Kim Jong Il

Kim Jong Il

Kim Jong Il

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Kim Jong Il

Selected Works

Selected Works – Volume 1

Selected Works – Volume 2

Selected Works – Volume 9

Selected Works – Volume 10

Selected Works – Volume 11

Selected Works – Volume 12

Selected Works – Volume 13

Selected Works – Volume 14

Selected Works – Volume 15

Biographies and reminiscences

Kim Jong Il Biography – Volume 1

Kim Jong Il Biography – Volume 2

Kim Jong Il Biography – Volume 3

History of Revolutionary Activities of Chairman Kim Jong Il, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 104 (2015), 364 pages.

Kim Jong Il – short biography, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 90 (2001), 218 pages.

Kim Jong Il – Day of having Korea Reunified, North Korean scenario for war and peace, Kim Myong Chol, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 90 (2001), 218 pages.

Kim Jong Il – Brief History, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 87 (1998), 159 pages.

Kim Jong Il – Brief History, Supplemented edition, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 110 (2021), 182 pages.

Kim Jong Il’s Aphorisms, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 97 (2008), 49 pages.

Kim Jong Il’s Theory on Korea’s Reunification, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 97 (2008), 103 pages.

Songun Politics of Kim Jong Il, Kim Chol U, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 91 (2002), 128 pages.

The Great man Kim Jong Il – 2, Ri Il Bok, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, 1995, 104 pages.

The Leadership Philosophy of Kim Jong Il, Jo Song Baek, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 88 (1999), 234 pages.

The People’s Leader, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il, Juche 111, (2022), 136 pages.

Kim Jong Il and Music, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112. (2023), 140 pages.

The Great Man and His World of Music, FLPH, DPR Korea, 2025, 116 pages.

Anecdotes of Kim Jong Il’s Life

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Individual articles

Worshipping Big Powers and Depending on Foreign Forces is the way to national ruin, Talk to Students at Kim Il Sung University – April 5 1961, 8 pages.

On correctly analyzing and reviewing the history of the preceding Revolutionary Ideology of the Working Class, Talks to Social Scientists – May 20, June 17 and September 30 1966, 11 pages.

On the Art of the cinema – April 11 1973, 475 pages.

On some questions in understanding the Juche Philosophy, Talk to Theoretical Propagandists of the Party – April 2 1974, 6 pages.

On the Art of Opera, Talk to Creative Workers in the Field of Art and Literature – September 4-6 1974, 96 pages.

On thoroughly establishing the system of Party Leadership, Speech at a Consultative Meeting of Senior Officials of the Organizational Leadership Department and the Information and Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – April 28 1979, 18 pages.

On the Juche Idea, Treatise sent to the National Seminar on the Juche Idea held to mark the 70th Birthday of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung – March 31 1982, 68 pages.

The Workers’ Party of Korea is a Juche-type Revolutionary Party which inherited the glorious tradition of the diu – October 17 1982, 37 pages.

On some Problems of Education in the Juche Idea, Talk to the Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – July 15 1986, 28 pages.

On further developing mass gymnastics, Talk to Mass Gymnastics Producers – April 11 1987, 21 pages.

On the Art of the drama, Talk to the Officials in the Field of Art and Literature – April 20 1988, 102 pages.

Let us highly display the Korean-nation-first Spirit, Speech Addressed to the Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – December 28 1989, 27 pages.

On some Problems of the Ideological Foundation of Socialism, Speech Delivered to the Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – May 30 1990, 25 pages.

The Workers’ Party of Korea organizes and guides all the victories of our people – October 3 Juche 79 (1990), 27 pages.

On having a correct viewpoint and understanding of the Juche Philosophy, Talk to the Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – October 25 1990, 8 pages.

Socialism of our country is a Socialism of our style as the embodiment of the Juche Idea, Speech Delivered to the Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – December 27 1990, 37 pages.

Our Socialism Centred on the Masses shall not perish, Talk to the Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – May 5 1991, 52 pages.

On Architecture – May 21 1991, 170 pages.

Let us firmly equip ourselves with the Theory of Juche-oriented Socialist Economic Management, Letter to the Teaching Staff and Students of the University of National Economics on the 45th Anniversary of its establishment – July 1 1991, 44 pages.

On the Art of Music – July 17 1991, 201 pages.

On Fine Art – October 16 1991, 173 pages.

The historical lesson in building Socialism and the General Line of our Party, Talk to the Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – January 3 1992, 40 pages.

Let us further strengthen our Single-hearted Unity and give full play to the Korean-nation-first spirit, Talk to the Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – February 4 1992, 7 pages.

On strengthening the People’s Army and creating a social climate in which prominence is given to military affairs, Talk to the Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – February 4 1992, 9 pages.

Let us glorify the Great Achievements of the Respected Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung, Talk to the Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – April 17 1992, 35 pages.

Some problems arising in improving Public Health, Talk to the Senior Officials in the Sector of Public Health – July 22 1992, 7 pages.

Let us further improve City Management in conformity with the requirements of the developing situation, Letter to those attending the National Short Course for City Management Officials – September 4 1992, 19 pages.

On the Fundamentals of Revolutionary Party Building, A Treatise written on the occasion of the 47th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Workers’ Party of Korea – October 10 1992, 44 pages.

Socialism is the life of our people, Talk with the Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – November 14 1992, 7 pages.

Let us bring the advantages of our People’s Government into fuller play, Letter to the Participants in the National Lecture Course for Officials of People’s Government Organizations – December 21 1992, 43 pages.

Abuses of Socialism are intolerable, Discourse published in Kulloja, Official Magazine of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – March 1 1993, 21 pages.

Let us hold the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung in high esteem as the Eternal President of our Republic, Talks to Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – July 11 and 19 1994, 7 pages.

Let us hold the Great Leader in high esteem forever and accomplish his cause, Talk to the Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – October 16 1994, 22 pages.

Socialism is a science, Treatise published in Rodong Sinmun, organ of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – November 1 1994, 40 pages.

Let us make our Country, our Motherland, ever more prosperous, true to the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung’s intention, Talk to the Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – December 31 1994, 9 pages.

Giving priority to Ideological Work is essential for accomplishing Socialism – June 19 1995, 43 pages.

Respecting the forerunners of the Revolution is a noble moral obligation of revolutionaries, Discourse Published in Rodong Sinmun, Organ of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – December 25 1995, 26 pages.

The Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung will always be with our people, Talk to Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – February 11 1996, 3 pages.

The Juche Philosophy is an Original Revolutionary Philosophy, Discourse Published in Kulloja, Theoretical Magazine of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – July 26 1996, 15 pages.

On preserving the Juche Character and National Character of the Revolution and Construction – June 19 1997, 38 pages.

Let us carry out the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung’s instructions for National Reunification – August 4 1997, 24 pages.

Let us Reunify the Country Independently and Peacefully through the Great Unity of the Entire Nation, Letter to the National Symposium to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Historic Joint Conference of Representatives of Political Parties and Public Organizations in North and South Korea – April 18 Juche 87 (1998), 20 pages.

Holding the Great Comrade Kim Il Sung in high esteem is the noblest moral obligation of our Party and People, Talk to Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – October 27 Juche 88 (1999), 11 pages.

Answers to questions raised by ITAR-TASS – July 24 Juche 90 (2001), 6 pages.

Kim Chaek University of Technology is a powerful base of our country for training people talented in science and technology, Talk to the Teaching Staff of Kim Chaek University of Technology while giving on-site guidance at the University – September 19 Juche 90 (2001), 10 pages.

On having a correct understanding of Nationalism, Talk to the Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – February 26 and 28 Juche 91 (2002), 7 pages.

The Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance ‘Arirang’ is a world-class masterpiece representative of the new century, Talk to Officials after enjoying the Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance ‘Arirang’, a winner of the Kim Il Sung Prize – August 15 Juche 91 (2002), 8 pages.

Answers to questions raised by the President of Kyodo News Service – September 14 Juche 91 (2002), 3 pages.

The Songun-based Revolutionary Line is a Great Revolutionary Line of our era and an Ever-victorious Banner of our Revolution, Talk to the Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – January 29 Juche 92 (2003), 22 pages.

Kimilsungia is an immortal flower that has bloomed in the hearts of mankind in the era of Independence, Talk to the Senior Officials of the Information Department of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – April 6 Juche 94 (2005), 9 pages.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a Juche-oriented Socialist State with invincible might, Discourse Published in Rodong Sinmun, Organ of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, and Minju Joson, Organ of the DPRK Government – September 5 Juche 97 (2008), 29 pages.

The Anti-Japanese War Heroine Kim Jong Suk will live for ever in the hearts of our people, Talk to Officials whilst giving guidance to work relating to revolutionary relics in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province – February 24 Juche 98 (2009), 10 pages.

On Holding the Great Leader Kim Il Sung in high esteem and exalting the brilliance of his achievements, Juche 104, (2015), 138 pages.

Let us serve the people, 3 articles from 1984, 1988 and 2003, Juche 111 (2022), 55 pages.

On Juche Literature, nd 269 pages.

On the Juche Philosophy, Juche 111, (2022), 170 pages.

Let us glorify the great achievements of Comrade Kim Il Sung, Juche 111, (2022), 124 pages.

Comrade Kim Il Sung is the Eternal President of our Republic, Juche 111, (2022), 39 pages.

Socialism is a science, speech/treatise published in Rodong Sinmun, organ of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea November 1, 1994, November 8th Publishing House, Ottawa 2022, 54 pages.

The historical lesson in building Socialism, November 8th Publishing House, Toronto 2022, 167 pages.

On Fine Art, October 16, 1991, November 8th Publishing House, Ottawa 2023, 231 pages.

The status and role of the county in Socialist Construction, March 18, 1964, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 74 pages.

On fine art, October 16, 1991, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 303 pages.

The present times and the tasks facing young people, talk to Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, October 12, 1988, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 29 pages.

Our leader is a great statesman, talks to students at the Kim Il Sung University, September 5 1963, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 11 pages.

Self-reliance is the only way to survival and victory, talk to Commanding Officers of the Korean People’s Army, September 8, Juche 87, (1998), FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 9 pages.

Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War was the great fruition of the outstanding guidance of the respected leader Kim Il Sung, talk to Military Campers from Kim Il Sung University, September 16, 1962, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 15 pages.

The Juche philosophy is an original revolutionary philosophy, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 175 pages.

Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War was a noteworthy event in world history that made an imperishable contribution to the cause of the liberation of humankind, talk to students at Kim Il Sung University, July 28, 1961, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 11 pages.

Socialism is the lifeline of our people, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 63 pages.

Self-reliance is the only way to survival and victory, talk to commanding officers of the Korean People’s Army, September 8th, Juche 87 (1998), Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 9 pages.

On rapidly developing science and technology, talk to students at Kim Il Sung University, July 14 1962, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 113 (2024), 7 pages.

Let us accomplish the Revolutionary Cause of Juche by carrying forward the traditions of the Diu, talk to Senior Officials of the Party and the Army, October 15, Juche 95, 2006, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 113 (2024), 16 pages.

Let us live not merely for today but for tomorrow, talk to senior officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, January 14, 1996, FLPH, Pyongyang, 2024, 6 pages.

Let us strengthen and develop our Party into the Eternal Party of Comrade Kim Il Sung, talk to officials of the Organisational Leadership Department of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, June 20, 1964, FLPH, Pyongyang, 2024,11 pages.

In creation and construction knowledge is the greatest wealth and ignorance is the greatest poverty, talk to Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, April 30, 2006, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, 2025, 8 pages.

Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong Il’s Aphorisms, FLPH, DPR Korea, 2025, 164 pages.

Revolutionary Comradeship is the basis of single-hearted unity and the driving force of Our Revolution, talk to senior officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, April 7, 2004, FLPH, DPR Korea, 2025, 17 pages.

Let us open the way to a new victory with the same revolutionary faith, will and courage as possessed by President Kim Il Sung, talk to Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, November 25, 2002, FLPH, DPR Korea, 2025, 13 pages.

The leader of the working class plays the decisive role in the revolutionary struggle, talk to students at Kim Il Sung University, June 12 1963, FLPH, DPR Korea, 2026, 8 pages.

 

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Kim Il Sung

Collected Works

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 4

Volume 5

Volume 6

Volume 7

Volume 8

Volume 9

Volume 10

Volume 11

Volume 12

Volume 13

Volume 14

Volume 15

Volume 16

Volume 17

Volume 18

Volume 19

Volume 20

Volume 21

Volume 22

Volume 23

Volume 24

Volume 25

Volume 26

Volume 27

Volume 28

Volume 29

Volume 30

Volume 31

Volume 32

Volume 33

Volume 34

Volume 35

Volume 36

Volume 37

Volume 38

Volume 39

Volume 40

Volume 41

Volume 42

Volume 43

Volume 44

Volume 45

Volume 46

Volume 47

Volume 48

Volume 49

Volume 50

Kim Il Sung, Selected Works, Volume 1, The Party History Institute of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, 1976, 701 pages.

Kim Il Sung – Aphorisms, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 108 (2019), 64 pages.

Individual articles

Let us reunify the Country Independently and Peacefully, Kim Il Sung, From the ‘Report to the Sixth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea on the work of the Central Committee’, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, 1980, 15 pages.

On the occasion of Forming a Party Organization, Speech delivered at the Meeting in Kalun to Found a Party Organization – July 3 1930, 8 pages.

On the occasion of Founding the Anti-Japanese People’s Guerrilla Army, Speech at the Ceremony to Found the Anti-Japanese People’s Guerrilla Army – April 25 1932, 11 pages.

Let us provide active support for the Revolutionary Struggle of the Chinese People, Talk to the military and political cadres to be despatched to North-east China – September 15 1945, 7 pages.

Let us devote ourselves to the service for the masses of the people, Talk to the senior officials of Ryongchon County, North Phyongan Province – November 29 1945, 6 pages.

On the Decision of the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers on the Korean Question, Speech delivered at the Consultative Meeting of the Department Directors of the Central Organizing Committee of the Communist Party of North Korea – December 31 1945, 7 pages.

On Exposing and Destroying the ‘Anti-trusteeship’ plot of the US and South Korean Reactionary Elements, Talk to a Senior Official of the South Korean Communist Party Organizations – January 1 1946, 3 pages.

For the Establishment of a United Party of the Working Masses, Report to the Inaugural Congress of the Workers’ Party of North Korea – August 29 1946, 17 pages.

Talk to American journalist Anna Louise Strong – August 8 1947, 15 pages.

Let us expose the truth behind the US Imperialists’ rigging up of the UN Temporary Commission on Korea, Instructions to the Director of the Information Department of the People’s Committee of North Korea – November 19 1947, 4 pages.

On Revealing the Reactionary Nature of the South Korea-US Military Agreement, Directive to the Editor-in-Chief Rodong Sinmun – September 16 1948, 3 pages.

Go all out for Victory in the War, Radio Address to the Entire Korean People – June 26 1950, 8 pages.

Repel the US Imperialist Invasion! Radio address to the entire Korean People – July 8 1950, 11 pages.

On a historic victory in the Fatherland Liberation War and the tasks of the People’s Army, Speech before the Officers and Men of Unit No. 256 of the Korean People’s Army – October 23 1953, 17 pages.

Revolution and Socialist Construction in Korea, Selected writings of Kim Il Sung, International Publishers, New York, 1971, 225 pages.

On the Three Principles of National Reunification, Conversations with the South Korean Delegates to the High-Level Political Talks between North and South Korea – May 3 and November 3 1972, 31 pages.

Let us prevent a National Partition and Reunify the country, Speech at the Pyongyang Mass Rally to welcome the Party and Government Delegation of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic – June 23 1973, 13 pages.

On Abolishing the Tax System, A Law adopted by the Fifth Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at its Third Session – March 21 1974, 7 pages.

The US Imperialist Army of Aggression must withdraw unconditionally from South Korea, Speech at a Mass Rally in Pyongyang to welcome the party and Government Delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic – October 1 1974, 22 pages.

The Law of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on the nursing and upbringing of children, Adopted at the Sixth Session of the Fifth Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – April 29 1976, 14 pages.

For the independence and peaceful reunification of Korea, Guardian Associates Inc, New York, 1976, 246 pages.

Theses on Socialist Education, Published at the 14th Plenary Meeting of the Fifth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea – September 5 1977, 44 pages.

On the full implementation of the Thesis on Socialist Education, Concluding Speech at the 14th Plenary Meeting of the Fifth Central Committee of the Workers’ party of Korea – September 7 1977, 32 pages.

Let us further strengthen the People’s Government, Speech delivered at the First Session of the Sixth Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – December 15 1977, 24 pages.

Let us step up Socialist Construction under the banner of the Juche Idea, Report at the National Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – September 9 1978, 36 pages.

Talk to a Delegation from the British Committee for Supporting Korea’s Reunification – October 3 1979, 4 pages.

The Public Health Law of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Adopted at the Fourth Session of the Sixth Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – April 3 1980, 10 pages.

Let us implement the Public Health Law to the letter, Speech delivered at the Fourth Session of the Sixth Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – April 4 1980, 14 pages.

Report to the Sixth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea on the work of the Central Committee (excerpt) – October 10 1980, 11 pages.

Answers to questions raised by the Chief Editor of Mundo Obrero, organ of the Spanish Communist Party and by the Editor in Charge of Home News of El Pais, unattached Spanish newspaper – November 28 1980, 11 pages.

Talk to the President of the Editorial Council of the Mexican Newspaper El Dia – June 18 1981, 14 pages.

Non-Aligned and Developing Countries should solve the Agricultural Problem through their own efforts, Speech at the banquet given to welcome the delegations attending the Symposium of the Non-aligned and other developing countries on increasing food and agricultural production, August 26 1981, 7 pages.

Talk to the Director of the Indian newspaper National Herald – November 11 1981, 7 pages.

For the strengthening of cooperation between the Non-aligned Countries in their News Services – Speech at the Banquet Held in Honour of the Delegates to the Seventh Meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the News Agencies Pool of the Non-Aligned Countries – May 13 1982, 9 pages.

The DPRK represents genuine People’s Power and is a banner of the Unity and Solidarity of the Masses, A Speech at a banquet to Celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the Foundation of the DPRK – September 9 1983, 14 pages.

A talk to the Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and his party – March 15 1984, 15 pages.

Talk to a Delegation of the International Liaison Committee for Independent and Peaceful Reunification of Korea – October 11 1985, 4 pages.

Preventing War and Preserving Peace are the burning tasks of mankind, Speech at a banquet given in honour of the participants in the Pyongyang International Conference for De-nuclearization and Peace on the Korean Peninsula – September 6 1986, 8 pages.

Let us develop South-South Cooperation, Congratulatory Speech at the Extraordinary Ministerial Conference of Non-Aligned Countries on South-South Cooperation – June 9 1987, 11 pages.

On developing Kangwon Province as a good tourist resort, Speech delivered at the 31st Session of the Eighth Central People’s Committee of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – November 14 and 15 1989, 19 pages.

Let us bring the advantages of Socialism in our Country into full play, Policy Speech Addressed to the First Session of the Ninth Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – May 24 1990, 28 pages.

Let the entire nation Unite and hasten the Reunification of the Country, Speech delivered to the Delegates to the Pan-National Rally – August 18 1990, 19 pages.

Answers to questions raised by the President of the Nepal Journalist Association – November 29 1990, 12 pages.

Honoured Disabled Veterans should continue to bring the flower of the revolution into bloom and live optimistically, Talk to Officials after Enjoying the National Joint Performance of the Honoured Disabled Veterans Art Groups – December 6 1990, 4 pages.

Replies to the Managing Editor of Mainichi Shibun – April 19 1991, 7 pages.

Let us achieve the Great Unity of our Nation, Talk to the Senior Officials of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland and the Members of the North Side’s Headquarters of the Pan-National Alliance for the Country’s Reunification – August 1 1991, 19 pages.

Let the North and the South open the way to Peace and the Reunification of the Country in a United Effort, Talk to the Delegates to the North-South High-Level Negotiations from Both Sides – February 20 1992, 4 pages.

Enhancing the role of the masses of the people is the guarantee for victory in the cause of Independence, Speech at a Banquet Given by the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – April 15 1992, 8 pages.

Let the women in the North and the South hasten the Reunification of the Country through United Efforts, Talk to the Members of the Delegation from the South and Overseas Korean Women Who Participated in the Third Pyongyang Seminar on ‘Peace in Asia and the Role of Women’ – September 6 1992, 8 pages.

Officials must become true servants of the people, Talk to Officials of Party, Administrative and Economic Organs – December 28 1992, 15 pages.

10-point Programme of the Great Unity of the Whole Nation for the Reunification of the Country – April 6 1993, 4 pages.

On vigorously conducting the National Reunification Movement among Overseas Compatriots, Talk to the Chairman of the Association for the Promotion of Korea’s Reunification in the Commonwealth of Independent States and his party – June 6 1993, 5 pages.

On Achieving the National Reunification by the Great Unity of the Nation, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 97 (2008), 70 pages.

On Repelling the Armed Invasion by the US Imperialists and achieving victory in the Fatherland Liberation War, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 104 (2015), 159 pages.

On the relations between the DPRK and the USA, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 108 (2019), 99 pages.

On some points of the Juche Idea, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 109 (2020), 103 pages.

On the Founding and Development of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 109 (2020), 267 pages.

For achieving global independence, Juche 111, (2022), 61 pages.

We should work for the people, Juche 111, (2022), 81 pages.

Talk to the Delegation of the Summit Council for World Peace, April 19, 1992, Juche 11, (2022), 16 pages.

Talk to the Vice-Director of the US Centre for Strategic and International Studies and his party, June 28, 1992, Juche 111, (2022), 21 pages.

Mission of Friendship – Enver Hoxha and Kim Il Sung, speeches, documents and accounts from the visit of the DPRK government delegation to the People’s Republic of Albania, June 29-July 2, 1956, November 8th Publishing House, Ottawa 2022, 59 pages.

On the questions of the period of transition from capitalism to Socialism and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, speech delivered to Party Ideological Workers (May 25, 1967), November 8th Publishing House, Toronto 2022, 28 pages.

On further accelerating socialist rural construction, speech delivered at the National Conference of Agricultural Workers, February 7, 1969, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 110 pages.

On the occasion of the founding of the Korean People’s Army, Speech at a review of the Korean People’s Army, February 8, 1948, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 16 pages.

The Korean People’s Army has inherited the Anti-Japanese armed struggle, Speech to officers and men of Unit No. 324 of the Korean People’s Army, February 8, 1958, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 66 pages.

Talk to a delegation from the Socialist Party of Portugal, November 4. 1977, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 9 pages.

On the Korean People’s struggle to apply the Juche Idea, talks to the delegation of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance of Peru, June 30 and July 1 and 5 1983, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 72 pages.

The Monument to the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War is an open-air museum that shows the great feats of the Heroic Fighters, talk to the officials whilst looking around the Monument to the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War, July 16, 1993, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 7 pages.

Congratulations on the Great Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 24 pages.

The Workers’ Party of Korea is the organizer of victory in the Fatherland Liberation War, speech to the teaching staff and students of the Central Party School under the Workers’ Party of Korea, June 18, 1952, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 36 pages.

On further developing the nursing and upbringing of children, speech of the Sixth Session of the Fifth Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, April 29, 1976, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 112 (2023), 11 pages.

Let us bring about a fresh turn in Socialist economic construction, concluding speech at the Eighth Plenary Meeting of the Sixth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, November 29 – December 1 1983, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 113 (2024), 87 pages.

Living standards must be improved to hasten the complete victory of Socialism, talk to senior officials of South Hamgyong Province, August 9 1991, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 113 (2024), 17 pages.

On upholding independence, FLPH, DPRK, 2024, 16 pages.

Talk to a Delegation from the International Institute of the Juche Idea, October 17, 1980, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, 2025, 11 pages.

Talk to a delegation of the Revolutionary Party of Tanzania, FLPH, DPR Korea, 2025, 12 pages.

On further developing the Communist Policies, talk to senior officials of the Administration Council, October 22, 1985, FLPH, DPR Korea, 2025, 23 pages.

Principles of life, FLPH, DPR Korea, 2025, 60 pages.

Let us implement the public health law to the letter, speech delivered at the Fourth Session of the Sixth Supreme People’s Assembly of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, April 4, 1980, FLPH, DPR Korea, 2025, 21 pages.

Talk to a Delegation from the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, September 14 1987, FLPH, DPR Korea, 2026, 6 pages.

Biographies of Kim Il Sung

Kim Il Sung, Condensed Biography, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 90 (2001), 335 pages.

History of Revolutionary Activities of President Kim Il Sung – Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 101 (2012), 504 pages.

Anecdotes of Kim Il Sung’s life – Volume 1, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 96 (2007), 49 pages.

Anecdotes of Kim Il Sung’s life – Volume 2, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 102 (2013), 86 pages.

Echoes Down the Centuries, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 103 (2014), 105 pages.

Principles of Life, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 107 (2018), 71 pages.

Kim Il Sung and his mentor, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 110 (2021), 60 pages.

Great Man, dedicated to the 110th Anniversary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung, Juche 111 (2022), 115 pages.

In the embrace of Kim Il Sung, FLPH, Pyongyang, Juche 11 (2022), 84 pages.

Kim Il Sung’s Reminiscences

With the century – Volume 1, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, 1994, 396 pages.

With the century – Volume 2, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, 1994, 499 pages.

With the century – Volume 3, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, 1993, 622 pages.

With the century – Volume 4, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, 1993, 512 pages.

With the century – Volume 5, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, 1994, 448 pages.

With the century – Volume 6, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, 1995, 447 pages.

With the century – Volume 7, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 96 (2007), 383 pages.

With the century – Volume 8, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 87 (1998), 464 pages.

With the century – Volume 13, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 109 (2020), 172 pages.

With the century – Volume 14, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 109 (2020), 174 pages.

With the century – Volume 15, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang, Juche 110 (2021), 174 pages.

Great Man, FLPH, DPRK, 2025, 195 pages.

The Great Man and his Mentor, FLPH, DPR Korea, 2025, 108 pages.

The Great Man’s Life and Music, FLPH, DPR Korea, 2025, 99 pages.

 

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No strategy – no way forward

When it comes to the pandemic there’s a bit of a hiatus in Britain at the moment. As there is still (as there has never been) no coherent strategy all that the Government is doing is crossing their fingers in the hope that the pandemic will just go away. That was the Buffoon’s approach in March 2020 and it hasn’t really changed. If there has been a change in perception it was that the pandemic was an ideal opportunity for the State to give billions of pounds of the public’s money to private companies – preferably those with a link to the ruling Conservative Party.

When the first indications that a vaccine would be quickly available this was touted as being the way out of the problem. However, even though the vaccination programme in the UK has been one of the most successful in the world that certainty seems to be gradually drifting away. Now things are happening which weren’t planned for – such as variants which are always expected in such circumstances but lacking any strategy the Government hasn’t really allowed for them.

We are still in the realm of knee-jerk reactions;

  • what to do with school children when one child in a ‘bubble’ tests positive;
  • which countries people can go to or what they must do when they come back from ‘foreign climes’;
  • whether mass events should or shouldn’t take place;
  • whether such mass events cause outbreaks – or they don’t;
  • what will happen later in the year and will the covid outbreak be superseded by the regular winter influenza season, sometime serious, sometimes not;
  • there’s still a great deal of confusion for higher education students in how the first term of the new academic year (which starts in September) will look like;
  • whether unemployment will increase drastically after support packages end or whether there will be a labour shortage;
  • whether England’s progress through the Euro Football tournament will be ‘what the country needs’ after a ‘unprecedented year’ or will lead to further ‘disappointment’.

The Government certainly, and probably the majority of the population are just crossing various parts of their bodies in the hope that things will get better. But history has shown that hope alone for a better future rarely leads to good results – very often the reverse.

What the country (and the world – there being challenges in many of those countries that were considered to have been on top of the issue in the past year or so) needs is a proper strategy which addresses the underlying causes and systemic failures to deal with such ‘natural’ disasters as a pandemic.

What we have been shown in countless examples since the end of 2019 is that the present ruling system is incapable of formulating such a strategy – at least as far as it goes in benefiting the vast majority of the population.

Vaccination programme in Britain ….

Did a delayed second dose give the delta variant an evolutionary helping hand?

The only vaccine being distributed ‘at cost’ and the only one that has ‘serious’ side-effects. Coincidence? Just means more money being shovelled, worldwide, into the bank accounts of ‘big pharma’. The Oxford vaccine: the trials and tribulations of a world-saving jab.

Why most people who now die with covid in England have had a vaccination.

….. and around the world

Sinopharm covid vaccine: the world needs to keep using it, even if it’s less effective.

To end covid-19 we need vaccine justice for developing countries not outdated charity.

The G7’s vaccine pledge: donating 1 billion doses to end the pandemic is far too little.

What are the Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines? And how effective are they?

G7 donations unlikely to bring pandemic to an end by 2022.

South Africa’s latest covid-19 lock down puts spotlight back on vaccination failures.

Data not fear

No major outbreaks found at government mass pilot events.

What the pandemic has exposed

How covid-19 exposed the systemic ageism at the heart of Britain.

What about ‘herd immunity’?

A phrase that went out of fashion for most of the last year, now coming (quietly) back into the conversation.

Covid-19 may never go away, but practical herd immunity is within reach.

But ….

Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution – 99% of people in poor countries are unvaccinated.

‘Long covid’

More than 2 million adults in England have had ‘long covid’ for over 12 weeks.

‘Collateral damage’

At least 130,000 households in England made homeless in pandemic.

Compare with that article with another published in the same newspaper on the same day. Clamour for wealth tax grows after revelations about super-rich’s affairs.

Number of children on free school meals in England soars to 1.7million.

Working from home: How classism covertly dominated the conversation.

What has been the experience of those young people who started university in September 2020? Not very good, it seems. Some idea of the result of the last year can be listened to in this section from BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours programme of 24th June, Students value for money.

The situation in schools is becoming chaotic – and unsustainable if the idea is to keep education as normal. Yet another mismanaged process with the Government making changes – or maybe not – or maybe not until later in the year. No strategy means even more uncertainty. And who was it came up with the idea of ‘bubbles’? As if a pandemic can be managed in such a childish manner. Williamson wants to scrap bubbles to keep pupils in school.

Poverty in Britain

Statistics reveal a 153% increase in UK households hit by benefit cap.

A report produced by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Freeing low-income single parents from in-work poverty’s grip, concentrates upon the situation in Scotland – but a similar situation (as always) would also exist in the other parts of the so-called ‘United Kingdom’.

‘Jaw-dropping’ fall in life expectancy in poor areas of England.

Covid death rate 25% higher in Greater Manchester.

Who has/is gained/gaining from the pandemic

Although sold as a worker friendly measure the real winners of the so-called ‘furlough scheme’ was, is and will continue to be the major companies that operate throughout Britain. Here’s an example of just one of them – so sure of themselves that these millionaires don’t even attempt to hide their greed. JD Sports faces investor backlash over boss’s bonus.

Counterfeiting – the underworld threat to beating covid-19.

Power, wealth, and justice in the Time of covid-19.

Contracts given out because of the need for speed – or was that just a cover for corruption and cronyism? BBC Radio 4’s File on Four looked at this on 22nd June 2021, in a programme entitled Contracts of interest.

Covid loan fraud and error will cost UK taxpayers tens of billions.

Concerns over VIP lane for covid testing contracts after ‘fast track’ email revealed.

What’s happening in the shadows

The government is relentlessly privatising the NHS.

Decisions are supposedly being based on ‘data not dates’ – but the data is being kept secret. Experts press ministers to publish mass event pilot findings for England.

‘Lessons’ from the pandemic

What we can learn about risk from the covid experience.

‘Natural’ disasters are due to societal failures – so, here’s a six-point pandemic recovery plan.

Learning from covid: how to improve future supplies of medical equipment and vaccines.

Fire, tsunami, pandemic: how to ensure societies learn lessons from disaster – this page offers a link to a podcast.

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