Essential Juche Works

by Kim Jong Il

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is guided in its activities by the Juche idea authored by President Kim Il Sung. The Juche idea means, in a nutshell, that the masters of the revolution and construction are the masses of the people and that they are also the motive force of the revolution and construction.The Juche idea is based on the philosophical principle that man is the master of everything and decides everything. It is the man-centered world outlook and also a political philosophy to materialize the independence of the popular masses, namely, a philosophy which elucidates the theoretical basis of politics that leads the development of society along the right path.The Government of the DPRK steadfastly maintains Juche in all realms of the revolution and construction.Establishing Juche means adopting the attitude of a master towards the revolution and construction of one's country. It means maintaining an independent and creative standpoint in finding solutions to the problems which arise in the revolution and construction. It implies solving those problems mainly by one's own efforts and in conformity with the actual conditions of one's own POLITICS country. The realization of independence in politics, self-sufficiency in the economy and self-reliance in national defense is a principle the Government maintains consistently.

Genres: Politics, Theory

184 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2020

About the author

The Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from 1994 to 2011.

Reviews

[Abri]

beautiful adaptation into English of several speeches by Kim Jong-Il, although I recommend reading and understanding Marx and Lenin well before starting this work because they are quoted and questioned several times.

[Lucas Tamargo]

En cuanto a la edición, mejorable. Estéticamente está muy bien y te mete propaganda bastante chula (en blanco y negro) entre discurso y discurso, pero hay muchas erratas (en el primer discurso es exagerado) y se nota que han copiado y pegado de Internet sin falta de ir a la bibliografía (más bien webgrafía, pues no hay un solo libro), que por cierto es muy pobre. El orden de los discursos es un tanto arbitrario.
Pasando al contenido, pocos libros he leído tan soporíferos, tanto por la debilidad del dogma de Kim Il Sung como por la forma de expresarse. Si lo que quieres es iniciarte en la doctrina juche, hay libros mucho más llevaderos, como el de Joao Franco; si ya estás iniciado y quieres leer los discursos, que Dios esté contigo.

[Sophie]

Does not include one of Kim Jong Il's most important works "On The Juche Idea" and includes a mistranslation of the Article "The Idea of a Multinational, Multiracial Society Means Destruction of the Korean Nation", which translates Minyok (Nation) to "Race" and looks horrible without context and history of Korea. I would recommend "Juche - Selected Writings" on lulu.com as a better book to learn about the Juche Idea.

[Buyou]

The Juche ideology is groundbreaking work as our fellow comrade, Kim Jong Il, stated: "Once can live without candy, but one cannot live without bullets"