History of Victory, which was pioneered and advanced along with song

The great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il said as follows.

"True music is loyal to the demands of our times and contributes to the mission of our times. This is a main duty of music for the times and an important role."

As the great General said, the history of the Korean revolution began with songs, and has advanced triumphed on the strength of songs.

The arduous and glorious road of revolution we have covered has always been filled with songs of struggle, and all these songs, as powerful weapons of the revolution in every period and at every stage of the developing revolution, made a great contribution to the accomplishment of the revolutionary cause of Juche.

If these songs are compiled as one, they will represent the brilliant history of the Korean revolution.

The revolutionary hymn "Star of Korea", widely disseminated by young communists, who held Kim Il Sung in high esteem as the sun of the nation at the beginning of the Korean revolution, served as a powerful weapon in rallying young revolutionaries and other people around him and arousing them to the anti-Japanese struggle. The revolutionary songs such as "Song of Anti-Japanese War" and "Song of the Red Flag" served as a militant banner for overcoming hardships and trials unprecedented in history with a faith in the victory of the revolution and achieving the great victory of national liberation.

When they were building a new country after the liberation of their country, the Korean people waged a worthwhile struggle to carry out the difficult and gigantic tasks of the democratic revolution, rallied closely around Kim Il Sung, loudly singing the immortal revolutionary hymn "Song of General Kim Il Sung", which sings the praises of Kim Il Sung, a peerless patriot and the sun of the nation.

It was also revolutionary songs that powerfully inspired them in the struggle to create a new life.

They successfully carried out the agrarian reform, nationalization of industries and other democratic reforms, singing loudly songs of creation such as "Song of Ploughing" and "Song of Industrial Nation Building". They waged a vigorous struggle to build a prosperous, independent and sovereign state, loudly singing "Patriotic Song", "March of Korea", "May of Victory" and "Song of the Proclamation of the People's Republic".

The great Fatherland Liberation War was the most arduous and stern ordeal for them.

In hearty response to the order of Supreme Commander Kim Il Sung not to give an inch of land to the enemy, they turned out, displaying unparalleled mass heroism and patriotic devotion on the front and in the rear and unhesitatingly fought to defend every inch of the land of their country.

In those days, songs of faith and struggle including wartime songs powerfully inspired them to victory in the war.

Many songs such as "Song of National Defence", "To a Decisive Battle", "My Song in the Trench", "The Dear Home in My Native Village", "Song of a Motor Driver", "No One Knows" and "At the Spring Site" produced during the war made a great contribution to achieving victory in the war as they vividly reflected the noble patriotic spirit, unparalleled mass heroism, optimistic life and traditional traits of unity between the army and the people, displayed by the of service personnel and the people.

Our Party and people that achieved a great victory in the grim Fatherland Liberation War were faced with the heavy and difficult task of turning our country into a rich and powerful socialist country by eradicating the aftermath of the three-year war, reconstructing towns and villages, and promoting the socialist revolution and construction actively.

This gigantic task called for bringing about fresh miracles and innovations in the revolution and construction by giving full play to the revolutionary enthusiasm and creative activity of the masses.

The revolutionary hymn "Ode to Marshal Kim Il Sung" and other songs dedicated to defending the leader unto death trained the Korean people into fierce fighters in the showdown with the anti-Party, counterrevolutionary factionalists. Songs "We Have Won" and "We Have Won", "Song of Reconstruction" and "Song of Construction" on the theme of postwar reconstruction inspired the people with pride and self-confidence in being the Korean nation who emerged victorious in the war, and inspired them with greater enthusiasm for the struggle for postwar reconstruction.

Having achieved great successes in the struggle for postwar rehabilitation and development of the national economy, they waged a more vigorous struggle to lay the foundations of socialist industrialization and lay the foundations of the independent national economy of socialism, singing such songs of advance at the speed of Chollima as "We Run On Cholima", "Song of Chollima March" and " Song of the Grand Chollima Advance". They thoroughly implemented the line of simultaneously developing the economy and defence building, singing "Leader, Just Give Us Your Order" as a weapon of their faith, and thus building our country into a powerful fortress, independent, self-supporting and self-reliant in national defence.

In the days, from the 60s to the 80s of the last century when they had Kim Jong Il at the helm of our revolution, our people followed the road of the revolution under the leadership of Kim Jong Il, singing such songs as "Where Are You, Dear General", "We Will Remain Loyal through Generations", "We Will Travel One Road Forever", "We Will Follow the Leader and the Party Forever" as songs of advance of the era.

The song "We Will Remain Loyal through Generations", "We Will Travel One Road Forever" and "We Will Follow the Leader and the Party Forever", which greatly encouraged our people in their struggle for modelling the whole society on the Juche idea, demonstrated to the whole world the unshakable faith and firm will of our people to hold Kim Jong Il in high esteem at the head of the revolution and accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche pioneered by Kim Il Sung through generations during the period of laying down the foundations of our Party for carrying forward the Juche cause.

In the 1990s when the Korean revolution was faced with grim trials, the songs "Hold High the Red Flag" and "The 7th Regiment Is Before Us Today", "No Motherland without You" and "Let's Defend Socialism" served as the flags of the 90s, marches of the 90s, rousing our people to heroic feats.

The song "Hold High the Red Flag", embodying the philosophy of the red flag of our Party, clearly indicates the road we should follow and reflects our determination to follow the road of Juche to the end, flying the red flag of faith.

In the period of the Arduous March, the Korean people rose up in the struggle to defend the country with a firm determination, singing this song of faith and will, and firmly defended the country and Korean-style socialism from the enemies' vicious challenges and attacks.

In the Songun era, the immortal revolutionary hymn "Song of General Kim Jong Il", "The Road of Victory" and "We Will Go Forward Confidently", echoed in the hearts of our people who believed in Kim Jong Il as in heaven, demonstrating their determination to defend the leader unto death on the road of revolution which they should follow to the last, rain or snow.

In the song "Ode to the Motherland", the Korean people feel the patriotic will of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un to further glorify the country as a socialist power envied by the world true to the behests of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il, as the best country where people's dreams come true, and are now dynamically advancing to the bright future of Juche Korea, singing songs of faith such as "We Will Go to Mt. Paektu" and "We Will Follow Even a thousand ri".

In this way, the Korean revolution can be said to be a heroic epic in which the leader has been held in high esteem with immortal songs, the history of unity, struggle and victory achieved on the strength of songs.