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First Workshop of KPA Commanders and Political Officers Held Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Guides Workshop

 



Pyongyang, July 30 (KCNA) -- The first workshop of the commanders and political officers of the Korean People's Army (KPA) was held in Pyongyang, the  capital of  the  revolution, from July 24  to  27 under the  guidance of     Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president  of the State  Affairs of  the  Democratic People's Republic  of Korea (DPRK).

The Central Committee of the WPK and the Central Military Commission of the WPK organized a great meeting of military and political cadres of the whole  army to  further enhance  the  military  and political strength and revolutionary fighting spirit of the KPA, the backbone of the national defence capacity and the revolutionary armed forces of our Party, and to awaken the military  and  political cadres  again  to  the  important  military strategic  and tactical idea of the Party Central Committee and also to the orientations and policies for the army-building as required by the changed situation.

The workshop, the first of its kind in the history of army-building, was focused on developing units, combined units and large combined units at al  levels of the KPA into the politically and ideologically steel-strong army and invincible militant  ranks faithfully upholding  the  leadership  of the  WPK, awakening and encouraging military and political cadres to  fulfill  their responsibilities  and  roles  as  the  hard  core  in carrying  out these  honorable tasks, and comprehensively rearming them.

Attending the  workshop were  military  commanders and political commissars of al the  services,  corps,  divisions,  brigades,  regiments  and members of the executive committee of the KPA Committee of the WPK and officials of the KPA General Political Bureau, the KPA General Staff and the Ministry of National Defence of the DPRK.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Makes Opening Address for Workshop and Guides First-day Sitting

The  first  workshop  of  commanders  and political officers  of  the  Korean People's  Army,  which  will  mark  another remarkable  milestone  in strengthening and developing the Juche-based revolutionary armed forces, began on July 24.

The  respected  Comrade Kim Jong  Un was  greeted by the  KPA commanding officers as he  arrived at the  April 25 House of Culture,  the venue of the workshop, to guide it. A military ceremony of respectfully receiving the Supreme Commander of the armed forces of the DPRK was held at the April 25 House of Culture.

Kim Jong Un received a salute from the chief of the honor guard of the KPA, amid the solemn playing of the national anthem of the DPRK.

The  respected General  Secretary  reviewed the  honor guard and commanding officers of the  services  and corps-level units and glorious colors of the large combined units and met with commanding officers of the KPA.

The  military and political  cadres of  units,  combined units and large combined units warmly welcomed  the  General  Secretary  of  the  WPK and Supreme Commander of the armed forces of the DPRK who firmly defends the  security  of our state  and  people  with  his outstanding and  seasoned leadership and dynamically leads them along the path of victory and glory, extending the highest respect with loyalty.

As the respected General Secretary appeared at the platform of the venue of the workshop with Pak Jong Chon, chief of the KPA General Staff, Kwon Yong Jin, director of the KPA General Political Bureau, Ri Yong Gil, minister of National Defence, and commanders of the KPA large combined units, the stormy cheers of "hurrah!" raised by all the participants burst forth.

Looking up to Kim  Jong  Un who  proposed the  grand workshop unprecedented in the history of army-building and came out to the venue of the workshop to guide it personally, the military and political cadres of the whole army were filled with great joy and excitement of seeing the Supreme Commander whom they yearned and admired awake or asleep at the posts on the defence line of the country.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made an opening address.

The General Secretary clarified the purpose of holding a grand meeting of military and political cadres  of  units,  combined units and large  combined units of the  whole army as the  first  meeting  of  the  KPA after the  8th Congress  of the  Party,  saying that the  first  workshop of  commanders and political  officers  of  the  KPA  is  held  ahead of meaningful V-Day at a  time when all the people across the country are waging an indefatigable struggle for a new victory of the revolution.

He stressed that the Party Central Committee gives special importance to strengthening all the services,  corps,  divisions,  brigades  and regiments of the KPA in overcoming severe difficulties lying ahead of our revolution and winning a new victory. He extended warm militant greetings to servicemen of the whole army, availing himself of the meaningful opportunity. He added that he  has  never  forgotten  the  military and  political  cadres of  units  at  all levels making devotion on the  outpost lines for increasing the  military capabilities and at sites of the grand campaigns for prosperity of the country and happiness of the people.

All the  threats will be  in vain  and  our  revolutionary  advance will be victorious  if the  divisions,  brigades and regiments of the  whole  army are readied as one, he said, stressing that the commanders of the services, the commanders of  corps,  divisions,  brigades  and  regiments  and  other commanding officers and political commissars of  the  KPA  should  make redoubled  efforts  than ever before.  He  analyzed in detail  the  operation commanding ability,  the  level of managing  units and political and  practical qualifications of military and political cadres.

He said that the military and political cadres of the KPA should seriously review  their  overall  work  in  the  units and  find  ways  to  overcome shortcomings and deviations while exchanging good experiences, well aware of the  intention  of  the  Party  Central  Committee  and  the Central  Military Commission of the WPK that organized the workshop in a large scale.

He  stressed  the  need for  the  commanding  officers and  political commissars at all  levels to  regard  the  workshop as  the  best precious occasion for  acquiring  a  deeper  understanding  of  the importance  of strengthening  services,  corps, divisions,  brigades  and  regiments  and policy orientation and policies of the  Party  for army-building, for finding good methods for realizing them and for undergoing revolutionary self-cultivation and training and to make positive efforts to learn more and more.

Expressing belief that the workshop would serve as an important starting point for revolutionizing cadres i.e. for preparing all the military and political cadres of the  whole  army to  be the  genuine  commanding officers  of  the revolutionary  armed  forces  of the  Party  and as an  occasion  of  making radical  advance  in  strengthening  in  every  way  the  operation and  combat abilities and political and military might  of the  units,  he  declared the  first workshop of commanders and political officers of the KPA open.

A report was made at the workshop.

KPA Vice Marshal Kwon Yong Jin, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and director of the KPA General Political Bureau, made a report.

The  respected  General Secretary  organized  the  grand  workshop  of  the commanders and political commissars of services, corps, divisions, brigades and regiments of the whole army on the occasion of the anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War in the important and crucial period of our  revolution,  the  reporter said.  He  added that  herein  lies  his  noble intention to  glorify generation after generation the  immortal feats  of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il in leading the army and prepare  commanding officers,  the  hard-core  members  of  the  KPA,  to  be genuine military and political cadres of the Party's army possessed of high political consciousness, revolutionary style of work and noble moral traits.

Thanks to  the  feats the  President  and the  Chairman,  the founder and builder of the  revolutionary  army of  the  Party,  performed  in leading  the army, our army could make proud development as the revolutionary army of the Party, he said, noting that the Party and the country highly praise the guard  units  and  military  and  political  commanding  officers of  the  former generations that made brilliant military achievements and performed shining feats  by faithfully  upholding the  leadership of the  President  and  the Chairman.

Stressing  that  the  immortal  feats  of the President  and  the Chairman  in leading  the  army  are  shining  more  brightly      under the  leadership of     Kim Jong Un, another ever-victorious iron-willed brilliant commander and great leader of our Party, state and people, he noted that the KPA has been modernized at a remarkably high speed and has fully demonstrated a-match-for-a-hundred militant  spirit and might at outpost  lines of  national defense  and socialist construction in  recent  years under the  outstanding leadership of Kim Jong Un.

Analyzed in detail in the report were major shortcomings in the work of units at all levels and military and political cadres in the implementation of the military lines and policies of the Party and the causes behind them.

The  reporter called on  all  the  participants  to  strengthen the  fighting efficiency of the units at al  levels in every way, true to the decision made at the Eighth Congress of the Party and the policy tasks set forth at the major Party  meetings, and to  step  up political, ideological,  military and practical preparations for realizing them through the workshop.

Speeches were made there.

Realizing once  again their  heavy missions  and  responsibilities as  the military  and political cadres of the  revolutionary  army of the  Party,  the participants attentively listened to  the speeches about experiences and lessons gained in strengthening the units.

Respected  Comrade Kim Jong  Un Makes  Important  Conclusion at Second-Day Sitting of Workshop Speeches  continued at the  second-day sitting of the  workshop following the first-day sitting.

The second-day sitting was held amid the high ideological readiness and enthusiasm  of  the  military and  political  cadres  to  review  their  work comprehensively before the Party Central Committee, arm themselves more thoroughly with the Party's military lines and policies and fulfill their heavy responsibilities and duties.

Commanders  and  political  commissars of  units  and  combined  units  who took the floor referred to the successes and experiences in preparing their respective units to be the first death-defying corps for defending the Party Central Committee that inherited the noble spirit of the heroic soldiers in the period of the Fatherland Liberation War, in making soldiers temper their iron fists  as a-match-for-a-hundred soldiers,  in  getting themselves always  fully prepared for decisive battles, in improving living conditions for soldiers and in waging grand construction campaigns.

Speeches roundly analyzed and criticized the shortcomings that were seen in military  and  political  work  such as combat  and  political training,  unit command and management and education of soldiers.

The military and political cadres renewed their firm pledge to be genuine loyalists making strenuous efforts to fulfill the Party's orders and instructions and unconditionally upholding the leadership of the Party Central Committee by inheriting the tradition of loyalty and the indomitable fighting spirit left by the commanders of the war victor generation in the proud history of battles of their units.

There was an evaluation of exemplary units in increasing combat power, establishing military discipline  and improving the  living conditions  for soldiers true to the Party's military policy.

 

All the  military and political cadres  who  participated in the  workshop greeted the  most  valuable  and  significant moment  which they  had  been eagerly waiting for with ardent desire.

As  the  respected General Secretary Kim Jong  Un made  his appearance at the speaker's table, the entire venue stirred with excited participants who were  to  receive  the  precious  army-building theory  and  great programme from the great brilliant commander.

He made a vital concluding speech regarding the important revolutionary struggle tasks of the KPA at present in implementing the line and policy of the Party on army-building, and on the issues presented at the workshop.

In his  concluding speech,  he  referred to  the  purpose  of organizing  the grand workshop for leading commanding officers of the  whole  army,  the first of its kind in the history of army-building.

The  first workshop  of commanders  and political  officers  of the  KPA  was organized to decisively raise the roles of commanders and political officers of units at all levels in accurately and thoroughly implementing the line and task of developing the revolutionary armed forces into a powerful elite army set forth at the historic 8th Party Congress, he said.

He said that commanders and political commissars of units and combined units are the core military and political cadres who form the backbone of our revolutionary armed forces, and are field commanders and political officers who lead their units in battles according to the operational plan of the Supreme Headquarters. He added that preparing commanders and political officers well   and  rearming  them  steadily  is  a  strategic policy  consistently maintained by our Party in modernizing the army.

Noting that the workshop was organized on the occasion of the V-Day, he said that the tradition of the great victory in the war is what should be kept most dear and what should be brought into reality today, now that we face heaps of unprecedented challenges and difficulties and each one has to be surmounted by dint of strong will and firm decision.

He stated that succession of the revolution does not mean merely handing it down to posterity but a succession of the fighting spirit and the indomitable spirit full of vigor. And the great fighting spirit of the war victor generation is something that should  be  carried forward  steadily with great efforts and that should never be left to get blurred or tarnished despite the passage of time, he stressed.

In the concluding speech, he laid down the general task for strengthening units, combined units and large combined units.

He  formulated  it as the  general  task  facing  the  units  of the  KPA  at  al  levels to turn them into invincible militant ranks that are boundlessly loyal to the cause of the WPK. He said that this meant turning them into a politico-ideological group which is absolutely loyal to and obeys the WPK's idea and leadership, and conducting all the operations and battles, unit management and military service of officers and servicemen according to the policy, way and intention of the Party.

He stressed that the KPA is the armed forces of the Party and therefore all the military and political activities should reflect the Party's will, strength and voice and should be aimed at realizing the Party's intention.

He clarified the principled issues and tasks to be maintained in thoroughly establishing the Party's unified command system in the KPA.

He  gave  important  instructions  to  make every  occasion  and  process  in Party political work and military work a course of defending the Party's idea and authority and tightening the country's security at the units at all levels, and to completely establish the revolutionary military discipline of promptly receiving  the  orders and  instructions  of the  Party  Central Committee  and devotedly carrying them out.

He stressed that commanders and political officers should focus all efforts on completing preparations  for actively and  offensively  coping  with any military provocation of enemies, and said this is the highest order given to the  KPA  by the  Party  and the  revolution,  nobody  can take their  place  in implementing it and it  is an urgent  task  which the  commanding officers should be responsible for with their lives.

Saying that at present the hostile forces systematically keep bolstering up their capabilities for making a preemptive attack on the DPRK and increase armaments while intensifying all sorts of frantic and persistent war drills for aggression,  he  noted  such  situation has hardened  the  determination and fighting  will of  the  KPA  to  eradicate  the  root  cause  of the  evil  cycle  of escalating tensions.

He called for al the military and political cadres to put the greatest efforts into bolstering  up  the combat efficiency of their  units,  always mindful  that the first criterion for assessing their loyalty to the Party and revolution and their practical ability and performance  lies in  how hard they try  to  perfect the  preparations  for correctly  performing their  wartime operation and combat missions.

In the concluding speech, he set forth the detailed tasks for the units at all levels to make their training more intensive by holding fast to the five-point policy for a   revolution in the training and the specific methods for them to provide soldiers with better living conditions.

Referring to the need to further intensify the ideological education within the  army,  he  said  it is important  to  make sure  that soldiers  involved in socialist construction take pride and self-confidence in being the creators of the people's happiness, the sentinels responsible for preserving the people's trust in the  Party  and stones for building  a  fortress  of the  single-minded unity.

He underscored the need to conduct efficient education among soldiers to give full play to the good traditional traits of the army-civilian unity so that they can always respect and love the people like their parents and brothers and devote their lives to protecting the people's lives and properties.

In his concluding  speech  he  specially  stressed  the  need  for  the  military and political  cadres  to  enhance  their  qualifications,  abilities,  sense  of responsibility and role.

He  said that  the  military  commanding officers  and  political  commissars wanted by the Party are the ones modeled on the WPK who carry forward the tradition of boundless loyalty to the WPK, possessed of proficient work style and strenuous militant disposition peculiar to the WPK.

Noting  that loyalty  to  the  Party  Central Committee  constitutes  the  very lifeblood  and  criterion for  the  commanding  officers  of the  KPA,  the revolutionary army of the Party, he called on the commanders and political commissars of the  units,  combined units and large  combined units to become the ones possessed of firm faith and obligations who share the idea, will and destiny with their Party forever and fight tooth and nail to defend the  WPK  and  the  revolution  whatever the  adversity.  He  added  that they should  also  become  the  ones strong  in  ideology  and  the famous  brave generals whose mere names strike horror into the hearts of the enemy.

He  stressed that military  and  political cadres should  implement,  without an inch of deflection, all the military and political tasks set forth at the 8th Party  Congress,  the  plenary  meetings  of the  Party  Central Committee  and the  enlarged meetings of the  Party  Central Military Commission,  and take the lead in implementing them and powerfully mobilize the soldiers in doing so.

Saying that the  Party  spirit and political consciousness are  the fundamental yardstick for determining the qualifications of the commanding personnel  of the  KPA,  he specifically pointed out  the  issue  of properly analyzing and  addressing  all  the  problems  arising in military  activities  and Party political work in line with the Party policies, the issue of purposefully and consciously  endeavoring  to  have  a  correct  understanding  of the  Party ideas  and policies and keep  pace with the  Party  and the  issue of honestly and voluntarily participating in the Party organizational and ideological life.

He  also  instructed  them to  possess  high-degree  practical abilities and strenuous militant stamina.

He  said all  the commanding  officers should  become  enterprising  military and political cadres and commanding personnel with strong grasping power, who strive to surpass the limits of their current levels and qualifications and make remarkable  achievements with  staunch courage,  strenuous  efforts, inexhaustible passion and fighting spirit after setting high goals.

He called on the military and political cadres to cherish ambitious courage and disposition to  make their units entrusted  by the  Party  famous units known by the  entire army and a-match-for-a-hundred militant ranks,  plan and conduct all  undertakings  in a  bold way  and fully display  the  self-sacrificing spirit and sense of devoted service.

He also stressed that they should get firmly united in the same idea and purpose and in the bonds of kinship to achieve close cooperation between military commanders and political  officers  and  work  hard  to  prepare themselves  as paragons  of  competent  work  style  and noble morality befitting the commanding officers of the revolutionary army.

After stressing  the  importance  of  the  position  and  duty  of the  General Political Bureau,  General  Staff  and Ministry  of  National  Defence  in strengthening  the  entire  army,  he  clarified  the  ways of  unswervingly directing and subordinating the Party political work and military work to the thorough implementation of the militant tasks assigned by the Party Central Committee to the People's Army.

He  underlined  the need for  all  the  units to  bring  about  the fundamental improvement  in  the  political and  ideological preparation and mental and moral traits of the commanding personnel and soldiers and consolidate the fighting capacity of the units in every way by waging more dynamically the Movement for Winning the Title of O Jung Hup-led 7th Regiment, the Three-revolution Red Flag Movement and other mass movements.

He  said  that the  glorious  victory  tradition of our  revolutionary  armed forces could be  successfully carried forward only by the  resolute  struggle and devotion  of  the  commanding personnel  of younger generation remaining boundlessly loyal  to  the  Party's leadership, expressing  the  belief that all  the  military and political cadres would redouble  their efforts  to thoroughly establish the Party Central Committee's unified command system throughout  the  army and  make  radical progress  in  rounding  off  the  war preparations and improving soldiers' living.

Finishing the concluding speech, he ardently called on everyone to unite firmly around the  Central Committee  of the  Workers' Party  of Korea,  our guide,  with  one  mind and wage  a  dynamic struggle for the  security and eternal prosperity of our  glorious  country,  for our  great people,  for  the strengthening and developing of the People's Army and for a fresh victory in our revolution.

Courteously receiving the precious great programme given by him, all the participants kept  in mind his every  word with great  admiration and excitement  and had their hearts burning with boundless  gratitude  to  him who clarified the ways for invincibility.

His important  concluding speech  comprehensively  dealing  with  the outstanding military idea and theory of building a strong army and full of his great trust in and love for military and political cadres and soldiers serves as an invaluable  revolutionary  document  indicating  the  guidelines  for further strengthening our People's Army into the invincible militant ranks remaining boundlessly faithful to the cause of the WPK and into the reliable defender of the country and the people.

Intensive Training Course Given for Participants

At the  third-day  sitting of the  workshop there  was  a  training course  to make the  participants grasp  the  ways  of  thoroughly  implementing  the militant tasks set forth by the Party and further developing the military and political work of the units in the same noble fighting spirit and traits as was displayed by the commanding personnel of the guard units in the wartime.

The  training course  dealt with the  issue of following the  war  victory generation's transparent spirit  of  devotedly  defending  the leader  to  make the  units  a  crystallization of devotedly  defending the Party  Central Committee, the issue of making full preparations for fighting any type of war in the  indomitable  spirit of defending the  country  and  the  heroic  fighting spirit displayed by the warriors of the People's Army during the Fatherland Liberation War and the issue of making the revolutionary fighting and living traits created by the war victory generation pervade all the units.

The speakers underscored the need for the military and political cadres of the   whole  army to  firmly prepare  themselves as those strong in  ideology and faith,  who  know  nobody  but the  Party  Central  Committee,  the  first bodyguards devotedly defending the Party Central Committee and resolute revolutionary  fighters unconditionally implementing  the  orders and instructions  of the  Party  Central  Committee like  the  formerly  commanding officers  of the  anti-Japanese  guerrillas who  remained  boundlessly  loyal  to the leadership of President Kim Il Sung in the wartime.

They also  underlined  the  need  for the military  and  political  cadres to steadily improve their operation-commanding ability to carry out their units' operation  and  militant  tasks in  any  circumstances,  intensify the  combat training  of  the  units,  round off  the preparations  for regular mobilization  of the  personnel, weapons  and combat and technical  hardware  and  establish the strict military discipline.

The  training  course  referred to  the  practical  issues for  applying  the indomitable  revolutionary  spirit  and  the  stubborn  fighting  traits created during the hard-fought Fatherland Liberation War to the present military and political work and mentioned the experience of exemplary units.

Through the  training course,  the  participants deeply grasped  the  ways and  experience for training their units to be elite ones embodying the Party's military policy and having invincible fighting capability. They were also given the ideological  and  spiritual  food for  cultivating  themselves and improving their work  style and traits befitting the  commanding officers  of  the revolutionary army of the Party.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Makes Closing Address

Amid the great zeal of military and political cadres for making all the units of the entire army the invincible military ranks remaining boundlessly loyal and obedient  to  the  leadership  of the  WPK,  the  first  workshop  of the commanders and  political  officers  of  the  Korean  People's  Army  closed  on uly 27 with the fourth-day sitting.

As  the  respected  General  Secretary appeared in the  venue  of the workshop, all  the participants raised stormy cheers of "hurrah!" as a token of their absolute trust in him and great excitement.

The  respected General Secretary  made  a  closing address of  the  first workshop of the commanders and political officers of the KPA.

He  said that the  recent  workshop  in  which al the  military  and political cadres had a proper and new understanding of the plan and intention of the Party  Central Committee and their  position  and duty  and found clear practical  ways  to  bringing  about  a  radical  turn  in  increasing  the  fighting efficiency  of their  units served  as a  significant  meeting  which  provided  a new landmark in modernizing our army.

Saying that our military and political cadres should redouble their efforts to  lead  their units,  as required  by  the  Party  and  the  revolution,  he  called upon the  participants to  strive  to  complete  their units'  combat readiness, always  bearing  in  mind  that officers  and soldiers  of  the  units  place  great expectations on the commanders and political officers who would come back after participating in the  workshop held  for  the  first  time in  the  army-building history.

He  repeatedly stressed that the  commanders and political commissars should  further strengthen politically  and militarily their services,  corps, divisions,  brigades  and regiments by  thoroughly carrying out  the  fighting tasks set forth at the workshop with high goals and strong will to turn their units into a powerful fortress for defending the revolution and the country.

He called  on  the  commanders  and  political commissars to  bring  about a radical improvement  in  the  idea,  spirit, working style,  manner  of  work, practical  ability  and moral  traits by enhancing  their  Party  spirit  and improving themselves, and to completely break with non-revolutionary and non-militant ideological viewpoint and working style.

Saying that no matter how severe the current trial is, there is no difficulty or fortress  insurmountable  or unconquerable,  if commanders  and  political officers  live  and  struggle  with the  indomitable  revolutionary  fighting  spirit and will  of the  WPK, he expressed  the  firm  will  of our  Party  to  vigorously carry  forward  the  glorious  traditions  of victory  by relying on the  People's Army,  the  invincible  revolutionary  army  of the  Party,  and the  military and political cadres of the whole army.

Expressing  conviction that all  military and political cadres would bring about  signal  progress  in  increasing the fighting efficiency of  their units by making devotion,  bearing in mind  the  Party's important  ideas on army-building and the tasks and ways emphasized at the workshop, he declared the closing of the first workshop of the commanders and political officers of the KPA.

Looking up with great emotion to Kim Jong Un, who gave them powerful and practical  guidelines  for  strengthening  the  units and set  forth  clear orientation  and  ways  for them to  prepare themselves as experienced military  and political activists, while  energetically guiding  the  four-day-long workshop, the commanders and political commissars of the units, combined units and large  combined units of the  KPA  took an oath  of loyalty to devotedly implement  the  army-building plan  of the  great brilliant commander and his strategic intention.

The  first  workshop  to  be specially recorded  in  the  Juche-oriented army-building  history marked a  significant  occasion in signally increasing the fighting efficiency of the entire army.


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