The President was an outstanding political activist who had led to victory the anti-imperialist struggle and socialist construction under the uplifted banner of the Juche idea and the Songun idea all his life since he embarked upon the road of revolution in his early years, the statement said.

The undying feats he performed for the Korean revolution and the world revolution will shine long, it noted, and went on:

The Korean people are now dynamically advancing to accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche started by him under the Songun revolutionary leadership of Kim Jong Il.

We are firmly convinced that the Korean people would register greater successes in the drive to reunify the country and build a thriving socialist nation under his wise leadership.