The letter said that Leader Kim Jong Il, the eternal sun of humankind, enjoyed the immeasurable commendation from everyone as the greatest of the great men for guiding the Korean revolution and the cause of global independence by dint of his outstanding ideology and theories, prominent leadership and ennobling personal magnetism.

It is particularly Leader Kim Jong Il's greatest achievement that he firmly safeguarded the socialist cause of Korea holding even higher the banner of anti-imperialism and independence during the period of the most trying ordeals in the late last century and opened up a way out for building a thriving nation, thus glorifying the 21st century as the one of independence, the letter said.

Today Leader Kim Jong Il lives forever in the minds of the Korean people and other progressives in the world as the Shining Star of Paektu and the sun of humankind, thanks to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who is identical to him in ideology, cause and personality and develops and enriches them furthermore, the letter said, adding:

Thanks to Your Excellency Kim Jong Un, the cause of immortalizing the leader was materialized at the highest level and the revolutionary ideas of the preceding leaders are shining as the immortal guiding ideology of the independent era. Meanwhile, the DPRK ushered in the golden age of prosperity, never known in its history in the last decade, and rose up aloft in the center of the world politics.

Nothing but victory and glory will stand in the way forward of Korea which is dynamically advancing towards the comprehensive development of socialism and the ideal society of humankind, where the dreams of people will come true, while overcoming all kinds of difficulties and trials under the wise leadership of Your Excellency Kim Jong Un.