Kim Jong Il's assumption of the supreme commandership of the KPA on December 24, Juche 80 (1991) was a historic event which provided a sure guarantee for successfully accomplishing the cause of the Juche revolution and the cause of the Songun revolution which were pioneered on Mt. Paektu, the editorial says, and goes on:

He cherished it as his lifelong mission to accomplish President Kim Il Sung's revolutionary cause with arms without fail and performed the exploits in the history of founding the Juche-oriented army while covering the road of Songun leadership for decades together with the President.

He set forth the policy of modeling the entire army on Kimilsungism as required by the developing revolution advancing under the unfurled banner of modeling the whole society on Kimilsungism in the early 1970s and thus provided a radical milestone in the struggle for developing the revolutionary armed forces.

He made the greatest efforts to develop the Korean People's Army into an invincible revolutionary army with his iron faith that peace and socialism are guaranteed by strong arms during the days of the Songun revolutionary leadership.

He turned the DPRK into a nuclear weapons state and the matchless military power and handed over the Paektusan army as the best legacy of the revolution. This is the feats performed by him, the peerlessly Songun brilliant commander, in the history of the nation.

It is the noblest exploits performed by him before the country and the people that he successfully settled the issue of succession to the leadership to accomplish the cause of the Juche revolution with arms which was pioneered with arms.

The DPRK was sure to win as there are the wise leadership of the Party which is glorifying his idea of the Songun revolution and exploits, the powerful Juche-oriented revolutionary armed forces and the service personnel and people rallied around the Party single-mindedly.