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Kim Jong Il Inspects KPA Navy Unit

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

   Pyongyang, December 22 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il inspected KPA Navy Unit 189 honored with the title of O Jung Hup-led Seventh Regiment.
    Looking round a room dedicated to the history of the unit, he said that the once unknown quiet fishing port has turned into a modern naval port and the unit has grown to be invincible ranks with matchless combat capacity thanks to the wise guidance and meticulous care of President Kim Il Sung.
    He highly appreciated the feats performed by the successive commanding officers and soldiers of the unit, noting that it was thanks to the devoted efforts made by them that it has grown to be a powerful naval unit honored with the above-said title.
    After learning about the unit's performance of duty, he got familiar with the soldiers' training at a combined training room.
    He was greatly satisfied to learn that the unit has successfully built training rooms and put the training on a regular basis, preparing all the officers and men to be a match-for-a hundred stalwart fighters possessed of high combat technique and capacity, stressing that successful training is a basic guarantee for increasing combat capacity.
    Going round cultural and educational facilities including servicepersons' hall and an educational room, he highly praised the unit for having briskly conducted diverse political work and cultural and emotional activities after providing ample educational materials and cultural equipment to the ideological, cultural and educational centers.
    The whole army has dynamically conducted ideological work in diverse forms and methods, thus bringing about a signal turn in educating soldiers, he said, adding that this precious fruition is a striking demonstration of the validity and vitality of the principle of giving precedence to ideology consistently maintained by the WPK.
    He highly appreciated the assiduous way the unit has managed its economic life, making the rounds of a bedroom, a mess hall, a kitchen, a wash-cum-bath house, a non-staple food store and other places of the unit.
    He had a photo session with the servicepersons of the unit.
    He was accompanied by KPA Generals Hyon Chol Hae and Ri Myong Su.