Meetings with DPRK Hero and War Veteran Held

Agricultural workers in the DPRK met with a DPRK hero on Thursday on the occasion of the ７８th founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Army.

Present there were Han Jong Hyok, chairman of the Central Committee of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea, union officials and agricultural workers in Pyongyang.

The meeting heard a speech made by DPRK Hero Ho Ryong, a lecturer of the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, who stroke terror into the U.S. imperialists’ strategic reconnaissance plane which intruded into the sky over the economic waters in the East Sea of Korea.

He said that Chairman Kim Jong Il conducted superb operations to deal a heavy blow at the arrogant U.S. imperialists and personally guided it.

Recalling with pride the unforgettable days of victory, he said that he could work a military miracle unprecedented in the history as he fought with the Juche-based military strategy idea, tactics, courage and pluck of the Workers’ Party of Korea.

He noted with deep emotion that whenever the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited his unit, he highly praised Ho Ryong for having given pleasure and satisfaction to Chairman Kim Jong Il and recollected his merit once again in January ２０１２, showing warm loving care for him.

He asked all the union officials and agricultural workers to firmly defend the Party and Korean-style socialism with increased grain production by inheriting the fighting spirit of the preceding generations.

Then followed speeches.

The speakers expressed their determination to devote themselves to doing immediate farming with the honor of being citizens of the dignified DPRK with matchless military muscle, and glorify this year when the Ninth Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea is to be held with increased grain production.

＊　＊

Youth and students in Pyongyang met with a war veteran on Feb. ５ to mark the ７８th founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Army.

Young people presented bouquets to Choe Pyong Man, a war veteran, at the venue of the meeting.

He sent a militant salute to the proud and reliable young vanguard, reflecting the minds of war veterans.

He said that the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War was the victory of the outstanding military ideas and extraordinary commanding art of President Kim Il Sung, the ever-victorious and iron-willed commander, and the victory won by the heroic spirit our army and people displayed in defending the country.

He told about with what readiness the young people in the wartime turned out in the struggle against the enemies who invaded the inviolable land of the country and how bravely they fought to defend the honor and dignity of the country.

Saying that Juche Korea’s history and tradition of victory are being given steady continuity thanks to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, he called upon the young people of the new generation to firmly defend the motherland and turn out in the building of a prosperous power by inheriting the noble spirit of the heroic soldiers.

Speakers at the meeting expressed their resolve to glorify their worthwhile youth with loyalty and patriotism, following the noble moral world of the victorious wartime generation.

Present at the meeting were officials of the youth league, youth and students in Pyongyang.

Rodong Sinmun