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National Symposium Held

KCNA

    Pyongyang, January 30 (KCNA) -- A national symposium of historians was held at Kim Il Sung University Thursday to mark the 30th anniversary of President Kim Il Sung's instructions to excavate Tomb of King Tongmyong. Prof. and Dr. Jong Chi Gon, dean of a faculty of the university, Dr. Son Su Ho, director of an institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, and Dr. Song Sun Thak, deputy curator of the Korean Central History Museum, made speeches.
    They noted that the questions surrounding the Tomb of King Tongmyong were solved scientifically from the Juche-oriented stand and it was splendidly rebuilt as a historic monument of national treasure illustrating the history and cultural tradition of powerful Koguryo on the principle of historicism thanks to the noble patriotism of Kim Il Sung and his tireless and energetic leadership.
    The tomb of King Tongmyong, who left indelible footprints in the history of the nation, is a precious historical monument and treasure indicative of the history and cultural tradition of Korea together with the mausoleum of King Tangun, the ancestral father of the Korean nation, and the tomb of King Wang Gon, founder king of Koryo, the first unified state of Korea, in view of its style symbolizing Koguryo, its scale demonstrating the absolute power of the monarch of a powerful state and its location befitting that of the father of a legitimate state.
    They cited quotations from a series of documents and archeological data and gave descriptions of the socio-historical background of Koguryo to scientifically prove that the tomb in Ryongsan-ri, Ryokpho District, Pyongyang is that of the founder king of Koguryo.
    Koguryo not only succeeded Tangun Korea and orchestrated the history in the period of Three Kingdoms but had a great influence on the development of history of successive states that appeared in Korea thereafter ranging from Palhae, Koryo to Ri Dynasty, they said, concluding that Koguryo was a country which led the main stream of the history of the Korean nation in the middle age.
    The symposium was attended by Thae Hyong Chol, president of the Academy of Social Sciences, officials concerned, university presidents and college rectors, and history researchers.