Pyongyang, October 20 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun says in an article on Sunday that the decisive factor of a victory in the fierce class struggle against the hostile forces lies in our own strength, the ideological and mental strength of all the people fully armed with class consciousness.

Class consciousness is the life of the revolutionary people, and the victory of socialism precisely means the one of class principle, the article notes, and goes on:

The absolute prestige and reputation of an independent power shining in the present century while containing the hostile forces by dint of strong power are attributable to the strong class self-respect, fortitude and death-defying resistance will of the Korean people.

As the class will of the people to prove the validity and invincibility of Korean-style socialism with the irresistibility of collectivism remains unshakeable, Juche-oriented socialism will continue to emerge victorious, further expanding the absolute force capable of completely putting an end to the moves of the hostile forces.

Class self-respect means the spirit of achieving self-development by one's own efforts.

The might of self-reliance and self-development precisely means the might of science and technology.

The manifestation of the transparent class consciousness of all the people to frustrate the enemies' moves by dint of Juche-oriented science and technology means the growth of the Juche-oriented power.

The DPRK will emerge as a socialist power prospering with self-sustenance and self-respect in the near future, thanks to the indomitable efforts of all the people to make the might of self-development more invincible while looking down the enemy with high class self-respect. -0-