---
title: 'Three roadside murals: "Long live the great victory of Songun politics!" and two companion slogans, Pyongyang (photographed 2014)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dprk-three-murals-songun-victory-pyongyang-2014/
description: A photograph of three painted murals set into a stone retaining wall in Pyongyang.
section: Collection
---

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# Three roadside murals: "Long live the great victory of Songun politics!" and two companion slogans, Pyongyang (photographed 2014)

A photograph of three painted murals set into a stone retaining wall in Pyongyang. Left, a technician at a CNC machine under a 'new-century industrial revolution' slogan; centre, three soldiers under a call to be a fortress and shield defending Pyongyang, 'where the headquarters of the revolution is'; right, three armed soldiers under 'Long live the great victory of Songun politics!' (Songun: the DPRK's 'military first' policy). The tell: each slogan states a victory or duty as settled fact, with no figures.

## Text on the object

Original (Korean) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
[left panel:] 새세기 산업혁명의 기치높이
최첨단돌파전에로!

[centre panel, above the soldiers:] 혁명의 수뇌부가 있는
[below:] 평양을 결사옹위하는 성새가되고 방패가되자!

[right panel:] 선군정치의 위대한 승리 만세!
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
[left panel:] Under the banner of the new-century industrial revolution, onward to the cutting-edge breakthrough battle!

[centre panel, above the soldiers:] Where the headquarters of the revolution is
[below:] Let us be a fortress and a shield that defend Pyongyang to the death!

[right panel:] Long live the great victory of Songun politics!
```

Slogans read from the 1280 px image; the small 'CNC' lettering on the left panel is not part of the slogan. Translation by machine, not verified by a fluent reader.

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