Not only the Korean people but the world progressives boundlessly revere the President as the sun of mankind, the article said, and went on:

Kim Il Sung was the father of the Korean nation and the founder of socialist Korea.

He made a new history in which the Korean people are hewing out their destiny independently and performed the undying feats which will shine long with the era of independence.

The Korean people adorned the 20th century with victory and glory under his wise leadership.

He was the iron-willed commander and gifted strategist who led the two hard-fought revolutionary wars to victory.

He carried out the complicated social revolution of two phases and built an independent and advanced socialist system centering on the popular masses in Korea.

He authored more than 10,800 works all his life.

His works have been published and disseminated in many countries.

It is the duty of the world progressives to remain true to his idea and embody it and defend Juche Korea, the socialist bulwark, the article stressed.