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Kim Jong Il loved his country and people more than anyone else and dedicated his all to the reunification of Korea and everlasting prosperity of the nation.

It was his patriotic exploits which will remain long in the nation's history that he made sure that the historic Pyongyang summits were held and the north-south joint declarations were adopted to usher in the June 15 era of national reunification with his far-sighted wisdom and ardent patriotism in the efforts to accomplish the cause of national reunification, life-long desire of President Kim Il Sung.

Reverence for him pervaded the Korean Peninsula after the publication of the historic June 15 joint declaration whose main spirit is By Korean Nation Itself.

The south Korean public are praising him as the tender-hearted teacher of the nation and the sun of the national reunification.

Their boundless yearning and reverence for him are getting stronger as days go by.

He will always be alive as the sun in the hearts of humankind.