Full support and solidarity of the world people with this heroic struggle has been further intensified this year. This remarkably shows once again that the world stands firm on the side of the Korean people.

Rodong Sinmun Tuesday stresses this in a signed article.

The world progressive people fully support the Korean people's just cause because the DPRK is reliably defending socialism and advancing along the road of independence and justice, not following any other country, the article says, and goes on:

The matter of defending socialism in the DPRK is directly related to the matter of protecting the world peace and security.

If a new war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula it may exert serious affect on the global peace. However, such event has not taken place in the peninsula until now as the army and people of the DPRK have bolstered up its defence capability and reliably safeguarded the socialist fortress.

That is why the world progressive people aspiring after independence and socialism and loving peace have lifted up their voice of support and solidarity with the Korean people's just cause, watching the situation of the peninsula with deep interest. Their positive international solidarity movement gives a strong encouragement to the Korean people in the drive to build a thriving nation while defending socialism but a telling blow to the imperialists and international reactionaries attempting to do harm to the DPRK.

The Korean people set store by the world progressive people's support to the cause of building a thriving nation and the cause of Songun revolution.

It is the steadfast stand of the government and people of the DPRK to intensify the friendship and cohesion and international solidarity with the world progressive people.

The Korean people will as ever work hard to prevent a war and defend peace and realize the revolutionary cause of Juche and the cause of global independence in firm unity with the world progressive people, concludes the article.