The uprising that left a shining page in Korea's history of the anti-Japanese national liberation movement was a nation-wide anti-Japanese patriotic resistance to win back the sovereignty of the country that was usurped by the gangster-like Japanese imperialists.

Rodong Sinmun says the uprising taught a bitter lesson that if the people are to win a victory in the struggle for achieving the sovereignty of the nation and the independence of the country, they have to be led by an outstanding leader and that they have to launch an organized struggle to defeat the aggressors armed to the teeth by building the powerful military capabilities of the nation itself.

The ardent desire of the Korean nation for the country's liberation and independence was successfully realized by President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il, the paper notes, and goes on:

The cause of national independence pioneered and led by them has greeted a new historic turn thanks to the leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un.

Much water has flown under the bridge since the uprising but the Korean nation has not yet established the sovereignty on a nationwide scale.

All the Koreans should kindle the flame of the struggle for independence against outsiders.

We, keeping in our mind the historical lesson of the uprising, will bolster up the war deterrence for self-defence under the uplifted banner of Songun despite the U.S. and its followers' recklessly hostile acts against the DPRK aimed to do harm to its dignity and sovereignty.

If the enemies ignite a war of aggression, we will give fullest play to the inexhaustible military capabilities in order to achieve the historic cause of the country's reunification without fail.

All the Koreans at home and abroad should get firmly united in the idea of By Our Nation Itself under the banner of patriotism and open up a broad avenue to independent reunification.

Minju Joson stresses the need for the entire nation to resolutely reject the outside aggression forces standing in the way of the country's reunification by its united efforts in order to open up a broad avenue to independent reunification this year marking the 70th anniversaries of the country's liberation and national division.