Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il is missed more ardently in the DPRK with the passage of time.

The history of the forced march made by Kim Jong Il for the people's happiness all his life records his dedication made during his trips to foreign countries.

It was for the good of people that he traveled by train at such high speed and had tight schedules for external activities baffling human imagination.

When he was visiting a country 10 years ago he rode for a long while along an avenue famous for traffic congestion in the world. He acquainted himself in detail with transport and its management, street formation, distribution of catering network, road marks, etc.

Possessed of love for people as his natural disposition, he examined a bottle of beer on the table during a banquet and asked for including a visit to its brewery in the program, skipping his short rest.

Having such strong desire to get people well fed and clad, he looked with keen attention at production processes at a bread factory, medicines at a pharmaceutical factory and even products displayed at a commercial center.

Such visits continued till late at night and did not cease despite rainstorm accompanied by typhoon at the speed of dozens of meters per second.

So reporters of that country said with deep emotion that he was the man of the greatest fortitude in the world. But they might not fully understand the loving care for his people underlying his perseverance.

Lots of buildings sprang up in the DPRK under his grand plans and new factories appeared or the existing ones were technologically updated to contribute to improving the standard of people's living.

A fashionable funfair was built at the foot of Moran Hill to gorgeously illuminate Pyongyang at night.

A modern street for people is springing up at a miraculous speed at the foot of Mansu Hill where the statue of President Kim Il Sung stands.

The Korean people grieve the demise of Kim Jong Il so bitterly as he passed away at a time when everything in the country turns more beautiful and highly civilized before the emergence of a thriving nation and at a historic juncture when the centenary of birth of Kim Il Sung is near at hand.

Standing before the portraits of smiling Kim Jong Il, people look back with deep emotion on patriotic dedication he made day and night.

Days and nights this grief-stricken month seem to hardly go by. World media are vying with each other to report the appearance of the DPRK rallied close around Kim Jong Il.

The world is recognizing leadership system of Kim Jong Un, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea.

As long as he is at the helm of the Korean revolution, socialism in the DPRK remains undeterred and the cause of Kim Jong Il is sure to be carried forward and accomplished. This truth will be proved by history sooner or later.