Its dignity and invincible might as an independent country are guaranteed by the powerful political and military capabilities.

On the occasion of the 49th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's start of the Songun revolutionary leadership, the soldiers and people of the DPRK are recollecting the immortal feats he has performed in strengthening the political and military power of the country incomparably with his outstanding leadership.

He has increased the political and military might of the DPRK in every way in the whole period of his Songun revolutionary leadership.

It is entirely thanks to the energetic guidance of Kim Jong Il for consolidating the country's political and military strength that the DPRK won a victory in the struggle for defending socialism and ushered in the grandiose era for building a great, prosperous and powerful nation in Korea.

He, attaching great importance to ideology, has paid primary attention to establishing a monolithic ideology in the Party, army and revolutionary ranks.

As a result, the Korean people could grow to be revolutionaries powerful in the revolutionary spirit and the might of unity and the Korean People's Army could develop into an invincible one strong in ideology and confidence.

In order to cement the political and military capabilities of the DPRK, he has advanced the revolution and construction with the People's Army as the pillar, the main force of the country.

During the Songun leadership he has attached a great importance to the position and role of the KPA and directed primary efforts to strengthen the military power. He was the first in history who put forth an army-building program centering on the leader and trained the KPA as an army of the leader and the Party and a strong pillar for accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche and building a rich and powerful nation.

He, holding fast to the principle of self-defense, has built up the national defense capabilities in an original way.

Taking the Juche-oriented defense industry, a valuable heritage of President Kim Il Sung, as the lifeline for the construction of a powerful socialist nation, he has regarded it as an unshakable belief that the Korean style, the Juche-oriented way, is best and the strength of the Korean people is most reliable and has consistently maintained it in increasing defense capabilities.

True to the seasoned Songun revolutionary leadership of Kim Jong Il, the DPRK will, in the future, too, display its might as an invincible political, ideological and military power.