Pyongyang, December 28 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il will always live in the hearts of the Korean people and progressive humankind of the world and he will find himself at all times among the participants in the general onward march advancing full of confidence under the leadership of the dear respected Kim Jong Un.

Papers here Wednesday say this in editorials as regards a solemn ceremony of bidding last farewell to Kim Jong Il taking place here today.

Rodong Sinmun notes that the revolutionary career of Kim Jong Il was one of a great successor who set an example of the times in materializing ideas of the preceding leader and accomplishing his cause.

It was the noble life of a peerless patriot who carved out a rosy future of Kim Il Sung's Korea through his tireless dedication to the country and its people and an immortal life of a world political elder and an outstanding leader who steered the cause of human independence and the cause of socialism to victory, the paper says, and goes on:

Kim Jong Il always lives in the hearts of the Korean people and army and humankind with the great revolutionary idea indicating the road ahead of the times and history.

It was thanks to his revolutionary idea, Songun idea that the servicepersons and people of the DPRK could firmly maintain the lifeline of the Juche revolution despite the worst trials and demonstrate the dignity of the country as an invincible political and ideological power and a matchless military power before the world.

He always lives with the revolutionary cause of the popular masses and the socialist cause which make steady victories along the orbit of independence.

He provided the unbreakable single-minded unity of the party, army and people and a mainstay for defending the country and achieving its prosperity like a powerful war deterrent. This helped the DPRK win victory after victory in the fierce confrontation with the imperialist allied forces and the final victory of Korean-style socialism. This is the world-startling miracle and the great victory of Kim Jong Il's politics.

He is immortal thanks to the inseparable ties of kindred with the Korean people.

His love for the Korean people is shining as the warmest and devoted love of a father hard to find in human history.

Minju Joson stresses that he will always stand in the van of the Korean revolution making steady progress and his august name and tender-hearted image as bright as the sun will shine long with the eternal prosperity of Kim Il Sung's nation.