The Juche idea is the ideological, theoretical and methodological basis of the Songun idea whose main is to give importance to the military in the accomplis
First of all, Songun idea is based on the Juche idea’s principle of defending and realizing the independence and embodies its requirements thoroughly.
The fundamental principle of the Juche idea is the principle of thoroughly defending and realizing the independence, that is, the principle of independence.
Independence is an attribute of social man who is desirous of living and developing as the master of the world and his destiny without any subordination or restriction.
All revolutionary struggles are, in essence, to defend and realize independence.
The struggle for independence is accompanied by the confrontation of strength with all forces infringing upon independence. The struggle of highest stage for realizing independence is the struggle for the popular masses’ cause of independence, the socialism, and it is the most acute confrontation of strength with imperialism.
Accordingly, without one’s own powerful military strength, it is impossible to defeat the imperialist aggression and lead to victory the popular masses’ cause of independence, the cause of socialism.
The principle and guideline of Songun revolution and the theory of Songun politics clarified by the Songun idea are based on the principle of independence expounded by the Juche idea and embody the principle on the highest phase.
The principle and guideline of Songun revolution that force of arms should be dealt with force of arms and the revolution guaranteed by the force of arms, that is, the Songun idea that the victory of the popular masses’ cause of independence, the cause of socialism and the prosperity of country and nation are guaranteed by the revolutionary arms are based on the Juche idea requiring to defend and realize the popular masses’ independence.
The Songun idea is, indeed, the idea of independence, the revolutionary principle of independence that is based on the principle of independence clarified by the Juche idea and embodies the principle on the highest level.
Next, the Songun idea embodies the principle on the subject of the revolution clarified by the Juche idea on the highest level.
The Juche idea elucidates the principle that the socio-historical movement is the movement of the subject and the revolution emerges victorious by the volitional action and role of the subject.
The Songun idea embodies thoroughly this principle of the Juche idea on the subject on the highest level.
The Songun idea enables to set up the revolutionary army as the main force of the revolution, consolidate the subject of the revolution in every way with the army as the core and enhance its role to the maximum.
The revolutionary army holds a leading position and plays decisive role not only in the showdown with imperialism but in pushing ahead with the overall revolution and construction as it is the collective strongest in revolutionary character, organizational discipline, and combat capabilities of all classes, strata and collectives participating in the revolutionary movement.
The decisive factor that trains the revolutionary army into the main force of the revolution is the leader’s ideology and leadership.
The revolutionary ideology of the leader’s is the ideological and mental source of the highest sense of revolutionary character, organizational discipline and combat capabilities of the revolutionary army, and the leader’s correct leadership enables the revolutionary army to hold the leading position and performs leading role in the revolution and construction.
The Songun idea is, indeed, the idea that enables the people to realize on the highest level the fundamental requirement of the Juche idea that requires pushing ahead with the revolution and construction by consolidating the subject of the revolution and enhancing its role to the maximum.
Next, the Songun idea is based on the fundamental principles of the revolution and construction clarified by the Juche idea and embodies their requirements thoroughly.
The Juche idea put it forward as the fundamental principles to be held fast to in the revolution and construction to maintain the independent stand, apply the creative method and put main stress on ideology.
The Songun idea embodies thoroughly these principles clarified by the Juche idea on the highest level.
The Songun idea enables the Korean people to apply the guiding principles of the Juche idea to successfully carry out the revolution and construction in their own way holding aloft the banner of independence.
In a word, the whole history of the Korean revolution is the history of having emerged victorious in the acute confrontation between independence and domination, socialism and imperialism.
The fundamental key to having safeguarded their sovereignty and defended their ideology and system is that the Korean people held fast to the banner of Songun in the whole course of the revolution and construction.
This proves that Songun is the banner of thorough independence to establish the independent stand in all fields of the revolution and construction even in the fast changing circumstances, the creative method that enables the Korean people to settle everything in conformity with the concrete situation of the country without being restricted to any existing theories or experiences and the politics of giving importance to ideology that displays the masses’ revolutionary enthusiasm and creative activity to maximum by putting stress on ideology every time in difficulty.
Like this, the principle and guideline of the Songun revolution and the theory of Songun politics proceed from the Juche idea and embody the Juche idea thoroughly. That is why the Songun idea becomes the revolutionary idea with the Juche idea as an ideological, theoretical and methodological basis.
