Brilliant Commander of Mt. Paektu
Korean Central News Agency of DPRK
Pyongyang, February 16 (KCNA) -- The Korean people unanimously revere leader Kim Jong Il as a brilliant commander of Mt. Paektu.
Mt. Paektu is the ancestral mountain associated with the spirit of the 5,000-year-old Korean nation and the holy mountain of the Korean revolution where Kim Jong Il was born as the lodestar on February 16, 1942, when the victory in the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle was visible. It is also a time-honored mountain guaranteeing the future of Korea.
His birth and growth in the mountain as the son of the country gave him opportunities to fully possess qualities needed for a brilliant commander.
The battle field in the deep forest of the mountain where snowstorms were severe was his cradle.
After initiating the work for carrying forward the revolutionary traditions of the anti-Japanese war, Kim Jong Il led the first group to make a historic visit to revolutionary battle sites in the Mt Paektu area in June Juche 45 (1956).
He climbed the mountain in August 1963 and on several other occasions to make a pledge to live always in the spirit of the holy mountain and accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche.
In the 1990s when east European socialist countries were collapsing, the imperialists were loudmouthed about the "end of socialism". At that time, he declared that no change would be expected from him and foiled their strategy of blockade against the country with the great Songun politics.
He has also creditably defended socialism in defiance of the strong-arm and high-handed practice of the U.S. imperialists gravely threatening the sovereignty, dignity and vital rights of the Korean nation.
The Korean people, led by him, will surely convert the country into a great prosperous powerful nation, undaunted by any trial and difficulties.
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