Today the Korean people are fully displaying to the world its dignity with great pride and self-confidence of being not only the homogeneous nation with long history but also an excellent nation with its brilliant national cultural heritages.
Our people have lived on this land since the dawning of mankind development, independently creating its peculiar national culture and they are the talented and prudent people who have greatly contributed to the development of science and culture of mankind, making clear marks in the history of world culture in the various annals of the historic development. The Korean ancestors created the Taedonggang Culture, famous as one of the 5 world civilizations and manufactured the first rain gauge, metal type and iron-clad vessel.
Our people’s excellent national cultural heritages serve as the valuable treasures in the histories of our nation and human culture, shining brilliantly. This is not made of their own accord for their excellence and long history, but because of the patriotic and noble intention and wise leadership of the great leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, the fathers of the nation.
The great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung, with his genius wisdom and Juche-oriented insight, gave corrections to every historic problem distorted and twisted by the big-power chauvinists and flunkeys to prove that Korea is one of the cradles of human culture and correctly understand the history of our nation which has continued through the lawful process of its historic development since the period of Tangun Joson. He set forth the policy of inheriting and developing the national heritages in the Juche-oriented stand and led to newly unearth and prove a number of historical cultural heritages and to restore and reconstruct the relics destroyed by the foreign invaders to their original forms, thereby giving his people and the coming generations the cultural heritages created by the ancestors as the treasures of the nation.
Upholding the President Kim Il Sung’s will, the great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il correctly evaluated and explained the issues significant in rectifying the history of our nation to add more luster to the righteous history of our nation, making the cultural heritages which are associated with the ancestors’ wisdom and talents brilliantly shine as the valuable treasures linking the history and bloodline of our nation.
Going round the historic relics and the scenic spots though busy for his Songun leadership, Comrade Kim Jong Il led the work of protecting the national heritages to serve to thoroughly instill the Korean-Nation-First spirit among our people. And by ensuring that the excellent traditions of our nation are positively maintained, he made the whole country be pervaded by the soul and fragrance of our nation.
Each of the nations has witnessed many great persons praised as their heroes and leaders because of their significant achievements. However, there is no such a person who has devoted his life to further glorify the history and culture of our nation.
The great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il are, indeed, the fathers of our nation, peerless patriots and great saints who added brilliant luster to the current history by embodying the immortal Juche idea, correctly formulated 5 000-year history of our nation and displayed to the world the superiority of our nation.
The Juche-oriented idea of the great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il to protect the national heritages and their undying leadership exploits shine further brilliantly, thanks to the leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.
It is a firm determination of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un to glorify the DPRK as a world-class advanced civilized power with its long history and brilliant culture, prosperous powerful country, following the noble will of the great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
Our people will convey through generations the exploits the great Comrades Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il performed to the protection of our national cultural heritages and will add more luster to the history and tradition of our nation by thoroughly implementing the Party’s policy of protecting the national cultural heritages under the wise leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.
