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Foundation Day of Korea Celebrated

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, October 4 (KCNA) -- A function was held in front of King Tangun's Mausoleum Sunday to commemorate the Foundation Day of Korea. Present there were Kim Yong Dae, vice-president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly who is chairman of the National Reconciliation Council, Ryu Mi Yong, chairperson of the Council for the Reunification of Tangun's Nation (CRTN), O Ik Je, vice-chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland, officials concerned and overseas Koreans visiting the socialist homeland.
    A memorial service for King Tangun took place first.
    Members of the CRTN and overseas Koreans offered wine to his soul and observed a moment's silence in his honor.
    Then, Kang Chol Won, vice-chairman of the CRTN, made a commemorative report.
    Recalling that President Kim Il Sung found the ancestral father of the nation and leader Kim Jong Il rebuilt his grave into a grand mausoleum, the reporter said this was an event of great significance in establishing a correct national history and served as a powerful impetus in enabling all the fellow countrymen to create a new history by their concerted efforts with the pride and honor of the nation with a time-honored history and brilliant culture.
    We owe it to the great Songun policy that our nation has become able to significantly celebrate together the Foundation Day of Korea, he said, and added: The whole nation should uphold the most patriotic Songun leadership which makes it possible to defend peace on the Korean peninsula from foreign aggression and display national dignity all over the world and leads the nation to the country's reunification and prosperity.
    He earnestly called upon all the people to powerfully demonstrate the mettle and wisdom of Tangun's nation in the nation-wide struggle to achieve independence, peace and reunification by the concerted efforts of the nation under the uplifted banner of the June 15 joint declaration, the great program of independent reunification.
    A joint appeal to the compatriots in the north, the south and overseas, which had been agreed upon between the CRTN of the north side and the Preparatory Committee for the Joint Celebration of the Foundation Day of Korea of the south side, was read at the function.