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British Bodies Praise Chairman Kim Jong Il

Pyongyang, February 10 (KCNA) -- Chairman Kim Jong Il was a staunch guardian of socialism, the British Association for the Study of Songun Policy, the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea, the Korean Friendship Association UK and the British Solidarity Committee for Peace and Reunification of the Korean Peninsula said in a joint statement released ahead of his birth anniversary.

The statement said that Kim Jong Il was born as the son of the guerrillas in Mt Paektu.

It noted that he, successor to the revolutionary cause of Juche pioneered by President Kim Il Sung, developed in depth the Juche idea and enforced Songun politics to lead the Korean revolution to victory.

Saying that under his wise leadership, the DPRK was able to turn itself into a politico-ideological power and a military power, it stated that he energetically worked for reunification of Korea and made tireless efforts to achieve global independence.

The statement added that it is the unanimous desire of the Korean people and world progressives to hold him in high esteem eternally and splendidly celebrate his birth anniversary (Day of the Shining Star).