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Feats of Youth League in Ten-0dd Years

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

   Pyongyang, August 28 (KCNA) -- The Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League has increased its role and fighting power in every way in the noble struggle of the Songun era over the last ten-odd years after it assumed the august name of the sun.
    The youth league organizations of all levels have carried on the education in the Juche idea and the Songun idea in various forms and ways, thus training the ranks of 5 million youths into the vanguard of devotedly defending the leader, the ranks of human bullets and bombs.
    Hundreds of thousands of youths and students have made excursions to the revolutionary battle sites and revolutionary historical sites in the area of Mt. Paektu in a more than decade-long period.
    The youth league organizations including primary organizations have been built up more sturdily so that at least 202,900 units have been honored with the title of Model Organization of Youth Vanguard.
    Young people have joined the Korean People's Army, regarding the defence of the country as the highest manifestation of patriotism in the Songun era and the spirit of the youth in full vigor to defend Korean-style socialism is towering ever higher as the years go by.
    A large number of tanks, guns, armored cars and trucks bearing the patriotic enthusiasm of the youth have been donated to the army to reinforce the revolutionary armed forces. Daily increasing are reports about beautiful deeds of helping war veterans both materially and morally and becoming permanent companions of honored disabled soldiers.
    A good many young people have volunteered to such difficult fields as farms and coal and ore mines.
    A total of more than 294,600 youth shock brigades have been formed through the vigorous movement of youth shock brigades sweeping all parts of the country.
    In this course, the construction of over 1,390 projects including Anbyon Youth Power Station No. 2, Hungju Youth Power Station No. 2, Thaechon Youth Power Stations No. 3 and 4 and Kumjingang Hungbong Youth Power Station have been successfully completed.
    More than 7,100 Youth Forests and Children's Union Forests have appeared through the brisk movement of "Care-for-the-Homeland Teams" of youths and children.
    Over 6,500 students have become the winners of "Prize for Students' Scientific Pursuit" and more than 23,400 schoolers the winners of the "July 15 Top Mark Student Prize."
    Hundreds of organizations and thousands of young men and women have been awarded the title of "Kim Il Sung Youth Honor Prize" and a large number of youths have been decorated with state orders in the days of the heroic endeavors in which the youth took the lead in the grand march for defence of socialism and prosperity of the country.