Rodong Sinmun Wednesday observes this in a signed article.

It goes on:

It is a great pride and fortune for the Korean nation to have the treasured sword of Songun, a powerful weapon for carving out its independent destiny.

The Songun politics serves as an ever-victorious banner for defending the dignity and sovereignty of the nation and paving the way for independent reunification by dint of arms of justice.

The Songun politics has helped clear the dark clouds of confrontation and war with arms for reunification and patriotism, promote the atmosphere of national reconciliation and unity and put spurs to the cause of independent reunification. As a result, the historic June 15 joint declaration, a landmark for national reunification in the new century, and the October 4 declaration, its action programme, were adopted.

The Songun politics serves as patriotic one providing a sure guarantee for peace and prosperity.

The Songun politics is shedding its rays as the one for defending peace as it helps defuse the danger of war on the Korean Peninsula and reliably defend the security of the nation.

It is thanks to the Songun politics, a banner for defending peace, that the imperialist aggressor forces dare not hurt even a blade of grass and a single tree in the DPRK. Thanks to this politics the sky of the DPRK remains so blue and the peace on the peninsula and the security of the nation are firmly guaranteed.

The Songun politics whose great vitality has been proved in practice serves as the most just and patriotic politics which firmly defends the sovereignty of the nation and peace of the country from the imperialist aggressors and their followers' invasion and dynamically paves the way for the independent reunification and peace and prosperity, concludes the article.