The bulletin said:

The history of Kim Jong Il's leadership over the WPK for half a century was characterized by the personality of a genuine statesman who served the people.

Wherever you go to the DPRK you can find worksites and families visited by him and hear anybody tell legend-like stories about his loving care for the people.

He found joy in the people's happiness and spared nothing for it. He made sure that helicopters flew for those mothers expected to give birth to triplets in a remote mountainous area far away from Pyongyang.

He regarded it as his lifelong mission, noble cause and greatest pleasure to dedicate himself to the people.