The article titled "Cause of independence and Kim Jong Il" was illustrated with his photo.

The article said:

Leader Kim Jong Il, prominent statesman, victoriously led the struggle of the Korean people and the world progressives for the cause of independence.

With his deep insight into the urgent requirement of the era in his early years he enriched the Juche idea, which was created by President Kim Il Sung.

He reviewed 100-year history of the development of the revolutionary idea of the working class and comprehensively indicated the principles of the Juche idea.

He saw to it that the Juche idea was made the revolutionary and scientific idea and the banner of advance and victory of the cause of independence.

He attached importance to unity in accomplishing the cause of independence all the time and achieved the single-minded unity of the leader, the party and the masses on the highest level, regarding the unity as the basic cornerstone of the revolution.

He developed the WPK into the invincible one and always put forward the party and the army in the van of the revolutionary struggle.

He wisely led the work to model the whole society on the Juche idea and closely united the entire people around the party and the leader.

He gave priority to the ideological and political work and further strengthened the driving force of the revolution through the ideological work.