Thread by @rwinstanleyc

'The first generation of the Korean revolution wrote words on the surface of barked trees not only in the vast Manchurian plain but also in different parts of the country...' #NorthKorea #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?s…

'...Thousands of trees bearing revolutionary slogans have been discovered so far across the country. Many trees bearing slogans praising President Kim Il Sung, a legendary hero acclaimed by the Korean nation, were found in the area of Mt Paektu...'

'...Discovered in the areas of Rangrim, Sinhung and Anju were trees bearing slogans dealing with revolutionary exploits of Kim Il Sung who advanced into the homeland and built up a strong revolutionary base for all-people resistance...'

'...Being preserved in Yonsa County are about 150 trees bearing slogans praising the immortal exploits performed by the President who visited the area 7 times in order to marshal a broad spectrum of the popular masses for nation-wide struggle against the Japanese imperialists..'

'...Trees bearing slogans, discovered in different parts of Pyongyang City, including Mangyongdae and the Oun Revolutionary Site, represent the then public mindset that the destiny of the countrymen could be saved only by the President...'

'...Upon receiving the news that Kim Jong Il was born, members of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army with great excitement and joy barked big trees in forests and wrote...such slogans as "O Korea, the Shining Star of Mt Paektu was born on Mt Paektu" to celebrate his birth...'

'...Discovered at the Madusan Revolutionary Battle Site were trees bearing slogans that serve as treasure of the Korean revolution that cannot be bartered for anything...'

'...Slogans "Keep the revolutionary faith to the death" and "Fight death-defyingly for our country and nation" serve as an eternal textbook of revolution...' #NorthKorea #rodong rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?s…

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