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Kim Jong Il Enjoys Performance Given by Art Groups of Servicemen's Families

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

   Pyongyang, June 10 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il enjoyed a performance given by art groups of families of servicemen of various KPA units that participated in the first contest of the second term among art groups of families of KPA servicemen.
    The members of the art groups staged song and story-telling "His loving care is ever-lasting", short drama "On the way to greet him ", janggu ensemble and story-telling "Our nation is best", short play "Let's make it simple," story-telling and singing "We will live like fighters" and other narrative pieces of diverse genres.
    The performers enthusiastically sang of the high pride and self-esteem and worthwhile life of the families of the servicemen stoutly growing and struggling as proud women revolutionaries and admirable second ranks of Songun buglers under the loving care of Kim Jong Il and powerfully demonstrated the fixed faith, will and revolutionary mettle and indomitable spirit of the families of the servicemen to become a fortress devotedly safeguarding him alongside their husbands, resolutely uphold and defend the headquarters of the revolution and remain faithful to the sacred cause of Songun.
    He highly appreciated the successful presentation, expressing great satisfaction over the splendid performance high in its ideological contents and artistry given by the members of the art groups of the servicemen.
    Praising them for having staged a lot of unique narrative pieces of great cognitional significance, he noted that it is the basic mission of contemporary arts to provide the people with genuine ideas, morality and culture needed for living as independent human beings.
    He extended warm regards to all members of the art groups and the families of the servicemen who have actively supported them, noting that the contest strikingly demonstrated once again the validity and vitality of the WPK's policy of popularizing arts and the praiseworthy feature of the new culture created in the Songun era.
    He advanced highly important tasks which would serve as guidelines in further developing the popular and mass art activities, saying that the above-said contest that started in the era of Songun has served as a powerful engine dynamically arousing the people to the drive for accomplishing the cause of building a great prosperous powerful nation for its great vitality.
    Among the audience were Chief of the KPA General Staff Kim Kyok Sik, First Vice-Director of the KPA General Political Department Kim Jong Gak and other commanding officers of the KPA, Secretaries of the Central Committee of the WPK Kim Jung Rin and Kim Ki Nam, and department directors and first vice department directors and other leading officials of the WPK Central Committee.