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The Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang stands as one of the most prominent monuments in Korea, dedicated to the struggle against Japanese colonial rule and the victory of national liberation in 1945.

Constructed on an enormous scale and completed in 1982, the arch commemorates the Korean people’s long anti-colonial resistance, particularly the guerrilla struggle waged in the forests and mountains of Korea and Manchuria.

It symbolizes the sacrifices of those who endured brutal repression under colonial occupation.

They faced forced labor, cultural suppression, land dispossession, sexual slavery, and mass violence, and continued to resist foreign domination.

The monument is closely associated with the history of the anti-Japanese armed struggle led by Korean revolutionary forces during the colonial period.

The arch’s sheer scale is intended to reflect the magnitude of the collective struggle that shaped the country’s revolutionary identity.

It is often presented in DPRK discourse as a symbol of dignity restored to a formerly colonized people, and of the enduring legitimacy of the revolutionary tradition in shaping the state.

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Lenin said: The idea of a Jewish nation is a completely mistaken Zionist idea and reactionary in its essence

No power to any revolution except one that can defend itself well

Text Over Portrait: The one hundredth anniversary of Lenin's birth

Text Under Portrait: Leader of the Great October Revolution - 1917

"The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, together with the masses of our Palestinian people and the free people of the world, commemorates the second anniversary of the martyrdom of the imprisoned militant and national thinker Walid Daqqa, who died as a martyr inside occupation prisons on April 7, 2024, after a long struggle spanning decades of steadfastness and giving behind bars.

The martyr Walid Daqqa represented a unique model of the imprisoned militant and engaged intellectual. His will was not broken despite long years of imprisonment; instead, he turned his prison into a space for intellectual and literary creativity, leaving behind a rich legacy of writings that expressed the suffering of prisoners and presented deep reflections on freedom, identity, and resistance.

On this occasion, we affirm that the martyrdom of Comrade Walid Daqqa was not an isolated incident, but a fully constituted crime for which the Zionist occupation authorities bear full responsibility. They have pursued a policy of deliberate medical neglect against prisoners, denying the martyr his right to treatment and healthcare, in blatant violation of all international laws and conventions.

As we hold the occupation fully responsible for his death, we call on international and human rights institutions to take urgent action to hold the occupation’s leaders accountable for this crime and to put an end to the policy of slow killing of prisoners in prisons.

We also affirm the necessity of the immediate release of the body of the martyr Walid Daqqa, which is being held by the occupation authorities, and to allow his family and his people to bid him farewell and bury him in a manner befitting his sacrifices, in his hometown, in accordance with humanitarian and legal norms.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, as it commemorates this imprisoned leader, renews its pledge to continue the struggle until all prisoners are freed from the occupation's prisons, and affirms that the prisoners’ cause will remain at the heart of our national struggle until freedom and independence are achieved.

Glory to the martyrs,

Freedom for the prisoners,

And healing for the wounded.

Office of Martyrs, Prisoners, and the Wounded

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

April 7, 2026.