calendar>>February 18. 2009 Juche 98
Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's Work Observed
Pyongyang, February 18 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Wednesday dedicates a signed article to the 35th anniversary of the publication of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's work on modeling the whole society on the Juche idea which falls on February 19, Juche 63 (1974).

Kim Jong Il in his work proclaimed the programme on modeling of the whole society on the Juche idea, making it possible for President Kim Il Sung's revolutionary idea to always throw its rays as a great guiding idea in the era of independence and for the Korean revolution that started in Mt. Paektu to make a steady advance on a new higher level.

The article goes on:

The eternal foundation laid by Kim Jong Il for successfully carrying forward and accomplishing the President's revolutionary cause by setting forth the above-said programme is a great historic feat performed by him for the country and its people.

The past 35 years in which the DPRK has advanced under the banner of modeling the whole society on the Juche idea are a proud history in which its army and people have grown to be Songun revolutionary fighters intensely loyal to the cause of the Party and the leader, a history in which the unbreakable single-minded unity of the whole party and army and all the people around the headquarters of the revolution has been steadily consolidated and a worthwhile period during which a great heyday of the country's prosperity has been ushered in to fully demonstrate the invincible might of Korean-style socialism.

It is the highest honor and pride of the army and people of the DPRK that they are carving out a bright future of the new century, regarding the immortal exploits performed by Kim Jong Il under the banner of modeling the whole society on the Juche idea as an eternal treasure.

The general advance to open the gate to a great, prosperous and powerful nation is sure to triumph as there are a grandiose plan unrolled by Kim Jong Il and the immortal exploits performed by him under the above-mentioned banner and the banner of Songun.

The army and people of the DPRK will surely fly the flag of victory on the eminence of a thriving nation by intensifying the drive for effecting a new great revolutionary surge under Kim Jong Il's Songun leadership and thus proudly declare the victory of the President's revolutionary idea to the whole world, concludes the article.

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