Rodong Sinmun says that in the three-year fierce war the Korean people displayed matchless spirit of sacrifice and popular heroism, beating back the aggressors, honorably defending the freedom and independence of the country and strikingly manifesting the dignity and prestige of the country.

The brilliant victory won in the war was a great one brought about by the indomitable spirit of defending the country displayed by the Korean people who unhesitatingly laid down their lives for the party, the leader and the country.

The spirit of defending the country displayed in the 1950s is the great spirit of the times, inheritance of the revolutionary spirit of Mt. Paektu created in the flames of anti-Japanese struggle, and serves as an excellent textbook for the class struggle against imperialism.

Today our revolution is making a steady progress on a new higher stage under the leadership of the great party.

Our might has become incomparably stronger than that in the 1950s when we held rifles to stand against the formidable imperialist forces possessed of A-bomb. We are fully ready to fight any war now.

The spirit of defending the country in the 1950s represents the soul of Juche Korea which instills warm patriotism into the Korean people and propels them to heroic exploits.

Minju Joson says that the exploits for war victory performed by President Kim Il Sung, who led the war to victory to defend the dignity and sovereignty of the country and save the destiny of the people, will shine long in the history of the country.