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Papers Observe Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Assumption of KPA Supreme Commandership

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

   Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) -- Today marks the 15th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's assumption of office as supreme commander of the Korean People's Army. Newspapers here today dedicate editorials to the anniversary stressing that his assumption was a historic event which brought about an epochal turn in strengthening the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK and achieving prosperity of socialist Korea.
    15 years when Kim Jong Il led the Korean revolution and the socialist cause after assuming the important office as KPA supreme commander is the sacred annals that recorded immortal traces in the history of the country and the nation, Rodong Sinmun says, and goes on:
    He secured powerful military deterrent after putting the military affairs above other state affairs and thus raised the dignity and position of the country and the nation to the highest level. This is the especially noteworthy exploit in the history of the Songun revolution.
    The country liberated by President Kim Il Sung with arms is now shining as a socialist power under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il.
    Kim Jong Il has placed the single-minded unity of our revolutionary ranks with the KPA as its core and mainstay on a higher stage. This is the great exploit as it brought rosy future for victory of the socialist cause. The single-minded unity now serves as an emblem of Songun Korea and the source of all victories of Korean-style socialism.
    He encouraged the army and people to usher in a new era of building a great prosperous powerful nation, a new history of great changes. This exploit will remain forever in the history of the nation.
    At the dawn of a great prosperous powerful nation the Korean army and people are faced with heavy yet honorable tasks to open up a new heyday of national prosperity under the great banner of Songun.
    All the servicepersons and people should dynamically advance along the road of Songun revolution, bearing deep in mind high national pride and honor of being led by Supreme Commander Kim Jong Il.
    They should trust in and follow only Kim Jong Il in any adversity with rock-firm faith that he represents their destiny and future and their country.
    They should consistently glorify the proud history and tradition of the Songun revolution in which they have devotedly defended the respected supreme commander, acting as fortress and shield.
    It is important to thoroughly apply the Songun politics and the line of Songun revolution of the Workers' Party of Korea and further increase the country's self-defensive military capability.
    All of them should be ardent adherents to the Songun idea and resolute defender and implementer of the idea and push forward all the work including the building of the party, state and armed forces through the political mode of Songun.
    They should display ardent patriotic enthusiasm so as to make a new leap in building a great prosperous powerful socialist nation of Juche.
    Minju Joson stresses that the victory of the Songun revolution is in store as long as Kim Jong Il, illustrious commander of Mt. Paektu, stands in the van of the Korean revolutionary armed forces and the army and people are closely united around him as one in mind.