calendar>>January 30. 2009 Juche 98
Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Work Observed
Pyongyang, January 30 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Friday dedicates a signed article to the 6th anniversary of the publication of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's work "Songun Revolutionary Line Is a Great Revolutionary Line of Our Era and an Ever-Victorious Banner for Our Revolution."

The work published on January 29, Juche 92 (2003) expounds ideas and theories that the Songun politics enforced by the Workers' Party of Korea is the most effective and dignified politics of independence as it is based on President Kim Il Sung's idea and line of attaching importance to arms and military affairs and regards them as a starting point and correctly reflects the requirements of the era and the revolution and embodies the Juche idea, the original socialist political mode which found a new solution to the issue concerning the main force of the revolution, the article notes, and continues:

The WPK's Songun politics means a political mode which calls for turning the Korean People's Army into invincible armed forces in order to defend the country, firmly building a driving force of the revolution regarding the KPA as the core and model and vigorously accelerating the overall socialist construction with the KPA as a mainstay of the revolution.

One can emerge victorious in the revolution and protect the victory in revolution only when depending on the strong military force. This is the steadfast will and faith of Kim Jong Il.

Thanks to the Songun politics of Kim Jong Il, the Songun tradition of Mt. Paektu provided by the President came to shed its rays as the eternal cornerstone of the Party and the revolution and epoch-making miracles and changes have taken place in the socialist construction. The Songun politics enforced by Kim Jong Il over the last more than decade, in particular, has brought about a historic turn in the struggle to defend Korean-style socialism and build a great prosperous powerful nation. This is an immortal feat to be specially recorded in the history of the country.

The DPRK has emerged an invincible socialist political and military power having ever-victorious armed forces, the single-minded unity and powerful war deterrent. All its fields are making dynamic progress by dint of national economic potential the core of which is national defence industry. This is the stirring reality of the country, a product of the Songun politics.

The Korean people have firmly protected the sovereign dignity of the country by foiling all moves of the U.S.-led imperialist reactionaries for aggression in reliance upon the mighty military force built under the banner of Songun.

The international prestige and influence of the DPRK are on the daily increase and it has positively developed the friendly and cooperative relations with many countries of the world.

The reality goes to clearly prove that Songun means the sovereign dignity of the country and the nation and it was entirely right for the DPRK to have followed the road of Songun, fastening its belt.

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