Song of General Kim Jong-il
The "Song of General Kim Jong-il" is a marching song from North Korea. It was composed by Sol Myong-sun and the words were written by Sin Un-ho.
The song praises the "Eternal General Secretary", Kim Jong-il as a part of his cult of personality. During the presidency of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il helped to run his father's own personality cult. At the death of his father, Kim Jong-il had his own cult. Although the "Song of General Kim Jong-il" is not as widely popular as the "Song of General Kim Il-sung", it is also played regularly in North Korea.
The song is played by the North Korean state television at the start of broadcasts each day. It was also played after the telecast of Kim Jong-il's memorial service on December 29, 2011. Pyongyang FM Broadcasting also plays a chime version of the first two lines of the song as its interval signal at the start of broadcasts.
According to North Korean sources, their satellite Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2, supposedly launched in a test on 5 April 2009, is broadcasting this song amongst other data.
An English version has been recorded by Ritta Dimek.
