Kim Jong Il is wisely leading the army and people of the DPRK with his original Songun revolutionary leadership, the statement noted, and continued:

Great successes have recently been registered in different domains of the national economy including metal, electric power and coal industries and railway transport in the DPRK. The achievements gained by the Korean people in the economic construction are the fruition of the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il who set forth the idea and line for turning the DPRK into an economic power in a short span of time and has led the drive for implement them.

Thanks to the Songun politics a turn has been brought about in the field of agriculture, the production of consumer goods for people increased and science and technology have been rapidly developed as required by the IT era.

Under his wise leadership the Korean people are sure to victoriously conclude the drive to open the gate to a thriving nation in 2012, the statement stressed.