Rodong Sinmun today says this in a signed article dedicated to the 35th anniversary of its publication.

The period since its publication marked historic years during which a fresh turn has taken place in the work for establishing the monolithic ideological system of the party.

The article goes on:

The wise leadership provided by Kim Jong Il for carrying forward and accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche lies in that he has steadily developed the revolutionary idea of President Kim Il Sung into an eternal guiding idea of the Korean revolution, consolidated the single-minded unity based on his revolutionary idea in every way and brought about great heydays of prosperity of the country in line with the President's idea and intention.

It was Kim Jong Il who has inherited the idea of the President 100 per cent after solemnly declaring that no change should be expected from him. It was again Kim Jong Il who put up the slogan "Let Us Arm Ourselves More Firmly with the Revolutionary Ideas of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung!" as the main slogan of the party, fully imbuing all the people with the idea of the President only.

The Juche idea, the Songun idea for accomplishing the revolutionary cause of the President has served as a cornerstone of the single-minded unity and that of the great unity between the army and people that he has developed and enriched in the struggle to establish the said system.

Thanks to the energetic leadership of Kim Jong Il a great leap forward is now reported from all fronts of socialist construction and the DPRK successfully launched the satellite Kwangmyongsong-2 recently, a historic event that powerfully demonstrated the national power of the country, concludes the article.