Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth Association
| Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth Association 김일성 - 김정일 주의 청년 동맹 (Kim-Ilsŏng-Kim-Chŏngil Juŭi Ch'ŏngnyŏndongmaeng) |
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| founding | August 28, 1927 |
| Headquarters | Pyongyang , North Korea |
| Alignment | Chuch'e ideology |
| Minimum age | 14th |
| International connections | World Federation of Democratic Youth (WBDJ) |
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| Korean alphabet : | 김일성 - 김정일 주의 청년 동맹 |
| Hanja : | 金日成 金正日 主義 靑 年 同盟 |
| Revised Romanization : | Gim-Il-seong-Kim-Jeong-il Juui Cheongnyeondongmaeng |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Kim-Ilsŏng-Kim-Chŏngil Juŭi Ch'ŏngnyŏndongmaeng |
The Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth Association (KKJV) is a state mass organization for children and adolescents in North Korea . According to official North Korean figures, the organization has eight million members - “five million young people between the ages of 14 and 30, three million pioneers.” It is regarded as a “reserve and reliable helper of the PdAK ” who “rely solely on revolutionary ideas Kim Il Sungs ”. The KKJV belongs to the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WBDJ) .
history
On August 28, 1927, the Communist Youth Association of Korea (KJVK) was founded. Kim Il Sung (1912-1994), who later became head of state and party of North Korea, was one of the numerous founding members. Today, August 28, the anniversary of the association's foundation in North Korea, is the official Youth Day .
On January 17, 1946, Kim Il Sung created the Democratic Youth Association of Korea (DJV). According to North Korean historiography, the DJV played an important role as the youth association of the PdAK in carrying out the socialist revolution in North Korea. During his school days, Kim Il Sung's son Kim Jong Il was active in the DJV, from September 1957 as the deputy chairman of the school committee of the DJV at the First Pyongyang Middle School.
In May 1964, the association was renamed the Association of Socialist Labor Youth of Korea (VSJAK). In October 1981 the VII Congress of the VSJAK took place. In 1989 the association held the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students in Pyongyang .
In January 1996 the association gave itself its name, which existed until August 2016, Socialist Youth Association "Kim Il-sung".
On the occasion of the 9th Congress of the Socialist Youth Association "Kim Il-sung" from August 27 to 28, 2016, the mass organization was renamed the Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth Association (KKJV).
organization
Organizational structures exist both in educational institutions and in companies. The highest organ of the KKJV is the congress and the smallest division is the cell. Between the congresses, the central board organizes and directs the political work of the association.
Publications
The organ of the central board of the KKJV is the nationwide newspaper Chongnyon Jonwi .
Association management publications
- Kim Il Sung, On the Establishment of the Democratic Youth Union. Closing speech at the conference of democratic youth activists, October 29, 1945. ( Memento from December 20, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 31 kB)
- Kim Jong Il, young people, will become avant-gardists immovably loyal to the party and the leader! Letter to the youth and VSJAK functionaries of the republic in honor of the first youth day, August 26, 1991. ( Memento of December 20, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 45 kB) Verlag für Fremdsprachige Literatur Pyongyang, Korea 1991.
- Kim Jong Il, On the further glorious broadcast of Comrade Kim Il Sung's ideology and leadership over the youth movement. Paper for the newspaper “Chongnyonjonwi”, the organ of the central board of the Socialist Youth Association “Kim Il Sung”, on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the Day of Youth, August 24, 1996. ( Memento of December 20, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 40 kB) Publishing house for foreign language literature Pyongyang, Korea 1996.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The KJVD delegation experienced the KDVR as a flourishing country ( Memento of May 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), part 3
- ↑ Naenara: The Socialist Youth Association "Kim Il Sung"
- ↑ Kim Jong Il, leader of the socialist construction of Korea ( Memento of May 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ on- site instructions: Comrade KIM JONG UN chaired the 9th Congress of the Socialist Youth Association "KIM IL SUNG". In: On-site instructions. August 29, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Ahn Jong Sik: What remains when socialism is removed from North Korea? In: Daily NK. September 1, 2016, accessed November 23, 2016 .