The British Branch of the Friendship Association with DPRK in a statement said Kim Jong Il was born as the son of the guerrillas in Mt. Paektu and upheld the cause of President Kim Il Sung, adding:

He issued a lot of works, developing the Juche idea.

He led the Korean people's drive for accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche and turned the DPRK into a socialist power with his original Songun politics.

He passed away in the middle of a field guidance tour for the people's happiness.

The Stoke-on-Trent Branch of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea in its statement recalled that Kim Jong Il lavished his loving care on the people and conducted energetic activities for the socialist construction, the country's reunification and the global independence. One of his remarkable feats is that he successfully provided the continuity to the leadership, the statement added.