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Juche, officially the Juche idea,
is a component of Kimilsungism / Kimjongilism, the state ideology of North Korea
and the official ideology of the Workers' Party of Korea. North Korean sources
attribute its conceptualization to Kim Il Sung, the country's founder and first
leader.
Juche was originally regarded as a variant of Marxism–Leninism until Kim Jong
Il, Kim Il Sung's son and successor, declared it a distinct ideology in the
1970s. Kim Jong Il further developed Juche in the 1980s and 1990s by making
ideological breaks from Marxism–Leninism and increasing the importance of his
father's ideas.
Juche incorporates the historical materialist ideas of Marxism–Leninism but
also strongly emphasizes the individual, the nation state, and national
sovereignty. Juche posits that a country will prosper once it has become
self-reliant by achieving political, economic, and military independence. As Kim
Jong Il emerged as Kim Il Sung's likely successor in the 1970s, loyalty to the
leader was increasingly emphasized as an essential part of Juche, as expressed
in the Ten Principles for the Establishment of a Monolithic Ideological System.
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