The statement said:

Leader Kim Jong Il inspected the Seoul Ryu Kyong Su Guards 105th Tank Division of the Korean People's Army on August 25, 1960, the first inspection for his Songun revolutionary leadership.

Under his Songun leadership, the KPA developed into a matchless army.

The DPRK has demonstrated its might as a fortress of the global anti-imperialist revolution, a satellite manufacturer and launcher and a nuclear weapons state. It is performing world-startling miracles in the building of an economic power every day.

Songun politics is, indeed, an effective main political mode providing a sure guarantee for the victory of socialism.

Marshal Kim Jong Un is bolstering up the defence capability of the DPRK and energetically leading the drive for building a thriving nation by successfully carrying forward the Songun revolutionary leadership of President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.