The statement said:

President Kim Il Sung, founder of socialist Korea, liberated the country and founded the DPRK.

He founded a genuine independent and sovereign state where the popular masses became its masters and set a worldwide example by turning it into a socialist power independent in politics, self-supporting in the economy and self-reliant in defence. These immortal exploits of Kim Il Sung will shine for all ages.

The DPRK has won victories only, standing unfazed by any challenge of the imperialists and all sorts of trials and greeted a new heyday of building a thriving socialist nation under the guidance of supreme leader Kim Jong Un.

We are firmly convinced that the Korean people will achieve the independent and peaceful reunification of the country and build a thriving socialist nation under the outstanding Songun leadership of Kim Jong Un.