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Revolutionary Soldier Spirit Serves as Mental Weapon of DPRK Army, People: Rodong Sinmun
Pyongyang, March 17 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun Sunday dedicates a bylined article to the 16th anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's work "On Learning from the Revolutionary Soldier Spirit".

The revolutionary soldier spirit is a noble revolutionary spirit of the Korean People's Army which consists of the spirit of devotedly safeguarding the leader, the spirit of devotedly carrying out the leader's instructions and the heroic self-sacrificing spirit.

The work, a historic document, gave confidence in ever-victory to the army and people of the DPRK during the Arduous March and dealt a sledge-hammer blow at the imperialists. It serves as important guidelines to be held fast to in the struggle for defending socialism and building a thriving nation, the article says, and goes on:

The revolutionary soldier spirit is a powerful ideological and moral weapon for life and struggle of the army and people of the DPRK.

The might of the spirit is that it is the death-defying spirit devoting youth and life to the party, leader, country and revolution and the revolutionary spirit of performing heroic feats overcoming all sorts of difficulties.

The revolutionary soldier spirit is not simple combat spirit of the army, but the revolutionary spirit of the strongest elite army led by the great brilliant commander as well as the noble spirit for devotedly defending the leader.

It is the guts and will of the service personnel and people of the DPRK that no hardship will be insurmountable and no fortress be unconquerable as long as they struggle in the revolutionary soldier spirit.

The victory is certain for the DPRK in building a thriving nation as it has army and people strong in ideology and faith.

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