Sin Pun Jin, Faculty of Law, Kim Il Sung University
2022.4.21.
What holds the most important place among the immortal achievements gained by the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un is that he has accomplished the world-historic feats that he has rapidly enhanced the international dignity and prestige of our Republic through his energetic external activities.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un said as follows.
"Today our Party is exalting its dignity as the revolutionary party of the Juche type guiding the socialist cause, and our Republic has earned high prestige in the international arena as the bulwark of socialism, the fortress of anti-imperialist independence and the champion of justice and truth."
Despite its 5 000-year-long history and brilliant culture, Korea was no more than a miserable colony a century ago that had to accept subservience and national ruin as a fate and might have lost even its national name because it had not had the right leader nor any strength to defend itself.
The geopolitical position of the country remains the same as ever, but the DPRK has great dignity that is recognized in and exercises great influence over the international arena.
It is because we hold in high esteem the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un at the head of revolution who resembles the great leaders in every way that the DPRK has had a high prestige in the international arena as the bulwark of socialism, the fortress of anti-imperialist independence and the champion for justice and truth.
With the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un in high esteem, the Korean people are fully displaying to the whole world the prestige and honor of the great Kim Il Sung's nation and Kim Jong Il's Korea. Amid the continuous confidence in and admiration for the respected General Secretary from our people and the world progressive people, the international prestige of our Republic in the international arena is further enhanced.
For the past 10 years, the external environment for the DPRK was harshest in its history since its founding due to the frantic maneuvers of pressure and blockade of hostile forces.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un has held fast to the principle of independence and consistently carried out the independent external policy of the Workers' Party of Korea even at times of turmoil in the international situation. He has placed the state's dignity and prestige on a high level with his outstanding diplomatic strategies and through his energetic external activities.
In the worst situation, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un resolutely rejected any attempt to hurt the supreme interests and dignity of the country and never made even the slightest concession in its revolutionary principle, which brought the world to the realization that the sovereignty of the DPRK can never be infringed upon by anyone and the improvement of the relations with the DPRK without respect for its sovereignty can never be achieved
By making a bold switchover in its lines and pursuing offensive strategy, he created the atmosphere of peace and dialogue accepted by the international community and laid a cornerstone for the new development of the traditional DPRK-China relations and the DPRK-Russia relations through his proficient external activities to raise the international position of the DPRK.
Through the summits with Cuba and Vietnam, he developed the bilateral relations, forged and verified in the common struggle for accomplishing the cause of socialism, into special ones between comrades, into strategic ones, thus remarkably strengthening its unity and solidarity with other socialist countries.
The strenuous external activities conducted by the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un gave a strong impetus to the socialist cause in the international arena, and greatly demonstrated the international prestige and authority of our Republic steering the new political trend of safeguarding independence, justice and peace.
The DPRK-US talks conducted by respected Comrade Kim Jong Un are a historic event that brought about a dramatic turn in the balance of power between the DPRK and the U.S. and also wonderfully demonstrated the dignity and prestige of our state.
At the one-on-one talks between the top leaders of the DPRK and the U.S. held for the first time in the hostile relations between two countries, the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, with a strong principle of independence, made sure that the joint declaration that assured the establishment of new DPRK-US relations was adopted.
The several rounds of DPRK-US summit talks by the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un were recorded as an event of the greatest significance in the history of world politics, which defended its independent interests, peace and justice against the superpower and demonstrated to the world the strategic position of our Republic.
Thus, the world couldn't help praising the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who safeguarded peace on the Korean peninsula and the global peace through the historic the DPRK-US summit meetings and talks.
Global mass medias appraised the DPRK-US summit meetings and talks as well as conclusion of joint statement that were held in Singapore, as "creation of new history", "historic event", "talks worthy to be recorded in history book and world textbook", "DPRK-US single summit talk which brought the world to a halt for 35 minutes".
They are also highly praising the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un as "the hero of global peace", "the world strongest personage", "the leader having received the greatest attention of the whole world".
A number of state governments, parties and organizations, too, appraised the DPRK-US summit meetings and talks that were held in Singapore, as an event of historic significance in achieving peace, stability and prosperity of the Korean peninsula and the rest of the world, announcing declarations and statements with the following contents; "The resolute decision that motivated peace on the Korean peninsula and opened the road of developing further positive situation in the region", "We hope that the decision will lead to ensuring of global peace and stability", "Recent measures taken by the DPRK government are the display of the will to ensure peace on the Korean peninsula.", "We extend another congratulation to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, President of State Affairs, as well as the party, government and people of the DPRK.", "June 12, 2018 will be recorded in the world history".
The external activities conducted by the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un demonstrated the strategic position and prestige of the DPRK by dint of the undaunted and steadfast spirit of independence of the Korean people and the great might stockpiled by the DPRK.
This symbolizes the dignity and authority of the WPK, and the international position of the great DPRK.
The geopolitical fatalism of the Korean Peninsula which had suffered as a theater of scramble by the imperialist powers has now become a thing of the past, and our Republic has the great powers perfectly under its control, making its voices heard in the international arena and moving steadily along the road of its own, no matter what others may say. The rapid rise in the external position of the DPRK whose territory and population are not so large and which is encircled by the imperialist reactionaries from all sides is a world-historical event which was brought about totally by energetic external activities of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.
That's why the world highly praises the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un as a seasoned statesman steering the international political trend to the right path" who is making an immortal contribution to the peace on the Korean peninsula and in the region as well as in the rest of the world while leading the international political trend in a right direction with his outstanding political and diplomatic qualifications and seasoned leadership.
"The supreme leader Kim Jong Un is a learned statesman who is fully prepared to take a prudent decision even in the turbulence of rapidly changing world politics with an unimaginable courage, scientific insight and unusual political judgment." This is one passage carried in the article in the Bangladeshi newspaper "Daily Nauroz".
The broad spectrum of mass media, personages from political and social circles and the progressive people in the world unanimously say that the outstanding mode of political and diplomatic activities of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un attracts attention from the international society, that he carried into effect with lightning speed the DPRK-China summit meetings and talks, inter-Korean summit meetings and talks, and the DPRK-US summit meetings and talks in succession, winning historic events one after another, and that the world is so charmed by his diplomatic mode.
They also praise him as "a statesman with a remarkable personality", "a powerful and charming leader", "a man with a courageous decision", "a resolute and determined leader", "a man demonstrating outstanding diplomatic ability", "an able statesman leading the international political situation to a right path with confidence", and "a leader of a strategic mind".
The First Secretary of the Primorskij Kraj Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation emphasized as follows.
"Comrade Kim Jong Un who is well versed in every field such as politics and military is the banner of all the victory and glory in DPRK. Progressive mankind ardently admires him as the most prominent statesman who makes immortal contributions to the cause of ensuring world peace and independence. The unusual disposition and eminent personality of Comrade Kim Jong Un are charming world people." This is not the feeling from him alone.
The chairman of "Vorodino", a social organization in Russian region said that the socialist cause continues to move in triumph and Korea has become the center of international politics day by day thanks to respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, adding that the world people have a great interest in the events happening with Korea as the center.
The secretary-general of Karachi branch office, the Pakistan-Korea Friendship Association mentioned that under the leadership of respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, Korea is demonstrating its might as an invincible power. He continued to say that the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, who personified to perfection the idea, leadership and personality of the great leader Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at the noblest level, accomplished so great achievements in a short period of time that others couldn't dare to have achieved even in several decades.
A good number of newspapers, communications and broadcasters in the world have given widespread publicity about the outstanding political diplomatic ability of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.
The American magazine "The Nation", newspaper "The Washington Post", CNN broadcasting, the Swiss newspaper "Neue Züricher Zeitung", the Canadian newspaper "The Toronto Star" and other newspapers said that the driving force of the dialogue was evidently provided by the supreme leader of the DPRK and that unless Comrade Kim Jong Un had taken the initiative in putting forward proposals, there would have been no thaw in the situation on the Korean peninsula. They also said that Comrade Kim Jong Un is an excellent strategist and that Korea, though a small country, is playing a leading role, and the situation on the Korean peninsula will develop by the will and decision of Comrade Kim Jong Un.
ILNA of Iran covered the following news in an article carried on its internet homepage which is entitled "Outstanding Mode of Diplomacy":
What is noticeable in the diplomatic activities of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un is that it, in the first place, is conducted with lightning speed at a full tilt. He carried out at a full pelt the diplomatic activities at summit level including his visit to China several times, and the DPRK-US Summit Meeting in Singapore, thus effecting successive historic events. Such dynamic diplomatic activities put the world under a spell of charm. The coverage also said that Comrade Kim Jong Un is expanding the sphere of diplomatic activities in a new and multilateral way, in a new era and under a new situation.
The Vietnamese newspaper "Quan Doi Nhan Dan" also paid a high tribute to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un for his able and seasoned diplomacy. The Summit Meetings he held with, it continued, reversed a long-lasting trend towards confrontation in Northeast Asia into the one of dialogue and reconciliation.
There is an ever-growing voice of fascination, admiration and reverence for the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who is leading the cause of independence and peace of the world in a right direction with his brilliant intelligence and extraordinary leadership, and with his outstanding political and diplomatic ability as the days go by.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un brought about events of great significance which will go down in the national and world history through his energetic external activities and achieved a grand cause for world peace. He is indeed the hero of the century, the defender of justice who put the dignity and might of the nation on the highest level. He is also the bright sun providing us with the prosperity for all generations to come and giving hope of bright future to humankind.
As we hold the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un in high esteem, the DPRK will, in the future, too, continue to demonstrate its dignity and might as a powerful state of justice leading the global peace in a right direction in northeast Asia and the rest of the world.
