Published 15:57 IST, March 16th 2020
North Korea love Juche as it unites Kim Jong Un to his people
As per reports, Juche may be a word but its something that is easily recognisable in North Korea hammered and imprinted into dozens of propaganda signages.
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As per reports, Juche is a word that is easily recognisable in rth Korea hammered into dozens of propaganda signs and imprinted into dozens of official media reports and on lips of guides who show off grand monuments which are built in its hour.
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Meaning and significance of Juche
word is Juche, prounced as Ju-chay, is more of a political ideology but may appear to be a religion for it has ability to le devotion amongst natives of rth Korea and is a symbol of state power. translation is self-reliance which often confuses outsiders. Government uses term liberally including at UN where a rth Korean official shall speak on September 30 at annual General Assembly. rth Korea often calls Nuclear bombs as treasured sword of Juche, for example, new weapons fire Juche shells or August test of a new rocket launch marked a fast-paced development of Juche-oriented defence industry. visitors too can select to dole out at least two Juche-related topics in a Pyongyang Karaoke parlour: "Juche, Iron is best" and " way of Juche is Way of Korea."
Juche is also used to count gone-by years, for example, current year is Juche 108 as it has been 108 years since nation's founder Kim II Sung was born. rth Korea has officially embodied Juche as new ideological me of Kim Jong Un era replacing his far's military-first policies as reportedly claimed by Joshua Pollack who is a rth Korea expert at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a close observer of country's propaganda. expert said that crux of it is that indigeus progress in science and techlogy is presumed to decode national defence problems and ecomic progress alike.
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Critics of Juche
Reports suggest that Critics call Juche successful but a scatted reference, a propaganda machine that permits rth Korea to enliven its citizens with a nationalistic cry in wake of a stream of sanctions and shedding responsibility for ecomic mess. For disaster after disaster, Soviet Union who was country's key supporter, in 1990s a famine that same dece; a relentless barr of ecomic sanctions-for every problem re is one answer and that Juche. However, despite this resolve, country is mostly reliant on outside help. For example, South Korea has coughed up about $5.8 billion in aid to rth Korea and ecomic projects by a government fund set up in 1991 to encour inter-Korea relations as per South Korea's state-run Export-import Bank of Korea which runs fund. Stephen Haggard who is a rth Korea expert says that self-reliance claims of Juche do t stand as rth Korea has long been surviving on International community funding.
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essence of Juche
According to reports, rth Koreans has little doubt over Juche. Kim Chang Kyong who is he of rth's Social Scientists Association said that essence of Juche idea is master of his own destiny. He says that Understanding of rth Korea cant be done without understanding Juche as all achievements of country are linked to idea which is cornerstone of guidelines of party and state. He furr ded that 170 meters or 560-foot Tall tower of Juche idea are a soaring testament to concept built-in 1982 for Kim II Sung's 70th birthday, guide Choe Hye Oke has a definition of term which is if one believes in local people and relies on m, one can get universe that is what meaning of Juche is.
(with inputs from AP)
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16:55 IST, September 30th 2019