The statement continued:

The Korean people were liberated from the colonial rule of the Japanese imperialists on August 15, 1945.

The President is the father of the nation who set forth the original line and policy for national liberation and organized the anti-Japanese armed struggle, bringing freedom and liberation to the Korean people.

Leader Kim Jong Il developed and enriched the Juche idea and the Songun idea and firmly protected the sovereignty of the country and nation with his ever-victorious Songun politics.

Under the Songun leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un, the great successor to the cause of Juche and Songun, the army and people of the DPRK are achieving great successes in their efforts to frustrate the war provocations of the U.S. imperialists and their stooges and achieve national reunification and global independence.