The root of the Songun idea is the Juche idea. The Songun idea is based on the principles of the Juche idea.
First of all, the Songun idea is based on the principles of the Juche idea that defends and realizes the independence of the country and nation.
The Juche idea regards the independence as the life and soul of a social being, country and nation and requires solving all problems arising in the revolution and construction independently. The Songun idea is an independent idea to accomplish the cause of independence of the popular masses by giving priority to and relying on the arms, the most powerful weapon in defending and realizing the independence starting from the Juche idea.
Next, the Songun idea is based on the principles of the Juche idea that strengthens the subject of the revolution and enhances its role.
The Juche idea requires to regard the subject of the revolution as the main factor for the victory of the revolution and to solve all problems arising in the revolution and construction by strengthening the subject and enhancing its role. The Songun idea is a scientific idea to form the subject of the revolution and enhance its role with the revolutionary army as the hardcore and model starting from the Juche idea.
Next, the Songun idea is based on the principles of the Juche idea that holds fast to the work with people as its main task in the revolution and construction.
The Juche idea explained that ideological consciousness plays the decisive role in man’s activity and on this basis, clarified the Juche-oriented ideology-first theory that holds fast to the work with the people as its task. The Songun idea requires to push ahead the revolution and construction by making the whole society filled with the revolutionary soldier spirit possessed by the revolutionary army, and the might of the arms means the ideological and spiritual might of the revolutionary army.
Next, the Songun idea is based on the principles of the Juche idea that ensures the leadership of the leader in the revolution and construction.
The Juche idea requires to establish the Juche-oriented theory on the revolution with the revolutionary outlook on the leader as the hardcore and to accelerate the revolution and construction under the monolithic leadership of the leader. The Songun idea is a leader-centred revolutionary idea which clarifies that all members of society should hold high the leader’s idea and leadership with the revolutionary army as model and establish leader’s monolithic system of the leadership and Songun leadership system. The Songun idea has been enriched and developed on the basis of the Juche idea. The Songun idea is not a different idea from the Juche idea but a guideline of the Songun revolution that enables us to embody the principles and guidelines of the Juche idea and realize its requirements to the full.
