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Kim Jong Il Enjoys Art Performance

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

   Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il enjoyed an art performance given by members of the art groups of families of servicepersons of KPA units 963, 966 and 233 who participated in the first contest of the second-term of art groups of families of servicepersons.
    Among the audience were Kim Kyok Sik, chief of the KPA General Staff, Kim Jong Gak, first vice-director of the KPA General Political Department, and other commanding officers of the KPA and Secretary Kim Ki Nam and Department Director Jang Song Taek and other senior officials of the Central Committee of the WPK.
    The members of the art groups put on the stage dialogic poem "Members of Mt. Paektu Family and Socialism," drama and chorus "Let's Bear in Mind", witty talk "Let's Close without Fail," short drama "Reverence," poem and story-telling " Family Tradition Means Tradition of Revolution" and other colorful narrative pieces of diverse genres.
    Through the revolutionary and militant performance, they sang with high pride of their worthwhile life in which they are steadfastly advancing along the road of revolution under the loving care of Kim Jong Il.
    He highly appreciated the success made by them in the performance, expressing great satisfaction over their splendid presentation distinct in its political import as it gives answers to the social issues in the era of Songun.
    He praised them for having successfully created peculiar narrative pieces, noting that all the numbers put on the stage are the pieces great in cognitive and educational value as they make a profound ideological and artistic representation of important social and political issues arising in the struggle and life of human beings in the era of Songun,
    He highly appreciated the feats performed by wives of servicepersons, saying that they are admirable women who sincerely help their husbands in their revolutionary work.
    The contest among members of art groups of families of servicepersons are greatly contributing to popularizing the arts and revolutionizing the members of the families of the servicepersons, he said, setting forth important tasks which would serve as guidelines for further developing the popular and mass artistic activities.