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Ri Il Hwan, Secretary of WPK CC, makes report at national meeting for commemorating 100th anniversary of formation of DIU
  Ri Il Hwan, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, made a report titled "Let Us Add Eternal Brilliance to the Great History of the Juche Revolution That Started with the 'DIU'" at the national meeting for commemorating the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Down-with-Imperialism Union (DIU).
  He said:
  A hundred years is by no means long in the 5,000-year history. But the 100-year-long journey of the Korean revolution is an immortal chronicle in which the country and people that might disappear in the world map forever made a great change in their destiny as an authoritative and powerful socialist state and a dignified and happy people. The "DIU" is at the starting point of this epochal transformation.
  The Down-with-Imperialism Union formed by the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung on October 17, 1926 is a genuine communist vanguard organization, the first of its kind in Korea. It is the root of our Party and the archetype of unity.
  The whole course of the Korean revolution is the sacred one that recorded only victories by thoroughly applying the principle of independence and the socialist idea put forward by the "DIU", the reporter said and referred to the immortal historic position and great viability of the "DIU" which always served as the lifeline and eternal cornerstone of the Korean revolution and firmly guaranteed the building of a powerful socialist country independent in politics, self-supporting in the economy and self-reliant in national defence.
  Saying that as long as the devoted struggle of the new generations goes on, who faithfully carry forward the noble soul of the first generation of the revolution and the tradition of the Paektu under the leadership of the Party, the history of victory of the Juche revolution will be more glorious and continue forever, he ardently called for waging a vigorous struggle to bring earlier the beautiful future envisaged by the pioneering generation of the revolution in firm unity around the Party Central Committee headed by Comrade Kim Jong Un.