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1970 party conference in North Korea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 5th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea took place from 2–13 November 1970.[1]
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Date | 2–13 November 1970 (11 days) |
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Location | Pyongyang, North Korea |
Participants | 1,734 |
Outcome | 5th Central Committee and 5th Central Auditing Committee |
At the time there were 1.6 million Party members, around 13% of the population. 1,734 of them attended the Congress. During the 5th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim Il Sung delivered a report setting the "three revolutions" (ideological, technological and cultural revolutions) as well as the "Six-Year National Economic Plan (1971-1976)".
The WPK 5th Central Committee held 19 plenary meetings from 1970 to 1980. The 1st Plenum on 13 November 1970 appointed Kim Il Sung as General Secretary, a 15-member Political Committee and a 9-member Secretariat. The 8th Plenum in February 1974 designated Kim Jong Il as Kim Il Sung's successor.
It was announced that the Seven Year Plan was accomplished and a new Six-Year Plan was about to be announced. The new Central Committee consisted of 117 full (voting) members and 55 alternate (candidate) members. The Politburo was reduced from 29 (according to the Second Party Conference) to 15 members, of them 11 were full (voting) and 4 alternate (candidates). Also, 10 secretaries of the Central Committee coordinating various aspects of the CC activity were appointed, including Kim Il Sung.[2]
Three revolutions, or Samdaehyokmyong(三大革命) was first proclaimed in this congress. The revolutions were classified into three aspects: ideological revolutions, technological revolutions, and cultural revolutions.The revolutions were also defined as a continuous revolution that needs to be done until complete communist society is achieved.[3]
Three technological revolutions(3대기술혁명, 三大技術革命) was a term that outlined three tasks to mechanize and automate the North Korean technology.The three tasks were firstly eliminating the differentiation between heavy labor and light labor, secondly,elimination of differentation between factory labor and agricultural work, and lastly, helping woman escape from demanding work at home.[4]
Ideological revolution constituted of activities to make people into an individual that is fit for the communist society,and organizational activities and ideological education were suggested as methods to achieve that goal.[3]
Cultural revolution was described as "activities of establishing a socialist culture",The aim was often done by organizing small groups(sojo,소조,小組) of "three revolutions'. The first "three revolutions small group movement(삼대혁명소조운동)" was conducted in 1973.[3] Another movement called "three revolutions red flag winning movement(삼대혁명붉은기쟁취운동)" started in 1975,which constituted of organizing competitions of different people in the north korean public to achieve set goals that the North Korean society requires.[3] North korean authorities claim that these movements led to the early achievement of the aims set in the Six-Year National Economic Plan (1971-1976).[3]
The Central Committee ranking list:[5]
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