August 15 when President Kim Il Sung liberated the country by leading the arduous anti-Japanese war to a victory is a historic day that marked an epoch for the rebirth of the Korean nation and the advent of socialist Korea, Rodong Sinmun says, and goes on:

The President liberated the country, thereby putting an end to the history of the nation's distress and making it possible for the Korean people to lead a worthwhile life and exercise their rights and for the DPRK to emerge a full-fledged independent and sovereign state.

The DPRK could set an epoch-making example in the revolution and construction and turn into a socialist power from the scratch thanks to the wise guidance of the President who hewed out the original road of socialism and led it to a shining victory while covering a rigorous untrodden path of the revolution.

He glorified Korean-style socialism while resolutely shattering flunkeyism, dogmatism and national nihilism under the uplifted banner of the Juche idea during the days of the arduous struggle to build a new country, defend it and build socialism.

Under his leadership the cause of building the party, the army and the country was achieved in the DPRK with the fighters trained in the anti-Japanese armed struggle as the backbone and the firm foundation of socialism laid with the army as pillars and the invincible national power built with the military muscle as hard core.

The powerful military muscle symbolizes the dignity of the DPRK and provides a reliable guarantee for the triumphant advance of Korean-style socialism.

The DPRK is Kim Il Sung's Korea which is shedding its rays generation after generation as it is holding General Secretary Kim Jong Il in high esteem.

It is demonstrating its dignity as an invincible socialist power the eternal prosperity of which is fully guaranteed under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il.

Minju Joson calls for eternally valuing and further glorifying the socialist gains and all the assets of the country, legacies bequeathed by the President.