The peerless great man on the media of south Korea

 

Nowadays, the minds of the south Korean people are burning with reverence and worship of Kim Jong Il who wields the nation’s dignity and honor throughout the world with the great army-centered revolutionary leadership, repulses the challenges of the imperialists strikingly and opens the shortcut to the reunification.

The storm of the admiration for the great man is blowing hot across the country, in particular after the historic Pyongyang meeting and the June 15 joint declaration of the year 2000, which touched off the warm hearts of worship of and the following to Marshal Kim Jong Il among the people from all walks of life, male and female, young and old in south Korea.

There are some of the articles issued last year in the south Korean media which reflected the warm hearts of the people yearning for the great Marshal.

Many news media competitively praised the respected Marshal as an outstanding leader of the army-centered revolution, lodestar of the national reunification and defender of the destiny who guarantees the safety and the nation’s reunification.

The media covered the Marshal’s post inspections on the Korea People's Army immediately with due importance and expressed the admiration for his restless revolutionary army-centered leadership indicating that the Marshal’s activities were big concern that attracted the interests of south Korea and the world.

According to the summarization of the major 10 dailies and 15 magazines from January to December last year in south Korea, about 450 noble pictures of the respected Marshal and 1,000-odd articles praising his greatness appeared on them, the books “Kim Jong Il and the Modern History of North Korea” and “Kim Jong Il and the Modern System of North Korea” were published and the book “A Russia Trip with Kim Jong Il ” that Pulikopski, representative plenipotentiary of the Russian Far East Region wrote on the charismatic features of Kim Jong Il, a great man, aroused a great sensation in south Korea before it was off the press.

Moreover, a great number of the people appraised the Marshal as a de facto figure who controls south Korea, according to a survey of the public opinion.

Another poll showed that 56.4% of the youth and students said they would dedicate 10 % of their income for the sake of the reunification as a token of gratitude for the great Marshal who safeguards the security and the prosperity of the nation with the army-centered politics.

Witnessing the dramatic events that took place in succession in the inter-Korean relations by the active dialogue drive taken by the great Marshal after the armed conflict incident in the west sea, the media circle carried the public opinion praising the step as an “all-embracing policy that cleanses what should be cleansed under the principle of the great national unity” and unstintedly appreciated the dynamic external activities that the Marshal conducted with the distinguished tactics using the expressions like a “diplomatic gust” and a “broad-minded diplomacy”.

The “Sisa Journal” magazine of last November quoted the ordinary people who extolled chairman Kim Jong Il as saying “he has an excellent brain, he is very proficient in applying the image, accordingly the news media chased only the rooters of the North in the Asian Games.”

Many publications in south Korea carried the people's voice praising the great Marshal such as “clever and very careful”, “very decisive and pragmatic”, “possessed of the virtues necessary for the leadership”, “an eloquent tongue”, “a figure controlling the audience with the witty talking coupled with specific gesture and humor”, “common people-oriented”.

Regarding the American nuclear racket the “Jugan Hanguk” magazine (15 August 2002) wrote “as far as Pyongyang holds the key to the settlement of the nuclear issue and there is the respected Marshal possessed of the military strategy, commanding tactics capable of paralyzing the American war capabilities in a twinkling and a superb policy toward the US, an unexpected event in the Korean Peninsula will surprise all so you had better to prepare yourself for that.”

As the south Korean media carried, the praise and the worship of the south Korean people for the great Marshal are growing more ardently with their gratitude and admiration for the army-centered politics of the Marshal and heading for tomorrow of the reunified country whish holds the sun of the nation in high esteem.