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KPA General Kim Ha Gyu Dies

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

   Pyongyang, October 11 (KCNA) -- General of the Korean People's Army Kim Ha Gyu, member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, died of an incurable disease to our sorrow at the age of 68 at 3 PM on Oct. 9, Juche 95 (2006). His obituary was issued by the Central Committee of the WPK and its Central Military Commission on Oct. 9.
    The obituary said:
    Kim Ha Gyu was a revolutionary soldier loyal to the Party who devoted his all to the struggle for the victory in the Songun revolutionary cause. He glorified his life serving in the army after joining it at his young age.
    Born into a poor peasant's family, he was subjected to poverty and contempt when Korea was under the Japanese colonial rule. It was not until the liberation of the country that he could lead a worthwhile life. He devotedly worked for the development of the People's Army and the building of a rich and powerful country as an able military commander under the care of the Party.
    Holding an important post in the KPA for years, he rendered distinguished services for devotedly defending the headquarters of the revolution, fully demonstrating the invincible might of the KPA and firmly defending the socialist country true to the Party's Songun policy and leadership.
    He was awarded the title of Hero of Labor and "Kim Il Sung Order", the highest order in the DPRK, and many other state citations for the merits he performed for the country and the revolution.
    Though Kim Ha Gyu is no longer with us, the feats he performed for the party, the revolution, the country and the people will always be remembered.