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Papers Editorially Commemorate Kim Il Sung's Birth Anniversary

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

    Pyongyang, April 15 (KCNA) -- Leading newspapers Tuesday dedicate editorials to the 96th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.
    Rodong Sinmun says that Kim Il Sung was the outstanding leader whom the Korean people greeted and held in high esteem for the first time in the nation's history spanning thousands of years, the sun of Juche always alive in the hearts of all people and the peerless patriot who devoted himself to the sacred revolutionary cause for the prosperity of the country and the happiness of the people.
    The whole life of Kim Il Sung was the most glorious revolutionary life totally dedicated to the popular masses' cause of independence and socialist cause, the daily notes, and goes on:
    After embarking upon the road of revolution in his early years, shouldering upon himself the destiny of the country and the nation, the President performed undying feats for the country and the revolution and the human cause of independence for 80 odd years despite the stern tempest of the century.
    From the time the President hewed the path of the Korean revolution holding aloft the banner of Juche, the banner of Songun, till the last moments of his life he made tireless efforts to build a powerful and prosperous socialist country on this land and provide the people with a happy life with no more to desire in the world.
    The revolutionary history of Kim Il Sung is shining as sacred annals during which he built new socialist Korea on this land and enabled the popular masses to lead a worthwhile life and as an immortal history in which he provided the country and the nation with an eternal foundation for always emerging victorious and achieving prosperity with his clairvoyant wisdom.
    His revolutionary history is a brilliant history in which he remarkably exalted the dignity and international prestige of the DPRK and steered the era of independence. Kim Il Sung was the great man representing the 20th century and a world political elder.
    The noble and patriotic history of the President has been successfully carried forward by General Secretary Kim Jong Il. Under his Songun leadership the DPRK is now demonstrating its might as an invincible socialist political and ideological power and a matchless socialist military power and has emerged a promising country pervaded with the spirit of making gigantic creations and leaping advances.
    The cause of building a great prosperous powerful nation is sure to win as there are the experienced and tested leadership of the headquarters of the revolution and tremendous political and military power and ardent patriotism of all the servicepersons and people.
    Minju Joson runs an editorial titled "Let's successfully carry forward and complete the revolutionary cause of the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung".