Kim Jong-un Orders Officials to 'Eradicate Anti-Socialist Elements'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, has urged propaganda officials to focus the ideological battle on eradicating anti-socialist and non-socialist elements.

On the 29th, the Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim sent a letter to participants of the Party's 1st Propaganda Sector Cadre Training Session held the previous day at the Pyongyang April 25th Cultural Hall, emphasizing "the need to concentrate and refine the ideological bombardment in the struggle against anti-socialist and non-socialist elements."

In the letter, Chairman Kim stated, "We must methodically continue to intensify the mass pressure offensive and social struggle atmosphere that denounces and mercilessly crushes all negative phenomena that corrupt our revolutionary position."

Regarding the purpose of the training session, he said, "It is to further amplify the output of the loudspeaker and microphone that instills the Party's ideology among the people," and urged strengthening the role of the Party Central Committee's Propaganda and Agitation Department as the command post of the Party's ideological front.

He particularly stressed the need for ideological education targeting the youth, who have a high degree of openness to overseas and South Korean culture, stating, "The spiritual growth of the new generation must be guaranteed before the homeland and the revolution."

General Secretary Kim emphasized, "Ideological primacy is the fundamental secret to overcoming difficulties and achieving new victories, and it is the unique revolutionary method of the Workers' Party of Korea."

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