok supermarket...

HISTORY OF REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES OF CHAIRMAN KIM JONG IL (Foreign Languages Publishing House Pyongyang 2015) KIM JONG IL BIOGRAPHY (foreign languages publishing house Pyongyang ) ON THE JUCHE IDEA-KIM JONG IL

                  Throughout his life the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL worked hard , day and night for the people saying that if the people want it then we must make flowers bloom on a rock. Chairman KIM JONG IL passed away whilst working ( he actually worked past retirement age in the DPRK) on the cold wintry day 17th of December 2011 . Chairman KIM JONG IL was a true people's leader who worked all his life for the people often denying himself rest and sleep , he never took it easy . Comrade KIM JONG IL developed the Juche Idea in depth and wrote many important works such as ' On the Art of Cinema " . Comrade KIM JONG IL also adminstred Songun politics , the treasured sword for defending independence . When comrade KIM JONG IL took the baton of supreme leadership in the mid 1990s the DPRK faced multiple challenges , difficulties and obstacles .The country was mourning the loss of the great leader President KIM IL SUNG, repeat...

                                                      The UK Korean Friendship Association  , the Juche Idea Study Group of England and the Association for the Study of Songun Politics UK are holding an online seminar to remember the great leader comrade KIM JONG IL who passed away on the 17th of December 2011 . Please send your essays , articles and poems and we will publish them