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Kim Jong Il Inspects KPA Unit 1353

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

   Pyongyang, August 4 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il inspected KPA Unit 1353.
    After receiving a salute from commanding officers of the unit on the spot, he dropped in at the military lecture room to acquaint himself with the training of its servicepersons.
    He set forth tasks to be fulfilled by the unit to further increase its combat capability, expressing satisfaction over the fact that its servicepersons are undergoing intensive training to prepare themselves as a-match-for-a hundred fighters possessed of a high level of military technique and combat capability.
    The unit could make this shining success because it used its brain and made indefatigable efforts to effectively carry out its programme for training, he said, adding that the primary revolutionary task of the soldiers is to train themselves well.
    He learned in detail about its soldiers' service and living, making the rounds of an education room, bedroom, mess hall, wash-cum-bath house, barber's, non-staple food store and other places.
    After seeing the interior and the compound of the barracks, he expressed great satisfaction over the fact that the unit has successfully built up entertainment, educational and supply service facilities to the convenience of its soldiers' living.
    He was pleased to see all the servicepersons of the unit making every moment of their military service worthwhile with intense loyalty to the party and the revolution and sent them congratulations on their military feats.
    Informed of Pak Kyong Sik, non-commissioned officer in extra service, who has made a great contribution to improving the supply service, serving at the unit for more than 3 decades, Kim Jong Il called him an ardent revolutionary who has worked heart and soul at the post for defending the country for years and highly praised his patriotic devotion.
    He underscored the need for all units to actively develop the sideline economy to provide the soldiers with better living conditions.
    He had a photo session with the servicepersons of the unit.
    He was accompanied by KPA Generals Hyon Chol Hae and Ri Myong Su.