The message said that the founding of the DPRK by the great leader President Kim Il Sung on September 9, 1948 was a very important event that declared the birth of Juche Korea, a new socialist country firmly based on independence in politics, self-support in the economy and self-reliance in national defence.

Along with the founding of the DPRK, the Korean people could build a socialist society, which is not only the greatest and precious gains achieved by the Korean people but also the encouragement to the world people, the message said.

It stressed that the DPRK, a genuine people's country, advanced straightly along the road of independence and socialism under the wise leadership of the great Comrade Kim Jong Il.

In the DPRK, a model socialist country, the cause of the preceding leaders is being creditably carried forward by His Excellency Kim Jong Un, the message said.

It wished the DPRK greater successes and eternal prosperity.