North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity (NKIS) reported on the 7th that the North Korean authorities have begun spreading songs about Kim Jong Woon as part of an idolization campaign for the rumored future leader, songs like “Gallant Step” and “Swift Military-first Horse, Spread Your Wings!”
According to NKIS, “In public lectures and meetings commemorating the upcoming anniversary of Kim Il Sung’s death on July 8th, the authorities started teaching the two songs, which were both allegedly made according to the direct instructions of Kim Jong Woon.”
“On June 2nd, a lecture entitled, “Let’s bring glory to the great history and immortal achievements of the Great Leader, Comrade Kim Il Sung!” was given to the workers of the Associated Timber Management Bureau in Yangkang Province.”
It added, quoting sources, “The authorities inspired the people with the thought that Captain Kim Jong Woon, with his passionate revolutionary spirit and noble morality, is a great paragon of the Mankyungdae Family.”
In the lecture, the Party Secretary of the Bureau apparently said that a Central Committee of the Party decree had been handed down which announced that the people should be taught songs whose writing was decreed by Captain Kim Jong Woon.
NKIS emphasized that “Now, the campaign to disseminate the songs is being carried out by music units and workers in every enterprise and workplace, with workers being taught to sing the songs in chorus every morning and after work.”
