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Rodong Sinmun on Line of Economic Construction in Songun Era

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

    Pyongyang, August 28 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Sunday dedicates an article to the second anniversary of the publication of leader Kim Jong Il's work on thoroughly implementing the line of economic construction in the Songun era. Kim Jong Il in the work set forth the economic line in the era of Songun which calls for giving priority to the development of the national defense industry while simultaneously developing light industry and agriculture and clarified the essential nature and importance of the line and tasks and ways for its implementation. The line of economic construction of the Workers' Party of Korea in the era of Songun is a revolutionary line of economic construction that makes it possible to vigorously step up the building of a great prosperous powerful socialist nation, the article notes, and goes on:
    The line which calls for giving priority to the national defense industry while simultaneously developing light industry and agriculture to rapidly improve the standard of people's living is a unique line of economic construction as it make it possible to most successfully pursue the Songun policy and the independent and benevolent policy of the WPK. It is, at the same time, a Juche-oriented line of socialist economic construction as it makes it possible to protect the dignity and authority of the country and give full play to the advantages and might of socialism in all aspects under the banner of Songun.
    The above-said line means a successful inheritance and development of the basic line of socialist economic construction laid down and consistently maintained by President Kim Il Sung. The line is a revolutionary one to protect the dignity of the country and the nation and defend socialism.
    Kim Jong Il has wisely led the drive to bolster the military power of the country in every way and further develop the national defense industry with his energetic Songun revolutionary leadership for the last 45 years.
    Thanks to the wise guidance provided by Kim Jong Il who set forth the unique line of economic construction in the Songun era and steered the work to implement it, the national defense industry in the DPRK has become powerful enough to produce modern offensive and defensive means and any military hardware and combat equipment of Korean type.
    The line is the most popular one for providing the Korean people with a happy and bountiful life and a strategic line for building a rich and powerful country of Korean style by their own efforts, the article concludes.