Combating imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning called for
Pyongyang, June 1 (KCNA) -- The newspaper Rodong Sinmun and the magazine Kulloja, organs of the Central Committee of the Worker's Party of Korea, published a joint article entitled "Let us reject imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning."
Rodong Sinmun today in a lengthy article says that the imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning is an important means of executing its strategy for world supremacy, corrupt capitalist idea is intolerable in socialist society, imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning should be frustrated through a revolutionary ideological offensive and the DPRK should consolidate the socialist ideological and cultural front as firm as an impregnable fortress.
In the first part, the article says: The imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning is a means of aggression and intervention committed under the signboard of "cooperation" and "exchange."
It is the main strategy of the imperialists to dominate the world with corrupt ideas which they had failed to bring under their control with atomic bombs and dollars.
This poisoning is aimed at doing harm to the excellent national character of each country and nation and making hundreds of millions of people across the world mentally deformed.
In the second part, the article points out: In the socialist society, the imperialist ideology and culture, the corrupt capitalist idea should not be tolerated under any circumstances. It is the truth proven by history that if a slightest manifestation of the corrupt capitalist idea is tolerated, socialist society itself cannot exist.
The former Soviet Union and east European socialist countries collapsed not because their military and economic potentials were weak and the level of their cultural development was low. It was entirely because they opened the door wide for the imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning. Corrupt ideas spread by the imperialists are more dangerous than atomic bombs for the countries in the process of socialist construction.
This ideological and cultural poisoning is a vicious reactionary offensive aimed at breaking people's faith in socialism. It is thanks to this faith that a socialist society is built and a socialist bulwark is defended. Once the imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning is tolerated, even the faith unshakable before threat of the bayonet will be bound to give in like a wet mud-wall. This is exactly degeneration. If one is taken to capitalist idea, he will abandon his faith and be disarmed ideologically.
It is an important method employed by the imperialists to make the faith in socialism wither away to carry out ideological and cultural poisoning under the signboard of religion. Crafty, indeed, are the methods employed by the imperialists to beautify the exploiting society, misplace the working-class trust in their party and incite anti-socialism by abusing religious creed.
The imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning serves as a vicious means of destroying the unity and cohesion in the socialist society. It inevitably invites the emergence of counter-revolutionary forces. It is bound to be followed by the appearance of counter-revolutionary elements who harbor an illusion about imperialism and resurgence of saboteurs and destructive elements.
History shows that any turmoil and activities of counter-revolutionary groups in socialist society are linked with the moves of the imperialists. The imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning is just like tentacles of the perilous campaign to harm the noble socialist way of life. If any heterogeneous way of life is allowed in the socialist society to stand opposed to its way of life, it will shake the society to its very foundation.
In the third part, the article says: We should frustrate the imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning by a revolutionary ideological offensive.
The revolutionary people should undertake a more dynamic struggle against imperialism till it goes to its final ruin and the corrupt bourgeois ideology and culture is totally eliminated from the earth.
It is necessary to keep hold on ideological education as our life line and positively conduct it. Now that the world is disturbed by the corrupt idea, there is nothing more dangerous than neglecting ideological education of the people and leaving them ideologically defenseless. People should not allow any alien ideas to come into their mind. Those who are not equipped with the socialist idea are bound to take to the bourgeois idea.
Main emphasis should be put on offensive, in stead of defence in checking the imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning. It is the most dynamic and efficient offensive to carry out an ideological education of the people.
To pay exclusive attention to economic construction and abandon ideological work is just a suicidal act of opening the door for imperialist ideology and culture to infiltrate.
Efforts should be concentrated on the ideological education before anything else. To accelerate economic construction with a definite priority given to ideological education is the most revolutionary strategy to foil the imperialist strategy of "peaceful transition."
Ideological education in the socialist society should be strictly socialist and revolutionary in its content. The ideological front should not allow anything ambiguous, compromise or concession. Wobbling ideological education is worse than doing nothing. As some countries that were building socialism in the past carried on spotty education, neither socialist nor capitalist, it brought degeneration and setbacks to the ideological front. The ideological education should be strictly red both in its form and content.
It is imperative to set up a mosquito net in all realms of social life. It is important to thoroughly block, first of all, the channels through which the imperialist ideological and cultural poison can infiltrate. Without this education people are bound to go sick mentally, morally and physically. It is a most foolish act to neglect taking any revolutionary measure to check this, aware of this disastrous consequences.
To set up a mosquito net means a revolutionary benefit and love shown by the party that is responsible for the destiny of the people and leads them, the only genuine protector of the people. "Speak out" and "pluralism" called for by the imperialists and renegades of socialism should never be allowed in the ideological and political fields.
In the economic domain, not the slightest illusion should be harbored about the capitalist way of business management based on money and about "reform" and "opening" that invite imperialism. In the field of literature and arts, the tendencies toward art for art's sake, self-indulgence and "freedom of creation" should be strictly rejected. Non-socialist elements should never be allowed. These are a hotbed of bourgeois ideology and culture.
The former Soviet Union and east European countries collapsed as they connived at and encouraged non-socialist elements. It is important to decisively frustrate capitalist and non-socialist elements in their bud. In its last part, the article calls for consolidating the socialist ideological and cultural front of the DPRK as an impregnable fortress.
It goes on: The wise leadership of the Worker's Party of Korea that has given a definite priority to the ideological work has already been clearly proven in the revolutionary practice. The Worker's Party of Korea is a militant party which has led the revolution and construction on the strength of idea with a firm hold on it.
The WPK has pushed ahead with the socialist cause, invariably taking the theory of ideology as a guideline no matter which way the wind may blow. The resolute, principled and uncompromising position maintained by the wpk in the ideological and cultural confrontation with imperialism remains a brilliant example in defending the socialist cause.
We should retain a firm hold on the WPK's policies of the ideological work and thoroughly implement them. Kim Jong Il is a great architect of the socialist ideology and culture and a champion of human civilization. Our socialist ideological position can neither be destroyed nor can the aspiration of progressive humankind after independence be dampened as long as there is the great Kim Jong Il.
Rejecting imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning
Pyongyang, June 1 (KCNA) -- The newspaper Rodong Sinmun and the magazine Kulloja, organs of the Worker's Party of Korea Central Committee, published a joint article entitled "Let us reject imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning." The lengthy article carried in today's edition of Rodong Sinmun says among other things: The main strategy of the imperialists is to spread corrupt ideas to dominate the world, which it has failed to dominate with atomic bombs and dollars.
In socialist society, the ideology and culture of imperialism, the corrupt capitalist idea can never be allowed. Today the corrupt capitalist idea is sweeping the world. There is nothing more dangerous than to neglect ideological education of the people and leave them ideologically defenseless. So, ideological education of them should be intensified.
To pay exclusive attention to economic construction and abandon ideological work is just a suicidal act of opening the door for imperialist ideology and culture to infiltrate. In order to frustrate the imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning, it is imperative to set up a mosquito net in all realms of social life.
In the ideologico-political field, "speak out" and "pluralism" called for by imperialists and renegades of socialism should never be allowed. In the economic domain, not the slightest illusion should be harbored about the capitalist way of business management based on money and about "reform" and "opening" that invite imperialism.
In the field of literature and arts, the tendencies toward art for art's sake, self-indulgence and "freedom of creation" should be rejected strictly. Non-socialist elements should never be allowed. The former Soviet Union and east European countries collapsed as they connived at and encouraged non-socialist elements.
The article calls for frustrating the imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning through revolutionary ideological offensive and consolidating the socialist ideological and cultural front of Korea as an impregnable fortress.
Imperialists' ideological and cultural poisoning rebuffed
Pyongyang, June 1 (KCNA) -- It is the main strategy of the imperialists to use the corrupt capitalist idea in realizing the world hegemony, which they had failed to do with nuclear bombs and dollars.
The newspaper Rodong Sinmun and the magazine Kulloja stresses this in a joint article published on June 1.
Through their infiltration of ideological and cultural poison into other countries, the imperialists ceaselessly seek to affect people with ideological diseases, destabilize those countries and then put them under their domination and control, the article notes, and says: Today mental and cultural life of humanity faces a most serious crisis owing to such infiltration under the guise of "cooperation" and "exchange."
This is well illustrated by the realities in which mental and cultural wealth, accumulated by humankind for thousands of years, has been destroyed and peculiar national character obliterated so severely that even venal media in the service of the bourgeoisie clamored about "crisis of humanity" reminiscent of "Noah's flood."
The ideological and cultural poisoning of the imperialists is harmful because it erases the excellent character of each country and nation. They are now calling for "culture without nationality," but it is no more than a sophism going against the trend of the present time when all the people live with country and nation as a unit.
In South Korea all aspects of society from formula of politics and language to way of life have adopted modes of the western countries including the United States and Japan.
This reality shows that the ideological and cultural poisoning of imperialism leads a nation to decline and downfall, not prosperous development. This poisoning also makes several hundred millions of people of the world mentally deformed. For a human being, political deformity is more miserable than physical malformation.
The bourgeois ideology and culture stimulate vulgar instinct of people and reduce them to degradation with honeyed words. So, narcotics addicts, alcoholics and degenerates seeking to satisfy abnormal desire are daily increasing in number in those countries which have taken to such ideology and culture. And going unbridled are such social evils as depravity and corruption, murder, robbery and prostitution.
In the present times of civilization on the threshold of the 21st century, the imperialists have built a world of animals wilder than in the ancient times and the mediaeval ages. This crime can never be cleared. Imperialism will be thrown into a dump of history for its malodorous ideology and culture as the ancient Rome Empire so mighty went to ruin with moral corruptness.
Corrupt capitalist idea intolerable under socialism
Pyongyang, June 1 (KCNA) -- The corrupt capitalist idea, the ideology and culture of imperialism, should never be allowed in socialist society, stresses a joint article published by Rodong Sinmun and the magazine Kulloja on June 1.
It is the truth proven by history that a socialist society cannot exist when the corrupt capitalist idea is tolerated even in the least, it notes, and goes on: The collapse of the erstwhile Soviet Union and east European countries is entirely attributable to their flinging the door open to the imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning. The corrupt ideas spread by the imperialists are more dangerous than A-bombs for those countries in the process of socialist construction.
The imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning represents a virulent reactionary offensive meant to break the people's faith in socialism. Once the imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning is tolerated, even the faith unshakable before threat of bayonet will be bound to give in like a wet mud-wall.
The ideology and culture disseminated by the imperialists are full of slander against socialism and praise for capitalism. The imperialists faked up lots of reactionary organisations under the signboard of religion and used them as a springboard in benumbing people's class consciousness and laying anti-socialist footholds.
Noting that the imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning serves as a vicious means of destroying the unity and cohesion in the socialist society, the article goes on: The imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning inevitably invites the emergence of counter-revolutionary forces. It is totally wrong to argue that the objective of the anti-socialist ideological offensive is just to serve a purpose of propaganda.
The imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning is bound to be followed by the appearance of counter-revolutionary elements who harbor an illusion about imperialism and resurgence of saboteurs and destructive elements. The imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning serves as a hotbed of sowing seeds of enmity, confrontation and discord among people who live in harmony in the socialist society and as an ideological "Trojan horse" tasked to destabilize socialism.
Pointing out that the imperialist ideological and cultural poisoning is just like tentacles of a dangerous move to harm the noble socialist way of life, the article stresses: The revolutionary people should always bear deep in mind that the bourgeois mode of living makes its way into the life of individuals to get them degenerate and bring down the socialist society itself.
Foiling imperialists' ideological and cultural poisoning
Pyongyang, June 1 (KCNA) -- A joint article of the newspaper Rodong Sinmun and the magazine Kulloja published on June 1 calls for foiling the imperialists' ideological and cultural poisoning with revolutionary ideological offensive. The article says: A main emphasis should be put on offensive instead of defence in deterring the imperialists' ideological and cultural poisoning. The most dynamic and efficient offensive is an ideological education of the people.
Giving up ideological work while leaning only on economic construction is a suicidal act of opening the door to the imperialists' ideological and cultural poisoning. To speed up economic construction on the basis of giving definite priority to ideological work is the most revolutionary strategy to frustrate the imperialists' strategy of "peaceful transition."
Ideological education in the socialist society should be strictly socialist and revolutionary in its content and it should be based on education in loyalty to their party and their leader. In order to foil the imperialists' ideological and cultural poisoning, it is imperative to put up a mosquito net in all aspects of social life.
To put up a mosquito net is an inviolable right for each country and nation to defend its destiny and safeguard its revolution. Putting up a mosquito net represents revolutionary benefit and love that can be shown only by a party which is responsible for the destiny of the people, a genuine protector of the people.
Never to be tolerated in the ideological and political field is the "glasnost" and "pluralism" advocated by the imperialists and the renegades of socialism. In the field of economy one should not harbor any illusion about the capitalist method of business management that moves the people with money and about "opening" and "reform" that open the door to imperialism.
What is equally important in foiling the imperialists' ideological and cultural poisoning is not to allow non-socialist elements. Leaving the non-socialist elements to themselves and fostering them led the former Soviet Union and east European countries to ruin.
The process of socialist development is the process of overcoming non-socialist elements gradually and the process of ensuring overall victory of what is socialist in all aspects of social life. Therefore, it is unreasonable to build socialism by non-socialist means in disregard of the this law of history.
It is important to resolutely eradicate the capitalist elements, the non-socialist elements in their embryonic stage. There will be no evil consequences only when non-socialist practices and capitalist elements are not allowed under any circumstances but are rooted out bud in the but, although they are slightest.
Socialist ideological position of Korea can never be pulled down
Pyongyang, June 1 (KCNA) -- Our socialist ideological position can never be pulled down and the aspiration of the progressive humankind after independence cannot be dampened as long as there is the great Kim Jong Il, says a joint article of the newspaper Rodong Sinmun and the magazine KulloJa published on June 1.
The imperialists are slandering us through radio free Asia and conducting smear campaigns through bases of reactionary ideological and cultural offensive set up in the border areas, the article points out, and goes on: We should make all the people strong in ideology and faith with self-confidence and pride in having the most advantageous ideology and culture of Korean style.
The Korean people have received revolutionary education under the loving care of the party and the leader for over 50 years and tasted sweets and bitters while weathering out storm and stress. Our people did not waver when socialism collapsed in some countries and the corrupt capitalist ideology was sweeping the world. They will never lend an ear to the false propaganda of the imperialists.
During the period of the arduous march and the forced march, the revolutionary spirit of soldiers and the spirit of Kanggye were created and new culture of the working class is now in full bloom in our country. No matter which way the wind might blow, the Korean people have thought and acted according to the party's idea and will and paid no heed to the bourgeois ideology and culture.
It is the firm will of our people to prevent the capitalist idea from finding its way to our sound society. We should fully ensure the leadership of the Worker's Party of Korea over the ideological work. The idea and leadership of Kim Jong Il serve as an iron hammer which finally smashes the imperialist ideology and culture and a banner in building a noble and civilized new world based on justice.
Under his guidance we will resolutely frustrate the imperialists' reactionary ideological and cultural poisoning and build up the socialist ideological and cultural front of Korea into an eternally impregnable fortress.
Students' struggle goes on in S. Korea
Pyongyang, June 1 (KCNA) -- The 7th-term inaugural ceremony of the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils (Hanchongryon) was held at Kyunghee University in Seoul on may 29 despite the cordon thrown by more than 4,200 strong police force of 41 companies, according to a radio report from Seoul. The ceremony adopted a declaration "Let us struggle in solidarity with people from all walks of life to overthrow the U.S. imperialists and the fascist 'government'".
Hanchongryon held a press conference at the university on may 30 at which it demanded the authorities withdraw the police from the university and ensure a safety return home of more than 2,500 students who had not yet gone back home after participating in the ceremony.
The general student councils of Seoul National University, Sungsil University, Sungshin Women's University and three other universities staged a big student march urging a solution to the issue of the young unemployed at Youido, Seoul, on May 29.
DPRK railways delegation leaves
Pyongyang, June 1 (KCNA) -- A DPRK delegation of railways headed by Railways Minister Kim Yong Sam left here on May 31 to participate in the 27th ministerial meeting of the organization of railways cooperation to be held in Kazakhstan.
No war scenario can frighten Korean people
Pyongyang, June 1 (KCNA) -- The central committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland issued a statement on May 31 denouncing the U.S. imperialists for working hard to carry the "operation plan 5027-98," a new war scenario for aggression on Korea, into practice.
The new war scenario that revealed the true colors of the U.S. war hawks again is a high-handed provocative act of violating the sovereignty and dignity of the DPRK, the statement said. The U.S. are resorting to every conceivable move to destroy the DPRK by force of arms at any cost while paying lip-service to "peace" and "reconciliation," it said, and went on: "Policy of strength" is not almighty and no scenario for war of aggression can browbeat the Korean people.
It is the traditional spirit and steadfast will of the people and People's Army of Korea to deal a thousand-fold annihilating blow at the aggressors' provocation.
If the U.S. and the South Korean authorities start a war, all the Korean people will rise up as one to wipe out the aggressors to the last man.
Respected leader Kim Jong Il praised
Pyongyang, June 1 (KCNA) -- Abani Roy, secretary of the Revolutionary Socialist Party of India, made public a statement on may 25 in connection with the lapse of 35 years since General Secretary Kim Jong Il started the work at the Central Committee of the Worker's Party of Korea.
He said: The respected Kim Jong Il is a genius of creation who genuinely loves the people and provides them with happiness and a great man who bears responsibility for their destiny to the end and looks after them. Over the last 35 years he has ushered in an era of the nation's greatest prosperity with his wise leadership, shouldering upon himself the destiny of Korea.
He has confidently led the socialist cause despite the difficult situation in which the moves of the imperialists and reactionaries have become all the more pronounced in recent years following the collapse of socialism in some countries. He travels day and night to mix with the people. The people follow and believe in the leader as in heaven and the leader brings them happiness and defends their destiny. Herein lies the source of the invincible strength of socialist Korea.
Unabated aerial espionage on DPRK
Pyongyang, June 1 (KCNA) -- The U.S. war hawks have perpetrated more than 150 cases of aerial espionage on the North Korea in May by mobilizing strategic and tactical reconnaissance planes on different missions, a military source said. On the 31st, a U-2 high altitude strategic reconnaissance plane flew over the area along the Military Demarcation Line to spy on our strategic objects. On the 30th, a P-3 patrol plane took off from a foreign base and made a long flight over the East Sea of Korea to spy on targets at the sea. Cases of aerial espionage by strategic reconnaissance planes and patrol planes numbered over 30 in May.
U.S. preparations for war against DPRK
Pyongyang, June 1 (KCNA) -- The U.S. aggression forces deployed in and around South Korea in the wake of the announcement of the extremely adventurous and provocative "operation plan 5027-98" which have been changed on a fresh basis are boisterously moving in line with the plan, says Rodong Sinmun in a commentary today, warning the U.S. should clearly know who is their opponent.
The operation plan is a war document which is more bellicose and dangerous than the former, observes the commentary. The news analyst elaborates in detail on the fact that the U.S. have mapped out various operation plans and worked hard for their materialization since their defeat in the Korean War (July 27, 1953).
They have revealed once again their brigandish aggressive nature to the whole of the world, the commentary says, and goes on: In order to stifle the DPRK, they had employed all methods including isolation, suffocation, military pressure and appeasement, which did not work on the DPRK. They are now recklessly resorting to the exercise of strength, bereft of discretion.
They have made preparations for a war of aggression against the DPRK in a systematic way and finally completed the military operational system.
In a word, they are scheming to make a preemptive attack on the DPRK with mobilization of their armed forces in the mainland, the pacific region, and South Korea, Japan's "Self-Defence Forces" and the South Korean "ROK" army.
With the Yugoslav crisis as an occasion, the U.S. are now intensively examining the feasibility and efficiency of the operation plan for invading of the north. The Balkan War unleashed by the U.S. is a test war for putting into practice the "operation plan 5027-98) as well as a preliminary war for the second war of aggression on Korea.
But, they are making a serious misjudgment. It is an unshakable faith and mettle of the people and the army of Korea to meet the aggressors' challenge with a thousand-fold annihilating blow and the war of aggression with a liberation war of justice.
If the U.S. misjudge the mettle of the Korean people united around the great brilliant commander in one mind and in the spirit of human bombs and ignite a war of aggression, the Korean people will deal an annihilating and retaliatory blow to them and smash them into smithereens by all defensive and offensive means and potentials they have prepared for scores of years.
Not only the U.S. aggressors but also all their followers who are involved in executing the "operation plan 5027-98" will not escape the annihilating blow by the DPRK.
The U.S. and their followers should clearly know who is their opponent.
Sri Lankan committee to remember President Kim Il Sung formed
Pyongyang, June 1 (KCNA) -- The Sri Lankan committee to remember President Kim Il Sung was formed on May 26 on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the demise of the great leader Kim Il Sung. The Minister of Vocational Education and Rural Industry and a vice-Minister of Port Development, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction were elected co-chairmen of the committee. The committee decided to organize multifarious events including a seminar on the President's feats.
Withdrawal of appointment of "Minister of Justice" called for
Pyongyang, June 1 (KCNA) -- More than 40 civic, labour and human rights organizations in South Korea including the citizens' solidarity association for democratic society and the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions held a press conference on May 28 at which they rejected the appointment of Kim Thae Jong as new "Minister of Justice" and demanded its withdrawal, according to a radio report from Seoul.
The organizations recalled that while in office as "chief public prosecutor" he branded the people's expression of their aspiration after independence, democracy and reunification as an "enemy-benefiting act" and the South Korean Federation of University Student Councils, an independent organization of students, as an "enemy-benefiting organization" in a bid to crack down on them ruthlessly. They demanded the authorities withdraw the appointment of him as "minister".
Repeal of "NSL" in S. Korea demanded
Pyongyang, June 1 (KCNA) -- The South Korean chapter of the Amnesty International held a "campaign for human rights reform" in Seoul, South Korea, on May 30 and adopted a ten-point demand for the "government" authorities, according to the South Korean newspaper Choongang Ilbo. The organization strongly demanded the "people's government" abolish the "National Security Law", release prisoners of conscience and the arrested union leaders and ensure women's rights. It noted with deep concern that human rights violation is frequent in South Korea.
S. Korean unionists meet to defend vital rights
Pyongyang, June 1 (KCNA) -- More than 15,000 telecommunication unionists of South Korea held a rally for defending vital rights at Youido Park in Seoul on May 30 and demanded the authorities withdraw the layoff, according to a report. The rallies said vital rights of telecommunication office employees are threatened by the authorities' layoff. They called for "totally withdrawing a plan for cutting down manpower" and paying the same salaries as before their reduction. They warned they would wage a powerful anti-"government" struggle unless it meets their demands.
The authorities rushed more than 5,400 strong police force of 45 companies to encircle the rally site.
DPRK women's soccer team leaves for U.S.
Pyongyang, June 1 (KCNA) -- A DPRK women's soccer team left here today by air to participate in the 3rd Women's World Cup to be held in the United States.