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Pledge of Chairman Kim Jong Il on Ryongnam Hill
Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- Chairman Kim Jong Il entered Kim Il Sung University on September 1, Juche 49 (1960).

That day he composed and recited a poem "O Korea, I Will Add Glory to Thee" on Ryongnam Hill on the university campus.

Reciting the poem, he expressed the faith and will to glorify the DPRK before the whole world true to the noble intention of President Kim Il Sung.

His pledge ushered in the great history and era.

The Chairman proclaimed that modeling the whole society on Kimilsungism is the supreme programme of the Workers' Party of Korea and ushered in a new era of glory by kindling the fierce flames of the speed campaign.

The pledge turned the 1970s and 1980s into the ones of creation and change and brought about a remarkable miracle that the country overcame stern trials of the 1990s with victory.

The Chairman held higher the banner of Songun, recollecting the sacred pledge on Ryongnam Hill in the period of the Arduous March when the destiny of socialism was faced with the worst crisis.

In those days he taught officials that he is a soldier of the President, who embarked on the road of revolution in his early years with firm pledge to add glory to Korea, his beloved country, before the world true to the cause of the President.

He had energetically led the Songun revolution with the will to add glory to Korea. His long journey for Songun with patriotic devotion served as the motive power that enabled the People's Army to develop into the pillar of revolution and the powerful vanguard of the national prosperity while winning victory after victory in the life-and-death showdown with the U.S. with arms and thus demonstrate the dignity and might of the country the world over.

Thanks to his indomitable faith and great devotion, our country could emerge as an invincible power by turning adversity into prosperity.

The history of our country shining with victory and glory is, indeed, the one of the patriotic devotion by the Chairman who devoted his all to the country and the people all his life, always cherishing his pledge on Ryongnam Hill.

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