Rodong Sinmun says all party members, service personnel of the People's Army and people should hold Kim Jong Il in high esteem as the eternal leader of the Workers' Party of Korea and people and sun of Juche and Songun for all ages, carry out his behests to the end and build a dignified thriving socialist nation on this land without fail.

His behests serve as important guidelines for revolution and construction and a grand encyclopedia for the life and struggle of the service personnel and people of the DPRK, the editorial notes, and goes on:

He clarified in detail the goals to be attained in the building of a thriving nation, tasks facing each field and ways for carrying out them in his lifetime. His behests indicate such precious guidelines as the revolutionary spirit to be fully displayed by our people at present, principled requirements to be consistently met in the revolution and construction including politics and military affairs, economy and culture, and even working spirit and style to be displayed by officials and workers.

The drive for building a thriving socialist nation is sure to triumph when his behests are carried out successfully without the slightest deviation.

We are full of confidence and the building of a thriving nation has a rosy future as we are under tested leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un and there are solid political and military foundation, strong potential of the independent economy which has grown a thousand times stronger along the road of Songun revolution and the single-minded unity more powerful than a nuclear weapon.

The implementation of Kim Jong Il's behests provides a sure guarantee for the victory in the revolutionary cause of Juche and the cause of building a thriving socialist nation.

Minju Joson calls on all service personnel and people to brilliantly decorate this significant year by unconditionally and thoroughly carrying out his behests under the leadership of Kim Jong Un.