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Celebrations Held by Servicemen

KCNA

    Pyongyang, February 10 (KCNA) -- Colorful functions of servicepersons of the Korean People's Army took place at the April 25 House of Culture on February 9 in the run-up to February 16, the birthday of leader Kim Jong Il. At the public presentation of the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces on the greatness of Supreme Commander of the KPA Kim Jong Il, Jo Myong Rok, director of the General Political Department of the KPA, Kim Yong Chun, chief of the General Staff of the KPA and other speakers said that Kim Jong Il who was born as the sun of the guerrillas on Mt. Paektu, a holy mountain of the revolution, is a great statesman, great brilliant commander and great man unprecedented in history.
    They cited historical facts proving that the Supreme Commander has trained the KPA to be a vanguard rank and invincible army of devotedly defending the leader, firmly believing in the officers and men of the KPA as the pillars of revolution and comrades of the Songun revolution, showing warm solicitude for them and putting them forward.
    They stressed the need for all the officers and men of the KPA to dynamically struggle to build a great prosperous powerful socialist nation, achieve the reunification of the country and accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche, reliably upholding the Songun idea and leadership of Kim Jong Il, the illustrious commander of Mt. Paektu and the sun of the 21st century, with arms.
    An art performance was given by art groups of the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces to celebrate February 16. The performers put on the stage numbers including chorus, real story-telling, poem and story-telling which sing of boundless trust and reverence of the army and people for the Supreme Commander.
    A fine art exhibition of the KPA opened to celebrate February 16.
    On display were at least 200 pieces of excellent works including computer-aided dioramas, Korean paintings, oil paintings, posters, sculptures, woodcut prints, calligraphic works created by creators and servicepersons of the KPA.