The bulletin carried articles under the headline "On the occasion of the 74th birth anniversary of Kim Jong Il, the great leader of the Korean people, leader Kim Jong Il's idea and exploits will be immortal".

He was the greatest man who performed great exploits for the happiness of the Korean people and the accomplishment of the cause of human independence, it said, and went on:

He defended socialism, brought about an epochal phase of building a thriving nation and opened up a bright future of national reunification through his Songun leadership.

Today the service personnel and the people of the DPRK are turning out as one in the general offensive, true to the militant call for greeting the historic 7th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea as a golden age of revolution to be specially recorded in history.

The DPRK conducted successful first H-bomb test on January 6 this year.

The DPRK's first H-bomb test serves as a measure to firmly defend the sovereignty of the country and the vital rights of the nation and reliably guarantee peace in the Korean Peninsula and the security of the region from the daily-escalating nuclear threat and blackmail of the U.S.-led hostile forces.

The Korean people will successfully carry out the behests of Kim Jong Il under the wise leadership of Marshal Kim Jong Un.