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Rodong Sinmun on Keeping Tight Hold on Baton of Revolution

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

   Pyongyang, March 23 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Friday dedicates an editorial to the 90th anniversary of the Korean National Association formed by indomitable revolutionary fighter Kim Hyong Jik.
    Noting that the formation of the KNA by Kim Hyong Jik on March 23, Juche 6 (1917) was a historic event which paved the way for a radical turn in the development of the anti-Japanese national liberation movement in Korea, the editorial says:
    The history of great leadership which began with the idea of "Aim high" and has been given continuity pure and clean through generations is now being steadily carried forward by Kim Jong Il.
    He has devoted his all to the accomplishment of the revolutionary cause of Juche pioneered in Mt. Paektu with a noble sense of obligation to the times and revolution, the country and the people. The Korean people owe it to him that they have become to display the honor of a revolutionary people living and struggling in Kim Hyong Jik's idea of "Aim high" through generations and that this land has greeted the new history of the building of a great prosperous powerful nation in which the ideal and desire of the revolutionary forerunners are being brought to overall realization under the banner of Songun.
    The Korean revolution led by Kim Jong Il is the one strong in Juche character in which the idea of national independence is being materialized to the fullest measure.
    The banner of national independence upheld by Kim Hyong Jik who walked the untrodden path of the Korean revolution at its dawn is flying as always under the leadership of Kim Jong Il.
    The Korean revolution led by Kim Jong Il is the one with a vast prospect which wins one victory after another with the might of revolutionary comradeship and the might of single-minded unity.
    Kim Hyong Jik created a noble history of revolutionary comradeship in the course of the arduous struggle for embodying the idea of "Aim high" after setting it forth.
    The tradition of comradeship of the Korean revolution is lofty in its origin and its continuity is firmly guaranteed.
    The Korean revolution led by Kim Jong Il is an invincible one which emerges victorious in indomitable fighting spirit.
    Kim Hyong Jik said in the early days of his activity that a revolutionary must be prepared for death from hunger, death from beating and death from cold.
    The Koreans are a heroic people fighting with the indomitable faith planted in their minds by Kim Jong Il. In this spirit did they change the "Arduous March" into a cheerful march and open a broad avenue for the building of a great prosperous powerful nation, overcoming a thousand and one trials.
    It is the greatest honor of the Korean people to vigorously push forward the revolution and construction generation after generation with a tight hold on the baton of the revolution, blessed with illustrious leaders.
    The history of the continuity of the Korean revolution should be glorified through generations in single-mindedly upholding Kim Jong Il's Songun policy and devotedly defending the headquarters of the revolution.