Rodong Sinmun Monday says this in a jointly signed article.

The great revolutionary surge which the nation is witnessing today represents a high-pitched drive for a leap forward now under way according to Kim Jong Il's grandiose strategic idea and extraordinary operation, fruition of his skilful organizing ability and persevering revolutionary sweep and fruition of his perfect ability to mobilize masses, the ability to give fullest play to the ideological and moral power of the army and people of the DPRK, the article notes, and goes on:

He is recording the new history of gigantic changes today with his distinguished leadership art. This would be unthinkable without his extraordinary personality as a great man.

The above-said leadership art of Kim Jong Il is a manifestation of his noble loyalty to President Kim Il Sung.

The leadership art which helped usher in the era of the greatest changes in the 5 000-year-long history of the nation originates from his unique ability which no other great man can match.

He is a legendary great man and versatile statesman who got mastery of all fields including politics, military affairs, economy and culture with his extraordinary insight, inquiry and creative thinking and is well versed in modern science and technology reached by human society.

His leadership art is the great one based on the absolute trust in the army and people of the DPRK.

It is his iron faith which runs through his leadership art that there is no fortress unconquerable in the world when the fullest play is given to the revolutionary spirit and inexhaustible creative power of the army and the people of the DPRK, the descendants of the President.

The Korean people are now experiencing themselves the stirring reality in which everything is becoming a brilliant reality as planned by him while kindling the torch for effecting a new great revolutionary surge.