The statement said awarding the title of DPRK Marshal to him was an expression of absolute support and trust of the Korean people in him who is successfully the DPRK to victory by carrying forward the idea and cause of President Kim Il Sung and general secretary Kim Jong Il.

It was the greatest honor and happiness for the Korean people to uphold Kim Jong Un as their supreme leader, being blessed with illustrious leaders through generations, it added.

Guided by Kim Jong Un, the Korean people will become more dignified and the DPRK will further shine as an invincible country advancing along the only road of victory, it stressed.

It wished the Korean people bigger successes in their efforts for building a rich and powerful country and reunifying the country under the wise guidance of Kim Jong Un.