National symposium marks 100th DIU founding anniversary

October 15, 2026

A national symposium took place at the People's Palace of Culture in Pyongyang on October 13 to mark the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Down-with-Imperialism Union (DIU).

Present there were Ju Chang Il, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, officials of Party and administrative organs and working people's organizations in Pyongyang and theoretical information workers in the fields of science, education, art and literature, media, revolutionary relics and institutions for training Party cadres.

Presented at the symposium were papers deeply explaining and proving the profound significance of the formation of the DIU and the theoretical and practical issues arising in more dynamically advancing the revolutionary cause of Juche under the uplifted banner of independence against imperialism and of socialism by inheriting the tradition of the DIU.

Speakers said that the formation of the DIU was a historic declaration that proclaimed a fresh start for accomplishing the cause of independence of the masses of the people, the cause of socialism.

They proved that the WPK is a Juche-type revolutionary party which inherited the glorious tradition of the DIU.

They explained that the Juche revolution is a sacred cause which has recorded the ever-victorious history under the uplifted banner of independence against imperialism and of socialism held high by the DIU.

The speakers called for carrying forward the tradition of the DIU under the leadership of great Comrade Kim Jong Un and accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche.

KCNA

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