|calendar>> January 15. 2014 Juche 103|
Symposium in Field of Social Sciences Held
|Pyongyang, January 15 (KCNA) -- A symposium in the field of social sciences was held on Wednesday on the occasion of the 570th anniversary of Hunminjongum (Korean alphabet) to preserve and glorify the advantages of the national language.
Present there were teachers, researchers, lecturers, journalists, editors and officials in the fields of science, education, preservation of national heritages, media and party cadre training institutions.
Hunminjongum created in January, 1444 is scientific in its principles and perfect in its structure and system and beautiful in its shape. It is also easy and convenient to learn and write and looks nice.
Speakers explained that Hunminjongum is a precious cultural treasure of Kim Il Sung's nation.
Our written language is the best and peculiar one in the world which was protected through the bloody anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, they noted, and went on:
President Kim Il Sung embodied the immortal Juche idea in the field of language, founding the Juche-oriented idea and theory of language for the first time in the history and developing it in depth.
The Juche-oriented idea and theory of language founded by the President were developed on a new, higher stage under the wise guidance of leader Kim Jong Il.
Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il established the Pyongyang dialect as an example of socialist national language to suit the socialist construction progressing in all spheres and polished words of foreign origin and uncultured words to be beautiful and correct Korean language.
The immortal feats they performed in developing the national language are shining with greater brilliance under the energetic leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un.
The speakers called for establishing a habit of cultured linguistic life.
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