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Kim Jong Il Sends Thanks to Crew of Trading Ship Hyoksin

KCNA

    Pyongyang, December 29 (KCNA) -- Leader Kim Jong Il sent thanks to the crew of the trading ship Hyoksin on the 30th anniversary of the opening of the sea lane for foreign trade by this ship. President Kim Il Sung 30 years ago opened a new chapter of foreign trade shipping across oceans by DPRK ships, giving instructions to open the ocean lane by the trading ship under the DPRK flag.
    Kim Jong Il saw the navigation plan of the trading ship Hyoksin which would be the first ship to set sail for the ocean under the DPRK flag and encouraged its crew, saying they should not forget that they were always with the motherland even in oceans.
    Over the past 30 years since the successful opening of the ocean route, the crew of the trading ship Hyoksin have made enormous contributions to building a great prosperous powerful nation of Juche and developing the external relations by sailing across oceans without an accident with a loyal heart.
    A meeting took place on Dec. 27 to mark the anniversary.
    The thanks sent by Kim Jong Il to the crew of the ship were conveyed there.
    A reporter and speakers at the meeting said the crew of the Hyoksin and all other trading ships would scrupulously plan transport and command to increase the volume of cargo shipping and establish a steel-like discipline on the ships to always ensure navigation without an accident and thus defend and glorify the immortal leadership feats performed by Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in marine transport.
    A message of pledge to Kim Jong Il was adopted at the meeting.