Rodong Sinmun stresses:

His life was the one of an illustrious brilliant commander of Songun and a peerless patriot who performed gigantic exploits to be eternally recorded in the history of the Korean nation and the human history of politics by hewing out unprecedentedly arduous road with superhuman will, holding high the red flag of revolution.

He, possessed of disposition and quality of a great man at the highest level, had been the closest comrade and the most faithful comrade-in-arm of President Kim Il Sung for decades and ushered in a great heyday in all the fields of revolution and construction in the era of the Workers' Party.

The past one year was, indeed, a period during which all the people upheld him with pure minds, yearning for him. The year shines further with the undying revolutionary activities conducted by the dear respected Kim Jong Un.

As the army and people of the DPRK have Kim Jong Un at the helm of the party and revolution, all the work for perpetuating the memory of the leaders have been carried out at the highest level and they could make giant strides toward a final victory in the drive for building a thriving nation in the first year of another 100 year history of the Juche era.

It is the truth confirmed in the practical struggle of the past one year that the idea and august name of Kim Jong Il will be ever-lasting and the history of victory and prosperity of the sun's nation will go on forever as long as it is led by Kim Jong Un.

Song "The General Is Immortal as Sun" resounds far and wide on this land. Not only the present generation but the future generations will sing this song as the popular hymn and keep the pledge the people made in December shedding bitter tears.

Eternal is the smiling image of Kim Jong Il, who symbolizes the great Paektusan nation, and inexhaustible is the might of the harmonious whole in the DPRK.

Minju Joson says that the army and people of the DPRK will hold Generalissimo Kim Jong Il in high esteem as the sun of Songun for all ages and accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche generation after generation under the leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un.