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Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Work Observed

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

   Pyongyang, January 15 (KCNA) -- The servicepersons and people in the DPRK have turned out in the drive to build a great prosperous powerful nation full of great ambition and confidence of sure victory. This revolutionary spirit is a manifestation of the noble view on life based on the will to dedicate oneself to the prosperity of the country. Rodong Sinmun Sunday says this in a by-lined article dedicated to the anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's famous work "Let Us Live not Merely for Today but for Tomorrow" published on Jan. 14, Juche 85 (1996).
    The article goes on:
    The devoted efforts made by the servicepersons of the People's Army and working people to bring about a rosy future of a rich and powerful country strongly convinces everyone of the tremendous vitality of the above-said work.
    Set out in the work are ideas and theories such as the idea that one should devote oneself to the future of the country and the happiness of the generations to come though one may not enjoy happiness in one's lifetime and the idea that one should always live and work optimistically with firm confidence of victory in the revolution. They serve as immensely precious ideological and mental pabulum for the Korean people to glorify their lives on the road of revolution.
    The Korean people's revolutionary trait of living not merely for today but for tomorrow finds a vivid expression in the fact that they are confidently advancing along the road of Songun full of conviction of sure victory.
    The justice of the Songun revolution the servicepersons and people of the DPRK have grasped, while weathering out all sorts of tempests of history instills the conviction of sure victory into them and encourages them to staunchly struggle for a rosier future.
    They have struggled on the basis of the revolutionary view on life taught by Kim Jong Il. In this course they have grown to be indomitable fighters making a higher leap forward and advancing faster without any pessimism and hesitation under any situation and circumstances. The above-mentioned trait also finds its manifestation in the fact that an optimistic and emotional lifestyle is prevailing throughout the country. Neither bourgeois ideological and cultural poisoning nor psychological warfare can ever work on the society where everyone lives full of confidence and optimism while conducting popular cultural and sports activities, the article concludes.