Commemorative lecture meeting on the occasion of the 80th Founding Anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea
Commemorative lecture meeting on the occasion of the 80th
Founding Anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea
On the
occasions of the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the Serbian
Preparatory Committee for Celebrating 80th Founding Anniversary of the
WPK organized a commemorative lecture meeting on September 17th, 2025.
Mr. Viktor
Janković, Chairman of the Serbian Preparatory Committee for Celebrating 80th
Founding Anniversary of the WPK and Chairman of the Serbian National Committee
on the Study of the Juche Idea addressed as follows:
“The
Workers’ Party of Korea has recorded the longest ruling history spanning nearly
80 years. Throughout this period the Party has invariably maintained its
original ideals and features, which serves as an important factor for the
people’s absolute support for it.
The WPK
has firmly defended the ideal of independence.
Independence
is a political ideal which the WPK has invariably maintained throughout the
course of its founding and the development of the state.
In the
mid-20th century the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea less than two years
old won a miraculous victory in the Korean war (1950-1953) against the US-led
imperialists’ armed invasion. Then it dynamically pushed forward post-war
rehabilitation and socialist construction, turning itself into a powerful
country independent in politics, self-sufficient in the economy and
self-reliant in national defence. This success is ascribable to the fact that
the WPK firmly maintained the ideal of independence.
This is
why the international community calls it a party consistently maintaining independence
and a party dignified with independence.
The WPK
has invariably maintained the people-first ideal.
In the
first days of its founding, the Party made clear its raison d’etre as a party
organized for the people and struggling for them.
It has
executed all epoch-making tasks of the revolution and construction and affairs
of national importance entirely by relying on the strength of the masses of the
people and given absolute priority to their intentions, demands, interests and
convenience in formulating and implementing all its policies. In the course of
this, making selfless, devoted efforts for their good has become the core of
its activities and a trait unique to it. As many undertakings for providing
them with a stable and cultured life have been planned and carried out,
numerous creations for their well-being have sprung up across the country. It
is quite natural that the Korean people call the WPK the motherly Party.
The WPK
has put the ideal of socialism into brilliant reality.
Socialism
was an ideal the pioneers of the Korean revolution advanced in the initial days
of Party founding.
In
pursuance of the ideal the WPK skillfully led the anti-imperialist, anti-feudal
democratic revolution, socialist revolution and socialist construction and
thereby achieved epoch-making social transformations in the historically
shortest period. Towards the close of the last century socialism collapsed in
several countries in succession. Notwithstanding this tragic situation, the WPK
invariably defended the banner of socialism, clearly proving that socialism is
a science and so is its victory. It is
the WPK’s aspiration to build an ideal society in which the principles of socialism
are perfectly embodied.”