The statement said:

Epochal changes were made in the DPRK since Kim Jong Il started the work at the Central Committee of the WPK.

The DPRK shed its rays as socialism centered on the popular masses where the people become the master of everything and everything serves them.

Under his Songun leadership the Korean People's Army developed into a matchless army and the DPRK into an invincible power with reliable war deterrence.

He led the service personnel to take the lead in economic construction and made sure that all the people learned from the fighting spirit displayed by the service personnel and performed feats and innovations in all fields and units. The rosy prospect for building a thriving nation opened in the DPRK.