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Great life of President Kim Il Sung

KCNA

    Pyongyang, July 8 (KCNA) -- The Korean people and the world progressives are recollecting the great life of President Kim Il Sung which adorned the 20th century. His was the life of a great sage who performed tremendous exploits for the country and the nation and for the independence of humankind.
    He started revolutionary activities in his early years and fathered the immortal Juche idea. Thus he opened up the Juche era, a new era in the development of the history, and made an outstanding contribution to the history of human thought.
    He liberated the country and defended the sovereignty and dignity of the country and the nation with credit by leading two revolutionary wars against the U.S. and Japanese imperialists to the victory.
    During 17,800 odd days from October 9, 1945, right after the liberation of the country, when he called on the workers of the Kangson Steel Works for the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the people till the last moments of his life, he gave field guidance to more than 20,600 units of the army and economic and other domains, making more than 578,000-kilometer-long journeys.
    He put forward the three principles of national reunification -- independence, peaceful reunification and great unity of the nation -- the 10-point programme of the great unity of the whole nation and the proposal for founding the Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo and thus brought about a great turn in the reunification movement.
    He paid official and unofficial visits to a total of 87 countries for 685 days on 54 occasions to strengthen friendship and unity among the nations and to safeguard peace in the world. the distance he covered totals more than 522,460 kilometers.
    He received more than 70,000 foreign guests from 136 countries. Among them were 120 heads of state, 206 heads of party and 76 heads of government. Through his external activities, he made an undying contribution to the independence of humankind.
    Indeed, President Kim Il Sung dedicated his whole life to the prosperity of the country, the happiness of the people and the cause of the global independence.