Pyongyang, October 13 (KCNA) — The Workers’ Party of Korea is steering the revolutionary cause of Juche pioneered in Paektu to a brilliant victory, consolidating the national power in every way and dynamically opening up a new era of comprehensive national development, a new chapter in the building of a powerful country. Now that the whole country is overflowing with the people’s great confidence in the WPK, the National Defence Revolution Museum under the Second Economy Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was inaugurated with due ceremony on the occasion of the 81st founding anniversary of the WPK.
The museum comprehensively deals with the sacred history of the WPK’s guidance on national defence industry and its great fruits, associated with its steadfast faith of independence, resolute determination, painstaking effort and passionate sincerity for taking responsible care of the country and the people. It is the grand national treasure house of eternal significance showcasing the Korean people’s strong spirit and steadfast revolutionary will and the absolute power of the DPRK.
A ceremony for inaugurating the museum took place with splendour on October 11.
The venue for the ceremony was brimming with deep reverence for Comrade Kim Jong Un who has ushered in the greatest heyday of the DPRK’s military strength with his outstanding military strategy and idea, extraordinary and unique leadership, great devotion and tenacious execution faculty.
The Central Military Band of the Ministry of National Defence gave a peculiar dynamic performance.
All the participants paid the highest tribute and glory to Comrade Kim Jong Un, who is representing the mightiness and heroism of the great Party, country and people and their sacred dignity and brilliant honour.
Present at the ceremony were the members of the Party central leadership, including the secretaries of the WPK Central Committee, leading officials of the national defence industry, commanding officers of the Ministry of National Defence, commanders of different services of the Korean People’s Army, commanders of its major large combined units, builders, and officials and employees of the museum.
The national anthem of the DPRK was played.
The participants watched a video dealing with the weapons and equipment newly armed with by the KPA.
Kim Jong Sik, member of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and first vice department director of the Central Committee of the WPK, addressed the ceremony.
Saying that the National Defence Revolution Museum serves as a proud review of the history of protracted and glorious development made by our munitions industry under the guidance of the WPK and an epitome of the level, appearance and capability of our national defence power, he stressed that the establishment of the museum representing and symbolizing the exploits performed by the Party for the country’s today and morrow is the greatest celebration of its historic course of profound significance by the times and the people.
The strategic programme of the Party on defence development and the tasks for implementing it literally constituted a revolution for pioneering new defence science and technology and building a new munitions industry, he said, noting in an excited tone that Comrade Kim Jong Un initiated the gigantic revolution, unprecedented in the world’s history of defence building, and has guided it personally.
Stressing that the museum, which comprehensively represents the great patriotic spirit, the defence building line and outstanding leadership of Comrade Kim Jong Un, is the greatest glory dedicated to the history of the WPK spanning 80-odd years, he said the museum clearly indicates the path to be followed by us and reconfirms the origin of our self-confidence.
Comrade Kim Jong Un cut the inauguration tape.
He went round the museum with the participants in the ceremony.
Looking back with deep emotion on the sacred history of the Juche-oriented defence industry, which was pioneered along with the founding of the WPK and has undergone successful development, and on the stories recorded in the arduous course of pioneering the modernization of defence industry and beating its untrodden path, he said that the museum is the immortal archive and the greatest national treasure house that intensively and intuitively show how the dignity and security of the DPRK and the happiness of its people are defended and how peace of this land is achieved.
He proudly said that such revolutionary treasure as the National Defence Revolution Museum is a great historical one that can be possessed only by the WPK, which has strenuously taken the path, to be proud of and glorious before the country and posterity, without a moment’s delay, and a precious monument which can be built only by the powerful state and people with their absolute strength powerful enough to defend themselves.
The level reached by our defence industry today is the zenith of glory and honour won with the spirit and strength of the DPRK and its people’s resourcefulness, and a priceless victory brought about by the tenacity, patriotism and loyalty of the people who unconditionally supported and encouraged the WPK’s original line of self-defence and policy of defence development in the face of severe trials and difficulties, he said.
Saying that it is the WPK’s due obligation and peculiar mode of action to build the defence industry, most powerful in the world, as it was founded with its very mission to take full responsibility for the destiny of the people, he affirmed that the powerful Juche-based weaponry, which serve as stepping stones to dramatic promotion of the national position, will be developed and completed in a more strenuous manner through the course of unique development and evolution, alongside the scale and contents of the museum being further expanded and enriched with the passage of time.
He expressed belief that the officials and lecturers of the museum would fulfill their responsibility and duty as the red information workers and ideological guards of the WPK who convey the history of the self-reliant defence building of the DPRK forever, cherishing the great pride and honour of working at the WPK’s revolutionary history museum.
The participants deeply realized the iron truth – we will always emerge victorious as the WPK guides the Korean revolution – and the vitality of the WPK’s line of self-reliant defence.
Members of the Party central leadership hardened their firm will to remain single-mindedly loyal to the revolutionary leadership of Comrade Kim Jong Un who is powerfully demonstrating the dignity and greatness of the Party, state and people while leading the historic struggle for accomplishing the sacred cause of building a rich country with a strong army, regarding self-reliant defence as the mainstay for defending the sovereignty and national interests and developing the revolution. -0-
