Rodong Sinmun says that the Day of Songun is the one of history that guarantees the steady succession to the Songun revolutionary cause started in Mt. Paektu and eternal victory of the Workers' Party of Korea and revolution.

It goes on:

Thanks to this day all gains of the revolution achieved by many well-known and unsung anti-Japanese revolutionary forerunners at the cost of their sweat and blood have been firmly defended and our country's prestige, dignity and national power put on the highest level in history.

Kim Jong Il had covered the road of the Songun leadership for over a half century from the very day he visited a tank division. The road was like the one of bloody battles as it claimed an indescribably high price and the one of faith to be followed only with hope and the one of total dedication along which he had to steer the revolution day and night, risking his life.

He was so great that he made endless arduous long journeys for Songun leadership to the last moments of his life, with ardent love for the socialist country, its people and younger generation. This was something which no other statesmen could ever venture.

Thanks to the high-intensity forced march made by the iron-willed Songun brilliant commander, our country could build the most powerful muscle in the nation's history spanning 5 000 years and the Juche revolution could demonstrate its dignity before the world as a cause making a long drive despite all tests of history.

The world history records a lot of famous statesmen and great men who performed feats in carving out the destiny of popular masses and in the world history of politics, but it knows no such outstanding leader, peerless patriot and great revolutionary as Kim Jong Il who made great contributions to the country and nation, era and mankind.

Minju Joson says that his sacred history of Songun revolutionary leadership is being carried forward by Marshal Kim Jong Un, calling upon all the service personnel and people to carry on the dynamic struggle to build a thriving nation and bring earlier the final victory of the revolutionary cause of Juche, remaining true to his Songun revolutionary leadership.