The statement said that Kim Jong Il's exploits would remain long in history as he smashed the imperialists' aggression, high-handed politics and arbitrary practices with his original Songun politics and thus ensured peace and security.

Even after the Korean War, recorded as the most hard-fought one since the Second World War, the danger of a war has been created on the Korean Peninsula for more than half a century, it noted, adding:

If another Korean war breaks out, it will turn into the most catastrophic nuclear war.

Only HE Kim Jong Il reliably defended the peace and security of the Korean Peninsula which is vital to human existence.

Bearing in mind the immutable truth that the weak military force can neither defend the security of the country and nation nor safeguard peace, he had given priority to the military affairs and made a ceaseless journey of Songun leadership all his life.

He led the nuclear showdown between the DPRK and the U.S. to brilliant victory and thus provided a reliable guarantee for defending peace not only on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia but also in the rest of the world.

The DPRK's access to the powerful war deterrence put an end to the era when the imperialists used to pose threat with nuclear weapons.

Kim Jong Il's feats for global peace will always be borne in the mind of mankind.