Rodong Sinmun Thursday says this in a bylined article.

The President was an outstanding great man who led the Korean revolution to victory with his unshakable faith, iron will and warm love for a long period from his teenage to the advanced age of eighty.

At the Phophyong Ferry he pledged himself not to come back home till he achieves the liberation of Korea.

The banner held aloft by him at the beginning of the Korean revolution was the red flag of Juche implying that man is responsible for his destiny and the maxim he cherished all his life is the idea of believing in people as in Heaven.

The President stood in the van of the struggle to explore the road of the Korean revolution beset with trials at its every phase, keenly aware of his noble mission and high responsibility for it, rare self-sacrificing spirit and extraordinary enthusiasm.

He overcame all difficulties, adversities, sorrow and pain for the victory of the revolution, prosperity of the country and happiness of its people.

He was a great revolutionary who devoted everything to the victory of the revolution.

Revolution means comrades and there is nothing to fear, if there are comrades. This was his firm creed.

The President was a peerlessly great man and the greatest saint who enjoyed boundless respect and praise not only from the Korean people but from the progressives of the world for his noble personality and virtues.

His personality and virtues were always noble as they were based on the noblest outlook on the people and, accordingly, he enjoyed absolute support and trust from the people all his life.