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Kim Jong Il Inspects Command of KPA Tank Division

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

  Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il inspected the Command of Guard Seoul Ryu Kyong Su 105 Tank Division of the KPA.
    105 Tank Division, the origin of the tank force of the DPRK, is a proud unit honored with the on-the-spot guidance given by President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on dozens of occasions since 1948.
    After going round the room devoted to the education in the revolutionary history and the room devoted to the history of the division, he said that the colors of the division recorded with heroic feats is closely associated with the efforts and devotion of the President.
    The division is a glorious guard unit which has taken the lead in defending the Party and the leader in the grim annals of the Korean revolution, he said, adding that the distinguished feats performed by the division would shine long with the history of the Juche-based army building.
    He made the rounds of the operation commanding room and rooms for military studies of the division to learn about its performance of duty and the training of its commanding officers. He set forth the tasks to be tackled by the division to increase its combat capability.
    Looking round the servicemen's hall, library and other facilities for ideological education and entertainment, he underscored the need to pay primary attention to the ideological work at all times.
    He highly appreciated the revolutionary habit of reading established in the division.
    Going round the supply service facilities, he praised the commanding officers of the division for having provided the servicemen with good living conditions from a correct viewpoint on the supply service.
    He enjoyed a performance given by the art squad of the division.
    He had a photo session with its servicepersons.
    He was accompanied by Ri Yong Chol and Ri Jae Il, first vice department directors of the Central Committee of the WPK.