Rodong Sinmun Saturday says in a by-line article in this regard:

To firmly adhere to independence means thoroughly discarding the dependence on outside forces and holding high the banner of national independence.

Any country and nation seeking to carve out their destinies by depending on outside forces are no more than puppets which are bereft of not only self-respect but of their senses. Such countries are without exception reduced to a subject to imperialism and its ally and destined to go to ruin in the end.

A new independent world can be built only through an anti-imperialist struggle and the anti-imperialist struggle can emerge victorious only when the principle of national independence is firmly observed.

The DPRK, small as it is in territory and population, has always emerged victorious despite the ceaseless moves of the imperialists and hegemonic forces for the past several decades because it has firmly adhered to the principle of national independence, thoroughly rejecting the dependence on outside forces and flunkeyism in the revolution and construction.

Dependence on outside forces and flunkeyism can never be manifested in the places where the mental power based on self-reliance is given full play. The spirit of national independence can give rise to the spirit of self-reliance and makes it possible for a country and a nation to successfully achieve their progress and prosperity.

The validity and vitality of the outstanding idea propounded by President Kim Il Sung that the dependence on outside forces leads to a nation's ruin whereas national independence leads to the road of independence and prosperity are being more clearly proved in the present era.