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The service personnel and people of the DPRK have adorned every year of the new century of Juche with heroic epic to be specially recorded in the history of the nation by doing everything as taught by Kim Jong Il and directing all efforts to the drive for carrying out his behests over the past three years.

The three years marked a period of single-minded unity when the Workers' Party of Korea and the army and people have steadily carried forward the tradition of Mt. Paektu, the lifeline of the Juche revolution, true to his behests, and a proud period in which they carried forward the tradition of victory in the struggle against imperialism and the U.S. and the one of miracles and changes as they paved a new road of advance for building a thriving nation.

Succession to the leadership and unity has been ensured on the highest level in the DPRK for the past three years which witnessed a fresh turning point in the revolutionary cause of Juche.

The service personnel and people of the DPRK could demonstrate before the whole world the might of socialist Korea creating the highest level of civilization at the fastest speed full of dynamism thanks to the feats Kim Jong Il performed while making high-intensity forced marches day and night for the prosperity of the country and happiness of its people and the shortcut provided by him to effecting surge in all sectors.

His behests serve as a militant banner for holding fast to the faith of independence and the principle of self-reliance in the revolution and construction and a banner of prosperity for translating the dream and ideal of the people into shining realities by thoroughly embodying the popular masses-first idea.

His behests also serve as a banner in all fields helping bring about a leap forward and innovations by revolutionary work-style and mental nutrient helping all the service personnel and people become ardent revolutionaries and genuine patriots and perform feats.

The service personnel and people of the DPRK will gain strength and courage from the revolutionary career of Kim Jong Il in the trying days or glorious days and in good or bad days and dynamically advance along the road of the revolution in the revolutionary spirit of Paektu, the spirit of the blizzards of Paektu, inspired by his behests.