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Amnesty to Be Granted

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

   Pyongyang, August 12 (KCNA) -- A decree of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was promulgated to grant amnesty on the occasion of the 60th anniversaries of the Workers' Party of Korea and the liberation of Korea. The decree dated August 11 says:
    Today the army and the people of the DPRK will celebrate with splendor the 60th anniversaries of the WPK and Korea's liberation on the road of the fruitful drive to glorify the era of the Songun revolution under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il. The two anniversaries will mark the noteworthy political events as they will glorify the undying feats performed President Kim Il Sung and the WPK in building the Party and carrying out the revolutionary cause of Juche and the human cause of independence and powerfully demonstrate the might of the single-minded unity of the Party, the army and the people rallied close around the headquarters of the revolution and the spirit of Songun Korea.
    The Presidium of the SPA of the DPRK decides as follows in order to glorify the two anniversaries as grand political festivals and implement to the letter the benevolent politics, the all-embracing politics of the Party, true to the lifetime intention and cause of Kim Il Sung:
    1. Amnesty shall be granted on the occasion of the 60th anniversaries of the WPK and the liberation of Korea.
    Amnesty shall be proclaimed from September 1, Juche 94 (2005).
    2. The Cabinet and relevant institutions shall take measures to ensure that those who are to be set free on pardon settle down in their work.