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DPRK Government Hosts Reception

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

    Pyongyang, August 15 (KCNA) -- The government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea gave a reception at the People's Palace of Culture Sunday in celebration of the 60th anniversary of national liberation. Present at the reception were senior party, state and army officials, chairpersons of friendly parties, cabinet members, leading officials of the party, armed forces and power bodies, public organizations, ministries and national institutions, anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters, men and officers of the Korean People's Army, former unconverted long-term prisoners called champions of reunification, officials of science, education, culture and art, public health and the press fields, those of distinguished services to the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, war veterans, heroes and labor innovators.
    On hand were the head of the congratulatory group of Koreans in Japan and delegations and home-visiting groups of overseas Koreans and prominent overseas compatriots from regions staying here to celebrate the anniversary. Present on invitation were the presidential envoy to the Far East Federal District of Russia and his party, the Russian delegation of veteran lawmakers, members of Russia's Beryozka dancing troupe, diplomatic envoys of various countries and representatives of international organizations here and foreign guests. The reception was addressed by President Kim Yong Nam of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The 60th anniversary of national liberation is an auspicious event of the nation that demonstrates the great victory the Korean people won in the revolution and construction after they achieved the independence of the country and embarked upon the road of building a new society and the might of the single-minded unity of Songun Korea where the party, the army and the people are united with one mind and one purpose around the headquarters of the revolution, he said, and continued: President Kim Il Sung embarked upon the road of the revolution in his early years when the dark clouds of a ruined nation were hanging over the three-thousand-ri land owing to the Japanese imperialist colonial suppressive rule, founded the Juche idea, paved the new path of the Korean revolution and accomplished the historic cause of national liberation through the 20-year-long heroic anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle. This is his undying feat for the country and nation.
    For more than half a century after the liberation of Korea he led the Korean people's struggle for the building of a new society along the straight road of victory to build a socialist power of Juche, independent in politics, self-supporting in economy and self-reliant in national defence.
    The Korean people have traversed the road of proud victories in the struggle for sovereignty, independence and socialism as they acclaimed Kim Il Sung as their leader for the first time in history spanning 5,000 years. As led by Kim Jong Il, they are creditably carrying forward and developing the revolutionary cause of Juche and bringing about the golden age of the prosperity of the country.
    Kim Jong Il has developed the Korean-style socialism provided by the President into a man-centred socialism in which the independent and creative life of the people are efflorescing under the banner of the modeling of the whole society on the Juche idea and turned the country into a politically, ideologically and militarily strong country that any formidable enemy dares not to provoke.
    Thanks to the seasoned and tested guidance of Kim Jong Il a new turning-point has been made in the accomplishment of the cause of national reunification and the external authority and prestige of the country considerably raised.
    It is the revolutionary faith and will of all the servicepersons of the People's Army and the people to carry to completion the revolutionary cause of Juche true to the idea and guidance of Kim Jong Il, a great man born of Mt. Paektu, he stressed.