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Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Immortal Work Observed

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, March 31 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il set out the unique Songun idea on the basis of the Juche idea, indicating a clear path for the 21st century to follow. This is the outstanding ideological and theoretical feats performed by him on behalf of the times and the revolution. Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article dedicated to the 22nd anniversary of the publication of his famous work "On the Juche Idea".
    The work, published on March 31, Juche 71 (1982), is an immortal monumental work in which the Juche idea, the core of President Kim Il Sung's revolutionary idea, was comprehensively systematized and serves as important guidelines as it put the cause of modeling the whole society on the Juche idea on a higher stage.
    Pointing out that the Songun idea is an idea which is based on the Juche idea and fully meets its requirements, the article goes on:
    The Songun idea calls for defending and realizing independence of the popular masses, relying on the might of a strong army. It is an idea of uninterrupted revolution as it calls for achieving the final victory of the revolution by the might of armed forces while attaching priority to the army. It is an idea of strengthening the driving force of the revolution and pushing forward the overall socialist construction with the People's Army as a pillar and main force of the revolution.
    The principle of placing the army ahead of the working class, the philosophy of arms, the idea on the driving force of the revolution and other original ideas and theories put forward by Kim Jong Il serve as the great idea and theory that give most perfect answers to all theoretical and practical issues arising in carrying out popular masses' cause of independence not only at present but in the future.
    The army and the people of the DPRK will as ever dynamically advance along the road of the uninterrupted revolution under the uplifted banner of the great Juche idea to build a great prosperous powerful socialist nation in this land and successfully accomplish the cause of modeling the whole society on the Juche idea, the article concludes.