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Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Work Marked

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

   Pyongyang, June 19 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Monday dedicates an article to the 9th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's famous work "On Preserving the Juche Character and National Character of the Revolution and Construction". The work, published on June 19, Juche 86 (1997), reviewed the history and experience of struggle of the Workers' Party of Korea and people who had resolutely preserved the Juche character and national character. It clarified the matters of defending a patriotic stand, carrying on revolution and construction in Korean way, strengthening the revolutionary driving force and enhancing national pride of the people. It gave an overall exposition of tasks and ways to preserve the Juche character and nation character of the revolution and construction and build a powerful and prosperous country.
    Kim Jong Il has wisely led the struggle to firmly defend the sovereignty of the country and the nation and give full play to the advantage of the Korean nation with his energetic Songun revolutionary leadership, the article says, and goes on:
    The wisdom of leadership of Kim Jong Il who has preserved and glorified the Juche character and national character can be found in settling all the issues arising in the revolution and construction in Korean way on the principle of national independence.
    He has developed in depth the Songun idea based on the principle of Songun that arms mean revolution and a victory of socialism to suit the conditions of the times in which the anti-imperialist struggle was getting fiercer and the conditions and environment of the revolutionary struggle changed, and thoroughly applied it to the revolution and construction.
    The Korean people have the firm conviction that there is nothing fearful and impossible as long as they are united close around him in one-mind and have an invincible revolutionary army.
    We are building a great prosperous powerful socialist nation our own way however flagrant the anti-DPRK campaign of the U.S. imperialists may be and whatever ordeals and difficulties may stand in our way. It is the revolutionary confidence and pluck of the Korean army and people to see who laughs last.
    The wisdom of his leadership is also found in the fact that he has got the legacy of the nation preserved and brought the advantage of the nation into full play to remarkably enhance the national pride of the Korean people and led the whole nation to turn out in the drive for national reunification and prosperity in the idea of patriotism, the article concludes.