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Kim Jong Il Orders Upgrading of Military Ranks of KPA Commanding Officers

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

   Pyongyang, April 14 (KCNA) -- Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army Kim Jong Il on Saturday issued Order No. 0010 to upgrade the military ranks of KPA commanding officers.
    Kim Jong Il in the order said that the revolutionary armed forces of the DPRK which President Kim Il Sung founded and led along the road of victory have developed to be the matchless elite revolutionary armed forces fully equipped with the spirit of devotedly defending the leader under the Songun revolutionary leadership of the Party and fully demonstrated their might as the driving force of the revolution in defending the country and building a great prosperous powerful nation.
    He issued the order to promote the military ranks of commanding officers of the KPA on the occasion of the significant Day of the Sun, expressing the firm belief that the commanding officers of the KPA will remain true to the leadership of the Party and reliably protect the ideology, the system and cause of the DPRK and perform their honorable duties in the struggle for the victory in the Songun revolution in the future, too.
    According to the order, Yu Yong Chol, Pak Kwang Chol, Kim Jang Su and seven others received the military rank of lieut. general and Jang Il Chon, Ri Kyu Man, Kim Sang Uk and 42 others that of major general.