He sincerely hoped that the industrious and sincere Korean people would make great achievements in the struggle to implement the tasks laid down in the joint New Year editorial under the wise guidance of General Secretary Kim Jong Il when referring to the struggle of the Korean people in building a great prosperous and powerful nation.

The worldwide financial crisis proves the validity of the line of economic construction of the DPRK which has developed the economy on the principle of self-reliance guided by the Juche idea, he said, noting that the DPRK's method of economic construction should be followed by the world.

The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia fully supports the just stand of the Workers' Party of Korea to achieve the reunification of the country and wishes the Korean people success in their just cause to build a great prosperous and powerful socialist nation under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il, he stressed.