The Day of the Sun is a common holiday of not only the Korean people but the progressive peoples of the world, the statement said, and went on:

Kim Il Sung founded the immortal Juche idea to clearly indicate the way to be followed by mankind, and realized the centuries-old desire of the Korean people to live in a new world free from all manners of exploitation and oppression.

This instilled great confidence and courage into the world progressive peoples struggling to build a new society.

The Songun politics that has been invariably carried forward by the dear respected Kim Jong Un is firmly defending socialist Korea from the imperialists' moves to stifle it.

We are firmly convinced that the army and the people of the DPRK will register greater achievements in their struggle to build a thriving socialist nation and achieve the independent and peaceful reunification of the country under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Un.