Kim Jong-un Calls on Propaganda Officials to 'Implement New Ideological Warfare Suited to the Times'

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called on officials in the propaganda sector to develop ideological work more aggressively and innovatively in step with changing times.

In a speech delivered at the opening of the 3rd Workshop for Officials in the Propaganda Sector of the Workers' Party of Korea held in Pyongyang yesterday (September 18), Kim said, "When we actively explore and implement new, fresh, and highly effective means and methods of propaganda work that meet party, epochal, and practical requirements, our ideological fortress will become even stronger along with the rapid advance of our era," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

Kim said, "Every revolutionary era and every era of struggle demands the power of ideology unique to and befitting its own time," adding, "Today's ideological warfare must be an innovative, creative, and offensive ideological campaign that leads the times."

He continued, "While following the outdated practices of the past is easy, it is very dangerous, and while creating new things suited to today is difficult, it is an absolute necessity."

Kim stated, "Now, when many changes are taking place in subjective and objective environments and the realm of socialist construction is expanding beyond compare, is precisely the time when a fundamental transformation in ideological work and the qualitative strengthening of our ideological fortress are desperately needed."

He then pointed out that "the flow of change in the objective environment can currently be said to be faster than changes in the means and methods of ideological work," elaborating that "positive changes in party ideological work must rightfully take precedence over the flow of epochal changes, and conducting ideological work offensively so as to stay ahead of reality is a principled requirement consistently maintained by our party."

The workshop was attended by party secretaries Ri Il-hwan, Ju Chang-il, and Park Young-il; Choe Chang-hak, first vice department director of the party; leading officials of the relevant department; provincial party propaganda secretaries; and propaganda officials from the cabinet and ministries, KCNA reported.

This marks the third workshop for the party's propaganda officials since the first was held in 2022, and it is the first time that details of Kim attending and delivering a speech have been made public.

(Photo: Korean Central Television, Yonhap News)
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