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North Korea urges ‘absolute trust’ in leader Kim Jong-un on 10th anniversary of his father’s death
- Top newspaper says Kim Jong-il, who died on December 17, 2011, will ‘live eternally in hearts, minds’; people have ‘duty’ to ‘follow his son’s guidance’
- 10 years after Kim Jong-un assumed power nation is better armed but deeply isolated and more dependent on China
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North Korea’s top newspaper on Friday daubed its front page with a large portrait of late leader Kim Jong-il to mark the 10th anniversary of his death, calling for “absolute trust” in his son and successor Kim Jong-un.
Rodong Sinmun, the official daily of the ruling Korean Workers’ Party, published the large colour portrait of a smiling Kim Jong-il wearing metal-brimmed glasses and sporting bouffant hair, with the current leader declaring the “great general” will live eternally in the hearts and minds of his people.
“The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun is being overwhelmed by people’s intense longing and grief for the great leader Kim Jong-il”, a newspaper editorial said under a headline reading “The Great Leader Comrade Kim Jong-il is the eternal leader of the party and revolution and the sun of Juche”, the North’s ideology of self-reliance.
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Kumsusan refers to the mausoleum in Pyongyang where the embalmed bodies of Kim Jong-il and the North’s founder Kim Il-sung, the grandfather of Kim Jong-un, are preserved.
“All people and soldiers should have absolute trust in the general secretary, have their fate and future completely entrusted to him and guard his safety and authority,” it said.
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