JPRS-AKU-9 1-001 24 JANUARY 1991 —— — — Fontien Broancas! INFORMATION Service —___J PRS Report— East Asia Korea:KULLOJA No. 6, June 1990 | Kast Asia Korea; KULLOJA No 6, June 1990 — — — —— — — — — — — — — —— JPRS-AKU.91-001 CONTENTS 24 January 1991 [This report is @ tranwation of the table of contents and selected articles from the monthly theoretical journal of the Central Committee of the Korean Workers Party, published in Pyongyang Notations in the table of contents indicate articles previously published or not translated | Let Us Further Enhance the Superiority of Our Country's Socialiem /Kim Il-song, published in FRIS-EAS-90-101, 24 May 90 pp 16. 26/ ! Let All Functionaries More Dynamically Launch a Struggle for the Creation of the ‘Speed of the 90's /Not translated] 2 Poliatnd iIdceoslog y The Results of lacological Work Must Be Displayed Through Revolutionary Practice [Choe Mun-son, not translated] } The Great Revolutionary Upsurge in Socialist Construction and the Revolutionizing and Working Class-izing of the Functionaries /Yane 7ae-vong, not translated] } RevolTuradittioin aondn Paartyr Juyild up The Historic Conference That Declared the Chuche Line of the Korean Revolution—On the Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Chialun Conference /Aang Sok-sung. not translated) 4 The Party Functionaries Should Live and Work According to the Revolutionary Spirit and Working Style Displayed at the Time When the Great Chotlima Upsurge Was Being Effecied [Chu Kil-pon. not translated] 4 Economic Construction The Problem of Speed and Be’ ance in Socialist Economic Construction =/ So Chae-yong/ 5 The Effective Use of Manpower Is a Main Task in Improving the Labor Administration (Kim Ki-chan. not translated] v7) Industrial Management and Economic Calculation /Choe Won-chol/ 9 Cultural Buildup The Programmatic Guiding Principle Which Has Reflected the Situation of Socialist Reality and IMuminated the Correct Path to the Production of Revolutionary Films {Yi Tae-chol. not translated] 13 F xperiential Hidden Resources Lic in the Masses’ Minds /Aim Chung-i/ not translated] 14 Fatheriand’s Reunification Let Us Remove the of War and Achieve Durable Peace on the Korean Peninsula /Kim Ku-sik, not tra ed] : : 15 South Korea The Merger of the Three Parties Is « Political Coup and the Most Dangerous Maneuver = Democracy and Reunification /Chong /-kun. not translated] 16 International Issues Strengthening Unity and Cooperation Is the Correct Path to the Developing Countries’ — Sovereignty and Independence /Kim Tih-samm: mot tramsbated) eeeeeeee 17 JPRS- AKL 91-001 )4 January 1991 Let Ls Further Lahance the Superiority of Our ( ountry’s Socialiam O00 ] R Alii tijd in Aoreounr Vat. Jun VU pp ‘JV Speech *y Kim theong at the first session of the Ninth Supreme People's Assembly held on 24 May 1990 published in FRIS-EAS- 90-101, 24 May 90 pp 16-26] IPRS AKL 91-001 ? i ditorial Bureau 4 January 1991 Let All Functionaries More Dynamically | auach a Struggle for the Creation of the ‘Speed of the 90's’ OO000000 Pyrongvane AULLOIA in Aorean Neat. Jun VU pp i. [Not translated] JPRS- AKL 91-01 )4 January 1991 Politics and Ideology Ihe Results of Ideological Work Miust Me Ihe (reat Revolutionary | pours in Soctalist Displayed Through Revolutionary Practice ( onstruction and the Revolutionising and Working ( lass- izing of th bunctionaries OO0000OO Prongveane Al 11 ti] 4 in Ares Vat Jun VW DD : Seer eg eS J we Ate igisa f? A revwir [Artick hy C hoe Mun-eon nol translated!) iAriwte | Yane | ae-vong i translated] JPRS-AKL 91-001 4 Revolutionary Tradition and Party Buildup 24 January 1991 The Historic Conference That Declared the The Party Functionaries Should Live and Work Chuche Line of the Korean Revolution—-On the According to the Revolutionary Spirit and Occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Chialun Working Style Displayed at the Time When the ( onference Creat Choll ma Upsurge Was Being Effected DO000000 Pyongvang AULLOJA in Korean 0000000 Pyongyang KULLOJA in Korean No 6, Jun 90 pp 18-44 No 6, Jun 90 pp 45-50 [Article by Kang Sok-sung. not translated] [Article by Chu Kil-pon, not translated] JPRS-AK. 91-001 24 January 1991 Economic Construction 5 The Problem of Speed and Balance in Socialist Enhancing the economic organizer function of the state, Economic Construction as well as establishing in a goal-conscious manner and maintaining the balance of the people's economy,are ¥/2DOOTA Pyongvane KULLOJA in Korean No 6, Jun 90 pp 51-56 important conditions for accelerating socialist economic construction at a rapid speed [Article by So Chae-yong] In economic construction, speed and balance are inti mately interrelated. A fast rate of speed serves as a [Text] In his policy address delivered at the first session prerequisite for rational balance and balance depends on of the Ninth Supreme People's Assembly [SPA] of the speed In economic construction, speed and balance are DPRK, the great leader Comrade Kim Il-song empha- intimately connected and interdependent and the posi- sized developing all fields in a balanced way while tion and role they occupy in the reproduction process are quickly developing priority sectors of the people's by no means identical. In the mutual relationship economy so as to meet the demands of the principles of between speed anv balance, the primary thing is speed, socialist economic development in order to dynamically and balance 1s a means to achieve speed. expedite socialist economic construction. Therefore, in the business of planning, neither one can The great leader's instructions concerning correctly guar- be made absolute. In the case where balance is made anteeing economic development speed and balance are a absolute, we are unable to properly solve the problem of guiding principle that we must grasp firmly in order to establishing the speed of production growth to meet the positively accelerate socialist economic construction demands of realistic development and the problem of today, when the struggle to create the “Speed of the 90's" mobilizing all reserves. Conversely, in the case of making is being vigorously waged. production-growth speed supreme while advocating high One of the important problems involved in stepping up speed, balance is destroyed and it becomes impossible to ensure a high rate of speed. socialist economic construction is to properly guarantee the development speed and balance of the people's economy. During the entire period it has led the socialist economic Socialist economic construction is a difficult and complex construction, our party has put forth accurate policies in Struggle to subjugate and remake nature and provide an order to guarantee economic development speea and independent and creative material life for the toiling balance, and has provided wise leadership so that it masses. If we are to develop productivity so as to accelerate could be thoroughly implemented economic construction and fill the material demands of the workers, we must correctly set up and maintain the eco- In orcer to correctly guarantee the speed and balance of nomic links that bind together the economic sectors of the economic development, our party has put its priority people's economy and the production units, as well as energy into the balance between accumulation and con- linkages between reproduction and the elements of produc- sumption, between production of the means of produc- tion, and those between the country’s regions. The quanti- tion and consumption reproduction. These two balances tative application of these various economic linkages that both have decisive significance for resolving problems of are forme’ in the process of struggle to subjugate and economic construction and raising the people's standard remake natui° constitute balance in the people's economy. of living. The speed of economic development and the success of social production are greatly influenced according to how In order to properly guarantee these balances, our party this balance is ensured. has seen to it that priority is given to accumulation while simultaneously developing consumption. It has firmly Comrade Kim Chong-il, member of the Presidium of the adhered to the economic construction line of giving Political Bureau and Secretary of the Central Committee priority to the development of heavy industry while at of the WPK, pointed out as follows: the same time developing light industry and agriculture. In particular, while putting much energy into strength- “In the business of planning it is important to correctly ening the country’s defensive potential under complex solve the problem of production-growth speed and bal- internal and external situations, our party has always ance. Production-growth speed and balance are inextri- accurately maintained the balance between accumula- cably interrelated and in the business of planning neither tion and construction, between production of the means of them should be made absolute.” of production and the production of consumer goods so The development of the economy in a planned and that the people do not feel inconveniences in their daily balanced manner is an important objective law in lives. Therefore, the quantitative relationship between socialist society, which is based on social ownership of investments in the productive sector and investments in the means of production. The law demands that the the nonproductive sector has been achieved in a rational planned nature as well as the balanced nature of the manner and we have been able to resolve correctly and people's economy be thoroughly guaranteed. That is equally the problems of building a socialist material and achieved by means of the economic organizer function of technical foundation, building up national defense, and the socialist sta‘. raising the people's standard of living. JPRS-AKIL 91-001 6 Economic Construction 24 January 1991 Our party has also wisely provided leadership so as to economic development, During the entire period of socialist maintain the overall balance in the development of the iidusinalization (1957-1970) in our country, manufac: people's economy while positively guaranteeing balance turing has grown each year an average of 19.1 percent, down to the smallest detail, However, overall balance During the period of the Six Year Plan as well as the second can only be accurately guaranteed realistically when the Seven Year Plan the economy grew at a high rate of speed management activities and reproduction of all of the Our manufacturing during the period of the second Seven links of all sectors and units of the people's economy Year Plan grew at a rate of 12.2 percent a year, Even in the down to the smallest detail are accurately intermeshed period of the third Seven year plan, with the scale of the with one another economy 80 large, the economy of our country 1s growing at 1 fast rate of speed. The high rate of speed of economic Our party has carried out uniform and careful planning development achieved in our country is the result of the $0 that balance could be achieved in detai! while guar- wise leadership of our party, which has put forth the most anteeing the overall balance in economic development accurate policies to guarantee balance in the people's It has seen to it that all economic indicators have been economy even under the difficult condition of national planned concretely, down to the smallest detail, and division and has led the popular masses straight ahead to overcome the moral aspect and strengthened the legal implement these policies with our own strength aspect of not only the large indicators, but even the small ones. In particular, the party has guaranteed the total in the present period, correctly guaranteeing balance in the balance in the people's economy. It has established people's economy emerges as an even more important balances in order to put primary emphasis on resolving problem in accelerating socialist economic construction at a Strategic economic tasks that the party sets forth each continuously high rate of speed period of the revolution, and construction and has seen to it that they are firmly maintained. Thus. the balance As economic construction deepens and the country’s in the development of the people's economy has come to overall economic scale increases, the demand for raw be firmly guaranteed, and in all sectors and units we have materials, fuel, and supplies in the processing industry been able to utilize effectively social labor as well as to and all other sectors of the people's economy increases seek out and mobilize internal reserves to the maximum, extraordinarily. The demand for raw materials, fuel, and and to accelerate production at a high rate of speed supplies is in proportion to the scale of the economy. In particular, the more an economy that possesses an inde- Positively establishing a balance and guarantecing its pendent and multifaceted structure grows, the greater objectivity is an important principle that our party has the demand for raw materials, fuel, and supplies grows. consistently adhered to in guaranteeing balance in the people's economy. Balance in the people's economy in As the technical and equipment level of the people's every respect has as its objective the guarantee of a high economy rises, the demand for raw materials, fuel, and rate of speed of economic development. Therefore. 11 is supplies also expands suddenly. That 1s connected to the | Ota matter of adjusting speed to maintain balance. but fact that the greater the mechanization and automation, rather one of positively establishing a balance and main- the more the raw materials, fucl. and supplies consumed taining it so as to achieve rapid economic development. per unit hour increase basing it on an accurate calculation and analysis of the demands of economic laws and objective conditions, and To satisfactorily guarantee the ever increasing demand of realistic possibilities. for raw material, fuel, and supplies in all sectors of the people's economy so as to meet the characteristics of In order to guarantee positive balance. our party has each sector 1s a basic guarantee for correctly maintaining always made it possible for all economic sectors to balance in the people's economy. develop rapidly and evenly, seeing to it that lagging sectors catch up with leading sectors while rapidly devel- When the scale of economic construction increases, the oping leading sectors without letup and helping other demand for labor also increases. Only by doing a good job of sectors to pull abreast of these sectors. And it has allocating labor to all sectors of the people's economy and thoroughly guaranteed balance anu objectivity by seeing correctly providing funds to satisfy the expansion of pro- to it that all balances are fixed on the basis of scientifi- duction resources 1s it possible to guarantee balance in the cally calculating various conditions such as development people's economy level of productivity and the ideological consciousness of the workers, technical skills level, and the status of Correctly guaranteeing the pace and balance of economic availability of raw materials and supplies, so as to meet development in the present period is an important the demands of realistic development. Positive balance problem also with respect to the situation in which and objectivity have served as important factors in management units are organized on a large scale and the raising the workers’ labor zeal to the maximum and production-consumption links have become complex. making it possible to fully mobilize and utilize all manner of the country’s resources. Today the industrial complex has been broadly orga- nized in our country. It is a planning, production, and By firmly guaranteeing balance in the people's economy, our implementation unit, a form of business organization country has achieved a continuous high 1 of speed of that creatively carries Out management activities under JPRS-AKU-91-001 24 January 1991 Economic Construction 7 the centralized guidance of the state. All the enterprises In addition, we must vigorously carry out the struggle to constituting the complex carry oul—with great depen- rapidly increase production of electric power, coal, iron, dence on higher authorities—production and manage- and steel and develop light industry and agriculture. ment activities on their own, joining forces and he ping one another An important probicm in successfully accomplishing the economic construction tasks set forth by our party is to Under such conditions, oni, «wen the production and posit'vely guarantee balance, on the basis of aggressively consumption links among the individual enterprises seeking out and mobilizing inner reserves. constituting the complex are accurately coordinated, and balance in the overall people's economy is guaranteed The '7th Plenum of the Sixth Central Committee of the under the unified guidance of the state, is it possible to WPK set forth the economic construction task of making mobilize and utilize completely the country's production sure thal inner reserves are aggressively sought out and potential to suit the re’ conditions of the enlarged scale mobilized in all sectors and units of the people's economy of the economic unit, and expedite accelerated socialis! and that the existing economic construction foundation economic construction at a rapid rate of speed. prove its worth. It vigorously aroused the entire party and all the people to the struggle for its implementation. In the economic development process, as the demand for In the process of struggle for implementation of the production resources and funds that are required in decision of the plenum, vast production reserves came to production rises with the intensification of socialist be uncovered in the various sectors of the people's construction, individual sectors may develop more economy. This is a dynamic demonstration of the great quickly or more slowly than called for in the plan. Under vitality of our independent national economy. such conditions, ensuring balance in the people's economy is a firm guarantee for continually speeding up When we correctly set up measures to utilize effectively the rate of economic construction. such reserves that are aggressively uncovered through the lofty revolutionary zeal of the producer masses, we Ir properly guaranteeing the speed and balance of develop- can go on achieving even greater successes in socialist nent in the people's economy, the principle that must economic construction. always be adhered to is to thoroughly subordinate balance to the demands of party economic policy. The important thing in correctly guaranteeing economic development speed and balance to meet the realistic In our party's economic construction line and policy are demands of socialist construction is first of all to bring reflected- -together with the overall demands of the about a new transformation in planning work. country’s revolution and construction—the immediate tasks of economic construction that must be accom- The great leader Cor .rade Kim Il-song taught as follows: plished each period and the prospective tasks of devel- “As we always stress, planning is one of the key problems yping the nation’s economy to a new, higher stage. And influencing the success of socialist economic construction.” n the party's line and policy are clearly elucidated the (Works of Kim Il-song” Vol. 19, p. 445.) ‘asic methods for their successful accomplishment herefore, only when balance in the people's economy ts Planning work is a prerequisite for guaranteeing balance e‘tabli hed and maintained is it possible to hasten in the people's economy. By means of planning work, all 0 erall economic construction at a continuous, high rate of the country’s resources are scientifically calculated of speed. Only then 1s it possible to achieve new leaps and balance in the people's economy comes to be estab- forward and innovations in those sectors and projects lished in a goal-oriented manner so as to meet the laws of that the party strategically sets forth and regards as socialist economic development and the intention of the critical so as to meet the demands of the economic policy party. If we are to do a good job of guaranteeing balance set forth in the relevant period and provide a fuller, more in the people's economy to be able to achieve a high rate civilized material and cultural life for the people. of growth of economic development, we must devote priority efforts to improving the business of planning so Among the capital construction projects with productive as to meet the demands of realistic development. significance to which our party is devoting its energies in socialist economic construction today are the second Today our party has considered various problems of stage of the Sunchon Vinalon Complex, the Sariwon balance including balance between accumulation end Potassium Fertilizer Complex, a large-scale iron and consumption, between production and construction, and steel mill, and a hydroelectric power plant. Concen- between different sectors of the people's economy—and trating the strength of the entire party and the whole the immediate and prospective interests of our revolu- State, we must positively establish balance in the people's tion and has explained about doing a good job of dealing economy so that the construction of those projects the with these. party sets forth as essential during the present period are promoted positively and finished quickly. They must be Here the first order of business is to determine priorities guaranteed no matter what happens. and concentrate efforts on the central link. JPRS-AKU-91-001 s Economic Construction 24 January 199; Among economic tasks there are those which have major management, accelerate open pit coal mine develop. significance in the overall people's economy and there ment, aggressively carry out the mechanization of the are those that do wot. And there are urgent things and work in all coal mines, and widely adopt efficient coal less urgent things as well, This being the case, we must mining methods. Also we must readjust and strengthen distinguis among the priorities and establish a plan so extraction facilities at the Musan Mining Complex and as to concentrate our energies on the central key. Only by speed up the work of expanding mining capacity. correctly fixing priorities and the central links based on the party's policy demands and realistic conditions, is it Electricity is the basic motive power of modern industry possible to reap great fruits in economic work. and inasmuch as demand for electricity is quickly expanding in all sectors of the people's economy, we Functionaries of the economic sector must, in accor- must firmly give priority to the clectric power industry over other sectors of the peopkh’s economy so that dance with the intention of the party, put their efforts balance in all sectors of the people's economy is properly into normalizing production in all sectors of the people's guaranteed and production is normalized and developed economy at a high level and raising the people's standard at a fast rate of speed. of living and must continuously create innovations in this field. The basic method for increasing electricity production is to vigorously step up the construction of the hydroelec- Functionaries of the economic sector, in consonance with tric power plants that are alreaa) under construction and the realistic conditions in which the scale of the people's other new power station construction. We mus: also economy has grown larger and the production and con- readjust and strengthen existing power generation facil- sumption linkages have grown very complex, must correctly ities, actively introduce new technology, and produce meld the state's centralized unified guidance with th. -re- more electricity from existing power generating stations. ativity of the economic units and thoroughly implement the mass line in formulating plans. Indeed, the work of guaranteeing the balance between the extractive industry and the processins industry as In order to thoroughly implement the mass line and to well as between electric power production and demand is guarantee scientificalness in the work of planning in the the important key that must be grasped in guarantecing present period, the problem of enhancing the role of the balance in the totality of the people's economy. And it is industrial complex assumes importance. Industrial com- a firm guarantee for continuously creating endlessly high plexes must, according to the party's policy demands, set rates of speed of the economic development. up plans that mesh down to the smallest deiail. First of all, they must coordinate efficiently the plan indicators within The next important thing in correctly guaranteeing speed the industrial complexes. Those things that cannot be and balance in economic development to meet the meshed within their own complex should be meshed realistic demands of socialist construction is to improve decisively the work of guaranteeing materials. between complexes within the province. Those that still do not mesh should be coordinated with industrial complexes The speed of development and balance in the people's in other provinces. economy is achieved realistically through the rational distribution of the means of production and mau wer. The next important thing in correctly guaranteeing speeJ The basic problem here is the allocation of the means of and balance in economic development to meet the production. Even if we flawlessly perform planning work realistic demands of socialist construction is to guar- and prepare raw materials, fuel, and other resources, if antee balance in the people's economy under the prin- we do not do a good job of guaranteeing the materials, we ciple of giving priority to the extractive industry over the cannot translate into reality the plans that have been set processing industry and to the power industry over other up. Therefore, we cannot properly maintain balance in sectors of the people's econom: the people's economy. Primary raw materials and fuels a e an important factor The important demand that emerges in the work of in production and without these the processing indus- ensuring materials is to provide materials on a concen- tries cannot develop rapidly. Therefore, only by correctly trated basis to sectors and units and important targets guaranteeing balance between these two sectors under that the party is strategically setting forth. To do a good the principle of firmly giving priority to the extractive job of ensuring the supply of materials, it 1s important to industry over the processing industry is it possible to enhance the functions of the industrial complex. All normalize production in all sectors of the people's industrial complexes must, through materials compa- economy at a high level and to continuously, safely, and nies, guarantee supplies of materials in compliance with rapidly develop them. the materials supply contracts and deliver them in the form of spot goods—even to the production sites of the The basic method for putting the priority on the extrac- enterprises under them. In addition, even if supplies tive industry over the processing industry is to concen- mesh with the plan and the contrect, they must appro- trate great efforts on the Anju Region coal mines, which priately supply as much as needed on the basis of have large underground reserves. We must readjust and accurately investigating and understanding the status of strengthen the transportation system, improve facilities the production plan of the enterprises under the complex