The Turning Point: Implementation of the Juche Idea by Kim Il Sung
Kim Il Sung’s regime carried out the implementation of policies and beliefs of his Juche Idea.
This was a turning point in their society and abroad, resulting in a new era of communism in East Asia and greatly affecting worldwide foreign policy. His work and leadership created the country that we now know as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. |
Construction of a Communist Society
The progress in aiming to construct a socialist economy was rapid because the process of nationalization had started several years before the establishment of the government.
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"For the independent and peaceful reunification of the country, it is necessary to achieve the great unity of the whole nation." |
Kim Il Sung's Socialistic Reforms:
Land Reform Law"The basis for collective farming was established by the March 1946 Land Reforms, which involved the seizure and redistribution of land."
- KBS World Radio |
"During three weeks of land reform, 98 percent of confiscated land was distributed to farmers; poor farmers suddenly became the landlord of up to 13,200 square meters of land. Thereafter, they tended to farm hard and gave their allegiance to the Party."
- Daily NK |
Nationalization of Key Industries"A law was enacted to nationalize key factories, firms, mines, power plants, transportation, the postal service, banking, commerce, and cultural organizations."
- KBS World Radio |
Cooperative Farms"Collective agriculture came into full effect starting at the end of 1953, when 'cooperative agricultural organizations' started to be formed. Committees were put in charge of agricultural management and were reorganized as 'Cooperative Agricultural Management Committees'."
- KBS World Radio |
The Chollima Movement"The Chollima Movement was a massive campaign aimed at constructing a socialist economy at a 'blindly quick pace', hence the name of the movement. It embodies North Korea's style of approach to economic policies: planned, slogan-oriented, and heavily reliant on mobilization. The campaign, enacted on the belief that indoctrinating workers with a communist ideology would lead to more diligent labor and higher production."
- KBS World Radio |
The 7-year Plan"North Korea implemented full-scale planned economy policies based on a socialist economic system. The 1st seven-year plan began in 1961 with the the objective of improving the people's livelihoods and building on the industrial foundations laid during the five-year plan of the late 1950s. At the time, the North Korean economy had reached a basic level of industrialization through previous policies. "
- KBS World Radio |