On the Idea of Regarding the Language as a Powerful Weapon of Struggle for Realizing the Independence of the Masses Clarified by President Kim Il Sung

The Juche-oriented idea of language gave the most original and scientific answer that the language is a powerful weapon of the struggle for realizing the independence of the masses. President Kim Il Sung put forth the original idea that language is a powerful weapon of struggle for realizing the independence of the popular masses for the first time in history.

President Kim Il Sung said:

"Now, as always, our spoken and written language serves as a powerful weapon in the development of the economy, culture, science and technology of our country, in all fields of socialist construction."

The idea of regarding the language as a powerful weapon of the struggle for realizing the independence of the masses clarified by President Kim Il Sung is, above all, the idea of regarding language as a powerful means of transforming people into independent people of the Juche type.

Language is, first of all, a powerful means actively contributing to ideological transformation and the ideological revolution accomplishments, which free people from the fetters of outdated ideas and equip them with new revolutionary ideas.

Language is a powerful weapon in the ideological campaign to overcome all the remnants of outdated ideas.

The ideological consciousness of independence can be further consolidated through the struggle against the remnants of outdated ideas and outdated customs that undermine it. Through ideological education and ideological struggle to overcome outdated ideas by using a language and letters, people root out the outdated ideas that remain in their minds and equip themselves thoroughly with independent ideological consciousness.

It is also a means of inspiring people with great national pride and self-confidence in their linguistic life and the development of their national language, and of helping them to learn by experience and to raise their levels of culture and skill. Through their spoken and written language, the masses not only raise their ideological level but also improve their levels of knowledge, experience, culture and skill. Man's development is based on his ability to acquire and master speech and writing. Without speech and writing, no work can be done to improve the cultural attainment of people, nor can any study be conducted to acquire knowledge and raise the level of consciousness without language.

The idea of regarding the language as a powerful weapon of the struggle for realizing the independence of the masses advanced by President Kim Il Sung is the idea of regarding it as a powerful means of transforming nature and society by developing the economy, culture, science and technology. Language is an essential means of scientific understanding and thinking, and it is a permanent means of making an active contribution to the development of science and technology, of accumulating and preserving the successes and experience gained by the preceding generation in science and technology, and of playing an important role in carrying forward and innovating them.

Language plays an important role in disseminating science and technology throughout society and handing them over to posterity, and it is an important means of strengthening the productive forces and developing the national economy.

The idea that the language should be regarded as a powerful weapon of the struggle for realizing the independence of the masses advanced by President Kim Il Sung is the idea that language is a weapon that actively rouses the masses to the revolutionary struggle and that it should be regarded as a weapon of struggle to destroy all the outdated forces trampling upon and oppressing the independence of the masses. Language has infinite expressive ability and powerful influence which make an active contribution to awakening and rallying the masses of the people in a revolutionary way and encouraging them to turn out in the revolutionary struggle.

Language is a powerful weapon in awakening and organizing people to active involvement in the revolutionary struggle and construction work by means of a united force.

All the mass media in the hands of the masses play an important role in rousing them to the revolutionary struggle.

The Korean language has been refined and enriched as the times and society develops, reflecting the excellent national character of the Korean people who have resolutely repulsed foreign aggressors and defended their national dignity from ancient times. Indeed, the idea of regarding the language originally as a powerful weapon of struggle for realizing the independence of the masses clarified by President Kim Il Sung is a great revolutionary idea with eternal vitality.