Kim Jong Il was a great man with extraordinary stratagem and matchless grit, the article said.

The world more keenly felt his matchless grit through the DPRK's declaration of the state of semi-war in face of the U.S. nuclear racket and large-scale joint military exercises, its declaration of withdrawal from the NPT, the adoption of the DPRK-U.S. Agreed Framework and two satellite launches, it noted, and went on:

Kim Jong Il led to victory Korean socialism and the worldwide cause of independence against imperialism with the Songun politics as the basic political mode under socialism.

He strengthened the political and ideological, military and technological might of the army in every way and put forward the line of economic construction on preferentially developing the defence industry.

The situation of the DPRK winning victory after victory under the banner of Songun is greatly encouraging the anti-imperialist independent countries and people and putting spurs to global independence.

Kim Jong Il was, indeed, a peerlessly brilliant commander of Songun.