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On 105th Birth Anniversary of President Kim Il Sung
Juche Idea Researchers from the world visit DPRK

   April 15, 2017 falls on the 105th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.
   Eighty-six Juche idea researchers in thirty Juche idea study organizations from 25 countries visited the DPRK with the reverence for President Kim Il Sung who carved out the era of independence by founding the Juche idea.
   In the capital city Pyongyang, the completion ceremony of buildings on a street called Ryomyong was held in line with the 105th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.
   On April 15, a military parade along with a public procession was grandly conducted at Kim Il Sung Square with Chairman Kim Jong Un as chief podium, and on the evening of the same day, an evening gala sponsored by the Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth league was held at the same place. At the end of the evening gala fireworks were launched, the night in Pyongyang was gorgeously colored, the capital Pyongyang was wrapped in a celebration mood to commemorate the 105th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.
   During their stay in Pyongyang, Juche idea researchers from the world participated in a workshop on the Juche idea and a conference of Juche idea researchers sponsored by the International Institute of the Juche Idea (IIJI).

■ Workshop on Juche Idea:

Learning from Chairman Kim Jong Un, Who Shines President Kim Il Sung’s and General Secretary Kim Jong Il’s thoughts and achievements

   A Workshop on the Juche Idea was held on April 14th at the People's Cultural Palace sponsored by the IIJI.

   On the chief podium were Prof. Ramon Jimenez Lopez, director general of the IIJI Board; Dr. Ogami Ken-ichi, secretary general of the IIJI; Prof. Edmond Jouve, director general of the Board of Directors of the European Regional Society for the Study of the Juche Idea (ERSSJI), Vice-Chairman Ri Kil Song of the Korean Association of Social Scientists; Chairperson Elena Babich of the Russian Women’s League of Comrade Kim Jong Suk; Prof. Ie Masaji, joint representative coordinator of the Japanese National Liaison Council for the Study of Kimilsung-Kimjongilism; President Juha Kieksi of the Society for the Study of the Juche Idea of・ Finland; and Dr. Manju Ratna Sakya, president of the Nepalese Association of Journalists.
   The workshop proceeded being moderated by Prof. Edmond Jouve. It started with Prof. Ramon Jimenez Lopez's report followed by speeches made by: President Sekouna Camara of the Guinean Kim Il Sung Institute for Agricultural Sciences; President Shanker Bharati of the Nepal Literary Forum for Songun Policy Study; Chairperson Elena Babich of the Russian Women’s League of Comrade Kim Jong Suk; President Sheikh Mohd Refiqul Islam Bable of the Bangladesh Institute of the Juche Idea; Prof. Roland Vele Mukelenge at the University of Bandundu, the DR of the Congo; President Juha Kieksi of the Society for the Study of the Juche Idea of Finland, Prof. Emeritus Edmond Jouve at Paris Descartes University; Prof. Ri Song Chol, secretary general of the KASS; President Dermot Hudson of the Juche Idea Study Group of the UK, and Dr. Ogami Ken-ichi, secretary general of the IIJI.
   Touching upon the great contribution made by President Kim Il Sung to the cause of global independence, Prof. Ramon Jimenez Lopez, director general of the IIJI Board said: reflecting the demands of the era when the popular masses who once had been suppressed and oppressed emerged as the masters of their own destiny at the beginning of the 20th century, President Kim Il Sung founded the Juche idea that clarifies the way forward for mankind to advance; and thus he brought about a new turning point, being unprecedented in history, under the banner of the Juche idea, in the process of humanity’s carrying out of the cause of independence.
   Also, in the subsequent speech, there was a mention that the Juche idea is a guiding idea that points to the prospect of the people's struggle for independence.
   Furthermore, at the seminar, the following speeches referred to General Secretary Kim Jong Il’s ideo-theoretical activities who developed and enriched the Juche idea and put forward Songun politics entitled: "People-centered Korean-styled Socialism Is Unfailingly Victorious," “Korea's Reality Shows That Socialism Is Science” and “General Secretary Kim Jong Il Who Safegurded the Dignity and Independence of His Nation by Dint of Songun Politics."
   Similarly, referring to the achievements made by Chairman Kim Jong Un who formulated President Kim Il Sung’s and General Secretary Kim Jong Il’s thoughts and achievements into Kimilsung-Kimjongilism, the following speeches were delivered: “Kimiilsung-Kimjongilism Is the People-first Principle”, "Chairman Kim Jong Un, the Leader Who Is Safeguarding Peace and Security of the Korean Peninsula, East Asia and the World.”
   In his speech entitled “For Making One’s Own Country and Rest of World Independent with Kimilsung-Kimjongilism as One’s Faith,” Dr. Ogami Ken-icni mentioned: Firstly, about the present era, the era of independence carved out by President Kim Il Sung and the fact that nowadays the DPRK in the world, upholding aloft the banner of Kimilsung-Kimjongilism has been singularly marching ahead straightforwardly along the road to independence, the road to socialism; secondly, on the occasion of the centenary of the Russian Revolution that falls on this year, about that Kimilsung-Kimjongilism holds the key to the restoration of socialism; thirdly, about that nowadays Kimilsung-Kimjongilism is indispensable for the economically advanced capitalist countries to advance along the road to independence.

■Conference of Juche Idea Researchers:

President Kim Il Sung Who Will Continue to Live
in the Minds of the World Peopl

   On April 16, a Conference of Juche Idea Researchers from the world was held at People's Cultural Palace.
   It was moderated by Mr. Juha Kieksi.
   At the conference, Dr. Ogami Ken-ichi, secretary general of the IIJI; Dr. Manju Ratna Sakya, president of the Nepalese Association of Journalists; Prof. Edmond Jouve; Mr. Sekouna Camara; Prof. Ramon Jimenez Lopez, director general of the IIJI Board were given opportunities to talk about their experiences in visiting the DPRK and the study and dissemination of the Juche idea in their respective countries and regions.
   In his speech entitled “President Kim Il Sung’s Deep Love Extended to Youths in Carving Out Future of Juche,” Dr. Ogami Ken-ich looked back on the days of his youth when he came across with the Juche idea and was received audiences by President Kim Il Sung and said: “Because I had been honored to be received audiences by him so often, I was wondering why he had cared such a young man like me to that degree. Then the conclusion I reached was that his love was not only for the Korean people but also for the entire people in the world just like the Sun is directed to illuminate all things in the world. Moreover, that he loved me who was in my youth at that time, trusted and treated me as a comrade is attributable to his love for the future that will be carved out with the Juche idea. In that way I came to understand.”

   At the conference, there were also remarks of young people from India, Russia and Ukraine. The Russian youth who first had visited with her father said that she wanted to learn from the idea of “Aim High” in Korea and prepare herself as a new generation.
   Finally, a letter to Chairman Kim Jong Un was adopted.

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   The Board members of the IIJI and some of the heads of the delegations of the Juche idea study groups were received an audience by President Kim Yong Nam of the SPA of the DPRK on April 14 at the Assembly Hall of Mansudae.

   Similarly, on the same day, a reception was held for Juche idea researchers from the world.
   It was attended by Vice-Chairman Kim Ki Nam of the WPK and President Tae Hyong Chol of the KASS.
   After the welcome speech made by President Tae Hyong Chol, Director General Ramon Jimenez Lopez of the IIJI Board responded in his speech, saying that those Juche idea researchers from the world were filled with nostalgic reminiscences of President Kim Il Sung and their reverence for him. He continued that he would extend their warm congratulatory greetings to Chairman Kim Jong Un, who had been leading the cause of Juche along the road of victory upholding aloft the banner of Kimilsung-Kimjongilism along with the entire Korean people.