Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- The Korean people have spent days and nights full of the bitterest grief at leader Kim Jong Il's demise.

Seized with deep sorrow, however, the young people collect themselves and make an oath to be true to his behests.

"Leader Kim Jong Il will always be with us." "We will surely translate his will and desire into reality." This is what the young Koreans vow before his portraits.

Ju Jin A, an official of the Central Committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League, told KCNA:

"Today I heard that leader Kim Jong Il spent his last days in the severest cold weather in decades. The fact that he devotedly worked for the happiness of our people, though he was out of condition, makes me feel my heart rent. But I will get over my grief and turn out in implementing his behests."

Ri Chol Guk, a section chief of the Central Committee of the youth league, said:

"I will fully discharge the mission as a member of guard detachment and death-defying corps of respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, always remembering leader Kim Jong Il's confidence in the young people."

Jo Jong Chol, a department director of the Central Committee of the youth league, said:

"We will have the leadership system of respected Comrade Kim Jong Un established within the youth league to encourage all its members to remain faithful to him and carry forward the revolution."