The statement noted that Kim Jong Il assumed the supreme commandership of the KPA on the significant day when anti-Japanese war hero Kim Jong Suk was born. Therefore, a firm guarantee for carrying forward the revolutionary traditions of Mt. Paektu was provided, the statement said, adding:

Socialist Korea faced difficulties in the 1990s.

President Kim Il Sung, the great leader of the Korean people, suddenly passed away and it was followed by the consecutive years of natural disasters.

The Soviet Union and East European socialist countries collapsed and the U.S. and the imperialists' moves to stifle the DPRK became evermore undisguised.

Kim Jong Il resolutely foiled all kinds of challenges with his original Songun politics and turned the DPRK into a nuclear weapons state, a country that manufactures and launches satellites.

He opened up a bright prospect for achieving Korea's reunification by providing two historic north-south summits.

Thanks to his Songun leadership, a new leap forward was made in the Korean people's drive for building a thriving socialist nation.

Marshal Kim Jong Un is successfully carrying forward the idea and cause of Kim Jong Il.