The statement said that August 25, 50 years ago was the day when Kim Jong Il started the Songun revolutionary leadership. It went on:

He has led the overall state affairs to victory through his Songun revolutionary leadership which calls for solving all issues on the principle of giving priority to military affairs.

In the DPRK the army has reliably protected the sovereignty of the country under the banner of Songun while making a breakthrough in various fields of the national economy.

The United States has escalated the military threat to the DPRK.

The "Cheonan" case was nothing but a conspiratorial farce orchestrated by the U.S. to pass the buck for the case to the DPRK in a bid to invent an excuse for igniting a new war and conduct anti-DPRK and anti-socialist smear campaign.

We will wage vigorous solidarity movement in support of the Korean people in their dynamic drive for the country's sovereignty and peace and reunification on the Korean Peninsula under the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il and Korean-style socialism.