Juche

Principle of self-reliance in defence is the guiding principle to apply independence in the field of national defence.
Chairman Kim Jong Il said.
“Self-reliance in defence is a fundamental principle of an independent sovereign state.”
To implement the principle of self-reliance in defence means defending one’s country by one’s own efforts.
The revolutionary essence of the principle of self-reliance in defence is that people in each country build powerful national defence capability to defend themselves and solve all problems in the defence building and military activities in conformity with their interests and actual conditions of their country.
It is necessary to realize self-reliance in defence in order to build an independent sovereign state.
As long as imperialism exists, it cannot be called a completely independent sovereign state if it does not have self-defensive armed forces capable of defending itself from the enemy at home and abroad.
Imperialism is a root cause of constant aggression and war and it is the imperialist nature to oppress other countries and nations by force and tyrannize over them.
The best way to preserve national independence and peace and win in the revolutionary cause is to counter the imperialist war of aggression with the war of liberation, answer the counterrevolutionary violence of reactionaries with revolutionary violence, and always meet the imperialist moves of aggression and war in full preparedness. To its end, we must implement the principle of self-reliance in defence.
Self-reliance in defence is a military guarantee for a nation’s political independence and economic self-sufficiency. Only when one implements the principle of self-reliance in defence, is it possible to repel imperialist aggression and intervention, defend the nation’s political independence and economic self-sufficiency and safeguard the revolutionary achievements and the people’s security.
Of course, one may receive aid from others also in defence. But it is impossible to depend on others in defence. One’s own strength is the main. Only when one is strong, foreign aids can also prove effective. In national defence, therefore, one should rely on the efforts of one’s own people and one’s own defence capability before anything else. National defence is an undertaking for the people and of the people. If the entire people unite as one and rise up in the national liberation struggle and in the defence of the country under the leadership of revolutionary party, they will be able to repel all imperialist aggressors and safeguard national independence and revolutionary achievements.