This is a continuation of the North Korean propaganda series. Click here for the table of contents.
Some terms that needs explaining:
- Three revolutions (3대혁명) = Culture revolution (문화혁명) + Technological revolution (기술혁명) + Ideology revolution (사상혁명)
- Seon-gun (선군) literally means military-first
- For more information on the idealogies of Juche and Seon-gun, see this post which takes the explanation directly from the North Korean media.
Here’s the set of the posters showing the Juche ideas:
Top: Self-sufficiency, nationalism
주체성 민족성
Bottom: Let’s stick to self-sufficiency and nationalism in revolutions and construction!
혁명과 건설에서 주체성과 민족성을 견결히 고수하자!
Spread the ideological, fight, speed, and skill battles,
사상전.투지전.속도전.기술전을 벌려
Let’s use Juche Korea’s wisdom and bravery
주체조선의 슬기와 용맹을 떨치자!
Let’s follow the great revolution of Juche
주체의 혁명위업을
and carry on and improve!
대를이어 계승발전시키자!
Ideology, technology, and culture according to the demands of Juche!
사상도 기술도 문화도 주체의 요구대로!
Hurray for the ideology of the marvelous Juche!
위대한 주체사상 만세!
All of the People’s Army strongly arm themselves through the Juche war point-of-view
모든 인민군장병들은 주체적인 전쟁관점으로 튼튼히 무장하고
and always hold fast to the state of violence (언제나 격동상태를 견지하라!)
Seon-gun (military-first) revolution guidance (선군혁명령도)
Let’s go out energetically on the highroad of Juche!
주체의 한길로 힘차게 나아가자!
Flag: Three revolutions (3대혁명) - See explanation at the top of this post
Let’s successfully complete the undertaking of the Juche revolution
주체혁명위업을 대를 이어 계승완성하자!
Juche (주체)
Long live the great Juche idea! (위대한 주체사상 만세!)
Book: Kim Jung-Il (김정일),
Our style of socialism at the heart of the people brings certain victory
인민대중 중심의 우리 식 사회주의는 필승불패이다
Top: Let’s promote the superiority of our style of socialism!
우리 식 사회주의의우월성을 더욱 발양시키자!
Flag: Three Revolutions (3대혁명)
Top: The Juche ideology lights the whole world
주체사상은 온 누리에 빛난다
Middle: Juche (주체)
The 21st century is the Kim Jung-Il century (21세기는 김정일세기)
Newspaper titles: Youth News (소년신문)
New Day (새날)
Book Titles: Kim Il-Sung (김얼성 / 金日成)
Kim Jung-Il (김정일 / 金正日)
Ideology, technology, and culture according to the demands of Juche!
사상도 기술도 문화도 주체의 요구대로!
Next, we’ll be looking at posters dealing with the Great Leader.
Would you please let me know the date and source of the 우리 식 사회주의 poster?
@Reader
Sorry, I wish I had that information. These posters were from a huge number of sources which I didn’t document well. While I was working on it I was just focused on getting the posters.
One of the things I wonder is if newer posters don’t use 사회주의 since that word was replaced in the constitution.
No problem at all. The book the man is carrying is a May 1991 work by Kim Jong Il, so I will presume the poster came out around that time. Yes, newer posters still use 사회주의 (socialism). The word that was dropped from the April 2009 선군 (military-first) consitution was 공산주의 (communism).
@Reader
Ah, thanks for that clarification! I also recently saw a program on DPRK TV use 사회주의 in the title ㅋㅋㅋ