Leader Kim Jong Il started the Songun revolutionary leadership by inspecting the Seoul Ryu Kyong Su Guards 105th Tank Division of the Korean People's Army on August 25, 1960, the statement said, and went on:

Through the Songun leadership he developed in depth the idea of the great President Kim Il Sung on attaching importance to arms and military affairs and formulated the Songun politics as the basic political mode under socialism.

The Korean People's Army grew to be the powerful revolutionary Paektusan army under the care of Kim Jong Il.

The DPRK has become a powerful fortress for accomplishing the cause of global independence and is dynamically advancing along the road chosen by itself under the complicated international political situation.

The DPRK could fully demonstrate its might as the satellite manufacturer and launcher and nuclear weapons state thanks to his Songun leadership.

By carrying forward the revolutionary cause of the President, he turned socialist Korea into a political, ideological and military power.

The respected Marshal Kim Jong Un is wisely leading the party, state and army and making sure that the DPRK wins victory in the confrontation with the U.S. imperialists.

The Korean people are celebrating with splendor August 25 as the day of victory and glory of Kim Il Sung's and Kim Jong Il's Korea with high national pride and self-esteem.