calendar>>December 9. 2016 Juche 105
Kim Jong Il and His Padded Clothing
Pyongyang, December 9 (KCNA) -- Some days ago, supreme leader Kim Jong Un visited the Samjiyon County, Ryanggang Province of the DPRK. Taking a view of leader Kim Jong Il's statue in the county for a good while, he said that the army and people of the country always have in their minds the image of Kim Jong Il wearing a padded clothing and glasses.

The padded clothing was the only one for winter season Kim Jong Il had put on from the period of the Arduous March to the last moments of his life to inspect military units and different parts of the country with a sense of obligation to defend the country.

With the approach of the 5th anniversary of his demise, the Korean people are cherishing the sacred memory of Kim Jong Il who had made a long journey for the prosperity of the country, having on the padded clothing.

Thanks to the long journey of great devotion he made, the socialism could be firmly defended and a solid foundation laid for building a thriving country.

In Juche 100 (2011) alone, the last year of his life, over one hundred and scores of news about his revolutionary activities were reported.

Indeed, his padded clothing is the symbol of Songun revolution conveying the boundless love for the country and people of the peerlessly great man.

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