Attain the Cutting Edge [Subtitles]
Channel: DPRK Video Archive
Date: 2011-07-04

Korean Title: 돌파하라 최첨단을

Dancers from Unknown Group Performing The Famous  "CNC-Song" 
on Kim Il Sung Square for the 65th Workers' Party Korea anniversary October 10 2010, Broadcasted on Korean Central Television (KCTV)
Watch the whole event here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBQr3tKI_X8

The CNC song (Korea Today, June 2014)
Years ago chairman Kim Jong Il invited an able composer who had produced many good songs of a new trend including the song Higher and Faster. 
“Today I’ll give you an important task. I would like you to write a song about CNC.” 
“Is it about CNC?”
“Sure, it is. And it should be done as soon as possible.”
“I see, dear Chairman.”
The composer buckled down to create the song. However, it was not an easy job. A new melody and words for the song would not come to mind without profound knowledge about the CNC technology. He searched about newspapers and technical magazines for information on CNC machine-tools while picturing to himself the operation of the machine to find out the right strains congenial to it. Now he was quite at a loss how to put inspiring tunes to the song reflecting the cutting-edge technology. Several days later, the Chairman called in officials and musicians and told them, “This is an era of the knowledge-based economy. Only when we make plenty of cutting-edge machines like the ones produced by the Ryonha, can our country become an economic giant as early as possible. The Ryonha machines now on a world level of CNC machine-tools is a pride of Korea. We opened up the robot age already in the 1980s and, on this basis, put forth in the 1990s, when we were going through the Arduous March and forced march, the idea that we should lead the world in mechanical engineering by developing CNC machines... Now we should launch an intensive drive to break through the frontiers in all fields of science and technology.” Every instructive word of the Chairman sank into the mind of the composer like fresh spring water, initiating him into the history and principles of breaking through the frontiers of science and technology. “As I have already said, the song with the theme of ‘breaking through the frontiers of science and technology’ will give a great impetus to the drive to advance the age,” the Chairman said. Bearing his words deep in his mind, the composer made another exertion. One day some time later he was called to the presence of the Chairman again. “What about the CNC song?” was the first question. CNC song! Something flashed through his mind. Why haven’t I got wise to that? The Chairman has already said it is the CNC song. His instruction is
precisely the theme of the song. CNC should literally go into the words, he told himself. That night he confidently sat at the piano. As if a CNC machine-tool were humming away, impressive tunes came out: 
Our own CNC technology makes whatever we want through programs.
It is a pride of our machine industry in the Songun era.
A fine piece of song came straight out of his heart as a glorious combination of music and words. So the song Break Through the Frontiers of Science and Technology was propagated by newspapers, radio and TV.


The grand evening gala "Do Prosper, Era of Workers' Party" was held with splendor in Pyongyang on Sunday evening to celebrate the 65th birthday of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the WPK, chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, took the tribune of honor.
Such national events as the achievements made in acquiring CNC technology, the successes attained in the production of Juche iron and the mass production of vinalon and Juche fertilizer, the miracle wrought in reclaiming the Taegyedo tideland were truthfully represented through dynamic and graceful mass gymnastic displays and art performances and by use of peculiar means of art depiction and cutting-edge technical means including moving electronic displays.
At the end of the gala Kim Jong Il warmly waved back to the enthusiastically cheering masses. 

The KCTV footage was copied from a video by Urinore1:
http://www.youtube.com/user/urinore1
Lyrics were translated by Asian Times, And has been Improved in this Video, The Article can be found here: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/LB26Dg01.html

Read more:
http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2010/06/30/cnc-juches-industry-power/