„Those weather data make one more keenly feel the painful labours of Kim Jong-il who continued in common attire his journey of field guidance … despite the biting cold weather,“ it said.

But the metaphorical aspect of the account was underlined by its conclusion: meteorologists stressed „that the spring of prosperity under socialism will surely come … thanks to the patriotic devotion of Kim Jong-il who blocked the howling wind of history till the last moments of his life“.