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Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Work Marked

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

    Pyongyang, October 14 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Saturday carries an article on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's work "Officials Should Live and Work in the Spirit of 'Arduous March'." The work serves as guidelines as it clarifies the basic ways for the officials in the Songun era to successfully implement the line and policies of the Party without the slightest vacillation and hesitation despite whatever hardships and difficulties, the article notes, and goes on:
    The spirit displayed during the "Arduous March" is the transparent revolutionary spirit and indomitable fighting spirit displayed by the anti-Japanese revolutionary forerunners in defending the lifeline of the Korean revolution and bringing about a great surge in the revolution in the most difficult period of the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle under the leadership of President Kim Il Sung. This spirit helped overcome difficulties under the unprecedentedly hard conditions and bring about an epochal phase for the victory of the revolution. Herein lies the historic significance of the spirit.
    Reflected in the work is Kim Jong Il's iron will to pull through manifold difficulties in his way in the same indomitable revolutionary spirit as displayed by the revolutionary forerunners. The work calls for giving full play to the spirit of defending the leader, the spirit of self-reliance and fortitude, the spirit of overcoming difficulties and the revolutionary optimism that were displayed by the anti-Japanese revolutionary forerunners in the period of the arduous march in order to overcome the prevailing difficulties and effect a fresh surge in all the fields of the revolution and construction.
    The work has served as a lighthouse as it indicated the way to surmount difficulties and hardships in the hardest period and a basic source of strength that made it possible to work fresh miracles and perform feats in all the fields of the revolution and construction.