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Papers Call for Holding High Torch of Songgang

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

   Pyongyang, March 9 (KCNA) -- It is ten years since General Secretary Kim Jong Il kindled the torch of Songgang.
    Rodong Sinmun Sunday in an editorial devoted to this anniversary calls on all the Party members and other working people to bring about a fresh leaping advance in the building of a great prosperous powerful nation by holding high this torch as successors to the glorious tradition of the great revolutionary upswing.
    The torch of Songgang represents a torch for a new offensive, a torch for creation and leaping advance as it signified the beginning of a great revolutionary surge in the era of Songun, the editorial notes, and goes on:
    As was the case with the revolutionary soldier spirit and the Kanggye spirit, the torch of Songgang implanted the conviction of a sure victory and staunch offensive spirit into the minds of our working class and the people during the most difficult period of the "Arduous March," the forced march, and helped them win shining victories in the struggle to defend socialism and build a great prosperous powerful nation. That is why the torch occupies a distinguished place in our revolutionary history and has tremendous vitality.
    The last decade during which the DPRK has advanced holding high the torch of Songgang represents a proud period which witnessed the full play of the mental power of the staunch Korean people who have boldly pulled through manifold trials in the spirit of self-reliance.
    The above-mentioned decade also represents a glorious history in which signal leaping progress has been made in the building of a great prosperous powerful nation by dint of science and technology.
    In the last decade the torch has brought a great change in the ideological and moral quality of the Party members and other working people and in their efforts to build a great prosperous powerful nation. It has given a strong impetus to the revolutionary advance of the Korean people with attractive power which is growing stronger with each passing day.
    In order to bring about substantial change in economic construction and the betterment of the people's living and fully demonstrate the spirit of Songun Korea for prosperity all the people should hold higher the torch and make a new leaping advance.
    The editorial calls upon all the people to hold high the torch true to the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il and more dynamically advance toward a great prosperous powerful nation.
    Minju Joson in a signed article says that the torch will be everlasting as the torch for Songun victory which helps advance faster and more courageously toward the hopeful peak of a rich and powerful country.