Pyongyang,
February 8 (KCNA) -- Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of
Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, made a passionate speech at a banquet for celebrating the 75th founding
anniversary of the Korean People's Army (KPA) on February 7.
The
respected Comrade Kim Jong Un said:
Comrade
Generals, commanding officer of the heroic Korean People's Army present in
this significant place,
Today
is the 75th birthday of our army.
At
this moment when I recollect the proud history of the People's Army, which has
written an epic of glorious tradition, brilliant victory and honor in the long
course of struggle spanning 27 395 days since the day when its birth was
welcomed with cheers, I am haunted by the unforgettable names and images of the
service personnel of the preceding generations who devoted themselves to
defending the vigorous advance of the ever-victorious Korean revolution and
boosting the invincibility and mightiness of our state.
I
am also haunted by the images of all the servicepersons of the KPA firmly
standing at the front line, border and other posts and socialist construction sites
to defend the eternal prosperity of the motherland and the well-being and
happiness of the people even this evening and at this moment of glory.
Upon
authorization by our Party and government, I pay high tribute to the anti-
Japanese revolutionary forerunners who provided the origin of the tradition of
victory immortal in the history of the hard-fought struggle of the
revolutionary armed forces, and to the fallen fighters of the People's Army,
the respected veterans and the army commanding officers of the preceding
generations who passed away.
I
also extend warm congratulations to all the officers and men of the KPA and the
armed forces of the DPRK through you, commanding officers and generals at all
levels present here.
My
best wishes and heartfelt thanks also go to all the people and officers' wives
who have absolutely supported and encouraged our Party's line of building a powerful army and its defense policy, put forward their beloved husbands and
children to national defense and devoted themselves to strengthening the defense capabilities of the country.
The
respected Comrade Kim Jong Un said that there is no such a heroic and patriotic
army remaining faithful to its cause as the KPA in the world and everybody
knows its devotion to defending the Korean revolution without any vacillation
despite the harsh challenges, hoping that the officers and men of the KPA who
has always gone to the trouble of overcoming hardships will celebrate their
holiday justly, proudly, honorably and significantly amid the blessings by all
the people even today, the Day of Army Founding.
He
further said:
Comrade
Generals and the officers and men of the People's Army,
What
kind of force drives the unprecedentedly arduous Korean revolution and what
makes our state invincible and how is our ideal and future shaped.
The
most veritable answer to this and the fairest appreciation by history are found
in the 75-year-long history of our army.
The
more we look back on how our revolutionary cause is defended, how our Party's idea and the lines are safeguarded and how our national flag has fluttered at the
peak of honor, the more we value the noble blood shed by our army officers and
men for victory and their endless feats.
In
the initial period after its founding, our army clarified its original mission
of sharing the same destiny with the Party and started a long bloody journey to
remain faithful to it. This has become a fundamental factor in making our
history of army building be one that can never be separated from the history of the struggle of the Party, the revolution, the country and the people and in
enabling the 75-year-long history of our army to be recorded in the grandest
way.
A
history of righteous strength was made on this land, proving through a hard-won
victory the truth that the dignity and honor are only given to the strong and
the validity of the revolutionary cause is verified only through victory, and
independence and self- sufficiency are only guaranteed by self-reliance in defense.
The
KPA is the army of the Party, the army of the people, the army of the government
and the army of the class which defends and realizes everything the dearest and
most urgent to our destiny and future, and the army that bears hardships before
anyone else and is ready to make sacrifices. These are the precious names that
our People's Army has won at the cost of blood and lives and that should be
maintained through centuries and generations.
What
we value more than anything else and are fully proud of today is the fact that
the baton of the revolutionary army of the Party, the history and tradition of
loyalty, has been steadily carried forward.
Even
under the harsh circumstances as now, our army is demonstrating its
inexhaustible strength as the armed forces of the Workers' Party of Korea and
the vanguard of the class. This is from A to Z attributable to the fact that
the red soul, the noble mission, the staunch revolutionary spirit and the
fighting spirit of death-defying resistance possessed by the first generation
of the revolutionary armed forces with arms have remained unchanged even today
when its fifth and sixth generations have appeared.
The
highest honor of the 75-year-long history of our People’s Army lies in the
great succession which continues staunchly and vigorously despite the passage
of time and the storms of history.
I
am quite sure that though the commanding officers and soldiers of the new
generation, comprising up the main force of our revolutionary armed forces,
have experienced neither a grim revolutionary war, nor a difficult period of the
revolution, they inherited the absolute loyalty peculiar to our People’s Army
and the characteristics of the preceding generations that shed blood and sweat
and sacrifice themselves without hesitation, if the revolution calls for it.
Our
service persons have fought vigorously not only in frontline combat positions
where they confront with the enemy directly but also in all parts of the
country where legendary victories and miracles are made, and the red military
colors associated with their loyalty and patriotic traditions have been fluttered
there.
Whenever
I watch our service persons fighting like phoenix with the might of will
surpassing their mental and physical limitations in the theaters of defending
the national rights and the people and those of epoch-making creation, I take
off my hat to their feature.
As
our army takes a noble view of life that there is only the honor on the road of
sharing the same destiny with the Party and carrying out its orders, I have
thought of our army when the situation of the country is difficult and
entrusted it with greater tasks of struggle, and our army has never hesitated
to respond to the Party’s call.
When
I am determined to share the same destiny with our army, feeling the great honor of being the supreme commander who leads such a fine army, I feel the
greatest delight.
Lots
of changes have been made and the appearance of our army has changed beyond
recognition for a long period since its early days, but the look of our
faithful army, which always stands firmly in the van of the revolution, come
rain or shine, and shoulders the heavy burden that no one can dare, remains
unchanged.
Its
succeeding as well as its pioneering were so great that our army could be able
to win the fulfilling call of the times and history as the strongest army in
the world.
Kim
Jong Un said that our army's gallant, dignified, strong and tough look is a
trait peculiar to it grounded in the special pride and strong self-respect that
its life is devoted to the greatest sacred cause and its arms serve the most
just cause in the world, and the display of an irresistible might unique to our
army that comes from the extraordinary sense of responsibility and superhuman
will that it can neither be broken nor collapse until it has fulfilled the duty
entrusted by the Party Central Committee.
Noting
that the appearance of our state growing tougher and stronger in the face of
hardships and ordeals is a mirror of the fighting army and the names of heroic
service personnel shine along with the peak dignity of our people, he said with
pride that there are hundreds of countries and not a few armies boasting of
their long history and traditions in the world, but it is only the KPA that
shares life and death with the Party, the country and the people, adds to their
prestige and greatness and defends their high honor and rosy future in the
whole course of its development.
He
declared that the DPRK has finally cultivated the great and absolute strength,
getting over untold pain and suffering for the sake of eternal peace, genuine
prosperity and development on this land and for the good of posterity.
He
said that the KPA should brave trials as always, holding higher the slogans
"Let the People's Army take charge of both national defense and socialist construction!" and "When the Party is determined, we can do
anything!"
He
went on to say:
I
never doubt that you will be as brave as always, dedicating your lives to the
eternal prosperity of the country and the wellbeing of the people, true to the
letters written on the glorious military colors.
Affirming
that I will always share life and death, weal and woe to you, I entrust you
and our People's Army with the forefront of the revolution.
I
wish all of you good health and hope that you will become commanding officers
making selfless and devoted efforts for the good of our soldiers.
I
entrust you with our service members.
Let
us all redouble efforts and work harder to strengthen and develop our army and
to achieve the prosperity and development of our socialist country.
I
hope, with my hand on my heart, that the wellbeing of the people and the
country's peace will be promoted in proportion to the efforts made by the
People's Army.
I'd
like to propose a toast to the health of army celebrities here and the
health of the officers and men of the entire army, to the glory of the People's
Army and to the eternity of its great honor.
Long
Live the Korean People's Army, the ever-victorious hero army
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