Remembering Comrade Kim Jong Il

kjiBoth the Korean people and revolutionary people around the world remembered and paid tribute to Comrade Kim Jong Il, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and leader of the Korean revolution, on 17 December, the fifth anniversary of his passing.

Comrade Kim Jong Il succeeded to the leadership of the revolution after the founder of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Comrade Kim Il Sung passed away in 1994. He successfully led the DPRK through a difficult period characterised by economic hardships caused by the collapse of the Soviet Union and the European socialist countries (with whom the DPRK had conducted most of its foreign trade), successive natural disasters and an intensified blockade and sanctions on the part of the US and other imperialist powers.

The Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) (CPGB-ML), held in October 2012, unanimously passed a resolution of solidarity with socialist Korea, which contained this assessment of the revolutionary legacy of Comrade Kim Jong Il:


In assessing the life and work of Comrade Kim Jong Il, we note in particular that:


•  He worked tirelessly for national reconciliation and reunification under the banner of ‘by our nation itself’.




Marking this year’s fifth anniversary of his demise, the CPGB-ML, in a letter to WPK Chairman Comrade Kim Jong Un, noted:

Comrade Kim Jong Il devoted his entire life to the Korean and the world revolution; to turning the wishes and plans of the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung into reality; to building socialism on Korean soil and defending the country and people from the threat of aggression and war; and to advancing the anti-imperialist struggle, the international communist movement and the people’s struggle in all parts of the world. He worked tirelessly until the last moment of his life without regard to his health. He set a heroic example of a noble communist fighter.”

Eternal Glory to Comrade Kim Jong Il!